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In-depth look at Crowd Control
In-depth look at Crowd Control
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Sources
- http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Crowd_control
- http://lol.gamepedia.com/Crowd_control
- http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/wiki/game-mechanics/crowd-control
but these sources are either outdated or incomplete, so I created an updated one.
What is Crowd Control (CC)?
Crowd control does not make an enemy untargetable. In the case of Airborne effects, the target is considered to be on the ground for the purposes of skill shots and area of effect damage.
Types of Crowd Control
Unit that is airborne is unable to control its movement, auto attacks, or cast abilities for the duration. The duration is also affected by tenacity and crowd control reduction and cannot be removed with cleansing effects.
Knockback: A knockback causes the target to be made airborne in a direction away from the point of cast. The duration depends on how fat the target travels, from the minimum of 0.75 seconds (example:
Rammus's Powerball) to a maximum of 1.50 seconds (example: Lulu's Wild Growth).Knockup: A knockup causes the target to be made airborne on the spot. The duration depends on how high the target is thrown into the air, from the minimum of 0.75 seconds (example:
Rammus's Powerball) to a maximum of 1.50 seconds (example: Lulu's Wild Growth).Pull/Fling: These effects cause the target to be made airborne in a direction towards the point of cast (examples:
Orianna's Command: Shockwave and Singed's Fling).Blind: A unit that is blinded will miss its auto-attacks for the duration.
Example:
Teemo's Blinding Dart.Entangle: A unit that is entangled is unable to control its movement or attack for the duration.
Example:
Amumu's Curse of the Sad Mummy.Forced Action: A unit that is under the effect of a forced action cannot control its own movement or attacks, and is unable to cast abilities.
Charm: A unit that is charmed will move toward the source for the duration.
Example:
Ahri's Charm.Fear: A unit that is feared will walk in random directions with reduced movement speed for the duration.
Example:
Fiddlesticks's Terrify.Flee: Targeted unit will move away from the attacker.
Example:
Hecarim's Onslaught of Shadows.Taunt: A unit that is taunted will attempt to attack the source of the taunt for the duration.
Example:
Shen's Shadow Dash.Polymorph: A unit that is pacified cannot attack or cast abilities and has reduced movement speed for the duration.
Unique ability to:
Lulu with Whimsy.Snare: A unit that is snared is unable to control its movement for the duration (occasionally referred to as a Root).
Example:
Morgana's Dark Binding.Silence: A unit that is silenced cannot cast abilities for the duration.
Example:
Blitzcrank's Static Field.Slow: A unit that is slowed has reduced movement speed for the duration.
Example: item;
Rylai's Crystal Scepter or champion Janna's Zephyr.Stun: A unit that is stunned is unable to control its movement, attack or cast abilities for the duration.
Example:
Sion's Cryptic Gaze.Suppression: A unit that is suppressed is unable to control its movement, attack, cast abilities or use spells (including
Cleanse). The duration is also unaffected by crowd control reduction.Example:
Malzahar's Nether Grasp.
Main Categories
In this first category, they're categorized depending on whether or not the effect removes total control of player's character.
