Senna's unblockable autos

1v9 Every Day·Nov 13, 2019·3 votes·1,692 views

So, i have played Senna for some time now, and i thought she is pretty weak, so i moved back to midlane. I happened to pick Yasuo against Senna on mid (I'm not kidding), and i found out some serious bull*hit going on.

Up untill now i though her autos are charging projectiles, but it seems that its laser, ergo as Yasuo or Braum, u can neither block her autos or Q. So i was like, allright, never gonna pick braum against her. But then I found out, that i can block her R with windwall, which in fact, doesn't make much sense, since her R feels like a laser.

So i kinda wanted to ask if that is a bug or just a damn weird interaction.

7 Comments

Rowan Your BoatNov 13, 20196 votes

Right, I can explain this. Her autos, while they have a charge time (and also to compensate for that), are lasers. This is the same for Azir, Vel'Koz, and maybe some others I missed. They deal damage instantly and have no travel time.

Senna's R, however does have a travel time. This is the main defining factor between a projectile and a laser. Though it is a very fast projectile, it does have a travel time, therefore it is a projectile.

Little extra tip, Senna's R is, in fact, 2 projectiles. One for the damage, and one for the shield. It is entirely possible for Yasuo/Braum to block only the shield portion of the ulti.

Hope this explains it fine for you

[slayer-jinx-wink]

ZackTheWaffleManNov 13, 20191 votes

Rakan Thresh Viktor (Q empowered auto) are all "lasers" for the purpose of wind wall/braum E, iirc

DerMangoJoghurtNov 13, 20194 votes

If it helps, try to stop categorizing it into "laser" and "not laser". Think about whether the ability/attack is moving instead. Senna's ult is moving across the map. It's fast, but not instant. That means it can be blocked by Braum and Yasuo. Senna's Q is instant. It doesn't matter if you're standing directly in front of her or at max range; you're going to get hit at the exact same time. That means Braum and Yasuo can't block it. Her auto attacks most likely work in a similar way, although I'm not personally familiar enough with them to say for sure.

SałemNov 13, 20193 votes

it literally states that he autos are not projectiles https://gyazo.com/c5b7063d02a239d8ffbaa06fc09e47a6 her auto-attack looks like she is sucking the soul of the target, from a lore perspective and personally I fell it like that when she auto-attacks.