This last page of comments was a little painful to read. Are most of you using light weapons? Because if you go heavy you can easily open with dash attack and then combo two more attacks, and that's with a set that doesn't have any impact bonus. I'm talking enemies like those
dudes, they just fold once you unload on them. This part is no different than Souls games, I remember getting my shit pushed in by the assholes in Iron Keep when I was playing with light weapons (katana etc), which is why I always default to heavy weapons in that game. DS3 was different, you could cheese the game with estoc and stunlock for days. Fortunately poise actually works in The Surge, both for you and the enemy, so you can mix and match your gear to fit your playstyle. Either you stagger the enemy and then combo them down or you put in some light damage between their attacks.
You also have access to duck/jump while blocking, personally I never use it but apparently it's great for opening enemies up to counters. When blocking press up (for jump) or down (for duck) on RS. Timing is a little iffy though because it's not an instant action so it's a little like parrying in Souls games.