| Hard CC | Soft CC |
| - Airborne | - Blind |
| - Forced Action | - Entangle |
| - Stun | - Polymorph |
| - Suppression | - Root |
| - Silence |
| - Slow |
In the second category, cc types are categorized depending on if they interrupt abilities that are being channeled, such as
Karthus's Requiem and Katarina's Death Lotus.| - Hard CC | - Soft CC |
| - Airborne | - Blind |
| - Forced Action | - Entangle |
| - Polymorph | - Root |
| - Silence | - Slow |
| - Stun |
| - Suppression |
Preventing Crowd Control
Master Yi's Highlander prevents all slows for its duration. Poppy's Diplomatic Immunity prevents all forms of CC for 6/7/8 seconds from everyone but her target. Morgana's Black Shield prevents all forms of CC for 5 seconds OR until the shield is broken. Olaf's Ragnarok removes and prevents all forms of CC for 6 seconds. Banshee's Veil creates a spell shield that can block one spell every 25 seconds. Sivir's Spell Shield creates a magical barrier for 3 seconds that can block the next enemy spell that hits her. Nocturne's Shroud of Darkness creates a magical barrier for 1.5 seconds that can block the next enemy spell that hits him. Hecarim becomes immune to CC during Onslaught of Shadows charge. Jarvan IV becomes immune to CC during Cataclysm's charge. Nocturne becomes immune to CC during Paranoia's charge. Malphite becomes immune to CC during Unstoppable Force's charge. Vi becomes immune to CC during Cease and Desist's charge.Crowd control effects can now be received during "unstoppable" movement ultimates (they previously discarded all crowd control effects), but those ultimates will still finish their movement regardless (crowd control effects can persist after the cast finishes)
Affected champions:
- Jarvan IV's Cataclysm
- Nocturne's Paranoia
- Vi's Assault and Battery
- Malphite's Unstoppable Force
- Hecarim's Onslaught of Shadows
Removing Crowd Control
Champion abilities that remove CC
Alistar - Unbreakable Will removes all forms of CC. Gangplank - Remove Scurvy removes all forms of CC. Olaf - Ragnarok removes and prevents all forms of CC. Master Yi - Highlander removes and prevents all slows. Evelynn - Dark Frenzy removes all slows. Garen - Decisive Strike removes all slows. Lucian - Relentless Pursuit removes all slows.Items and Summoner spells that remove CC
Cleanse - Removes all CC except suppression. Mikael's Blessing - Unique Active: Removes all stuns, roots, fears, silences and slows on an allied champion and heals them for 150 + 10% of their missing health. (180 second cooldown). Mercurial Scimitar - Unique Active - Quicksilver: Removes all debuffs from your champion. (90 second cooldown). Quicksilver Sash - Unique Active - Quicksilver: Removes all debuffs from your champion. (90 second cooldown).
Reducing Crowd Control
Items
Mercury's Treads: Unique Passive - Tenacity: The duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes are reduced by 35%. Spirit of the Ancient Golem: Unique Passive - Tenacity: The duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes are reduced by 35%. Zephyr: Unique Passive - Tenacity: The duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds and immobilizes are reduced by 35%.Abilities
Dr. Mundo's Heart Zapper reduces crowd control by 10/15/20/25/30% while active. Garen's Courage reduces crowd control by 30% for 2/3/4/5/6 seconds. Irelia's Ionian Fervor reduces crowd control by 10/25/40% for 1/2/3 nearby enemy champion(s).Masteries and Summoner Spells
Cleanse reduces crowd control by 65% for 3 seconds. Legendary Guardian
reduces the duration of crowd control effects by 15%.Slow Potency Reduction
These effects reduce the potency of crowd control. Similar effects stack multiplicatively with each other. They do not reduce the duration of the effect.
Boots of Swiftness Unique Passive - Slow resist: Movement slowing effects are reduced by 25%. Swiftness
: Reduces the effectiveness of slows by 10%. Sejuani's Frost Armor: Reduces movement-slowing effects on Sejuani by 10/15/20/25% for 2 seconds.
Self-CC
Self-Knockback: A champion that knockbacks itself and is temporarily unable to attack and issue movement commands. The target may still cast spells.
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Caitlyn: 90 Caliber Net-
Ziggs: Satchel ChargeSelf-Root: A champion that roots itself is unable to control its movement and will ignore movement commands (included forced actions, such as fear). A champion that is rooted can still be moved by airborne effects, but it will not break the root.
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Xerath: locus of powerSelf-Slow: A champion that slows itself has reduced movement speed. Most of the current examples are connected to a channelled ability, and the slow will end when the abilities have finished casting.
