Knock Down

Knock Down is a Crowd Control strategy that causes an opponent to stop both movement and attack. If a knocked down target is attacked, the knock down remains in effect for the full duration (i.e. attacking the target does not break the knock down).

Mesmerize, Stun, and Knock Down all stop a target from moving and attacking. However, they differ in the follow ways:

Skill	Effect on Target's Action	Effect on Target's Body	Can the Effect be Interrupted by an Attack on the Target? †
Stun	Target cannot Move or Attack	Remains Standing/Upright	Not Interrupted by Attack
Knock Down	Target cannot Move or Attack	Knocked to Ground	Not Interrupted by Attack
Mesmerize	Target cannot Move or Attack	Remains Standing/Upright	Interrupted by Attack

† Mesmerize can be interrupted (i.e. eliminated) if the mesmerized target is attacked, whereas stun and knockdown continue for the full duration even if the target is attacked.

Knock Down applies a Resist Crowd Control on the target (which causes the target to become temporarily resistant to subsequent stuns/knockdowns/mesmerizes/roots/knockdowns).

The following abilities have a chance to cause a knock down, and are being tested/confirmed as to if they generate crowd control resistance. Please edit this page if you can confirm or deny resistance.

Ability	School	Is Resist Crowd Control Applied?
Knockdown	Bludgeon school	Yes
Earthquake	Earth Magic	Yes
Charge	Shield school	Yes for the Knock Down / Yes for the Stun (Will apply double Crowd Control Resistance if both apply.)
Leg Sweep	Polearm school	Yes
Trip	Subterfuge Skills	Unknown/Untested
Glacial Glissade	Water Magic + Polearm school	Unknown/Untested