- See also: Pets, Mounts and Named weapons.
A champion summoned unit, often referred to as a "pet", is a game character, similar to a minion, monster or champion, that is spawned into the game by a Champion.
Targetable
Decoys
The following units are classified as "decoys" and are considered champions in almost all respects (such as tower priority, valid targets, etc.), except that their damage is still credited to their owner (and so will attract tower aggro as with any champion damage).
The damage dealt by a decoy's basic attacks is not considered to be ability damage and so will not trigger spell effects (e.g. spell vamp and ). Their attacks will, however, trigger the pet condition of and the healing from . Some clones are able to heal themselves with life steal if they have any. Spoils of War will be triggered by clones' attacks.
Additional damage dealt by decoys, e.g.
's on-kill detonation, is considered to be an ability and is classified as ability damage.- Controllable
- The player can control the following champions' movement. This can be done either by [Alt] + [Right Click] or via the button used to summon them (such as [R]).
- Does not actually deal damage, but applies on hit effects such as .
- Explodes on death, damaging nearby enemies.
- Applies any cloned on-hit effects.
- Static
- Deals area of effect damage on timing out.
Revenants
The following champion clones may be a separate classification or may just have a number of consistent special-cases but are otherwise decoys.
- They have the same turret priority as a champion and will be prioritized last, although their damage is still credited to their owner and aggro will transfer to the owner.
- They are classified as minions for targeting purposes - they cannot be targeted nor will they intercept .
- Conversely to the above, they are classified as champions for damage application purposes - i.e. PENDING FOR TEST: need 3 stacks to revenants. does not deal 400% damage to revenants as it would to a minion.
The damage dealt by a revenant's basic attacks is not considered to be ability damage and so will not trigger spell effects (e.g. spell vamp and ). Their attacks will, however, trigger the pet condition of and the healing from . Some clones are able to heal themselves with life steal if they have any. Spoils of War will proc with decoys.
- Controllable
- The player can control the following units' movement by [Alt] + [Right Click] or via the button used to summon them (such as [R]).
- Applies any cloned on-hit effects (i.e. the target's on-hit effects).
- Static
- PENDING FOR TEST:
- Does not perform any actions but is vulnerable to damage, which is transferred to its "body" (i.e. the champion).
Minions
The following units are classified as "minions", which affects things such as valid targeting and tower priority. Their damage is credited to their owner.
When a minion attacks:
- If the damage is based on the minion's AD, the damage is not considered to be ability damage and so will not trigger spell effects (e.g. spell vamp and ).
- If the damage is based on the minion's AP, the damage is considered to be ability damage and so will apply spell effects.
In either case, their attacks will trigger the pet condition of
and the healing from .Additional damage dealt by minions, e.g.
's laser beam, is considered to be an ability and is classified as ability damage.- Controllable
- The player can control the following units' movement by [Alt] + [Right Click] or via the button used to summon them (such as [R]).
- Tibbers also damages enemies around him every second, which is classified as ability damage.
- Can be shielded by and will prioritise targets hit by .
- Can be targeted by despite not being a champion.
- Autonomous
- The following minions behave autonomously.
- Turrets periodically fire a laser beam that is classified as ability damage.
and
- Tentacles do not have basic attacks but instead perform a slam ability similar to at the target of and , and the damage is classified as ability damage.
- Will leap toward and prioritise enemies hit by .
(Mist Walkers)
- Will stop to assist Yorick if he is attacked nearby.
(Maiden of the Mist)
- Due to this effect, is the only champion that can be killed by / and can be targeted (and granted invulnerability) by .
(bloblets)
- (plant)
Structures / Terrain
The following units are classified as "terrain" for targeting purposes, for effects such as
and .- Terrain
- The individual units that make up the terrain sometimes have visible health bars (similar to lane minions) in Spectator Mode or briefly upon initially being summoned; and can sometimes be clicked upon to view their Target Frame, offering arbitrary statistical information. Aside from the aforementioned bug, terrain cannot be selected as a target directly (i.e. clicking) and are indestructible.
- Structures
- Unlike the above effects, structures can be directly targeted, but otherwise have the same (plus some additional) interactions. Some additional effects include and .
- Turrets is one type of structure and has some effects that will trigger versus turrets but not other structures, such as
- There are currently no examples of champion summoned inhibitors or other non-turret structures, but they are a distinct classification.
Traps
The following units are classified as "traps". Traps are triggered when valid targets come into their trigger range. In all existing cases, their damage is classified as ability damage and is credited to their champion; and they are initially stealthed, after a brief "arm time", and thus will be revealed and disabled by and Trap Detection.
Miscellaneous/Wards
The following units have no known classification but can be safely tagged as allied/enemy "units", which makes them valid targets for
and but invalid targets for most other effects (i.e. things that affect minions, champions or any of the above categories). One possible tag for many of the following units is "ward", since wards follow this behavior.- (untargetable)
- (moves and grants sight only in front of it)
- (does not grant sight; targetable only by allies)
- (affects unit collision)
- (untargetable by allies)
Non-Targetable
The following units are non-targetable:
- They are untargetable, and there is no hard limit on the number of them that can be active on the field at once.
- They will autoattack in Azir's place when an targeted enemy in a soldier's range.
- Does not apply on-hit effects.
- Their attacks are lines area of effect, meaning they will affect all enemies in the same line as the primary target across their full range.
- Outside, they can controlled by an Azir's ability, , and can affect them.
- They will fall down when Azir dies.
- It augments attacks, or the target of .
- It fires a bolt along with when she casts .
- It vanishes when dies
faerie companion,
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- It replenishes mana whenever he kills a unit.
- It blasts the selected enemy when casts , and becomes a static unit.
- It flies away if dies.
- It can occasionally be seen in the Crystal Scar at the Graveyard, but she does not appear if is present on the battlefield.
raven, - The ball is an extension of abilities, and can only be controlled by her abilities, or by jumping to her if she moves too far from it and when she walks near it.
- The ball breaks down when Orianna dies.
- She may place up to 4 of these at any time. other abilities can affect the Spheres.
- Spheres stay on the battlefield for their remaining duration after dies but are completely useless, as only can manipulate them.
- Chaos Storm can be controlled by pressing [R].
- Damages all enemies around it.
- Moves slower the farther away it is from .
- If Viktor dies, Chaos Storm will not cancel any sooner than usual, will remain stationary, and will continue to deal damage for the rest of its duration.
- shadows mimics his abilities.
- While sharing untargetable. For example, will stop upon hitting a clone; whereas she will not collide with his shadows. appearance, they are not classified as clones and are
- Shadows stay for their remaining duration even after dies, but are completely useless as only can manipulate them.
can summon up to 2 shadows, one from and a second from .
Traps
The following units are classified as "traps", but are untargetable. As with the targetable traps (above), traps are triggered when valid targets come into their trigger range. In all cases, their damage is classified as ability damage and is credited to their champion. If hidden from sight, they will be detected by hostile unit detection.
- (healing chunks)
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