Since when does ward duration scale with level?

Swardt·Oct 1, 2016·2 votes·922 views

One of the casters during the TSM / SSG game at worlds mentioned this at 24:20 game time.

Inevitable time out of the wards... not the three minute fixed timer anymore, they scale with level...

6 Comments

ValyrianBladeOct 1, 20163 votes

Since preseason...

SwardtOct 1, 20162 votes

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Since preseason...

I don't see that in the preseason patch notes (5.23, 5.24) or 6.1.

Phoenix Kotori Oct 1, 20162 votes

item 2049 wasn't changed on duration, item 3340 was changed to scale on duration in the preason.

ValyrianBladeOct 1, 20162 votes

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I don't see that in the preseason patch notes (5.23, 5.24) or 6.1.

Patch 5.22

Also, he's comparing yellow trinkets to the removed green wards. Yellow trinkets previously lasted for less time (1min) but were buffed to scale with level since you were more likely to be able to buy green trinkets as the game progressed (I'm assuming, I really don't know the reason).

EndlessSorcererOct 1, 20162 votes

You used to be able to upgrade your yellow trinket for proper wards with the full duration and a lower cooldown.

When they removed this upgrade, they let the duration of trinket wards scale.

ValyrianBladeOct 1, 20162 votes

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You used to be able to upgrade your yellow trinket for proper wards with the full duration and a lower cooldown.

When they removed this upgrade, they let the duration of trinket wards scale.

Ah right, that was it. Shame I should have remembered that, given S5 was actually the first season I started regularly upgrading my trinket (to be fair I only started playing in S4).