Defenders can parry now

Snerp_City

Medusa aq map7 has the ability to parry to now.

https://youtu.be/RiqEQ7a0SS8

This is Medusa in section 3 Delirium path

Artoria77

Seems like it was part of a node or something.
I don't play Medusa or AW so I would know if it's in her kit

Thicco_Mode

did they have the parry node? it has those white things on top and below the stun

TheAngryOne

It's her auto block. You attacked her when she had 3 stacks of fury. Try not to hit her as long as 3 furies are up or only use heavy attacks. She always had this ability. 🙂

Gardener

Really? they were always able to parry

Gardener

Atleast they've always been able to parry me

TheAngryOne

Gardener said:

Really? they were always able to parry

It's not a parry. It's her auto block mechanism. She's always worked like this.

Rayaan_2000

TheAngryOne said:

It's her auto block. You attacked her when she had 3 stacks of fury. Try not to hit her as long as 3 furies are up or only use heavy attacks. She always had this ability. 🙂

No, but her auto block won't trigger parry because the AI does not have masteries, she'll only parry in war, so this is an unintended interaction which should be looked into.

Snerp_City

TheAngryOne said:

Gardener said:

Really? they were always able to parry

It's not a parry. It's her auto block mechanism. She's always worked like this.

Are you sure she has worked like this. I run this path evert aq and this is the first time I get parried.

TheAngryOne

The auto block mechanic is unrelated to masteries. Every duped Medusa can auto block you unless you've got some kind of counter to it.

Snerp_City

TheAngryOne said:

The auto block mechanic is unrelated to masteries. Every duped Medusa can auto block you unless you've got some kind of counter to it.

Auto block and parry/stun are to different things.

CoatHang3r

Thicco_Mode said:

did they have the parry node? it has those white things on top and below the stun

Yeah the medusa on this weeks variation of map 7 in section 3 has parry as a node. If you watch the video it doesn’t exactly work in conjunction with her auto block though; she auto blocks then reparrys, Heimdall has the parry node in 6.2.6 (science path(?))and it’s the same thing, no parry with the auto block but does reparry if you continue to strike after being auto blocked.

TheAngryOne

Snerp_City said:

TheAngryOne said:

Gardener said:

Really? they were always able to parry

It's not a parry. It's her auto block mechanism. She's always worked like this.

Are you sure she has worked like this. I run this path evert aq and this is the first time I get parried.

Then you probably never attacked her when "living strands" (3 furies) were active or you got lucky and she didn't activate her auto block. I don't have any other explanation.

No_oneuk

Auto block doesn't equal parry, guys. If you find a random medusa like incursions and she gets 3 furies and you hit her a few times she could consume those 3 furies to auto block your hit, but that does NOT stun you, it simply blocks your hit.

SpideyFunko

I got parried by a Cyclops boss in Act 4 yesterday

TheAngryOne

SpideyFunko said:

I got parried by a Cyclops boss in Act 4 yesterday

Now I know who to place for AW defence 😏

On a more serious note this is news to me. I know it happens in AW but can't remember it happening in AQ or story content.

-sixate-

I don't play map 7, but there is a node that does this. What are all the nodes? Without knowing all nodes we can't know if it's a bug or if it should happen.

Mauled

There are nodes that enables the AI to parry. They most commonly put them on Medusa as she has auto block. Just one of those times you gotta get off autopilot when going into the fight

Snerp_City

Like I have said before, I have Played Map7 for a long time running this lane and this has never happened before. Unless there was an undocumented change to the nodes in aq this is new after this update. I will be checking tomorrow and see if its the node but I doubt it.

Thicco_Mode

CoatHang3r said:

Thicco_Mode said:

did they have the parry node? it has those white things on top and below the stun

Yeah the medusa on this weeks variation of map 7 in section 3 has parry as a node. If you watch the video it doesn’t exactly work in conjunction with her auto block though; she auto blocks then reparrys, Heimdall has the parry node in 6.2.6 (science path(?))and it’s the same thing, no parry with the auto block but does reparry if you continue to strike after being auto blocked.

I see. I was also super confused because the stun came after the auto block and it was super weird, so it didn't seem like a normal parry. Why doesn't she parry on the auto-block though? If this is correct, this is probably the reason

Snerp_City

7714dtl said:

7714dtl said:

Sorry, she parries. In the ability description.

Disagree with what? The laast line of the sig ability says "This can trigger parry." If you disagree then you either can't read or can't accept being wrong.

She can only parry if she has the parry mastery

Kill_Grey

7714dtl said:

7714dtl said:

Sorry, she parries. In the ability description.

Disagree with what? The laast line of the sig ability says "This can trigger parry." If you disagree then you either can't read or can't accept being wrong.

It's stated as "This can trigger parry". That *should* be only when the parry mastery is active.

No champ has the parry mastery inbuilt (except Colossus kinda). Therefore a Medusa on quests should not trigger it because it's simply not in her base abilities. The sig ability is stated the way it is to indicate that it can stun if and only if she belongs to a player that has the Mastery active.

JMORG1111

Unless the parry node is there, you shouldn't get stunned. I've taken Corvus just for the charge for forever. He doesn't get stunned outside a parry node or AW/Arena where masteries matter.

LeNoirFaineant

7714dtl said:

Sorry, she parries. In the ability description.

Wow. Yes, she parries if you have the parry mastery, which the AI does not in content like EQ, AQ, etc. It's always funny when someone says "sorry" and they are wrong lol. Go fight any random Medusa that isn't from an actual player and you get autoblocked but not stunned.

CoatHang3r

LeNoirFaineant said:

Yes, she parries if you have the parry mastery, which the AI does not in content like EQ, AQ, etc. It's always funny when someone says "sorry" and they are wrong lol. Go fight any random Medusa that isn't from an actual player and you get autoblocked but not stunned.

But...

LeNoirFaineant

CoatHang3r said:

LeNoirFaineant said:

Yes, she parries if you have the parry mastery, which the AI does not in content like EQ, AQ, etc. It's always funny when someone says "sorry" and they are wrong lol. Go fight any random Medusa that isn't from an actual player and you get autoblocked but not stunned.

But...

I know the node has it. Even there the AI doesn't have it per se. It's a node. I was responding to the idea that it is inherent in her abilities.

Nojokejaym

LeNoirFaineant said:

CoatHang3r said:

LeNoirFaineant said:

Yes, she parries if you have the parry mastery, which the AI does not in content like EQ, AQ, etc. It's always funny when someone says "sorry" and they are wrong lol. Go fight any random Medusa that isn't from an actual player and you get autoblocked but not stunned.

But...

I know the node has it. Even there the AI doesn't have it per se. It's a node. I was responding to the idea that it is inherent in her abilities.

Yah it doesn’t say it at all in her abilities the only way she parries is due to a node or masteries

TheAngryOne

So her chance to parry after an auto block is mastery dependant. Wasn't aware of it. Thanks for the clarification guys, I was wrong then.

Noodes_

Aquaflash

If the ability says she can parry on autoblock, then she should be able to parry on autoblock at any time. If the description is inaccurate, Kabam needs to rewrite it.

TrashPanda12

She should not parry if it is in AQ. In AW she would. It's as simple as that