panth's spear crits work with IE passive, but not with ER passive?

Chrissxy1989·Feb 26, 2016·1 votes·770 views

pretty much the title. the tooltip states that panth's q can crit and since it does work with the IE passive (increased crit dmg) shouldn't it also work with the managenerating passive of ER? (it also didnt work with the "old" warlords bloodlust mastery btw.)

there is nothign in game that impies that panth's spears wouldnt interact with ER.

if this is a bug, please fix it. if it is intended, then please change the tooltip of panth's qs that states they can crit.

4 Comments

WolfessFeb 26, 20161 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Essence_Reaver

Essence Reaver item.png Essence Reaver's mana restoration passive is strictly tied to critical strikes. Therefore attacking turrets or using abilities will not trigger the passive. Gangplank's Parrrley is the only exception.

I believe it only applies to basic attacks with gp's Q being the exception because it technically counts as a basic attack in its own description. otherwise this could be a bit too strong on both ezreal and panth, ezreal being that his Q could set it off giving him much easier spam and panth because he can guarantee crits with no other items, and he relies on his skills to do his burst damage combo.

Chrissxy1989Feb 26, 20161 votes

ER passive states: "Critical strikes restore 3% of your maximum Mana pool."

panth's e tooltip states: " Pantheon's basic attacks and Spear Shot gain 100% critical strike chance against targets below 15% Health."

so the q has 100% crit strice chance but is not counted as a crit? but if it doesn't count as a critical strike. why does it interact with IE passive then?

also: i do know that the wiki provides information, but this is still not a consistent interaction (keep in mind that the spear dmg is increased by IE passive).

either riot needs to change some tooltips "ER only works with AA's" or somethign like that or they need change panth's tooltip "dels double dmg" instead of "crits"

WolfessFeb 26, 20161 votes

my best guess is that it's simply calculated as bonus damage similar to how Karthus Q and that one Soraka ability works where you get bonus damage'd if you're in the center but will appear as critical damage in the post-game lobby stats.

Chrissxy1989Feb 26, 20162 votes

i don't care about how it is calculated and this stuff. i want consistency in tooltips and interaction. if riot wants to call some abilities crits, they have to fix all crit interactions.