Hey all! Some familiar faces this patch as we continue tuning on bullies like Kayle, Sylas, and Urgot. We also got some QoL changes to things like Predator, Immolate items, and the Practice Tool, as well as some updates to the vision row of Domination runes.
If you're looking to relax on the open seas, Butcher's Bridge is back for your ARAM-ing leisure so get ready to set sail, ban Ziggs, and put on your Ghostwalkers.
Paul "RiotAether" Perscheid Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo
Kayle Armor growth, health regen decreased. Q cost increased. W movement speed decreased, cost increased. E damage reduced but now has a ratio
We're following up with more adjustments to Kayle to make her late-game spikes more reliant on doing well and getting items rather than coasting off raw power from levels.
Base Stats
HEALTH REGEN :[6]⇒ 5
ARMOR GROWTH :[3.5]⇒ 3
Q - Radiant Blast
COST :
[60/65/70/75/80]
⇒
70/75/80/85/90
mana
W - Celestial Blessing
BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED :
[26/32/38/44/50%]
⇒
24/28/32/36/40%
COST :
[70/75/80/85/90]
⇒
60/70/80/90/100
mana
E - Starfire Spellblade
BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE :
[10/12.5/15/17.5/20%]
⇒
8/10/12/14/16% (+1% per 100 AP)
target's missing health
Urgot Passive damage decreased late. E cooldown increased early; cost increased. R damage decreased.
Was told we can't use the Urgod joke again. We're pulling back on some of the buffs he received last patch.
We're hitting Lissandra's waveclear so she can't consistently out-shove her opponents.
Q - Ice Shard
COOLDOWN :
[6/5.25/4.5/3.75/3]
⇒
10/8.5/7/5.5/4
seconds
Morgana Health regen growth decreased. W ratio decreased.
Lookin' good and feelin' fine. But maybe a little too fine, especially in mid. Trimming off some excess power from her update in 9.5. While we're aiming mainly at mid-lane Morg, support will also be affected.
Base Stats
HEALTH REGEN GROWTH :[0.6]⇒ 0.4
W - Tormented Shadow
MINIMUM TOTAL DAMAGE RATIO :[0.8]⇒ 0.7 ability power (still at 0% target missing health)
MAXIMUM TOTAL DAMAGE RATIO :[2.16]⇒ 1.89 ability power (still at 100% target missing health)
Pyke Q cooldown decreased early. E stun duration increased.
We're giving Pyke's all-in more power.
Q - Bone Skewer
COOLDOWN :
[16/14/12/10/8]
⇒
14/12.5/11/9.5/8
seconds
E - Phantom Undertow
STUN DURATION :[1.1]⇒ 1.25 seconds
Rumble W movement speed increased. R cooldown decreased.
We're giving Rumble some love so he can compete better against other top laners.
W - Scrap Shield
MOVEMENT SPEED :
[10/15/20/25/30%]
⇒
20/25/30/35/40%
R - The Equalizer
COOLDOWN :
[110/100/90]
⇒
100/85/70
seconds
Sylas Health regen decreased. W damage decreased. E cooldown increased early.
We're continuing with the adjustments to Sylas since he’s become frustrating to deal with in all levels of play. These nerfs are aimed around creating weaknesses in his laning phase so that he can't be both mobile and have higher all-in damage and healing than his opponent
We're helping tank junglers feel a more meaningful power spike upon completing Cinderhulk and bringing it closer to the other jungle enchants in clear speed.
GRILLED RAZORBEAK : Deals [200%]⇒ 300% bonus magic damage to minions and monsters
The Dark Seal Ability power, sell-back value decreased.
Dark Seal is meant to be a greedy purchase to eventually upgrade into an even greedier Soulstealer, but its stat efficiency is so high and its sell-back value so good it’s become the correct choice to buy (sometimes in multiples) in too many situations.
ABILITY POWER :[15]⇒ 10
SELLBACK VALUE :[245]⇒ 140 gold
Wit's EndUPDATED Attack speed, magic resist, cost increased. Now grants movement speed. On-hit damage lower early, higher late. No longer steals magic resist but now heals on-hit.
Making Wit's End more slot-efficient for attack speed bruisers. It can now fill the gap where one would consider Maw of Malmortius, but can't due to the overlap in passives with Sterak's Gage (Lifeline). It'll also be less of an early-rush item now that its new UNIQUE effect scales better throughout the game.
