Brute

Brutes are Tier 1 Fighter enemies. They are the weakest enemies in the game, and only attack by swinging their swords. They are first fought in Level 1.

Appearance
Brutes are bald humanoidish creatures with glowing veins of magma. They wear little clothing, except for shoes, a padded loincloth and a shoulderpad, and swing a long, crude, triangular-bladed sword. Armored brutes do not look much different than unarmored ones, as they only wear a skullcap, wrist pads and ankle pads in addition to what they wear. The cap and left wrist pad can be smashed when the player stuns a brute.

Attacks

 * Sword Swinging: Brutes will typically attack the player with quick diagonal slashes in one of four possible diagonal directions (down-left, down-right, up-left and up-right). These sword swipes can easily be parried off, but in harder levels, brutes can be known to land consecutive hits if the player fails to parry correctly just once and loses the parrying rhythm he/she was trying to maintain.
 * Rushing Sword Attack: After recovering from being stunned, a brute can step back out of the player's reach and then charge towards him/her to attempt at least one downward or horizontal slash with two hands. This attack should be very easy to block.

Advice
Brutes are very easy to defeat and lack magical attacks. Hit them as many times as you can while watching for and parrying their attacks, and you can make short work of them. Sometimes, when an unarmored brute attempts a rushing sword attack while having low health, there is a chance that you can finish off the brute with a devastating downward power strike.