Talk:The Pursuer/@comment-194.51.156.179-20140519120044/@comment-125.237.217.176-20140519121636

Not really. If you can parry, it leaves him wide open. He has huge downtimes after his attacks for you to squeeze in hits. You can simply roll or even run away from his grab and combo if you haven't backed yourself into a wall.

If you roll around the shield side of his dash he's left wide open from behind too. Hell you can run around it if you're not locked on.

If you go to Heide's Tower of Flame and fight some of the enemies there they can drop a 100% physical defence shield which you can take to fight the Pursuer if this is an issue. The key to fighting Pursuer is rolling, not blocking at this point.

And if all else fails you can just go grind levels or chance a ballista shot.

He's tough for new players, yes, but that's entirely to be expected from a Souls game - he's here to teach you to roll instead of block. Practice makes perfect, and dying to him many times makes for good practice.