[GAMEPLAY] Spells stopped working
Just now, for the first time, I experienced a bug where I could move my character around, but could not cast or level any spells, even Recall. This lasted about 30 seconds to a minute. I was experiencing heavy lag, and ALT+TAB'd out of LoL for just a second to double-check that I had no other programs open (I didn't). As I was tabbing back in, I noticed another lag spike and levelled up during it. This is when I noticed I couldn't spend my new ability point. I was playing as Cassiopeia, with 1 point in Q and 1 in W, and hit level 3, trying to spend the new point on E. For 20 seconds or so, I thought I was simply still lagging, until I noticed I could move around just fine, but I couldn't cast or spend my point, or even open the chat window to inform my teammates. Low on health, I right-clicked my fountain to avoid feeding. I didn't want to close and reopen LoL to fix the problem, because that would be penalized by LeaveBuster, so I tried ALT+TAB'ing a few more times. On the 3rd attempt, while tabbing back in, the game visually glitched and I saw what appeared to be an old-style windows header for the LoL client at the top of my screen. After a second or two, the screen reverted to normal and I was finally able to spend my ability point. The rest of the game proceeded normally (though still had occasional lag spikes).
- Level up during a lag spike while ALT+TAB'ing.
- If step 1 induced the problem, repeatedly ALT+TAB to induce corrective behavior.