"Some enemies like "Melee-wielding soldats", or "Nexus Riot units" will keep guarding your unarmed attacks, which can be very frustrating at times. If this happens, you can knock them down with a quick dash-attack(jab).

You can also cancel the rest of the dash-attack animation with a snap-dodge, to connect with a normal/heavy attack.

1. Force your enemy to guard by hitting them
2. If you have enough distance, quickly double tap your movement key and perform a dash attack
3. Right after the dash attack, snap dodge backwards for another attack."