Quote Originally Posted by Heroicbandit View Post
Its intended to be a safety net. If you know you aren't going to survive a next hit, this affords your healers time to wake up and prioritize you. It's not as nice as taking 0 damage for a few seconds, but it prevents death nonetheless.
09:00:01 - You can the effects of Holmgang
09:00:03 - You are defeated

Just wait for it... its gonna be the same as hallowed and routinely fail despite the animation ending, the cooldown starting, and the buff showing on both our battle log and buff bar.