So does that mean for every character the switching stance is 4 frames (console)?
Also is this for just changing the stance or does it take 4 frames to actually block on another side?
So many questions, did you just test this/find this out or was this common knowledge?
This is huge and no ones talking about it.
I tested it myself just because I wanted to disprove the people spamming that some things could not be guarded in time by Raider and Lawbringer. I found that if you switch guard it takes 8 frames @ 60 fps for guard to be enabled, 7 frames and below you get hit.
It got tested in depth by more people in reddit, if you look at the competitiveforhonor subreddit you'll find more threads about it there. But yes, basically that's correct, it would take 4 frames on console.
There is some difference in speed for rapidly switching guards though. Basically, it's totally fine to switch guard rapidly with some characters like Warden, but rapidly switching guard with characters that take a long time to move their weapon between their hand's like lawbringer/raider/etc "locks" you in that guard position until the animation is finished. So you can't just spin right stick around like a madman with them or you might find yourself stuck in an animation.
