I found out the Herald got a weakness

Deus Imperator··4 votes·923 views

Is this stated ANYWHERE in game? i have over 800 Normal matches and my highest mastery champion is a jungler

And i NEVER knew that attacking the herald from behind dealt extra damage, is this said anywhere in game or you have to go out of your way to find out in the wiki?

12 Comments

Valkorea7 votes

You have to read and watch the patch notes. In order to improve as a player, you should constantly read up about the new changes so that you understand the game better and know what to expect in your matches.

lightdragoon881 votes

Yep. Reading is important.

RedBlud5 votes

Pretty sure it was mentioned in the patch notes when it was first introduced back in patch 5.22

ValyrianBlade2 votes

It was mentioned in the pre-season update, in the patch notes, etc...

Also, you can't get behind it if you're tanking it. That's why it's so much easier with multiple people.

So the tank stands in front, the other guy behind. I always move behind myself, but it's shocking the people that move to the same side trying to take aggro from me. I can't believe people don't know this by now. I mean, I'm an ADC main...

K541 votes

Herald is new to this season, so saying I've been playing since S2 is irrelevant, but I've been playing since herald was a thing and never knew this. Top lane pinged me to do Herald with him and then called me a noob for not knowing that you deal true damage when standing behind it.

When I countered with, "So why the fuck didn't you get behind it?"

His reply that it only works if you have jungler item (though the tier wasn't specified).

Valkorea1 votes

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Herald is new to this season, so saying I've been playing since S2 is irrelevant, but I've been playing since herald was a thing and never knew this. Top lane pinged me to do Herald with him and then called me a noob for not knowing that you deal true damage when standing behind it.

When I countered with, "So why the fuck didn't you get behind it?"

His reply that it only works if you have jungler item (though the tier wasn't specified).

You don't need any jungler item. You just have to have someone auto attack from behind when the eye is open.

Narsicus5 votes

You don't need the jungle item, but one person has to be tanking it head on(as it always faces the person it is currently attacking).

K541 votes

So basically I got called a retard for no reason since he could have circled around it? (I drew aggro when I attacked it).

Detectivepikachu1 votes

Lol I've always known this even when I first started I just ran Around the map reading every description and knowing what to do with them Although I never do this because o I solo herald A lot cuz I didn't want to disturb other lanes also I use master yi so I do true damage regardless

Abyssphere1 votes

...you're the first person I've ever ran into that didn't realise this was a thing. Have you never seen a team taking Rift Herald before? Never noticed how there's always 1+ person at the front and 1+ person at the back?

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