Warrior 100% Parry skill + Awareness

[TallonOverworld]

the whole thing is debatable... i would like it as it is maybe if a guaranteed proc follows like PLD shield swipe...

[SpookyGhost]

The side effect wouldn't make much sense if it were a single-use cooldown. When would a boss ever be attacking you from the side?

[SirTaint]

The side effect wouldn't make much sense if it were a single-use cooldown. When would a boss ever be attacking you from the side?

Could be boss plus adds? Really need more info before we dissect this ability. 1 hit vs duration will be a major factor.

[Rbstr]

I could have sworn, in the live letter itself, that Yoshi said something about this skill causing counter attacks as well.

I could go either way on duration vs. single instance. 30% is a lot, but Vengeance does that against all attacks. A single parry is super hard to time right.

[aerolol]

I could have sworn, in the live letter itself, that Yoshi said something about this skill causing counter attacks as well.

Yeah, I heard that in the live letter as well.
Hoping it will be a sure 100% parry + counter attack.

Wouldn't it be awesome if it counters for the same damage you take?
Like in t12, a Revalation (with no buffs/debuffs at all) will cause around 10k dmg on a WAR
If I only use this skill, I will parry that for 30% mitigation, so it's 7k dmg I'm taking.
Does that mean I hit Phoenix back for 7k too >D
(Or do I hit it for 3k with the counterattack because that's the amount parried?)

[Arkenne]

If Im not wrong, this is the skill shown by the WAR in the HW's Benchmark. So it SHOULD have a Counter Attack... it only makes sense giving the risk for eating a Crit if hit from the side.

[Sakasa]

you can't Parry magic attacks regardless.

I would like to point out there are some magic attacks that can be parried like dark thunder in HM hard so I assume there is a specific modifier devs add to make certian especially potent spells to be enable to be parried. I assume what this stipulation does specifically is not being able to just have a warrior put their back to the wall in front of a line of mobs because they forcible move each other to make space so in a pull of 6 mobs or 3 large ones they body check the others to the sides of their target. And at the same time doesn't allow the warrior to move while the buff is up unless they back peddle with out taking a critical hits. So it like many other abilites in Heavensward so far seem to reward planned stationary tactics.

[Cariborne]

Can't you only parry from the front anyways?