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2020 Season Kickoff and Major Gameplay Updates

Patch10.1
Quick Take5 changes

Season 2020 starts on January 10, 4:00 AM. Patch 10.1 brings champion balance changes, support item updates, rune adjustments, and bugfixes.

  • New: Sett, the Boss, enters the arena.
  • Nerf: Aphelios, Aurelion Sol, Kassadin, Mordekaiser, and Zyra receive nerfs.
  • Buff: Azir, Corki, Jayce, Kalista, Nami, Sejuani, Shyvana, Varus, and Vi receive buffs; Sylas reworked with updated abilities.
  • Updated: Support items across all lines gain new health regen or mana regen; Conqueror now shows healing in tooltip; Omnistone cooldown decreased.
  • Fixed: Warwick Q no longer wastes mana on dead targets; Ardent Censer self-shield interaction fixed; missile abilities no longer reveal in Fog of War.

Season Start

Ranked 2020 begins on January 10, 4:00 AM! Prepare yourself for another year of competition, salt, joyous victories, and soul-crushing losses.

Champions

Sett

The Boss

Sett comes to reign supreme in 10.1.

Aphelios

Base movement speed and health decreased. Infernum R AoE damage decreased on secondary targets.

Base Stats

MOVEMENT SPEED330 ⇒ 325 HEALTH530 ⇒ 500

R – Moonlight Vigil

INFERNUM EMPOWERED AOE DAMAGE100% on secondary targets ⇒ 75% on secondary targets

Aurelion Sol

Passive stars base damage decreased.

Passive – Center of the Universe

BASE STAR DAMAGE16-120 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 12-120 (levels 1-18)

Azir

R base damage and wall duration increased.

R – Emperor's Divide

BASE DAMAGE150/250/450 ⇒ 175/325/475 WALL DURATION3 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds

Corki

R base damage increased later.

R – Missile Barrage

BASE DAMAGE90/115/140 ⇒ 90/125/160

Jax

R now works with Guinsoo's Rageblade

R – Grandmaster's Might

GUINSOO'S RAGEBLADENow gains effects from Guinsoo's Rageblade

Jayce

Cannon Q base damage increased later.

Q – Shock Blast

BASE DAMAGE55/105/155/205/255/305 ⇒ 55/110/165/220/275/330

Kalista

Base health and armor growth increased.

Base Stats

HEALTH GROWTH89 ⇒ 100 ARMOR GROWTH3.5 ⇒ 4

Kassadin

Movement speed decreased. R mana penalty duration now displays on icon.

Base Stats

MOVEMENT SPEED340 ⇒ 335

R – Riftwalk

DEBUFF DISPLAYKassadin's mana debuff duration now displays on R's border

Kog'Maw

R mana penalty duration now displays on icon.

R – Living Artillery

DEBUFF DISPLAYKog'Maw's mana debuff duration now displays on R's border

Mordekaiser

Passive duration decreased; movement speed now flat.

Passive – Darkness Rise

DURATION5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds MOVEMENT SPEED3/6/9% (levels 1/6/11) ⇒ 3% (levels 1-18)

Nami

E now also empowers the target's abilities.

E – Tidecaller's Blessing

BLESSINGEmpowers the target's next 3 basic attacks ⇒ Empowers the target's next 3 basic attacks and abilities (AoE spells empowered by Tidecaller's Blessing deal 33-66% less damage to non-champions)

Sejuani

Base health growth increased. Frost Armor resistances ratio increased. E base damage increased later.

Base Stats

HEALTH GROWTH95 ⇒ 100

Passive – Fury of the North

FROST ARMOR10 (+0.35 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (+0.35 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance ⇒ 10 (+0.5 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (+0.5 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance

E – Permafrost

BASE DAMAGE40/80/120/160/200 ⇒ 40/90/140/190/240

Shyvana

Gains resistances when slaying Elder Dragon. Fury gains increased in lieu of ultimate CDR when slaying Cloud Drakes. E marked target damage ratio and monster damage cap increased.

Passive – Fury of the Dragonborn

DRAGON SLAYERShyvana now gains 5 permanent bonus armor and bonus magic resistance for every elemental drake and Elder Dragon her team slays RAGING WINDSCloud Drake now increases Shyvana's Fury gains by 10/20/30/40% (because her ultimate does not have a cooldown)

E – Flame Breath

MARKED TARGET DAMAGE RATIO3.25% of target's maximum health ⇒ 3.75% of target's maximum health MARKED MONSTER DAMAGE CAP100 ⇒ 150

Sylas

Less base stats early, more later. Passive now gives attack speed. W cooldown decreased. E AP ratio increased. W, E1, and R basic attack reset removed.

