Bug or Enhancement

Not sure if I am just late to the party, but in an arena fight I just witnessed the AI parrying a heavy attack.

I have seen many a parry when hitting into block after the most recent update, but this is the first time I saw a heavy trigger parry. I was using Karnak against Nightcrawler.

I imagine the summoner I was fighting in arena had the stand your ground mastery, but in six years playing the game I have never been able to trigger parry while blocking a heavy. I also use the stand your ground mastery typically 4/5.

Is this expected behavior or is this yet another bug that has developed with the new input refractor system?

Comments

Sean_Who

Not sure if I am just late to the party, but in an arena fight I just witnessed the AI parrying a heavy attack.

I have seen many a parry when hitting into block after the most recent update, but this is the first time I saw a heavy trigger parry. I was using Karnak against Nightcrawler.

I imagine the summoner I was fighting in arena had the stand your ground mastery, but in six years playing the game I have never been able to trigger parry while blocking a heavy. I also use the stand your ground mastery typically 4/5.

Is this expected behavior or is this yet another bug that has developed with the new input refractor system?

I haven't seen it either until recently.

I suppose if you did a well-timed block at the time you resist the first hit of the heavy, then it's technically possible. Whenever I get heavies it's generally from not releasing my block though.

Savage123456789

Technically this has been possible with stand your ground if you do a well timed block. But I do agree the AI has been having a higher success rate of doing this more than they were able to do in the past.

Sean_Who

https://streamable.com/bkk5qs

Took about 7 minutes with my heavy-handed old pal, Mysterio.

So it's possible but window is very small and seems like recent changes definitely allowed it to be easier for the AI.

Kabam Zibiit

This one is not a bug and has always been possible with the Stand Your Ground mastery. Most players tend to not see it happening as often since their reflex is to not try attempting the Parry against a Heavy, even when they do put points in the Mastery, but it has still been a valid interaction.