Cheat Death doesn't stop Talon Bird from killing you

jackjlcb

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This happened before the most recent update, but I just recreated it in the sandbox in the attached video. I was playing Dynamo and had ulted in the midboss pit with Unstoppable active and Cheat Death was definitely off cooldown (i remember specifically checking before the fight and communicating it to my team). Talon birded me mid-ult and I died instantly without cheat death activating.
 

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Same with Shiv or my mind is tripping me but thats DL
Seems like a problem with execute mechanics not respecting Cheat Death triggers. Does this happen without the 3rd upgrade which includes and execute?
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My inclination is that it is because Cheat Death's Passive effect implementation is likely based on taking damage, whereas the Execute effects are likely not using the Damage pathways and are instead just setting the player to dead=true or something like that.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure those abilities even show the total damage dealt in Damage Numbers UI when they execute a player, which seems to back up this theory. Here's the Cheat Death description as it appears in game, note that it says "when you would take lethal damage", and not "when you would die":
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It used to be the case that cheat death would prevent you from getting executed but it's not longer the case. I assume this is intended.
 
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