Currently some, I believe, unintended behavior with Gragas's W empowered AA. Explanation inside.

I've had this problem with Grag's W AA quite a few times and it is very frustrating. If you cast W, and have the empowered auto attack ready, then while in the animation for the auto attack you get hard CC'd, the buff is consumed, but no damage is dealt.

I believe the game checks to see when the auto attack has been initiated in order to consume the buff, rather than when the auto attack actually connects with a target. I believe that in the case where you get hard cc'd mid animation, no damage should be dealt, but the auto attack buff should NOT be consumed. After all, you never really got the AA off because it was interrupted.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Cast Gragas's W
2. Initiate a basic attack on an enemy unit or champion
3. Have an enemy champion hard cc you, such as a vaultbreaker

Intended result: Animation is interrupted, thus no damage dealt and the buff is not consumed Observed result: Animation is interrupted, thus no damage dealt, however the buff IS consumed

Sorry I don't have video proof but it's fairly easy to recreate. Also, not sure if I've included everything necessary to make this an official bug report.

Please address this, whether it be fixing it, or stating that it is intended behavior. I've died/lost many kills as a result of this.