Gameplay Bug: Dragon Knockback

Gefion Air·Apr 11, 2017·1 votes·380 views

We all know dragons produce a knockback when it receives damage, but what about when it dies? I don't recall any patch causing dragons to knock people back when it dies, but it just happened in a ranked game.

My team: Swain, Lee Sin, Leblanc, Ashe, Velkoz Enemy team: Fizz, Graves, Kennen, Lucian, Morgana

Both my team and the enemy team got knocked back once dragon died which means there had to be an external game factor that caused us to all be knocked back the same exact range as if the dragon was being attacked at the start.

Additional Information: Lee Sin did not ult, Fizz wasn't even closeby, and Velkoz did not use E.

7 Comments

Luxs DestinyApr 11, 20171 votes

Patience reset. As the patience resets, the dragon goes back to "resting," which causes the knockback to be reset. The dragon reset, therefore re-aggroing and producing the knockback once more.

Gefion AirApr 11, 20171 votes

That would make sense, but it was never resting. My entire team was attacking it at the same time until it died. Why would it reset?

Luxs DestinyApr 11, 20171 votes

Patience drops as aggro is juggled.

Gefion AirApr 11, 20171 votes

Yes, and that is addressed by Riot in the second method of patience reseting. But how could patience be dropped when dragon is already dead? the dragon already died and hit the floor before everyone was knocked back.

Gefion AirApr 11, 20171 votes

For more context, both teams got knocked back AFTER dragon died, like when the dead dragon just hit the ground.

The only 3 ways it can reset patience is from the below, provided by Riot:

Things that cause Monsters to lose "Patience" with you:

If the monster's current target is far out of the monster's camp and there are no other valid targets around. If the monster has to switch targets and is being bounced around from target to target. If the monster is waaaay far out of his camp. Like.. WAY far out.

None of these would apply if dragon is already dead...

Luxs DestinyApr 11, 20171 votes

Would need a replay.

Gefion AirApr 11, 20171 votes

How can i attach a file? It only gives the option to insert a link.