Oh, well, that's worth a try: Has Fend bug been fixed? ifr

[HardyZ]

Oh, well, that's worth a try: Has Fend bug been fixed?

I don't think it has been fixed, as apparently no skill was affected by the patch, but you never know, blizz might have rendered fendazons viable...

So, has anyone tested it?

 

[Omikron8]

No

fendazons are still ruined (don't tell me to build them without dodge/avoid/evade, without that they have no means of defending themselves)

 

[YogiRat]

I'm trying one without d/a/e (softcore of course) I'll report in after I get somewhere with it, IE Hell I wonder if the game will freeze if you equip your merc with peace and have no points in valk.

 

[Dacar92]

I'm trying one without d/a/e (softcore of course) I'll report in after I get somewhere with it, IE Hell I wonder if the game will freeze if you equip your merc with peace and have no points in valk.

That is an interesting point. Similar, but opposite bug to Marrowalks. Are you going to try it? Let us know if it works

 

[londra]

There is nothing wrong with Fendazons. They work just fine. Mine has completed Hell Mode and she does just as well in the game as any other build I have tried. I didn't invest in Dodge/Avoid/Evade.

 

[Liliel]

Nope, hasn't been fixed. But the new Peace armour might be interesting for the build...

Oh and Fendazons do have means of defending themselves even without d/a/e. Namely: Decoy, staying on the edges of the crowd, hiding behind minions, Slow Missiles, and running the heck away.

There's also a shield... It is possible to Fend with a Javelin after all...

 

[HardyZ]

There's also a shield... It is possible to Fend with a Javelin after all...

True, but then the problem is that you only have two weapon options that can be damaging enough: eth upgraded titans, or really nice rare elite javelins, both of which are really expensive and/or hard to find!

and i want a strong valk, i really like that shiny girl

i guess i'll have to stick to a 2 handed jabber instead, and i wish jab had a bit more %ed bonus...

 

[Liliel]

With the Peace armour and maxed Decoy, you get a Valk that should have a reasonable amount of life (Decoy synergises the Valk). Shame she doesn't get cast at lv17, but ah well...

Between the merc and Decoy, you shouldn't need another tank too desperately y'know. I've mat'd a spearazon with only Valk and Decoy as tanks (merc was a rogue) so it can't be too bad.

 

[nickedoff]

Uhh. Someone clue me in - what's wrong with Fend?

 

[Dacar92]

Uhh. Someone clue me in - what's wrong with Fend?

If you are hit during Fend, your remaining attacks will not hit.


Anyone else can confirm this, but I believe it is possible to use Fend without any points in d/a/e.

 

[Omikron8]

Nope, hasn't been fixed. But the new Peace armour might be interesting for the build...

Oh and Fendazons do have means of defending themselves even without d/a/e. Namely: Decoy, staying on the edges of the crowd, hiding behind minions, Slow Missiles, and running the heck away.

There's also a shield... It is possible to Fend with a Javelin after all...

So in other words by giving up their shield they become weaker defensively AND offensively, by having to crawl behind their tanks otherwise they start poking at air due to interruptions. Spearazons were barely played in 1.09, this nerf was NOT needed.

I only consider an amazon with a javelin and shield to be one thing, lightning fury

 

[Omikron8]

Uhh. Someone clue me in - what's wrong with Fend?

In 1.09 if you used fend and your dodge/avoid/evade effect triggered you were NOT interrupted.

In 1.10 if you use fend and that effect is triggered you DO dodge/avoid/evade but ALL fend hits in that remaining cycle are guaranteed to miss. This is the same like zeal was in the 1.10 beta, but that was thankfully fixed.