Changes: True damage

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For the virtual band and associated content, see True Damage

True damage is one of the three types of basic damage in League of Legends. True damage ignores resistances ( armor and magic resistance), damage reduction, (e.g. Unbreakable Will, Primal Howl, Exhaust) and damage amplification (e.g. Hemoplague, Press the Attack, Last Stand).

True damage can be dealt as a damage over time effect.

Blocking true damage

Abilities or summoner spells which deal true damage are still blocked by spell shield, unless otherwise noted.
Parries can block the true damage from basic attacks and on-hit effects.
Invulnerability will block all types of damage including true damage.

Countering true damage

True damage cannot be mitigated or reduced, but there are ways to deal with it:

Stacking health causes sources of flat true damage (e.g. Ignite) to effectively deal a lesser percentage of total health.
Universal shields can absorb true damage at any amount.

Dealing true damage

Abilities

Items

Summoner spells

Notes

Despite popular belief, champions whose abilities have health costs associated with them do not deal true damage to themselves when they use an ability which requires health to cast.
- This can be evidenced when they have a shield on them. When they use their health-based ability, the cost of health penetrates the shield and directly drains the health of the user, in contrary to true damage that has to break any shield on the target to reach their health. This also applies to invulnerability.
The Nexus Obelisk deals a unique form of true damage^[1] that additionally bypasses every damage-event related effect in the game, including shields, damage transfers, death immunity, and invulnerability effects. Furthermore, since it doesn't register as a damage event, it will not flag the champion with 'in combat' status, with some exceptions. This is classified as internal raw.
- If the target becomes untargetable after the turret's attack wind up started, the turret will drop aggro but that specific attack will still fire and hit the target through untargetability.
As of patch V3.15, true damage is no longer amplified by abilities such as Zed's Death Mark and Vladimir's Hemoplague.

