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Patch 9.15 notes

Riot·7/30/2019, 6:00:04 PM·2 votes·153,643 views

Hey all! We're keeping it relatively chill for the next few patches after a very large and in charge, chunky yet funky patch 9.14.

In 9.15, we're following up with some updates to our latest champion Qiyana, as well as to some of the last patch's champions like Swain and Poppy. We also got some buffs for a few champions that could use a push in the current state of the game.

GLHF!
Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo Paul "Aether" Perscheid

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Mid-Patch Updates

8/8/2019 Mordekaiser Bugfix

Mordekaiser

PETS BUGFIX Pets that are created/cast at the very end of Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death will no longer remain in the Realm after its duration.

Legacy Cursor Removal Revert

We were a little hasty with the permanent removal of the Legacy Cursor as an option in 9.15. As a result of your feedback, we're keeping it in 9.15 and onward at this time. That being said, we're still planning on removing the option entirely in the future, but enough players have expressed their preference for the gauntlet in light of the news and we want to respect that.

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Patch Highlights


PROJECT: Pyke, Irelia, Warwick, Jinx, and Akali will be available on August 1, 2019.

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Champions

Evelynn

Q cooldown refund on monsters decreased.

We're slowing down Evelynn's clear speed especially in the early game.

Q - Hate Spike

COOLDOWN REFUND 60% when hitting monsters ⇒ 50% when hitting monsters

Galio

Passive cooldown scales with CDR; damage increased. E damage increased.

We've pulled a lot of power out of Galio's more reliable combos. But now he'll be rewarded with a higher payoff if he's able to land more inconsistent abilities like his E.

Passive - Colossal Smash

newCOOLDOWN 5 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 5 seconds, affected by CDR
DAMAGE 15-180 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 15-200 (levels 1-18)

E - Justice Punch

BASE DAMAGE 80/120/160/200/240 ⇒ 90/130/170/210/250

Graves

E armor per stack increased.

Graves is underperforming across the board right now, so we're buffing his defenses to help him survive better in the early game and generally be more comfortable brawling.

E - Quickdraw

ARMOR PER STACK 5/7.5/10/12.5/15 ⇒ 8/11/14/17/20

Karma

Empowered E shield decreased.

The 9.13 revert on Karma's movement speed wasn't enough to knock her pro presence down to healthy levels so we're giving her another nerf.

Empowered E - Defiance

BONUS SHIELD 30/90/150/210 (+0.6 ability power) ⇒ 25/80/135/190 (+0.5 ability power)

Kha'Zix

Q base damage increased.

You don't crush bug. Bug crushes you.

Q - Taste Their Fear

BASE DAMAGE 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160

LeBlanc

E base root damage increased.

Landing the root on LeBlanc's E doesn't carry as much weight as it should in the late game. We’re matching the reward to its risk.

E - Ethereal Chains

BASE ROOT DAMAGE 60/90/120/150/180 ⇒ 70/110/150/190/230

Lee Sin

Q base damage increased.

Lee Sin is underperforming at most levels of solo queue play, and while he's more present at higher skill brackets, his clear weaknesses and counters make him risky to pick even where he is showing up. We're giving Lee a slight bump which should help solo queue players across the board.

Q - Sonic Wave/Resonating Strike

SONIC WAVE BASE DAMAGE 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155
RESONATING STRIKE MINIMUM DAMAGE 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155
RESONATING STRIKE MAXIMUM DAMAGE 100/150/200/250/300 ⇒ 110/160/210/260/310

Lissandra

Base health and health growth increased. R AP ratio increased.

Helping Liss across the board with more early game defense and late game damage.

Base Stats

HEALTH 518 ⇒ 550
HEALTH GROWTH 87 ⇒ 90

R - Frozen Tomb

DAMAGE RATIO 60% ability power ⇒ 75% ability power

Lucian

R base damage increased later.

Lucian is fine in the early and mid game, but he could be more useful in the late game. Buffing his ultimate so he doesn't completely fall off.

R - The Culling

BASE DAMAGE 20/35/50 per shot ⇒ 20/40/60 per shot

Malphite

Q slow increased. W base cleave damage increased.

Our 9.14 changes were intended to be a moderate buff, but we were a bit too cautious and undershot as a result. We’re giving him some more power, alongside some bugfixes.

Q - Seismic Shard

SLOW 15/20/25/30/35% ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40%

W - Thunderclap

BASE CLEAVE DAMAGE 20/35/50/65/80 ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90
BUGFIX Cleave damage will now trigger Hunter's Talisman

R - Unstoppable Force

BUGFIX Now casts at max range if used outside of max range

Poppy

W movement speed increased.

Last patch's set of changes actually reduced Poppy's solo queue performance slightly, so we’re buffing her a tiny bit so things end up more net neutral.

W - Steadfast Presence

MOVEMENT SPEED 35% ⇒ 40%

Qiyana

E no longer damages targets outside of its range. R cooldown now scales. Health packs in ARAM now grants her River.

We adjusted Qiyana's E so that its range reads more accurately when targets Flash or dash away. Now even if she cast it within range at the time, Audacity shouldn't damage enemies if they're visually out of range by the time it lands. We’re also bumping up her R cooldown to more standard levels now that players have had some time to learn to use it.

