ZAC GOT NERFED (unintentionally?) along with his 5.18 BUGFIX!

Squidblimp··47 votes·2,208 views

EDIT: Looks like someone from Riot is fixing this for patch 5.19, according to Surrender at 20.

So they apparently did a bugfix this patch to do with Zac's E, his Elastic Slingshot, something to do with showing the correct range when charging the spell.

However, the MINIMUM RANGE HAS BEEN UNINTENTIONALLY NERFED, now when you just tap the spell and don't charge it, you fly forwards quite a bit, and it takes longer for you to land.

Why does this matter? Well, you USED to be able to tap E and almost instantly create an AOE knockup around you. Now, you can actually fly over a person's head when you are point blank and gain some range it means my CC isn't as fast, and it since it takes longer for me to CC a target, I might not be able to CC that assassin that just jumped onto my ADC in time.

If I just tap the button, I don't want distance and delay, I want point blank instant CC. If I charge it, then I want range and engage. This is the tradeoff.

Thanks!

15 Comments

AtheosisX5 votes

Looks like it is a bug and will addressed in 5.19.

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/09/red-post-collection-september-17th.html

Squidblimp1 votes

Yeah, that's good. Sad that they're not hotfixing though. I guess no Zac for me until 5.19

Weasel Kensei2 votes

Iv not seen it, but I own Zac and this sounds annoying, BOMP!

Scrimshäw2 votes

you really think the insta knockup was intended?

ElJanitorFrank22 votes

Considering it's been in for multiple seasons, probably.

Auz the Ripper1 votes

So was the fact that spellshield blocked all damage for the instant they popped, but riot killed that I main Noc and I'm still salty about that

Lazypeon1001 votes

I believe so, ya.

THEJJSLAY1 votes

Yeah since once it is down you are in the fight for like 12 seconds at the least

Malicious Fury1 votes

Alistar Yes. Why not?

AtheosisX1 votes

I wonder if this should be posted in report a bug. They said that they weren't looking to make any changes to Zac, so this seems like a bug.

Squidblimp1 votes

Posted this in that section too for good measure, also on league Reddit.

RogueWill1 votes

I think the old one was an unintended effect of his E and they merely caught up to it

TwoD1 votes

yeah this is why i hate it when the wrong people in riot touch champions

AutoreactiveCD42 votes

Wow I read this sentence wrong at first.

On topic, agreed.

Photos of Ghosts1 votes

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