parrying

Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.

Upon entering a cavernous room, its barely lit cobblestones reflecting a sickly green, you are charged by a towering beast that can be overcome only through a punishing sequence of precise dodges and parrying.

She was witty and had razor-sharp quips, parrying every attempt at deeper connection with playful defiance.

She was very witty and had razor-sharp quips, parrying every attempt at connection with playful defiance.

In this boss fight, the main combat mechanic is revealed: Blocking/parrying hits from enemies drain their stagger meters, eventually allowing players to perform a large visceral attack.