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Two new champions have been announced in LoL.

They have an ability that makes them be able to recall together.

What are the limits to this ability? Can the 'non-recaller' jump in at the last second and get some kind of instant recall?

Can somebody with the setup to get on PBE test it and tell us what are the limitations of this ability?

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  • Being on the PBE means it's not officially released yet. IMO this should be closed, since PBE numbers are subject to change and the Champion isn't even officially out yet
    – Oak
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 14:51
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    @Oak I think your reasoning is not valid - see this meta answer.
    – Timmy Jim ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 14:53
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    @Oak As long as it is publicly playable, it is testable. As long as something is testable, an objective (or at the very least, subjective with evidence) answer exists that users of Arqade can find. Therefore it is perfectly fine to ask questions about beta content.
    – Mage Xy
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 14:57
  • Also, knowing League of Legends, the timings might change, but they won't change the ability completely before release.
    – Fredy31 ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 14:58
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    @Oak It's not available to every single player, but it is still publicly available. "Public" means anyone who isn't an internal employee who might be limited by an NDA or similar.
    – Mage Xy
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:25

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I tested this on the PBE last night. Based on my tests, the only limiting factor in whether you can join the recall is your ping.

Contrary to what it may look like, simply walking up to the recalling player (referred to as the recaller) is not enough to join the recall. The recallee must also hit the Recall skill while in the small AoE indicator of the recaller. I assume this is to prevent accidental teleports from happening.

Because it takes some time for the recall command to travel from your own computer to the server, it might take a short while to join the recall. However, the recallee will join up as soon as the command is received. When I played yesterday, my ping was about 80, and I was able to join a recall with (approximately) half a second left before the warp happened.

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  • So as long as your recall has started while being in the circle, you will recall at the same time as the one who has initiated the recall? I would have guessed that it would reset the recall to a minimum duration before it actually recalls
    – Fredy31 ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:08
  • @Fredy31 If you join the recall at any point, the recallee's channel time is reduced to the remaining channel time of the recaller, so they will both back at the same time. As far as I can tell, there's no channel time reset for joining later.
    – Mage Xy
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:10
  • Welp, I have the feeling this will get nerfed soon.
    – Fredy31 ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:13
  • @Fredy31 I doubt it. It's a very niche benefit, and it only works when Xayah is paired with a Raken support (which will not be 100% of the time). Using this in an actual fight is dangerous because it risks both players getting killed instead of one person acting as a distraction while the other gets away.
    – Mage Xy
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:17
  • You have a point, In pro play with near perfect coordination it might be OP (if they can pick both of them, which I doubt) but with randos yeah, no chance thats gonna happen anyway.
    – Fredy31 ♦
    Commented Apr 5, 2017 at 15:25

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