Karma's Inspire (E) plus Jarvan's flag

Tanglewalker·4/15/2016, 8:54:17 AM·6 votes·520 views

I discovered today that it's actually possible to use Karma's shield (E) on Jarvan's flag, for whatever reason. While you can use her shield on minions, I feel like this is an oversight allowing her to shield Jarvan's flag, because why would you ever shield something that can't be damaged? The flag definitely should not be able to be targeted by Inspire.

While we're at it, would it be possible for her Inspire to prioritize champions over minions? There are few things more frustrating that trying to save a teammates life, only to have this ability hit a minion instead, and watch helplessly as your teammate dies because they were too close to the minion wave. Just my thoughts, though.

4 Comments

kile1474/15/2016, 12:14:45 PM1 votes

Karma is just confused, thinks it's a CTF game mode.

Ulquiorra9954/15/2016, 3:56:18 PM1 votes

RIP shieldbomb.

MisterShameless4/15/2016, 10:53:37 PM1 votes

While yes its a bit lame to accidentally shield his flag, there is that rare and I mean rare, chance you could Ult shield the flag to gain a small distance to shield an ally, but it usually never happens. When it does, it may save your team mate. To avoid shielding a minion or other things, hold ~ and the targeted skill to avoid this issue (pushing ~ will make you only target champions).

Side note: You can summoner 12 onto the flag btw

SilverSquid4/16/2016, 1:35:25 AM1 votes

Jarvan's flag - like many spells back in the days - was programmed as a minion. Like, a very tall, very thin minion without health, that gives an aura buff.

This was the reason for some very wonky bugs back then, and also some weird interactions, that survived until today. I enjoyed using Jarvan's flag to apply my RE damage or find a better position to hit more people with the shield/speed. While there might be an argument, why you would want to shield minions with your normal E (minion denying, wave/tower pushing), there is no reason you should be able to shield the flag when NOT using mantra.

Maybe for the sake of consistency, I guess? Seems like a very weak point.

Anyways, you can change your spells to default hit only champions, or hold "^" to make sure you only target champions. Maybe this helps in the meantime.