Haven't played in months, what should I know?

TheGilster·3/6/2015, 5:25:09 PM·1 votes·1,794 views

I haven't played league of legends since mid October of last year. Can someone tell me the major changes that lol has gone through in the past 5 months and what champions/items are currently the most viable for each position?

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DWT123453/6/2015, 5:33:29 PM4 votes

Well for one thing the whole map got a visual update

They took away deathfire grasp and are going to replace it soon

and than there are jungle items Jungle items now build off of machete and there are just a set of them each with enchantments

Also you can only smite big or epic monsters

item 3706 Stalkers blade: Lets you smite champions, doing a small bit of true damage and steals some speed from them. You will see this the most item 3713 Trailblazers: Deals splash damage to jungle camp, and heals you. Usually seen on people with poor clear like rammus item 3715 Skirmishers: Lets you smite a champion. It doesent deal any damage but you deal extra true damage to them on hit and take reduced damage from them. See this on 1v1 champs item 3711 Poachers : Smiting and killing monsters on the enemy jungle gives you bonus rewards. You will rarely see this. Its a counterjungling item

item 3709 Enchantment Juggernaut : Gives bonus health. Its gonna be replaced next patch and will give you 25% health and a sunfire effect item 3708 Enchantment Magus : Gives AP and cdr item 3707 Enchantment Warrior : Gives ad cdr and physical pen item 3710 Enchantment Devourer : Pretty much a reworked feral flare, it stacks champ kills and big monster kills and gives you magic damage on hit

also got a couple new normal items

item 3512 Zz'rot portal : Places a portal that spawn void creatures. They go to the nearest lane and attack enemy turrets. They die after they get aways away from the portal. It gives you mr and armor. Every fourth void creature gains damage based on your armor and mr item 3508 Essence Reaver : Gives 80 dmg and you gain mana every time you aa

And we got a set of new elixers

item 2138 Elixer of iron : You have 25% more size slow resistance and tenacity. You also leave a path that speeds up allies item 2137 Elixer of ruin : extra health and damage to towers. Also powers up nearby enemies item 2139 Elixer of sorcery : Extra ap and true damage to champs and towers item 2140 Elixer of wrath : 25 ad and lifesteal. Kills and assists extend it by 30 seconds

We also got some changes to the jungle creatures

Baron now has a better kit of abilities and his buff only gives ap and ad but massivly boosts minions your near to

Dragon no longer gives global gold but has a stacking buff each time you kill it

First time : % increased ad and ap Second time : % Extra damage to towers and buildings Third time : % extra movement Fourth time : Extra damage to minions and monsters Fifth time : Doubles all other bonuses and your attacks burn for true damage. It only lasts 180 seconds and is lost upon death.

Jungle objectives now give you rewards when you smite them

Red buff : Healed for a lot of health Blue buff : Gain a lot of mana Gromp (used to be wraith) : people who attack you are poisoned Wolf : Spawns a little spirit that wards one area for a little bit Razorbeak : Used to be the camp of wraiths : If you are detected by a ward in the next 60 seconds it is disabled and you gain vision of it Krugs (used to be golems) : Every sixth basic attack stuns

Also turrets got changed

The inner turret has a shield that shields from champion attacks and gives a shield to nearby allied champions while its shield is up The inhibitor turrets and the nexus turrets have a laser that ramps up over time

And now the champions

First off new champions

Kalista Kalista : http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/champion-reveal/kalista-spear-vengeance-revealed RekSai Rek'sai : http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/champion-reveal/reksai-the-void-burrower

Bard (not out yet) : http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/champion-reveal/bard-wandering-caretaker

Got an update! http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/champion-update/champion-update-tristana

Viable champs

http://www.lolking.net/charts

zed is dominating midlane and lee sin is STILL destroying jung.

Ahri got nerfed Akali got nerfed

Veigar Got changed. His q is now a skill shot and his w has a delay Zilean his q is now an aoe skill shot. If it doesent hit it stays above ground and will attach to first pearson who comes near

Im sure there is more, but that is the rundown.

If you want to get SUPER in-depth

Also, dont know if you care but the ultimate skin for 2014 came out in febuary (yes, it was late) : http://promo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/dj-sona/