Is Wukong the oldest champ that has no kit changes?

Eedat·Mar 17, 2018·30 votes·4,596 views

was released in 2011. Since then he has had no changes made to his kit. He's received a few numbers adjustments spaced years apart. Are there any other champs that are older that have had no new mechanics or abilities added or modified?

? I know he got a VU but not sure about any gameplay updates outside numbers changes. I think he used to have a passive effect that reduced his death timer

Anyway, feel free to post your main that has been completely neglected for 5+ years too

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TempName74814Mar 17, 201820 votes

Jax

EedatMar 17, 201813 votes

His counterstrike used to give passive dodge chance. Also, it didn't used to give damage reduction for AOE damage. He actually got a large update in season 2

TempName74814Mar 17, 201812 votes

you said 5 years

Professor WardMar 17, 20187 votes

Malphite Basically identical to his release, other than a q/w button swap, closing in on a decade ago. (2009)

V0.9.22.16

Granite Shield (Innate) Malphite summons a shield of rock that absorbs 10% of his maximum health. If Malphite has not been hit, this effect will recharge after 10 seconds.

Ground Slam Ground Slam (Q) Malphite slams the ground sending out a shockwave that deals damage based on his armor and reduces the attack speed of enemies for 4 seconds.

Seismic Shard (W) Using his primal elemental magic, Malphite sends a shard of earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage and stealing movement speed for 6 seconds.

Brutal Strikes (E) Passive: Malphite's attacks deal damage to units around his target. Active: Malphite's damage is increased by a large %.

Unstoppable Force Unstoppable Force (Ultimate) Malphite ferociously charges to a location, damage enemies and knocking them into the air when he reaches that location.

EedatMar 17, 20183 votes

Patch 5.11

Brutal Strikes reworked REMOVED: Passive splash damage, bonus armor and bonus attack damage upon activation. NEW PASSIVE: Grants 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% bonus armor. NEW ACTIVE: For the next 6 seconds, Malphite's basic attacks deal 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 (+ 15% AP) bonus physical damage to his target and surrounding enemies NEW EFFECT: Enhanced attacks display the area of effect radius. NEW EFFECT: Enhanced attacks use Malphite's critical strike animation.

Then it had an armor damage ratio tacked onto it shortly after

Professor WardMar 17, 20182 votes

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REMOVED: Passive splash damage, bonus armor and bonus attack damage upon activation. NEW PASSIVE: Grants 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% bonus armor. NEW ACTIVE: For the next 6 seconds, Malphite's basic attacks deal 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 (+ 15% AP) bonus physical damage to his target and surrounding enemies NEW EFFECT: Enhanced attacks display the area of effect radius. NEW EFFECT: Enhanced attacks use Malphite's critical strike animation.

Read this, and truly realize how miniscule it is, this is quality of life over anything.

Tldr

Removed: Active Splash damage, armor, bonus attack damage

Given: Passive Splash damage, armor, bonus attack damage

The crit animation and aoe vision are about all hes gotten.

EedatMar 17, 20188 votes

They reworked a basic ability considerable. I agree that it wasn't any crazy drastic change, but this is a thread solely about the absolute most neglected champs. That's enough to bump him off the list

Z3SleeperMar 17, 20182 votes

It was actually a pretty major change. He went from being useless after Q and E to being able to outdamage a ton of top laners by slapping them with W.

The big change was the change from bonus AD to a base bonus damage on-hit that scales with Armor.

You can also add in his passive now increasing his Armor as well.

Those are actually some major kit changes imo.

The Yetii RiderMar 18, 20185 votes

Nocturne is older than Wukong by a few months, and he hasn't received any major changes.

FleirynMar 18, 20184 votes

are you guts forgetting someone Tryndamere

Sun Wu RyuumokuMar 19, 20182 votes

V6.10 Undying Rage Undying Rage Minimum health increased to 30 / 50 / 70 from 1. REMOVED: Healing Tryndamere to 3% of his maximum health (if he was below that) when Undying Rage ends.

you blac irlMar 17, 20183 votes

SINGED AND NUNU ARE PROBABILY THE OLDEST LMAO

EedatMar 17, 201825 votes

They both have had mechanics added. Singed got a root on his W. Nunu got a new passive fairly recently plus his W gives AP now. That one was this season even

Child of the PitMar 17, 20181 votes

Not the root was new, the grounded effect it was afaik

Z3SleeperMar 17, 201814 votes

Both are new.

HibekiMar 18, 20188 votes

Singed also had his passive changed entirely

rtbf225618241Mar 18, 20182 votes

Singed also got that movement speed thing on his passive added.

SeilleasMar 17, 20188 votes

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SINGED AND NUNU ARE PROBABILY THE OLDEST LMAO

singed passive,W and E got changed quite recently tho? season or so nunu W and Q change like 2 patches ago

haaaaaaalpMar 17, 20183 votes

Irelia got a bunch of number changes but no real mechanics change. Don't remember if annie got any major functionality changes but she feels the same.

EedatMar 17, 20187 votes

Irelia is actually the next rework. Annie got the enraged Tibbers mechanic and her E was changed from flat defenses to % damage reduction

Z3SleeperMar 17, 20184 votes

They removed her nerf mechanic awhile back that causes her to be nerfed every patch.

That's a pretty big buff if you ask me.

