Why the hell am I seeing this?
[Image of HC Character slain](https://imgur.com/a/KlLe2xO)
welcome back to Twilight Warding bug
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This is a bug that’s existed since Mercs were added to S6.
For some reason certain shielding effects can go crazy and direct the damage that was supposed to be absorbed, deflected, etc. to the player. Twilight Warding was the worst of these as it was basically a 100% uptime shield. But any shielding effect could trigger it in rare conditions.
The good news is they seem to have finally addressed this in S8. I’ve been playing it for days exclusively in HC and the things that killed me in past seasons no longer seem to happen. I’m running with Rahier as my main merc and playing a sorceress that uses tons of shielding effects.
Of course 1 player for 3-4 days isn’t conclusive but given how frequent these deaths were it feels better if nothing else. Of course the bugs could still persist in S8.
I think the HC community is either going to have to start making a ton of noise on social media (like following various Xitter accounts and posting images of “unknown killer” or Rahier killing the player) or just accept that Blizzard is going to destroy HC permanently at some point.