I've taken damage from abilities every now and then while I was in alpha strike for a number of months now but lately it's gotten worse to the point that people have made a montage video of the bug [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LimM9a2ajE4[/youtube]
McAnnex1 votesinb4 Riot confirms 'not in Alpha'
Fina13xam1 voteslol seems legit
Choked Rectum1 votesI think you are confused, in Alpha strike he cannot be targeted, meaning basic attacks cannot directly hit him and skill shots and single target abilities cannot hit Once he is in alpha. BUT area of effects can still harm him. things like Morgana's W or Jinx's Q when its the missiles. The missiles do splash dmg so if hes in the area, regardless of Alpha or not, it will still do Dmg. So some examples from the video are Anivia's ulti or RIven's both are area effect. Another one i noticed is Lee, it seems you can target Yi right before Alpha and if you can target him before he goes into alpha it will still hit him in Alpha, which i think makes sense. Just My opinion [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]
Commando Yi3 votesI think you are confused, in Alpha strike he cannot be targeted, meaning basic attacks cannot directly hit him and skill shots and single target abilities cannot hit Once he is in alpha. BUT area of effects can still harm him. things like Morgana's W or Jinx's Q when its the missiles. The missiles do splash dmg so if hes in the area, regardless of Alpha or not, it will still do Dmg. So some examples from the video are Anivia's ulti or RIven's both are area effect. Another one i noticed is Lee, it seems you can target Yi right before Alpha and if you can target him before he goes into alpha it will still hit him in Alpha, which i think makes sense. Just My opinion [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]
Yi's Q has evaded area of effect damage for 4 seasons now (the only exception was tethers) and it only started malfunctioning in season 5 as bugs started getting introduced which allowed abilities to deal damage to him while he was not on the map (that's literally what alpha strike does)
from the wiki
Alpha Strike can be used to dodge and avoid skillshots and area of effect abilities. Some dodgeable spells involve the damage instance of Time Bomb.png Time Bomb, Absolute Zero.png Absolute Zero and Requiem.png Requiem. Since V3.13, Alpha Strike.png Alpha Strike can be used to dodge targeted abilities, with some exceptions such as Fizz Fizz's Urchin Strike.png Urchin Strike. Being untargetable extends to allies, except for Wish.png Wish. Alpha Strike does not hit enemies in stealth or in the Fog of War.
Choked Rectum1 votesI can't speak for earlier Yi Q, but directly from league of legends all it says is "Master Yi teleports across the battlefield with blinding speed, dealing physical damage to multiple units in his path, while simultaneously becoming untargetable." [http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/masteryi/]
so based upon just untargetable, it would make sense that he still takes dmg from surrounding area of effects, splash dmg, ect. But no where on here does it say he dodges area of effect abilities. So assuming that would be correct, it wouldnt be a bug.
Choked Rectum1 votesI looked at the wiki and couldn't find where it said "and area of effect abilities." if you could point me the right direction to find that i would like to have the clarification on whether this is or isnt a bug. thanks
Commando Yi2 votesI looked at the wiki and couldn't find where it said "and area of effect abilities." if you could point me the right direction to find that i would like to have the clarification on whether this is or isnt a bug. thanks
http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Yi
click on ability details under alpha strike the ability has dodged aoe abilities and skill shots since season 1 until season 4 it was susceptible to targetted skill shots (taric stun) but they fixed that making it pop targetted projectiles
Choked Rectum2 votesthank you, I see it now. That makes it a bit more interesting. I'd like to hear a riot member comment if it is in fact a bug or if this is on purpose. I can see both sides of it.
Commando Yi1 votesthank you, I see it now. That makes it a bit more interesting. I'd like to hear a riot member comment if it is in fact a bug or if this is on purpose. I can see both sides of it.
i've been using it dodge cass ults, ori ults and malph ults for a few seasons now
2 days ago i died mid alpha strike to an ezreal w
taking a break from yi until they fix the bugs
DarkSailent1 votesThough this might have nothing to do with it since it says "8ms" but in a KR server? Sound like legit lag not really a bug. Unless he live in KR - but that's a KR issue not NA to my knowledge as I play Yi on NA
JohnTheLibrarian1 votesSadly Its not a bug, looked into it, its designed that way.
"Dashes Projectiles (autoattacks or abilities) that are mid-flight when the character starts dashing will hit when the dash completes. They still take damage from DoTs while untargetable and all CC is delayed until the ability finishes casting.
Maokai Maokai's Twisted Advance.png Twisted Advance makes him untargetable while moving to the target. Master Yi Master Yi's Alpha Strike.png Alpha Strike makes him untargetable for a short time while in flight. Zed Zed's Death Mark.png Death Mark makes him untargetable while moving to the target. Rek'Sai Rek'Sai's Void Rush.png Void Rush makes her untargetable while moving to a targeted Tunnel.png Tunnel."
From the wikia. http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Untargetable
Commando Yi1 votesSadly Its not a bug, looked into it, its designed that way.
"Dashes Projectiles (autoattacks or abilities) that are mid-flight when the character starts dashing will hit when the dash completes. They still take damage from DoTs while untargetable and all CC is delayed until the ability finishes casting.
Maokai Maokai's Twisted Advance.png Twisted Advance makes him untargetable while moving to the target. Master Yi Master Yi's Alpha Strike.png Alpha Strike makes him untargetable for a short time while in flight. Zed Zed's Death Mark.png Death Mark makes him untargetable while moving to the target. Rek'Sai Rek'Sai's Void Rush.png Void Rush makes her untargetable while moving to a targeted Tunnel.png Tunnel."
From the wikia. http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Untargetable
That's talking about dashes in a vaccum, yes Yi's alpha strike is a dash but it also makes him untargetable. Projectiles en route before he started alpha strike would hit him afterwards but that was fixed in season 3.
V3.13:
Alpha Strike.png Alpha Strike Bug fix: Becoming untargetable will now correctly drop projectiles that were already in the air.