New vulnerability in League of Legends: Players can destroy enemy stores, depriving opponents of the ability to buy equipment

A new vulnerability in League of Legends was recently exposed, allowing players to attack and destroy enemy stores, thereby depriving the opposing camp of the right to purchase equipment. This issue has attracted widespread attention.

League of Legends bugs are not uncommon, but this one has far-reaching consequences. Previously, players had discovered bugs that deleted towers and bases (crystals), and this time the "Enemy Shop Destruction" bug even allows certain heroes to directly destroy enemy shops, making them completely disappear from the map.

Riot Games continues to release updates for League of Legends, but each update may also bring new problems. In version 25.S1.3, the vulnerability was discovered, allowing certain heroes to attack and destroy enemy shops. Once the shop is destroyed, enemy players will not be able to purchase equipment normally, seriously affecting the fairness of the game.

The vulnerability was first exposed by Vandiril, a well-known League of Legends content creator. He uploaded a video showing how the vulnerability is triggered. In the video, the hero Senna can attack and destroy the enemy store, and even get a 50 gold reward for doing so.

Once the enemy store is destroyed, players of that camp can only buy equipment after death (i.e. in the resurrection interface), and cannot use the store to buy items during normal game play. This makes it difficult for affected players to keep up with the game rhythm, greatly affecting the balance of the game.

At present, the specific operation method of the vulnerability has not been made public, probably to prevent abuse. However, it has been confirmed that a specific script tool needs to be run to trigger the vulnerability, so ordinary players cannot achieve it themselves through in-game functions.

Considering the impact of this vulnerability on game fairness, Riot Games is expected to take quick action to plug the problem and crack down on players who abuse the vulnerability.

For such BUGs that seriously affect the balance of the game, Riot usually fixes them as soon as possible and handles the improper behavior of exploiting the loopholes. For the majority of players, the safest approach is still to avoid trying to use loopholes to avoid being punished by being banned.