I am playing and urf game and backdoor the enemy inhib as Twitch. I turn on my ult to do bonus damage, but it does 0 damage. My auto attacks damage minions but when I fire at the inhib and at the minions so it hits the inhib it does 0 damage. I then die in a failed backdoor.
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Matthias91192 votesIntentional. They don't want you to drop inhibs or the nexus from that far away.
flibitydoo1 votesYou can ult towers as Twitch.
Not only that, but the bonus attack range of Twitch enables him to attack towers outside of their range; allowing him to destroy towers taking 0 damage.
I think the reasoning as to why it isn't changed is because Twitch's lack of popularity means that this bug rarely ever comes up and therefore isn't high on the priority list (like how Shen's R bug wasn't changed for like 2 years)
Matthias91191 votesIt's intentional that it works on towers and not inhibs or the nexus.
flibitydoo1 votesActually, to quote shinijumanjiman's post on another Twitch ult thread (who was quoting Riot Statikk),
Its a technical limitation that has been in the game for 4 years http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=3607838#3607838 -Riot statikk
It's because Nexus/Inhibs are coded differently than turrets. To fix the bug, they would have to recode the map structures themselves.
Matthias91191 votesI'm skeptical they would not have fixed it in the last 5 years. Perhaps someone from Riot can give an update.
Ulquiorra9951 votesThen why the fuck they don't include it in the tooltip? People are losing games because Riot can't bother to do so in 4 years. It's 5 minutes of work for God's sake.
Matthias91191 votesI agree that it should be documented.
WolfBV2 votesIt's intentional as a fix to a bug where, when twitch uses his ult on a turret, it can also damage inhabit and nexuses behind them. Though if you position correctly, you can use your url to damage both nexus turrets at the same time.
Goilo1 votesHope they could fix it but in all reality, urf is almost over so it really isn't that big of a deal
FirstSergeantBim1 votesHope they could fix it but in all reality, urf is almost over so it really isn't that big of a deal
This happens in every other game mode. Twitch simply cannot harm inhibitors when his ultimate is active, so I think it really is a pretty big deal. If there isn't anything mentioned in the tool-tips, then I suspect it must be a bug.
DreamLeviathan1 votesIt's not an urf issue, twitch ult has been like this for years. I'm not really sure if it's a bug or a really crappy way of preventing twitch from killing inhibs through towers, but either way it's something that REALLY should be fixable by now.
Issic1 votesHaha, this happened to me in an ARAM game once while trying to backdoor (Happened a long time ago). Used my ultimate hoping it would help but it did the opposite. Still got the enemy nexus after the ult went away :D
shadowstorm321 votesIf this isn't a bug and is simply a way of preventing him from hitting inhibs through towers, then they should change it so it works normally once tower is down.
Saint Archer1 votesthat reasoning is ridiculous, inhibs can't take damage anyway if the tower is still up. so if someone can't go forward and AA it, why would his ult hurt it? and once the tower's down, he should be able to ult the inhibitor and deal damage.
AxlStream1 votesIt's one of the only reasons I never pick Twitch has an ADC.
IIFlawed1 votesI've had this happen with the nexus as well
LkG MisterL21 votesI read patchnotes where riot said that this was changed.
ClockworkCreeper1 votesOk. It should say that though.
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