Introduction
Behold! The mighty pre-season patch is upon us! A true goliath in its own right, this one's insanely long and contains a metric ton of changes. The major focus of this patch is clearly on the marksmen and mastery changes, but it's chock full of great material for the rest of us as well. Check out the quick summary below!Summary
Buffs: Draven, Ezreal, Jinx, Leblanc, Shaco,
Nerfs: Sivir, Kindred,
Tweaks: Ashe, Kalista, Lucian, Tristana, Twitch, Varus, Vayne, Urgot
Reworks: Quinn, Graves, Corki, Kog'Maw, Miss Fortune, Caitlyn, Ashe
Patch 5.22 notes
What a time. You've read the sites, you've seen the devblogs, you've heard the announcements. Preseason is finally upon us.
So what's on the docket for us this year? Well, to be frank, a little bit of everything. We're looking to make every game of League feels unique, and that means going the distance to make sure your decisions matter. From the champions you pick, the masteries you choose, and the way you express yourself with Items, 2016's all about meaningful choices.
For the bottom laners of the world, we've got 6 marksman reworks aimed at tuning, tweaking and reinforcing their strategic identities. You can read below for the details, but protip: don't wander any closer to Graves than your attack range requires. Toss in a bunch of new items to enable new playstyles (do I want siege? How about pushing? dueling?) and you've got a whole new world of ranged damage dealing to explore.
Marksmen aren't the only ones getting new toys: new starting items and an intricate new mastery system impact just about everyone that loads onto the Rift. Stealth Wards are gone from the shop, Sightstone's got some sweet new build paths, the Jungle's less difficult and a mean lookin' void crab's taken a liking to Baron pit. That's still only scratching the surface.
Before we go, remember that this is a time for learning. A time for experimenting. A time to reassess what you know, and to express yourself the way you want. We should all feel comfortable enabling one another to try new builds, new compositions, and to push the boundaries of what we're capable of. You just might surprise yourselves.
So when towers are falling and marksman are running amok, when your trinkets auto-upgrade and you die taking the Rift Herald, when you're busy in the shop looking over all the new options and you hear that botlane ping...
That can only mean one thing. Welcome to Preseason.
Patrick "Scarizard" ScarboroughMarksman Updates
One of the most important goals of these marksman updates is to give each updated champion a unique reason to be brought to a game, and we want each champion to feel different whether playing against, as, or with. For some, this means sharpening what they already do well, or should do well. For others, it means finding new elements that make them feel special. We want you to have a reason to pick Graves over Lucian, and vice-versa, outside of just dealing more damage. Our additional goal here is to ensure basic attacks between marksmen are as differentiated as possible. This is a new objective that's particularly important for this group, given how reliant they are on right clicking.
Quinn
Kicking off our foray into the Marksman Update, Quinn's a champion that's always been confusing to say the least. Too unsafe to see success as a typical bottom laner, she was banished to the land of ‘niche top laners', either snowballing and forcing surrenders or losing the game before getting off the ground. Quinn's always had her unique traits, but never enough in one direction to find a true identity in League.
Now, Demacia's Wings bear the responsibility as their team's first-responders in case of emergency. Need to stop a split-push in progress? Need to create one of your own? Quinn and Valor can put out (or start) fires wherever there's trouble, patrolling the Rift at top speed on practically no cooldown. As flexible as ever, the dynamic duo are ready to take flight in almost any position, given you've got a keen sense of map awareness to support your daring maneuvers.
