Await The Opening
Tier 3Await The Opening is a Tier 3 Spirit Charm in VV: Ultimatum that makes your parries posture break the opponent, at the cost of your parries being worth 50% as much posture damage.
Await The Opening rewires what a successful parry means. With the charm equipped, your parries now posture break the opponent outright - converting a defensive read directly into the game's biggest punish window. The flavor line, "Be patient, take every advantage.", describes the intended rhythm: block, read, parry, and cash in.
The cost is that your parries are worth 50% as much posture damage. In practice this splits parry builds into two philosophies. Without the charm, parries grind an opponent's posture bar down over many exchanges; with it, the grind is slower but any single successful parry can end the exchange immediately. Against opponents whose posture you would struggle to break the conventional way, the instant-break conversion is a straight upgrade.
It suits patient, defense-first duelists who already win parry exchanges, and pairs conceptually with other parry-reward effects such as Defensive Regen or Blazing Spirit - though no specific synergies are documented. It requires Level 15, weighs 1 wt., and is documented as found in the Valley of Screams, the same zone used for charm removal, with no boss or vendor source documented.
Traits
Details
| Tier | Tier 3 |
| Requires | Level 15 |
| Found in | Valley of Screams |
| Weight | 1 wt. |
FAQ
What does Await The Opening actually change?
Every successful parry posture breaks your opponent immediately, instead of only contributing posture damage - but the posture damage your parries deal is halved to 50% of normal.
Where is Await The Opening found?
Community documentation lists it as found in the Valley of Screams and requiring Level 15. No boss drop or vendor is documented.