Parrying

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An example of a parriable attack, with a flash telegraph

See also: Feedbacker, Shotgun

Parrying is a primary game mechanic in ULTRAKILL that allows the player to reflect or otherwise negate most enemy attacks such as projectiles with precise timing, with the benefit of restoring health and providing style as well as additional damage. The player can parry attacks with the following methods:

• Punching projectiles and other ranged attacks with the Feedbacker with precise timing. Some enemies like Swordsmachine and Sisyphean Insurrectionist telegraph their ranged attacks with an 8-point yellow parry spark.
• Melee attacks or enemies in the process of charging some projectile attack can be parried with a point-blank shot with the Feedbacker, Shotgun or Impact Hammer.
• Slamming the Minotaur during its charge attack.

Parrying certain melee attacks (such as the Gutterman's punch) will cancel them, while parrying a projectile will most often redirect it towards where the player is aiming, with the exception of Swordsmachines' thrown sword, and the Hideous Masses' harpoon, which always are redirected back to their source.

Successfully parrying will cause the game to briefly freeze and flash the screen white, before healing the player fully with respect to the Hard Damage limit if applicable, and fully restoring Stamina. If the screen flash is distracting or otherwise undesired, it can be disabled by turning off Parry Flashes in the General settings tab.

Parry Sparks & Cues

When an enemy is about to perform an attack that can be parried, most times they will show a flash to indicate it. Yellow flashes indicate attacks that can be parried, while Blue flashes indicate attacks that can't be parried. Melee attacks have a 4-point parry spark, while ranged attacks have an 8-point parry spark. An exception to this rule is V2's Revolver Burst attack, which produces a 4-point parry spark despite being a ranged attack. These attacks also have sound cues which change depending on the type of attack. Not all attacks (such as the Malicious Face's Hell Orb barrages) have these indicators.

Gallery

Sounds

• The sound cue for an unparriable attack.

Images

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  A Stray's projectile being parried back at it.
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  A Sentry's shot being parried with a Shotgun blast.

All Parriable Attacks
Enemy	Parried Actions	Parry Type
HUSKS
Filth	Lunging Bite	MELEE
Stray	Hell Orb Casting	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
	Hell Orb	PROJECTILE
Schism	Hell Orb Casting	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
	Hell Orb	PROJECTILE
Soldier	Hell Orb Casting	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
	Soldier Kick	MELEE
	Hell Orb Scatter	PROJECTILE
The Corpse of King Minos	Fist Punch	MELEE
	Open-Palm Punch
	Fist Slam
	Seeker Orb	PROJECTILE
	Hell Orb
Sisyphean Insurrectionist	Malicious Flail	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
Ferryman	Second Oar Attack	MELEE
	Second Kick
	Stinger
	Explosive Overhead
	Backstep
MACHINES
Drone	Hell Orb	PROJECTILE
	Kamikaze Dive
	Hell Orb Casting	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
Swordsmachine	Three Slashes Combo	MELEE
	Running Slash
	Roundabout Throw	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
	Straight Throw
	Shotgun Pellets	PROJECTILE
Mindflayer	Whip	MELEE
	Seeker Orbs	PROJECTILE
Sentry	Scope Shot	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Coin)
Gutterman	Shield Bash	MELEE
	Punch
Guttertank	Whiffed Punch	MELEE
V2 (Both Fights)	Revolver Shot	PROJECTILE
	Piercer Charge Shot
	Shotgun Pellets
1000-THR "Earthmover"	Giant Seeker Orb (Brain)	PROJECTILE
	Seeker Orb (Security System)
	Hell Mortar (Security System)
DEMONS
Malicious Face	Hell Orb Volley	PROJECTILE
	Malicious Laser	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile/Coin)
Cerberus	Apple Throw	PROJECTILE
Mannequin	Seeker Orb	PROJECTILE
	Slash	MELEE
Hideous Mass	Hell Mortars	PROJECTILE
	Harpoon	MELEE
Leviathan	Hell Orb Barrage	PROJECTILE
	Lunge	MELEE
Minotaur	Bull Charge	MELEE
ANGELS
Virtue	Divine Light	INTERRUPTION (Melee)
	Death Orb	PROJECTILE
Gabriel, Judge of Hell	Spear Throw	PROJECTILE
	Twin Axes
	Sword Toss
	Formation Swords (Higher Difficulties)
Gabriel, Apostate of Hate	Swift Strikes Finisher	MELEE
	Frontwards Charge
	Heavy Hits
	Formation Swords	PROJECTILE
	Sword Toss
???
Very Cancerous Rodent	Explosive Hell Seeker	PROJECTILE
Mysterious Druid Knight (& Owl)	Seeker Orb Barrage (Fuller Auto)	PROJECTILE
	Hell Orb Barrage (Full Auto)
	Kamikaze Dive	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Projectile)
Flesh Prison	Seeker Orb Twirl	PROJECTILE
	Piercing Stare (Eye Minion)	INTERRUPTION (Melee/Coin)
	Malicious Beam (Mini-MalFace)
Flesh Panopticon	Hell Mortars	PROJECTILE
PRIME SOULS
Minos Prime	Seeking Snake	PROJECTILE
	Dropkick ("Judgement")	INTERRUPTION (Melee)
	Fist Slam ("Thy end is now")	MELEE
Sisyphus Prime	Self-Destruct ("This will hurt")	INTERRUPTION (Melee)
	Stardust Breaker ("DESTROY")	MELEE
	Sumo Combo Finisher ("You can't escape")
	Sumo Clap ("BE GONE")
	Roundhouse Kick