Iugo's counter

[Rikika]

How does Iugo's defensive move actually work?
I've tried it a dozen times and yet all he does is stand there and take hits without doing anything.

[Cephys]

I was actually wondering the same thing! I just gave up using it after a while because the taunt portion seemed to work as they would just focus him down... But he would never actually counter?

[Duradan]

It works, the ratio is horrid

[Cephys]

So he doesn't counter every turn he uses it then, just occasionally? That is a bizarre mechanic. His counter better deal oodles of damage or else I have a hard time seeing how its worth him getting pummeled over lol. Thanks for the response to let us know that it does indeed do something at least!

[Gennesis]

enemy need to attack him in order to counter

[Cairn.L]

Originally posted by Gennesis:

enemy need to attack him in order to counter

This is correct.
How he is supposed to counter if no enemy attacks him.

[Cephys]

Oh I have had plenty of enemies attack him. Sometimes so many of them that he get hit pretty hard the same turn that I used taunt. He just seems to sit there and take it though and never actually attack back. The whole turn will pass and he will just do nothing, except the taunt obviously worked because everything focuses him.

[Miesmann - allkeyshop]

no skill or ability seem to work like intented exept 1 command to use basic attack kek

[CLG]

I've had the counter not even trigger and he took hits anyway. I think the skill is just bugged at the moment.

[Cephys]

Originally posted by CLG:

I've had the counter not even trigger and he took hits anyway. I think the skill is just bugged at the moment.

Exactly this. I use the skill and he seems to taunt just fine, but he never actually counters any of the attacks. Just seems like its bugged atm sadly.

[Flare]

It's a chance based like dodge, because from what I observed he took no damage from the hit he countered? So it's basically like a parry and a counter, more like. Never works on AoE or ranged or magic based hits though. Not even 6 enemies alive would justify him being targeted, him getting a physical melee hit, and then him activating the counter chance. That's like 3 layered chances, and it's not like he did 10x his normal damage, which I really think still wouldn't cut it.

[5ngela]

I thought I am the only who has this problem.

[Zandakar]

I saw people claim he needs to dodge/block the hit to counter it which fits, I've tried his counter a number of times and only seen it work once. I just gotta figure out how to improve his chances to block the damage.

[Overeagerdragon]

From what I've seen the TAUNT aspect of that move needs to succeed in order for him to actually counter...

Which means that if that taunt fails but the enemy attacks him anyways - no counter

The taunt having no indication of being succesful or not feels like this move is highly volatile... which is also why I don't like using him

[djheat]

Whatever math is going on with it, it's just a random chance to counter when he's hit. I've seen him counter maybe three or four times out of twenty hits before I stopped using it. Seems counter-intuitive to have a low chance to counter on a defense move that taunts. I either want him taking hits and countering, or I want him defending and definitely not taunting because he's about to die

[Elnidfse]

Counter has a random chance to happen. By itself, it has a very low rate of triggering. There are items that increase the odds of the counter happening. It's hard to quantify how useful the taunt component is as I've had bosses ignore 10+ taunts and keep hammering my backline so YMMV.