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@Riot: A question about interactions between Bard portals, knockback, and player terrain.

Yoella·2/25/2015, 3:37:29 AM·9 votes·10,933 views

So one of Bard's abilities is to create a one-way portal through terrain for both allies and enemies to use. This is a super neat ability, I'm sure GLaDOS is proud, but I have a question about them.

For example, if Bard places a portal from inside Dragon pit to the other side of the wall, and then a Vayne Condemns an enemy into your portal what happens? Are they shoved through the portal and stuck on the other end? Are they stunned as if the portal wasn't there? Are they pushed through the portal AND stunned? Same question with all other knockback abilities. Also, on a side note, are enemies/allies invulnerable while travelling through a wall via portal, or can abilities still hit them?

Also, what happens if a Bard creates a portal on one end, and an enemy Anivia or Azir on the other end places their wall completely blocking the exit? Do people get stuck in the wall? Is the portal disabled? Does the universe implode in on itself?

And most importantly, what happens if Bard uses his portal on the edge of the map? CAN CHAMPIONS ESCAPE AND ATTACK OUR WORLD??!

18 Comments

RiotMeddler2/25/2015, 3:49:46 AM12 votes

In gameplay terms the portal doesn't remove terrain or create a hole in it, but instead creates an area you can choose to click on to be transported through the terrain. Being knocked into a wall a portal's on functions just like being knocked into any normal wall as a result.

Enemies are still targetable and vulnerable while taking a Magical Journey.

An Anivia wall up against an exit portal could lock an enemy against terrain for a while, in the same way that you can use an Anivia wall to lock someone against terrain they've just dashed across.

Bard cannot, alas, create portals through the walls on the side of the map, fun though allowing people to fall to their deaths on Howling Abyss would otherwise be.

Thales2/25/2015, 4:48:16 AM3 votes

I feel like it could be really cool and flavorful if being nailed by his Q to a wall with a portal sucks you into the portal. Potentially too strong (although from trying him on PBE, hard to pull off), but it seems like it would be a very natural and interesting ability interaction.