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r/DragaliaLost•
MdoesArt

PSA: If you’ve got mKai almost dead and he uses Crushing Cataclysm, but there’s no health bar for the weak point, get the hell away from it.

Technical

I play Grace in mKai and I’ve encountered a bug quite a few times now where the boss uses Crushing Cataclysm (the attack where he grabs the farthest player and the rest have to attack the yellow ball to free them before they explode) but the health bar for the ball doesn’t appear and can’t be attacked at all. This results in the whole party getting wiped by trying to free me from an indestructible trap.

If this happens early in the fight there’s really nothing to do about it, but I’ve had it happen a couple of times where we were right at the end of the fight and the rest of the party should have been able to clear without me if they stayed out of the blast range.

Cygames knows about the bug and are investigating the issue. In the meantime if the fight’s almost over and there’s no health bar over the cataclysm, that party member is already dead, don’t throw away the run trying to save them.

Posted Aug 18, 2020, 3:11 PM UTC

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qrqwqrqrq•

There's some way to attack it. I had the glitch happen yesterday, but one of the Bellinas was able to clear the Crushing Catacylsm. No clue how they did it though, I've never been able to clear the glitch as a Bellina.

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5-s•

Glitch is client side. It's possible they saw the health bar.

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GotaGotAGoat•

Might have been me, I saw the bug yesterday and went to blast it with S2 as a Hail Mary play. It crit for 500k and broke it.

S2 only needs directional targeting. S1 misses it cuz it needs the auto targeting

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Aninymouse3Rex•

This is pretty much the only way, yes. Otherwise, just run away.

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DarknessCat1Marty•

use an aoe attack

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qrqwqrqrq•

I've used Bellina's S1 before and it doesn't break the glitch, in hind sight I should've 100% looked at the other Bellina's shared skill after the match.

It could've also been the Patia somehow breaking it, but I doubt it since it broke almost instantly.

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reveiark•

The bug causes the cataclysm to become untargetable, but not invulnerable; if you aim attacks at where it appears to be, you can still damage it.

In addition, the host can still see the HP bar and target it normally, so a single Bellina host holding skills can handle it.

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divineiniquityMH!Sarisse•

This sounds right. I think I have noticed SP gain from my attacks which suggests I'm actually hitting something.

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Aninymouse3Rex•

It's Bellina's S2 that ends her dragon drive. Her S1 can't hit the move without a target on screen, but her S2 can. The downside is, you only get one shot.

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XulaYuki•

use your s2 and hope it crit and break grab

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LorenzoVecVeronica•

Apparently the bug may target guest devices. Basically the host (and maybe others) can attack it. It happened to me too: I couldn't attack it, but the others destroyed it anyway.

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qrqwqrqrq•

Makes sense, I always join instead of hosting.

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SpiceKandy•

I can tell when the bug is active as the host Grace when the HP is going down nowhere near as fast as it usually does (or someone's skill didn't burst a chunk of the hp) the previous times it pops up in a battle.

I just wish my allies were aware enough to realize that it was moot point and that they should let me die so that they can live long enough to dps the last bit of boss' hp and clear.

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cheepsheep•

They got that Euden mindset, leave no ally behind!!! Except if Zethia is involved, then you're on your own.

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Masa_IxMaribelle•

We need a "keep away" sticker

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robwalton•

I had this many times, very annoying, I'll try running away next time.

I guess if the problem is on the client side, it explain why I had it back to back, my client was having issues.

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ParadiseEarthNieR Automata Crossover When•

Since we’re on the topic of bugs in mKai, anyone know if the bug where Grace’s shield visuals below a teammate’s HP bar doesn’t show up got fixed?

I wasted so many s1 before thinking it was my teammates eating too many purple swipes and then didnt have it up for a stacker or purple aoe.

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MdoesArtOPChrom•

Not yet, I was playing this morning and it’s still there.

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ParadiseEarthNieR Automata Crossover When•

:/

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DolnerLaranoa•

Yeah I was just really attentive to my teammates. Generally when you use S1 and the glitch happens you can see it straight away, so it’s best to just watch their character to see if the actually do get hit.

Thankfully the stackers are rather forgiving, if you learn the timings for when you can and can’t pop a shield, you’ll be fine. And if your teammates are dying outside of stacks, then it’s their fault

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brb_crying•

mKay

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SgtKwanMitsuba•

I'm not sure if this is the cause of it due to low sample size but i find it happens when you break him right after a grab. If you do that then the next grab you cant see the hp bar.

Maybe others can confirm if they have similiar findings.

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jstwildbeat•

If I'm Grace & I see there's no health bar I try to warn teammates with the No Worries/You Got This sticker. Most get the message & back off.

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SacredVinesEntangle•

Alternatively just pop dragon - I've had teammates just die to it with a sliver of hp left

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SpitzemRex•

I’ve been trying to find more info about this everywhere! I thought it was part of the fight because it happens almost every time for me. Good to know it’s a bug and they’re aware of it because it’s been the sole reason I’ve wiped several times

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