[Gameplay] Brand ult not bouncing

DuckSoHard·1/31/2016, 1:00:59 PM·25 votes·3,144 views

Tested this repeatedly in game with a friend after experiencing it in game as Brand. The ult will not bounce to a burning minion, monster, or pet after hitting an enemy champion. It will bounce to a burning minion/monster if coming from another non-champion unit though. The ult will still bounce the five times between two enemy champions, but this is potentially gamebreaking in a 1v1 mid. I've included a clip of the bug first not bouncing to any minions, then not bouncing back to the Scuttle crab, and finally not bouncing back off of Tibbers.

12 Comments

Zåza1/31/2016, 3:47:20 PM3 votes

Good catch. Although I think you are making a small mistake. It is the Ablazed Champion that matters and not the Ablazed Minion. Everything else is correct I think.

Whenever the ultimate collides with an Ablazed Champion it cannot bounce to anything else than another Champion. In the first clip you Ablazed both Minions and the Champion, therefor it did not bounce. In the next two clips the ultimate is fizzling when it comes back to the Ablazed Champion. Up to here our conclusions works the same, but if you go into a custom game and Ablaze the Minions and not the Champion, the ult will bounce once to the Ablazed Minion back to the enemy Champion that is now Ablazed and then fizzle.

Thanks for the video, It was very helpful to test my theory.

Sincerely Zåza

Thiondor1/31/2016, 3:52:41 PM2 votes

I found this also in a game vs a kindred bot. In that game it seemed to never bounce off her when her W was active. But that makes perfect sense now as the minions around her would have been ablaze each time.

This is definitely not a good thing for Brand!

Princess Emma1/31/2016, 1:59:40 PM2 votes

Thank hell.

I swear I thought I was the only one. I thought I missed something in the patch notes and I had no clue why my ult didn't bounce at all.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/pT9E4UTH-gameplay-brand-r-critical

is another person with the same issue.

therealdragon1/31/2016, 11:04:11 PM1 votes

K I was using brand support and my ult didn't bounce and I was like WTF. Glad to know it wasn't just me.

Rico Nasty1/31/2016, 11:44:52 PM1 votes

Played against a Brand the other day and he kept talking about that in chat, I think its a bug

BΘLΘ2/9/2016, 9:46:54 AM1 votes

Yeah its a bug. Ult wil just not bounce from ablezed champion to minions.

Silencer Mage1/31/2016, 5:19:29 PM1 votes

I'm so glad other people are upset about this. Once they "FIXED" brands ult in that last patch it hasn't been working properly as a brand main this is very problematic

SuperDuperKerry1/31/2016, 10:45:07 PM1 votes

I'm having the same issue. Every time when I'm in lane the combo does not seem to work anymore. I E,Q,W, and R but instead of the ult bouncing off of the champions and minions, it instead fizzles when it hits the champion. it seems to work when I use the combo on minions only. Did I miss something in the patch notes?