After the last few patches I discovered that there now seems to be a delay after being downed and before you are able to use your downed skills. Before, it was possible to use them as soon as your health reached zero, meaning that an elementalist could instantly use mist form, a thief could shadowstep and so on.
Now, however, there is a delay which prevents you from using your skills before they are actually displayed. Bug or not, this is a problem I encountered when fighting Mai today:
She teleports to me, downing me with this attack. Then she proceeds to attack, in the small duration where I can’t do anything (and should presumably be invincible, if I remember correctly). Which means that by the time I’m finally able to shadowstep out of her range, I already have about 15 stacks of bleeding, making it near impossible to rally myself, and making it that much harder for any team members.
Long story short: Invincibility/instant skill use possibility from before was removed – bug or not?
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