Oh, btw.. Most mobs, usually the big ones, right after you backstab them and they get up, will immediately turn to where you were standing, if you take advantage of this and move around in front of them, you should be able to backstab again instantly.
You may also be attacking when you're out of range of a backstab. You have to get up so close that the enemy starts to turn around, but you backstab them before they do. Practice by first sneaking up on the balder knights in the undead parish to get a feel for backstabs, then start circling-strafing longsword hollows when they charge you to
BS are BS. In DS whenever I get backstabed it is never a legit backstab. It always have to be a facestab, sidestab, or a rollstab. IMO backstabs should be removed in DkS or atleast tighten up the degree you backstab from so you need to be right behind the guy not to his side or face.
Don't block, and better yet don't hold any other buttons at the time you try to backstab. Also to riposte you have to parry first, this is done with the L2 button and a shield (you swing the shield a bit). If you do it at the right time (don't concentrate on their weapon, look at their hand position) you should see a parry animation and a sound
Boards. Dark Souls. So I've beaten Smough + Ernstein without knowing how to backstab Thekiller37 10 years ago #1. And I just finally learned how today >_>. I was always wondering how I couldn't ever get the animation to occur. Apparently you have to manually lower what's in the left hand before attacking.
Then get behind your opponent. As behind them as you can get. Good. Now get close, right so you're rubbing against them. Is your shield up? No backstab then, gotta have your shield down for a second or so. Now do your weak attack. And there is your backstabbu! 9iec.
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