Talk:Kalista/@comment-24496127-20170220153649/@comment-4091261-20170223153256

Indeed, I think the same about mitigation. It just adds another way she can't be countered which isn't good considering her large stacking capability is an issue by itself in that regard.

In my opinion, a very good way to differentiate a normal spear thrust and a critical one would be a juiced up animation. Like maybe the spear glows very bright if it will be a. With that, I imagine it would make sense why some are not getting lodged while the glowing ones are. We could say that is "striking their soul" as an excuse for why it works with Soul-Mark, a ethereal glowing  would further justify that.

In regards to considering it burst, I think if it's possible to consider burst, then  can be considered burst. To clarify, I specifically mean the first instance of. In the end these abilities are meant to be thought of as kind of executing nukes, but unlike and, they don't get tremendously stronger when the enemy is low on. They can be effective so long as they have been juiced up for quite some time regardless of enemy.

Regardless of my justification though, I do believe it falls under a different subcategory of burst that isn't the same as what we normally think of. It's somewhere between the standard vision of burst and the execution abilities. It's quite normal to think of it not like burst when we categorize it this way. I guess a fancy term like "Ascended Nuke" would be more appropriate, or maybe a corny term like "Escalator."