General
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE51.04 ⇒ 56.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
EYES IN THE SKYRecommended Items updated
Passive - Harrier
BONUS DAMAGE25 - 215 (+0.5 bonus attack damage) ⇒ 0.5 total attack damage
COOLDOWN8 seconds
IT'S A LOT OF MATHHarrier's cooldown is reduced by 1% per 1% Critical Strike Chance, multiplicatively (ex. at 50% Critical Strike Chance, Harrier's cooldown is ~5 seconds, at 100% Critical Strike Chance, the cooldown is ~3 seconds)
NO TIME TO WASTEValor now marks targets as Vulnerable immediately when Harrier is available
Q - Aerial Assault
NAMEBlinding Assault ⇒ Aerial Assault
DAMAGE70/110/150/190/230 (+0.65 bonus attack damage) (+0.5 ability power) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+0.7/0.75/0.8/0.85/0.9 total attack damage) (+0.35 ability power), increasing by up to 100% based on the target's missing health
COST50/55/60/65/70 mana ⇒ 50 mana at all ranks
CAST TIME0.31 seconds ⇒ 0.25 seconds
MISSILE WIDTH80 ⇒ 60
REMOVEDI SEENo longer blinds targets hit
NEWSHE'S STILL THROWING A BIRD AT YOUNow marks the first target hit as Vulnerable
NEWBRING BACK SCRAPSIf Aerial Assault kills a target, half the cooldown is refunded
W - Heightened Senses
MOVEMENT SPEED FROM HARRIER20/30/40/50/60 flat movement speed ⇒20/25/30/35/40 percent movement speed
DURATION3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
R - Tag Team
After channeling for 2 seconds, Quinn calls upon Valor to assist her. While together, the two have massively increased movement speed from all sources and can cast Skystrike by taking an offensive action or reactivating Tag Team.
COST100 mana ⇒ 100/50/0 mana
COOLDOWN140/110/80 seconds ⇒ No cooldown
DURATION20 seconds ⇒ Indefinite
I NEED SILENCEIf Quinn takes damage while channeling, Tag Team's cooldown is set to 3 seconds
TAG TEAM MOVEMENT BONUS70/100/130% total movement speed
SKYSTRIKE DAMAGE100/150/200 (+ 0.5 bonus attack damage) ⇒ 1.0 total attack damage
REMOVEDSNACKSNo longer deals increased damage based on enemy missing health
TAKE US DOWN, VALBasic attacking or dealing direct damage causes Quinn to swap in
DIRECT HITTaking champion or turret damage causes Quinn to swap in
BRUSH IT OFFAll other sources of damage disable Tag Team's speed bonuses and slows Quinn and Valor temporarily
Graves
The beefiest of the Marksman lineup, Graves' burst and tankiness were hallmarks of the carry you'd call when you needed some fighting done - that is, until other bot laners simply started outshining him. Be it rockets, piercing light or laser barrages, Ol' Malcolm's struggled to set himself apart from the pack beyond his bad attitude and big gun.
That is, until he got himself a new big gun.
Armed with New Destiny, Graves finally has the tools to live up to the up-close-and-personal fantasy he's always promised. While most carries kite the front lines, the burden's on the enemy to kite Graves, lest they take the full brunt of New Destiny's rounds to the gut.
General
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE54.2 ⇒ 60.83
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3.1 ⇒ 2.41
ATTACK RANGE525 ⇒ 425
MOVEMENT SPEED330 ⇒ 345
ARMOR GROWTH STAT3.2 ⇒ 3.4
NEWPassive - New Destiny
BUCKSHOTGraves' basic attack is now a cone of 4 bullets whose AD ratio scales with level
DAMAGE FROM FIRST BULLET0.75 - 1.1 total attack damage
BONUS DAMAGE25-33% per bullet beyond the first
ONE AT A TIMEBullets stop on the first unit hit
TOUGHER THAN LEATHERStructures take 25% reduced damage from Graves' basic attacks
DOUBLE BARRELGraves stores two Shells at any time and expends them when he basic attacks. After using them, Graves reloads, delaying his next basic attack significantly.
WAIT YOUR TURNGraves' reload time is slightly reduced by attack speed
DOUBLE TAPGraves time between attacks is greatly reduced by attack speed
12-GAUGEInstead of dealing bonus damage, Graves fires 8 bullets upon critically striking (10 with Infinity Edge)
NEWQ - End of the Line
Fires a narrow missile in a line. After 1 second, the line detonates, dealing high damage in a 'T' shape from where Graves fired it.
