New mechanic on Akali rework: Obscured

InTheory·7/16/2018, 8:03:15 PM·5 votes·6,380 views

So with the reveal of the Akali VGU we see that she now has a new stealth mechanic called obscured. Obscured means that you can reveal her position but you cannot targeted. Last means you can't click her nor can towers attack her. It is important to point out that she is not untargetable which means she should be hitable by e.g. AOE abilities or skillshots. Now the question for me is: can she be "targeted" by auto targeting abilities like Morgana R or Karthus R? Does her new W make her immune to stuff like Karthus ult?

10 Comments

Meep Man7/16/2018, 8:46:09 PM4 votes

Karthus ultimate always hits everyone, period. No questions asked. You don't need to see them for Karthus ult to hit them in the first place anyways.

chipndip17/16/2018, 8:51:19 PM2 votes

Obscured: You can see her, but can't target her. Aoe abilities still beat her shroud as always, so bring aoe engage and she's in deep shit (if she wants to really switch up her positioning she needs to ult, and without ult she can't kill very well).

ReshiKillim7/16/2018, 8:23:50 PM2 votes

That's the real question, and one we won't know until it hits the PBE. My bet is that it's a unique form of untargetability in that she's immune to all non-AoEs, but unlike the usual untargetability, it doesn't seem to cancel out projectiles that have already been targeted.

Kashtag10/12/2018, 9:00:25 PM1 votes

she needs some sort of delay before restealth... currently obscure is way to powerful for tower diving thanks

Zerenza7/16/2018, 9:18:15 PM1 votes

Her new W will still Reveal her when under tower(you'll be able to see her), along with Lee Q(if he hits her with her). The only difference is that while in her Smoke she can't be auto attacked or struck with targeting abilities. She's basically Psuedo Untargetable, if it's Point and Click, it won't work on her in her Smoke, anything else though does.

Modl Ryden l7/17/2018, 3:02:24 AM1 votes

item 3364 will reveal her position within the shroud per game tick. Just like scouting out enemies in bush.

SugeMinPikk7/16/2018, 8:45:48 PM1 votes

Wooooo pile on more of that BOK, Riot!!

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