PATCH HIGHLIGHTS
CHAMPIONS
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.
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
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)
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
RUNES
SUMMONER SPELLS
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!