References

↑ V4.21 Patch Notes, section Skirmisher's Saber

Champion statistics

Gameplay Elements

[1] V4.21 Patch Notes, section Skirmisher's Saber

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-: ''For the series of alternate future/universe pop music skins, see [[True Damage]]''
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-'''True damage''' is one of the three types of [[damage]] in League of Legends. True damage ignores [[armor]] and [[magic resistance]], as well as other forms of [[Damage modifier|damage reduction]] such as {{ai|Unbreakable Will|Alistar}}, {{ai|Unbreakable|Braum}}, {{ai|Shield of Durand|Galio}}, {{ai|Primal Howl|Warwick}}, and {{ai|Defiant Dance|Irelia}}.
+'''True damage''' is one of the three types of basic [[damage]] in [[League of Legends]]. '''True damage''' ignores resistances ({{stil|armor}} and {{stil|magic resistance}}), [[Damage_modifier#Decreasing_damage_received|damage reduction]], (e.g. {{ai|Unbreakable Will|Alistar}}, {{ai|Primal Howl|Warwick}}, {{si|Exhaust}}) and [[Damage_modifier#Increasing_damage_received|damage amplification]] (e.g. {{ai|Hemoplague|Vladimir}}, {{ri|Press the Attack}}, {{ri|Last Stand}}).
+'''True damage''' can be dealt as a [[damage over time]] effect.
 == Blocking true damage ==
-* Abilities or summoner spells which deal true damage are still blocked by [[spell shield]]s.
+* [[Champion ability|Abilities]] or [[summoner spell]]s which deal true damage are still blocked by {{tip|spell shield}}, unless otherwise noted.
-* [[Attack_effects#Parrying|Parries]] can block the true damage from basic attacks and on-hit effects.
+* [[Attack_effects#Parrying|Parries]] can block the true damage from [[basic attack]]s and {{tip|on-hit}} effects.
-* {{tip|Invulnerability}} (e.g. {{cai|Divine Judgement|Kayle}}) and {{cai|Riposte|Fiora}} will block all damage to a target champion, '''including''' true damage.
+* {{tip|Invulnerability}} will block all types of damage ''including'' true damage.
 == Countering true damage ==
-True damage cannot be mitigated or reduced, but there are ways to deal with it:
+'''True damage''' cannot be mitigated or reduced, but there are ways to deal with it:
-* Stacking {{as|health}} causes sources of flat true damage (e.g. {{si|Ignite}}) to effectively deal a lesser percentage of total health.
+* Stacking {{sti|health|link=true}} causes sources of flat true damage (e.g. {{si|Ignite}}) to effectively deal a lesser percentage of total health.
+* Universal {{tip|Shield|shields}} can absorb true damage at any amount.
-* [[Shield]]s that absorb true damage (white), such as {{si|Barrier}}, {{cai|Soul Furnace|Sion}}, and {{cai|Eye of the Storm|Janna}}.
-* [[Invulnerability]] which blocks all types of damage, such as {{ii|Stopwatch}} or {{cai|Divine Judgement|Kayle}}.
 == Dealing true damage ==
+;Abilities
-=== Champion abilities ===
 {{Column|2|
-* {{cai|Orb of Deception|Ahri}}
+* {{cai|Orb of Deception|Ahri}} {{tt|*|on orb's return}}
 * {{cais|Cursed Touch|Amumu}}
-* {{cai|Precision Protocol 3|Camille|Precision Protocol}}
+* {{cai|Precision Protocol 3|Camille|Precision Protocol}} {{tt|*|on recast after 1.5 seconds}}
 * {{cai|Feast|Cho'Gath}}
 * {{cai|Noxian Guillotine|Darius}}
 * {{cai|Duelist's Dance|Fiora}}
-* {{cai|Trial by Fire|Gangplank}} and {{ai|Cannon Barrage|Gangplank}}
+* {{cai|Trial by Fire|Gangplank}} (DoT) and {{ai|Cannon Barrage|Gangplank}} with {{ii|Death's Daughter}} upgrade {{tt|*|against enemies in the center of the hitbox}}
 * {{cai|Demacian Justice|Garen}}
-* {{cai|Friend of the Forest|Ivern}} (against non-epic monsters)
+* {{cai|Friend of the Forest|Ivern}} {{tt|*|against non-epic monsters}}
 * {{cai|Icathian Surprise|Kog'Maw}}
+* {{cai|Blooming Blows|Lillia}} {{tt|*|to enemies hit at the outer edge}}
 * {{cai|Wuju Style|Master Yi}}
-* {{cai|Consume|Nunu}}
+* {{cai|Consume|Nunu}} {{tt|*|against non-champions}}
 * {{cai|Reckless Swing|Olaf}}
+* {{cai|Death from Below|Pyke}} {{tt|*|to executed enemies}}
-* {{cai|Furious Bite|Rek'Sai}}
-* {{cai|Force of Will|Syndra}}
+* {{cai|Furious Bite|Rek'Sai}} {{tt|*|at maximum Fury}}
+* {{cai|Haymaker|Sett}} {{tt|*|against enemies in the center of the hitbox}}
-* {{cai|Deadly Venom|Twitch}}
+* {{cai|Force of Will|Syndra}} with {{ai|Transcendent|Syndra}}
+* {{cai|Deadly Venom|Twitch}} (DoT)
+* {{cai|Fear Beyond Death 2|Urgot|Fear Beyond Death}} {{tt|*|recast}}
 * {{cai|Silver Bolts|Vayne}}
-* {{cai|Organic Deconstruction|Vel'Koz}} and {{ai|Life Form Disintegration Ray|Vel'Koz}}
+* {{cai|Organic Deconstruction|Vel'Koz}} and {{ai|Life Form Disintegration Ray|Vel'Koz}} (DoT)
+* {{cai|Soul Unbound 2|Yone|Soul Unbound}} {{tt|*|recast}}
-* {{cai|Sleepy Trouble Bubble|Zoe}}
