# Jotnar buff needs

**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/jotnar-buff-needs/23626
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback
**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/jotnar-buff-needs/23626 "2017-05-06T06:11:21Z")
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### Author: ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/jotnar-buff-needs/23626/10 "2017-05-06T11:07:19Z")

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> [@ZooKeeper](#):
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> Barrier can protect your troops from dying if deathmark proc. Your troop will only lose armor and barrier, but won’t die. Deathmark still linger though, but I’ve never experienced it proc again 2nd time on same troop.

This is a thing? (Just checked - yep, its a thing). Thank you so much for this - it means I can add Forest Guardian to the list of things I can reliably counter deathknight in normal PvP with without having to severely pull my punches.

Is this _intended_ to be a thing, though? It seems kind of odd that it takes armor. I’m not advocating removing it by any means but this interaction seems a bit… odd. Kind of seems like it should either block death mark activation and have it cleanse right there or not at all.

Now if only Jotnar’s barriers were a bit more _consistent_ about how they spread out, then he might actually be _reliable_ to block some damage (or deathmark activation). If anything, thats the buff he needs - have his trait focus putting barrier on troops that don’t already have it.

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