just got to c1 paladin
just noticed something:
whenever i use smite, the enemy never gets knocked back, the attribute for knockdown damage is on but so far no enemy is being knocked back. but about half a second after i hit them (if they dont die) they will take a bit of extra damage, that might be from pardoner buffs but idk.
is smite broken? nobody is being knocked back
To answer you, not every enemy can be knocked back. I think Smite with the attribute counts as a medium knockback, meaning some mobs are just straight resistant to knockbacks of that nature. If that happens, the skill still treats the enemy as though they did fly and hits them with the +50% damage portion.
In better ways of imagining it, picture a Safety Wall. Only hard knockdowns can knock someone out of it. A Swordsman using attributed Bash wouldn’t do it, but a Swordsman using Long Stride would because Long Stride is a higher priority knockdown than attributed Bash.
so if i didnt knock them back it still does the damage?
Yeah. You aren’t at that point yet to test it on Blue Stoulets, but some mobs cannot be knocked down by a majority of spells. They should still apply the knockdown bonus though. The system’s basically just putting a stamp on it and saying, “Yeah boss, the enemy did fly”.