INITIAL DAMAGE60/80/100/120/140 (+0.75 bonus attack damage)
DETONATION DAMAGE90/155/220/285/350 (+0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2 bonus attack damage)
COST50/55/60/65/70 mana
COOLDOWN14/13/12/11/10 seconds
FISH IN A BARRELIf End of the Line strikes a wall, it detonates immediately.
W - Smoke Screen
LIGHTS OUTEnemy units inside Smoke Screen cannot see out for any reason
COOLDOWN20/19/18/17/16 seconds ⇒ 26/24/22/20/18 seconds
E - Quickdraw
REMOVEDWASTE OF AMMONo longer grants attack speed
LOCK AND LOADNow resets Graves' basic attack timer and refills 1 Shell
THIS IS GONNA TICKLENow grants 10/15/20/25/30 Armor and Magic Resist for 4 seconds. This can stack up to 4 times on Graves on each cast. Damaging non-minions refreshes True Grit.
COOLDOWN22/20/18/16/14 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds
COOLDOWN REFUND1 second per basic attack ⇒ 0.5 seconds per bullet hit
R - Collateral Damage
BARN-BURNERGraves now recoils 300 units backwards upon firing
Corki
While Corki's always happened to have the highest magic damage of the marksmen, we finally decided to embrace his hextech obsession, tweaking his basic attack to do both physical and magic damage. If that weren't enough of an itemisation headache, Gatling Gun's received a similar treatment and now splits its shred between armor and magic resist. A true multi-threat, Corki's damage demands an answer or he'll burn through the last of your resistances in no time.
On top of his new weapons, Corki's also pushing the boundaries of the word ‘daring', picking up periodic payloads that buff Valkyrie for big teamfight disruption or reckless solo dogfights.
General
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE51.24 ⇒ 56
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.5
BASE MANA305.16 ⇒ 350.16
MANA GROWTH STAT37 ⇒ 34
NEWPassive - Hextech Munitions
HEXTECH SHRAPNEL SHELLSCorki's basic attacks deal 110% damage, split evenly between 55% magic damage and 55% physical damage
THE PACKAGEAfter 8 minutes, Corki can return to base to pick up The Package, gaining extreme out-of-combat Movement Speed (150% while in base, 40% outside) and can cast Special Delivery for 60 seconds
PACKAGE COOLDOWN5 minutes after being used
W - Valkyrie
RANGE800 ⇒ 600
THE PACKAGESpecial Delivery: Travels further and drops bombs along the path that knock aside enemies and leave a burning trail in the area for 5 seconds.
THE PACKAGESpecial Delivery: Enemies in the trail are slowed by 90%
THE PACKAGESpecial Delivery: Enemies in the trail burn for magic damage equal to 30-100 at levels 1-18 (+1.5 bonus AD) (+0.2 Ability Power)
E - Gatling Gun
I'M SENSING A PATTERNNow deals half of its damage as magic damage
EXPOSEDNow additionally reduces Magic Resist
ARMOR AND MAGIC RESIST SHRED2/4/6/8/10 per second ⇒ 1/2/3/4/5 per second
R - Missile Barrage
DAMAGE100/180/260 ⇒ 100/130/160
TOTAL ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO0.2/0.3/0.4 ⇒ 0.2/0.5/0.8
Kog'Maw
When someone says Kog'Maw, the word 'hypercarry' is never far behind. Already one of the most strategically distinct marksmen, we're pushing him above and beyond - disregarding the attack speed cap, the enemy's composition, and even their feelings. Power does come at a price however, so while Kog is busy spewing acid (and whatever else) onto his foes he's unable to budge without giving up his unparalleled damage stream. A well-protected Kog'Maw will bring down anyone, anywhere, but leave him out to dry and he's just another Kog in the machine.
General
NOT FULLRecommended Items updated
BASE HEALTH546 ⇒ 517
HEALTH GROWTH STAT87 ⇒ 82
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE52.04 ⇒ 54.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
BASE ATTACK SPEED0.665 ⇒ 0.625
ATTACK SPEED GROWTH STAT2.65 ⇒ 1.5
BASE MANA298.88 ⇒ 322.2
MANA GROWTH STAT41 ⇒ 40
Q - Caustic Spittle
PASSIVE ATTACK SPEED10/15/20/25/30% ⇒ 15/20/25/30/35%
W - Bio-Arcane Barrage
While active, Kog'Maw gains bonus range, 100% attack speed from all sources, and a raised attack speed cap of 5.0.
