Gladiator Hulk and Brute Force

So, I’m currently trying to get through 5.1.6, which is the brute force quest.
Brute Force, for those who don’t know, means if you don’t land a hit on your opponent in 6 seconds, you begin passively degenerating.

Now, since I can’t exactly use Quake here, I decided to bring in Gladiator Hulk, since his face me mechanic would help counter the degen, since it’s passive.

However, when I went to test this, Face Me did not activate once, even though the degen is passive. Does anyone know why?

Comments

GinjabredMonsta

Apparently brute force is in it's own category, so face me doesn't actually work against it. At least that's what I remember seeing in the forums

SpideyFunko

Apparently brute force is in it's own category, so face me doesn't actually work against it. At least that's what I remember seeing in the forums

Do you happen to know where they said that on forums?

GinjabredMonsta

Apparently brute force is in it's own category, so face me doesn't actually work against it. At least that's what I remember seeing in the forums
Do you happen to know where they said that on forums?

None as much as an official kabam statement that I remember, mostly just player discussion

mgj0630

@SpideyFunko I'm a huge fan of Ghulk, and unfortunately all I can say is that Kabam really screwed the pooch on his Face Me mechanic, as there are places where you would clearly expect it to work, but it doesn't. To my knowledge, Kabam has never offered a good explanation to why some passive DoTs trigger Face Me while others don't.

It's frustrating to even say it, but the harsh reality is that's it's probably "working as intended".

If it helps, here are some things I know will trigger it:

No retreat nodes
Starburst nodes
Mojo's degen
Magik's limbo
Domino's crit failure
Nick Fury's passive bleed (applied after 8 bleed debuffs)

I know there's more, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Mirage_Turtle

@mgj0630 has pretty much hit the nail on the head. Kabam has said Gulk is working as intended, but has never given an explanation as to why Starburst triggers Face Me while Degeneration doesn't despite both being passive damage over time.

SpideyFunko

@SpideyFunko I'm a huge fan of Ghulk, and unfortunately all I can say is that Kabam really screwed the pooch on his Face Me mechanic, as there are places where you would clearly expect it to work, but it doesn't. To my knowledge, Kabam has never offered a good explanation to why some passive DoTs trigger Face Me while others don't.

It's frustrating to even say it, but the harsh reality is that's it's probably "working as intended".

If it helps, here are some things I know will trigger it:

No retreat nodes
Starburst nodes
Mojo's degen
Magik's limbo
Domino's crit failure
Nick Fury's passive bleed (applied after 8 bleed debuffs)

I know there's more, but I can't think of them at the moment.

Okay then, thanks!