Captain shield pulse instantly downs players randomly for no reason

[EggFever]

Issue Type (Required):

Enemy Mechanics

Issue Description (Required):

enemy captains will sometimes instantly down a random player hit by it for no real reason

also please give us map, mutator, rank and server (why dont we have this???) selection, i never want to play blight spreads again
also remove deranking

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

1. play a map with captains (works in havoc, unsure about the more fun gamemode)
2. get instantly downed by captain shield burst

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Rare (<10%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

Upload Supporting Evidence (Optional):

[Antilus]

he does that pulse when he gets lower than half shield, he always did that, you can even see him doing the ‘‘come at me bro’’ animation

on shieldbreak instead of making that animation he falls prone

the reason why we don’t get that animation + pulse very often is because we take down the shield so fast that he can’t start it in time

[EggFever]

i know but the issue is him randomly downing me with it

[Antilus]

oh, shoot, i didn’t notice that, its true now that you mention it, it happens sometimes

[Antilus]

happened to me, now its serious, funny thing i still had my yellow toughness but it didn’t save me

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[ssss]

Here’s another video on Reddit: Reddit - The heart of the internet

[jimbogrill]

same fight