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TimeLord #1799
Shield Bash Ability(1)Category: CrusaderSeptember-22-2014 12:52 PM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
I want to like this ability. I really, really do. But there's a fundamental flaw. You can't hold down the button and activate other skills. This prevents/locks out shield glares, AC refreshes, and pretty much anything else that may save your life during moments of intense fighting.

Compared to Sweep, it's really quite underwhelming. I can hit a 180' arc smoothly and without interruption (no lockout), with a 50% stun chance, or hit ONE target for slightly more damage.

Remove the lockout from other abilities while this ability is active at a minimum, and consider increasing damage output as it is a single target resource spender. It's not like melee has it easy these days anyways...
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Grimiku
Shield Bash Ability(5)September-23-2014 12:00 PM PDT (10 years ago) Go to Blizzard forum post
Posted by: TimeLord

But there's a fundamental flaw. You can't hold down the button and activate other skills.


Today's patch addressed this specific issue with Shield Bash, and you should now be able to activate other skills during the animation. Thanks for all of the reports on this, everyone!
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