Hollowed Ground

[Mastanight]

Is it just me or does hollowed ground require a second or a third press of the button to activate? Never had this problem with any other move, also have a new keyboard and seems pretty accurate. Occurs in any fight or anytime when it is immediatly needed, will have to press 2 to 3 times to activate when its needed in emergency. Anyone else seen this happen??????

[Lothar808]

Pressing it once is usually enough. The problem comes from animation lock. If you are currently in a animation, Hallowed usually wont go off until that animation is done. Also, even if Hallowed does go off, it roughly doesn't take effect until the animation for it actually finishes. So a lot of the times you will press Hollowed and still get hit 1-3 times before you actually become invulnerable. Worst case, you pop Hallowed and it doesn't save you, you die, yet the cool down is still active.

[Casper]

Yes, it comes down to the super long delay between when you press the button, and when it takes effect; in the case of hallowed ground, i think there is about 1.5 seconds between the two.

Hallowed ground is an extremely powerful ability, one of the most powerful in the game, truly, but it is a tactical nuke, not a panic button. Best uses are more often than not planned in advance to completely trivialize some part of the fight; used in emergency, it is is quite ineffective most times.

[MythToken]

At least it isn't holmgang...

[Rhaja]

At least it isn't holmgang...

On the otherhand, every time I get Holmgang just right I feel like a ****ing legend. Hallowed Ground just makes me want to play benny hill XD.

Bout to fall off from a Levi slam, nail that holmgang, and for just a fraction you see fear in it's eyes. Pop Tempered Will and he just looks at you like a dick.

[Arkenne]

On the otherhand, every time I get Holmgang just right I feel like a ****ing legend.

I gotta completely agree with this thought! I have only used it once on reflex at Vishap and totally ate 2 certain kill AoEs and came out alive! D:
It was quite amazing >

[Casper]

At least it isn't holmgang...

Holmgang is super usefull and completely misunderstood by the vast majority of the tanks that could use it. It really doesn't deserve the bad rep it is getting. It requires coordination and communication with your healers, but it is a tool with a 3 min CD that allows you to survive any tank buster, more or less. Yeah, it is nowhere near as usefull as hallowed ground, for sure, but that is not because holmgang is a bad ability, it's because hallowed ground is completely broken.

[SpookyGhost]

Holmgang is super usefull and completely misunderstood by the vast majority of the tanks that could use it. It really doesn't deserve the bad rep it is getting. It requires coordination and communication with your healers, but it is a tool with a 3 min CD that allows you to survive any tank buster, more or less. Yeah, it is nowhere near as usefull as hallowed ground, for sure, but that is not because holmgang is a bad ability, it's because hallowed ground is completely broken.

Yeah, that's the main "problem" with Holmgang - Hallowed is just flat out better. That doesn't mean Holmgang is bad in any regard, just not as good as Hallowed. It also requires coordination and an external resource from healers, whether it be Bene, Lustrates (Aetherflow stacks), or just MP. Hallowed on the other hand... costs nothing. ):

[Brightsayge]

its just you

[karateorangutang]

I'd agree that hallowed is very powerful. To balance that you need to use it as planned not as a reaction. The animation is long enough that you can easily die before the invulnerability pops.

I don't know that I would call it broken though. Its not instant, lasts 10 seconds, and has a fairly long cooldown timer (5 minutes).

I'm not complaining at all cause its awesome, but i don't know that I would call it broken.