Zombie Brand can detect stealthed champions

Beefy5Layerr·12/3/2014, 8:48:54 PM·87 votes·15,173 views

When Zombie Brand is running towards an enemy champion, he will flail his arms. This also applies to stealthed champions and champions hiding in bushes. So, when running towards an enemy champion hiding in a bush, he will flail his arms and you'll be able to tell they're hiding in there long before you reach them. I main Brand and this has helped me almost every game, but it just isn't fair. Just thought I'd say something.

Flame on! Brand

49 Comments

BetaDude4012/3/2014, 10:30:39 PM27 votes

TEEMO MAINS BEWARE! THE END IS NEAR!!!

Ariel the Cruel12/3/2014, 9:15:43 PM24 votes

Suddenly, Zombie Brand becomes the #1 skin. (>_<)

RiotMeddler12/4/2014, 6:26:21 AM18 votes

DO you have a video of this happening by any chance or a way to reliably demonstrate it? Brand's scripts are set up so his 'hunt' animations only play when there's a visible champion in front of him with 1500 units. Testing that in game I haven't seen the hunt run trigger towards a stealthed Teemo or other, non visible champions in brush/FOW.

The definition of 'front' is really wide (basically everything's either in front of you or behind you), so my suspicion is the run's actually triggering because you're moving towards (even if only very slightly) the enemy champion you're laning against. Certainly possible something's bugging out occasionally though, so as above a video or detailed repro steps would be really useful if something is going wrong.

TheKingDodo12/4/2014, 2:26:31 AM17 votes

"we dislike hidden power" - Riot Games Inc.

Meep Man12/3/2014, 9:01:03 PM8 votes

He can smell their brains.

MattAkhavan12/3/2014, 11:44:50 PM7 votes

This has been known for like 2 years now.

Gorsz12/4/2014, 6:07:05 AM5 votes

Uh... that sounds like "purchasing power" through a skin which is a big no-no by Riots standards "supposedly".

Joquan12/3/2014, 11:45:55 PM5 votes

I remember seeing this on LoL Reddit In October. It even had a rioter inside the post, so they have been aware of this. http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2kgsmo/cheating_with_zombie_brand/

For those that can't access reddit:

OP: Hi reddit community, im not a very frequent poster nor do i try to look like a professional at this so im going to say this in as little words as possible. Cheating with zombie brand is possible "How?" You ask. Well when zombie brand is within a certain distance of someone and he is facing them his walking animation changes to a zombie(ish) arm flail. As i was walking towards a bush i noticed my walking animation change and as i suspected, when i warded the jungler was just sitting there in the bush. Im not sure if this is one of the many (many many many many) Glitches or bugs out right now but it seems a little unfair to me that a skin can be such a game changer (Because this skin has saved my ass from a few ganks) And i do not feel this is fair to most players. So rito nerf plz.

RiotKateyKahos 1 month ago: Thanks for the heads up! We'll look into this!

Conus2512/4/2014, 1:24:03 AM4 votes

Skins get wins.

LuckyReden12/4/2014, 1:49:57 AM4 votes

If you cover yourself in Brand's flesh after you kill him he won't be able to smell you anymore, just a tip for everyone out there. Have fun during your zombie apocalypse!

Blade of Justic12/3/2014, 8:49:54 PM3 votes

Never knew that.

Thanks, OP.

Akeito12/3/2014, 9:33:40 PM3 votes

He know... Wait, What ? U WOT M8 ? That is so unfair is team 5v5 ranked with mic.

Omega36012/3/2014, 10:31:08 PM3 votes

I hope they don't fix it, brand isn't very good in this meta and every bit helps.

Saianna12/3/2014, 11:13:31 PM2 votes

Also whenever enemy with his passive burn on changes directions animation of burn get bigger.. Kinda annoying

Budupops12/4/2014, 2:43:37 AM2 votes

ty for nerfing brand. kappa

2pudge1cup12/4/2014, 4:17:17 AM2 votes

and riot claims this isn't p2w

Junkο12/4/2014, 6:14:59 AM2 votes

Oh hey it's this 2 year old bug.

WutsKraken12/3/2014, 11:06:20 PM2 votes

Oh shi-

Good thing I got that from a Mystery gift, time to pick Brand against Teemo

Undead Pho3nix12/4/2014, 12:26:01 PM2 votes

I'm def gunna abuse this.

CaptnJakSparrow12/4/2014, 9:06:14 PM2 votes

In season 3 I was reported for being support Brand, even if we win. Now, because some derps do it, it's "new and unique." This community . . . lol. Either way, Riot is usually notoriously lazy about getting to stuff. I mean, why wouldn't they want to milk out an extra couple hundred to a thousand zombie brand skins before hot fixing it?

Rhyto12/4/2014, 6:57:03 PM1 votes

Best bug in the game so far ;) Easy for Support Brands to facecheck bushes. I think this problem has been noted but I heard that to reprogram that feature is difficult, but that was some time ago so who knows when it'll be patched because well, it's one of his noteworthy features of the skin and to be able to keep it without removing it sounds difficult. But I'm not a experienced programmer to know the difficulties yet.

Skia Asteri12/3/2014, 11:08:46 PM1 votes

That explains why the Brand support in my last Evelynn jungle game seemed to know when I was approaching without pink wards.

NsEternal12/5/2014, 4:41:33 PM1 votes

reminds me of how Tryns W wont light up unless a champ is near by Tryndamere

ARealNameLikeBob12/4/2014, 2:58:15 AM1 votes

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HydraVenom12/4/2014, 2:25:42 PM1 votes

And?

Better nerf Irelia.

Ryvaku12/3/2014, 11:06:50 PM1 votes

Omg that just sounds funny when you're gonna chase. lol

Lucinity12/4/2014, 3:24:55 PM1 votes

not really a "bug" so much as it is poor coding