Curse

Giro · Mar 24, 2011, 09:53 PM // 21:53

Hello!

I had a question regarding Blackout. Does it work on bosses, especially those with their own unique skills (Shiro, Abbadon, Glint, Urgoz, Kanaxai, Dhuum, etc.)?

Thanks!

Outerworld · Mar 24, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

Don't think Abbadon will be affected but I assume it works on the rest, that said I havn't actually ever felt the need to use the skill.

HigherMinion · Mar 24, 2011, 10:07 PM // 22:07

It disables skills... Why wouldn't it affect Monster Skills?

Giro · Mar 24, 2011, 10:10 PM // 22:10

I assumed it'd work, but I know bosses have conditions and hexes expire quicker and whatnot, just didn't know if it affected something like this too.

hollywoodAnimal · Mar 24, 2011, 10:12 PM // 22:12

Any boss can technically be blacked-out, however, it is a property of monster skills to have immunity to disables (and for that matter, lengthening of recharge times). Therefore, when you face someone such as Abbadon or Shiro (who use all monster skills) disables and recharge increasing skills (Blackout, complicate, etc.) will essentially do nothing (the interrupt effect of complicate, diversion, etc. will most likely still work).

Hope that helps

Giro · Mar 24, 2011, 10:16 PM // 22:16

Thanks! That is exactly what I wanted to know.

Kunder · Mar 28, 2011, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Not all monster skills are immune to disable. I know that some regular enemies can be and I'm guessing that holds true for most. For the record, I've only tested Diversion to work against Giant Stomp and NOT to work against anything Mallyx has. I think its specifically bosses, and possibly only special bosses like Mallyx/Kanaxai/Dhuum/Abaddon that can't be disabled. It could also be skill-specific instead of enemy-specific, in which case good f**king luck with testing every monster skill

. Of course, outside of Mallyx/Dhuum there isn't really any monster skills that would be worth disabling in PvE since simply killing them is the easy way to disable anything, so its a moot point unless you are trying to do something cute.