Alliance events after the update

Is it just me or does it feel like your being handicapped when fighting in alliance war ? Lately it feels like the game is issue free when running arena or event Quests but when in war there's problems like swiping at the end of a 5 hit mlllm combo and instead of a medium you start doing a heavy and get combo'd into oblivion or stopping dead when your trying to intercept and getting combo'd into oblivion ?
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