Patch Highlights
Champions
Aatrox
Health regen increased. Aatrox no longer heals off damage to non-champions. E no longer stores charges but cools down faster than it previously charged.
Base Stats
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E – Umbral Dash
Akali
Health regen increased. Q no longer heals. Turrets reveal Akali through Shroud. W cooldown increased late.
Base Stats
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Q – Five Point Strike
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W – Twilight Shroud
Camille
E no longer stuns minions or monsters.
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E – Hookshot
Cassiopeia
Q base damage decreased late; ratio increased. W damage reduced late, cost increased late.
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Q – Noxious Blast
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W – Miasma
Irelia
Health growth and armor increased. Passive stack cap increased; stacks grant attack speed instead of damage; max stack bonus grants damage instead of attack speed. Q bonus minion damage increased. W reduces more physical damage but no longer reduces magic damage.
Base Stats
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Passive – Ionian Fervor
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Q – Bladesurge
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W – Defiant Dance
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E – Flawless Duet
Champion First Encounter VO
Marksman Items
A Quick Preamble
We’ve got per-item discussion in the sections below, but want to share some broader thoughts for those interested. Last midseason, we made a bunch of marksman item changes to broaden the range of champions and playstyles that could succeed in bot lane beyond late-game crit spam. While non-marksman carries do occasionally show up in bot lane now, crit marksmen were left frustrated by their builds due to things like crit overcapping, anti-synergy between Infinity Edge and Last Whisper, and higher damage tradeoffs than ever for defensive items due to a weaker two-item spike.
This patch, we’re revisiting marksman items with the following goals:
- Crit users are excited about their core build again
- Crit builds are generally more satisfying in normal play (fix the problems mentioned above) without becoming problematic in pro play
- Crit users can fit defense into their core builds if they need it
Once the initial learning curve shakes out, crit users shouldn’t be left remarkably stronger or weaker than before, though they’ll once again spike at two items (Infinity Edge + Zeal item, with Phantom Dancer updated to be an appealing defensive Zeal upgrade) instead of three so their games will feel better. From here, we’ll be following up on significant power shifts on a champ-by-champ basis rather than continuing to adjust the item system (barring any items that end up way out of line).
NEW
Cloak of Agility
UPDATED
Infinity Edge
Increases critical strike damage instead of partially converting crits to true damage. Grants critical strike chance instead of doubling crit chance from other sources.
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Molten Edge
(Ornn’s Masterwork upgrade)
UPDATED
Essence Reaver
Now grants critical strike chance. No longer grants mana or Essence Flare.
NEW
Spear of Shojin
Grants attack damage, health, cooldown reduction, and Awakened Dragon (renamed Essence Flare).
UPDATED
Stormrazor
Now amplifies your Energized effects and causes them to slow the target. No longer grants a guaranteed critical strike after not basic attacking for a few seconds.
UPDATED
Phantom Dancer
Now grants a shield at low health but no longer decreases damage from the last champion you hit. Spectral Waltz now triggers on attack rather than proximity to an enemy champion.
Kircheis Shard
Zeal
Rapid Firecannon
Runaan’s Hurricane
Statikk Shiv
Last Whisper
Cost increased. Attack damage and armor penetration increased.
Lord Dominik’s Regards
Mortal Reminder
Build Suggestions
Simple Buffs & Nerfs
Lissandra
Q cost increased late. E damage decreased late.
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Q – Ice Shard
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E – Glacial Path
Sion
Q damage decreased. W cooldown increased early.
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Q – Decimating Smash
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W – Soul Furnace
Zyra
Plant damage decreased.
General
Minion and Monster Gold Bounties
Dying while behind in farm delays how quickly you accrue a minion and monster gold bounty after respawning.
Loading Screen Update
The loading screen’s getting a visual refresh this patch to bring its look and feel in line with current League aesthetics and to lay the groundwork for new features down the road. Here are a few functional changes coming with the update
- Ranked borders now dynamically update to reflect your current rank
- Load-in progress is now tracked via a single bar at the bottom of the screen
- Clicking a player’s card in the loading screen now flips it to show additional info:
- Teammates: Champion mastery, honor, and ranked armor or level border depending on which they’ve chosen to display
- Opponents: Champion mastery and honor
Bugfixes
- LeBlanc’s Q – Sigil of Malice and Mimic’d Q – Sigil of Malice mark is no longer consumed when E – Ethereal Chains, Mimic’d E – Ethereal Chains, or Mimic’d Q – Sigil of Malice would proc the mark but are blocked by a spell shield
- Relic Shield no longer reports twice the amount of gold generated from Spoils of War in the post-game screen
- Base Aatrox can once again toggle his banner wings
- Firecracker Vayne Prestige Edition’s E – Condemn projectile color has been slightly changed to disambiguate it from her R – Final Hour basic attacks
- Nightbringer Yasuo’s R – Last Breath voiceover has been restored
- Choosing a new background for your profile once again immediately updates it rather than requiring you to tab out and tab back into your profile