[GAMEPLAY] Viktor's Q Shield will remove the Tier 2 tower's shield completely

Wizracc·Mar 6, 2015·28 votes·2,527 views

(quick edit for clarity™: it removes the aura shield from Viktor, not the tower. The title seems vague in retrospect)

To recreate this bug, follow the video, or read this:

As Viktor, be near a Tier 2 tower and get the Shield. Then, have a target to Q. Once you Q the target, note that you have a nice shield, from both your Q and your friendly tower. Note that after your Q shield wears off, your tower becomes disgusted that you are a transhumanist freak of robotics and takes its shield back. Viktor is left sad and confused since his own towers abandon him in his time of need.

As a control, I've also show that Diana for example keeps her shield fully after using her w by a tier 2 tower. Following the same steps of: get shield from tower, press shield button, lose ability shield, but keep tower shield as Diana. Apparently the Lunari please towers more so than the Glorious Evolution.

A more readable version of the first full paragraph:

1: As Viktor, Q a target to get a shield while under the effect of the Tier 2 tower's shielding aura.

2: Wait for your Q's shield to wear off.

3: Your Q wearing off also removes the tower's shield, while on your icons above items, the tower's effect claims to remain.

(Second Edit: There is another bug which has come up in another post, if you enjoy viktor, please take a look at this e bug: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/bug-report/wWsn8JVU-viktor-e-bug?comment=0000 )

Third edit: I think that this might be a leftover from when they fixed that post-rework invincibility bug that Viktor had Things that have been ruled out:

-"Every champion does this." Literally viktor is the only special snowflake with this bug.~~ I haven't tested Urgot or Shen's ult though.~~ I am in the process of uploading a video with every shield except Bloodthirster, and items not available on summoner's rift. I also forgot barrier, but anyone can test that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZw2RVrq88

-"It's because Viktor aa'd." This was tested with Vi's e procing her passive shield, and then an additional autoattack, and she kept her tower shield.

17 Comments

CrankyChipmonkMar 7, 20155 votes

Good find. Viktor isn't OP enough to let this slide. GET FIXED M8.

OvionMar 7, 20154 votes

Riot fix it pls :(

AuryielMar 7, 20153 votes

I seriously thought you were saying that if Viktor uses Q near a tier 2 turret it removes its shield XD

Kinda sad it doesn't :(

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes

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I seriously thought you were saying that if Viktor uses Q near a tier 2 turret it removes its shield XD

Kinda sad it doesn't :(

Yeah, I realized my title seemed a bit vague, which is why I have the first line in parentheses there to clarify.

SpecterVonBarenMar 7, 20152 votes

Not like it would matter since you can remove the tower shield with basically anything already.

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes

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Not like it would matter since you can remove the tower shield with basically anything already.

I'm not sure you understand the point of this post, and are maybe mislead by my bad and vague title. But yes, any damage will remove a shield from a champion, but normally a champion's ability won't remove shields from other sources from themself.

SpecterVonBarenMar 7, 20151 votes

I know. I was replying to his misconception of what it was doing and making a joke about how the tier 2 turret shields are really weak.

Joe DreddMar 7, 20151 votes

That happens for every champion. Not a bug.

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes

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That happens for every champion. Not a bug.

Hello friend, I appreciate that you took time to comment on this, but I literally proved that this doesn't happen for every champion, and I do not believe you took the time to watch the video or actually read the post. I used Diana to show the normal shield behavior. If it would please you, I could record every champion with a shield interacting with the t2 tower aura shield.

Joe DreddMar 7, 20151 votes

It's because you auto attacked.

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes

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It's because you auto attacked.

In that case, I will test this with Vi and her passive, using e to proc the shield, since that is an auto attack.

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes

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It's because you auto attacked.

With vi's e, and an additional autoattack, the tower's shield remains on vi after vi's shield wears off.

Joe DreddMar 8, 20151 votes

All I know is that I use this strat a lot on Renekton when I push to tier two turret. I hit their tower, let them auto me, in like a second the shield wears off, and then i stun q e out

WizraccMar 8, 20151 votes

It might be because you remove the shield from the tower. The tower can only shield others if it has its own shield. That is a good idea though!

Joe DreddMar 8, 20151 votes

o shit ur right

WizraccMar 7, 20151 votes