Magneto vs Peni Parker: Bug or I'm missing something?
KnightZero
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When using Mags vs Peni Parker in the Cav EQ, she obviously gets Magnetized since she's metal. And Magneto can't be autoblocked when it is on the opponent.
But if you hit her when she has above 4 spider charges, the screen says 'Autoblock Failed', but the hit doesn't connect, she holds block and Magneto gets power burned.
Is this intended? Or am I missing something?
But if you hit her when she has above 4 spider charges, the screen says 'Autoblock Failed', but the hit doesn't connect, she holds block and Magneto gets power burned.
Is this intended? Or am I missing something?
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The hit whiffing part could be a bug but without a video it's hard to say for sure
The "would" is not redundant text: "when X does Y" and "when X would do Y" are not synonymous. It is slightly semantic short hand for "when X would do Y, whether Y is prevented or not in actuality."
Her abilities also state: 'When Peni would be struck...'
Does that mean that if you have a falter and you attempt to hit her, she can autoblock you? Because it would be pretty dumb. As per the wording explanation above, that is supposed to happen.
At least they don't Punish Power Burn Immunity and are actively adding a couple more like with King Groot recently, but then that just makes the other Negating Abilities even weirder cause why not just stop All Options if you're gonna stop 90% of them?
At the risk of over-anthropormorphizing the game engine, Peni's abilities don't "know" you're faltered. They just see you swing. If Peni's abilities think you will land that hit, they trigger autoblock. "When Peni would be struck..." is synonymous with "if Peni's abilities think you're about to hit her, she pushes the autoblock button. This burns four charges and for two seconds Peni's autoblock ability is activated."
The second line which reads "when Peni would autoblock a hit" is synonymous with "If Peni pushes the autoblock button, shoot the target with a power burn." The power burn happens whether or not something causes the autoblock to malfunction, like Magneto.
Annihilus with Darkhawk synergy will punch straight through and suffer no ill effects. Not that either is necessarily a first-choice champion for War Offense.