In League of Legends there was an absurd situation: The Twitch streamer Elekktro killed all players of the opposing team with Kindred, but in the process, he died himself and soon 4 of his opponents were back alive in front of him. This was due to a “revive” mechanic of the new LoL champ Akshan.
This is the scene on Twitch: The LoL streamer Elekktro is in a pretty crazy solo queue game with over 120 kills, which he clearly dominates as Kindred. It is the supposedly last push of the match: Elekktro has just killed 4 players, got a quadra kill, and is chasing the last opponent, Ashkan, all the way to his base and even to the well.
He kills Ashkan and gets the pentakill, but then dies from a shot from the well.
But because Akshan caused damage to Elekktro just before his own death, all 4 former victims of Elekktro are now alive again at the well, go on the attack, and finish the push.
Match still lost despite pentakill
So the match ended: The opponents actually won the match.
The streamer then looked rather bewildered but made a brave face and said: Well, at least he got the pentakill for the win. That is ultimately all that matters. There probably isn’t a better clip than a pentakill and a fourfold revival.
Best Case for Akshan’s mechanic
What is the deal with Ashkan? This special revive mechanic of Akshan was a big topic in the community before the release of the champ. Players found it “totally broken” and way too strong.
The revival of Akshan is the passive part of his skill “W – Going Rogue”: When Akshan kills an opponent who has previously killed one of his teammates, he can revive the fallen comrade. This even works if he himself is dead.
The scene was for Akshan the “best case” scenario that might occur once in ten thousand games.
However, when the champ actually arrived in LoL, Akshan lost his fright. Meanwhile, Akshan has already received several “help patches” from Riot Games.
Everyone was afraid of the new champ in LoL – But Akshan is a loser, needs help patch
