Changes: Ability damage

Latest revision as of 17:19, 22 February 2024

Ability damage is one of the game's archetypal damage types, and is the damage type dealt by most abilities. Ability damage is the pre-requisite for applying ability effects, such as Liandry's Torment and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Dealing ability damage will also generate aggression from turrets but, by contrast to basic damage, does not trigger the Call For Help AI on minions.

Spell damage, area damage, and persistent damage all trigger ability effects.

Ability damage is never described as such in-game, instead being listed as physical, magic or true damage. However, those typings can be attributed to other archetypal damage types (e.g. basic attack damage can be physical or magical) and so knowing whether or not an effect deals ability damage can be hard to intuit.

Spell vamp benefits from ability damage.

The basic rule is: all damage-dealing abilities, excluding attack effects, deal ability damage.

Non-ability spell effects

The following non-abilities will also trigger spell effects:

Items

Summoner Spells

Mark / Dash

Basic attack spell effects

The following empowered basic attacks will deal ability damage, meaning they will trigger ability effects. The triggering basic attack will still apply other attack effects.

Abilities that trigger on-hit effects and ability effects

The following abilities apply both on-hit effects and spell effects:

Note that, however, the damage dealt by these abilities is not classified as ability damage, except in the case of Whiplash and the magic damage portion of Urchin Strike. Except in those cases, the damage dealt by these abilities will not benefit from spell vamp. It is possible with Non-Damaging Abilities (above)—the implementation of this change could have been to have these abilities deal an additional 0 spell damage.

