Huge True Damage nuke from nowhere. [GAMEPLAY]

I Smell Pennies·May 3, 2016·174 votes·13,315 views

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Okay. So I was playing as Zac earlier today with roughly 6.4 - 6.6k health at the endgame, and I was preparing to use my E (Elastic Slingshot) on an enemy Jhin. Upon landing ontop of Jhin, I took a massive burst of True Damage from nowhere. I have no idea what it was until after I died almost immediately afterwards. Turns out the damage came from "game_spell_displayname_Bowmaster" and nuked me for 6270 True Damage. As there is no set ability in the game even called this, I am more than sure this is a bug of some sort. I have attached an image of the Post-Death screen showing the damage indicator and I am truly dazzled at what this is or why it happened. Some light to be shed on this would be greatly appreciated. The extra damage I took from Basic Attacks was between healing from Zac's passive.

121 Comments

Jungle Lux GodMay 3, 201697 votes

Spaghetti code decided it wanted to deal 6k true damage to you.

GhastlyGhoulManMay 3, 201635 votes

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Spaghetti code decided it wanted to deal 6k true damage to you.

Confirmation that we all must join the Pastafarians or perish under the Spaghetti God's withering stare.

TonyTonyMordecaiMay 3, 201612 votes

Praising intensifies

Snake TownMay 3, 201653 votes

http://i.imgur.com/FXK8ge2.jpg

I Smell PenniesMay 3, 20166 votes

That's brilliant.

Starcraft243verMay 4, 201611 votes

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/28/09/31A3BE2800000578-3467794-image-a-2_1456650847620.jpg

OwynMay 4, 20163 votes

It was his His Noodly Appendage Bard

Maximum MordeMay 3, 201672 votes

Art.

ADepressedLeonaMay 3, 201632 votes

Jhin originally had a global skillshot ultimate that was a guaranteed one hit kill against marked enemies. They decided against it because in play testing it was too underpowered due to being too hard to hit. Apparently some of the coding leaked through

Or so a buddy of mine told me

THEJJSLAYMay 3, 201614 votes

I'd believe it considering riots coding tendencies

Count ZubatMay 4, 20164 votes

I wonder if this ability was code named "bowmaster" in play testing, if yes, then maybe what you told is the answer.

RedagaMay 4, 20163 votes

given that the skill was a single shot and the width is even smaller than jinx stun. compare it to an arrow shot is the right way

Faint HopeMay 4, 20162 votes

Actually, "Bowmaster" is the name given to Ashe in the game files as far as I remember. I'm guessing it's just that Jhin's code classes inherit something from Ashe's and under some circumstances glitched up.

Edit: Also, the name isn't displayed completely, which makes me suspect there is a spell name written further, after the "Bowmaster" indicating that it's some kind of Ashe skill.

NotYourSideChickDec 14, 20161 votes

Turns out, it was an AP Ashe ultimate turned true damage the entire time!

Mecha MaIphiteMay 4, 20168 votes

It was a guaranteed one-shot but it didn't one shot him.

Spaghetti within spaghetti.

NotYourSideChickDec 14, 20161 votes

Spaghetti-ception

Old Man TeetoMay 4, 201624 votes

You say you had somewhere between 6.4 and 6.6k health.

Clearly, you were too fat to use Elastic Slingshot causing you to hit the ground at a terminal velocity killing you and triggering your passive.

Lay off the Cinderhulk health stacking and you should live to a ripe old age of 18 next game.

brandonf131May 3, 20169 votes

was the player's name "Bowmaster"?

Snake TownMay 3, 20169 votes

Wait wait wait... You're telling me there was a game with a swain in it???

Weird

DarkLarvitarMay 3, 20168 votes

that is about 10k health... how do you have so much

I Smell PenniesMay 3, 201627 votes

Zac's passive blobs heal him if you pick them up, so along with having Spirit Visage item 3065 as well, healing isn't an issue. So the damage you heal back can then be taken away again, showing as more damage. My health total was about 6570 altogether.

I Smell PenniesMay 3, 20167 votes

Just going to re-clarify here; this damage was taken UPON LANDING. My passive revive was on cooldown at the time as a large team-fight had occurred a minute or-so beforehand. Zac's passive revive had no part in this sequence of events.

