Dead Karthus Gets Buffs [GAMEPLAY]

Hinzle·4/1/2015, 8:28:58 PM·1 votes·528 views

Karthus gains buffs when in his passive Death Defied state and gains them upon spawning. Passive ability states, "Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting while dead for 7 seconds." Clearly Karthus is dead as stated, yet he gains buffs when he spawns. Dead characters do should not gain buffs. This specifically occurred on blue buff. I have not tested all of the buffs.

Reproduce this by killing a buffing jungle monster while in your passive Death Defied state.

Happened once in ranked and 1/1 when testing in custom.

5 Comments

IcyPepper4/1/2015, 8:45:19 PM1 votes

Well, buffs transfer to the killer. If there's no killer (Karthus already being dead, so he won't be "killed"), the buff spawns back with you.

Er, it happened to me once when I got executed with blue buff while practicing off-meta in a custom game.

This is an interesting mechanic at play, but it follows the rules and could be used as a play. (die early game but steal blue buff?)

Kritty4/2/2015, 9:24:13 PM1 votes

This works the same with Sion, I believe.

Start Red Buff, kill the main Brambleback, then let the others kill you.

You'll respawn with the Red Buff.