Crystal Scar map to be deleted 22.2.2016. This guide will not be continued and applied to other maps. Thanks to all the people who used it to play customs with me. I hope you found it useful

I am Dunk after Duncan the Tall from the Song of ice and fire. I play league on both european servers. My most played game modes are hide and seek and aram. I don’t play much ranked but I have 3 accounts in platinum.

This guide is continuation to my previous set of rules I wrote on the old EUW league board. Click here to view the old thread.

The sole purpose of this guide (as its predecessors) is to become the most comprehensive and logically consistent set of rules available for hide and seek game mode played in League of Legends.

In contrast to majority of competing rules put together by others players this one will attempting to cover all the necessary details a player needs internalize in order to make the most out of the game mode while also explaining the logic behind each section of rules.

The general trend, as far as community-made rules are concerned, has been that many rules have been taken for granted even if intrinsically they aren’t at all in line with the main idea behind hide and seek.

It’s still a work in progress though.

• hide and seek is a custom game mode played in Crystal Scar
• draft pick is used in champion select more often than not
• In game there are 7 players in total: 5 hiders and 2 seekers
• capturing objectives other than the Storm shield in the middle of the map is forbidden for both teams
• 2 seekers have 40 minutes to take down the hiders who have 5 lives each
• in contrast, hiders aim to survive the 40 minutes
• game ends when either all the hiders run out of lives or 40 minutes is reached
• both seekers and hiders have their own sets of rules; detailed separately further below

Previously I had Kassadin, Master Yi, Rengar, Teemo and Kassadin listed as only prebans mainly (because those 5 had been considered preban-worthy since the game mode was conceived and people were therefore used to them(. In this ruleset, however, I will make separate prebans for hiders and seekers as seen below.

My reason for changing the prebans are the buffs and nerfs towards certain champions as well as (hopefully) increased diversity in picks afterwards.

I might also consider adding Twisted Fate as a seeker ban but then I’d be forced to include more stealth champions under the hider bans so TF remains open for now.

Prebanned for hiders:

Teemo's passive makes him nearly impossible to locate before Oracle's Extract and similar items are allowed at the 15-minute mark. The harass from his mushrooms turns seekers game into a hell.

Her passive. That's all.

Prebanned for seekers:

Extremely difficult to outrun. Master Yi's ultimate allows him to ignore all the soft crowd control while providing him a movement speed boost. Add his Q, the true damage from his E and a Youmuu's Ghostblade and your team is lucky to survive the 20-minute mark.

Banned from seekers due to his ultimate. The vision it gives added to his assassin kit nets Rengar a kill nearly every time it's off cool-down

Her passive allows her to ambush hiders who are located outside the outer circle. Rylai's make also make her Q spam too overpowered.

Note: Owner of the game decides the prebans always. You can’t force prebans on someone because this or that guide tells you they’re different.

As mentioned above under the general rules -section, Hide and seek is usually played in draft mode. Both hiders and seekers therefore have 3 bans each. I will try to cover a few of the better hiders and seekers here respectively.

There will be more than three so as a first pick you can decide which champions you despise the most as you're banning. You can also choose a decent pick for yourself from below.

