Talk:Maw of Malmortius/@comment-5319740-20140313145028/@comment-6281696-20141006153019

Not really, Banshee's blocks initiations, but this blocks the initial burst. Banshee's main focus lies in allowing you to close in (or get away) because you can ignore the intial CC thrown your way. Maw allows you to survive while in a fight. Though it isn't so much blocking the "initial burst" as the "potentially lethal burst".

As for putting it at 50%, wouldn't work. The obsession with burst is way too big in this game for that. Getting someone below 50% is disturbingly easy with just some harrasement, which would allow you to just fire a bit till he gets at 49% to trigger the shield, now wait 5 seconds and unleash your combo to kill him two times over. At 30% it's more difficult to trigger the shield without going all in.