You may also be attacking when you're out of range of a backstab. You have to get up so close that the enemy starts to turn around, but you backstab them before they do. Practice by first sneaking up on the balder knights in the undead parish to get a feel for backstabs, then start circling-strafing longsword hollows when they charge you to
For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "You can backstab the Boar".Here's a tactic to beat him early in the game, aka first time you encounter him with at or near minimum level. Get close, dodge/block an attack, then backstab. As he gets up (while using shield sword), stay behind him and begin to circle to the right as he's about to recover. Keep circling and then backstab him right as he's initiating the . 422 80 834 211 410 567 936 333