Recall is an ability that every summoner has, regardless of champion chosen. The spell allows its champion to hard channel for 8 seconds (or 4.5 seconds in Dominion) and teleport back to their respawn pool after the channel is completed (provided the channel is not interrupted).

Contents 1 Development history 2 Gameplay 3 Strategy 4 Enhanced Recall 5 Improved Recall 6 Recall Animation 7 Player disconnection 8 Trivia 9 Patch history

Development history Edit

The Recall function was originally tied to Blue Pill, which was a purchasable item that could be activated to return to base. The function was then made into an optional summoner spell, and eventually into a feature inherent in all champions.

Gameplay Edit

Recall is activated either by clicking the Recall button on the ability panel or by pressing the key to which the function is bound ("B" by default). After activating Recall, the champion will enter a hard channel state for 8 seconds. The channel will cancel if the champion is hit by any attack or spell, or by moving or performing any action. If the channel is successfully completed, the champion will be teleported to the team's respawn point.

Strategy Edit

While beginning to fade away to stealth, you can begin casting Recall or Improved Recall. This does not work with instant stealth spells, such as  Talon's  Shadow Assault or Teemo's  Camouflage.

Enhanced Recall Edit

When Dominion was released, Recall was remade to fit in to the game mode's fast-paced style, creating Enhanced Recall which takes 4.5 seconds to channel.

Improved Recall Edit

In Season Two, the Utility mastery tree included a tier 1 mastery Improved Recall to reduce the cast time of Recall by 1 second and Enhanced Recall by 0.5 seconds.

Recall Animation Edit

Since V1.0.0.140 patch, new champions and certain skins, like legendary skins (e.g. Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath), have recieved a special recall animation and a few have recieved special quotes. Also, when a older champion gets a visual upgrade all their skins are outfitted with a new recall animation. Below is a list of champions and skins released that currently have recall animations:

Champion	All Skins	Event / Legendary Skin	Event, Legendary, and Other Skins	Quote
Anivia the Cryophoenix			Blackfrost Anivia
Annie, the Dark Child			Panda Annie
Brand, the Burning Vengeance			Zombie Brand
Cassiopeia, the Serpent's Embrace			Jade Fang Cassiopeia
Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void			Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath
Corki, the Daring Bombardier			Dragon Wing Corki
Darius, the Hand of Noxus			None
Diana, Scorn of the Moon			None
Draven, the Glorious Executioner			Gladiator Draven
Elise, the Spider Queen			None
Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer			Pulsefire Ezreal
Fiddlesticks, the Harbinger of Doom			Dark Candy Fiddlesticks
Gangplank, the Saltwater Scourge			Special Forces Gangplank
Garen, the Might of Demacia			Steel Legion Garen
Gragas, the Rabble Rouser			Oktoberfest Gragas
Jayce, the Defender of Tomorrow			Debonair Jayce
Karma, the Enlightened One			None
Katarina, the Sinister Blade			Red Card Katarina Kitty Cat Katarina Slay Belle Katarina
Kayle, the Judicator			Aether Wing Kayle
Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver			None
Lee Sin, the Blind Monk			Muay Thai Lee Sin
Lissandra, the Ice Witch			None
Lux, the Lady of Luminosity			Steel Legion Lux
Nami, the Tidecaller			None
Nidalee, the Bestial Huntress			Snow Bunny Nidalee Betwitching Nidalee
Nocturne, the Eternal Nightmare			Eternum Nocturne
Quinn, Demacia's Wings			None
Rengar, the Pridestalker			None
Riven, the Exile			Championship Riven
Shyvana, the Half-Dragon			Ice Drake Shyvana
Soraka, the Starchild			None
Syndra, the Dark Sovereign			None
Thresh, the Chain Warden			None
Twisted Fate, the Card Master			Magnificent Twisted Fate Underworld Twisted Fate
Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil			Bad Santa Veigar
Vi, the Piltover Enforcer			None
Volibear, the Thunder's Roar			Runeguard Volibear
Zac, the Secret Weapon			None
Zed, the Master of Shadows			None
Ziggs, the Hexplosive Expert			Snow Day Ziggs
Zyra, Rise of the Thorns			None

Player disconnection Edit

When a player leaves the game their champion will automatically attempt to walk back to base. Soon after arriving at the base, the champion gains a huge bonus to their magic resistance and armor; this is to prevent enemies from using global abilities (like Karthus's  Requiem and Draven's  Whirling Death) to instantly kill champions that have disconnected early in the game. Players who have disconnected prior to the game starting are granted the same bonus Magic Resistance/Armor.

Trivia Edit

• The old Blue Pill is possibly a reference to the film The Matrix. In the film Neo is offered the chance to take a red or a blue pill, signifying his choice of whether to continue living in the world he knows or to wake up.
• It was previously possible for champions with abilities that make them dash to an enemy champion to follow an enemy that has just finished recalling and teleported to base, making the champion fly all the way to the enemy base.
  • Projectiles will still do so.
• If you recall while the Nexus is destroyed, the camera will attempt to center your champion rather than the exploding Nexus.
• When he was first remade, an oversight allowed Ryze to be able to use Recall to trigger his  Arcane Mastery passive, so he could refresh the cooldowns of all of his abilities by simply rapidly pressing the recall key.

Patch history Edit