Major Champion Adjustments and Gameplay Improvements
Patch Highlights
Champions
Amumu
Passive damage increased. Q cooldown decreased. Amumu now follows enemies hit by Q if they move while he's mid-flight.
Passive – Cursed Touch
BONUS TRUE DAMAGE Cursed targets take an additional 10%⇒13% of pre-mitigation magic damage as true damage
Q – Bandage Toss
COOLDOWN 16/14/12/10/8 seconds⇒12/11/10/9/8 secondsDON'T LEAVE ME Amumu now follows his target for up to a reasonable distance from where he cast Bandage Toss, in case targets get out of the stun before he arrives
Camille
Base attack speed increased.
Base Stats
ATTACK SPEED 0.625⇒0.644
Cassiopeia
E cost decreased at later ranks.
E – Twin Fang
COST 40/50/60/70/80 mana⇒40/45/50/55/60 mana
Fiora
W damage and slow/stun duration increased. E cost flattened at all ranks.
E trap duration increased, traps recharge faster at later ranks. R damage multiplier increased and level-up tooltip corrected.
E – Captive Audience
TRAP DURATION 2 minutes⇒3 minutesTRAP RECHARGE RATE One trap every 28/27/26/25/24 seconds⇒28/25/22/19/16 seconds
R – Curtain Call
DAMAGE MULTIPLIER 1.0 to 3.5 (based on target's missing health)⇒1.0 to 4.0 (based on target's missing health)TOOLTIP Fixed a bug where the level-up tooltip was displaying incorrect values
Kayle
Base attack damage, armor, attack speed ratio decreased. Kayle ascends based on level and R rank.
Base Stats
ATTACK DAMAGE 52⇒50ARMOR 28⇒26ATTACK SPEED RATIO 0.695⇒0.667 (the number bonus attack speed uses to calculate its effectiveness, not Kayle's actual attack speed)
Passive – Divine Ascent
MEGA EVOLUTION Ascensions are now based on Kayle's level and skill points
Kayn
E Shadow Assassin cooldown decreased.
E – Shadow Step
SHADOW ASSASSIN COOLDOWN 21/19/17/15/13 seconds⇒8 seconds at all ranks
Master Yi
Master Yi is now ghosted during R.
R – Highlander
NEW PATRICK SWAYZE Master Yi can now move through units during Highlander
Living Forge's Forgefire Cape, Frozen Fist, and Infernal Mask base stats increased.
Passive – Living Forge
FORGEFIRE CAPE Health increased from 625⇒750 and armor increased from 90⇒100FROZEN FIST Armor increased from 95⇒125INFERNAL MASK Health increased from 550⇒750 and magic resist increased from 90⇒100
Renekton
Base health, attack speed growth, and armor growth rounded up. Q healing vs. champions increased.
Base Stats
HEALTH 572.16⇒575ATTACK SPEED GROWTH 2.65%⇒2.75%ARMOR GROWTH 3.8⇒4
Q – Cull the Meek
HEALING VS CHAMPIONS 9/13.5/18/22.5/27⇒12/18/24/30/36EMPOWERED HEALING VS CHAMPIONS 27/40.5/54/67.5/81⇒36/54/72/90/108EMPOWERED HEALING CAP 150/225/300/375/450⇒200/300/400/500/600
Sejuani
W damage ratio increased.
W – Winter's Wrath
FIRST CAST DAMAGE RATIO 1.5% Sejuani's max health⇒2% Sejuani's max healthSECOND CAST DAMAGE RATIO 4.5% Sejuani's max health⇒6% Sejuani's max health
Singed
Base health regen increased. W slow increased. E cost decreased.
Base Stats
HEALTH REGEN 8⇒9.5
W – Mega Adhesive
SLOW 40%⇒60%
E – Fling
COST 80/95/110/125/140 mana⇒60/70/80/90/100 mana
Trundle
Q bonus damage increased late. R cooldown decreased.
TOTAL COST 3200 gold⇒3300 gold (combine cost unchanged due to Bilgewater Cutlass cost increase)
Hextech Gunblade
Combine cost decreased.
COMBINE COST 850 gold⇒750 gold (total cost unchanged due to Bilgewater Cutlass cost increase)
Bramble Vest
Grievous Wounds duration increased.
GRIEVOUS WOUNDS DURATION1 second⇒3 seconds
Enchantment: Cinderhulk
Minion and monster aura damage increased.
GRILLED RAZORBEAK Deals 200%⇒300% bonus magic damage to minions and monsters
Stormrazor
Energized effects increased and slow decays over a longer period of time.
GIVES YOU WINGS Energized effects are increased by 30%⇒35%SLOW BURN Energized effects slow the target by 40%, decaying over 1 second⇒1.5 seconds
Thornmail
Grievous Wounds duration increased.
GRIEVOUS WOUNDS DURATION 1 second⇒3 seconds
Runes
Coup De Grace
No longer grants adaptive force for 10 seconds. Damage to champions increased.
REMOVED ADAPTIVE FORCE No longer grants 9 bonus attack damage or 15 ability power for 10 seconds on champion takedownBONUS DAMAGE 7%⇒8% (to champions below 40% max health)
ARAM
WINTER IS HERE Howling Abyss has returned. Butcher's Bridge is gone until next time!REMOVED PIRATE'S BOUNTY Mariner's Vengeance and Ghostwalkers are going down with the ship. Bridge. Whatever.WARMOG'S Warmog's Armor will continue to grant health regen based on missing health rather than max healthREMOVED SUMMONER SPELL Backtrack is going back into nonexistenceNEW RUNE ADJUSTMENTS Rune adjustments from 9.7 will continue as a permanent feature in ARAMREMOVED BANS After much discussion and weighing your feedback, bans will not be a permanent feature in ARAM.UPDATED END IT MY DUDES After 15 minutes in all ARAM games, minion waves' spawn rates will increase, minions will gain more movement speed, and champions will deal more damage to structures
At 15:00, they start gaining movement speed every minute until 20:00⇒25:00when they'll have 425 movement speed.
From game start to 15:00, champions deal 10%⇒0% more damage to structures.
At 15:00, that value increases linearly until 25:00 when they'll deal 30%⇒15%bonus damage to structures.
UPDATED POKE POKE Built-in poke reduction range increased from 900⇒ to 1000 in all ARAM games
NEW CHAMP BALANCE Champions will continue to receive balance changes in ARAM every few months
Fixed a bug where the Master tier ladder displayed incorrectly and would only show the first 101 people multiple times
Karthus can now dance
Corporate Mundo's voice lines are no longer replaced by his base skin's
Diana's W – Pale Cascade no longer deals more than double the damage when using R – Lunar Rush at close range
Pajama Guardian Lulu's right wing is no longer pointing in a different direction during her Homeguard animation
Fixed a bug where Teemo's blind did not correctly display on Battlecast Kog'Maw
Fixed an issue where 4-digit XP gains would make the progress circle wrap weirdly
Range/Cast indicators for certain champions' abilities (Lucian's Q – Piercing Light, Poppy's E – Heroic Charge, Jhin's Q – Dancing Grenade, Ryze's E – Spell Flux, Miss Fortune's Q – Double Up, Jayce's Q – To the Skies!, Jayce's E – Thundering Blow, and Orianna's E – Command: Protect) are now appearing correctly
