Patch 9.2 notes
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Hello everyone, and welcome to 9.2. This is our season start patch, and while it's a big one, it's pretty straightforward. Names we've heard way too often in recent months (Urgot, Ignite, Red Smite) are getting nerfs, while others we haven't heard in some time (Shyvana, Yorick, Sunfire Cape) are being buffed up. Remember: Knowledge is power, so make sure you're read up on 9.2's changes before charging into Ranked!
Best of luck in your placements,
Paul "Aether" Perscheid
Patch Highlights
Mid-Patch Updates
1/31/2019 ARURF Balance Update
Aatrox
BUFF
+10% damage reduction buff increased to +20%, +5% damage buff increased to +15%
Aurelion Sol
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Corki
BUFF
+10% damage
Darius
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Gangplank
BUFF
+10% damage
Illaoi
BUFF
+15% damage reduction, +5% damage
Irelia
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Leona
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Ornn
BUFF
+20% damage reduction buff increased to +25%
Rek'Sai
BUFF
+10% damage reduction buff increased to +20%
Sion
BUFF
+15% damage reduction
Sona
BUFF
-10% damage nerf reduced to -5%
Tahm Kench
BUFF
+10% damage reduction buff increased to +20%
Thresh
BUFF
+5% damage reduction, +5% damage
Urgot
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Yasuo
BUFF
+5% damage reduction, +10% damage
Zac
BUFF
+15% damage reduction
Zilean
BUFF
+10% damage reduction
Dark Harvest
NERF
Damage per soul reduced from 5 to 2
NERF
Base damage reduced from 20-60 to 15-55
NERF
Ability power ratio reduced from 0.15 to 0.1
1/31/2019 Bugfixes
Evelynn
BUGFIX
Empowered E - Whiplash once again applies on-hit effects
Sylas
BUGFIX
If Sylas casts a stolen Kayn's R - Umbral Trespass on a spellshielded target, his ult now properly reverts to R - Hijack instead of staying as Umbral Trespass
BUGFIX
If Sylas R - Hijacks Sion's R - Unstoppable Onslaught while Sion is in his Passive form, the stolen ult now properly scales with Sylas' R rank instead of Q rank (which allowed it to deal huge "rank 5" damage)
Taric
BUGFIX
E - Dazzle no longer hits everything on the map if Taric casts it while linked to a Zed who's dashing to his W - Living Shadow
1/29/2019 ARURF Balance Update
Ahri
NERF
-5% damage
Bard
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +15% damage
Braum
BUFF
+20% damage reduction, +10% damage
Gnar
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Kai'Sa
NERF
-5% damage
Malzahar
NERF
-8% damage
Master Yi
NERF
-5% damage, -5% damage reduction
Ornn
BUFF
+10% damage reduction buff increased to +20%
Rammus
BUFF
+10% damage reduction
Rek'Sai
BUFF
+10% damage reduction, +5% damage
Ryze
BUFF
-10% damage nerf removed
Sivir
NERF
-5% damage
Tahm Kench
BUFF
+10% damage reduction
Wukong
BUFF
-10% damage nerf reduced to -5%
Xayah
NERF
-5% damage
1/28/2019 Update
Sylas
Helping Sylas stretch his legs after being stuck in Demacian jail for so long. (He was weak so we're buffing him.)
ATTACK DAMAGE
55.04
⇒
58
MAGIC RESIST GROWTH
0.5
⇒
1.25
E - ABDUCT DAMAGE
50/65/80/95/110
⇒
70/85/100/115/130
Yorick
BUGFIX
R - Eulogy of the Isles' cooldown no longer resets if the Maiden dies the instant Yorick sets her free
1/25/2019 Update
Galio
We overdid it on Galio's nerfs, but aren't keen on letting him anywhere close to his pre-9.2 state. Between E and Q, E is a much safer place to add power back.
