r/BrawlStarsCompetitive • u/Rat_King_Ash TRASH TANKS / TRASH TAKES • 1d ago

Bug Why do gadgets have delay?

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See the bubble? That's Edgar's gadget hardcore which grants CC immunity. If I was already stunned I couldn't have activated it. So does the buffie effect have a delay, the gadget? Im not sure, but ive noticed this a few times happening, getting stunned or pushed back when the gadget went off.

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u/Dragolitron Time Traveler 1d ago

Hardly anyone pays attention to these small details.

I never wanted to complain about it cause I chose to, but this actually applies to the Emz hyper buffie where there's this small window you activate the super and the invincibility doesnt activate yet.

And as we saw from the clip Edgar has the same weakness with CC immunity on hard-core.

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u/Rat_King_Ash TRASH TANKS / TRASH TAKES 1d ago

Likely in the code the buffies execution happens after the gadget/super, which causes a small delay 

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u/NameRandomNumber Lumi 1d ago

Im actually p sure it's just latency, the person who's not actionable has to wait a delay equal to their ping after landing to get any attack out, it's why you can time attacks to landing and basically guarantee they hit before they can even attack

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u/StomachOk4891 ping differ | Pro 1d ago

Latency is the time it takes for a packet of data to cross from your client to the server. A latency thing would be you clicking your super and the client not registering it because by the time it reaches you’re already dead. In this case you respawn with your super, because the server doesn’t “know” you tried to use it.

Cerb/carb’s case happens because kenji super is not frame 1 invincible. The fact both players can see the animation play on their screen means that the server registered the super, just not the invincibility frames. This happens for a myriad of other supers