Note! These self-slows can be reduced by Slow potency reduction introduced on chapter 7.
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Garen: Judgment-
Varus: Piercing Arrow-
Vi: Vault BreakerSelf-Silence: A champion that silences itself is unable to cast abilities. They may still attack and use summoner spells.
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Rumble: Junkyard TitanSelf-Stun: The following champions have channeled abilities that the summoner cannot interrupt (contrary to most channels which will be interrupted if you attempt to move, attack or use another ability). This is comparable to a stun.
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Malzahar: Nether Grasp (for the first 0.5 seconds of the duration)-
Urgot: Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser-
Warwick: Infinite Duress
Unique CC-related trivia
Sona's Crescendo causes the target to dance.- The highest continuous form of crowd control reduction can be achieved by
Irelia's Ionian Fervor with 3 nearby foes, Tenacity (item passive), and
Legendary Guardian
for 66.85%.-
Tryndamere is the only champion in the game that can activate an ability while disabled that doesn't remove the disable.
List of CC abilities
Knockbacks
Alistar's - Headbutt Draven's - Stand Aside Gragas's - Explosive Cask Janna's - Monsoon Lee Sin's - Dragon's Rage Lulu's - Wild Growth Maokai's - arcane smash Poppy's - Heroic Charge Rammus's - Powerball Riven's - Broken Wings 3rd part of the spell only Shyvana's - Dragon's Descent Syndra's - Scatter the Weak Thresh's - Flay Tristana's - Buster Shot Vayne's - Condemn Vi's - Vault Breaker Xin Zhao's - Crescent Sweep only targets that aren't challenged by his passive Zac's - Elastic Slingshot and let's bounce Ziggs's - Satchel ChargeKnockups
Aatrox's - Dark Flight Alistar's - Pulverize Blitzcrank's - Power Fist Cho'Gath's - Rupture Janna's - Howling Gale Jarvan IV's - Dragon Strike only when cast on Demacian Standard Lulu's - Wild Growth Malphite's - Unstoppable Force Nami's - Tidal Wave Nautilus's - Depth Charge Rammus's - Powerball Sejuani's - Arctic Assault Vi's - Cease and Desist Wukong's - Cyclone Xin Zhao's - Three Talon Strike 3rd part of the spell only Zac's - let's bouncePull/Fling
Blitzcrank's - Rocket Grab Darius's - Apprehend Diana's - Moonfall Nautilus's - Dredge Line Orianna's - Command: Shockwave Singed's - Fling Volibear's - Thundering SmashBlind
Graves's - Smoke Screen Vision blind only Nocturne's - Paranoia Vision blind only Quinn's - Blinding Assault Teemo's - Blinding DartFear
Fiddlesticks's - Terrify Shaco's - Jack In The Box Volibear's - Sky Splitter only works on minions and monstersTaunt
Galio's - Idol of Durand Rammus's - puncturing taunt Shen's - Shadow DashSnare
Roots and Snares are the same thing, Root and Snare have no mechanical difference in-game.Also, Binds/Bindings count as snares as they have no mechanical difference in-game.
