Flash

FlashEdit
Blinks your champion a short distance toward the target location.
Cooldown	300 seconds
Range	400 (Smart cast)
Breaks stealth	No
Summoner level	7
Availability
SR
HA
NB
AR
Flash in action

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Notes

• Flash cannot be used while rooted, grounded, or unable to cast.
• Flash additionally changes the user's facing direction to be in the same direction they blinked.
• With the Hextech Flashtraption rune, Hexflash replaces Flash when it's on  cooldown.
• Flash's cast indicator shows a radius of 425 units.
• Flash will cast at max range if cast beyond that.

Strategy

• Flash can easily be used to escape from or catch up with a foe. It can be used to dodge or land abilities.
• It can also be used to move over walls, either for a quick escape or in response to an opponent's dash.
• It is an extremely popular summoner spell due to the mobility it offers, and is especially vital on champions that entirely lack mobility abilities, such as Ashe or Cho'Gath.
• Flash will not interrupt abilities that have a cast time attached to them like Ezreal's Trueshot Barrage, or abilities that can be charged like Varus' Piercing Arrow. This allows a champion to charge or cast an ability, then flash in for a surprise attack against enemies, as seen in the video below.

Summoner spell haste

Summoner's Rift
Base cooldown ▶	360s ()	300s ()	240s ()	180s ()	90s ()	20s ()
▼  Haste
10 ()	327.27s	272.73s	218.18s	163.64s	81.82s	18.18s
18 ()	305.08s	254.24s	203.39s	152.54s	76.27s	16.95s
28 ( )	281.25s	234.38s	187.5s	140.63s	70.31s	15.63s
Howling Abyss
Base cooldown ▶		300s ()	240s ()	180s ()	80s ()	20s ()
▼  Haste
70 ()		176.47s	141.18s	105.88s	47.06s	11.76s
80 ()		166.67s	133.33s	100s	44.44s	11.11s
88 ()		159.57s	127.66s	95.74s	42.55s	10.64s
98 ()		151.52s	121.21s	90.91s	40.4s	10.1s

Trivia

• Prior to being a summoner spell, the alpha items Blink Dagger and Yordle Stompers served the same function as Flash.
• For a time, the inclusion of Flash in the game was hotly debated and Riot Games Inc. even considered removing it from the game entirely, with parts of the community for and against removal. As a result, it has suffered several nerfs.
• You would need 49 Flash to go from one fountain to another, which would take 4 hours and 5 minutes.
• The first icon for Flash was recolored blue for the icon for the Season 2011 mastery Blink of an Eye.

Media

• Videos
• Old Icons

Related Videos

Flashy Cast Times

Flash

Flash

Flash

Sound Effects

Activation

• ▶️   Summoner Spell SFX
• ▶️   Summoner Spell SFX
• ▶️   Summoner Spell SFX

Patch History

V14.12

• Bug Fix: Now properly displays its smoke VFX if used by the enemy to blink into the Fog of War.

V12.17

• Bug Fix: Can no longer be used while charmed after using Ghost or Heal.
• Bug Fix: Casting certain abilities after using it no longer causes it and Hexflash to become disabled.

V7.22

• Level requirement reduced to 7 from 8.

V4.16

• Movement commands now persist after Flashing in the same direction you're moving.

V4.2

• New particles and sound.

V4.1

• Icon updated.

V1.0.0.152

• Cooldown increased to 300 seconds from 265 seconds.
• Summoner's Insight is now calculated after other Summoner Flash cooldown reductions.

V1.0.0.129

• Cooldown increased to 265 seconds from 255 seconds.
• Range reduced to 400 from 450.

V1.0.0.107

• No longer pops projectiles.
• Cooldown increased to 255 seconds from 240 seconds.

V1.0.0.103

• No longer breaks stealth.

V1.0.0.100

• Can no longer be cast while rooted.

V1.0.0.97

• Flash now removes stealth when used.

V1.0.0.81

• Range reduced to 425 from 450.

V1.0.0.75

• Cooldown increased to 240 seconds from 210 seconds.

V1.0.0.72

• Cooldown increased to 210 seconds from 195 seconds.

V1.0.0.70

• Cooldown increased to 195 seconds from 180 seconds.

V1.0.0.63

• Changed Flash's targeting type so it no longer requires a location click; now it uses the location of the cursor.
• Fixed a bug where attempting to cast Flash extremely far distances away would cause the champion to move, instead of teleporting in that direction.

V1.0.0.61

• Range reduced to 450 from 1000.
• Cooldown reduced to 180 seconds from 360 seconds.
• Flash now pops incoming projectiles when used.

V0.8.22.115

• Cooldown increased to 360 seconds from 330 seconds.

V0.8.21.110

• Cooldown increased to 330 seconds from 300 seconds.
• Cast range reduced by 100.

July 10, 2009 Patch

• Cooldown increased to 300 seconds from 270 seconds.

June 26, 2009 Patch

• Cancels channeled abilities upon casting (no more Absolute Zero hopping)
• Blink of an Eye: Reduces the cooldown of Flash by 15 seconds.

June 12, 2009 Patch

• Reworked
• Reduced range to 800 from 900.
• Changed functionality: Flash is now cast without the need of a target indicator (i.e. it is cast towards the position of your mouse pointer).
• Flash will automatically flash to the furthest valid range in the direction it is cast at.
• Flash no longer has a cast time (to 0 from 0.5).

May 9, 2009 Patch

• Cooldown reduced to 210 seconds from 240 seconds.

May 1, 2009 Patch

• Reduced cast time to 0.5 seconds from 0.75 seconds.

Alpha Week 5

• Cooldown increased to 240 seconds from 210 seconds.

Alpha Week 4

• Cooldown increased to 210 seconds from 150 seconds.

Summoner spells