Dark Souls 3: 12 Essential Tips New Players Need To Know

9. Circle Your Foes Only When Necessary

A brilliant thing that FromSoftware put in Dark Souls 3 comes in direct response to the games' getting a reputation for allowing you to circle-strafe around enemies, 'butt-stabbing' them into oblivion.

Whilst it's true you can still pull this off to some degree, DS3's enemies will either recognise you're trying it and perform an attack that homes in unless you actually dodge, or will pull off a quick 180 turnaround-animation that'll render you staggered.

The various Knights or humanoid enemies in particular are able to hit you over their shoulder with a shield, so when moving in for increased damage backstab, do so with trepidation.