Blocking Dizzying Swing

oMrRust

Okay, I have seen this happen to me 3 times now maybe.
I am unsure if this is a new feature or a bug. I checked patch notes and also did "Find" for a certain text phrase and found nothing.

Dizzying swing is seeming to knock me back when I am blocking the attack with a shield.
I have 75% stamina and a Skeleton NPC went to do a Dizzying Swing attack on me I blocked at 75% stamina and it knocked me back.

In pvp this one person knocked me back twice at 50%+ stamina when I was blocking it. and it happened one other time.
I sure hope this is a bug and not a change.

WhiteMage

I know what you're talking about. Very rarely when I see someone wind up a DS am I able to block in time, despite the animations making it seem pretty clear I'm blocking in time. Oddly enough, the only times I've been able to block it is when I guessed that it will be their next attack and block instead of continuing on jabbing, and that's very hit or miss on whether they actually DS or if I just wasted precious stamina. And just forget about dodgerolling it, because DS can hit you mid-dodge and you have to pay for that twice.

oMrRust

WhiteMage wrote: »

I know what you're talking about. Very rarely when I see someone wind up a DS am I able to block in time, despite the animations making it seem pretty clear I'm blocking in time. Oddly enough, the only times I've been able to block it is when I guessed that it will be their next attack and block instead of continuing on jabbing, and that's very hit or miss on whether they actually DS or if I just wasted precious stamina. And just forget about dodgerolling it, because DS can hit you mid-dodge and you have to pay for that twice.

Well i am about to test it with a friend to see if he can knock me back at 50%+ stamina