Incap Strike Silencing

HankTwo

From Patch Notes v5.0.3:

'Incapacitating Strike: This morph no longer applies Minor Mangle or Stuns the target when cast with 120 or more Ultimate. Instead, it now Silences the target for 3 seconds when cast with 120 or more Ultimate. Additionally, while slotted, it now grants Reave, which restores up to 100 Magicka and Stamina when dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on a target with a negative effect active on them. '

Anyone else a bit astonished by this change? Being unable to cast any skills on a mag char for 3 seconds sounds like a death sentence to me, especially in a 1v1 scenario.

Wuuffyy

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! Imagine how stam builds were feeling with the 50% healing reduction for 6 secs

getemshauna

It's totally unbalanced, because it absolutely counters one type of builds (magicka), and does nothing aganist other (stamina). I am wondering, how magicka character is supposed to survive 3 seconds without being even able to play defensively, because magicka builds can't even dodge roll long enough to survive 3 seconds of silence.

casparian

getemshauna wrote: »

It's totally unbalanced, because it absolutely counters one type of builds (magicka), and does nothing aganist other (stamina). I am wondering, how magicka character is supposed to survive 3 seconds without being even able to play defensively, because magicka builds can't even dodge roll long enough to survive 3 seconds of silence.

Dodge roll to the other side of your zerg and rely on your pocket healer I guess. This is just one more big FU to small-scalers that won't have a proportional effect on large-group play.

FakeZavos

I miss wrobel

imredneckson

HankTwo wrote: »

From Patch Notes v5.0.3:

'Incapacitating Strike: This morph no longer applies Minor Mangle or Stuns the target when cast with 120 or more Ultimate. Instead, it now Silences the target for 3 seconds when cast with 120 or more Ultimate. Additionally, while slotted, it now grants Reave, which restores up to 100 Magicka and Stamina when dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on a target with a negative effect active on them. '

Anyone else a bit astonished by this change? Being unable to cast any skills on a mag char for 3 seconds sounds like a death sentence to me, especially in a 1v1 scenario.

This is even stronger than what it is now. So I start getting ganked, I lose half my HP (or more) in half a second, and now I can't cast or even heal myself for an extra 3 seconds after. Keep it like it is now its a lot more balanced.

Derra

Wolf_Watching wrote: »

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! Imagine how stam builds were feeling with the 50% healing reduction for 6 secs

Do mag chars not heal?

HankTwo

casparian wrote: »

getemshauna wrote: »

It's totally unbalanced, because it absolutely counters one type of builds (magicka), and does nothing aganist other (stamina). I am wondering, how magicka character is supposed to survive 3 seconds without being even able to play defensively, because magicka builds can't even dodge roll long enough to survive 3 seconds of silence.

Dodge roll to the other side of your zerg and rely on your pocket healer I guess. This is just one more big FU to small-scalers that won't have a proportional effect on large-group play.

Just think about the scenarios:

1v1 or 1vX: mag player has to dodge roll 2 times to avoid damage, then gets stunned but can't break free because of lack of stamina --> dead mag player
BGs: silencing the healer of a group during ulti dump --> pretty much assured group wipe

This proposed change just seems insane :S

sage2000

Wolf_Watching wrote: »

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! Imagine how stam builds were feeling with the 50% healing reduction for 6 secs

When did that apply only to stam builds?

Marcus_Thracius

Really hope this goes live - my ganker cant wait

VaranisArano

Derra wrote: »

Wolf_Watching wrote: »

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! Imagine how stam builds were feeling with the 50% healing reduction for 6 secs

Do mag chars not heal?

Not anymore they don't.

imredneckson

VaranisArano wrote: »

Derra wrote: »

Wolf_Watching wrote: »

Waaaaaaaaa!!!! Imagine how stam builds were feeling with the 50% healing reduction for 6 secs

Do mag chars not heal?

Not anymore they don't.

^ xD

DeadlyRecluse

A lot depends on what they mean by "Silence."

If it's a persistent effect outside of the CC system, it's a big deal. If it can be broken-free, it's probably fine.

...has anyone actually tested it yet?

ZOS_JesC

Greetings, since we have multiple threads open on this topic, we have decided to close this one. You're welcome to continue the conversation in any one of the other threads.