What is desync?

[MoonUnit]

Hi-

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question but here goes: Just 'dueled' some people claimed that they hit me from 2 screens away by using 'desync'. He was a hammerdin using charge. Could someone explain what exactly desync is?

Thanks in advance.

[LordDrift]

vigor charge, it happens so fast that one second hes far away and another he can be right into ur face.

[Dead_Body]

Do you mean that on his screen, he is right in your face, but on yours he is still like 30 screens away? That is how it always happens to me, although they don't have to use vigor/charge to do that. I've had fanat zealers hit me from a screen away.

[Lusiphur_Malache]

Basically desynch is when someone with a huge rw charges you, sometimes he will dissapear on your screen and then appear beside you.

Something to do with the way the packets are received, but not 100% on why it happens.

It's a pain in the *** because if they start the charge and they're not on your screen you'll not see them at all, which means you will die.

So yea, that's what it basically is.

[uglybeast]

is there a way for melee chars to counter it? Shift+left click?

[ethos]

Well i havent really played a lot of melee characters, but with barbs, Just ww around. They think they are so clever trying to desynch you, but they just charge into your ww, and die :) With others i would just run, or hide behind a puddle or something

[RetroStar]

Well i havent really played a lot of melee characters, but with barbs, Just ww around. They think they are so clever trying to desynch you, but they just charge into your ww, and die :) With others i would just run, or hide behind a puddle or something

or leap around and stun them.

[luis19]

also note that many other chars can desync. if a pally is desyncing you, you can also couunter with your own desync.

ww barbs - desynced ww, made by constant long ww's. you have done it right when a pally dies followed by "wtf?"

bowazon - run fast as well so a similar type of desync to charge, use it to your advantage. also have IGA

javzons - LEGIT FARCASTING. namelock opponent with throw while they are too far to be hit with cs, quickly switch to cs. server side so you wont see it, but the dmg will be the same as your cs.

necros - ibs
windys - inv nados. basically just spam, they come up
fire sorc - ifbs

thats all i can think of right now.

[Emerald Dragon]

I've been killed by barb whirlwinds that seem like dsync. At first I thought it was weapon range, but not many barbs use polearms.

[amob]

iga ibs and ifb are an art
zvz is such a fun duel at high levels