3. Parry the attack before it actually finishes. In order to do that you hide behind the shield and press the button responsible for the strong attack (and the right-hand weapon action).
Dark Souls. best backstab weapon after real testing to clarify this. BobbyWisely 12 years ago #1. many people were still operating under the assumption the Bandit knife is the best backstab / riposte weapon in the game. this was disputed in another topic on here started by heymejimbo. and as a result after we discussed this we decided the only
Backstep is what happens when you press space without direction input and "reverse" part of it is just about backsteping forward. Backstep and then hold a directional key other than the direction your character is facing. The timing is a little tricky at first but its really simple.
For Dark Souls III on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Bows should be able to backstab".