ArthimetesMay 3, 20166 votes

Thats a very common bug with Zac, any time your passive procs the Death Recap glitches out super hard.

Its shows I took magic damage from flash or true damage from barrier before but in reality you didn't, its just a bug with the death recap display interacting with Zac's passive in a wonky way.

EndlessIsolationMay 4, 20162 votes

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Thats a very common bug with Zac, any time your passive procs the Death Recap glitches out super hard.

Its shows I took magic damage from flash or true damage from barrier before but in reality you didn't, its just a bug with the death recap display interacting with Zac's passive in a wonky way.

You say that like death recap, you know... actually works correctly in the first place. Shit is busted.

Ridley PrimeMay 4, 20166 votes

I notice this damage whenever I play Zac. If you are about to reform but the last tick of your final blob's health is destroyed right as you start your reform animation, the game will just deal 6k true damage to you to kill you, since your blob should have died but didnt exist for a moment.

LycanoonMay 4, 20165 votes

Get splashed by Twitch's flask and just before it explodes, he pops E and "executed". That sewer sludge is lethal in it's own accord...

coughs

So, um... This 6k true damage glitch has actually been around since last week. Has happened to me a few times in ARAM when no one was around, no DoT's, no snowballs being chucked...and died retreating to my own turret and X champion that hit me last got the kill (given they were either dead or WAY outta range of range/ap/melee attacks)

EDIT!!!

AND THIS JUST IN!!!!

http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af268/im_just_shawn/ThatDodgePenalty_zpsvuwmiwdg.png

What's Next? I get banned for 14 days for repeated dodging cause they messed something up? (sarcastic eye roll)

UltraFireFXMay 4, 20165 votes

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD STILL BUY BOOT ENCHANTMENTS... #butthurt

Lamas BreederMay 4, 20164 votes

I main Zac and I think this is a bug that appears when your passive is up - so damage dealt to your blobs during the passive is somehow treated as a true dmg.

HelmightMay 3, 20163 votes

Have you been able to recreate the bug? Might be worth it to try and make the same exact scenario to see if it happens again.

J EpsteinMay 3, 20166 votes

hard to realistically recreate without a sandbox mode

HelmightMay 3, 20162 votes

Sure, but it's not impossible. The only disadvantage is that it'd take forever to farm up the items.

J EpsteinMay 4, 20163 votes

yep. and most people don't have lim -> oo amount of time to farm up items just to recreate a bug that shouldn't be there on a game that's 6 years old.

HelmightMay 4, 20162 votes

Games older than this one still have bugs. They're just a way of life, man - especially in games with so many different moving parts.

As an aside, I'm not disagreeing that we need a sandbox mode. Just stating that there are still ways to test things.

SHlTBUGMay 4, 20163 votes

Bowmaster was Ashe's name during testing 7 years ago

Guyy FieriMay 3, 20162 votes

There is the possibility that you landed upon a million Jhin traps. Not sure why the name would be called that or why it would be coded as true damage but that's the only thing I can think of at all.

I Smell PenniesMay 3, 201615 votes

There was nothing. At the time of landing, Jhin was the only one in the vicinity. Besides his traps don't even do True Damage. My health just got deleted in one frame by nothing.

Ashy27May 3, 201621 votes

This isnt urf he can only place like 3 at a time and they don't do like 6k burst damage*[slayer-jinx-unamused]*

Guyy FieriMay 3, 20164 votes

I was only brainstorming...and he could place a lot more than 3 of they just don't get stepped on.

SpongebobIsLifeMay 3, 20165 votes

they also have a delay

venomous frostMay 3, 20161 votes

probably jhin traps, don't trust the death recap, its visually bugged

I Smell PenniesMay 3, 201636 votes

I can assure you there were no traps. This was literally me just landing on him as he was running through mid. The damage was dealt instantly upon landing.

Velzard of KozMay 3, 201661 votes

Maybe you landed too hard :D

DeathBot666May 4, 20161 votes

No, what happened was a simple error in coding, which made a bot of the new champion appear and be invisible, where you proceeded to jump into her SUPER OP ult.