Duel Arena

About Duel Arena

Duel Arena strips melee combat back to three verbs: attack, parry, feint. Two fighters circle a small ring while a crowd watches, and a single clean read ends the round. There is no health regeneration and no second wind.

The depth is in timing windows. Parries open a punish frame narrow enough to matter but wide enough to learn, and the training dummy replays your last exchange frame by frame so you can see exactly where the read went wrong.

How to play

1. 1Start in Training and learn each weapon's wind-up before queueing against players.
2. 2Watch the shoulder, not the blade — the animation tells you the direction two frames early.
3. 3Feint to bait a parry, then punish the recovery. Spamming attacks loses to anyone patient.
4. 4Best of five wins the match; there are no rounds won on time.

Controls

A / D

Circle left and right

Left click

Attack

Right click

Parry

F

Feint

Space

Step back

Frequently asked questions