Guild Wars 2

If you interrupt a Chronomancer blocking with Echo of Memory with any unblockable skill when you have Lightning Rod trait, you will automatically refresh it because L-Rod procs before the interrupt. (If an attack is blocked, Déjà Vu is usable for a short time.)
Without L-Rod on, (Static Field, Unsteady Ground, Earth Shield pull) the interrupt does not allow the mesmer to use Déjà Vu after because no attacks are considered blocked.

So I’d like to report a bug.

Lightning Rod damage happens before the crowd control. It means that someone blocking or rolling on any unblockable CC will block or evade the Lightning Rod. Moreover, Lightning Rod damage is now amplified my Tempest’s Defense 20% damage increase because the target is not yet considered CCed when Lightning Rod strikes.

PS. This bug has been there long enough. It is crippling and frustrating.

I’ve known about this general interaction for awhile but didn’t even think about chrono block. That’s incredibly frustrating. I’m starting to wonder if tempest defense and lightning rod’s lack of synergy is deliberate. The bug is just too blatant to have been left alone otherwise.

In any case, thanks for the heads up.

BigEvs.6971:

I’ve known about this general interaction for awhile but didn’t even think about chrono block. That’s incredibly frustrating. I’m starting to wonder if tempest defense and lightning rod’s lack of synergy is deliberate. The bug is just too blatant to have been left alone otherwise.

In any case, thanks for the heads up.

I doubt that the interaction is intended. Remember that Tempest Defense and Lightning Rod were both grandmaster traits and bringing the trait to the master tier was a clear indication that both should work together.

I have strong reasons to believe that it was simply overlooked. Just observe the Inscription trait giving only one stack of might. It just shows that things were rushed.

Another example, do you know what actually made Invigorating Torrents/Cleansing Water bug to be eventually fixed? It was someone indicating Grouch in a late night stream about it. The Tuesday after, it was magically fixed.

Indeed. The bug reports section of the forums doesn’t actually get read most of the time.

Can someone please post this on Reddit? The devs read and reply there all the times. This forums is dead.

Sunshine.5014:

Can someone please post this on Reddit? The devs read and reply there all the times. This forums is dead.

I don’t have reddit. I think I’ll see if I can subscribe there.

Okay I posted it on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3uqv7m/tempest_defenses_damage_increase_does_not_work/