Sinclair Vexing Bolt Phases Through NPC's Now

[styllarr]

As per the title, Vexing Bolt is extremely bugged right now.

It will phase through all NPC's (troopers, neutral camps, guardians, walkers, shrines, patron, midboss, and McGinnis turrets) and the only way for you to damage them is via the AOE splash.

This is a serious bug and makes the hero near unplayable.

Please see the attached video:


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[abelchik.ru]

nah bro

 

[CAPSGLOCK]

bro cant read

 

[styllarr]

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nah bro

Vexing Bolt only snapping to heroes is not the same as Vexing Bolt phasing through every NPC on the map.

The former refers to the redirection system where, prior to the patch, bolts would randomly lock onto objectives and neutral camps through walls when you were trying to hit players in certain spots. The latter defies physics in this game.

It is currently near impossible to deal damage to the Patron using bolts with this being the case.

It is very clearly a bug and not an intentional change.

 

[mr.isaiahmck]

Yes I think is bug too, because now in theory if you just throw the q without redirect, it will not do any dmg to anything what so ever, it will phase through its target, that is the issue.

 

[Playeroth]

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nah bro

thats not what it means buddy. Vexing bolt used to snap into towers if you pressed the button if an enemy were close to it.

 

[duddlee]

It is very clearly a bug. It seems pointless that bolts should faze through objectives and now you just have to aim at the floor below them.

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[styllarr]

Alright, I played some games and I'm not gonna lie, this is kinda a buff since people can't just hide behind towers or under walker anymore since the bolts just go through them.

It's definitely unintentional regardless though because you just can't damage the 1st stage patron with bolts which could be a game-losing interaction in certain scenarios. Hopefully it will be fixed as soon as possible.