Is this a bug or intentional? I like to run a DN lead in Galactic War and while I've noticed that Palpatine's offense up special doesn't restore health, since Nihilus' lead only allows health steal, I have also noticed that Annihilate doesn't give DN any health. Why isn't there health steal from that attack?
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True but I have never seen a difference in his health bar, and when he strikes after having Annihilated, he heals as normal but Max Health does not seem to have increased at all
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Under any other circumstances (not a raid boss), Nihilus' max health, his potential health, increases on Annihilate but his current health percentage remains the same. So he actually does gain health, but the amount gained depends heavily on his current health. If Nihilus is at full health when he Annihilates a tank, he gains a huge amount of health. If he's almost dead when he Annihilates, he gains virtually nothing (besides making it slightly harder to chip away at the little health he has remaining) unless somebody gives him a big heal (Bariss or Chirrut style) soon afterwards.
Just as a hypothetical example with easy, round numbers: If Nihilus has 30,000 max health and he Annihilates a tank that has 30,000 max health, Nihilus will now have 60,000 max health.
Nihilus' current health will depend on the amount of health he had just prior to the Annihilate. If he had 6,000 health (20% of max) before, he is still at 20% and now has 12,000.
If he had 30,000 health (100% of max) before, he is still at 100% and now has 60,000.
The fact that his health bar may not appear different is purely cosmetic. It's an intentional limitation on how many dividers the game can display in the health bar. After DN uses Annihilate, the health bar will diminish by smaller percentages when he gets hit by damage. If he manages to use Annihilate more than once in a single battle, you will really notice that he barely seems to be getting hurt by subsequent damage. As long as that's happening it's functioning correctly, which is all that really matters.
I believe the number of lines on the health bar maxes out at some point so that it doesn't become just a black bar
it looks like you have your answer. he does gain the Max health as intended, but its hard to see with the lines the way they are. this also doesn't really heal because the % stays the same so visually it will look the same.
Play this assault battle and use annihilate. Watch the damage you can absorb . Use it in other areas of the game and you will notice that this max health bonus does not happen.