[GAMEPLAY] Rakan's charm has a game changing bug

Rusty xD·May 28, 2017·3 votes·884 views

https://gfycat.com/FrayedSereneIvorybilledwoodpecker https://gfycat.com/ElaborateHelplessArcherfish https://gfycat.com/AdvancedFrequentHornshark https://gfycat.com/LegalGreatKite As you can see from the gfy's above
Rakan's charm doesn't work as it should. People are charmed at the initial location of Rakan's ult rather than following him.
The only thing that keeps me close to league is Rakan, and I'd love to play him more. But as of now, it's incredibly hard to get used to the bug and NO ONE IS ADDRESSING THAT IT EXISTS What makes me say that this is a bug?
I speak from experience.
When Rakan was released, enemies actually followed him when he used ult. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6CXo24vS8 Do you see how Irelia followed him rather than going to the initial locations like in the gfys above? The youtube video was on the patch when Rakan was released(7.9)

3 Comments

ExcalibaitMay 28, 20171 votes

The difference between the gif's and the vid is, that in the gif's you W on top of the enemy with R active. In the vid, he first tags all targets with R and then follows up with W.

I've experienced this behaviour myself already and I think it's that if you W through the enemy with R active, they rather walk towards the starting point of the W animation instead towards your target location (which is what happens in all situations except for the Pantheon gif, which I have no clue what's going on there). I don't know if that's a bug or intended however, but maybe the game just handles these situations differently.

Rusty xDMay 28, 20171 votes

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The difference between the gif's and the vid is, that in the gif's you W on top of the enemy with R active. In the vid, he first tags all targets with R and then follows up with W.

I've experienced this behaviour myself already and I think it's that if you W through the enemy with R active, they rather walk towards the starting point of the W animation instead towards your target location (which is what happens in all situations except for the Pantheon gif, which I have no clue what's going on there). I don't know if that's a bug or intended however, but maybe the game just handles these situations differently.

Did you notice how Irelia followed me(Rakan)? WELL That doesn't happen any more.
https://gfycat.com/RichDevotedIrishterrier Here is the proof to trash your theory

I assure you this isn't supposed to happen and is a bug Edit: How it worked before patch 7.10: https://gfycat.com/PessimisticSlipperyBrownbutterfly This clip is from Poro King, that's right. You can see how they all actually follow me instead of moving to the initial point of my ult.

Waffle84Jun 13, 20171 votes

This actually should be changed rather soon because it actually kills the way he is played. I too experienced this bug and sadly i had to adjust to it, but many times i have failed and got flamed on by my teammates even tho it wasn't technically my fault for not working as intending. This animation cancel differentiates the "ok" Rakan players from good ones even tho' it is not hard to pull it off, it would be sad if this is the intent of Riot on how it should work, but who knows when they will patch it, we just have to wait.