Problems with Attacking on Monk/ Won't Attack

Occasionally my character won't attack. I've made sure it isn't a debuff but I'm not sure what causes it. I'll be in the middle of fighting a pack and all of a sudden, I just can't attack anymore. I'll have to turn around and kite until it works again. I've even tried holding the attack button all the way through and after about 3-5 seconds, my character will start attacking as if it wasn't registering the attack at first. It's not attack specific either and I've made sure it isn't just my mmo mouse. Happens with my keyboard too.
Last edited by Daltoid_#7094 on Dec 8, 2024, 2:04:21 PM
Last bumped on Dec 29, 2024, 10:54:36 AM
Hey, I have this happen too, but my belief is that this is stun. I also play monk and when i try to engage in melee vs other melee, or especially when focused by archers, my attacks are interrupt multiple times until (so i believe) your stun threshold gets hihg enough to finally complete an attack. currently this appears to be the game as it was designed, but i would agree that it doesnt feel good to have to invest into stunthreshold to be able to fight.

the solutioin for me was to swap to windblast/thunder wave and range packs of enemies down.
I experience the same issue regularly. Like every 2 minutes.
No debuff displayed, mana full.
My character can move freely but won't attack.
Pretty frustrating.
Sometimes it's followed by input lag. Maybe related to the issue.

I have been having this issue also, is very frustrating!! it has cause me to die on maps so many times and as you know, u die = map over.
I experience this, expecially on cluttered maps. Because the mouse cursor is actually on a bush, a stone or something that blocks the cursor on being "on the enemy". So the click wont register, cause its nothing to attack.

The cluttered maps gotta go!
I also experience this. Not sure why either.
It was so common for me that i , sadly, got used to it and forgot it.

He just suddenly gets "Confused" > .< Add to that all the delays after DRs and palm strikes and yeah ...
Yeah I think this might be the culprit, because in my case I noticed non-attacks early on in ACT 1 cave, but found that it was because of the group of urns in the little alcoves. It's odd because if you're hovering over an interactable such as an item you can pickup, most of the time it just picks it up, but sometimes it picks it up and attacks at the same time. I feel like this would be a good solution for those types of things, but better if you can just destroy them.
It's a curse, there's a caster mob that that silences you and doesnt let you use skills for some seconds, im nearly 100% sure of it, if i remember in PoE 1 it would only affect casting actual spells, but here i think it affects all skills.
IGN - Slayonara
Jepp, it is most definitely hitmarker bug caused because of the detailed vegetation in the maps

-Wetlands, is bad. Even tried to change my mouse
-Blooming field, is also very bad

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