Spectral grasp inconsistent in the open world

[linnea.4968]

Whats up with this ability? Sometimes it just fails to pull mobs without stability and sometimes it does. There doesnt seem to be any logic or consistency when it does work or when it doesnt. Is the ability bugged?

[Kulvar.1239]

Did you use it on earth elementals? They have innate permanent stability.

Same with burrowing creatures like wurms who are immune to pull/push/float.

Edited September 10 by Kulvar.1239

[Hashire Kazemeijin.6719]

This isn't anything new. It's been like that for ages where sometimes enemies will just trip on the spot instead of being pulled. No rhyme or reason. I can only guess there's maybe some bizarre unoptimized pathing issue that makes the pull think it can't reach the player so it just does a knockdown and that's it.

I've mostly gotten used to it now and if it happens (which is less often than not, at least for me), I just sort of deal with it and use the GS pull on them too.