Conqueror on Kayle/Jayce?

ZeusServant23·Mar 23, 2018·2 votes·11,030 views

So with the new Precision Rune that refreshes automatically when auto-attacking with melee champions, has anyone tested if the buff refreshes with Kayle still even when using Righteous Fury? I know in the past Riot has counted Kayle as melee for certain aspects of the game, but I figure with this rune dishing out true dmg, they might not want to let a sometimes-ranged-sometimes-not champion take advantage of the buff refresh that normal melees get. Similar question regarding Jayce, what with his transformation.

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Timethief49Mar 23, 20182 votes

Kayle with e active is ranged, otherwise runaans wouldnt work.

C9 Squeeky Mar 23, 20182 votes

I just tested them in practice tool. You cannot refresh the buff while Righteous Glory (Kayle E) is active. You can charge it up like normal (you can be in combat with minions even). And with the form swappers, you must be in melee form. It's just as the patch notes say, Melee only.

AzeranthMar 23, 20182 votes

What about gangplank? Does his Q count?

MorganFreemanBotMar 23, 20182 votes

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What about gangplank? Does his Q count?

GP never switches his 'flag' from melee to ranged, so his Q is fine.

Basically, every champion is 'tagged' in the code as being melee or range (hence Tahm has an auto which is pretty blatantly longer than melee range, but is still melee) as a baseline. Specific ones - Nidalee in human form, Kayce in ranged form, Kayle with E active - change this 'tag' to ranged at specific times.

A good way to think about this is in relation to Kayn. Kayn gains red essence from couger nidalee / hammer stance Jayce / Kayle without E active, but gains blue from their inverses (range stance Jayce, human nid, kayle with E on).