TokogawarufMar 17, 20182 votes

I might be wrong, but isn´t Fiddlesticks the oldest unchanged Champ? I Mean hes even from the LoL Beta.

If im wrong tho, i fully agree with you on MonkeyKing being the oldest unchanged

EedatMar 17, 201814 votes

Fiddle got a new passive in season 6. Also they added a mechanic to his W in season 7

TokogawarufMar 17, 20182 votes

kk then i agree on Wu.

PrimaquariusMar 17, 20181 votes

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EedatMar 17, 201812 votes

Sona ? She got a full rework that altered all of her basic abilities and an added CDR mechanic on her ult. That was season 5 or 6 I think

PrimaquariusMar 17, 20181 votes

You might have noticed the "full rework" provided the cover to reduce her overall healing. When Ardent came out, they had an easy opening to nerf her hard over several patches

What is the point of Sona if nobody likes her kit

EedatMar 17, 20182 votes

And added the shielding?

PrimaquariusMar 17, 20181 votes

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EedatMar 17, 20182 votes

I don't have the patience to sit here and argue with someone who thinks being being able to spam shields on her entire team with practically no CD after level 11 isn't useful. Have fun whining just to whine

PrimaquariusMar 17, 20181 votes

Depends on if the team takes advantage of it or not. Im sorry youve never had a team that doesnt, but Im only compaining because those teams are all I ever get when I pick Sona

EedatMar 17, 20188 votes

This is a thread about champs that have had no changes and you're over here complaining about her relatively recent rework. You don't see the issue here and why it's annoying as hell?

TèrminusMar 17, 20181 votes

Kayle's actually tied with Wukong, I think.

Her last big gameplay changes were in the same patch Wukong was released.

EedatMar 17, 20185 votes

V5.13 Righteous Fury NEW PASSIVE: Kayle's basic attacks deal 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage. Active now states that it "increases the passive damage" to the active amount for the duration.

yoshi2790Mar 17, 20181 votes

But is that really a big kit change?

EedatMar 17, 20183 votes

No, but we're trying to find the absolute most neglected champ so little things do matter on this list

Z3SleeperMar 17, 20183 votes

I think adding a mechanic to an ability that causes Kayle to passively deal bonus damage on regular basic attacks counts as a mechanical change.

dunder killMar 17, 20181 votes

Anivia

EedatMar 17, 20188 votes

6.23 Frostbite Cooldown reduced to 4 seconds at all ranks from 5. REMOVED: Double damage versus Chilled targets. NEW EFFECT: Double damage to targets recently damaged by Flash Frost Flash Frost or by a fully formed Glacial Storm Glacial Storm.

6.9 Glacial Storm NEW PASSIVE: Increases Chill's movement speed Slow icon slow by 0 / 10 / 20%, for a total of 20 / 30 / 40%. Chill is applied by Flash Frost and Glacial Storm. REMOVED: Chill's attack speed slow. Now has a cast animation. Not a cast time. Cast range increased to 685 from 625. Effectively the same as her attack range, barring edge/center-range differences. Radius reduced to 150 from 400.

yoshi2790Mar 17, 20181 votes

Riven ?

EedatMar 17, 20186 votes

V3.8 Broken Wings NEW EFFECT: Third cast allows Riven to go through some terrain when positioned accordingly. Third cast's displacement changed to knockup from knockback.

Automated RivenMar 18, 20185 votes

To be fair, the wallhop was already a feature/bug they just fixed it so it was easier. and the knockback to knockup barely changed anything. It just made it so that you could still stun people if they were at the max range of your q.

kda akaliMar 17, 20182 votes

Riot changed the way her Q works awhile ago to make it easier to fast Q I think.

DoozkuMar 18, 20183 votes

Is that really a big kit change though?

vgamedudeMar 17, 20181 votes

Kennen

EedatMar 17, 20186 votes

Not even close

V7.13 Electrical Surge Electrical Surge NEW EFFECT: Passive now deals 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 base damage. NEW EFFECT: Passive now scales with 30% AP. Passive AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD at all ranks from 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% AD. NEW EFFECT: Passive counter increments upon launching an attack, previously was upon landing a hit. Runaan's Hurricane item Runaan's Hurricane no longer grants extra stacks on secondary targets.

6.9 Slicing Maelstrom Duration reduced to 3 seconds at all ranks from 3 / 4 / 5. Damage tick interval increased to 0.5 seconds from 0.25. NEW EFFECT: Targeting changed to all enemies within AoE from random. REMOVED: 3-hits-per-target limit. NEW EFFECT: Enemies take 25% less damage with each successive hit, down to a minimum of 50%. As a result of these changes, maximum possible individual damage increased to 300 / 543.75 / 787.5 (+ 150% AP) from 240 / 435 / 630 (+ 120% AP)

SpecterVonBarenMar 17, 20181 votes

Amumu

EedatMar 17, 20188 votes

V7.7 Cursed Touch REMOVED: Basic attacks reduces target's magic resistance by 15 / 20 / 25 for 3 seconds. NEW EFFECT: Basic attacks apply Curse on target for 3 seconds. Cursed target receive 15% bonus true damage from all incoming magic damage. Despair Base damage per second increased to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 from 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24. NEW EFFECT: Damage now applies every half second instead of every second. NEW EFFECT: Now refreshes Curse on targets. Curse of the Sad Mummy NEW EFFECT: Now applies Curse on targets.