+* {{cai|Sleepy Trouble Bubble|Zoe}} {{tt|*|to enemies waking up from damage while asleep}}
 }}
-=== Items ===
+;Items
 {{Column|2|
-* {{ii|Death's Dance}}
+* {{ii|Death's Dance}} (self damage)
 * {{ii|Elixir of Sorcery}}
-* {{ii|Knight's Vow}}
+* {{ii|Knight's Vow}} (self damage)
-* {{ii|Lord Van Damm's Pillager}}
 * {{ii|Redemption}}
 * {{ii|Stalker's Blade}}
-* {{ii|Skirmisher's Sabre}}
+* {{ii|Skirmisher's Sabre}} (Dot)
 }}
-=== Summoner spells ===
+;Summoner spells
-* {{si|Ignite}}
+* {{si|Ignite}} (DoT)
-* {{si|Smite}} (only against monsters)
+* {{si|Mark}} and {{si|Dash}}
-* {{si|Challenging Smite}}
+* {{si|Smite}}
+* {{si|Challenging Smite}} (DoT)
 * {{si|Chilling Smite}}
 === Runes ===
 * {{ri|Cheap Shot}}
-* {{ri|Conqueror}}
 === Neutral Buffs ===
-* {{bi|Crest of Cinders}}
+* {{bi|Crest of Cinders}} (DoT)
-* {{bi|Aspect of the Dragon}} / {{uis|Mountain Drake}} {{bi|Dragon Slayer}} buff (turrets and monsters only)
+* {{bi|Aspect of the Dragon}} (DoT)
 === Neutral Monsters ===
+* {{ui|Rift Herald}} {{tt|*|upon headbutting a structure}}
-* {{ui|Dragon}}
-* {{ui|Rift Herald}} (first hit on turrets)
 == Notes ==
-* Despite popular belief, champions whose abilities have health costs associated with them '''do not''' deal true damage to themselves when they use an ability which requires [[health]] to cast.
+* Despite popular belief, champions whose abilities have health costs associated with them '''do not''' deal true damage to themselves when they use an ability which requires {{tip|health resource|health to cast}}.
-** This can be evidenced when they have an absorption shield on them, when they use their health-based ability, the cost of it penetrates the shield and directly drains the health of the user, in contrary to true damage that has to break any absorption shield on the target to reach their health.
+** This can be evidenced when they have a {{tip|shield}} on them. When they use their health-based ability, the cost of health penetrates the shield and directly drains the health of the user, in contrary to true damage that has to break any shield on the target to reach their health. This also applies to {{tip|invulnerability}}.
-* The [[Nexus Obelisk]] deals an unique form of true damage<ref>[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-421-notes V4.21 Patch Notes, section Skirmisher's Saber]</ref> that additionally bypasses every damage-event related effect in the game, including {{tip|shield|shields}}, {{ai|Test of Spirit|Illaoi|damage transfers}}, {{ai|Undying Rage|Tryndamere|death immunity}}, {{tip|untargetable|untargetability}} and {{tip|invulnerability}} effects. Furthermore, since it doesn't register as a damage event, it will not flag the champion with 'in combat' status, with some exceptions.
+* The {{tip|Nexus Obelisk}} deals a unique form of true damage<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-421-notes V4.21 Patch Notes, section Skirmisher's Saber]</ref> that additionally bypasses every damage-event related effect in the game, including {{tip|shield|shields}}, {{ai|Test of Spirit|Illaoi|damage transfers}}, {{ai|Undying Rage|Tryndamere|death immunity}}, and {{tip|invulnerability}} effects. Furthermore, since it doesn't register as a damage event, it will not flag the champion with 'in combat' status, with some exceptions. This is classified as {{tip|raw damage|internal raw}}.
+** If the target becomes {{tip|untargetable}} after the turret's attack wind up started, the turret will drop aggro but that specific attack will still fire and hit the target through untargetability.
-* True damage is unaffected by damage modifiers (i.e {{si|Exhaust}}, {{ri|Coup de Grace}}).
-* As of patch [[V3.15]], true damage is no longer amplified by abilities such {{cai|Death Mark|Zed}} and {{cai|Hemoplague|Vladimir}}.
+* As of patch [[V3.15]], true damage is no longer amplified by abilities such as {{cai|Death Mark|Zed}} and {{cai|Hemoplague|Vladimir}}.
 {{References}}
 {{Stats}}
 {{Gameplay elements}}

Offensive	Ability power · Attack damage · Attack speed · Critical strike chance · Critical strike damage · Armor penetration · Magic penetration · Life steal · Omnivamp · Physical vamp · True damage
Defensive	Heal and shield power · Health · Health regeneration · Armor · Magic resistance · Tenacity · Slow resist
Utility	Ability haste · Energy · Energy regeneration · Mana · Mana regeneration Movement speed · Range
Other	Experience · Gold generation

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

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Changes: True damage

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Contents

Blocking true damage

Countering true damage

Dealing true damage

Runes

Neutral Buffs

Neutral Monsters

Notes

References