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The best advice I can give you is to go into a reflection of strength and try both a bit for different attacks. Keeping up the offensive in this game is how you do quick kills, but to do that you oftentimes have to risk the dodge and move into a vitality hit, especially early on so you can get that posture damage to stick.
it varies from attack to attack but there are times you might prefer to dodge an attack and get 2 or 3 free hits off as opposed to deflecting it
generally status buildup attacks or attacks that do non-physical damage are generally better dodged than deflected
it's all about learning how enemies work and attack, for a fair few bosses you'll be able to be much more aggressive if you dodge instead of deflect but you need to figure out these openings to actually exploit them
deflecting is usually the best thing to do but keep an eye out for attacks you could easily punish if you dodged instead
an example would be on the Seven Ashina Spears minibosses, they have a long windup attack that when deflected, will send you backwards
but if you simply walk behind them during it, you can get easy hits off, and avoid the knockback
Deflecting slow charged attacks also usually knock you back and lower your DPS.
In case of Geni if you do not dodge he will always do a thurst or Sweep so can be useful if you want to do more posture dmg.
Bosses usually lowers their posture recovery once Below 80,60,40% health.
Most bosses under 40% health have their posture regen nerfed by 90%.
So it also depends in you want posture dmg or vitality dmg.
This isn't Elden Ring or Cringe Souls.
You never dodge or run away from bosses, when they do unbreakable attacks. This is complete foolishness, as you miss a golden opportunity to do significant posture damage to him.
Perilous Attacks are a like a double-edged sword- They may kill you in one hit, but if you play your cards right, they also present a rare opportunity for the player to do unique Posture Damage to the enemy via a either Mikiri Counter, jumping and stunning him, or hitting him after he finishes his attack combo.
Whether its O'Rin of the Water, the four Lone Shadow ninjas, Shikibu Toshikatsu (7 Spears) etc ... trying to defeat them using the conventional Block and Attack strategy will take you FOREVER to defeat them. Instead, 'play defense' the whole time and WAIT for them to do their Perilous Attack and then unleash either the Mikiri Counter or jump on their head and then immediate go on the counter.
The difference in approach yields two completely different results. Bosses that you considered hard, become relatively easy to beat, if your focus your approach on hitting them during their Perilous phase.
That said, I can't remember any other examples, so your primary defensive option is still deflecting. Not even sure if there are i-frames on the dodge, if so then the window is very small.