Volibear Buffs Make a Splash · League of Legends patch note

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MID-PATCH UPDATES

6/1/2020 Volibear Balance Changes

Volibear

Q – THUNDERING SMASH MOVEMENT SPEED 10/15/20/25/30% ⇒ 15/20/25/30/35% (still doubled when moving towards enemy champions)

E – SKY SPLITTER DAMAGE 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.07/0.085/0.1/0.115/0.13 of the target's maximum health) ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+0.11/0.12/0.13/0.14/0.15 of the target's maximum health)

E – SKY SPLITTER MONSTER DAMAGE CAP 100/200/300/400/500 ⇒ 150/250/350/450/550

5/27/2020 Lux Bugfix

Lux

E – LUCENT SINGULARITY SLOW RADIUS BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Lux's slow radius was larger than its damage radius

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Astronaut Poppy, Astronaut Gnar, and Astronaut Bard will be available on May 28, 2020.

CHAMPIONS

UPDATED

VOLIBEAR

The Relentless Storm

The battle-spirit of the Freljord arrives with more lightning and savage claws in 10.11!

High-res versions of Volibear's updated splashes are available on League Displays!

FIDDLESTICKS

Passive Effigy posing time increased. Abilities cast when posing as Effigy now Terrify enemies. W minion damage increased.

Adding what feels like a natural mechanic to Fiddlestick's Q passive to enforce his identity as the scariest scarecrow, while adding some general spookiness to boot. We're also throwing a bone to mid and top Fiddle players by increasing his waveclear since it's a bit hard to function as a laner with his current toolset.

PASSIVE – A HARMLESS SCARECROW

TIME BEFORE EFFIGY POSING 1 second ⇒ 2 seconds

Q – TERRIFY

NEWBRAAIIINS Fiddlesticks' abilities now Terrify enemies if cast while he is posing as an effigy.

W – BOUNTIFUL HARVEST

MINION DAMAGE REDUCTION 60% ⇒ 40%

GANGPLANK

Base AS ratio increased.

Giving Gangplank a bump in his AS so that he can play around faster barrel combos and potentially shoot for a Zeal item instead of other AD items—meaning more crits, more explosions, and more scraps while in melee range. Notably, this will also sharpen his Trinity Force spike.

BASE STATS

ATTACK SPEED RATIO 0.658 ⇒ 0.69

E – POWDER KEG

BUGFIX Gangplank's barrels no longer stack bonus Sheen damage when chained

GRAVES

Q first shot damage ratio reduced.

Graves has smoked out his enemies in higher levels of play, so we're quickdrawing back some of his Lethality-based power by curtailing his AD ratio which will also affect his ability to heavily snowball in gold. This shouldn't affect his other builds as much, since they're less reliant on the additional damage, so we're hoping this encourages players to try those out too for shooting off the legs of his enemies.

Q – END OF THE LINE

FIRST SHOT DAMAGE RATIO 1.0 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.8 bonus attack damage

HECARIM

Q base damage increased; minion damage reduction increased.

Despite us making him more menacing in 10.6, Hecarim is still underwhelming at almost all levels of play. Giving him some extra clear power in the jungle and output for extended combat, while making sure not to creep his minion clearing power too much.

Q – RAMPAGE

BASE DAMAGE 55/95/135/175/215 ⇒ 60/102/144/186/228

MINION DAMAGE REDUCTION 33.3% ⇒ 40%

JANNA

W base damage decreased later.

Although we believe Battle Janna is her best approach to the lane, her harass is weathering her enemies a little too well. Trimming down this ferocious tempest's poke a tad.

W – ZEPHYR

BASE DAMAGE 55/90/125/160/195 ⇒ 55/85/115/145/175

KAI'SA

Q bonus AD ratio increased. R range increased later.

As a non-Zeal marksman who is already relatively weaker than other marksman champions, we felt Kai'Sa warranted some special attention this patch outside of the aforementioned marksman changes.

Q – ICATHIAN RAIN

DAMAGE RATIO 0.35 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.4 bonus attack damage

R – KILLER INSTINCT

RANGE 1500/2000/2500 ⇒ 1500/2250/3000

LUX

E2 slow duration increased.

Our ray of sunshine has been struggling in both of her lanes in varying levels of games (all levels of play as a support and in high-elo as a mid-laner). With a longer slow, she'll hopefully feel more reliably powerful when casting out her combo and bring more utility to her team.

