Parry

A parry is the only move, besides the three basic attacks, that The Nameless King can perform. A parry protects the player from attacks from an enemy. To perform a parry, a player must slide leftwards on their device's screen.

Description
When performing a parry, The Nameless King raises his sword up to neck level and angles it towards the ground. For a short period of time, the king holds this position and any attack that would otherwise cause damage to The Nameless King is deflected. When attacks are parried, sparks fly from the sword that is parrying the attack, and the parrying player is immobile for a very short period of time.

Uses
Parris are extremely usefull and necessary to defeat all but the weakest of enemies while still retaining health. Parries are absolutely vital in boss battles because bosses' attacks inflict major damage. A player must be able to parry a majority of attacks from a boss in order to defeat them. A special type of parry, called an attack parry, occurs when both the player and an enemy attempt to attack each other at the same time. The two swords will collide and sparks will fly from both. The game may proceed in slow motion for a short while, until the swords are no longer in contact. Neither the player or the enemy will take any damage when this occurs. Attack parrying is especially usefull when combined with the side attack. If the first swipe of the side attack causes an attack parry with the enemy, then after contact the slide attack will continue on as normal and the second swipe will likely make contact with the enemy, who has been left temporarily immobile from the parry.