Azir interaction with GP barrels.

roppleDopple·10/7/2017, 4:01:51 AM·29 votes·2,074 views

So I somehow haven't noticed until now, but since GP barrels are considered minions by League's code Azir soldiers can destroy GP barrels even if Azir is NOT targeting them. All he has to do is target something that places the spear on a path in which it intersects the barrel, which leads to Azir more often than not accidentally destroying barrels. There's no way this interaction is intended, and I really hope that it's patched out soon because it takes away a lot of the GP players counterplay. If the Azir had to be actually targeting the barrel to destroy it that would be way better. This is also a problem with Runaan's but to a much lesser extent.

25 Comments

Spideraxe10/7/2017, 4:11:43 AM6 votes

Azir soldiers can no longer destroy wards after his rework on live

Sahn Uzal10/7/2017, 1:30:57 PM6 votes

Same for Twitch ult. It REALLY sucks. :/

Catastrophic10/7/2017, 7:03:39 PM3 votes

I really think they should remove his ability to destroy the barrels with soldiers, it makes the matchup a stomp. You may say that I'm biased cause I'm a GP main, BUT I'm also a GP main whose favorite matchups are Fiora and Riven

woodvsmurph10/7/2017, 6:29:00 PM3 votes

And gnar can hop away every time renekton dashes to him - making renekton essentially have 0 engage potential unless he wants to all-in the gnar. This completely ruins early game bully potential vs a decent gnar player and gnar vastly outscales renekton at both teamfighting and splitpushing. Once gnar has frozen mallet and cleaver, there's about a 0% chance for renekton to win - even if gnar fails to hop away when renekton dashes in.

Sometimes a matchup just sucks - deal with it. GP is already a stupidly powerful champ with a spammable cleanse where others would need to sacrifice a summoner spell to get it. And tons of long ranged burst mid/late (spammable mid range poke early) for a MELEE champion.

TheGreatNinx10/7/2017, 8:25:05 PM3 votes

So wait... Does this mean he can ult your barrels back too?

TyrekGoldenspear10/7/2017, 7:13:32 PM2 votes

Weird. I thought that was patched out since the rework so never tried to destroy barrels as Azir LOL.

SwiftKitten8810/8/2017, 1:34:07 AM2 votes

when Azir or Gangplank are meta... they are both op as fuck

but this is stupid..

also despite azir being one of my most hated champsion in game.. i LOVE his lore.

Blakiepug10/7/2017, 2:48:30 PM1 votes

Why would you think this interaction isn't intended? Just because GP has a hard time into a specific match-up doesn't mean it is an error in coding. So it turns out Azir is a counter to GP, you need to learn to play around this match-up even if it means playing a little more defensively. Not every champion you face will be as easy to blow up as the others.