Dark Souls Dissected #13 - Poise Mechanics (and glitches!)

illusory wall • January 5, 2022

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Greetings! I'm illusory wall and I make videos about Dark Souls (and sometimes other retro games). Active in the community since the release of Dark Souls 1, I've often been first-in-line to help test and discover how various mechanics work in the Souls series. I'd previously make edits to the wikis or post my findings in forums, but more recently I've been making video essays and explorations of my findings. I put an emphasis on talking about things that haven't been covered before, or doing the deepest dives I can. Hope you enjoy! Non-standard content (like casual game streams) wind up as unlisted videos, but still findable through my playlists if you'd like to watch them.

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Video Description

Installment 13 of Dark Souls Dissected takes a close look at Poise! Not only how it works for the player character, but also which enemies have it, how much they have, and all places where the rules get bent a little. And also, glitches! If you'd like to support this channel please consider joining my patreon! https://www.patreon.com/illusorywall Video by Zullie the Witch on escaping grab attacks: https://youtu.be/b0oBah7c5zA Video source on how to do toggle escapes, by neptunusequester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmceTuV6ca8 Poise info: http://darksouls.wikidot.com/poise Zokye's notes on the glitchy poise values: http://darksouls.wikidot.com/poise#toc27 A few SFX sourced from zapsplat dot com! 0:00 - Introduction 0:57 - Series' Context & Terminology 4:07 - Overview of Dark Souls 1's Passive Poise 9:41 - The Tankiest Enemy Award 20:26 - Poise Damage and Safe Points 29:14 - Stunlocking, Toggle Escapes & More 31:49 - Iron Flesh & Havel's Greatshield 33:40 - Other Inconsistencies & Glitches 38:02 - Final Thoughts