Healers, when Paladin used Cover on you...

[TaneshimaPopura]

@Divine Might

Cover is for Physical DMG. Of course you wouldn't die from a Caster DPS. But your cover target will =_=.

@bbt

It is almost always more effective to continue pounding the cover target, cause lets face it all damage done to the cover target will be transfered over anyways. THERE is no reason to swap. You don't get it do you bbt? Cover damage goes through Hallowed Ground! Thats why I keep telling you to keep track not only on PvP forums but also PvE! God jeez, I'd give you another extras for this. If the PLD covers a target and you sleep the PLD, attacking his cover target will not wake the PLD and the PLD will just die in his sleep.

Cover is usually more detrimental to be used. However it has a good point being that the cover target has the liberty to free cast during that time bar magical attack interrupts.

This forum is way too misinformed. Most of the time it is always used on Healer as even if a DPS die it is sort of a good thing as it contributes to the LB bar, keep everyone alive longer and perhaps your losing team gets their LB earlier than the opposing team and one shots their healer with Melee LB.

[xagarelic]

I only used it so the healer can see my sword-flapping animation

[bbt]

The only misinformed one is you, trying to impose your all-knowing PvE logic into a dynamic arena with an absence of scripted enemies.

Hallowed Ground is meant to combat the switched focus, not nullify the transferred damage. The majority of players won't keep swinging at a Covered healer with 100% HP when the Paladin tailing her is on the brink of death.

Yes, it is efficient to pound the Covered target, but this is not the case in all of the games where Cover played a critical role. In all cases the opposing team's DPS targeted me and I was forced to HG.

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[TaneshimaPopura]

@bbt

That is because they are just being stupid. Like I've said attacking Cover target is always more potent only reason to swap to the PLD is to throw things like Mercy Stroke or Misery's End. Which really, you'd be better off just hitting the Cover target. It's because if you get real "scripted" PvPer they will no doubt continue pounding on the Cover target.

People being erratic and unable to make snap decisions. I couldn't count how many times I continue pounding on the cover target to have the PLD drop dead, and believe it or not the more you hit the healer the more he wants to heal himself and ignore his cover tank. Which is cool for me. That being said I can assure you that 75% of the time covering a PuG healer is going to do you more harm than benefit only reason you'd want to cover someone is when that someone is locked down hard.

Cover is like taking a loan from a Loan Shark. Sure it covers your problems now, but it puts you in a deep deficit later. Which almost always leads to a breakdown like 2-3 people all being low and the healer can no longer keep everyone up. Oh and I wish you could see what Axe Kick + Howling Fist can do to you when you cover your target and both get cleaved.

[Divinemight]

@Divine Might

Cover is for Physical DMG. Of course you wouldn't die from a Caster DPS. But your cover target will =_=.

I am aware of that, you have to realize one thing. If you dont cover a dying healer, they will end up dead and game is over at this point. You are clearly going through theory side about Cover and ignore the fact that in actual combat, I would also flash and stun meeles attacking covered healer that gradually reduced damage intake. The only dammage source left from range (caster or bard) is not sufficient enough in a degree that would kill me. It wil only lower my HP to 50% (if range DD reserves all dammage cds).

My dying healer would recover by this point, and two meele DDs will try to switch to me because my HP is much lower. Poping defense CDs at this point, is not a R tard act, it is a correct decision.

[Fyreus]

Personally I see cover as an ability to catch save a caster if people aren't aware of what it does unless bulwark now blocks hits on behalf of the intended target.

Although I'm not a fan of cover, I must say that the moment cover goes off, I'm going to target the healer (which wasn't common last I played) because that will most likely remove the paladin from play unless they are both spamming heals on each other and somehow make it out alive, but in that case it's really 1~3 attackers vs Cover's target: caster defense. Now if cover stacks with the move that allows you to toss defense onto another target (I forget the name), then maybe that ability will earn some decent merit.

If i could only count all the times i've died under cover when i could have done better doing drive by stuns before returning to healer harassment, I'd be rich.

[Pentara]

ive been saved by cover quite a few times, but when your not in voice chat its hard to know if-when your being covered. even with macro <se.#> spam if its something your not used too its something your not going to be watching for.

Theres a lot going on and theres a lot of noisy silence macros and shit so don't hate us if we don't notice you used cover plz :x