Can you parry or block in Black Myth: Wukong?

No. Black Myth: Wukong doesn't give the Destined One a shield or a hold-to-block stance, and there's no timing-based parry attached to your regular staff attacks. What it does have is Rock Solid, a spell that turns you into a statue for a split second — cast it right as a hit lands and the attack gets deflected instead of connecting, staggering the enemy and opening a free counter. It's the nearest thing to a parry in the game, and it's the only reason "you can't parry" isn't the full story.

Rock Solid isn't free or automatic. You unlock it by beating the Tiger Vanguard at Crouching Tiger Temple, partway through the chapter-by-chapter boss order, it costs mana to cast, and it shares its slot with Cloud Step — so you have to swap spells before you can use it. The deflection window is forgiving once you've got the timing down, but the heaviest boss attacks still break through it, so it's a tool for specific openings, not a replacement for actually reading a fight.

The mechanic the game actually wants you leaning on is the Perfect Dodge: roll just before an attack connects and you get an afterimage, a window of invulnerability, and a chunk of Focus — the resource that fuels your heavy attack finishers. Between that and the Pillar stance, a stance-specific staff position that stands its ground and shrugs off some hits at the cost of stamina rather than a clean negate, defense in this game is about movement and positioning, not standing still and absorbing damage.

If you're coming from Sekiro or Elden Ring, drop the instinct to hold a guard button or hunt for a deflect prompt on every swing — neither exists here. Spend your first hours drilling Perfect Dodge timing instead, and treat Rock Solid as a situational spell you unlock later, not the core defense.