DURATION8 seconds ⇒ 6 seconds
COST40 mana
COOLDOWN17 seconds on cast ⇒ 13/11.5/10/8.5/7 seconds once the buff expires
BONUS RANGE130/150/170/190/210 ⇒ 90/120/150/180/210
REDUCED DAMAGENow reduces all of Kog'maw's damage against non-minions by 55% while active
BONUS DAMAGEDeals 1.25% per 100 total AD plus 0.75% per 100 AP of the target's maximum health as additional magic damage
ULTRA RAPID KOG'MAWNow doubles Kog'Maw's attack speed cap and reduces cast times by 50% while active
R - Living Artillery
COST40 mana ⇒ 50 mana
DAMAGE80/120/160 ⇒ 70/110/150
ABILITY POWER RATIO0.3 ⇒ 0.25
BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO0.5 ⇒ 0.65
VISION DURATION4 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
MANA DEBUFF DURATION6 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds
REMOVEDDON'T TOUCH THATNo longer deals 100% increased base damage to champions
NEWSMELLS LIKE FEARNow deals double damage to enemies between 25% and 50% health
NEWSMELLS LIKE DESPERATIONNow deals triple to enemies between 0% and 25% health
Miss Fortune
Once the 'Queen of Combo', Miss Fortune's taking back her throne faster than she took Bilgewater (and just as forcefully). Armed with new crit scaling on her Bullet Time and a brand new passive, MF's the markswoman to call when you want to spread the love (as long as 'love' means 'lots of face-melting bullets'). Though her shots aren't as impure as they used to be, Miss Fortune's attack speed steroid lasts as long as there are new targets to switch to, letting her juggle her attention between as many bad guys as there are bounties to collect.
General
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE49.54 ⇒ 46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 1
BASE MANA275.84 ⇒ 325.84
MANA GROWTH STAT38 ⇒ 35
NEWPassive - Love Tap
Whenever Miss Fortune basic attacks a new target, she deals bonus physical damage.
DAMAGE0.6 - 1.0 total attack damage (at levels 1-18)
NO LOVE FOR MINIONSDeals 50% damage to minions
OR BUILDINGSDeals 50% damage to turrets
NEWW - Strut
REMOVEDIMPURE SHOTSNo longer passively deals ramping magic damage per basic attack
ACTIVE COOLDOWN12 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
COOLDOWN STARTOn cast ⇒ On buff expiration
PASSIVE MOVEMENT SPEEDAfter 5 seconds of not taking direct damage, gain 25 movement speed, ramping up to 70 ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100 after 5 additional seconds
MADE FOR WALKINGWhen activated, Strut now instantly grants the maximum movement speed value instead of ramping up over time.
ATTACK SPEED DURATION6 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds
ATTACK SPEED20/30/40/50/60% ⇒ 60/75/90/105/120%
GETTING IN THE GROOVELove Tapping increases Strut's attack speed duration by 1 second (2 seconds against champions)
E - Make It Rain
RANGE800 ⇒ 1000
R - Bullet Time
DURATION2 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds
REMOVEDPURIFIEDNo longer applies Impure Shots
DAMAGE PER WAVE50/75/125 (+.1/.175/.25 bonus attack damage) (+0.2 ability power) ⇒ (+0.75 total attack damage) (+0.2 ability power)
NUMBER OF WAVES8 ⇒ 12/14/16
BULLET HELLBullet Time can now critically strike, dealing 120% damage per wave
Caitlyn
The mildest of the updates, Caitlyn's changes are more a ‘refinement' of her current style of sharpshooting than anything else. Always slightly behind the curve on sieging and tower-taking relative to her nemesis Jinx, Cait's new headshot interactions and ammo-based trap system play up her ability to control any zone or choke point, tower or no.