E - JUSTICE PUNCH DAMAGE
80/115/150/185/220
⇒
100/135/170/205/240
Camera
BUGFIX
Fixed a bug that caused the camera to center incorrectly when zooming out for ults like Jhin's R - Curtain Call, making it really hard to aim properly
Season Start
Your 2019 Ranked climb begins this patch. Here's a quick TL;DR of the changes this season:
PLACEMENTS
You'll get a provisional rank after your first Ranked game, which is the lowest rank you can end placements in. Placement wins grant bonus LP; losses don't cost LP. Your rank becomes visible to others after finishing placements.
TIERS & DIVISIONS
We've added Iron tier below Bronze and Grandmaster tier between Master and Challenger. Division V has been removed from all tiers.
RANKED ARMOR
This new reward reflects your current rank across your profile, Ranked dashboard, and hovercard as well as game lobbies
SPLITS
Season 2019 is broken into three splits, with your performance in each split upgrading your ranked armor. There's no soft reset or time off between splits. End of season rewards are still based on your overall performance across the season.
POSITION RANKS
We're previewing position ranks in Korea and North America for split 1 and plan to roll them out globally in split 2. Each position has its own matchmaking rating and rank, with matches rewarding LP and rating for the position you played, plus a little for your other positions to recognize overall improvement as you climb.
For a full rundown of this season's changes to Ranked (new tiers, season splits, position ranks, placements, and more), we've got a library of past Nexus posts at your disposal:
- Post 1: High-level goals and overview
- Post 2: Summarizing your initial feedback
- Post 3: Addressing feedback and adjustments to position ranks
- Post 4: Laying out our plan to do regional previews of position ranks
- Post 5: Talking about new tiers and placements
- Post 6: Discussing how the top of the ladder is affected
- Post 7: Outlining the three-split season and new split rewards
- Post 8: Answering more questions on rewards
- Post 9: Position Ranks Explained
- Post 10: Position Ranks in Action
Game Modes
After a rowdy month and a half of Bardle Royales, Battle Sledding, and Nexuses running it down mid, the Nexus Blitz queues shut down earlier this week. Thanks for playing—we'll be back with updates on our future plans a little further down the road!
If you're looking for something new to scratch your fast-paced-game-mode itch, we've got something new coming down the pipe later this patch! Stay tuned.
Champions
Sylas
Sylas, the Unshackled, will break out during patch 9.2! Unlock the revolution with these links:
Full-res splash art is available on League Displays!
Aatrox
Q damage ratio decreased. E recharge time increased.
True to his nature as an unkillable ancient terror, Aatrox survived the nerfs we threw at him during preseason and is still savaging both pro and regular play. This patch, we're dropping his damage across the board (higher E cooldown means less reliability on Q) but are especially focusing on his early game.
Q - The Darkin Blade
BASE DAMAGE
10/25/40/55/70 (unchanged)
RATIO
0.64/0.68/0.72/0.76/0.80 total attack damage
⇒
0.55/0.60/0.65/0.70/0.75 total attack damage
FULL COMBO BASE DAMAGE
56.25/140.63/225/309.38/393.75 (unchanged)
FULL COMBO RATIO
3.6/3.825/4.05/4.275/4.5 total attack damage
⇒
3.09/3.38/3.66/3.94/4.22 total attack damage (numbers rounded because they're gross)
E - Umbral Dash
RECHARGE TIME
24/20/16/12/8 seconds
⇒
26/22/18/14/10 seconds
Aurelion Sol
Q recast time reduced; stun duration shorter if recast quickly, longer for big stars.
Aurelion Sol's Q, Starsurge, has always suffered from two points of frustration. First, while its reactivation delay plays a crucial role in Aurelion's vulnerability to all-ins, not being able to cast and immediately pop Q feels unintuitive. Second, the reward for landing a giant star from halfway across the map feels underwhelming. Scaling Starsurge's stun duration lets us address both issues without fully eliminating Aurelion's intended vulnerability to all-ins.
Q - Starsurge
MINIMUM RECAST TIME
0.65 seconds
⇒
0.25 seconds (can be buffered by double-tapping Q on cast)
STUN DURATION
1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 seconds
⇒
0.55/0.6/0.65/0.7/0.75 seconds, scaling to 1.65/1.8/1.95/2.1/2.25 seconds after traveling for 5 seconds
STUN SCALING
Previous stun duration reached after 0.75 seconds (when Q reaches Aurelion Sol's outer limit if he stands still)
Brand
Passive damage over time decreased.
