Comments for Malefic Incantations

Comment on Defying Explanation by Andy

Andy — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:03:35 +0000

I think it would help if the Unshakable tooltip said something more like “Gains Defiant upon being successfully crowd-controlled.” Anything to clarify that it’s only when the CC skill actually works that the mob gains Defiant.

By saying “…when targeted by a crowd-control skill” is rather misleading and ambiguous.

Comment on Guest Post: Why Fractals are Really, REALLY bad for the GW2 Community by Optimus Maleficus

Optimus Maleficus — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:16:37 +0000

You’re an idiot–this was posted in January. Cheers!

Comment on Guest Post: Why Fractals are Really, REALLY bad for the GW2 Community by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:36:15 +0000

Hey guys, I’ve never played this game before, nor do I understand the mechanics of it. Better post a rant blog about it..

Please at least read the wiki, I won’t pick out everything that you’d said wrong with it and said it as if it was a fact.

Comment on Defying Explanation by Rajani Isa (@Rajani_Isa)

Rajani Isa (@Rajani_Isa) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:27:17 +0000

So basically, to sum it up on the gain/loss of defiant :

1) Mobs gain defiant when targeted by CC, 3+ stacks
2) They only gain it when they do not have 1 or more stacks of defiant on them
3) If the mob gains defiant, it was just successfully hit with a CC (aka not nullifed by defiant)
4) Every CC nullified by defiant causes a loss of 1 stack

Comment on Defying Explanation by Optimus Maleficus

Optimus Maleficus — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:38:21 +0000

New Defiant can only be added when the boss is at zero Defiant, because that’s the only time a crowd control will actually work.

Comment on Defying Explanation by Groggie

Groggie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:50:08 +0000

I never quite understood how CCing a boss grants defiant to him and can remove stacks of defiant in the same time. Let’s say Claw of Jormag has 40 stacks of defiant. It would take 40 CC’s to get him back to 0, but as using CCs on him grants him defiant, so how is that even possible? Or do ‘wasted’ CCs not add defiant to the stacks? I’m so confused by this mechanic. It’s cleared up by your post, but still I feel confused. :’D

Comment on Defying Explanation by Optimus Maleficus

Optimus Maleficus — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:56:42 +0000

Sort of. The one CC will work, and that’s what causes Defiant which will block subsequent CC’s.

Comment on Defying Explanation by kurtosis

kurtosis — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:11:17 +0000

So, you clear Defiant by using CCs till it’s gone, then CCs actually work, but the mob still has Unshakable which means CCs should cause Defiant again. Does this mean that once Defiant is gone, only one CC works, and subsequent CCs start building Defiant again?

Comment on Defying Explanation by Marina

Marina — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:31:06 +0000

Thank you very much for writing this. I’ve been playing since beta, but still hadn’t figured out the exact details to how Defiant worked; it was only after I picked up an ele that I started to pay more attention.

Comment on Defying Explanation by This week in Guild Wars 2 | Guild Wars 2 Editorials, Magazine, Media & Podcast | GuildMag

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:09:49 +0000

[...] Malefic Incantations — Defying Explanation. “As a regular dungeon runner in GW2, the single place that is always a source of confusion for my party members is the Defiant buff unique to Champion and Legendary foes. On a near-daily basis, I find myself having to debunk wrong information about how Defiant works and explain why particular attempts to crowd control (or CC for short) a boss do or don’t work. This post aims to explain exactly how Defiant works, dispel myths, explain confusing situations, and point out various “cheater mobs” that don’t follow the rules.” [...]