League of Legends is a very dense game with an almost infinite number of champion-specific systems, many of which interact with one another in perplexing ways.
Today, the League community found a new mechanic in droves on the game’s official subreddit. Many players discovered that Kalista receives credit for minion kills anytime the champion she is linked to via The Black Spear last hits a minion.
The conversation began with a Reddit thread wondering why there are not more beneficial loading screen tips, and the original poster, a user named Bebeebap, provided some examples, which are listed below:
- “[ARAM] Relics heal more when your health is low.”
- “If you attack from behind bushes, they will light up everyone within.”
- “Kalista’s bound buddy delivers minion’s final blow to Kalista!”
That last one in particular sparked a serious reaction from the community, with many players in the comments of the thread having no idea it was a mechanic. The only mention of the interaction is vaguely described in the passive effect of Kalista’s Sentinel (W) ability, which clues players in on bonus damage dealt by both entities, as well as an execute effect that finishes targets off when they’re below 125 HP.
“She only gets the last hit if both she and her support auto for her W passive damage,” one League player named TchicVG explained in the Reddit thread. “Last-hitting by her bound target doesn’t go to her automatically unless her W passive is being procced.”
Kalista and her partner must both attack the same target for this mechanic to take effect, so it is not like you can tether yourself to a solo laner and get cross-map credit for CS kills while playing the champion. However, well-coordinated lane partners can definitely make the most out of this part of her kit, especially now that more players know it even exists. If it made its way into the loading screen tip rotation (along with other important gameplay tidbits), I’m
Personally, I am completely in support of the game’s loading screen tips being more gameplay-oriented rather than receiving a fun fact before a game. If I received a piece of game knowledge while loading onto the Rift, I would most likely test it out in the game.
I am not even kidding when I say that there is a loading screen tip that says “Jax’s favorite food is eggs.” How is that going to help me? Is that going to be of any service when Jax is pummeling my team’s top lane inhibitor turret 12 minutes in? Like, “Oh great, their Jax is 7/0/0, maybe he would love some sunny-side-ups r
Forget that, Riot Games. Give me something substantial.