Brand shells out too much safe damage just by landing a spell and backing off—he should need to more actively make risky, aggressive plays to find success.
General
RECOMMENDED ITEMS
Updated!
Passive - Blaze
DAMAGE PER STACK
4% target's max health over 4 seconds
⇒
3% target's max health over 4 seconds
Cassiopeia
W cooldown increased late; damage decreased late.
As a followup to the Noxious Blast nerf at the end of last year, we're reducing Miasma's effectiveness so Cassiopeia has to rely more on Twin Fang for damage. This forces her to get close to enemies, offering them an opportunity to fight back rather than melting helplessly from a distance.
W - Miasma
COOLDOWN
18/17/16/15/14 seconds
⇒
18/17.5/17/16.5/16 seconds
DAMAGE PER SECOND
20/35/50/65/80
⇒
20/30/40/50/60
MAX DAMAGE
100/175/250/325/400
⇒
100/150/200/250/300
Galio
Q damage decreased, cost increased. E damage decreased early.
Galio underwent big changes at the end of last year with the goal of weakening his pro play strengths and amplifying his normal play strengths. With those mechanical shifts in place, he's now too strong at both levels of play, so we're going for raw power nerfs.
Q - Winds of War
COST
70/75/80/85/90 mana
⇒
80/90/100/110/120 mana
WINDBLAST DAMAGE
70/110/150/190/230
⇒
70/105/140/175/210
WINDBLAST RATIO
0.9 ability power
⇒
0.75 ability power
TORNADO RATIO
4% target's max health per 100 ability power
⇒
2% target's max health per 100 ability power (base 6% max health damage unchanged)
E - Justice Punch
DAMAGE
100/130/160/190/220
⇒
80/115/150/185/220
Irelia
Passive bonus damage vs shields removed. Q deals bonus damage to minions instead of double damage. R duration decreased late; damage increased; slow increased; no longer disarms.
Irelia's got a lot going on across her abilities, which makes her effective in an extremely broad range of team comps and scenarios. We're removing a few mechanics that weren't essential to her blade dancer combat style as well as reining in Bladesurge's late game insta-waveclear.
Passive - Ionian Fervor
removedSHIELD BREAKER
Irelia no longer deals bonus damage to shields at max stacks
Q - Bladesurge
BONUS DAMAGE VS MINIONS
Double damage
⇒
Flat bonus
NUMBERS
5/25/45/65/85 (+0.6 total attack damage)
⇒
45/60/75/90/105
R - Vanguard's Edge
DURATION
2.5/3/3.5 seconds
⇒
2.5 seconds at all ranks
removedDISARM
Enemies who pass through the wall are no longer disarmed
WALL SLOW
60%
⇒
90%
WALL DAMAGE
75/125/175
⇒
125/200/275
Jarvan IV
E attack speed increased.
Buffing Jarvan's clear speed as well as the unique aura he provides his team.
E - Demacian Standard
BONUS ATTACK SPEED
15/17.5/20/22.5/25%
⇒
20/22.5/25/27.5/30% (reminder: Jarvan has this bonus at all times and gains it a second time while near his flag)
Jax
Attack damage decreased. Q damage decreased early.
Nerfing Jax's early game damage to slow his roll into a late-game raid boss and give enemies a wider window to beat him early.
Base Stats
ATTACK DAMAGE
69.97
⇒
68
Q - Leap Strike
DAMAGE
80/120/160/200/240 (+1.0 bonus attack damage) (+0.6 ability power)
⇒
65/105/145/185/225 (+1.0 bonus attack damage) (+0.6 ability power)
Kassadin
Armor decreased.
We're playing into Kassadin's anti-magic theme by opening up a weakness to physical-damage lane bullies.
Base Stats
BASE ARMOR
23.376
⇒
19
ARMOR GROWTH
3.2
⇒
2.8
Kayn
Transformation rules are smoother and more intuitive.
