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Does Entering Stealth Stop Point-and-Click Cast Timers?

Moakmeister·8/12/2017, 11:12:38 PM·1 votes·692 views
Nasus's Wither mysteriously fails to cast. Stealth?

I was playing Nasus just now, and I was ganked by my jungler, Jax. My opponent was Akali. I ran up to them mashing W, and when I got in range, Nasus stopped, raised his hand, and the blue casting timer bar filled up. Jax and I ran after Akali, but it was then that I realized that I hadn't actually slowed her. But by then, Akali had already used her high-skill 3 free long-range dashes to get too far away. Yeah, that's a little salt coming out, I hate Akali, but that's not the point of this thread.

I looked back at the footage I recorded, and it turns out that I cast my W as she was using her Twilight Shroud to enter stealth. But look closely at this: my W's casting timer fills up completely before it just stops and the ability flashes as its cooldown is cancelled. If my W had stopped in the middle, it would be clear, but it didn't. It definitely completed the cast. Also, Akali actually entered stealth and became invisible slightly before the cast time was finished. I also looked at the wiki's page on stealth, and it doesn't say anything about breaking cast timers. Thoughts?

7 Comments

Cocho8/12/2017, 11:47:23 PM1 votes

Thats just how single target spells work. If the enemy goes out of vision during cast time, it just stops it. You started the cast, but the slow didnt go through before she went out of vision.

For example, Kat's Q stops and doesnt throw if her target walks into a bush. Same as garen and darius ult depending on what point you get away. I've defiantly shunpo'd into a bush mid ult for thoes guys before.

Happens with auto attacks too, just depends at what point they go out of vision. It isnt a property of stealth, its just how targeted spells/autos work with vision.

Darkdemon6538/12/2017, 11:58:32 PM1 votes

Yes

The caster becoming unable to target the target when the cast finishes is one of two ways to interrupt casts in this game. The other is by killing the caster.

Sdars8/13/2017, 12:16:25 AM1 votes

Entering stealth/fog of war breaks the cast. If it filled up more than it should it's a bug. Either way, your get your W back so it doesn't matter much. Just pay attention. It's easy to see you go it back up even if you're not focusing your eyes there.