Why is being minion blocked by your own creeps a thing?

Ré Lóaded·Nov 12, 2016·3 votes·720 views

Okay, so my question is why do my creeps feel the need to block me during a chase or getaway. Before answering, yes I have experienced it before, no it did not recently happen with me so I'm not posting out of salt levels rising, and I'm only curious to know.

Like, Riot changed the first wave so you can't collide with them to mess up their pathing and end up with a good freeze in front of your turret as your first wave. This minion collision problem has showed it's head before in more than one way so why not implement this with all waves/minions on YOUR team only?

7 Comments

DêcoyNov 12, 20165 votes

Because then something like Janna's W gets nerfed, something like PD gets nerfed - and basically for no reason. Minion is a physical thing that sits on the rift. That's why you can get minion blocked on it. I feel like "minion block" seperated boosted apes from serious players. I can't imagine situation where u get minion blocked "by accident". If you walked into minion wave - damn, sorry, but you went there so expect some troubles. .-. I don't see issue here

ZelorxonNov 12, 20163 votes

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Ré LóadedNov 12, 20162 votes

,':^) ?

Ré LóadedNov 12, 20161 votes

Alright thanks for the answer. Just wanted to know why it's still a thing. Seems reasonable enough.

Mira Arya EntheNov 12, 20161 votes

Oh so that is why minion block killed several pro players in worlds as well as regularly kills diamond+ streamers. Because it is a player issue to get bugged out for 1-4 seconds on a single minion because the champion refuses to path.

DêcoyNov 13, 20161 votes

...Yes?

I mean, It's not system's fault that PLAYER decided to path HIMSELF through minions he sees on his screen. It's not really hard to click NEXT to the minions and walk AROUND them. Ofc, you are losing time. Yeah, that's pretty obvious. But you make a choice - either you lose time, or you save it and you risk getting creep blocked.

The Sword SaintNov 12, 20161 votes

It's not just minions, this game has collision. You can't walk through walls, you can't walk through players, you can't walk through monsters, you can't walk through minions, you can't walk through summoned units, etc.