There's a lot of text below, but here's the gist: Unlock progress for Red and Blue Kayn are no longer separate (violence always gets you closer to transformation), and capitalizing on advantageous mid-game opportunities against one range type no longer risks undoing the work you did to unlock the other type first. If you still end up unlocking the form you don't want, now you can unlock the form you do want faster by continuing to fight the other range type.
Passive - The Darkin Scythe
TRANSFORMATION PROGRESS
Darkin and Shadow Assassin unlock progress are separate
⇒
Darkin and Shadow Assassin share unlock progress. When transformation becomes available, the form that unlocks is chosen based on which champion type Kayn dealt more damage to.
TRANSFORMATION THRESHOLD
400 points per champion type
⇒
500 points from any champion type (offsetting the rate increase from combining transformation progress)
CLOSE CALL
If Kayn unlocks his transformation when the two forms are near-even, Kayn unlocks the form of the champion type he damaged last
TIME WEIGHTING
Damage dealt later in the game is still worth more transformation progress but doesn't count for more in terms of which form Kayn unlocks
newFASTER OTHER FORM
Once Kayn's first form is unlocked, he can continue collecting orbs of the other form's type to reduce the timer until his second form unlocks
Transformation Clarity
newCOLORING
Kayn's transformation bar now changes color based on which champion type Kayn has dealt more damage to
PINGING
Kayn can now ping various aspects of his passive to his team:
- Pinging the transformation bar tells allies roughly how close Kayn is to transformation (early in the transformation process, midway to transformation, or very near transformation)
- Pinging the "Form available" button tells allies Kayn can transform into that form
- Pinging the "Form unavailable" button tells allies the time remaining before that form unlocks
E - Shadow Step
LET ME GO HOME
Kayn can now recall before Shadow Step expires as long as he isn't still in terrain
R - Umbral Trespass
Giving Shadow Assassin Kayn a better shot at escaping sticky situations.
SHADOW ASSASSIN EXIT DASH
300 range
⇒
300-500 range based on Shadow Assassin Kayn's cursor position
Bugfixes
MISSTEP
Fixed a Shadow Step into basic attack into Q - Reaping Slash bug where, if Shadow Step's buff expired during Q's cast time (due to the basic attack putting Kayn in combat), Q dealt no damage
NO SHORTCUTS
Kayn no longer immediately harvests orbs when damaging ranged champions who hadn't yet damaged him. He'll now properly wait until exiting combat.
....HIGHLANDER?
Fixed a bug where Soulhunter Kayn would hear the audio for Master Yi's R - Highlander forever if he transformed into Rhaast with Master Yi in the game
Neeko
W clone, haste duration increased; clone travels in target direction rather than pathing to target location. R no longer slows but Neeko lands faster after jumping.
We're playing up Neeko's clone baiting potential with Shapesplitter and trimming an extraneous strength from Pop Blossom (with an accompanying buff to keep the change net-neutral).
W - Shapesplitter
CLONE AND HASTE DURATION
2 seconds
⇒
3 seconds (stealth duration still 0.5 seconds)
PATHING
Neeko's clone now travels in the target direction until it runs into terrain, rather than pathing to the target location
BUGFIX
Shapesplitter's passive once again works on turrets
R - Pop Blossom
removedSLOW
Enemies in Pop Blossom's radius are no longer slowed by 40%
JUMP TIME
0.75 seconds
⇒
0.6 seconds
TOOLTIP FIX
Tooltip now indicates the ability power ratio on Pop Blossom's shield (actual scaling unchanged)
Ornn
Health and armor increased.
When we took a mechanics pass on Ornn last patch, our intent was that he'd be slightly stronger overall. This isn't the case—in particular, players are struggling in lane without Bellows Breath's shield so we're giving him some more baseline tankiness.
Base Stats
HEALTH
565.64
⇒
590
ARMOR
33.04
⇒
36
Rakan
Armor decreased. W dash speed decreased but activates faster upon reaching the destination.
This patch's changes to Grand Entrance are a targeted nerf for Rakan's R-W initiation: The Quickness's speed boost made Grand Entrance's dash fast enough for Rakan to reliably charm enemies at the dash's end point, holding them in place for the knockup and—for coordinated teams—a truckload of follow-up damage from Rakan's allies. Slowing Grand Entrance's dash speed gives foes more time to react to Rakan's dive while reducing the delay before it pops keeps it effective when Rakan isn't trying to do fancy combos with it.
