Armor Piercing Round damages enemies through Petrifying Bola

[Bleack]

Supposedly this was fixed in the past, but it's bugged again. I just get killed while Petrified because Vyper and Warden have AP Rounds so the damage goes through even though I'm a statue.

 

[PaveMentman]

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Do you still happen to have Match-ID for this match where you encountered this non-Lethal Venom damage (of Vyper) going through the petrification?
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[justis9042]

This is intended behavior for AP rounds. The description wording reveals this.

Petrifying Bola

Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions.

AP Rounds

Your Bullets have a chance to become unavoidable, piercing through enemies and ignoring their Bullet Resistance.

AP Rounds pierces every other defense in the game, including Metal Skin, McGinnis Wall, Kelvin Dome, and even bullet evasion from Mirage Tornado and Haze Bullet Dance. It makes sense that it pierces Petrification Bola as well.

 

[Bleack]

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Do you still happen to have Match-ID for this match where you encountered this non-Lethal Venom damage (of Vyper) going through the petrification?
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it's easy to recreate in the sandbox.

And with just AP Rounds and nothing else

Match ID: 64141736

This is intended behavior for AP rounds. The description wording reveals this.

Petrifying Bola

AP Rounds


AP Rounds pierces every other defense in the game, including Metal Skin, McGinnis Wall, Kelvin Dome, and even bullet evasion from Mirage Tornado and Haze Bullet Dance. It makes sense that it pierces Petrification Bola as well.

Piercing through enemies means they literally go through enemies. Bola itself says block all damage. Bola doesn't say "immobilize and give 100% bullet and spirit resist". It says block all. Bolad enemies aren't avoiding damage.

 

[Toastinator]

isnt this an intended feature? i personally like it since AP rounds are rarely used. i do not know if its a bug since it passes through kelvin's dome which is suppose to be *impenetrable dome* and mcginne's wall

 

[justis9042]

Piercing through enemies means they literally go through enemies. Bola itself says block all damage. Bola doesn't say "immobilize and give 100% bullet and spirit resist". It says block all. Bolad enemies aren't avoiding damage.

You're missing the point. AP Rounds penetrates everything (except map geometry). That's it's schtick. It's a T4 weapon item that provides no increased damage or other secondary effect, piercing everything is what makes it worth the souls. Piercing Petrifying Bola is just a niche application that makes the investment somewhat worthwhile.

 

[AstroFM]

This is intended behavior for AP rounds. The description wording reveals this.

Petrifying Bola

AP Rounds


AP Rounds pierces every other defense in the game, including Metal Skin, McGinnis Wall, Kelvin Dome, and even bullet evasion from Mirage Tornado and Haze Bullet Dance. It makes sense that it pierces Petrification Bola as well.

This is not intended behavior. It was a bug that originally sprang up immediately after the shop rework and was patched soon after. It seems to have returned recently, and as it wasn't added as a buff in a patch note, it can only be classified as a recurring bug.

 

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I'm not totally against the idea of AP working on metal skin and petrified enemies. If anything it gives AP some actual value over just getting lucky shot or dealing emotional (spirit) damage.