Talk:Great Scythe/@comment-188.53.21.219-20140519034016/@comment-3492791-20140519035902

Dead angling is an expoitation of the shield mechanics. Basically a shield will only block if both players are facing each other. If you look to the side and do an attack with a large sweeping arc that can still hit them, the game won't block the attack even if their shield is up.