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

Jovial One·11/3/2013, 8:30:33 AM·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 Bot11/3/2013, 11:06:03 AM2 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.

Gonsea11/3/2013, 1:16:05 PM2 votes

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

TaintedTaint11/3/2013, 3:41:07 PM2 votes

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

SasIsMyDaddy11/3/2013, 9:06:58 PM1 votes

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

AdaptiveCoffee11/4/2013, 3:48:01 PM1 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.