Base Stats

HEALTH585 ⇒ 525 HEALTH GROWTH95 ⇒ 115 ARMOR32 ⇒ 27 ARMOR GROWTH3 ⇒ 4 MAGIC RESISTANCE39 ⇒ 32 MAGIC RESISTANCE GROWTH1.25 ⇒ 1.75

Passive – Petricite Burst

PRIMARY TARGET DAMAGE RATIO1.1 total attack damage (+0.2 ability power) ⇒ 1.1 total attack damage (+0.25 ability power) RADIUS400 range ⇒ 300 range NEWFAST CHAINZNow grants Sylas 60% attack speed when available PETRICITE BURST2 stacks ⇒ 3 stacks NEWMINION EXECUTENow executes secondary target minions below 25 health

Q – Chain Lash

COOLDOWN9/8/7/6/5 seconds ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds CHAIN DAMAGE45/70/95/120/145 (+0.6 ability power) ⇒ 40/55/70/85/100 (+0.4 ability power) DETONATION DAMAGE45/70/95/120/145 (+0.6 ability power) ⇒ 60/105/150/195/240 (+0.8 ability power) DETONATION MINION DAMAGE REDUCTION45% ⇒ 60% REMOVEDDETONATION SLOWNo longer slows enemies hit for 2 seconds NEWCAGEDCan no longer be cast during E – Abduct

W – Kingslayer

REMOVEDBASIC ATTACK RESETCasting Kingslayer no longer resets Sylas' basic attack DAMAGE65/100/135/170/205 (+0.65 ability power) ⇒ 65/100/135/170/205 (+0.85 ability power) COOLDOWN14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds ⇒ 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds REMOVEDMERCYNo longer deals 50% increased damage to targets below 40% health INCREASED HEALHeals for 75% more if Sylas is below 40% ⇒ Heals more based on Sylas' health, up to 100% more at 40% health COST40 mana ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110 mana

E – Abscond/Abduct

REMOVEDE1 BASIC ATTACK RESETCasting Abscond no longer resets Sylas' basic attack E2 DAMAGE70/85/100/115/130 (+0.2 ability power) ⇒ 80/130/180/230/280 (+1.0 ability power) REMOVEDSHIELDNo longer gains a magic damage shield for 2 seconds COOLDOWN14 seconds ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds LOCKOUT0.2 seconds when moving if Abduct hits ⇒ 0.05 seconds when moving after Abduct

R – Hijack

REMOVEDBASIC ATTACK RESETCasting Hijack no longer resets Sylas' basic attack

Varus

Q cooldown and Blight cooldown refund decreased.

Q – Piercing Arrow

COOLDOWN20/18/16/14/12 seconds ⇒ 18/16/14/12/10 seconds BLIGHT COOLDOWN REFUND4 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds

Vi

R now Unstoppable for its whole duration.

R – Assault and Battery

NEWDENZEL WASHINGTONVi remains Unstoppable for the duration of her uppercut

Zyra

Empowered E slow decreased.

E – Grasping Roots

VINE LASHER SLOW30%, not stacking ⇒ 25%, stacking up to two times, but only once per plant

Support Items

Relic Shield

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN25%

Targon's Buckler

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN50% Base Health Regeneration

Bulwark of the Mountain

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN100% ABILITY POWER40 ⇒ 25

Steel Shoulderguards

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN25%

Runesteel Spaulders

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN50%

Pauldrons of Whiterock

NEWBASE HEALTH REGEN100% ATTACK DAMAGE24 ⇒ 15

Spectral Sickle

NEWMANA REGEN25%

Harrowing Crescent

NEWMANA REGEN50%

Black Mist Scythe

NEWMANA REGEN100% ATTACK DAMAGE35 ⇒ 25 HEALTH150 ⇒ 100

Spellthief's Edge

NEWMANA REGEN25%

Frostfang

NEWMANA REGEN50%

Shard of True Ice

NEWMANA REGEN100% HEALTH150 ⇒ 100 ABILITY POWER60 ⇒ 45

Runes

Conqueror

Now shows the total healing in its tooltip.

HEALING DISPLAYNow shows the total healing gained in the tooltip, including when hovering over the rune on the scoreboard

Prototype: Omnistone

Cooldown decreased.

COOLDOWN7-3 seconds for melee champions, 11-7 seconds for ranged champions ⇒ 5-3 seconds for melee champions, 9-7 for ranged champions

Bugfixes

  • Warwick's Q – Jaws of the Beast no longer depletes mana or goes on cooldown if the target dies during its cast.
  • Ardent Censer's bonus attack speed Unique passive no longer activates on a champion that's shielding themselves
  • Missile-type abilities in that wouldn't normally be in your vision will no longer give you an early warning in Fog of War

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