Talk:Baruuk/@comment-2001:56A:F1C8:F100:D160:C4C6:B949:4D0B-20181219051157/@comment-98.20.181.157-20181220012421

Wukong is really the only "nigh immortal" frame. Valkyrs 4th uses channeling and can only get energy with orbs for energy while invincible. Harrows invincibilty is exchanged for a crit bonus during 4th (cutting off invinciblilty frames). Rhino and Nezha basically have stupid high amounts of armor. But while Wukong's defy is also channeling he can gain energy while using defy with hunter adrenaline or rage. Unlike Valkyr, Wukong can be surrounded by energy leeches and still be fine despite Valkyr's superior damage once Valkyr's damage falls off. Zenurik can also recharge energy while Wukong uses the duration based invicibility ability (cloud walker) and can uncast defy while in cloud walker. Fortunately, DE has said they are keeping Defy when they change Wukong.

Now here's a better comparison for Baruuk's 1st ability and I think this what the OP was getting at: Baruuk's 1st is much like Limbos dash passive in and out of the rift. Limbo is safe inside the rift from enemies outside of the rift. If Limbo wants to attack something outside without bringing it in the rift he must also leave the rift (with the exception of using certain arcanes like Exodia Contagion). There are 2 main differences between that situation for Limbo and Baruuk's 1st:

-Baruuk's 1st won't stop AoE damage - Baruuk is far more tanky than Limbo so attacking and losing damage bypass isn't NEARLY as dangerous for Baruuk as it is for Limbo. This tankyness also helps with AoE dmg anyways.

Think of it like being in the rift avoiding damage except when you come out of the rift ( or attack with Baruuk) you're not going to get one-shot and go down due to Baruuk being a tank. This happens in public matches even with skilled Limbos due to Rift Etiquette being an actual thing (and sometimes null bubbles).