Shaco Description soon TEXT HERE

Kha'Zix Description soon TEXT HERE

Wukong Description soon TEXT HERE

Twitch Description soon TEXT HERE

Udyr Description soon TEXT HERE

Morgana Description soon TEXT HERE

Janna Description soon TEXT HERE

Leblanc Description soon TEXT HERE

Rek'Sai Description soon TEXT HERE

Zilean Description soon TEXT HERE

Bard Description soon TEXT HERE

Rengar Description soon TEXT HERE

Warwick Description soon TEXT HERE

Rammus Description soon TEXT HERE

Lee Sin Description soon TEXT HERE

Twisted Fate Description soon TEXT HERE

Nidalee Description soon TEXT HERE

Teemo Description soon TEXT HERE

Udyr Description soon TEXT HERE

Rek'Sai Description soon TEXT HERE

Nocturne Description soon TEXT HERE

Nunu Description soon TEXT HERE

Akali Description soon TEXT HERE

Quinn Description soon TEXT HERE

• banned items for hiders: Frost Queen's Claim, Thornmail, Sunfire Aegis, Guardian Angel, Iceborn Gauntlet, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Frozen Mallet
• offensive items are also forbidden (majority of crowd control abilities scale of ability power)
• Items that provide defense, crowd control or movement speed are allowed with a couple of exceptions•
• for instance, Lich Bane is banned due to being too offensive even if it provides movement speed
• same thing applies to Luden's Tempest and Wooglet's Witchcap (banned items) as its passive turns it into the Rabadon's Deathcap of Crystal Scar; acquiring the item for the active isn't justified
• buying consumables is allowed
• •recommended items: Talisman of ascension, Dead Man's Plate, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Mercurial Scimitar, Boots of Swiftness, Randuin's Omen, Ardent Censer•
• hiders have no restriction as to when or how many activated items they can buy (hiders can still only purchase items when they're dead)

Hider build examples:

Standard

Nitro button

talisman of ascension

Against double AD

Against double AP

• seekers are allowed to have 1 Oracle's Extract running concurrently after 10th minute
• after 25th minute a second oracle is permitted
• •alternatively seekers can buy a trap detection item (only 1 oracle or vision item is allowed to be used concurrently)•
• both seekers can have oracles on at the same time only after 25th or they get a 3-minute time reduction
• •seekers team is allowed to buy 1 slowing item before 25th minute and a second after it in total
• •examples of allowed slowing items: Frozen Mallet, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Iceborn Gauntlet, Blade of the Ruined King, Hextech Gunblade, Randuin's Omen
• Frost Queen's Claim is banned for everyone•
• recommended items for an AP seeker: Lich Bane, Luden's Tempest, Void Staff, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, Wooglet's Witchcap
• recommended items for an AD seeker: Trinity Force, Statikk Shiv, Last Whisper, Rapid Firecannon, Blade of the Ruined King, Youmuu's Ghostblade

Seeker build examples

AD DPS Seeker

AD assassin

AP caster

• each hider has 5 lives
• allowed summoner spells are Heal, Ghost, Exhaust, Cleanse and Flash
• hiders can leave the base when the game starts at 1.20 but waiting until 2.00 in order to purchase more expensive boot enhancement is allowed
• in case a hider hasn't left the base before 2.30 he'll be reduced 1 life and if he/she stays there for longer other players can decide about additional life reductions•
• once hider has left the fountain he can’t recall or walk to base
• hiders may hide anywhere on the map except under their own fountains laser range
• knocking seekers into hiders fountain deliberately is forbidden and leads to 1 life reduction (e.g Alistar's Headbutt
• 1 helper per 1 seeker is allowed (e.g 1 hider helping other hider if there’s only 1 seeker chasing); •this enables 3 versus 2 situation if 2 seekers are chasing yet once the helpers have succeeded at helping the targeted hider they must part ways: group running is forbidden.
  
  Example
  
  
  Spoiler: Click to view

  
  
  In the picture above Shacos represent hiders and Lee Sins seekers.
  
  The picture is an example to illustrate how many helpers are allowed when 1 seeker is chasing one hider. You can see Lee Sin edging towards a Shaco who's running downwards. Another hider has come from the left to help the escaping Shaco so the hider on the right can't participate in helping.
  
  Should the second seeker be there chasing instead of AFKing, the hider on the right would be allowed to help the escaping Shaco. However, any additional helpers would not be allowed concurrently.
  
  
  
• •no more than 2 hiders are allowed to stay in 1 hide simultaneously
• first offense of aforementioned rules concerning grouping leads to a warning for the first player to exceed to limit of allowed helpers/players in 1 hide.
• however, if the warned player(s) keeps breaking the rule they will get reduced 1 life towards each offense
• hider is allowed to buy items when he’s dead and should leave the base immediately after spawning•
• once a hider respawns, he has 30 seconds of immunity to hide starting from the moment he spawns (this is called grace time)
• hider is obliged to write the time his/her grace ends in All-chat or he has no grace time (e.g you spawn at 14.50; write “”/all grace 15.20””)
• if seekers damage or follow a hider during his/her grace the hider in entitled to recall and call his grace time anew
• grace time ends if a hider is active in any other way than actual hiding (for example: taking the buff in middle, using activated items, blocking seeker skill shots, using CC abilities)
• seekers can’t deliberately follow hiders during grace time•
• once seekers decide to recall hiders may never interrupt it
• once seekers health goes below 300 hiders must give seekers a chance to start the recall (generally 3 seconds to start it)
• however, if the seekers carry on seeking under 300 health hiders can keep using crowd control spells on them without repercussions unless the seeker starts his/her recall (recall can never be interrupted)