W - Terrashape

RIVER ELEMENT IN ARAM Qiyana can now empower her blade with River from health packs in Howling Abyss

E - Audacity

DAMAGE RANGE Now only damages targets if within 250 range at the end of the dash (Enemies that dash or Flash away can now dodge Audacity's damage)

R - Supreme Display of Talent

COOLDOWN 100 seconds ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds

Rumble

W shield decreased.

Rumble shouldn't be able to shrug off early damage so easily.

W - Scrap Shield

BASE SHIELD 100/130/160/190/220 ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200
BASE EMPOWERED SHIELD 150/195/240/285/330 ⇒ 120/165/210/255/300

Soraka

Q base damage increased.

Soraka's on the weaker side now compared to other enchanters. We're giving back some damage on her Q, especially since we increased its cooldown.

Q - Starcall

BASE DAMAGE 60/95/130/165/200 ⇒ 75/110/145/180/215

R - Wish

BUGFIX Soraka's R - Wish now properly goes on cooldown when she dies while casting.

Swain

Q range reverted to pre-9.14 range.

Reverting back to the old range on Swain’s Q since it resulted in awkward situations where he would miss more frequently after pulling somebody rooted from a max range E.

Q - Death's Hand

BOLT RANGE 625 ⇒ 725

Syndra

R damage per sphere increased late.

As a match progresses, it gets harder and harder for Syndra to get into ult range of the target she's after. We’re improving the late-game payout she gets when she does manage to reach that priority target.

R - Unleashed Power

BASE DAMAGE PER SPHERE 90/135/180 ⇒ 90/140/190

Vayne

E wall hit damage increased; damage now applied instantly.

Landing Vayne's E is one of the most skill-expressive portions of her kit, so we’re increasing the payout and satisfaction for when she pulls it off. Also, we're fixing a problem that's mostly annoying when Vayne tries to last hit. Condemn's damage now applies instantly to targets so that minions that should have died from her Condemn will do so immediately instead of staying alive as they're moving back (and risk getting hit by a turret shot).

E - Condemn

WALL HIT DAMAGE 100% of Condemn's damage ⇒ 150% of Condemn's damage
DAMAGE TIMING Now deals Condemn's damage instantly, instead of after the knockback

Xerath

R range flattened.

We're amping up Xerath’s identity as a long-ranged artillery mage by letting him access his most unique facet (his crazy range) earlier in the game.

R - Rite of the Arcane

RANGE 3200/4400/5600 ⇒ 5000

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Victory/Defeat Banners

Mac users, rejoice! At the end of every game, you'll no longer see static Victory and Defeat banners and instead, get new animated versions that are shipping to both Mac and PC. In addition, the banner animations will now scale properly with the visual quality selected in the game options.

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Legacy Cursor Removal

Much like the beloved VHS player that you could no longer keep in your storage closet, we're removing the option to use the old bronze gauntlet from the game.

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Bugfixes

  • Draven's unempowered basic attacks now properly deal damage in Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death
  • Kayn's R - Umbral Trespass now properly goes on cooldown if the target dies while Kayn has infested them
  • Lux's R - Final Spark cooldown timer now properly appears when she dies during cast
  • Fixed a bug where Irelia's E - Flawless Duet and Zoe's E - Sleepy Trouble Bubble would target incorrect positions in Howling Abyss and Summoner Rift's river
  • Xerath's Q - Arcanopulse, Taliyah's E - Unraveled Earth, Jayce's E - Acceleration Gate, and Zigg's E - Hexplosive Minefield no longer cause small hitches to characters on or sometimes off-screen when cast
  • Katarina's E - Shunpo now properly counts towards triggering Electrocute and Phase Rush and is usable in Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death
  • Miss Fortune's Passive - Love Tap no longer grants an additional stack of Electrocute
  • Gragas' E - Body Slam + basic attack combo now grants the proper number of Electrocute and Conqueror stacks
  • Xayah's Passive - Clean Cuts now apply the proper number of Electrocute stacks based on the number of basic attacks

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Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released this patch. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splash art!

PROJECT: Pyke

PROJECT: Irelia

PROJECT: Jinx

PROJECT: Akali

PROJECT: Warwick

PROJECT: Irelia Prestige Edition

The following chromas will be released this patch:

PROJECT: Pyke

PROJECT: Jinx

PROJECT: Akali

PROJECT: Warwick

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472 Comments

Sir Dark Rabbit7/30/2019, 6:07:29 PM243 votes

No more old cursor... how am I suppose to play D:

Scarletmeow7/30/2019, 6:11:35 PM223 votes

Seems giga random to remove old cursor but okay I guess. Suppose thats more important then fixing the ghost plants everyone has to suffer through all the time.

H1de 0n Ku5h7/30/2019, 6:42:32 PM207 votes

Petition to keep old cursor

DartExplosion107/30/2019, 6:29:36 PM170 votes

Literally what’s the point in taking the legacy cursor away? I hate the new one

Agent Corgi7/30/2019, 6:43:51 PM128 votes

I never liked the newer cursor, I had a hard time keeping track of it during fights. Since I swapped back to the Legacy Cursor, this hasn't been an issue.

