On higher difficulty speedruns of Silent Hill 3 a different strat is used on God, but I can't recreate it for the life of me. It looks like all you have to do it stand to the right of God and bait her swipe attack, where it'll then whiff Heather. I can be standing in the exact spot where it looks like it should work, but I get hit every time. I've tried a bunch of subtle variations of the position, only to never cease to get hit. How exactly is this done? And can it only be done in some versions of the game?

(not my video obviously)

So weapon, stance, framerate and possibly hardware all play a factor. I'll keep that in mind, thanks.