E – LUCENT SINGULARITY

DETONATION SLOW Additional 0.25 seconds after damaged by E2 ⇒ Additional 1 second after damaged by E2

SYNDRA

E cooldown increased.

Syndra is one of the strongest performing mid laners at the moment, and she's usually seen as a relatively safe pick. We're reducing access to her stun so that enemies can take advantage of her window of vulnerability while it's down.

E – SCATTER THE WEAK

COOLDOWN 16/15/14/13/12 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

TALON

Q cost increased; heal on kill decreased early.

Talon continues to be one of the most powerful mid laners in high-elo, often with an early Q max. We're carving out some of his sustain so he can't stall out the early lane to reach his item spikes as trivially.

Q – NOXIAN DIPLOMACY

COST 30 mana ⇒ 40 mana

HEAL ON KILL 20-71 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 10-70 (levels 1-18)

MARKSMAN CHAMPIONS

The marksman class has major durability problems, especially in the early laning phase where their power feels heavily reliant on their supports. This has been causing issues in gameplay satisfaction since a marksman's strength relies on the length of time they're alive. By increasing their mobility (via items) and base health, we feel that ADCs won't be punished so aggressively when they fail and will still have a chance to bounce back and unlock their power in fights.

That being said, we've heard your concerns about the bot lane marksman champions that can also solo lane like Lucian and Vayne. We're giving them a separate set of changes which you can find more details on below.

We've also omitted Corki, Kindred, Quinn, Senna, and Graves due to having their primary playrate in other lanes, with the understanding that Senna may be considered for similar changes in the coming patches.

General Changes

Each champion listed below gets a similar base stats boost in their health and health growth.

Aphelios

BASE HEALTH 500 ⇒ 530

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 86 ⇒ 88

Ashe

BASE HEALTH 539 ⇒ 570

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 85 ⇒ 87

Caitlyn

BASE HEALTH 481 ⇒ 510

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 91 ⇒ 93

Draven

BASE HEALTH 574 ⇒ 605

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 88 ⇒ 90

Ezreal

BASE HEALTH 500 ⇒ 530

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 86 ⇒ 88

Jhin

BASE HEALTH 556 ⇒ 585

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 91 ⇒ 93

Jinx

BASE HEALTH 581 ⇒ 610

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 84 ⇒ 86

Kai'Sa

BASE HEALTH 571 ⇒ 600

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 86 ⇒ 88

Kog'Maw

BASE HEALTH 534 ⇒ 565

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 88 ⇒ 90

Miss Fortune

BASE HEALTH 541 ⇒ 570

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 91 ⇒ 93

Sivir

BASE HEALTH 532 ⇒ 562

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 88 ⇒ 90

Twitch

BASE HEALTH 582 ⇒ 612

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 84 ⇒ 86

Varus

BASE HEALTH 500 ⇒ 530

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 89 ⇒ 91

Xayah

BASE HEALTH 561 ⇒ 590

BASE HEALTH GROWTH 86 ⇒ 88

Solo-Laner Changes

Lucian

PASSIVE – LIGHTSLINGER SECOND SHOT CRITICAL STRIKE 75% ⇒ 100%

PASSIVE – LIGHTSLINGER BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Lightslinger basic attacks would not fire if the target became out of range

Kalista

W – SENTINEL SOUL-MARKED BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE 10/12/14/16/18% target's max health ⇒ 14/15/16/17/18% target's max health

W – SENTINEL COST 20 mana ⇒ No mana

Vayne

Q – TUMBLE BASIC ATTACK BONUS DAMAGE 50/55/60/65/70% of total attack damage ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80% of total attack damage

Tristana

BASE ATTACK SPEED RATIO 0.656 ⇒ 0.679

Items

Zeal

MOVEMENT SPEED 5% ⇒ 7%

Phantom Dancer

MOVEMENT SPEED 5% ⇒ 7%

Rapid Firecannon

MOVEMENT SPEED 5% ⇒ 7%

Statikk Shiv

MOVEMENT SPEED 5% ⇒ 7%

Runaan's Hurricane

MOVEMENT SPEED 7% ⇒ 9%

CHAMPION VFX UPDATES

CASSIOPEIA

Q – NOXIOUS BLAST Updated the smoke particles on her base skin to more accurately stay within the actual range of the ability

E – TWIN FANG Enemy champions that are Poisoned will have a fang icon over their head to indicate that they will receive bonus damage from it

