League-of-legends – Does being untargetable prevent all effects

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Being untargetable (Yi's Alpha Strike, Fizz's Playful/Trickster, Fiora's ult, etc.) prevents lots of bad things from happening to you, but does it stop everything such as:

  1. AoE effects
    • Nunu's ult (damage and/or slow?)
    • Morgana's ultimate (if untargetable, can she not start cast at all, or if already on, will it "break" the leashes?)
  2. DoT ticks
    • Ignite
    • Morde's ult
    • the end of Vlad's ult
  3. Global spells
    • Karthus's Requiem (ult)
    • Twisted Fate's Destiny (ult)

Does "untargetable" mean literally that, that no targeted spells ("click-targeted" spells, skill-shots, or targeted AoEs work) land but non-targeted (point-blank AoE, global) do? (But still, what about DoTs…)

Best Answer

Untargetable refers to champions in a state where targeted spells cannot be cast on the untargetable champion, and nontargeted spells such as Karthus's Requiem will have no effect. Additionally, they cannot be targeted by auto attacks.

A more comprehensive list of Invulnerability:

Complete Invulnerability

These break all forms of leashes and makes the champion invulnerable to all damage.

  • Shaco's Hallucinate makes him untargetable for a short time before the clone spawns.
  • Zhonya's Hourglass's active ability makes your champion untargetable for two seconds.

Partial Invulnerability

Projectiles fired before the untargetability starts will have no effect. They will still take damage from DoTs such as Ignite and Malzahar's Malefic Visions and will not break leashes such as Fiddlesticks's Drain and Morgana's Soul Shackles. They will still be damaged by Zilean's Time Bomb, but not Fizz's Chum the Waters.

  • Fizz's Playful makes him untargetable for 0.75 seconds or until he uses Trickster.
  • Vladimir's Sanguine Pool makes him untargetable for 2 seconds.

Dashes

Projectiles (autoattacks or abilities) that are mid-flight when the character starts dashing will hit when the dash completes. They still take damage from DoTs while untargetable.

  • Maokai's Twisted Advance makes him untargetable while moving to the target.
  • Master Yi's Alpha Strike makes him untargetable for a short time while in flight.
  • Fiora's Blade Waltz makes her untargetable for a short time while in flight.

source: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Untargetable