League of Legends PSA: Game-Break Graves Bug Currently Live

Cigar or no, Graves is able to make more smoke than ever, thanks to a new bug that's proving to be the bane of skill shot champions everywhere. What sort of bug you might ask? Well, I want you to imagine for a moment the most annoying ability in the game. No, not Noxious Trap, though that is annoying. It's not Rocket Grab either, no. Wind Wall? Yup.

As you can see in this gif, Graves is currently suffering from a case of unintended functionality, and in a bad way. In certain cases, his smokescreen is currently functioning as a Wind Wall, and blocking skill shots. We here at WWG have tested the bug ourselves and identified that it not only exists, but it is also replicable at will, though it is absurdly difficult to do so. You see, the bug isn't just applying to everything that tries to pass through Smokescreen, it's only applying to objects that pass through smokescreen as it deploys. Thus, while it is, technically, possible for players to use Smokescreen to block a skillshot every time it's off cooldown, the difficulty involved in doing so would be prohibitive for most players against most abilities. While it might not be hard to block something like Tidal Wave, which is already noted for being amongst the slowest abilities in the game, blocking a Sonic Wave is another question entirely, much less a mystic shot.

While it might not be hard to block something like Tidal Wave, which is already noted for being amongst the slowest abilities in the game, blocking a Sonic Wave is another question entirely, much less a Mystic Shot. It's unlikely that this bug will end up affecting Graves' performance much, as it's pretty difficult for him to block the more important skill shots in the game with it, especially those that are used by other junglers. Were it an easier bug to replicate, however, there would definitely be a world where even the Elises and Lee Sins of the world couldn't duel Graves without haveing their most important abilities blocked, and that would be a grim world indeed.

For now, the bug seems restricted to randomly frustrating Nami players, and not much else. Still, don't be surprised if Primordial Burst gets unexpectedly canceled in the future.