Blocking and Perfect Blocks

The Perfect Block is a property of the block ability for shields and magick shields. Used by Fighters, Assassins and Mystic Knights.

Use
A Perfect Block activates when the block button is active at the precise frame when an attack connects with the Shield or Magick Shield's hitbox; e.g., depress it within a few frames before it hits. This is the left bumper button.

Effects
Success is signified by a white flash and a brief time-dilation effect ('slow-motion'), both of which differentiates a Block from a Perfect Block.

Unlike regular blocking, Perfect Blocking uses no Stamina.


 * Perfect block with the Fighter or Mystik Knight skills Defend or Repel causes the enemy to stagger.
 * Perfect blocking with the Fighter or Mystik Knight upgraded skills Deflect or Reflect will cause knockback to enemies in front of the shield.

A Mystick Knight with the core skill Reflect and a shield enchanted with a Counter, Riposte, or Feint spell will trigger a powerful Elemental counters in addition to a very powerful knockback effect.
 * Perfect blocking yields more powerful effects in tandem with other shield skills, such as Deflect, Reflect and the elemental shield counters of the Mystic Knight (such as the elemental Counters, Ripostes or Feints). Shields with elemental effects generate an elementally-damaged counter, which can be over-written by a more powerfully-charged element from the Mystic Knight's other shield spells. The Mystic Knight's perfect block has a specific animation and sound effect unique to its vocation.

Activating an enchanted shield requires a Perfect Block and the core skill Deflect (for Fighters or Assassins),what effect? or Reflect (for Mystic Knights).