So the question I have here is why get rid of it now instead of doing it when the new cursor launched? Hell. why get rid of it at all?

Sona Ping7/30/2019, 6:23:43 PM121 votes

Riot: "Clarity of gameplay is super important to us"

Also Riot: "We're going to repeatedly change and remove elements of UI that players have learned to use to play the game, like the cursor, to serve no purpose while refusing to make changes people actually asked for, not even sensible color adjustments for paid skins, and making a flying robot limp around the battlefield because you might not get that it's a robot. After all, clarity is so important to us."

Dad Slammer7/30/2019, 6:59:27 PM113 votes

Why the fuck do you guys just constantly delete features? Ever since the new client dropped it is STILL missing features the old client had. for what fucking purpose does the legacy cursor need to be removed? all you cause from it are the people that prefer it over the new one to get upset. literally nothing is gained from this stupid decision.

ThatsWhatSheZed7/30/2019, 7:17:46 PM98 votes

Why the fuck did you get rid of the old cursor so many people still used it and the new one is terrible.

KMS Cyrekt7/30/2019, 7:39:20 PM89 votes

Please don't remove the gauntlet :(

rorkeimdone7/30/2019, 7:14:59 PM83 votes

I hate the new curser. #GiveMeBackMyPointeyFinger

Byrden7/30/2019, 7:56:08 PM70 votes

Riot responding to the community be like

Nope you're nitpicking and biased we win bye bye

TheBlueBulbear7/30/2019, 7:27:13 PM62 votes

Please keep the old cursor in the game. :(

BeatzBoyFTW7/30/2019, 6:58:06 PM56 votes

Sooo...still nothing about fixing the bug about the plants that appears to be "available" and actually it isn't?

gaymasher27/30/2019, 7:31:56 PM55 votes

what type of thought process goes through their heads when they removed the cursor, literally 0 reason

Gods Ekko7/30/2019, 6:15:45 PM54 votes

I don't like this patch.

AtGenuwhine367/30/2019, 7:14:19 PM49 votes

This patch especially the cursor removal is why I quit this game to play other games riot doesnt give a flying fuck about anything especially the players. When I say epic games gives more of a shit theres a problem

MasterDClone7/30/2019, 7:22:21 PM47 votes

WHY ARE YOU REMOVING THE CURSOR? Like i hate using the new cursor so much, it looks so ugly and distracting pls god let me keep using the new cursor

Edan7/30/2019, 6:51:09 PM39 votes

does riot know their community hates them? s9 is such a joke

THE BASH PINGING7/30/2019, 8:57:46 PM37 votes

Screw that lifeless triangle give me back my finger. I honestly hate the new one it's so boring and it's not like removing it does anything. #fingergang

Best Veigar FL7/30/2019, 6:49:45 PM32 votes

I expected nothing and was still disappointed. Make up your mind on what you want him to be please. [galio-happy]

PowWowKen7/31/2019, 12:30:20 AM31 votes

You know you've released a pointless patch when 99% of the comments are talking about how you removed the legacy cursor and not the actual champion changes

Blazinblaiser7/30/2019, 6:27:01 PM30 votes

Sooooooooooooooooooooo Qiyana Gets water from health packs in aram, what about twisted tree line?

Nefas7/30/2019, 7:44:31 PM30 votes

No reasons given for removing the old (better) cursor, completely out of the blue. Classic Riot.

Serst7/30/2019, 7:58:28 PM28 votes

No more legacy cursor? RIP I'm quitting league then. Wow classic is out next month anyway.

Snow1Gaming7/30/2019, 9:37:01 PM28 votes

why would youever remove the old cursor? this new one is garbage i cant ever play with it

BradBen7/30/2019, 7:13:15 PM27 votes

Rip Legacy Cursor

Çôdą7/30/2019, 9:41:55 PM26 votes

Riot! I don't leave comments, but ever since the removal of DOMINION I've been sitting on the edge of my seat for you to treat TWISTED TREELINE the same way. Don't do it Riot. We can see the impending doom for Twisted. Qiyana can't use river in TT but can in ARAM now. This is bullshit, stop killing off your old fanbase. Nostalgia has got to be the largest reason old players still play and now you're killing that. Slowly but surely. Fucking stop, please. Sincerely Coda.

megamanvszero7/31/2019, 12:20:02 AM26 votes

Patch 9.16: “We are now going to remove legacy music from the game because we can, your opinions don’t matter, you’re nitpicking, bye bye.”

Dr Rick Report7/30/2019, 7:36:30 PM15 votes

I don't like the contents of this patch (been like this for months now), the new TFT patch brings nothing to people that get 9 gold in pve almost every game..

But the removal of the legacy cursor will be more than enough for me to not play this game at least til the next patch.

Redesignated7/30/2019, 6:48:28 PM14 votes

So are we to just assume that Qiyana also gets River from the health pack in Twisted Treeline, or did y'all completely forget to give that map any consideration for balancing as usual?