[Kameron8]

Rapid kick appears to be bypassing certain kinds of damage reductions, and cannot be parried.  To replicate:

1.  Equip a shield, and a viable parry skill such as Ring of Pearls.
2.  Fight a Verglas with Rapid Kick equipped.
3.  Rapid Kick to get a baseline of damage dealt.
4.  Activate Ring of Pearls, and Guard.
5.  Rapid Kick again.  Note that no parries take place, and no reduced damage is dealt.

Rapid kick is already one of the hardest hitting abilities we have because of its skill and item synergies, so it's especially scary that it ignores traditional mitigations.


Logs for reference:

--- ROUND 2 ---
kam recovered 5 FP.
Mcdonalds Mage's turn.
Mcdonalds Mage used Rapid Kick.
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 2 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam's turn.
kam used Ring of Pearls.
kam used Guard.
--- ROUND 3 ---
kam recovered 5 FP.
Mcdonalds Mage's turn.
Mcdonalds Mage used Rapid Kick.
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 8 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam takes 2 Blunt physical damage. (Rapid Kick / Bare Fists)
kam's turn.

[Rendar]

https://neus-projects.net/forums/showthr...rapid+kick

https://neus-projects.net/forums/showthr...?tid=11490

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