Gameplay Elements

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-''Ability damage'' is one of the game's archetypal [[damage]] types, and is the damage type dealt by most [[Champion ability|abilities]]. ''Ability damage'' is the pre-requisite for applying [[ability effects]], such as {{ii|Rylai's Crystal Scepter}} and {{sti|[[Spell Vamp]]}}. Dealing ''ability damage'' will also generate aggression from [[turrets]] but, by contrast to ''basic attack damage'', does not trigger the ''Call For Help'' AI on [[minions]].
+'''Ability damage''' is one of the game's archetypal [[damage]] types, and is the damage type dealt by most [[Champion ability|abilities]]. Ability damage is the pre-requisite for applying [[ability effects]], such as {{ii|Liandry's Torment}} and {{ii|Rylai's Crystal Scepter}}. Dealing ability damage will also generate aggression from [[turrets]] but, by contrast to {{tip|basic damage}}, does not trigger the ''Call For Help'' AI on [[minions]].
+{{tip|Spell damage}}, {{tip|area damage}}, and {{tip|persistent damage}} all trigger ability effects.
-''Ability damage'' is never described as such in-game, instead being listed as ''physical'', ''magic'' or ''true damage''. However, those typings can be attributed other archetypal damage types (e.g. ''basic attack damage'' can be physical and magical, too) and so knowing whether or not an effect deals ''ability damage'' can be hard to intuit.
+'''Ability damage''' is never described as such in-game, instead being listed as [[physical damage|physical]], [[magic damage|magic]] or [[true damage|true damage]]. However, those typings can be attributed to other archetypal damage types (e.g. {{tip|basic damage|basic attack damage}} can be physical or magical) and so knowing whether or not an effect deals ability damage can be hard to intuit.
-The basic rule is: '''all damage-dealing abilities, excluding [[attack effects]], deal ability damage'''.
+[[Spell vamp]] benefits from ability damage.
-Below lists exceptions.
+The basic rule is: '''all damage-dealing abilities, excluding [[attack effects]], deal ability damage'''.
-== Non-Damaging Abilities ==
-The following non-damaging effects actually deal 1 ability damage, inflicted as {{as|true damage}}. This is sufficient to trigger [[spell effects]], such as {{ii|Luden's Echo}}, although will not incur any noticable healing from {{sti|Spell Vamp}}.
-* {{cai|Crystallize|Anivia}}
-* {{cai|Pillar of Ice|Trundle}}
-* {{cai|Time Bomb|Zilean}}
-* ''This list may be incomplete.''
-== Non-Abilities ==
+== Non-ability spell effects ==
 The following non-abilities will also trigger [[spell effects]]:
 ;Items
-* {{ii|Bilgewater Cutlass}}
+* {{ii|Hextech Alternator}}
-* {{ii|Blade of the Ruined King}}
+* {{ii|Hextech Rocketbelt}} ({{ii|Upgraded Aeropack}})
-* {{ii|Hextech Gunblade}}
+* {{ii|Profane Hydra}} (active)
-* {{ii|Hextech Protobelt-01}}
+* {{ii|Ravenous Hydra}} (active)
-* {{ii|Hextech GLP-800}}
+* {{ii|Redemption}}
-* {{ii|Luden's Echo}}
+* {{ii|Stormsurge}}
-* {{ii|Runic Echoes}}
+* {{ii|Tiamat}} (active)
+* {{ii|Unending Despair}}
+* {{ii|Zaz'Zak's Realmspike}}
 ;Summoner Spells
-* {{si|Chilling Smite}}
+* {{si|Mark}} / {{si|Dash}}
-* {{si|Ignite}}
+== Basic attack spell effects ==
-;Runes
+The following empowered basic attacks will deal '''ability damage''', meaning they will trigger ability effects. The triggering [[basic attack]] will still apply other [[attack effects]].
-* {{ri|Arcane Comet}}
+{{Column|2|
+* {{cai|Assassin's Mark|Akali}}
-''Thess lists may be incomplete.''
+* {{cai|Traveler's Call 2|Bard|Meeps}}
+* {{cai|Power Fist|Blitzcrank}}
-== On-Hit Ability Damage ==
+* {{cai|Precision Protocol|Camille}}
-The following [[attack effects]] deal '''ability damage''', meaning they will trigger ability effects. The triggering [[basic attack]] will still apply other [[attack effects]].
+* {{cai|Vorpal Spikes|Cho'Gath}}
+* {{cai|W|Darius}}
+* {{cai|Moonsilver Blade|Diana}}
+* {{cai|Blunt Force Trauma|Dr. Mundo}}
 * {{cai|Phase Dive|Ekko}}
+* {{cai|Seastone Trident|Fizz}}
+* {{cai|Decisive Strike|Garen}}
 * {{cai|Drunken Rage|Gragas}}
+* {{cai|Devastating Charge|Hecarim}}
 * {{cai|Harsh Lesson|Illaoi}}
-* {{cai|Empower|Jax}} and {{ai|Grandmaster's Might|Jax}} (''passive'')
+* {{cai|Empower|Jax}}
-* {{cai|Nether Blade|Kassadin}} (''active'')
+* {{cai|Nether Blade|Kassadin}}
-* {{cai|Righteous Fury|Kayle}}
+* {{cai|Starfire Spellblade 2|Kayle|Starfire Spellblade}}
-* {{cai|Electrical Surge|Kennen}} (''passive'')
+* {{cai|Electrical Surge|Kennen}}
 * {{cai|Unseen Threat|Kha'Zix}}
 * {{cai|Shield of Daybreak|Leona}}
-* {{cai|Mace of Spades|Mordekaiser}}
+* {{cai|Siphoning Strike|Nasus}}
+* {{cai|Takedown|Nidalee}}
-* {{cai|Stacked Deck|Twisted Fate}} and {{ai|Pick a Card|Twisted Fate}}
-* {{cai|Tiger Stance|Udyr}} (''activation effect'')
+* {{cai|Ferromancy: Mount Up|Rell}}
+* {{cai|Twilight Assault|Shen}}
-* ''This list may be incomplete.''
+* {{cai|Twin Bite|Shyvana}}
+* {{cai|Petricite Burst|Sylas}}
-== Attack Effects ==
+* {{cai|Chomp|Trundle}}
-As of [[V7.22]], the following abilities now apply both [[attack effects]] and [[spell effects]].
+* {{cai|Pick a Card|Twisted Fate}}
-{{column|2|
+* {{cai|Wilding Claw|Udyr}} and {{ai|Wingborne Storm|Udyr}}
-<DPL>
+* {{cai|Echoing Flames|Urgot}}
-  category     = Abilities that apply on-hit effects
+* {{cai|Tumble|Vayne}}
-  format       = ,* {{cai|{{#explode:{{#replace:%PAGE%|Template:Data|}}|/|1}}|{{#explode:{{#replace:%PAGE%|Template:Data|}}|/|0}}}},\n
+* {{cai|Discharge|Viktor}}
-</DPL>
+* {{cai|Thundering Smash|Volibear}}
+* {{cai|Crushing Blow|Wukong}}
+* {{cai|Last Rites|Yorick}}
+* {{cai|Stretching Strikes|Zac}}
 }}
+{{:Attack effects/Abilities}}
-Note that, however, the damage dealt by these abilities is not classified as ''ability damage'', except in the case of {{ai|Whiplash|Evelynn}} and the magic damage portion of {{ai|Urchin Strike|Fizz}}. Except in those cases, the damage dealt by these abilities will not benefit from {{sti|Spell Vamp}}. It is possible—as with [[#Non-Damaging Abilities|Non-Damaging Abilities]] (above)—that these abilities actually deal 1 ability damage.
-{{sbc|Probable Bug:}} {{ai|Steel Tempest|Yasuo}} is only triggering [[ability effects]] on the second and third cast in ''Steel Tempest's'' chain, and they are only applied to the first target hit.
-== Trivia ==
-* An effect that applies both [[attack effects]] and [[ability effects]] allows a champion to trigger items like {{ii|Luden's Echo}}, {{ii|Lich Bane}}, {{ii|Statikk Shiv}} and {{ii|Duskblade of Draktharr}} all on a single instance of damage - e.g. a single {{ai|Mystic Shot|Ezreal}} or {{ai|Phase Dive|Ekko}}. It also allows them to trigger {{ii|Muramana}} twice, since it applies on both the [[attack effect]] and the [[ability effect]].
 {{Gameplay elements}}

Targeting Types	Auto (Passive · Self) · Direction · Location · Unit · Proximity · Vector (Collision · Radius)
Unit types	Champion · Minion · Monster · Pets · Structures (Turret · Inhibitor · Nexus)
Effect types	Ability effects · Attack effects (On-hit) · Area of effect · Damage over time · Heal · Multi-hit · Redirected damage · Shield · Single-targeted
Ability types	Attached · Aura · Blink · Buff · Channel · Combat status · Crowd control · Damage (Ability · Basic · Magic · Physical · True · Nexus Obelisk · Execution) · Dash · Debuff · Invulnerability · Pet · Projectile · Sight · Spell shield · Stealth · Tether · Untargetability · Ward