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This is how I successfully reproduced the Nidalee spear bug (twice in a row! with VIDEO)

FlashnFuse·3/25/2015, 4:41:46 PM·113 votes·10,677 views

I reproduced this several times in an empty custom game (and a full of beginner bots custom game). I didn't record until I thought I could reproduce it easily and spent another 3 minutes until I reproduced the bug twice in a row.

What I did to do this bug: first thing I did was swap the attack move click to right click instead of shift-right click. Made things easier.

-I would mash right click (attack move click) and the "S" key (hold position) to try to get the wind up animation to just the right point -throw a spear at the very end of a wind up animation, when the attack has technically "left" Nidalee. -reissue the attack command -the auto attack will connect with the minion (or tower, which tends to be easier to reproduce the bug at simply because of the longevity of a tower) and as the missile from the auto attack disappears, so will the nidalee spear.

The timing window for this bug is INCREDIBLY narrow, but the spear from Nidalee's Q disappears when the projectile from her auto attack hits a minion and disappears. The times this bug successfully recreates, the spear from Nidalee's Q disappears as the auto attack damage is counted, but if you miss the timing on reproducing this bug you will not auto attack until well after you've thrown the spear. I think this bug's source is something to do with the client's disposal of projectiles.

EDIT: To reiterate, I used these steps to reproduce the bug several times before actually filming it. It is just extremely hard to hit the timing window to do it.

EDIT 2: as pointed out by BlackSunNocturne, it may also have something to do with one small fact: Nidalee's Q and Auto-Attack spears use the same model. It may be a bug with the coding the model. If one disappears, the other one disappears as well.

72 Comments

Deep Terror Nami3/25/2015, 4:57:12 PM24 votes

Good work, this might be a lot of help for them to fix it (since reproducing the issue is key in fixing a bug). But Riot doesn't like you to explain how to do an exploit on the forums, because it exposes people to it that wouldn't otherwise know how to do it. You can use a support ticket, or edit the specific info out of your post (Riot can read prior edits).

BlackSunNocturne3/25/2015, 6:17:32 PM12 votes

You just solved the invisible Q spear problem. And by posting a "how to" for it, you also inadvertently made it easier for people to do it, therefor making the invisible spears happen more, which will cause people to bitch about it more, and would cause it to get fixed!

Also, it may also have something to do with one small fact: I was discussing this with a few of my friends who do coding and shit, and Nidalee's Q and Auto-Attack spears use the same model. It may be a bug with the coding the model. If one disappears, the other one disappears as well.

Sir Choingler3/25/2015, 4:49:12 PM6 votes

This is really cool! Thanks for putting in the work to figure this out. I don't know if this is the exact same bug everyone is complaining about regarding invisible spears since that bug seems to not be dependent on her auto attacks, but this is definitely a step in the right direction towards fixing the problem.

Fredart3/25/2015, 5:25:53 PM3 votes

Are you sure its not her hidden power?

X Frady3/25/2015, 8:07:02 PM3 votes

Great job. I really hope Rito disables her now

4nth0l0gy3/25/2015, 5:18:48 PM2 votes

Wow. Thanks man.

Serenity3/26/2015, 3:37:39 AM2 votes

I feel like we need to urge Riot to disable her..

Banana Nations7/16/2015, 2:02:36 AM1 votes

Id love to try it out in customs vs friends just to mess with them XD but its definintely going to be annoying to go into games where people have learned how to exploit it to the point where its a bad play enviroment

Meep Man3/25/2015, 9:15:59 PM1 votes

This seems pretty hard to do at random. I wonder how it seems to show up so much unless people know how to do it.

Urdnot Entar3/26/2015, 1:37:23 AM1 votes

Doing the work Riot doesn't, good job. Now to see if they actually do anything about it.

Poptart Evelynn3/26/2015, 11:07:11 AM1 votes

Well since it's in the open. There is a few of us who know how to do it 100% of the time without auto attack canceling. It involves pressing S and using taunt while throwing a spear.

Rip trick. Wont say how to do it exactly but you might be able to figure it out :D

weeaboomer7/16/2015, 1:16:58 AM1 votes

Wow