General
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE50.04 ⇒ 53.66
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.18
ATTACK SPEED MODIFIERCaitlyn's basic attacks scale with bonus attack speed at 90% effectiveness
Passive - Headshot
REMOVEDPILTILE SNIPERNo longer penetrates bonus armor
STEADY AIMHeadshot's damage is increased by 50% of her crit chance
NO SCOPECaitlyn can fire a long-range headshot on enemies that step on a Yordle Snap Trap or get caught in 90-Caliber Net (see below)
Q - Piltover Peacemaker
DAMAGE20/60/100/140/180 (+1.3 total attack damage) ⇒30/70/110/150/190 (+1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7 total attack damage)
MISSILE WIDTH90 ⇒ 60
DAMAGE FALL OFF10% less damage per target hit ⇒ 40% less damage after striking one target
FLATHEADAfter striking one target, gains 30 width
IN MY SIGHTSAlways deals 100% damage to units revealed by Yordle Snap Trap
W - Yordle Snap Trap
COST30 mana ⇒ 20 mana
REMOVEDCOOLDOWN20/17/14/11/8 seconds ⇒ No cooldown
NEWCHARGE TIMER45/32.5/20/12.5/10 seconds
NEWHEXTECH UTILITY BELTCaitlyn can now store up to 3/3/4/4/5 traps at one time.
MAXIMUM ACTIVE TRAPS3 ⇒ 3/3/4/4/5
DAMAGE80/130/180/230/280 (+0.6 ability power) ⇒ None
NO SCOPECaitlyn can now Headshot trapped targets once at 1300 range
REMOVEDTHE CUPCAKES HAVE EYESFixed a bug where traps revealed the area around them on cast
A LITTLE BREATHING ROOMCaitlyn can no longer re-trap a trapped target
E - 90 Caliber Net
MISSILE SPEED2000 ⇒ 1600
MISSILE WIDTH80 ⇒ 70
DASH DISTANCE500 ⇒ 400
DAMAGE80/130/180/230/280 (+0.8 ability power) ⇒70/110/150/190/230 (+0.8 ability power)
SLOW DURATION1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds ⇒ 1 second
NO SCOPECaitlyn can now Headshot netted targets once at 1300 range
Champions
Ashe
Ranger's Focus only stacks on basic attacks, but has no cooldown. Critical Strikes now double slow.
With crit chance becoming a more prominent fixture of Marksmen itemisation, we're reintroducing the stat to Ashe's repertoire while retaining her unique interactions with it. Paired with the new always-on paradigm of Ranger's Focus, we're pushing Ashe's style of combat to favor the drawn out engagements rather than quick bursts.
Passive - Frost Shot
SLOW5-35% (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 5-25% (at levels 1-18)
REMOVEDFROSTBITEFrost Shot's bonus damage no longer counts as a Critical Strike
NEWSTAY FROSTYAshe's Critical Strikes deal 1.0 of her total attack damage (instead of 2.0 total attack damage), but double the effectiveness of Frost Shot.
Q - Ranger's Focus
REMOVEDTHAWED OUTNo longer amplifies Ashe's slow from Frost Shot
REMOVEDACTUALLY REQUIRES FOCUSCan no longer be cast at less than 5 stacks
REMOVEDNO DOUBLE-DIPPINGAshe can no longer build passive Focus stacks while Ranger's Focus is active
REMOVEDONE ARROW AT A TIMEVolley and Enchanted Crystal Arrow no longer add stacks of Focus
COOLDOWN18 seconds ⇒ No cooldown
W - Volley
NEWCRIT AND CHILL?Now automatically critically strikes against champions for the purposes of Frost Shot's slow
Draven
Attack frame increased, but missile speed lower.
Though a bit odd on paper, these changes together give Draven greater control of the trajectory and positioning necessary to his flashy style of looking good while laying down axes.
General
ATTACK FRAME0.32 ⇒ 0.23
BASIC ATTACK MISSILE SPEED1700 ⇒ 1600
Ezreal
Q and E cooldown up, but Q refunds more cooldown on-hit.
