So, sometimes I’ll encounter these level 900-1000 players in lobbies who are usually top of the leaderboard (I notice, I’m usually second or maybe third). They’re something like 25-3, whereas I’ll be something like 22-9.
When I actually encounter them on the battlefield, usually it’s them in a melee constantly parrying strikes from multiple foes. The thing is, they seemingly never get hit even in situations where I seem to get hit. If I’m their opposition, when they whiff a strike I’ll try to land one and even then my strike gets parried (I’m often a halberd or great sword user). It always surprises me like, hey, I’m supposed to have landed that because you missed that swing. It’s like they’re constantly invincible, unless I’m directly behind them.
Anyway, is there some trick to this I’m missing? I feel I’m decent at 1vX and seek it out to get better but I don’t know how to emulate these guys I see. I understand the combat system and as I said, I do pretty damn well. But I’m trying to find the secret these dudes seem to have. Do certain weapons just have amazing windows of recovery, or something akin?