Whats up with pali?

[Beddict]

Server ticks/snapshots necessitate using Sheltron a fair bit sooner then on-screen visuals would suggest.

There are some weird mechanics that simply cannot be blocked, though; usually things that do fixed/percentage-based damage.

Don't Critical Hits also bypass Block? It's not a problem in Shadowbringers since enemy attacks no longer crit in content from 5.0+, but a bunch of mobs critting in Pharos will still hurt like hell when they ignore Sheltron.

[Absurdity]

Don't Critical Hits also bypass Block? It's not a problem in Shadowbringers since enemy attacks no longer crit in content from 5.0+, but a bunch of mobs critting in Pharos will still hurt like hell when they ignore Sheltron.

I was just about to say...I'm pretty sure SE did not go back and remove crits from old bosses, so Shelltron can end up being completely useless.
It's one of the reasons why I suggested that they just change it to a flat 20% mitigation for 6 seconds, you can't even go past that amount of mitigation anymore, since they capped Block Rating and Block Strength on shields.

In dungeons especially Shelltron is just a worse version of Raw Intuition or Heart of Stone, because guess what is the most dangerous thing in current max level dungeons? The trash. And what's the thing that can still crit you with auto attacks in current max level dungeons? The trash.