the parry system is the whole game, read the swing, time it, punish. real skill expression once you learn the movesets and throw timings, and the ragdoll makes every kill look nasty. only problem is lobbies get teamed constantly so half your deaths are third parties instead of reads. when its a clean 1v1 between two people who actually know the parry game its top tier melee. matchmaking just needs to protect duels better.