Originally Posted by Draghmar Go to original post
I've got the same problem when trying to convince myself to use HS at all. I had to focus on actually pressing proper button. And there was side effect - few times, when there was some action going on and I was panicking all the way, I was pressing HS instead of dodging wondering why my character don't move
For me, it's the unresponsiveness when guardchanging.... because every time I see an attack indicator I instinctively try to move guyard... but of course HS doesn't activate off guardswitch...

...so it's basically suppressing the instinct and risking a wrong guard position if timing fails... to use HS, which is already a big downside to just block/parrying...