Warrior Kick, 55+ stun

[ratweed]

At level 55, warriors gain a chance to perform a stun with their kick. Does this have any implications for aggro generation?

Curious to know this if I'm ever in a tanking situation where I have a chance of taking a hard-hitting riposte. Thank you.

[Jimjam]

Doesn’t seem to do any extra aggro.

Melee stuns were bugged in classic (and long after) to not generate the additional aggro they were intended to.

Sorry this doesn't help.

[Troxx]

No extra aggro. It’s an extra button to press “just because” on most mobs. On caster mobs it can be quite useful.

Man though … if it had even half the aggro of a melee weapon stun proc … that’d be sweet.

[ratweed]

Not the answer that I was hoping for, but good to know for sure. Jimjam, if you have any source regarding the melee stuns being intended to aggro, I'd be curious to take a look.

The stun component seems to hit just as often as not. Are there any firm numbers about the proc chance?

[Troxx]

If the mob is casting and you kick and the kick hits, my experience is it always interrupts anything that can be interrupted/stunned.

Exceptions are like stun immune giants in Kael etc that can only be interrupted with push.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by ratweed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not the answer that I was hoping for, but good to know for sure. Jimjam, if you have any source regarding the melee stuns being intended to aggro, I'd be curious to take a look.

The stun component seems to hit just as often as not. Are there any firm numbers about the proc chance?

It was a dev post on the live forums around about Dragons of Norrath time. It is why they suddenly started adding a lot of furious bash items.

[ratweed]

Thank you both for the information. That's what I needed to know.

[zelld52]

Works great in duels too

[Toxigen]

press moar button do moar hitty-hit

[Troxx]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

press moar button do moar hitty-hit

I still do compulsively even though it only adds like 0.5-2 dps lol

But let’s be honest, when playing a warrior there really aren’t that many buttons to push. Other than positioning a mob and being ready to taunt … having that extra button to HULK SMASH sure does make me feel like a real avenger.

I try not to just spam bang it though if the mob is a caster … especially if said caster is a cleric trying to heal itself or a Krup wizard trying to melt my face off.

But yeah if a 55+ kick generated full stun hate it would be a lot more useful. Even if it had like a 40 second refresh timer. It certainly would make holding aggro easier.