Potential weird thing with Kinetic Carbine

[Valyree]

I may just somehow be goofing this up.

I was testing a build in sandbox and noticed a significant damage inconsistency when firing Kinetic Carbine while moving backwards. Maybe I'm just not understanding a mechanic but it felt a little weird to be intentional. gif and image of build below in case you wish to test. When using no items however I could not replicate the 300 damage difference. Perhaps something to do with speed? Idk its 2 am and I might just be crazy sorry if thats the case.

 

[sleepwalker.8]

I've tested this and yeah, same problem. I guess it's a bug or something.

 

[Time-Girl™]

It's not a bug, and moving backwards doesn't change it one way or another.

You are missing the damage from Improved Burst on the second hit. The item description states: "Targets are immune to the effects of Improved Burst for 5s after taking damage from it."
The 300 damage difference on the second hit is exactly the 10% of the target bot's Max Health that Improved Burst would have done if it triggered:

 

[sleepwalker.8]

It's not a bug, and moving backwards doesn't change it one way or another.

You are missing the damage from Improved Burst on the second hit. The item description states: "Targets are immune to the effects of Improved Burst for 5s after taking damage from it."
The absent 300 damage on the second hit are exactly the 10% of the target bot's Max Health that Improved Burst would have done if it triggered:

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Thanks

 

[Valyree]

It's not a bug, and moving backwards doesn't change it one way or another.

You are missing the damage from Improved Burst on the second hit. The item description states: "Targets are immune to the effects of Improved Burst for 5s after taking damage from it."
The 300 damage difference on the second hit is exactly the 10% of the target bot's Max Health that Improved Burst would have done if it triggered:

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Ha, thats 2 am brain for ya. Thank you for the wisdom.