Confusing debounces; help much appreciated

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#1

On tool activation the code below is supposed to play the swing animation, and then upon next activation the comboSwing animation. After the main chunk of code, I run a reset function that prevents combo to be playable, if the player has hesitated to activate the tool for too long. With this function, the problem is that you can spam the 2nd animation:

0:12 timestamp^

However, I think the core issue lies with the main chunk of code and has something to do with debounces being reset irrespectively of the task.wait() by the Counter part, because removing that reset function I mentioned results in a different issue:

Now, the 2nd animation doesn’t get reset and merges with the first one. As of my solutions, I’ve tried moving the Counter section to the main chunk (which handles the animations) for better control over the order, in which things proceed, but that results in yet different issue, as the 2nd animation never plays (yes, even after setting comboSwingDB = false and attackCount to 2 at the end of the 1st animation).

I would really appreciate a solution, as I’ve struggled with this problem for too long. Anyway, here’s the snippet:

local function resetCount()
	swingDebounce = false
	task.wait(1)
	if  attackCount == 2 then
		comboSwingDebounce = false
		attackCount = 1
	end
end
weapon.Activated:Connect(function()
	if swingDebounce or comboSwingDebounce then
		return
	end
	hitHumanoids = {}
	-- Picking animation
	local anim = nil
	if attackCount == 1 and swingDebounce == false then
		anim = swingAnimationTrack
		swingDebounce = true
		anim:Play()
		task.wait(anim.Length - 0.4)
	elseif attackCount == 2 and comboSwingDebounce == false then
		anim = comboSwingAnimationTrack
		comboSwingDebounce = true
		anim:Play()
		task.wait(anim.Length - 0.4)
	end
	-- Counting
	if attackCount == 2 then
		attackCount = 1
		comboSwingDebounce = false
	elseif attackCount == 1 then
		attackCount = 2
		swingDebounce = false
	end
	resetCount()
end)
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#2

guessing

local swingDebounce = false
local attackCount = 1

local function resetCount()
    task.wait(1)
    if attackCount == 2 then
        attackCount = 1
    end
end

weapon.Activated:Connect(function()
    if swingDebounce then
        return
    end
    
    local anim = nil
    if attackCount == 1 then
        anim = swingAnimationTrack
    else
        anim = comboSwingAnimationTrack
    end
    
    if anim then
        swingDebounce = true
        anim:Play()
        task.wait(anim.Length - 0.4)
        swingDebounce = false
    end
    
    if attackCount == 1 then
        attackCount = 2
    else
        attackCount = 1
    end
    
    resetCount()
end)
#3

Nope, same problem as in the first video (can spam the 2nd animation) but thanks anyway