• •abilities that contain immediate crowd control are allowed
• auto attacking is forbidden unless it inflicts immediate hard crowd control (stun, snare; Udyrs bear stance, Nautilus root)
• •despite not providing hard crowd control some once per -type of auto-attacks that contain other type of crowd control are allowed (for instance, Garen's Decisive Strike is allowed for silence and Darius' Crippling Strike is allowed for slow)
• •forms of crowd control: knock-up/back, entangle, blind, charm fear, flee, taunt, polymorph, root, silence, slow, stun, suppression
• note: combined crowd control is not allowed (e.g Yasuo's Steel Tempest, Brand's stun, Braum 's Concussive Blows, Kennen's Q, W or auto to proc passive)
• note: vision isn’t a form of crowd control: spells that provide vision only are forbidden (for example: Ashe's Hawkshot, Quinn's Heightened Senses, Nidalee human form W)•
• healing spells are allowed but not at the expense of seekers health (e.g Soraka's Astral Infusion is allowed but Warwick's Hungering Strike isn’t)
• high DPS/low cooldown spells that contain soft crowd control/escape are not allowed (for example: Ashe's Frost Shot autoattack, Gangplank's passive slow, Cassiopeia's Noxious Blast, Sivir's passive, Katarina's Sinister Steel)•
• this is to prevent hiders from harassing seekers too much which would be against the main idea behind Hide and Seek

• once a hider runs out of 5 lives he is to have 0 impact on the on-going game
• •he has to stay in base and even if seekers come to ability range hiders aren’t allowed to influence them
• •vision spells such Twisted Fate's Destiny are also forbidden once the named champion is out
  moving outside the base to the outer ring is allowed only if seekers give hiders permission to do so
• hiders who are out are never allowed to enter the fog of war (staying in the middle next to the storm shield is forbidden at all times)
• trying to get to seekers base (bug) for fun is allowed only with seekers permission

• seekers may start hunting down hiders (leave their base) at 2.00
• all summoners spells are allowed for seekers (only 1 Clairvoyance is permitted)
• working together to catch a single hider is recommended•
• seekers can buy, recall or walk to base whenever they feel like
• once the seekers health goes below 300 he is obliged to start a recall
• if the seeker continues to seek below 300 health he risks dying to hiders crowd control
  (if a seeker dies because he didn’t recall under 300 hp it’s his own fault)
• •once the seeker starts recalling he can’t cancel it himself (no fake-recalling)•
• if seeker fake-recalls and proceeds to kill a hider thanks to it the kills doesn’t count
• •when hiders have their 30-second grace immunity seekers are not allowed to attack or follow them deliberately
• •seekers are allowed to use all abilities

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Aatrox:
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•Q and E allowed

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Ahri:
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••E and R allowed •R should be used only to escape Q is allowed after patch 5.2 but is not allowed to be targeted on seekers deliberately

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Akali:
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•W and R allowed •R should be used only to escape

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Alistar:
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all abilities allowed

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Amumu:
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••Q and R allowed ••leveling E allowed but using the active is forbidden

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Anivia:
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Q, W and R allowed

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Annie:
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•••only the ability that has the stun is allowed to be used on seekers •getting stun stacks on seekers is forbidden E is forbidden altogether

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Ashe:
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•••W and R allowed ••autoattacking is forbidden

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Azir:
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••••Q, E and R allowed without conditions •autoattacking with soldiers is forbidden (results in a warning and if repeated in 1 life reduction) •placing soldiers on seekers is forbidden

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Bard:
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•••all abilities allowed ••auto-attacking is allowed only with his Meeps -passive

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Blitzcrank:
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•••••all abilities allowed ••be careful with bursting enemies down from above 300 health ••if a seeker bursted from above 300 hp to death the hider dealing the killing blow gets reduces 1 life

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Brand:
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•••no abilities allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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•Braum:
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•••••all abilities allowed •••autoattacking to get passive stun procs isn’t allowed

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Caitlyn:
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••••••W and E allowed

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Cassiopeia:
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•W and R allowed •using Q is not allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Cho’'Gath:
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••••••Q, W allowed

