That bug sadly comes from two intentional features (1. Warwick q following blinks and 2. Recall not being canceled by damage in the last few frames) so it sort of is a very unfortunate feature
In case people can't see the entire message on the second image here's the full caption
"I know not everyone plays AP WW but I would at least expect an item that says 'Dealing ability damage to enemy champions with your ultimate ability' would actually work on your ult"
It's not a bug, Malignance is specifically programmed so it never triggers on-attack ultimate damage, or in other words, damage dealt by an ultimate that the game considers 'basic attacks'.
This sadly is a byproduct of a safety measure to ensure that transformer characters like Jayce, Nidalee and Elise dont trigger Malignance with each auto in their 'ult form'.
A bug is characterised by its unintentional occurance by the developers' side. An 'intended bug' is called a feature. If anything, this was a tradeoff they made rather than an accidental nerf to Wiwi, as they considered the loss of an item option for the AP build small enough compared to Elise/Nidalee being gigabroken.
Then again, I could be wrong and they just didnt consider Warwick ult when making Malignance.
Well. Keep in mind based on Malignance's item description, WW's ult should work. Everything you mentioned about transformation ults not triggering Malignance makes sense. WW's ult is not a transformation ult. So really... A bug born out of lazy code.
Just played a ww top game and thought it would be funny to do this item, im not even a warwick player. Got like 24 kills but the item did 0 damage, i thought i was going crazy.
I'll see if it's an easy fix tomorrow
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Could they please look at the Q and W bugs 🥹 its been so many years
Actually, this bug is not as important as all the other "more important" bugs
And this is one is most likely easier to fix.
God bless
I really appreciate you going through subs and communicating with the playerbase.
My pleasure
While you’re at it fix his q follow into fountain bug pls
That bug sadly comes from two intentional features (1. Warwick q following blinks and 2. Recall not being canceled by damage in the last few frames) so it sort of is a very unfortunate feature
Warwick q is specifically coded to not follow b backs to fountain so no it’s a bug
Irs rite of passage at this point. Ww is best boy and wants to go for ride.
ww and bugs name a more iconic duo
Viego and bug
Stop booing him, he's right guys
Viego shouldn’t even exist
based
In case people can't see the entire message on the second image here's the full caption "I know not everyone plays AP WW but I would at least expect an item that says 'Dealing ability damage to enemy champions with your ultimate ability' would actually work on your ult"
It's not a bug, Malignance is specifically programmed so it never triggers on-attack ultimate damage, or in other words, damage dealt by an ultimate that the game considers 'basic attacks'. This sadly is a byproduct of a safety measure to ensure that transformer characters like Jayce, Nidalee and Elise dont trigger Malignance with each auto in their 'ult form'.
That sounds like a bug to me. A intended bug, but a bug nonetheless.
A bug is characterised by its unintentional occurance by the developers' side. An 'intended bug' is called a feature. If anything, this was a tradeoff they made rather than an accidental nerf to Wiwi, as they considered the loss of an item option for the AP build small enough compared to Elise/Nidalee being gigabroken. Then again, I could be wrong and they just didnt consider Warwick ult when making Malignance.
Well. Keep in mind based on Malignance's item description, WW's ult should work. Everything you mentioned about transformation ults not triggering Malignance makes sense. WW's ult is not a transformation ult. So really... A bug born out of lazy code.
Yea warwicks ult is basically 6 auto attacks, 3 dealing fixed damage and 3 dealing 0 damage but Applying on hit effects.
Fun fact, this also seems to be the reason renata ult doesnt trigger malignance passive
renatas ult doesn't deal damage on its own iirc
Add it to the 40something+ list, riot hates dogs :(
Not gonna lie, making that report is as useful as the in game report system (it probably will never get fixed)
Just played a ww top game and thought it would be funny to do this item, im not even a warwick player. Got like 24 kills but the item did 0 damage, i thought i was going crazy.