TOTAL COST :[2400]⇒ 2900 gold
BUILD PATH :
Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak + Dagger +
[380]
⇒
880
gold
ATTACK SPEED :[40%]⇒ 50%
MAGIC RESIST :[40]⇒ 50
MOVEMENT SPEED 5%
ON-HIT DAMAGE :[42]⇒ 15-80 (levels 1-18)
HEALTH STEAL Heal for the amount of on-hit damage dealt by Wit's End (33% effective for ranged) when the item holder is below half health
MAGIC RESIST STEAL Basic attacks no longer steal 6 magic resist (3 for ranged), up to 30
Immolate Item Combat Text
People like big numbers.
DISCO INFERNO : Combat text for Immolate effects on Cinderhulk, Bami's Cinder, and Sunfire Cape now display running totals of how much damage each target has taken
Eyeball CollectionUPDATED Max stacks decreased, total stats unchanged. Kills and assists both grant one stack; no longer stacks off wards.
Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Eyeball Collection is about killing people.
MAX STACKS :[20]⇒ 10
STACKS :
[2 per champion kill, 1 per champion assist, 1 per ward kill]
⇒
1 per champion takedown (kill or assist)
ADAPTIVE FORCE :[1]⇒ 2 per stack (20 total)
COMPLETION BONUS : 10 adaptive force (unchanged)
Ghost PoroUPDATED Your wards spawn a ghost poro and grant stacks of adaptive force when they expire. Gain extra adaptive force at full stacks.
Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Ghost Poro is about warding cleverly.
HAUNTED TRINKET Standing in brush no longer converts your trinket into a Ghost Poro. Placing a Ghost Poro in enemy territory no longer grants adaptive force.
SPOOKY Your wards now spawn a Ghost Poro when they expire, giving vision in the area until it's scared away be enemy champions. Wards killed by enemies don't spawn Ghost Poros.
BOO Spawning a Ghost Poro grants 2 adaptive force up to 10 times (max 20). At 10 Ghost Poro spawns, gain an additional 10 adaptive force.
Zombie WardUPDATED No longer grants on-hit damage versus champions when clearing a ward. Ward clears now grant stacks of adaptive force. Gain extra adaptive force at full stacks.
Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Zombie Ward is about clearing wards.
TOUCH OF DEATH Damaging a champion after clearing a ward no longer deals bonus damage
WARD GRAVEYARD Clearing a ward grants 2 adaptive force up to 10 times (max 20). At 10 ward clears, gain an additional 10 adaptive force.
Cut Down Damage versus extremely high health targets increased.
It was still bad even after 9.5's buff.
DAMAGE :[5-12%]⇒ 5-15% (still at 10-100% max health difference)
Sail back to Butcher's Bridge to hunt for treasure and test our experimental ARAM changes. Check out the Back to Bilgewater /dev post on Nexus for more details on the gameplay changes, item additions, and balance updates.
FOLLOW THE COMPASS : Butcher's Bridge is back for a limited time
BAN TO DAVY JONES' LOCKER Ban your least favorite champions. After bans are set, random champions will be assigned and they won't show up in rerolls
FINISH HIM After 15 minutes, minion waves' spawn rate will increase, minions will gain more movement speed, and champions will deal 10% more damage to structures
OUCH Damage from champions further than 900 units away is reduced by 15%
SUMMONER SPELL Barrier has been replaced by Backtrack. When activated, Backtrack gives players a small blue shield (less powerful than Barrier) and then 3 seconds later zooms them back towards their Fountain
ITEM UPDATES Mariner's Vengeance and Ghostwalkers have been added to the store for ARAM games and Warmog's Armor has been adjusted
RUNES ADJUSTMENT : Runes have been adjusted for ARAM similar to Nexus Blitz and ARURF+
CHAMPION BALANCE : Champions have been adjusted to narrow the gap between the top and bottom champions in ARAM
Fixed a bug where Akali's Twilight Shroud's cooldown was incorrectly calculated with her cooldown reduction
Jarvan IV's Cataclysm cast VO lines no longer plays during its recast
Buffs auras on Battlecast Alpha Skarner, Zombie Brand, AstroNautilus, Star Guardian Jinx, Pool Party Fiora, Underworld Wukong, Snow Day Malzahar, Pool Party Leona, PROJECT: Leona, and Guardian of the Sands Rammus now properly follow the models during certain animations
Morgana's Soul Shackles no longer hits targets if the effect ends prematurely by her death
Vi's Excessive Force no longer fizzles when Phantom Hit triggers on Guinsoo's Rageblade
Fixed a bug where Taliyah's Unraveled Earth was scaling incorrectly
Conqueror now properly procs from pets (except for Malzahar's Voidlings and Yorick's Maiden of the Mist are still bugged)
Omni-vamp effects now properly grant reduced healing from pets
Paul "RiotAether" Perscheid
Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo
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Dunkmaster Ivern
Hextech Jarvan IV
Dunkmaster Ivern
Dunkmaster Daisy
