Is levelling up an ability applied on previously used abilities?

xKvothe··6 votes·570 views

To clarify, i will use four skills: Teemo's Noxious Trap (R), Shaco's Jack In The Box (W), Malzahar's Malefic Visions (E) and Kayle's Intervention(R).

If lvl 10 Teemo places a shroom with 200 base dmg, and then lvls up his R, will previously placed shroom have higher base dmg (lvl 11 - 325 dmg), or lower from the time when it was placed (lvl 10 - 200 dmg) ?

If Shaco places a lvl 3 Jack In The Box (W) with 1sec fear duration, and than lvls it up, will duration of the fear be the older one, or the new one (lvl 4 W - fear duration 1.25 sec)?

If Malzahar uses lvl 1 Malefic Visions (E) with 80 base dmg, and while it still lasts, upgrades it to lvl 2, will on the new tick damage increase to higher base value (lvl 2 - 115 dmg)?

If lvl 10 Kayle uses her ultimate (lvl 1 - 2 secs duration), and while it lasts upgrades it to lvl 2 (2.5 secs), will previously applied ultimate be 0.5 secs longer or will it last 2 secs?

I'm only asking about base damage and stats, not items impact and AP/AD ratios.

5 Comments

Zane Zephyr3 votes

From the wiki:

Noxious Trap's damage is determined at detonation, not at the time of being placed which means any ability power Teemo gains or loses will affect all active shrooms.

I think I've played enough Malzahar to say that the damage does increase on level up for his E, and I'm pretty sure kayle's ult isn't affected at all

Shaco I have no idea about

RcGjWO640w2 votes

This is actually a very good question and something I've been wondering about for a while, actually.

Yaśuo Main2 votes

shaco's previous box before you level it up doesnt change, i can confirm this as a shaco main

SSJTribe1 votes

Yes, it works this way for all abilities as well, not just for traps.

For example, one of the ways to combat Lux's outrageous E mana cost in the past was to cast the skill, level up E, and then detonate. This gave you the lower mana cost of the previous rank with the higher damage of the current rank.

redfeenix1 votes

Great question thanks for the clarifications in the comments.

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