Jinx's - Flame Chompers! Karma's - Focused Resolve Leona's - Zenith Blade Lissandra's - Ring of Frost Lux's - Light Binding Maokai's - Twisted Advance Morgana's - Dark Binding Nautilus's - Staggering Blow Rengar's - Bola Strike only if cast with full ferocity Ryze's - Rune Prison Swain's - Nevermove Varus's - Chain of Corruption Zyra's - Grasping RootsSilence
Blitzcrank's - Static Field Cho'Gath's - Feral Scream Fiddlesticks's - Reap Garen's - Decisive Strike Kassadin's - Null Sphere LeBlanc's - sigil of silence combined with any of her other abilities Malzahar's - Call of the Void Talon's - cutthroatSlows
From Champion Abilites
Aatrox's - Blades of Torment Akali's - Twilight Shroud Anivia's - Flash Frost and Glacial Storm Ashe's - Frost Shot and Volley and Enchanted Crystal Arrow Cassiopeia's - Miasma and Petrifying Gaze only when facing away from Cassiopeia Cho'Gath's - Rupture after landing from knockup Diana's - Moonfall Dr. Mundo's - Infected Bonesaw Draven's - Stand Aside Fizz's - Chum the Waters Galio's - Resolute Smite Gangplank's - Grog Soaked Blade Gragas's - Body Slam Irelia's - Equilibrium Strike only when her target has lower life % left than Irelia herself Janna's - Zephyr Jarvan IV's - Golden Aegis Jayce's - To The Skies! Jinx's - Zap! Karma's - Inner Flame only with mantra enhancement Karthus's - Wall of Pain Kassadin's - Force Pulse Kayle's - Reckoning Kha'Zix's - Unseen Threat Kog'Maw's - Void Ooze Lee Sin's - Cripple Leona's - Solar Flare Lissandra's - Frozen Tomb and Ice Shard Lulu's - Glitterlance Lux's - Lucent Singularity Malphite's - Seismic Shard Miss Fortune's - Make it Rain Morgana's - Soul Shackles Nami's - Tidal Wave Nasus's - Wither Nautilus's - Riptide Nunu & Willump's - Ice Blast and Absolute Zero Olaf's - Undertow Quinn's - Vault Rumble's - Electro-Harpoon and The Equalizer Sejuani's - Permafrost and Glacial Prison Shaco's - Two-Shiv Poison Sona's - Song of Celerity with Power Chord - Tempo Thresh's - The Box Tristana's - Rocket Jump Trundle's - Pillar of Ice Tryndamere's - Mocking Shout only slows enemies with their backs turned on him Twisted Fate's - Pick A Card only red card Twitch's - Venom Cask Varus's - Hail of Arrows Viktor's - Gravity Field Vladimir's - Sanguine Pool Volibear's - Sky Splitter Xin Zhao's - Audacious Charge Yorick's - Omen of Pestilence Zac's - Stretching Strikes Zed's - Shadow Slash only from Living Shadow Zilean's Time Warp when cast on enemy championFrom items
Rylai's Crystal Scepter Frozen Mallet Iceborn Gauntlet Twin Shadows Randuin's Omen Blade of the Ruined KingSuppression
Malzahar's - Nether Grasp Warwick's - Infinite DuressStuns
Amumu's - Bandage Toss Anivia's - Flash Frost Annie's - Pyromania Brand's - Sear only when the target is already in a blaze Cassiopeia's - Petrifying Gaze Elise's - Cocoon Heimerdinger's - cH-1 electron storm grenade Irelia's - Equilibrium Strike only if the target has higher health % than Irelia herself Jax's - Counter Strike Kennen's - Mark of the Storm Leona's - Shield of Daybreak and Solar Flare Lissandra's - Frozen Tomb Nami's - Aqua Prison Pantheon's - Aegis of Zeonia Poppy's - Heroic Charge only when the target hits a terrain Renekton's - Ruthless Predator Riven's - Ki Burst Sejuani's - Glacial Prison Sion's - Cryptic Gaze Sona's - Crescendo Syndra's - Scatter the Weak in combination with Dark Sphere Taric's - Dazzle Twisted Fate's - Pick A Card golden card only Udyr's - Blazing Stampede Vayne's - Condemn only when the target hits a terrain Viktor's - Gravity Field only after being inside it for long enough Xerath's - mage chains in combination with one of his other abilitiesUnique to champion CCs
Polymorf
- Lulu's - Whimsy only when cast on enemy championFlee
- Hecarim's - Onslaught of ShadowsCharm
- Ahri's - CharmEntangle
- Amumu's - Curse of the Sad MummySuppression
- Urgot's - Hyper-Kinetic Position ReverserSuppression
- Skarner's - Impale
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