Guild Wars 2

So I’m a hammer mace/shield warrior in dungeons. I have 7 interrupts total. I block and weaken, stun and interrupt all kinds of things. I’m an interruption machine.

I’ve seen that my interrupts give the “interrupt” message whenever I proc an interrupt on a skill that the boss uses. Whether he is in defiant or not.

I have seen those bosses get interrupted whenever I used the interrupt on them (exception below) whether they had defiant up or not.

A few skills can’t be interrupted or they channel in multiple waves so if you interrupt one part, the rest still goes through. At least, that’s what I think happens.

But now I have people telling me that all my interrupts are not interrupts at all. That they are just bugs and that it is only possible to interrupt if all stacks of defiant have been removed from the boss.

So there are two statements and I want to know which one is correct.

1. Defiant prevents all “control” mechanics (except fear) and interrupts are also control so interrupts will not actually interrupt anything while defiant is up.

OR

2. Interrupts hit through defiant no matter how many stacks of defiant there are.

Which one is correct?

I’ve found that it only interrupts when the stacks of defiant are gone, despite displaying the “interrupt” message. However as you’ve said fear still gets them and another one where the boss looks like its been hit in the face by the hammer of Thor. No idea which profession does it, but it faceplants the ground for a good 2-3 seconds with defiant up.

Coming from a Thief that spams Headshot to remove Defiant stacks, I can tell you that even though “Interrupt” still shows up, there is no Interrupt until Defiant is gone. Only thing I’ve seen that can bypass Defiant is Fear.