Warlock interaction with healblock+armour break node
cs89518
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So, I did my first run in the new dr modok island quest, and I went down the tech path.
When I faced the warlock I noticed someone weird, I was suffering from his degen. The only relevant node that he had was the one where you start the fight with heal block and armour break debuffs for the first 12 seconds (ish) (sorry, I can't remember the name of the node). As I have willpower, that's probably the reason I took the degen. But, if I was heal blocked the whole time, shouldn't I have not had any regen from willpower and therefore shouldn't trigger warlock's ability?
It seems like it's a similar bug to: Gulk's old interaction with starburst and indestructible (where his face me would cause regen when he wasn't taking damage); and more recently, black widow claire voyant and morningstar's interaction with indestructible and life steal. Both the latter bugs have been fixed, even though they benefitted the player, now I've found what I think is the same sort of bug, which is harmful to the player.
I still managed to finish the path, but lost 2 champs to the stacked warlock. This could be something really frustrating for weaker players and when facing stronger warlocks.
I'm not sure if this bug has been mentioned before or whether it is new because of the update. I unfortunately don't have a video recording of this, but if i find the same encounter again I will try to record it, any input would be valuable.
When I faced the warlock I noticed someone weird, I was suffering from his degen. The only relevant node that he had was the one where you start the fight with heal block and armour break debuffs for the first 12 seconds (ish) (sorry, I can't remember the name of the node). As I have willpower, that's probably the reason I took the degen. But, if I was heal blocked the whole time, shouldn't I have not had any regen from willpower and therefore shouldn't trigger warlock's ability?
It seems like it's a similar bug to: Gulk's old interaction with starburst and indestructible (where his face me would cause regen when he wasn't taking damage); and more recently, black widow claire voyant and morningstar's interaction with indestructible and life steal. Both the latter bugs have been fixed, even though they benefitted the player, now I've found what I think is the same sort of bug, which is harmful to the player.
I still managed to finish the path, but lost 2 champs to the stacked warlock. This could be something really frustrating for weaker players and when facing stronger warlocks.
I'm not sure if this bug has been mentioned before or whether it is new because of the update. I unfortunately don't have a video recording of this, but if i find the same encounter again I will try to record it, any input would be valuable.
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Here’s the fight (I found it again), the specific node is called ‘Short burst lockdown - 3’
"Whenever the Opponent would gain Health while infected, Warlock Power Drains them for 5% of their current Power over 0.50 seconds."
If he's awakened, Warlock inflicts degeneration damage when your power is drained or burned.
My best guess is that the key phrase is "WOULD GAIN HEALTH". I think that since you would gain health (willpower from the Armor Break debuff) if it weren't for the 2 heal blocks on you (debuff from the node, passive from Warlock), the Degen is applied.
While this is a bit tricky, I don't think it's a bug. I could be wrong, but I think it comes down to some very specific wording in Warlock's ability description.