Karthus Gets Major Buffs · League of Legends patch note

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PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Conqueror Nautilus, Arcanist Zoe, Arcanist Zoe Prestige Edition, Arcanist Shaco, and Arcanist Kog'Maw will be available on July 9th, 2020. Infernal Karthus, Infernal Vel'Koz, and Infernal Kennen will be available on July 16th, 2020.

CHAMPIONS

ALISTAR

Q cooldown decreased.

Q – PULVERIZE

COOLDOWN 17/16/15/14/13 seconds ⇒ 15/14/13/12/11 seconds

EZREAL

E cooldown increased.

E – ARCANE SHIFT

COOLDOWN 25/22/19/16/13 seconds ⇒ 28/25/22/19/16 seconds

KARTHUS

Base health and movement speed increased. Q damage increased; damage to monsters decreased. E mana restore is now always active; AoE damage tick rate per second increased.

BASE STATS

HEALTH 528 ⇒ 550

MOVEMENT SPEED 325 ⇒ 335

Q – LAY WASTE

DAMAGE 45/65/85/105/125 (+0.3 ability power) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+0.35 ability power)

DAMAGE REDUCTION TO MONSTERS 0% ⇒ 15%

E – DEFILE

MANA RESTORE Only when toggled off ⇒ Always

AOE DAMAGE TICK RATE Deals damage 1 time per second ⇒ Deals damage 4 times per second (damage and cost per second are unchanged). Deactivating Defile deals 1 tick's worth of damage.

KHA'ZIX

Isolated target bonus damage increased.

Q – TASTE THEIR FEAR

ISOLATED TARGET BONUS DAMAGE 100% ⇒ 120%

PYKE

Base magic resist growth and armor growth decreased. Q cost decreased and now scales; cooldown decreased early; base damage increased. W bonus movement speed now constant at all ranks. E base damage increased.

BASE STATS

MAGIC RESIST GROWTH 1.5 ⇒ 1.25

ARMOR GROWTH 5 ⇒ 3.5

Q – BONE SKEWER

COST 70 mana ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70 mana

COOLDOWN 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds

BASE DAMAGE 75/125/175/225/275 ⇒ 85/135/185/235/285

W – GHOSTWATER DIVE

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 40% at all ranks

E – PHANTOM UNDERTOW

BASE DAMAGE 95/125/155/185/215 ⇒ 105/135/165/195/225

RIVEN

Passive bonus damage increased.

PASSIVE – RUNIC BLADE

BONUS DAMAGE 25-50% total attack damage (levels 1-18) ⇒ 30-60% total attack damage (levels 1-18) (lifesteal and critical strikes also apply to this damage)

SEJUANI

E base damage increased; Frost cooldown on stunned enemy champions decreased and constant at all levels.

E – PERMAFROST

BASE DAMAGE 40/90/140/190/240 ⇒ 55/105/155/205/255

FROST COOLDOWN Stunned enemy champions cannot gain Frost for 10/9/8 seconds (levels 1/7/14) ⇒ Stunned enemy champions cannot gain Frost for 8 seconds (levels 1-18)

TRUNDLE

W bonus attack speed decreased early.

W – FROZEN DOMAIN

BONUS ATTACK SPEED 30/47.5/65/82.5/100% ⇒ 20/40/60/80/100%

VARUS

Q maximum bonus damage ratio now scales. E base damage decreased early.

Q – PIERCING ARROW

MAXIMUM BONUS DAMAGE RATIO 150% total attack damage ⇒ 125/130/135/140/145% total attack damage (minimum damage is always 66% of the maximum damage)

E – HAIL OF ARROWS

BASE DAMAGE 70/105/140/175/210 ⇒ 50/90/130/170/210

VOLIBEAR

Base attack speed decreased. W heal now halved when targeting monsters.

BASE STATS

ATTACK SPEED 0.66 ⇒ 0.625

W – FRENZIED MAUL

WOUNDED ENEMY HEAL Reduced by 50% on minions ⇒ Reduced by 50% on minions and monsters

WUKONG

R knockup duration decreased.

R – CYCLONE

KNOCKUP DURATION 0.75 seconds ⇒ 0.6 seconds

ZED

W missile speed increased; cooldown decreased early.

W – LIVING SHADOW

MISSILE SPEED 1750 ⇒ 2500

COOLDOWN 22/20/18/16/14 seconds ⇒ 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds

RUNES

PREDATOR

DAMAGE GROWTH 30-90 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 40-120 (levels 1-18)

COOLDOWN 100-70 seconds (levels 1-18) ⇒ 90-60 seconds (levels 1-18)

SUMMONER SPELLS

GHOST

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED 20-40% (levels 1-18) ⇒ 24-48% (levels 1-18)

BUGFIXES/QOL CHANGES

Syndra's Q – Dark Sphere cast at max range now consistently fires in combination with E – Scatter The Weak
Karthus' E – Defile tooltip now accurately mentions the increased mana cost per second at each level
Shaco now properly receives assist credit in takedowns where only his clone assisted
Champions with Approach Velocity will no longer keep their bonus movement speed until their movement-impaired enemy respawns
Singed's Q – Poison Trail properly turns blue when in colorblind mode
Diana's E – Lunar Rush cooldown no longer resets when the Moonlight from her Q – Crescent Strike is blocked by spell shields. Her Q – Crescent Strike's Moonlight also no longer applies to champions who've blocked it via a spell shield.
Yuumi's W – You and Me!'s attach icon no longer disappears on the minimap after the champion she is attached to recalls
When Volibear casts R – Stormbringer after activating Predator, he no longer becomes immune to all forms of displacement until death
Jhin will no longer deploy a E – Captive Audience trap instead of a Passive – Whisper fourth shot in certain scenarios
Neeko's Q – Blooming Burst's cooldown time no longer immediately resets when she disguises herself as Aphelios after
Approach Velocity now properly triggers with Zoe's E – Sleepy Trouble Bubble
Approaching and triggering Heimerdinger's turrets from his Q – H-28G Evolution Turret will no longer proc Immolate
Poros in Howling Abyss will no longer trigger Immolate
Zyra's, Gnar's, and Yorick's Recommended Items will now include jungle items if the player has Smite equipped
Displacing minions or jungle monsters as Sett with E – Facebreaker no longer extends their hitboxes
Triggering Leona's Passive – Sunlight with Nunu & Willump's cleave from Passive – Call of the Freljord no longer causes their passive to be unavailable for the rest of the game
Shyvana's Q – Twin Bite when she is in dragon form now appropriately does two points of damage to wards and Illaoi's tentacles
When Yuumi attacks Elder Dragon and then uses W – You and Me! on a camouflaged ally champion, Elder Dragon no longer loses its leash range
Chilling Smite will now properly grant a Conqueror stack
Cho'Gath's W – Feral Scream will now properly silence Rift Scuttler
Sylas will no longer keep Elise's R2 – Rappel until he steals her ultimate again if he dies while casting it
Gems above Taric's right shoulder no longer disappears after he dies for the first time in a game
Abilities with damaging auras like Renekton's R – Dominus no longer continue to damage nearby enemies while the champion is in a revive state (like from Guardian Angel)
Ivern's W – Brushmaker brushes spawned behind thin walls are no longer partially invisible from the enemy's point of view
When hovering over unleveled abilities, the ability's tooltip now properly informs the player that the ability has not yet been learned ("You have not yet learned this ability!")
Aphelios' R – Moonlight Vigil's damage now properly matches the ability's tooltip when used with critical strike items

UPCOMING SKINS & CHROMAS

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