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The ones that come to mind immediately are the instant kill spikes and two specific projectile-throwing enemies. There aren’t many things I take issue with in all of Blasphemous aside from the aforementioned lightning stunlock. There are seven levels to reach in this skill tree, and you unlock each new level by finding one of the seven mea culpa statues. Spending Tears of Atonement while performing a mea culpa at certain statues gives him access to powerful new abilities, including the extremely strong fourth combo hits, a downward stab, a rush stab that can be used during your dodge, and a strike that must be charged up.

The strikes that don’t knock him back can be followed with a counter if you press the attack button right after. The parry can repel most enemy attacks, but more powerful enemy strikes will knock him back. The dodge slide has i-frames and is great for getting out of the way once you get the hang of it. The Penitent One has two defensive options – a dodge slide and a parry.

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Killing enemies and completing certain quests rewards you with Tears of Atonement, which you can use to upgrade your sword skills, purchase items at merchants, make bile flasks usable, or to remove your guilt at Confessor statues if you can’t or don’t want to reach your ghosts. These slashes can be chained into a three-hit combo at first, with three different unlockable fourth hits. The Penitent One fights with a sword that he slashes quickly. The combat, however, is decidedly not like Dark Souls at all.

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