Is this bugged Alistar interaction ever going to be fixed?
A free pick on thresh turns into a total disaster for SKT. This is one of many instances of this bug at worlds.
Alistar casts Headbutt->Pulverize on thresh, but Pulverizes "too early", resulting in Headbutt incorrectly applying second, despite being casted first. This entails the knockup from Pulverize being canceled by the knockback from headbutt, hence the two white CC bars displayed.
This issue primarily stems from the Headbutt travel speed nerfs in patch 5.16. Pre 5.16, this bug was incredibly unlikely, but has existed since V1.0.0.116.
Patch 5.16:
> W - Headbutt > TRAVEL SPEED 1500 ⇒ 1200
Reproduction:
- Stand at max headbutt distance.
- Right as the headbutt animation starts, start mashing pulverize.
- If you get the normal combo, you didn't press pulverize fast enough.