General
RECOMMENDED ITEMS
Updated!
Base Stats
ARMOR
33
⇒
29
W - Grand Entrance
DASH SPEED
2050 (+30% Rakan's movement speed)
⇒
1400 (+45/+80 with un-upgraded/upgraded boots)
EFFECT DELAY
0.5 seconds after reaching the destination
⇒
0.35 seconds after reaching the destination
OVERALL
Max-range casts hit slightly later than before; short-range casts hit faster
R - The Quickness
BUGFIX
Fixed a bug that caused The Quickness to sometimes not affect Rakan's basic attack target
Shyvana
Passive bonus damage to dragons increased. E mark damage increased.
Shyvana's been on the weak side for quite a while. We're buffing her unique dragon killing ability, as well as her ability to shred through tanky targets.
Passive - Fury of the Dragonborn
BONUS DAMAGE VS DRAGONS
10%
⇒
20% (also applies to Vilemaw on Twisted Treeline)
E - Flame Breath
MARK DAMAGE
2.5% target's max health
⇒
3.25% target's max health
Tahm Kench
Allies in combat with champions can no longer jump into R.
This particular use case for Tahm Kench's ult was basically "second Devour." Chomping allies once a fight is enough, Tahm.
R - Abyssal Voyage
FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED
Allies in combat with enemy champions can no longer jump into Abyssal Voyage
Urgot
Armor decreased. Q cost increased. W cooldown increased early.
It's time, Urgot. We're nerfing crab man's early game across a number of vectors to give other top laners a better chance at success.
Base Stats
ARMOR
39
⇒
36
Q - Corrosive Charge
COST
50 mana
⇒
60 mana
W - Purge
COOLDOWN
13/12/11/10/9 seconds
⇒
17/15/13/11/9 seconds
Vi
Next basic attack after E-empowered attack is faster.
In some late-game situations, the delay between Excessive Force's empowered attack and Vi's next basic attack lasted long enough that Vi ended up losing sustained damage compared to just basic-attacking as normal. We're making that not a thing anymore.
E - Excessive Force
COMET PUNCH
The delay between Excessive Force's empowered attack and Vi's next basic attack is shorter and scales better with attack speed
Volibear
E bonus damage vs dashing/airborne targets changed to max health. R ratio increased; on-cast lightning happens faster; lightning now bounces instantly.
Given that Volibear, like other juggernauts, is often forced to fight whoever's up close and personal, we're changing Majestic Roar's bonus damage to be good against fighters and tanks, not just backline squishies. We're also taking the opportunity to make Thunder Claws feel snappier.
E - Majestic Roar
BONUS DAMAGE VS DASHING/AIRBORNE TARGETS
40/60/80/100/120 (+0.3 ability power)
⇒
8% target's max health
R - Thunder Claws
RATIO
0.3 ability power
⇒
0.4 ability power
LIGHTNING BOLT ON CAST
Fires after
0.25 seconds
⇒
0.1 second
removedBOUNCE DELAY
Chain lightning no longer takes 0.075 seconds to bounce from one target to the next (it's now instant)
Yorick
The Maiden now follows Yorick when he leaves lane. Maiden health scales better with game time. Graves spawn faster late. Mist Walkers and the Maiden no longer deal less damage when far from Yorick.
Yorick's a lot stronger when The Maiden is with him, but he loses that strength if he doesn't stay in lane, leading to subpar contributions if he abandons a split-push to fight with his team. We're giving Yorick the ability to bring the Maiden and her Mist Walkers with him, roaming together as combat buddies or cross-lane turret demolitionists. Toss in a late-game increase to Mist Walker availability (especially when Yorick's allies don't let him last hit with Last Rites) and we've got a patch!
