[Gameplay Clarity] Baron Nashor should not heal/level up while in combat

Dave128·1/23/2020, 9:02:52 PM·3 votes·3,500 views
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I have seen this pop up a number of times in personal play as well as pro play. During a baron fight, if the timing is absolutely perfect, baron will level up and gain HP right when a smite is about to come through. In pro play the casters seem to just shrug it off as "well that's unfortunate!". To the players its a slap in the face.

I don't see why this needs to be an issue... Just pause baron XP gain/regen while he is in combat. If there is some kind of technical reason that baron XP gain/level up cannot be stopped during combat then fine. I have not been able to find a red post on the subject. Time on the game clock should not be something players are keeping track of when in the middle of a 50/50 baron fight. The baron heal can easily cause a game to be lost on a preventable technicality.

Another Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5MGh0Ioh5k

Okay This one is definitely my fault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caw5D1-CQq8

But still the smite is an estimation based on timing with the damage coming through and the heal caused the smite to be just that much off..

3 Comments

Kuponya1/24/2020, 4:17:21 AM1 votes

Why should there be a pause? This is an epic monster and needs to be represented as such. The regeneration is visible and Baron only "levels up" every minute on the dot. You are only QQing about these features because you are a bad jungler and can't smite to save your life

BigFBear1/24/2020, 6:18:23 AM1 votes

During a baron fight, if the timing is absolutely perfect, baron will level up and gain HP right when a smite is about to come through.

Exactly this happened to me:

https://youtu.be/TeagrWSlTXA

I lost Baron to that Singed.