Talk:Shiro Tagachi

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If you want to discuss Shiro's possible profession(s), read the archive first to make sure you don't tread old ground. --Toraen 00:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Profession Debate Solved!
When I finished Imperial Sanctum with a group, Shiro dropped an Assassin Tome. Therefore he is an assassin. Problem solved. :) I'll be glad to add in a screenshot if someone will tell me how...  This is said after reading the whole archive on Shiro's profession (whew!).  Thought it should be a little more accessible, so people don't have to dig through the unmanagable amount of wordage on the archive page.  Ciao.  68.192.237.101 23:12, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Infobox updated.  Now if only we could get this sort of verification for everything else in Category:Special profession... >.>  &mdash;Dr Ishmael [[Image:Diablo_the_chicken.gif]] 23:19, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Knockdown
So I ran some tests and here is what I found. (note, only applies to Imperial Sanctum, but probably same results in Gate of Madness)


 * 1) Shiro CAN be knocked down. I will post screenshot once that feature of Wiki works for me again.
 * 2) It seems that during Meditation of the Reaper, he can always be knocked down, and that will end it early. Evidence: I fought against Shiro with a low-damage team which mostly had lots of knockdown...two spirit spammers, one hammer warrior, Monk hench, Mesmer hench, two Warrior hench or one Warrior and one Elementalist. Heroes don't get Celestial skills, so the only real damage would be from Celestial Storm or Storm of Swords. I know Storm of Swords wasn't it since hench rarely trigger it, and one Storm wouldn't be fast enough to take 500 off Shiro either. The Meditation was constantly ending very quickly after it began, for example stealing ~80 health from everyone. Thus, I can only conclude that KD is possible during the Meditation, and that it ends it early. (Also please see Talk:Meditation of the Reaper, I guess someone else found this before me)
 * 3) During other times, Shiro ignores most knockdowns. I know this because he was standing still while Earthbind and Wanderlust were up, and he was hit repeatedly with nothing happening. However, once in a while one would get through, and then Shiro would be knocked down. It was not for Meditation of the Reaper either, since on those knockdowns there was no life steal/effect icon/anything as would happen even if the Meditation ended immediately. Shiro just...randomly got KD.
 * 4) I do not know whether Earthbind is relevant or not, in either case. I can not remember if Earthbind was active when he was in Meditation. And the screenshot I have is for a KD outside Meditation, but I couldn't see Earthbind in it (but that doens't mean it wasn't up).

So in conclusion, I would say that like Glint and Kuunavang and other such foes who are "interrupt-resistant", Shiro is "knockdown-resistant". (T/C) 09:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Makes sense, good work. King Neoterikos 10:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)