Can we PLEASE fix nidalee's invisible spear?

FERViD RAGE··91 votes·8,946 views

This not only happens with the headhunter skin, but her base skin whenever she casts it around minions. Can you PLEASE fix this mess? I cant dodge a spear that I CANT SEE. Can you also take off the whole double pounce on hunted champions/minions? Having a low CD on her bite means she can constantly spam her PERCENT HEALTH damage on 1 target.

61 Comments

Rubber Jesus12 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTTXNL_x34

Here is a better video for you to add, with a true invisible spear.

And another.

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

These don't even show particles. It will help you case, if you show these where people die with no particles.

Edit: I noticed someone actually downvoted me for showing these videos with this bug. LOL

Scrimshäw9 votes

can we turn "what did lol needed" into a meme immediately?

9kPluzZ5 votes

Wha? you can clearly see it flying past MF... Am I missing something here?

DotEleven35 votes

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Wha? you can clearly see it flying past MF... Am I missing something here?

You can see the particle effect, but the entire spear is gone. It's actually a pretty big deal.

9kPluzZ3 votes

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You can see the particle effect, but the entire spear is gone. It's actually a pretty big deal.

you can still see it tho

Major Sparkles16 votes

No you can not. Only on the headhunter skin can you see the particles. On her other skins you can not see anything.

DotEleven18 votes

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you can still see it tho

Okay, I guess we can go revert the iBlitz skin then. I mean, you couldn't see the chain, but you could still see the hand.

hgjkdlsaf jeldvb1 votes

I swear, that skin is still bad for its hook visibility.

Eeyore1 votes

Not really a good metaphor.

iBlitzcrank's hook was never missing anything. They added a chain to appease players.

The video above legitimately has no projectile. You can see the particle effect around the projectile (the glow), but the spear is missing. Heck, the fact you can see the spear at all is because that skin has a glowing spear (any other skin you probably wouldn't be able to see the spear at all).

Rubber Jesus20 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTTXNL_x34

And you can see it right... wait what?

Edit: No reply?

SHMITTY89002 votes

9kPluzZ, no reply?

Rubber Jesus1 votes

Dude you obviously don't have enough telepathy --> Nidalee invisible spear counterplay logic.

TenSlashTen1 votes

oh thats pretty annoying lol! I've never had this bug playing against or as nidalee. How do you make it happen?

hgjkdlsaf jeldvb2 votes

and I thought people were mainly talking about invisible skill shots out of FoW.

rinsujo1 votes

Oh, yeah totally there man. Clear as day. All you have to do is watch the throw, then extrapolate the angle based off the initial particles. That's easy. You can't do that mid teamfight? Pssh, nah, that's not broken. (...do i need a sarcasm tag here? nah, should be clear enough. CLEAR AS A SPEAR, HA!)

SmknWdl2 votes

Nidalee player response: YOU CAN SEE THE LEAVES WHERE SHE THROWS IT SO BY ESTIMATING IT'S TRAJECTORY BASED ON WHERE SHE WAS FACING IT'S TOTALLY VISIBLE STFU NOOB

Rubber Jesus1 votes

Exactly! Nidalee players would cry and ask why Riot would nerf her, because it's obviously you can tell by the way her arm moves. rolls eyes

I actually have been wanting to play her, but feel too guilty about this to do it. A look at my match history proves it. This bug is actually stopping me from playing her. :(

Riot, please fix this so I can play Nidalee again!

Saianna5 votes

Video about invisible spear.. Yup i don't see it

Saianna2 votes

Irony has failed.. Probably my fault.

What i meant was invisible spears cannot be seen in video cause y'know... they are invisible :P

youngjake935 votes

Lol I had this happen to me for the first time yesterday. I'm just sitting in lane and the hunted mark appears on me randomly after no spear showed and this cougar jumps out of a bush onto me to do 100% of my health on like level 3. Needless to say, my whole team called me a feeder and then proceeded to feed bc if he is feeding why not me too??? I love this game.

Greeds 6 Sins3 votes

I guess I'm not the only one having this problem. I hope Riot can get this fixed soon, seems like a texture loading error.

