The more light attacks you lead with, the stronger the heavy attack will be.

Larger melee weapons have short parry windows or can’t perfect parry at all.

The only things you’re free to’t parry are projectiles and unblockable attacks.

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Exact parry behavior can be found below.

This could be a bug.

This is crucial for counteringLictorsand other high-value targets.

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In general,parrying is easier but doesn’t work with all attacks.

Simply fire your weapon from the hip to trigger the gun strike animation.

Gun strikes cost no ammo.

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They can even be used while your magazine is empty.

For most players, we recommend youperfect parry a targetif you’re fishing for gun strikes.

Any weapon tagged as “Fencing” under its defense stat will have no trouble with this.

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All Astartes also have a set number of armor pips that absorb damage first.

In the campaign, your armor rating is based on the chosen difficulty.

For multiplayer, your maximum armor is determined by your selected class.

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This also goes for larger units.

Headshots make short work of Tyranid Warriors and other out-of-reach foes.

Most campaign missions and Operation levels have dozens of grenades scattered across the battlefield.

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You shouldalwaysuse grenades against tougher foes.Krak Grenades and Melta Bombs make short work of Extremis-class targets.

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