How is block speed not hotfixed already? | Forums

[Apaolo_]

I mean it's a glaring issue that a lot of characters have to face. How can a slow blocker go against assassin classes? For example the Raider and Lawbringer have the slowest block speeds.

Every class should be able to block at the same speed.

[Dark.Knights]

Agree, hope they fix it. 20~22 frame is impossible to block faster class light attack.

[BobThePirate764]

If you're going to complain about tech specifics, post links to the relevant data so people have some sign this isn't just a butthurt bandwagon.

In b4 you wont and it is.

[ParadigmFringe]

I mean it's a glaring issue that a lot of characters have to face. How can a slow blocker go against assassin classes? For example the Raider and Lawbringer have the slowest block speeds.

Every class should be able to block at the same speed.

i main the lawbringer and the conqueror and i have no more trouble with assassins than i do with any other class. stop being so agressive against faster characters. be patient. back and side-step a lot. LEARN TO FEINT... fast characters know they can press their advantage when you whiff a heavy, so feint from outside their effective range and try to bait them into their lunging attacks.

[Dark.Knights]

i main the lawbringer and the conqueror and i have no more trouble with assassins than i do with any other class. stop being so agressive against faster characters. be patient. back and side-step a lot. LEARN TO FEINT... fast characters know they can press their advantage when you whiff a heavy, so feint from outside their effective range and try to bait them into their lunging attacks.

Some of them just don't care your feint, they just spam light attack.

[Turric4n666]

Block on slow classes is max 12frames on60fps while fast classes have min 6 frames. But lawbringer can also switch occasionally on 8frames. Has to do with animation and so far no one did an averag

Also so far it was not verified that these are the actual block speeds. The measured values derive from Animations only. Someone mentioned that block speeds are the same for all classes and this is just an animation issue.
This is not proven and not confirmed by.devs and for me block speeds feel the same across all characters.

[Porch-Skunk]

Yeah i tested this with a friend on his valkyrie with my lawbringer. Knowing when his attacks and where they were going to land, block speed is not fast enough to block his attacks if he goes right then left, like not at all. If the first one hits while im trying to block that way, the second attack always hit even though I would start to shift that direction, not virtually possible.

[ParadigmFringe]

Some of them just don't care your feint, they just spam light attack.

if they're "spamming light attacks" you need to parry, not block. as LB, all i have to do is my shove attack to GB them through their light spam. as Conqueror, i backstep and start my infinite light chain and link into a heavy if they advance. as the raider, i light>light> nblockablFEINT>dash in>GB (or pommel strike)

there are answers for everything, even as the slowest classes. if you're on xb1 and feel like doing some sparring, i'm game any time. GT: Paradigmfringe
edit: well... any time after 4pm PST.

[The_B0G_]

I'm not sure what skill level players you're playing against, but I main a LB and some PKs spam their lights so fast and randomly you can't possibly switch zones to block before they hit, their attacks are too fast for the blocks to keep up, I usually have to roll backwards just to break the onslaught. Sure I can wreck some PKs, but ones who are good at light spamming are near impossible to beat, parrying doesn't help when you can't even switch to the right zone before the attack hits.

[ParadigmFringe]

I'm not sure what skill level players you're playing against, but I main a LB and some PKs spam their lights so fast and randomly you can't possibly switch zones to block before they hit, their attacks are too fast for the blocks to keep up, I usually have to roll backwards just to break the onslaught. Sure I can wreck some PKs, but ones who are good at light spamming are near impossible to beat, parrying doesn't help when you can't even switch to the right zone before the attack hits.

"as LB all i have to do is my shove attack to GB them through their light spam"
i said that up above. the shove has hyper armor. it'll take the hit and give you priority, then you get a free GB. if they're "spamming light attacks" (lol, scrub complaint) you wait for the second hit, and block when they reset their combo. as for that "i don't know what skill level players" nonsense you're spouting, i promise you, they're ALL better than you are, because they TRY spamming lights on me, and when i don't let them, they adapt, which is the mark of a good player. you just need to gitgud, scrub.