General
removedDECAYED INTENT
Mist Walkers and the Maiden no longer deal decreased damage when far from Yorick
Passive - Shepherd of Souls
NEARBY ENEMY DEATHS PER GRAVE
12/8/4 (at levels 1/7/13), 4 on ARAM
⇒
12/6/2 (at levels 1/7/13), 2 on ARAM
MIST WALKER GOLD
5
⇒
2
E - Mourning Mist
BUGFIX
Mist Walkers and the Maiden no longer sometimes fail to target an enemy hit by Mourning Mist
R - Eulogy of the Isles
MAIDEN HEALTH
700/1500/4000 (+30% Yorick's health)
⇒
300/1000/3000 (+70% Yorick's health)
removedBROKEN BOND
The Maiden no longer begins autonomously pushing a lane when far from Yorick. Instead, she'll leash back to him.
newGO YOUR OWN WAY
Yorick can now reactivate Eulogy of the Isles to set the Maiden free, but can't get her back once he does. She'll push the nearest lane until she dies.
Zyra
Mana regen decreased.
Lower mana regen means Zyra will need to think twice before fishing for hits with Deadly Spines and Grasping Roots, lest she be caught out without resources during a gank or all-in.
Base Stats
MANA REGEN
15.335 per 5 seconds
⇒
13 per 5 seconds
Evelynn
Quality of life changes and fixes.
Q - Hate Spike
PRIORITY
Hate Spike still prioritizes the last champion then the last non-champion Evelynn hit, but now prioritizes the lowest-health champion next (ahead of the lowest-health non-champion)
BUFFERING
Hate Spike's recasts can now be buffered up to 0.5 seconds before becoming castable
W - Allure
FIZZLE FIX
Allure's cast no longer fizzles if Evelynn loses sight of her target mid-cast
E - Whiplash
EMPOWERED DASH
No longer occasionally drops Evelynn directly on top of her target
R - Last Caress
newBUFFERING
Can now be buffered during Empowered E - Whiplash's cast
Kled
This one actually went live last patch, but we figured it's still worth a mention!
E - Jousting
VACUUM
Jousting through minions is no longer likely to stack them directly on top of each other
Minimap Targeting
Given you're typically trying to hit something on-screen or just off-screen with these abilities, we're disabling minimap targeting to avoid miscasts.
MINIMAP TARGETING DISABLED
Lux's R - Final Spark, Nami's R - Tidal Wave, and ARAM's Mark spell (yeah yeah it's not a champion ability) no longer use Minimap Targeting. If your cursor is over the minimap when casting one of these, it'll fire in the target direction instead.
Items
Oblivion Orb
Cost increased, ability power decreased.
Oblivion Orb is a ubiquitous mage pick-up due to the ability to stack its magic penetration with Sorcerer's Shoes relatively early in the game. That being the case, why didn't we nerf the magic penetration? We're shrinking Oblivion Orb's contribution toward ability ratios so it's less attractive for late-scaling mages while still satisfying to rush for champions with high base damages or are looking for an early power spike before moving onto main-build items.
COST
1500 gold
⇒
1600 gold
ABILITY POWER
25
⇒
20
Morellonomicon
Ability power decreased.
Like Oblivion Orb above, we want to push Morellonomicon a bit further toward its unique identity. In this case, that identity is the magic damage Grievous Wounds item. If the enemy team doesn't have significant sources of healing or regen, finishing Morellonomicon should be less attractive than sitting on Oblivion Orb and building something else.
COMBINE COST
650 gold
⇒
550 gold (total cost unchanged due to Oblivion Orb cost increase)
ABILITY POWER
80
⇒
70
Sunfire Cape
Cost decreased.
Despite its historical place in many tank and fighter builds, Sunfire Cape isn't showing up in many inventories these days. Making it cheaper provides earlier access to the full-powered Immolate effect, giving core users a leg up in lane and reopening the door to Sunfire builds for champs who've rotated onto other first items.
COST
2900 gold
⇒
2750 gold
Runes
Overheal
Ally healing grants less shielding; self-healing grants more shielding late. Shield decays gradually instead of immediately.
Overheal's effectiveness relies on whether your allies know to... well... overheal you, which often isn't the case in solo queue. We're siphoning that coordinated play strength into more self-sufficiency, plus shifting the shield decay to the Bloodthirster model to make Overheal a more consistently rewarding defensive choice.
