How can I stop this script from doing something if it has been hit?

I'm trying to make a script where if the player hits an object, it will change the value of something to true, then wait 5 seconds before it changes it back to false. I want it to wait another 5 seconds if it has been hit before it gets a chance to change the value back to false. However, I'm having trouble with this. My current script continues to change the value to false, even if I hit it again. (It's supposed to wait 5 seconds)

local Animal = script.Parent
local Attacker = Animal.Attacker
local TakingDamage = Animal.IsTakingDamage

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(tuc)
	if tuc.name == "Blade" then	
		Attacker.Value = tuc.Parent.Parent.Name
		TakingDamage.Value = true
		print("TakingDamage")
		wait(5)
		Attacker.Value = "nil"
		TakingDamage.Value = false
	end	
end)

How can I stop it from setting the value false if it has been hit again? Feel free to ask questions. Help is appreciated.

what you want is a debounce, which is pretty much a bool variable like debounce = false and you name debounce anything like died = true, dying = false like this example:

local debounce = false

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and debounce then -- the if statement only executes the code if "debounce" is false
		debounce = true -- makes it so we cant execute the code and sets it true
		print("hello")
		wait(5) -- waits 5 sec til we can execute the code
		debounce = false -- sets it to false
	end
end)

like this

local Animal = script.Parent
local Attacker = Animal.Attacker
local TakingDamage = Animal.IsTakingDamage
local canTouch = false

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(tuc)
    if tuc.name == "Blade" and canTouch then
	canTouch = true
        Attacker.Value = tuc.Parent.Parent.Name
        TakingDamage.Value = true
        print("TakingDamage")
        wait(5)
        Attacker.Value = "nil"
        TakingDamage.Value = false
	canTouch = false
    end 
end)

also there can be other forms of a Debounce like using numbers such as like this

debounce = 0

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and debounce == 0 then  
		debounce = 1
		print("hello")
		wait(5) 
		debounce = 0
	end
end)

You can use a quite simple method;

• create a simple Script.

• then add an IntValue named Cooldown inside the script.

• add the lines below to the Script!

--  The Power Of "Events"!
local Animal = script.Parent
local Attacker = Animal.Attacker
local TakingDamage = Animal.IsTakingDamage
local cool = script.Cooldown
loop = false

	script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
  if hit.Name == "Blade" then
Attacker.Value = hit.Parent.Parent.Name
        TakingDamage.Value = true
cool.Value = cool.Value + 5
loop = true
end
end)

cool.Changed:Connect(function()
if cool.Value == 0 then
TakingDamage.Value = false
Attacker.Value = nil
loop = false
wait(1)
end
end)

while loop == true do
wait(1)
cool.Value = cool.Value - 1
end

-- Feel free to edit it!

-- Hope i helped.

---- AIphanium.