Just a small tweak to reinforce Ezreal's synergies with cooldown reduction, especially given its new availability to marksman with the new Essence Reaver (check below!)
Q - Mystic Shot
COOLDOWN6/5.5/5/4.5/4 seconds ⇒ 6.5/6/5.5/5/4.5 seconds
COOLDOWN REDUCTION ON-HIT1 second ⇒ 1.5 seconds
E - Arcane Shift
COOLDOWN19/17/15/13/11 seconds ⇒ 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds
Jinx
Passive's attack speed now stacks on multikills, but Rockets lose attack speed.
As you'll notice with many of our markspeople changes this patch, we're focused on pushing each one's unique identity to help them stand out from one another. In Jinx's case, her thing is getting excited and snowballing teamfights, so we're really letting her crank it up to 11 (provided she can make the plays to get there).
Passive - Get Excited!
NEWGETTING OUT OF HAND!Getting excited now stacks, increasing Jinx's total attack speed by 15% per stack
DURATION4 seconds ⇒ 6 seconds
Q - Switcheroo!
NEWSTUPID ROCKET LAUNCHERJinx loses 15% total attack speed while using Fishbones, the Rocket Launcher
Kalista
Higher base attack speed, but worse attack speed per level. Passive dash speed scales with attack speed.
Just as other marksfolk align with cooldown reduction or critical strike chance as a core stat, we're pushing Kalista to embrace attack speed as her primary scaling given her stand-out strengths as a bunny-hopping battle-banshee.
General
BASE ATTACK SPEED0.658 ⇒ 0.694
ATTACK SPEED GROWTH3.3% ⇒ 2.8%
COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPFixed a bug where The Black Spear remained available for purchase throughout the game
Passive - Martial Poise
NEWRAPID HOPSThe speed of Martial Poise's jump now only scales with attack speed (can be negatively affected by attack speed slows)
Lucian
Culling no longer scales with attack speed, but fires more bullets generally.
Another light (ahem) tweak, Lucian's changes remove his ult's somewhat awkward dependency on attack speed scaling, allowing him to embrace his identity as a cooldown-oriented caster marksman (hello Essence Reaver!).
R - The Culling
REMOVEDFIRE EVERYTHINGNo longer scales the number of bullets with attack speed
NEWSHOTS FIREDNow fires 20/25/30 bullets based on rank
Sivir
Attack speed reduced, but W scales better with cooldown reduction.
Though Sivir's kit has always had a strong area-effect flavor, the state of marksman itemisation has traditionally forced her into the same single-target-oriented build paths as her compatriots. We're changing Ricochet to benefit greatly from newfangled cooldown reduction builds, pushing Sivir's identity as a sustained multi-target damage threat.
General
BASE ATTACK SPEED0.66 ⇒ 0.625
W - Ricochet
COOLDOWN9/8/7/6/5 seconds ⇒ 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds
COOLDOWN STARTWhen the buff expires ⇒ On cast
BUFF DURATION6 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
Tristana
Removing Q->E cooldown loops, but W now resets when E detonates.
When talking about identities, Tristana's always had trouble finding her niche. With elements of a caster, siege-expert and hyper-carry all in one, we're focusing her further towards all-in combat. Trist demands full commitment to fights, but constant resets offer her serious rewards for being the daring yordle gunner she's always been.
Q - Rapid Fire
REMOVEDRAPID CHARGESNo longer reduces Explosive Charge's cooldown while attacking with Rapid Fire active
REMOVEDUNLIMITED AMMORapid Fire's cooldown is no longer reduced when attacking targets marked by Explosive Charge
COOLDOWN20 seconds ⇒ 20/19/18/17/16 seconds
W - Rocket Jump
MAGIC DAMAGE80/105/130/155/180 ⇒ 60/110/160/210/260
REMOVEDTHE BIG BANGNo longer deals increased damage per stack of Explosive Charge
NEWGOT THE RESETNow additionally resets whenever Explosive Charge detonates at maximum stacks on champions
E - Explosive Charge
NEWHANDLE WITH CARENow detonates instantly upon reaching maximum stacks
NEWPUT A BOMB ON ITRocket Jump and Buster Shot now apply Explosive Charge stacks
MISSILE SPEED1800 ⇒ 2400
Twitch
Q now resets whenever poisoned champions die.