ALLY HEAL CONVERSION
300%
⇒
40-100% (at levels 1-18)
SELF-HEAL CONVERSION
40%
⇒
40-100% (at levels 1-18)
SHIELD DECAY
Falls off immediately after 6 seconds
⇒
After 6 seconds, decays by 2.5% of the max shield value each second
BUGFIX
Overheal's tooltips and post-game stats now properly track total damage blocked rather than just the last instance of damage blocked
Legend: Bloodline
Lifesteal per stack decreased; max stacks doubled.
The choice between Bloodline and Alacrity isn't all that exciting, with the majority of potential users simply defaulting to Alacrity without much thought. We're shifting Bloodline to be a stronger late game option, adding a new decision point on top of "attack speed or lifesteal?"
LIFESTEAL PER STACK
0.8%
⇒
0.6%
MAX STACKS
10
⇒
20
MAX LIFESTEAL
8%
⇒
12%
Cut Down
Bonus damage scales based on percent max health difference rather than flat max health difference. Maximum bonus decreased.
Cut Down scales dramatically over game time due flat health differences being much narrower before level scaling and items kick in. Switching to a percent model makes it useful even in the early game, though the max bonus is going down to accommodate this increase in relevance.
BONUS DAMAGE
4%-12% vs targets with 150-2000 more max health than you
⇒
4%-10% vs targets with 10%-100% more max health than you
Absolute Focus
Adaptive stats decreased.
Absolute Focus is overtuned, particularly for champions who extract tons of PvE value from the bonus stats (marksmen, junglers). We're bringing its effectiveness down across the board.
ADAPTIVE STATS
3-24 attack damage or 5-40 ability power (at levels 1-18)
⇒
1.8-18 attack damage or 3-30 ability power (at levels 1-18)
Rune Stats
Adaptive damage decreased. Armor and magic resist increased.
The adaptive damage stat has proven to be the best option in the offense row and especially the flex rows, so we're nerfing it. Buffs to the armor and magic resist rune will bring flex in line overall, with magic resist needing more of a leg up. While the individual buffs and nerfs here might look fiddly, a change in pick rates creates a far more noticeable effect: Champs who switch their flex from adaptive to armor or magic resist will lose ten damage, not one.
ADAPTIVE DAMAGE
10
⇒
9
ARMOR
5
⇒
6
MAGIC RESIST
6
⇒
8
Summoner Spells
Ignite
Damage and cooldown decreased.
Ignite's damage nerf should come as no surprise: it's been flooding summoner spell choices across multiple lanes. The cooldown buff may look confusing, but shifting power out of Ignite's burn into its uptime lets us swing harder on damage without killing the spell entirely.
DAMAGE
80-505 (at levels 1-18)
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70-410 (at levels 1-18)
COOLDOWN
210 seconds
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180 seconds
Game Pacing
Hand of Baron
Baron buff is weaker in the early game.
During preseason, we made Baron buff less mandatory for sieges (by buffing minions) to reduce the degree games revolve around it. We're following suit by weakening the combat strength early Barons offer to reduce the number of games that snowball off one good play into an abrupt end.
Hand of Baron
SCALING
Scaling is linear and increments every minute
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Scaling accelerates over time and increments every second
ATTACK DAMAGE
24-48 at 20-40 minutes (36 at 30 minutes)
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12-48 at 20-40 minutes (26 at 30 minutes)
ABILITY POWER
40-80 at 20-40 minutes (60 at 30 minutes)
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20-80 at 20-40 minutes (43 at 30 minutes)
MINION DAMAGE REDUCTION VS CHAMPIONS
70% at all times
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50%-70% at 20-40 minutes (58% at 30 minutes)
Inhibitor & Nexus Turrets
Inhibitor and Nexus turrets have late-game resistances at all times.
On a similar note as Hand of Baron above, we're making base defenses more resilient to early sieges to avoid games falling into an unrecoverable state due to one good early push.
INHIBITOR AND NEXUS TURRET RESISTANCES
55-70 armor and magic resist at 31-45 minutes
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70 armor and magic resist at all times
Jungle
Jungle Camp Experience
Camp experience scaling decreased. Rift Scuttler gold scaling also decreased.