Peridition2 votes

I hate this skin. Even if the spear isn't glitchy, its too hard to see. Especially on daker areas of the map like the jungle or in the Howling Abyss.

DragoonRuin2 votes

Sadly, even with the videos, the likelihood of a red posting anything about this bug is very slim.

Rubber Jesus1 votes

Sadly, even with just particles, no spear animation, and the particles usually not appearing until half way across the full range, people still say it isn't a problem. The spear particles are very hard to see until it gets almost at end range, giving little to no dodge time. MF dodged due to her passive movement buff. Watching it in slow motion, you can see just when particles become visible.

A Drowned Fish1 votes

Just because a red hasn't replied, doesn't mean they haven't seen the post(s). I'm sure they will have this bug fixed soon.

Zone of Endless1 votes

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Just because a red hasn't replied, doesn't mean they haven't seen the post(s). I'm sure they will have this bug fixed soon.

Quinn bugged for 2 years

soon™

I Steal Accounts2 votes

Guys, if Riot Doesn't fix this over two patches, and hasn't disabled Nidalee or made any sort of statement acknowledging that this is a problem, Then the logical conclusion is:

It is an intentional perk to Nidalee and they do not see it as a problem. Cry on, playerbase. Keep buying skins.

Werewolf Link2 votes

Stopped watching after "What did LOL needed."

Killer X 122 votes

As a nid player this has been a thing for well over a year. I'd love for it to be fixed (i play other champs sometimes...and hey invisible spears are fucking stupid).

Poptart Evelynn1 votes

Woulda been even better had you done it where she is hiding behind a wall and your all getting picked off.

A Miss Fortune1 votes

It doesn't matter anyways, she'll still one shot you and faceroll to pentakill like Katarina.

AquariusGine1 votes

Anivia Q particle goes invisible occasionally, PLS FIX IT TOO RIOT

Nerdchop1 votes

There was an invisible spear in the IEM 2015 finals as well. Game 3, top lane.

Antonok1 votes

Theres a few spells that tend to go invis. Had a game earlier today where Liss's ice spike wouldn't show. Animation would go, but you wouldn't see it.

And they've tried fixing this bug quite a few times. Not sure it will ever get fixed because it keeps popping up.

Derpy Mike1 votes

Yeah, no. Don't hold your breath. That would technically count as a nerf to Nidalee and her icbm spears, so Riot would never go through with something so absurd.

Like don't get me wrong, it's fucking insulting that they've left this game-play damaging bug in the game this long. But honestly I'm sure if this was something they were willing/capable to fix they would have done it long ago. But they're obviously quite happy to let stealth nukes fly across the Rift so we just have to deal with that apparently.

Blainezy1 votes

Why would they do such a thing? That would make one of their precious mobile champions weaker. Can't have that. Lol

Dead Echo1 votes

Now I see what people are talking about, that bug needs to be fixed.

Crate of Cobras1 votes

WHAT DID LOL NEEDED

Rikari1 votes

Nidalee They always die to the spear,every time. They never see it coming.

Ariel the Cruel1 votes

LeeSin Lissandra RekSai Sona Never see anything coming.

Rikari1 votes

sonas a mute tho...

Ariel the Cruel1 votes

It was supposed to be funny.

Pæan1 votes

This is why I dont want to play nidalee. Even though I am pretty good at nidalee and somewhat enjoy playing her, I dont want to be that dbag that abuses a bug.

nooowayy1 votes

I can clearly see the spear..

Rubber Jesus2 votes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTTXNL_x34

Okay.. Well no spear in this one.

PS: particles do not equal spear animation. This is a bug, whether you want to admit it or not.

lu4ca21 votes

True i think they don't know how to fix this bug because its not only nid. Ghost bride morg and mundo have this problem to sometimes.

SmknWdl1 votes

I'm not seeing the point

Enflame1 votes

Like... At least have the decency to disable nidalee while this bug is ongoing summoner 3

Haeid1 votes

Hey, i thought this was dealt with, but recently found that on ARAM, the nidalee spear was once again invisible when i threw it from brush (basic skin). Is anyone experiencing similar? I don't have the ability to capture video on my league, but was hoping this would be a good place to bring it up.

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