What? An odd "working as intended"...

Leezurd·Sep 14, 2017·1 votes·432 views

Simply put, Darius activated his ult on Vayne and was in mid air, waiting to come down. At this point our Vayne used her knock back while our Leona simultaneously used her stun. Darius was pushed up against the wall, so effectively double stunned. Well, his ult still went through and killed Vayne while he was pushed up against a wall with a stun icon above his head, and without ever actually finishing the ult animation. This perhaps needs some looking into as it makes no sense at all. Anyway, just a heads up!

13 Comments

SalronSep 14, 20175 votes

There are only 2 3 things that can stop a darius ult's cast in this game

1: Bard ult on him or the target/Zhonyas on the target 2: Darius losing vision during the cast animation

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3: Kill him.

KhristophorosSep 14, 20172 votes

3: Kill him.

I think if you kill a champion you interrupt literally anything. Right?

InfernapeSep 14, 20172 votes

Well anything that isn't Syndra's ultimate.

ModWulf HelhammerSep 14, 20172 votes

That's cause she already casts it. Like you can kill an Ezreal, but if his ult is already flying it's not going to disappear

SalronSep 14, 20172 votes

tru

jwebb0113Sep 14, 20172 votes

well darius was already in animation for the ult... vaynes condemn and leona ult came after , his ult isnt canceled due to the stuns ... that was already processed and it kinda processes what happens 1st . so the ult was continued through the stun

LeezurdSep 14, 20172 votes

I understand, but there are other abilities (ults included) that would not have continued to go through

Mysticman89Sep 14, 20172 votes

Difference between cast times and channel times. The latter are stopped by the majority of cc types, while the former needs death or loss of targetability (e.g. loss of vision or stasis).

PhDs NutsSep 14, 20172 votes

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I understand, but there are other abilities (ults included) that would not have continued to go through

Every ability that is coded to be uninterruptible after the animation started would have continued to go through.

DrCyanideSep 14, 20172 votes

It's the same deal as an Ezreal E. Animation interrupted doesn't mean ability interrupted.

o0O Madoka O0oSep 14, 20172 votes

It's "working as intended" because Darius is one of the older champions where there casting isn't that complicated coding wise. His ult has a wind-up and animation, and that's it.

Passed the wind-up, animation is shown, damage is applied after X seconds delay. There's not intermediate travel phase.

The thing was quite inconsistent across the board regarding how casting animation works, and how damage is applied.

And then there was an overhaul to ultimate to change their casting/traveling, but towards the opposite direction of being "unstoppable" passed a certain point. It makes sure most ultimates are difficult, if not impossible to stop. It makes sure most ultmates are guaranteed to do what they are supposed to do without interruption. If an ultimate is easily interrupted, they will not be very effective in some match ups. It destroys the satisfying moment of playing that champion.

In the case of Darius, you cannot stop him after the initial cast.