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Something in Xayah's Passive ability seems unintended (based on ability video).

scammed lol··2 votes·925 views
Champions Reveal: Xayah & Rakan

So Xayah's Passive "Clean Cuts" says it makes her autoattacks pierce; full damage to front target and reduced to the rest behind. But in the ability preview, she is targeting the 3rd minion in the line and is doing full damage to that one, and reduced damage to the minion that's at the front. So is it the tooltip that's confusing, or is the interaction an oversight? I'm not trying to say it SHOULDN'T be the way it is in the preview clip, just that the tooltip would be kind of wrong in that case and should specify it does full damage to your target and reduced to anything else hit regardless of how they line up.

EDIT: Thanks to Penta Ace, I remembered to check the PBE tooltip for Xayah's passive and it is more clear and does line up with how the ability actually works. So false alarm I guess.

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doodlebob6662 votes

she is targeting the minion in the middle so it does the full ad, but im guessing the passive has its own damage, that shrinks the more targets it passes through,

scammed lol1 votes

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she is targeting the minion in the middle so it does the full ad, but im guessing the passive has its own damage, that shrinks the more targets it passes through,

I understand the mechanic, but if that is the intended interaction then the tooltip is wrong.

"After casting an ability, Xayah's next few basic attacks will pierce through all enemies in their path (dealing reduced damage to all targets after the first)."

Like in Twitch's Twitch case, it doesn't matter if he is physically right clicking someone in the middle or back because whoever is standing in the front is taking the full damage. In this case, it looks like all but the 3rd minion are taking the same % reduced damage. Can only judge visually, but it seems like the chunks of health they are losing are the same. I'm just confused why it would ignore the placement of the units, since that seems to be an important part of the pierce mechanic.

Penta Ace2 votes

The in game tooltip says "main target" not "after the first" or "behind her target". Anything it passes through except her main target will receive reduced damage. Hope this helps.

scammed lol2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Penta Ace,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=64uV6PzE,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-04-04T22:43:00.595+0000)

The in game tooltip says "main target" not "after the first" or "behind her target". Anything it passes through except her main target will receive reduced damage. Hope this helps.

Oh yeah, you're right.

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2017/04/44-pbe-update.html

The reveal page used "after the first", but the PBE tooltip does match the ability preview. Thanks for reminding me to check that

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