Shields devalued by devs

[HyperiusUltima]

It’s pretty finicky at best, so if anything I think it’s just a bug with the attack itself as someone stated. With all Boss Ultimates(Delta Attack, Divine Judgment, Being Mortal) generally you have time to set up and mitigate. Might want to submit a Bug Report In-Game to get this pushed.

[SilentVoice]

thanks everyone. i really thought this was a design decision (and many other people i know too). gonna submit a ticket, see what happens

[Sebazy]

Just to confirm. The damage on innocence’s transition does indeed snapshot right as the last add dies. As a WHM hitting wings and benison on someone with vuln stacks before that add dies will usually get them through with the shield getting eaten in the process.

[HyperiusUltima]

I would think they would not deviate from the formula like that Sebazy. If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.

[Schan]

Dear SE design team,
Last week I cleared The Crown of Immaculate Extreme and was surprised to notice that healer shields do not work on the boss ultimate attack after killing ads. My question is - WHY?
Why you keep doing this for some fights, and why is it becoming a norm? There are other ways to make fight more punishing, rather than making people with 2 vulnstacks die to an ultimate attack that cannot be shielded. Maybe remove them shields altogether then, since it is clear that you want healer to just spam "1" reducing value of their healing toolkit to by making design decisions like these.
Best Regards, Aluvian Darkstar@Twintania

that boss is what I call the "king of snapping". you will notice it's not just his ultimate that does that. So basically for shields to be affected you need to have the shields on your party before the last add dies. He snaps your party when the add dies. if you apply shields after the add dies, the ultimate will ignore the shields.

Same thing applies to the dashy move he does which has distance damage. He snaps where you are long before he finishes the cast so if you move out of the way at the last second, it's far too late for you to save yourself.

[Nethereal]

There's a certain point where you need to use shields or it will miss the tic and it won't work. That's all.