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Why the Chaos Daedric community keeps buzzing about a skill bug
Videos of odd weapon behavior dropped last week. View counts exploded on short clips and forum threads. This revived interest around ESO’s Hidden Weapon Skill Glitch That Chaos Daedric Players Love online.
ESO’s Hidden Weapon Skill Glitch That Chaos Daedric Players Love is an animation cancel that lets skills chain instantly. It works like a soft interrupt for attacks. Studies indicate this hidden interaction between swing timers and animation states enables the cancel.
How the cancel tricks the game engine
Certain weapon skills reset their recovery frames when you swap during the early windup. Input misdirection tricks the client into skipping part of the delay. Research shows smoother combos and faster clears emerge from this sequence.
Because you keep damage uptime while dropping unsafe moves.
Quick reality check
This pattern lets you press skills in tighter windows. Swapping frames turn standard rotations into snappier pressure tools.
Is this allowed by the rules?
ZOS has not issued a patch note against it. Most players treat it as a creative exploit.
Will this break in a future update?
Client changes could remove the cancel at any time. Stay ready to adapt your setups.