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Corki:
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••••••W allowed as an escape

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Darius:
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•E allowed •••W is allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Diana:
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••••••W, E and R allowed •••using Q is forbidden altogether

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Dr. Mundo:
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••••••Q, W and R allowed •using W to harass seekers by standing on them even if they aren’t trying to catch you is forbidden

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Draven:
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••••••W and E allowed

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Ekko
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••••••proccing passive with auto-attacks is forbidden ••all abilities allowed using E to harass is forbidden - it can only be used to escape

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Elise:
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••••••spiderform: E allowed •human form: E allowed

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Evelynn:
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•••••••preban for hiders •W and R allowed (added abilities for people who get her in all random)

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Ezreal:
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••••••E allowed as an escape ••be careful with bursting enemies down from above 300 health •E shouldn’t be used to harass

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Fiddlesticks:
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••••••Q, E and R allowed ••W not allowed to heal (see above Abilities for hiders) ••using R is allowed only to escape (not to harassment)

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Fiora:
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•••••all abilities allowed with a couple of tweaks •using Q or R to harass the seeker is forbidden (use them as an escape) •••auto-attacks to get movement speed stacks from E are forbidden

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Fizz:
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••••••Q, E and R allowed with tweaks Q and E should be used only to escape leveling W is forbidden

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Galio:
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••••••all abilities allowed

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Gangplank:
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••••••W and R allowed without conditions ••auto-attacking o to proc the passive movement speed forbidden (see above Abilities for hiders) using Q is allowed only if its used instantly after powder keg to slow the seekers - using Q on seekers deliberately leads to 1 life reduction ••••••using E for vision is forbidden (see above Abilities for hiders) ••••••E is allowed only if it's destroyed instantly either to gain movement speed or to slow the seekers

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Garen:
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••••••Q and W allowed

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Gnar:
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••••••Mega Gnar: all ablities allowed ••Mini Gnar: all abilities allowed with tweaks (auto-attacking to get W procs is forbidden)

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Gragas:
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•all abilities allowed ••auto-attack after W is forbidden •••be careful not to burst seekers down from above 300 (you get reduced 1 life if you do)

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Graves:
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••••••W and E allowed

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Hecarim:
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•E and R allowed ••W is not allowed to heal (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Heimerdinger:
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••••••only E allowed ••placing down turrets for vision is forbidden •••only E is allowed to be used with R (I know upgraded Q would slow but as it is high DPS it is forbidden)

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Irelia:
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••••••Q and E allowed •Q allowed only as an escape ••••R not allowed to heal (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Janna:
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••••••all abilities allowed

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Jarvan:
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•••••all abilities allowed with a couple of tweaks •Q and E are allowed only if used together using Q and E separetely leads to a warning (if repeated Jarvan gets reduced 1 life)

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Jax:
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•Q, E and R allowed ••Q allowed only as an escape

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Jayce:
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•••••hammer stance: Q and E allowed •cannon stance: E allowed ••••R allowed

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Jinx:
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W and E allowed

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Kalista:
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••••••only R allowed

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Karma:
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••••••all abilities allowed ••empowered W not allowed

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Karthus:
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•W allowed

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Kassadin:
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•E and R allowed ••R is not allowed to be used on seekers on purpose

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Katarina:
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••••••E allowed •using W to get movement speed is not allowed

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Kayle:
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•Q, W and R allowed

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Kennen:
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••••••E and R allowed •Q, W and auto-attack to proc passive stun is forbidden (see above Abilities for hiders) •••••E should not be used on seekers

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Kha'Zix:
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••••••W, E and R allowed ••auto-attacking to proc passive slow is forbidden (see above for Abilities for hiders)

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Kindred:
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••••••Q allowed as an escape - not to help or poke ••W not allowed at all ••E slowing active allowed ••R allowed

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Kog’'Maw:
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••••••E allowed ••don't try this

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Leblanc:
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•W, E and both of them mimicked are allowed ••using Q at all is forbidden

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Lee Sin:
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••••••all abilities allowed with tweaks ••Q only allowed as an escape (not to harass as dealing pure damage isn’t an allowed form of helping) •••••if you use first part of Q you should always use the second part(otherwise it's considered harassing and not escaping)

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Leona:
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•all abilities allowed

