by BackstabFisherman Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:24 pm
Don't use weapon attacks with an incredibly narrow hit box, like a lot of 2h R1 attacks that have a overhead swipe.
Also try to guess how much poise they got, if you see the wolf ring poise aura, you know they got at least 40, get familiar with poise breakpoints, and recognize if you got enough to break their poise or not with a swing, if not, and you get sloppy they can poise BS you, meaning walk right through your swing and nail you with a backstab. I do that to people all the time that use weapons like Katanas and BSS. Any good backstab fisher worth anything uses at the very minimum a 53 poise setup.
Also don't be mid rolling in PVP, that is fine for PVE, but mid rollers are easier to backstab than fast rollers, and I'm fast rolling with all my builds.