Talk:Archwing/@comment-218.186.139.244-20151011120740/@comment-89.169.181.142-20151014230532

There is an enemy. It is a bug. The one in question is Shield Dargyn or its Helion variant. For the purpose of hitting it with yourself, their shield is considered a terrain, hence - when hitting it at high speed you get damaged, quite severely (easily about 400-500). The bullshit part is that melee attack has a sort of "lunge" or "dash" in it, when you close distance to the target. You will always dash even if you're dead near target. Very often game poorly reacts to this melee dash, considering it as you slamming into the shield rather than trying to hit the opponent with melee. But it isn't unusual to still hit the Dargyn and not recieve any damage, hence it is definitely an oversight.

Ways to fight it? Don't melee Shield Dargyns from front, plain and simple. There is no other way. Either dash behind them to the unshielded side, or stick to guns/abilities. And do be careful even with abilities. On Itzal, for example, you can pull Shield Dargyn awkwardly towards yourself with Cosmic Crush, effectively doing what? Ex-fucking-actly - slamming yourself with the shield. Get 2-3 of those nice guys near you - and you can instagib yourself using this ability, if you're really unlucky. Same with them simply not knowing how to fly and slamming into you at high speed. Dox slamming? Nah, it's cool. Puny energy field touched you at higher than walking speed? Rip.