AKheon | God of War: Ascension - Shield Satyr glitches @AKheon | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
0:00 - At least one Shield Satyr in the game is unable to hurt Kratos after you disarm him. The buggy enemy in question is the first Shield Satyr you meet in Chapter 7. After he loses his Shield, he will attempt to hit Kratos with Sword attacks, but he doesn't even have a Sword, which means his attacks never make contact.
This bug might happen with other Shield Satyrs in the game too, although you'd have to go around the game to verify this.
0:25 - Well, this next bug probably isn't strictly Shield Satyr-related, but it happened while capturing the footage so it's here. Sometimes thrown Satyrs forget to get back up. They'll lie down indefinitely, only invigorating once Kratos gets too close.
1:02 - A Shielded Satyr is invulnerable while frozen. No matter how much you deal damage to him, he will not shatter. I originally learnt about this from GMG's notes, so kudos to him.
I believe this bug is caused by the fact that the Shield Satyr doesn't lose his Shield upon being frozen. The unique Shield Satyr damage nullification mechanics affect even the frozen statue, preventing it from being shattered.
Furthermore, I think that the Shield Satyr becoming frozen without losing his Shield is in itself a bug. I think Ice Rage was supposed to first disarm this enemy and only then freeze him, but due to a bug in Ice Rage, these two events happen the wrong way around. Since the enemy cannot get disarmed while frozen, this simply means that he never gets disarmed at all.
This theory could be verified by doing Ice Rage to a Shield Satyr via a stale reference. Without the initial freezing hit reaction getting in the way, the attack does disarm the Satyr as intended.
1:27 - Shield Satyrs have wrong hit reactions while thawing. They react to hits like non-Shield Satyrs for a short time window. This allows for some unique mechanical interactions, like launching and then grabbing a Shield Satyr to engage in their disarming mini-game while they're in air.
1:46 - You normally can't disarm a Shield Satyr's Shield with a kick, but it becomes possible if you do it while they're thawing. The disarming animation looks a bit buggy, almost as if it was supposed to be a Sword disarming animation.
1:59 - You can use Fire Rage to place a bomb in the Shield Satyr without disarming him while he is frozen. The explosion itself will disarm the Shield Satyr, unless he is launched in air, in which case he will simply get launched across the room while taking no damage. Just some more obscure interactions with this complex enemy.
0:00 - At least one Shield Satyr in the game is unable to hurt Kratos after you disarm him. The buggy enemy in question is the first Shield Satyr you meet in Chapter 7. After he loses his Shield, he will attempt to hit Kratos with Sword attacks, but he doesn't even have a Sword, which means his attacks never make contact.
This bug might happen with other Shield Satyrs in the game too, although you'd have to go around the game to verify this.
0:25 - Well, this next bug probably isn't strictly Shield Satyr-related, but it happened while capturing the footage so it's here. Sometimes thrown Satyrs forget to get back up. They'll lie down indefinitely, only invigorating once Kratos gets too close.
1:02 - A Shielded Satyr is invulnerable while frozen. No matter how much you deal damage to him, he will not shatter. I originally learnt about this from GMG's notes, so kudos to him.
I believe this bug is caused by the fact that the Shield Satyr doesn't lose his Shield upon being frozen. The unique Shield Satyr damage nullification mechanics affect even the frozen statue, preventing it from being shattered.
Furthermore, I think that the Shield Satyr becoming frozen without losing his Shield is in itself a bug. I think Ice Rage was supposed to first disarm this enemy and only then freeze him, but due to a bug in Ice Rage, these two events happen the wrong way around. Since the enemy cannot get disarmed while frozen, this simply means that he never gets disarmed at all.
This theory could be verified by doing Ice Rage to a Shield Satyr via a stale reference. Without the initial freezing hit reaction getting in the way, the attack does disarm the Satyr as intended.
1:27 - Shield Satyrs have wrong hit reactions while thawing. They react to hits like non-Shield Satyrs for a short time window. This allows for some unique mechanical interactions, like launching and then grabbing a Shield Satyr to engage in their disarming mini-game while they're in air.
1:46 - You normally can't disarm a Shield Satyr's Shield with a kick, but it becomes possible if you do it while they're thawing. The disarming animation looks a bit buggy, almost as if it was supposed to be a Sword disarming animation.
1:59 - You can use Fire Rage to place a bomb in the Shield Satyr without disarming him while he is frozen. The explosion itself will disarm the Shield Satyr, unless he is launched in air, in which case he will simply get launched across the room while taking no damage. Just some more obscure interactions with this complex enemy.