The sneakiest marksman of the bunch, we're incentivising Twitch to take risks and embrace his assassin-side by giving him the ability to get in and get out (rather than 'get in and get flattened').
Q - Ambush
NEWRIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSESNow resets cooldown when an enemy champion affected by Deadly Venom dies
NEWDON'T BLOW ITEntering stealth cancels Twitch's current basic attack command
R - Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat
DURATION7 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
COST100/125/150 mana ⇒ 100 mana
NEWUNDER COVERUsing Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat during Ambush's stealth no longer cancels stealth
Varus
R damage down, but rooted units stack Blight.
Varus' pattern of 'Blight dudes and light 'em up with abilities' never interacted very well with Chain of Corruption, typically used as a pure disengage tool. Now we're giving him the option to 'turn and burn' after chunking rooted targets with a big, Blighty arrow.
R - Chain of Corruption
NEWTENTACLARITYNow displays the tendrils' maximum spread range to Varus and his enemies if it's going to spread to at least one enemy champion
NEWDOWNED WITH THE SICKNESSRooted targets gain 3 stacks of Blight over the duration of the root
MAGIC DAMAGE150/250/350 ⇒ 100/175/250
Vayne
Silver Bolts loses its base damage, but deals way more percent damage.
Vayne's always been one of the few markspeople that could forego the all-powerful Infinity Edge in favor of hammering in more attacks to Silver Bolt her prey to death. We're taking that paradigm up to 12, giving her far more dueling strength when she can commit to burning down a single target and far less when she's pressured to switch focus.
W - Silver Bolts
REMOVEDBASE TRUE DAMAGE20/30/40/50/60 ⇒ 0
TRUE DAMAGE4/5/6/7/8% of target's maximum health ⇒6/7.5/9/10.5/12% of target's maximum health
NEWMINIMUM DAMAGE40/60/80/100/120
Urgot
R's resists removed in favor of damage reduction.
Urgot's ult is cool for a lot of reasons - like the feeling of becoming an unkillable beefcrab after displacing some poor wandering enemy champion. And by 'unkillable beefcrab', we mean 'beefcrab that really hopes no one has any % penetration' (read: they usually do). Swapping to damage reduction ensures Urgot can realise his massive terror-crab dream, no matter how the opponent itemises.
R - Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser
REMOVEDARMOR AND MAGIC RESIST60/90/120 ⇒ 0
NEWDAMAGE REDUCTION30/40/50%
Azir
THE BUGFIX IS GIVEN
We've been here before, so we'll be short. Bugfixes. Done.
R - Emperor's Divide
NOT HELPINGFixed a bug where Azir and his allies could be pinned to his wall as a result of abilities that collided with terrain
THE EMPEROR'S BOUNCE-CASTLEFixed a similar bug where allied Gnar couldn't wall-stun using Azir's phalanx
*BONK*Fixed a heartbreaking, yet funny bug where Azir's phalanx would stop allied Sions from being able to charge through it with R - Unstoppable Onslaught
Kindred
Health regen down. Passive cap introduced to monsters.
The Kindred have been tearing up the jungle, pulling death-defying stunts and objective-based snowballs like you've never seen before. We're putting a limit on their Mark's damage towards monsters (10 second barons are a little unfair) and cutting down their initial sustain to keep them from spiraling leads too harshly out of control.
General
BASE HEALTH REGEN10 ⇒ 7
Passive - Mark of the Kindred
NEWPHYSICAL DAMAGE VS MONSTERSCapped at 75 (+10 per stack)
SIKENo longer displays 1 stack on your buff bar when you have 0 stacks
NEWDEATH'S HERALDSAt 6 stacks, Wolf will now hunt Baron Nashor and the Rift Herald instead of stopping his hunts
E - Mounting Dread
BUGFIXNow properly plays a sound effect when proc'd
LeBlanc
Mirror Image is now more literal.