R – PETRIFYING GAZE Updated on all skins with a decal at the edge of her hitbox, more clearly showing the area affected

ARAM BALANCE CHANGES

10.11 Buffs

JARVAN IV Fixed a bug where his -5% damage taken buff was not applying

RIVEN +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

YORICK -5% damage dealt & +5% damage taken ⇒ -5% damage dealt

10.11 Nerfs

GALIO +5% damage taken ⇒ -5% damage dealt & +5% damage taken

LISSANDRA Normal ⇒ -5% damage dealt

TEEMO -10% damage dealt & +7% damage taken ⇒ -10% damage dealt & +10% damage taken

VARUS Normal ⇒ -5% damage dealt

ZIGGS -15% damage dealt & +10% damage taken ⇒ -15% damage dealt & +15% damage taken

URF BALANCE CHANGES

10.11 Buffs

FIDDLESTICKS +5% damage dealt, -5% damage taken, & +10% healing ⇒ +10% damage dealt, -10% damage taken, & +10% healing

FIORA -10% damage dealt & -5% healing ⇒ -5% damage dealt & -5% healing

HEIMERDINGER -10% damage dealt ⇒ -5% damage dealt

JANNA 100% increased Q cooldown ⇒ Normal

PANTHEON +5% damage dealt % -10% damage taken ⇒ +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

QUINN +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

RUMBLE -10% damage dealt & -10% shielding ⇒ -10% damage dealt

SONA -5% healing, -5% shielding ⇒ Normal

TAHM KENCH +25% damage dealt, -25% damage taken, +10% healing, +10% shielding ⇒ +30% damage dealt, -30% damage taken, +10% healing, & +10% shielding

THRESH +10% damage dealt & -15% damage taken ⇒ +15% damage dealt & -15% damage taken

VAYNE Normal ⇒ -5% damage taken

XAYAH -10% damage dealt ⇒ -5% damage dealt

10.11 Nerfs

AKALI +15% damage dealt & -10% damage taken ⇒ +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

CAMILLE +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ -5% damage taken

IVERN -5% damage taken ⇒ Normal

KASSADIN +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ -5% damage taken

LUCIAN +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ -5% damage taken

MAOKAI -5% damage dealt, +5% damage taken, & -10% healing ⇒ -10% damage dealt, +5% damage taken, & -10% healing

ORNN +15% damage dealt & -15% damage taken ⇒ +10% damage dealt & -15% damage taken

QIYANA +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken ⇒ +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

SETT +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken ⇒ +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

SHACO -12% damage dealt & + 10% damage taken ⇒ -15% damage dealt & +10% damage taken

TALIYAH +15% damage dealt & -5% damage taken ⇒ +10% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

UDYR +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken ⇒ +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

VOLIBEAR (REWORK) -5% damage dealt & +5% damage taken ⇒ Normal

YUUMI -20% damage dealt, -30% healing, & 25% increased E cooldown ⇒ -20% damage dealt, -30% healing, & 100% increased E cooldown

ZAC -5% damage taken ⇒ Normal

RAINBOW FLUFTS

BUGFIXES

Jhin's Passive – Whisper fourth shot can no longer be cancelled versus minions and monsters
Jhin will no longer auto-target enemies and monsters with his fourth shot when idle
Players demoting out of Master will now always land in Diamond I with 75 LP
Fixed a bug where newly acquired Clash Banners frames were not showing up in-game or in the Profile tab
Sylas now properly gains bonus attack speed from Passive – Petricite Burst when holding Jax's Grandmaster's Might via R – Hijack
Fixed a bug where Sylas would not deal damage to all enemies with a stolen Karthus ultimate (R – Requiem)
Singed is no longer able to use E – Fling while Suppressed from Warwick's R – Infinite Duress
Malzahar's E – Malefic Visions's debuff now properly spreads onto the closest target even after killing zombie Sion during the ability's effect
Aatrox will properly heal from Passive – Deathbringer Stance or E – Umbral Dash when attacking an enemy Malphite with Passive – Granite Shield
Gragas is no longer able to stun enemies that are reasonably apart from each other by casting E – Body Slam through a wall on one target and then Flashing onto the other
Lissandra's Frozen Thralls will no longer count as allies and take a portion of her Turret Plating gold if they are nearby
When a player is executed by a neutral damage source (minions, monsters, turrets, etc.), they will no longer get the early game death Homeguards