Thanks to all for your answers.
I think it's safe to say that we are simply looking at this from two different perspectives.
The thing is ... I play around this limitation. I still try to circle around, or go through them in order to fully utilize the skill. And like I said in my previous post, I am partially successful in that. And the reason I was only partially successful is the reason I started this thread. I got my answer, thanks to you guys, but that answer raised an issue we are talking about now.
The issue being: why is the inability to fully utilize skills whenever I can, the result of a technically bad design and not the result of my bad play style. You yourselves said that the reason I don't get that flank buff or back crit every time I see myself applying the skill properly, is because server calculates one thing and client the other. Not skill, playstyle or environment limitation.
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