Dark Souls III Poise Explained
I don’t take credit for this information. The original post is by morninglord22 on Reddit, and the much easier to understand summary was prepared by SolidKnight on GameFAQs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4vnan9/how_poise_works/
Summary of the extremely long original post
* Poise as a mechanic is not turned off - it’s simply only active during hyper armor (HA).
* There’s a poise-meter which is reduced whenever you are hit during HA (like a health bar, stagger when empty).
* Outside of HA, being hit sets it to 0. It instantly refills when it falls to 0. No poise damage is taken while blocking.
* No regeneration, no negative poise, instant refill after 30s, instant refill after hitting 0 which then staggers you.
* Poise reduces the amount of poise lost upon being hit during HA (like a shield. 50% block = double ‘health’).
* Multipliers are added depending on the weapons HA strength (2hR1 Greatsword has 150% ‘health during HA’).
* Poise is cut in four during medium and fat roll recovery, fast roll doesn’t have poise.
* Poise damage done by your enemy depends on his weapon and move used.
* Some weapons require at least 0.1 poise to work. Being naked appears to hurt your HA.
* Knockdowns and Knockbacks appear to depend on a seperate value.
* You will always stagger outside of hyper armor frames (end of fat and medium rolls, some weapons).
* Some weapons require at least 0.1 poise for them to work properly. Not being naked helps too.
* More poise = your enemy needs more / stronger hits.
* After being hit but not staggered your poise is lowered until you are staggered again or 30 seconds pass.
* Medium and fat roll have a tiny bit of hyper armor at the end of their rolls, may work vs daggers.
* HA window: In general, horizontal sweep and charged hits take time to activate, vertical chops are very quick.
* Since poise math is convoluted in lothric there’s no chart like in Ds1 and Ds2.
Enemy does 200 Poise damage.
2hr1 Greatsword has 1.5x poise during HA (1.5-1 =2/3) .
Fat rolls have 0,25x poise during recovery (0,25-1 = 4).
* Example: Your poise meter is full (100%). You swing with your 2hR1 Greatsword (Poise meter now at 150%). Your opponent hits you for an arbitrary poise amount of 200. You stagger, your poise instantly refills to 100.
* Example #2: This time you have a lot of poise, cutting incoming poise damage during HA by 50% (down to 100 in this case). Your enemy’s first strike during your HA now sets your poise to 150-100=50, you will not stagger. After your hyper armor frames end, your poise is set to 33,33 (1,5x multiplier wears off).
* Example #3: Your poise was just reduced to 50. After fifteen seconds, you trade again. You didn’t stagger in between those hits either, so, your poise is reduced to 50-100='0’. You stagger, poise instantly refills to 100.
* Example #4: Your poise was just reduced to 50. After thirty seconds of blocking you trade again. Your poise refilled to 100, and being hit reduces it back to 50, keeping you from being staggered.
* Example #5: Your opponent switched to a measly dagger (20 poise damage), hoping to catch your fat roll. You have 0 poise. After a missed attack, you roll (100x0,25=25) and are hit for 20 poise damage, leaving you at 5 and don’t stagger. After your recovery animation ends, your poise is set to 5x4=20.
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