Since riot wants clarity....

Buttigieg 2020·Jan 19, 2015·73 votes·3,130 views

UPDATE THE DEATH RECAP. IT IS SO INNACURATE THAT IT IS FUNNY.

27 Comments

The Red WardenJan 20, 201529 votes

But if they update how would I ever know how much damage {{summoner:10}} does

Buttigieg 2020Jan 20, 201510 votes

revive is so op. One time it did 680 magic dmg.nerf plz.

RikariJan 20, 20154 votes

I once got an assist with my death no lie I guess i ate some bad oranges Gangplank

B1naryB0tJan 20, 20151 votes

Sir, do you need to see a psychologist?

1st HanarSpectreJan 19, 201513 votes

Death recap has been unreliable garbage pretty much since it's birth, the fact that it has never been fixed leads me to believe that simply, they don't know how to fix it.

RoyaiChaosJan 20, 20151 votes

They've just never bothered to fix it as it's not that important. Honestly, they should just remove it.

TheSlappySlapJan 20, 20155 votes

I think it's pretty important to some of the player base. If you're new to the game and don't understand why you're dying, the death recap could provide a tip "You took X Magic Damage. You might want to consider building MR". An adaptive system like that could be really cool.

And then there are some people, like me, who just likes numbers and graphs.

TheSlappySlapJan 20, 20152 votes

Somehow their system is completely confused. I think the problem is that it's currently set up on a legacy system that they don't really want to spend the time to update it.

I think they should either just scrap it and start again with it or scrap it for good. It's currently more confusing than it is helpful.

ChaoscontrolJan 20, 20152 votes

I wouldn't say since it's birth. I play since the very early days of LoL and it actually used to show you the 3 targets that did most damage to you. Now it shows the 3 latest damage sources which is stupid.

Here I'll show you the same fight with both methods

Before:

X Ashe did 800 dmg (details on damage sources) Y Annie (killer) did 550 dmg (details on damage sources) Z Talon did 1650 dmg (details on damage sources)

Currently:

X (ranged caster minion) did 53 dmg (details on damage sources) Y Annie (killer) did 550 dmg (details on damage sources) Z (melee caster minion) did 22 dmg (details on damage sources)

Conclusion:

You used to get information about what killed you and what type of damage it was, so you can itemize against it.

In the first example we see that Ashe and Talon did most of the damage and in the details we would be able to see that it was mostly physical damage except for Annies Tibbers which dealt the killing blow

In the second example we can see that Annie killed us with Tibbers, but we have no idea whatsoever where the other 2500~ damage came from, and what type of damage it was.

It's been like this for a while now and I don't know why they don't revert it.

The only flaw the old system had was that sometimes it showed you a damage source that happened 20~ seconds earlier, if it was lots of dmg, but I'd take that any day over the new system

FastAsHeckJan 20, 20155 votes

yeah i like death recap but seriously {{summoner:10}} doing damage???

20748556DEL1Jan 20, 20152 votes

I don't see a reason why death recap can't be accurate. Is it really that hard to fix? What if the damage ratios are dynamic and change randomly to keep the game interesting. Then they wouldn't be able to show you the real damage because they are lying as to how much damage is being dealt.

FluxBoundJan 20, 20152 votes

I thought this was about summoner 13

FLY SlotmachinerJan 20, 20152 votes

I watched my brother play DawnGate when it was around, and he explained that their death recap was so much better than League's because it provided every single damage that you were hit by, also providing a handy chart. Maybe League of Legends should think of something like that, at which it puts graphs to let you know what type of damage you were hit by instead of what you were hit with. To be honest, I dont care who did the damage, I just want to know type of damage killed me.

vonGroopahJan 20, 20151 votes

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I watched my brother play DawnGate when it was around, and he explained that their death recap was so much better than League's because it provided every single damage that you were hit by, also providing a handy chart. Maybe League of Legends should think of something like that, at which it puts graphs to let you know what type of damage you were hit by instead of what you were hit with. To be honest, I dont care who did the damage, I just want to know type of damage killed me.

Dawngate had a brilliant death recap that was simple to follow, may that game rest in peace

kwikluckJan 20, 20153 votes

They should also enable you to look at the death recaps in the Summoner Profile > Match history

FLY SlotmachinerJan 20, 20151 votes

I never thought about that, that sounds like a perfect idea.

kwikluckJan 21, 20151 votes

Well then upvote ;)

FLY SlotmachinerJan 21, 20151 votes

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GamersEyeJan 20, 20151 votes

I don't have a quote, but I think one of the Reds talked about it being on some old code, as well as being not very high on the priority list.

ZyntinJan 20, 20152 votes

Old code my ass.. They are numbers at the end of the equations. Besides it not like the data isn't kept how do we not keep the damage done/taken recap at the end of matches.

RaptameiJan 20, 20151 votes

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Old code my ass.. They are numbers at the end of the equations. Besides it not like the data isn't kept how do we not keep the damage done/taken recap at the end of matches.

That's wrong too.

Buttigieg 2020Jan 20, 20151 votes

I understand if it is not highest on the priority list but it has been 5 years. 5 years of a terrible death recap. You would think they would look at it a little bit. It would be useful if it wasn't terrible :(.

Old Man TeetoJan 20, 20151 votes

Riot doesn't tell us what they want.

They tell us what we want to hear.

It's called PR.

If you were running for President and were going to increase taxes, reduce funding to school systems, and raise property value over your 4 years in office.

Would you openly state that? No. You'd give the public what they want to hear.