Kalista cancels Malphite ult?

wizdro·Feb 11, 2016·2 votes·548 views

I was just spectating a game and I'm pretty certain I witnessed Kalista interrupt Malphite's ultimate with her own ultimate. The casts occurred so close to one another the Malphite barely moved from Unstoppable Force and then became sucked into Kalista. Noone was knocked up or damaged as a result of the Malphite ult. The Malphite was able to use Kalista's ult properly but his ult was on full cooldown. I don't have time but I think this had better be investigated more thoroughly. Were I that Malphite I would have been livid.

8 Comments

Sneakyy XDFeb 11, 20164 votes

While I'm not against changing that, it is an interaction I would expect.

wizdroFeb 11, 20161 votes

TBH I expected it too, doesn't change the fact if you were that Malphite you just lost a 2 minute ultimate due to poor timing. I suppose for clarity sake permitting this interaction is fine, but refunding 90% of Malphite's CD is fair. What say you?

NyaboronFeb 11, 20162 votes

They're on the same team, so Kalista can pull him out of his ult. It's similar to the Bard/Olaf interaction (enemy bard ults dont work on olaf during his ult, but friendly bard ults do). Basically, don't fuck over your own team. Kalista is the "team oriented" marksman, if you play her in soloqueue or have shitty communication, you get punished.

wizdroFeb 11, 20161 votes

The Bard/Olaf interaction is controversial but isn't similar. Olaf applies a buff to himself that outlasts Bard's ultimate and has persistent effects on projectiles and other interactions. In the case I am describing Malphite's ult did literally nothing. It just went on cooldown. Zero interaction with anything. I compare this to Caitlyn ulting a target but that target dying before the projectile is even fired. She receives a CD reset but no mana refund.

NyaboronFeb 12, 20161 votes

You can't expect a safety net with everything. It's a game, and a competitive one at that. There is a plethora of ways to fuck up and this is one of them. If malph ults a fiora as she repostes, it does nothing too, I'm not sure what you expect. His ult isn't the be all end all of abilities. Do you want the ult to still go through as an invisible ghost knockup while he's invulnerable? Or do you want kalista to not be able to use her ultimate? There's a time and a place for that interaction, that wasn't the time or place for it and they were punished, im assuming. That's what most games are, punishing blunders.

SukishooFeb 11, 20161 votes

Kalista can do the same thing if linked to a Morgana. Her ult will stop channeled abilities if she is linked with that person.

wizdroFeb 11, 20161 votes

I understand that. A number of new champions (Thresh, Tahm, Bard, Kalista) can perform abilities that negatively affect their team. In this specific case, Malphite's ult did nothing, no damage, no CC, it didn't even re-position the Malphite because it happened so fast. Morgana's ult on the other hand has immediate effects (damage and slow) that cannot be "discounted" against her being interrupted.