02-12-2005, 10:51 AM
Malakar,Feb 11 2005, 12:30 PM Wrote:I could've sworn I tested this out a long time ago and it didn't work, but I just tried it again and it does. :o Was this an unintended change that happened in the patch where they fixed blink to break root like it was supposed to, or am I trippin?
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After extensive testing on my part, I've come to the conclusion that yes, Blink breaks stuns and has always broken stuns. I said it didn't in my mage guide, but I was not entirely correct. That said, I wasn't entirely incorrect, either.
We need to establish, at this point, the distinction between a "stun" and "being stunned". Being stunned is a condition whereby you can't move or activate any button. A "stun" is an attack that inflicts the stunned condition and adds a little blue swirl above the stunned target's head. Without the little blue swirl, it's not a "stun", even if it causes its target to become stunned.
Why did it seem to me that Blink doesn't break stuns? Because, of all the mobs in the game, only one actually has a "stun" attack. Many, many of them, from Defias guys in Elwynn who Snap Kick to Earth Elementals who Knockdown, have attacks that inflict the stunned condition, but which are not technically Stuns. Only the Scarlet Defender in Stratholme has a Stun, which is an exact copy of the Paladin's Hammer of Justice. (The Wracking Pains curse inflicted by the Torturers in BRD might be a second, but it's not really an "attack".)
Hence, Blink will break all Stuns - that is, all the Warrior, Rogue and Paladin attacks as well as the Scarlet Defender's attack. It won't do a damned thing to get you out of stun conditions inflicted in any other way, like 99% of the stunning monsters in the game do. No blue swirl, no blink out. So basically - Blink breaks stuns in PvP. It doesn't in PvE.