Talk:Choosing Your Mark/@comment-88.151.74.207-20130822190649/@comment-4357842-20130901163644

Parrying yes but moving around? The only time I recommend moving around is when Corvo is aiming his pistol. Sliding into Corvo usually means he gets his OHK on you, same applies to Blinking at him and striking him.

Other tips that helped me:
 * Never use your wristbow. It's literally one of the least effective attacks against Corvo from my experience.
 * Do not rush Corvo or go "all out" and slash him like a mad man. You're fighting perhaps one of the hardest characters (at least if you're the average Low Chaos player, then you are) in the game. He will OHK the shit out of you.
 * If you're not good with Blink, then get good with Blink. You'll need it to bounce from the downstairs to the upstairs (or Visa Versa) when Corvo is about to shoot you.
 * Keep in mind, the freeze time ability that comes with Blink will not work against Corvo. He will keep moving at normal speed. You must have an idea of where you want to teleport before you even initiate Blink.
 * You can't just go up behind Corvo and assassinate him. He will always turn around even before you're within a 5 feet away from him, maybe more.
 * Parrying can easily be done by blocking right before his sword lands. His attacks are easy to parry because of how basic his attacks are (he fights in a weird combination of a City Watch Officer and an Assassin).
 * Corvo doesn't use the extremely quick stab move or the weird "crouch and attack him" counter or the "spin in a circle then swing my sword" attack Daud and his Assassins use nor does he always take out his pistol every 3 seconds like a Watch Officer but he does seem to retain one one of the Assassins' quick attacks which is just a simple right slash. Knowing now each character fights and how to successfully fight them is vital to understanding Corvo's strengths and weaknesses (I actually still have trouble parrying a regular Assassin's attacks. They're too quick and unpredictable)

That's really all I have to say about fighting him and successfully killing him even though it doesn't matter wether you win or lose.