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Knocked down while blocking with full stamina?

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MADshadowman
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This happens to me a lot the last 2 weeks. How can it be that i get knocked down when i block and have stamina?
  • The_Man_From_Stygia
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    I've experienced something similar... not sure how it was done. I guess the server must have forgotten about that block thing...
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  • Nestor
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    Critical Hits are Critical Hits. If they crit hit you higher than your Impenetrable rating, then you can get knocked down. Not all heavy attacks Crit so you can probably block some of them by just holding up your shield.

    Now, another thing you can do is give them a timed bash (interrupt). Do so on the back swing and you can stop the Heavy Attack and stun the opponent. If they are already bringing the weapon forward, its probably too late. But as soon as I see the yellow sparkles, I try to bash if I can, or dodge roll away.
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  • MADshadowman
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Critical Hits are Critical Hits. If they crit hit you higher than your Impenetrable rating, then you can get knocked down. Not all heavy attacks Crit so you can probably block some of them by just holding up your shield.

    Now, another thing you can do is give them a timed bash (interrupt). Do so on the back swing and you can stop the Heavy Attack and stun the opponent. If they are already bringing the weapon forward, its probably too late. But as soon as I see the yellow sparkles, I try to bash if I can, or dodge roll away.

    Uhm... i'm talking about Invasion knockdown and blocking is supposed to protect you from cc. crits have nothing to do with cc blocking.
  • asteldian
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    Were you weapon swapping? I noticed that this seems to cancel block. I am sure it never used to.
  • MADshadowman
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    asteldian wrote: »
    Were you weapon swapping? I noticed that this seems to cancel block. I am sure it never used to.

    No, i'm usually standing there blocking way before i get hit. i know that you can't block if the enemy is already charging in, but if i hold block because i know someone will charge me, and this person just knocks me down while i block, this just doesn't seem right to me.
  • SFBryan18
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    Lag?
  • phairdon
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    SFBryan18 wrote: »
    Lag?

    That would be my take on it. Same thing can happen when you knock down an enemy with silver bolt. This has happened numerous times to me with undead archers. Knock them down & they still hit me with arrows. Always put it down to lag.
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  • MADshadowman
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    phairdon wrote: »
    SFBryan18 wrote: »
    Lag?

    That would be my take on it. Same thing can happen when you knock down an enemy with silver bolt. This has happened numerous times to me with undead archers. Knock them down & they still hit me with arrows. Always put it down to lag.

    No, like i said i'm holding block way before someone charges me. and other stuff works right away without lag.

    It seems as if ESO would just forget that i'm pressing the right mouse button.
  • Nestor
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    MADshadowman wrote: »
    Uhm... i'm talking about Invasion knockdown and blocking is supposed to protect you from cc. crits have nothing to do with cc blocking.

    So am I.

    Sometimes a Charge will knock me down when I am blocking. Holding up Block is not a magic shield against all damage or effects in the game, it is just an effective mitigator most of the time. If you don't want to be charged down, then get out of the red zone.

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  • Tankqull
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    block bug as it sounds - blocking on your client side while the server never got that information
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  • Aeratus
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    Tankqull wrote: »
    block bug as it sounds - blocking on your client side while the server never got that information
    I agree.

    This appears to be a lag issue. Blocking requires that you are holding down the button. So if there is a lag spike, the server will not register your block status since it considers that you doing no action during the lag spike.
    Holding up Block is not a magic shield against all damage or effects in the game
    Block (as long as a there is no lag) is indeed a 100% shield against all CC knockdown effects that players have. Only bosses have unblockable knockdown.
  • Nestor
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    It must have been some lag then. In PvE, I have been knocked down even while holding up block. Which is why I learned to get out of Red. I have also noticed that if I don't have block up soon enough I will get knocked down. Which again is another reason why I get out of the red.

    Or, maybe in PvP it's different when its a player doing this.
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  • BRogueNZ
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    I'd say lag. I find myself knocked down from charges all the time and the enemy is still, at least visually, many metre's away.
  • SLy_Kyti
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    I have also found blocking to be hit and miss.
    Perhaps something either broke in the latest patch or reverted. OR it may now work as intended..as in: Charging cannot be blocked anymore. Clanfears, wasp, welwa brutes, these I used to be able to block the charge ( silly kyti, still in the red) and daze the beasts. Now I am flattened.
    So, charging= not blockable or bashable.
    Bosses= immune
    Immovable/ potions= don't work on charges.

    Thoughts?
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  • MADshadowman
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    SLy_Kyti wrote: »
    I have also found blocking to be hit and miss.
    Perhaps something either broke in the latest patch or reverted. OR it may now work as intended..as in: Charging cannot be blocked anymore. Clanfears, wasp, welwa brutes, these I used to be able to block the charge ( silly kyti, still in the red) and daze the beasts. Now I am flattened.
    So, charging= not blockable or bashable.
    Bosses= immune
    Immovable/ potions= don't work on charges.

    Thoughts?

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