Manalocked Unit Gained Mana After Placing Items

Moogel the Sly·8/30/2019, 12:57:53 AM·1 votes·726 views

The Shen in this video was manalocked, they put a tear on him and then when they put a sword on him to make a Spear of Shojin, it gave Shen mana and he used his ult.

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Cräfty8/30/2019, 12:17:29 PM1 votes

I think there might not be a bug here. Mana lock only prevents units from gaining mana through hitting other units, or getting hit. It does NOT seem to prevent mana gained by other means, like puting item 3070 items on them.

Also, it's important to know that mana lock is not a silence mechanic, so technically, mana locked units can still cast their ability if they reach max mana, somehow.

Here is what I assume happened in the video:

Shen had 100 starting mana.
He gained some more mana, putting him above 110 mana.
He got mana locked.
Placing the first gave him +20 mana, putting him at 130 mana, at least.
Placing the combined the items into , which granted Shen another +20 mana on completion, putting him at 150 mana.
Since Shen's ability costs 150 mana, and mana lock is not a silence, he automatically casted it.

However, If Riot intended for mana lock to prevent every way possible to gain mana, including by putting item 3070 items on mana locked units, then they did a very poor job of coding it and this would be a bug that they need to fix.