[GAMEPLAY] Janna shield prevent stopping of recall even after taking damage

Itz Vince·9/29/2015, 6:38:54 PM·1 votes·781 views

When attempting to recall back to base, if one is being shielded by Janna Eye of the Storm and is hit by an enemy auto attack or spell, then the recall animation is not interrupted. This allows the person recalling to go back to base for free even with harassment. However, it is speculated that the reason would be that the shield did not break entirely, thus registering the recall animation as having no damage received. This is also seen with malphite's passive shield and yasuo's passive shield.

Steps to replicate:

  1. Champion recalls.
  2. Janna shields them with eye of the storm.
  3. Enemy champions attack recalling champion.
  4. Enemy recalling champions goes back to base.

It should also be mentioned that the Ver. 4.4 patch on recall states: "V4.4: Damaging a shielded champion will now interrupt Recall, even if the shield is not broken." There has not been a future patch update that revoked this statement.

This happened twice during a ranked game, I have not gotten the chance to replicate in a custom game yet.

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3 Comments

Archon X9/29/2015, 6:40:17 PM1 votes

shield did not break in either gif

Serevas9/29/2015, 6:45:04 PM1 votes

I'm not sure when it happened, but it's been that way for as long as I can remember, and I started playing back around Patch 4.4.

It's been explained that way in professional play as well when the question has arisen regarding the second tier turrets and their shield as well having the same effect.