I've noticed this a few times now, mainly as mages. Basically if my team is focusing down someone, and they pop a shield (maybe Janna shield, or Barrier, big shields like that) and I autoattack them so it consumes part of the shield but none of their actual health bar, sometimes you don't get an assist when they die just afterward. Is this intentional or a strange bug I need to investigate further?
TheLastShadow451 votesIt's a bug.
Sona Ping1 votesIt may be intentional; Assist are granted if you do damage (among other things ofc) to an enemy and there is a mechanic where if the damage is done to a shield it does not count as damage being done to the champion as that's defined as causing the lowering of health.
Vaati0061 votesI know, i totally understand the reasoning behind why this is happening, and that's why I"m confused about what is intended or not. Because by damaging the shield, I AM contributing to killing them, just like CC can contribute to a kill without doing any damage
GaleWinUnleashed1 votesConsider a situation where you damage the shield, and then the shield wears off a split second later without being broken. If they then die to someone else afterward, your single autoattack did absolutely nothing to hasten their death. If this mechanic is intended, that might be the reason why.
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It's may be intentional; Assist are granted if you do damage (among other things ofc) to an enemy and there is a mechanic where if the damage is done to a shield it does not count as damage being done to the champion as that's defined as causing the lowering of health.
I don't think that's necessarily the case. When people attack tryndamere while he's ulting, they still gain assists regardless of how low tryndamere's health is
Sona Ping1 votesTryndamere's ult prevents his health from being reduced to below one, it doesn't block damage.
Slamurai Jack1 votesDamaging a shield doesn't actually count as damaging the champion in the games code. You'll notice that hitting someones shield during their recall won't stop the recall either. It's a stupid interaction but that's how it is. And you gotta do damage or buff an ally to get that assist.