Our preseason changes to camp experience didn't result in the jungler power and influence reduction we intended, so we're following up.
Small Camps
Experience scales every second level instead of every level; scaling reduced from +50% to +25%.
XP SCALING
Every level from 1-7
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Levels 1/3/5/7
GROMP XP
115-172.5
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115-143.75
GREATER MURK WOLF XP
65-97.5
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65-81.25
MURK WOLF XP
25-37.5
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25-31.25
CRIMSON RAPTOR XP
20-30
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20-25
RAPTOR XP
20-30
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20-25
ANCIENT KRUG XP
100-150
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100-125 (reminder: first clear still grants 30% reduced XP)
KRUG XP
35-52.5
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35-43.75
LESSER KRUG XP
7-10.5
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7-8.75
Buff Camps
Experience scales every second level instead of every level; scaling reduced from +57% to +25%.
XP SCALING
Every level from 1-7
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Levels 1/3/5/7
RED BRAMBLEBACK
115-180
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115-143.75
BLUE SENTINEL
115-180
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115-143.75
Rift Scuttler
Gold and experience scaling reduced from +100% to +80%.
GOLD
70-140
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70-126
EXPERIENCE
115-230
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115-207
Challenging Smite
Damage decreased. No longer grants vision of the target.
We're reining in the kill pressure Challenging Smite grants junglers.
DAMAGE VS CHAMPIONS
60-162 over 3 seconds (at levels 1-18)
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48-125 over 2.5 seconds (at levels 1-18)
removedVISION
Challenging Smite no longer grants vision of the target while the effect is active
Bugfixes
- Jayce's ranged basic attack animation has been fixed to synchronize with the attack's actual wind-up and launch
- Kai'Sa can now properly dash to an untargetable enemy with R - Killer Instinct
- Fiora's W - Riposte now properly blocks Pyke's R - Death From Below when Fiora is below the execute threshold
- When cast during Q - Lunge, Fiora's W - Riposte now properly activates in the area designated by the indicator rather than toward the original target position
- When moused over, Lissandra's Passive - Iceborn Subjugation now properly shows the range within which slain enemies will become Frozen Thralls
- Mordekaiser's W - Harvester of Sorrow reactivation no longer grants double the intended amount of shielding from his Passive - Iron Man from enemies hit by both zones
- Hail of Blades now properly procs when the first basic attack causes a champion to exit Camouflage (ex. Twitch's Q - Ambush, Rengar's R - Thrill of the Hunt)
- Rek'Sai's Q - Queen's Wrath attacks now interact properly with Hail of Blades
- Fixed an edge case where Hail of Blades' cooldown would become unable to reset after selling or refunding a fully charged Dead Man's Plate
- Nidalee's basic attack no longer cancels if a Hunt activates mid-attack animation
- Lux's basic attack no longer cancels if issued the moment W - Prismatic Barrier reaches max range
- Saving multiple highlights from the same game without renaming them no longer causes them to overwrite each other due to all of them using the same default name
- Restored on-hit VFX for Base, High Noon, and PROJECT Yasuo's Q - Steel Tempest tornado
- Restored missing VFX on Base, High Noon, and PROJECT Yasuo's E - Sweeping Blade-Q - Steel Tempest combo cast
- Restored missing buff particles on Base and PROJECT Yasuo's sword after casting R - Last Breath
- Restored missing swipe trails on High Noon and PROJECT Yasuo's basic attacks
- Restored some missing audio on Kled's basic attacks while W - Violent Tendencies is on cooldown
Upcoming Skins & Chromas
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The following chromas will be released this patch:
until Rito Game thought it was a good idea to remove it from the game. Sure his shield was very good against dots but it was still good on it's own. What kind of shield gives you 70 armor and mr while healing you every time you take a hit, that was a flat heal you know. As for his mr, 50% of his mr went to his AP. I never did say Galio was a tank, he was an anti-mage mage. The only thing he was missing was some kind of dash and he was a broken champ. Also don't you dare call that smug overdecorated walking rock Gailo.
kha is broken nerf this champ
got a buff last patch.
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