This bug appeared in the match between DRX and NS RedForce. On two different occasions, the supports of each of the teams are dead and instantly respawn, ignoring death cooldowns. This interaction is not impossible in League of Legends, but require specific conditions. Indeed, the champion must Akshan is present in the game, which was not the case in this match. There also existed a summoner spell which allowed to resurrect directly, before Riot Games decided to do so vanish, since it was useless except for trolling. The reason for his disappearance is that it was a spell that did notultimately only helped to lose less and not to winso players weren’t playing it.
At the heart of the action
The first appearance of the bug was during a clash for the soul of the Hextech Dragon. the Amumu of Beryl died at beginning of this teamfightand at the end of the latter the DRX were surprised to see his resurrection when he should still have spent a few seconds in limbo. The game was then pausedbut their opponents have declined the chronobreak offerbelieving that it would not change much.
SnowFlower, support for NS RedForce also suffers this bug twice. The first took place during a teamfight at Baron Nashor, where his Leona returned from the underworld almost instantly. (but basically). Again, this resurrection didn’t have a big impact so the game continued. As the DRX were about to deliver the fatal blow to their opponents, they decided to dive the support in his fountain. This time again, SnowFlower resurrected directlybut closer to its towers than to the fountain. This did not bother either, the future winners being content to kill him again, just to rot his KDA a little more. Although this bug was rather funny in this game, it could have had a much bigger impact and could prove very troublesome in the future.
First suspicions
If Riot Games is not yet sure to 100% of what caused this bugthe indices seem to point to the Hexflash rune, buggy since a few patches. Disabled from preventive way in LCKthere is a few weeks of this, she was re-authorized and used by both carriers in this part. She was banned as a precaution this week in the LEC. Nevertheless, its ban could have a significant impact in the weeks to come.
This rune indeed allows some supports and junglers to take paths they can’t follow without Flash (i.e. pass through walls), and its presence or not can totally change the professional tier list to these positions. A decision must be made quickly on this, so that the teams can prepare for the playoffs in the best possible way and not waste time preparing certain strategies that they will not be able to use in the end. It would also be necessary to achieve a consensus for all regionsin order to prevent some train with and some withoutbecause depending on whether or not this bug is resolved quickly, it could greatly hinder the teams preparing for the world championship.
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