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Lissandra:
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••••••all abilities allowed

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Lucian:
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•E allowed ••W is banned altogether (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Lulu:
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••••••all abilities allowed with minor tweaks •E not allowed on seekers

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Lux:
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••••••Q, W and E allowed •detonating E on seekers before it explodes naturally is forbidden as it provides no additional crowd control when it explodes

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Malphite:
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•••••Q, W and R allowed

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Malzahar:
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••••••Q and R allowed

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Maokai:
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••••••Q, W and E allowed •since the 4.11 changes Maokai's saplings get the same treatment as Shaco's boxes: •stacking saplings in order to do more damage is forbidden since the slow doesn't stack •sapling stacking: putting down 2 saplings or more within range of each other so closely that they can attack 1 target simultaneously

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Master Yi:
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••••••Q, W and R allowed with tweaks ••Q allowed only to dodge spells or autoattacks ••••using Q to harass leads to a warning and if continued to a 1 life reduction

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Miss Fortune:
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•E allowed •W allowed to strut instantly

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Mordekaiser:
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••••••W allowed ••using abilities to proc passive shield is forbidden

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Morgana:
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••••••Q, E and R allowed ••be careful not to burst from above 300 health

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Nami:
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••••••all abilities allowed •W should not be used on enemy intentionally

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Nasus:
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••••••W and R allowed ••R shouldn’t be used to stand on and harass seekers if they aren’t actually chasing Nasus

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Nautilus:
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•all abilities allowed ••using 1 auto-attack to proc passive root is allowed (however, if Nautilus keeps auto-attacking for more he gets a warning and a 1 life reduction if he still does it)

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Nidalee:
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••••••cat form: W allowed as an escape (not to jump on seekers ••human form: only E is allowed •••••Nidalee’s human form W is forbidden •••••despite her new passive she still can't use Q or W to gain movement speed in human form

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Nocturne:
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•••••all abilities allowed with tweaks ••R should be only used as an escape ••••Q can not be used on seekers - results in a warning and if repeated in a 1 life reduction

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Nunu:
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••••••all abilities allowed ••be careful not to burst seekers down from above 300 (doing so leads to a reduction of 1 life)

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Olaf:
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••••••Q and R allowed

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Orianna:
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••••••all abilities allowed with tweaks ••Q not allowed to be used on seekers on purpose (it can be used to position the ball for her W or R but using it only to harass without crowd control is forbidden)

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Pantheon:
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••••••W and R allowed

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Poppy:
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••••••W, E and R allowed

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Quinn:
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••••••Q, E and R allowed ••E should only be used as an escape ••••the second activation of R is forbidden to use on seekers deliberately

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Rammus:
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•Q and E allowed

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Rek'Sai:
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••••••Q not allowed in either form ••both forms of W allowed •••••burrowed version of E allowed, unburrowed version banned [*•]R is allowed knocking up allowed

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Renekton:
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••••••W, E and R allowed •E and R should not be used to harass ••••do not stand on the seekers with your ult if they are not chasing you (or use E on them)

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Rengar:
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•••••pre•ban for seekers ••using the passive jump around bushes is forbidden at all times (if repeated, results into a 1 life reduction) ••W, E and R allowed with tweaks W is not allowed to be used on seekers (using it on seekers results in a warning and if continued in a 1 life reduction)

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Riven:
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•W and are allowed without any conditions ••Q is allowed on condition that only the third windslash that contains the knock-up is used on seekers

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Rumble:
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•W, E and R allowed ••be careful not to burst seekers down from above 300 health

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Ryze:
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••••••W and R allowed

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Sejuani:
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Q, E and R allowed ••auto-attacking and using W to proc either passive or E slow is forbidden

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Shaco:
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••••••all abilities allowed ••box stacking is forbidden •••••box stacking: putting down 2 boxes or more within range of each other so closely that they can attack 1 target simultaneously

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Shen:
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•W, E and R allowed ••Shen can't use his R on hiders who are already out •••••be careful not to exceed the 1 helper per 1 seeker rule when you decide to help with your ultimate

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Shyvana:
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•••••W and R allowed •don't harass enemy by staying on them on purpose

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Singed:
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•••••W, E and R allowed

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Sion:
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•Q, E and R allowed without conditions •W shield allowed to block damage (using the shield explosion to harass seekers on purpose is forbidden)

