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Does Killmonger True strike ignore Medusa's auto parry?

GnotnusGnotnus Posts: 89 ★
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I know that KM's True strike ignores auto block like Modok's, but I wonder if it also ignores Medusa's auto-parry?

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    -sixate--sixate- Posts: 1,532 ★★★★★
    Yes, paired with WS he gains true strike on intercepts. I can go an entire fight with true strike active. Shuts down all auto blocking and evading.
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    Eb0ny-O-M4wEb0ny-O-M4w Posts: 13,764 ★★★★★
    True strike ignores auto-block ...
    If a block never happens, a parry will not happen either
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    HaminHamin Posts: 2,444 ★★★★★
    If you have Domino or Yondu, a combo started with medium then light bypasses the mechanic and forces her to auto block but not be able to parry.
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    DNA3000DNA3000 Posts: 18,687 Guardian
    Hamin wrote: »
    If you have Domino or Yondu, a combo started with medium then light bypasses the mechanic and forces her to auto block but not be able to parry.

    Technically, it isn't that this bypasses Medusa's mechanics. Medusa doesn't "auto parry." Medusa auto blocks. Those blocks are treated as well timed blocks for the purpose of Parry, but Parry itself can only trigger on melee attacks that make contact. Yondu's light attacks count as projectile attacks and thus cannot ordinarily trigger Parry. So just like most projectile attacks, Medusa can auto block Yondu's yaka arrow light attacks but she won't trigger Parry on them. You can do this with any projectile attack, including specials: land one attack then immediately use a projectile attack which Medusa will autoblock, removing all her fury buffs in the process.
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    HaminHamin Posts: 2,444 ★★★★★
    DNA3000 wrote: »
    Hamin wrote: »
    If you have Domino or Yondu, a combo started with medium then light bypasses the mechanic and forces her to auto block but not be able to parry.

    Technically, it isn't that this bypasses Medusa's mechanics. Medusa doesn't "auto parry." Medusa auto blocks. Those blocks are treated as well timed blocks for the purpose of Parry, but Parry itself can only trigger on melee attacks that make contact. Yondu's light attacks count as projectile attacks and thus cannot ordinarily trigger Parry. So just like most projectile attacks, Medusa can auto block Yondu's yaka arrow light attacks but she won't trigger Parry on them. You can do this with any projectile attack, including specials: land one attack then immediately use a projectile attack which Medusa will autoblock, removing all her fury buffs in the process.

    That's why I said bypass the "mechanic".
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    DNA3000DNA3000 Posts: 18,687 Guardian
    Hamin wrote: »
    DNA3000 wrote: »
    Hamin wrote: »
    If you have Domino or Yondu, a combo started with medium then light bypasses the mechanic and forces her to auto block but not be able to parry.

    Technically, it isn't that this bypasses Medusa's mechanics. Medusa doesn't "auto parry." Medusa auto blocks. Those blocks are treated as well timed blocks for the purpose of Parry, but Parry itself can only trigger on melee attacks that make contact. Yondu's light attacks count as projectile attacks and thus cannot ordinarily trigger Parry. So just like most projectile attacks, Medusa can auto block Yondu's yaka arrow light attacks but she won't trigger Parry on them. You can do this with any projectile attack, including specials: land one attack then immediately use a projectile attack which Medusa will autoblock, removing all her fury buffs in the process.

    That's why I said bypass the "mechanic".

    Okay. What mechanic specifically does Yondu "bypass." Because as far as I can tell, he obeys every single game mechanic properly including Medusa's abilities, blocking, and the Parry mastery. Yondu's attacks do exactly what I would expect them to do if all mechanics were not bypassed.
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    HaminHamin Posts: 2,444 ★★★★★
    DNA3000 wrote: »
    Hamin wrote: »
    DNA3000 wrote: »
    Hamin wrote: »
    If you have Domino or Yondu, a combo started with medium then light bypasses the mechanic and forces her to auto block but not be able to parry.

    Technically, it isn't that this bypasses Medusa's mechanics. Medusa doesn't "auto parry." Medusa auto blocks. Those blocks are treated as well timed blocks for the purpose of Parry, but Parry itself can only trigger on melee attacks that make contact. Yondu's light attacks count as projectile attacks and thus cannot ordinarily trigger Parry. So just like most projectile attacks, Medusa can auto block Yondu's yaka arrow light attacks but she won't trigger Parry on them. You can do this with any projectile attack, including specials: land one attack then immediately use a projectile attack which Medusa will autoblock, removing all her fury buffs in the process.

    That's why I said bypass the "mechanic".

    Okay. What mechanic specifically does Yondu "bypass." Because as far as I can tell, he obeys every single game mechanic properly including Medusa's abilities, blocking, and the Parry mastery. Yondu's attacks do exactly what I would expect them to do if all mechanics were not bypassed.

    The mechanic of a parry stun.

    Like you said... it's a projectile, which can't be parried. This bypasses the mechanic of a parry stun.
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