Geist life-drain silence not silencing channeling abilities.

[creaturve]

Not sure if this is how silence is supposed to be handled in the game but if you life drain someone on Geist with the 3rd 'perk' which silences it doesn't cancel channeling abilities such as Seven's ultimate.
Haven't gotten around trying it on something else but i spent a whole match trying it on Seven during his ultimate and it didn't silence it once.

 

[Lady Briar]

Silence doesn't interrupt, it *only* prevents them from casting. So anything already being cast will continue.

 

[yir0]

In this game, silences and interrupt are different things.

To interrupt an already cast ability or a channeling one, you must interrupt, or stun the caster.
You can find this definition explicitly in the description of "Silence Glyph" item. On the other hand, the "Curse" object does what you are looking for.

 

[creaturve]

Thanks for the clear up, wasn't sure if it worked like in other games or what.

 

[Lady Briar]

Thanks for the clear up, wasn't sure if it worked like in other games or what.

IMO it is confusing and I didn't understand at first, either. I think most games, silence would also be an interrupt, so its totally understandable to get confused with this one. :3

 

[Gulagus]

Would like to know if this is intentional or not, it makes sense that it would interrupt a channel

 

[Lady Briar]

Would like to know if this is intentional or not, it makes sense that it would interrupt a channel

It is intentional, yes. And, to be clear, is consistent mechanically across the game.