Minions speeding up to cover more ground faster?!?! Without captain or any items!<!<!<

Jovial One·Nov 3, 2013·4 votes·26 views

So today when I was playing there was a wave of enemy minions I killed on the way to the inner turret. I then was standing around waiting for my friendly minions to catch up to tank the turret shots when LOW AND BEHOLD... 2 minions sped away from the group, at about double speed, to get to me faster!!!!!

They started tanking tower shots while I proceeded to take the turret. The rest of the minions caught up about the time one of the two minions died. Now I've NEVER seen this before?!?!? Is this a new mechanic???? Just wondering ;)

6 Comments

Lindsey BotNov 3, 20132 votes

As far as I know, it isn't a new mechanic. I've noticed it in previous games (dating back to at least ~5 months ago), but it happens so infrequently that I usually just forget about it.

I've also wondered wtf.

Jovial OneNov 3, 20131 votes

Thanx I just never seen it and all of a sudden it happened to me and then I saw it in one of Scarra's live streams so I thought it was something new. Pretty cool though ;)

GonseaNov 3, 20132 votes

Seen it alot, I think it mechanic to prevent minion-tidalwave, like some guys some how managed to abuse, blocking ways of minion.

TaintedTaintNov 3, 20132 votes

I have seen as well, but as another guy said I usually forget about it.

SasIsMyDaddyNov 3, 20131 votes

I've seen this a lot, i usually just dont care.

AdaptiveCoffeeNov 4, 20131 votes

I believe this happens when your client lags a bit. The minions are actually ahead, but because your camera wasnt on them or you had a momentary lag spike your client didnt receive data on them. As such when the data comes in it moves them up quickly to compensate for the difference in position.

Just a guess though.