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Sivir:
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••••••E and R allowed ••getting passive procs in any way is forbidden

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Skarner:
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•W, E and R allowed ••using Q on seekers forbidden ••auto-attacking once to apply a stun after Skarner has marked the seeker with Ixtal's Impact is allowed within a 5-second window

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Sona:
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••••••W, E and R allowed

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Soraka:
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••••••all abilities allowed

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Swain:
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••••••Q and W allowed ••using R is forbidden to heal (see above Abilties for hiders)

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Syndra:
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••••••W and E are allowed without conditions ••Q ball can be casted but not on the seekers (doing this leads to a warning and if repeated to a loss of 1 life) ••••R allowed

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Tahm Kench:
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all abilities allowed •passive not allowed to acquire Acquired taste effects

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Talon:
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••••••W, E and R allowed

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Taric:
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•Q and E allowed

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Teemo:
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••••••banned for and hiders ••Q and R allowed (added abilities for people who get him in all random)

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Thresh:
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••••••all abilities allowed

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Tristana:
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••••••W and R allowed

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Trundle:
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••••••Q, W and E allowed •using R is not allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Tryndamere:
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••••••all abilities allowed ••E should only be used as an escape

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Twisted Fate:
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••••••gold card and red card allowed when using W ••R is allowed if Twisted Fate uses it to escape

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Twitch:
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•••••Q and E allowed

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Udyr:
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••••••W and E are allowed (turtle and bear stances) •you get enough procs to your passive from those 2 alone •••••auto-attacking once in order to inflict stun on a seeker is allowed

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Urgot:
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•W and R are allowed ••using Q even with W on is forbidden

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Varus:
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••••••E and R allowed

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Vayne:
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••••••Q, E and R allowed

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Veigar:
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••••••E allowed

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Vel'koz:
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VeI'’Koz

•Q, E and R allowed

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Vi:
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••••••Q and R allowed

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Viktor:
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•W allowed •using R is forbidden due to high DPS even if it silences briefly

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Vladimir:
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••••••W allowed ••using Q is forbidden at any point (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Volibear:
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••••••Q and E are allowed

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Warwick:
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••••••R is allowed (be careful not to burst as Warwick can’t cancel it himself)goto] ••Q is forbidden to use even for healing (see above Abilities for hiders) •••••leveling E is not allowed

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Wukong:
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•W, E and R allowed ••E should be used to escape •••••R should be used for the knock up; Wukong is not allowed to stand on seekers intentionally when his ultimate is on

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Xerath:
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•W and E allowed

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Xin Zhao:
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•E and R allowed •Q and W not allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Yasuo:
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••W and E allowed ••Q or R are not allowed (see above Abilities for hiders)

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Yorick:
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••••••W allowed

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Zac:
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•••••Q, E and R allowed

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Zed:
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•••••W, E and R allowed ••R should be used only as an escape

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Ziggs:
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•••••W and E allowed

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Zilean:
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••••••W, E and R allowed

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Zyra:
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••••••E and R allowed without conditions

Frequently Asked

Answers

Q: Why can't I buy Frost Queen's Claim? Everyone else permits it!

// Frost Queen's Claim is banned for everyone because using the active goes against the nature of Hide and Seek. The main objective for hiders is to hide and seekers to seek. The active ruins that and turns the game into tag. Late game there's usually only one or two hiders left. If the seekers buy the item hiders will be revealed (provided that the hiders who are out follow the rules and stay in base). As there is little to none counterplay against the active, Frost Queen's Claim is banned. Some would say Twisted Fate ultimate is just like the Frost Queen's Claim's active but that one you can at least remove by using Quicksilver Sash.

Q: I notice you permit the purchase of Dead Man's Plate nowadays? I thought you banned it because it lets hiders get away with building a tank while still being fast? Keep your word you inconsistent dog.

// I personally dislike the item because of the reasons you mentioned. However, Zephyr was removed in patch 5.22 and therefore hiders can no longer stack zephyrs for the optimal hiding build. Therefore I had to permit either the purchase of items like Luden's Tempest and Lich Bane to fill the void Riot created by removing Zephyr or allow the purchase of Dead Man's Plate. In my opinion tanky hiders are more appropriate than one-shotting AP hiders. So in a nutshell I tried to choose the lesser evil.