We're always looking at ways to make our tricky champions trickier, so we've tricked 'em out with new faux-buffs to trick your opponents.
Passive - Mirror Image
NEWTRICKY, AREN'T YOULeblanc's Mirror Image will now display fake versions of Blue, Red, and Baron buffs
Renekton
stay where you are
W - Ruthless Predator
HEY COME BACKFixed a bug where targets hit by Ruthless Predator wouldn't be stunned if they managed to flash in time
Riven
Q works as intended.
As funny as it is to see Riven bonk on walls, this wasn't intended.
Q - Broken Wings
ACTUALLY BROKEN WINGSFixed a bug where the 3rd strike from Broken Wings wouldn't let you cross terrain if cast a certain way
Shaco
Hallucination gets some nice improvements, and E slows monster attack speed rather than causing them to miss.
This might look like the longest set of changes Shaco's gotten in a million years, but the actual gist of this is we're cleaning up a mechanic that doesn't make much sense (E making monsters miss, but only sometimes?) and making Hallucination more tricky, in line with our other clone changes this patch. Shaco might not see an insane boost in effectiveness, but to the 3 Shaco masters out there - we salute you.
E - Two-Shiv Poison
REMOVEDWATCH WHERE YOU'RE SWINGINGNo longer causes monsters to miss Shaco 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% of the time
NEWPUT A LITTLE POISON INTO ITNow slows the attack speed of monsters by 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% on-hit
R - Hallucinate
NEWNOW YOU SEE MEShaco's Hallucination will now display fake versions of Blue, Red, and Baron buffs
NEWLOOK FOR THE ONE WITH THE KNIVESHallucination now randomises its facing on spawn (rather than always facing the same direction)
NEWPULL THE STRINGSNow displays the Hallucination's remaining lifespan to Shaco only
Sion
tell them how you really feel, sion
E - Roar of the Slayer
I'M NOT YELLINGFixed a bug where yelling at an airborne minion would deal no damage
Volibear
this bug was unbearable
Q - Rolling Thunder
THUNDER CANCELLINGAttempting to cancel Rolling Thunder's attack no longer causes sluggish behaviour
Wukong
Fixing a few bugs and adding more trickiness to Decoy.
Q - Crushing Blow
CRUSH CANCELLINGAttempting to cancel Crushing Blow's attack no longer causes sluggish behaviour
W - Decoy
NEWBEEN WAITING FOR THISWukong's Decoy will now display fake versions of Blue, Red, and Baron buffs
E - Nimbus Strike
MASTER YOUR MOVEMENTSFixed a bug where Wukong would path back to his previous target after using Nimbus Strike
Zed
W won't hide Q's cast time.
While often seen as an 'advanced technique' for Zed, this bug actually just removed the ability to react to Razor Shuriken if cast a specific way. Zed's been on the brain for us recently (stronger marksmen=higher-value assassinations), but he shouldn't rely on an exploit for power.
W - Living Shadow
IT ACTUALLY WAS THE DEADLIESTFixed a bug where quickly casting Living Shadow and Razor Shuriken would cause Zed's Living Shadow to cast instantly, instead of using the cast time
Attack Damage Adjustments
In an effort to preempt the late-game damage output of marksmen with their souped up 6-item builds, we're tweaking their base stats so they're less dependent on character level (and thus are more equipped for early fighting) but still have to rely on items for their peak effectiveness come the final stages of the game.
The following champs have +5.42 base attack damage and -0.59 per level (net -10 attack damage at level 18). Except Lucian, who gets two more because he's special. And also Vayne, who gets a bunch less because Silver Bolts.
Ashe
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE51.08 ⇒ 56.5
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT2.85 ⇒ 2.26
Draven
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE50.38 ⇒ 55.8
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3.5 ⇒ 2.91
Ezreal
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE50.24 ⇒ 55.6
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Jinx
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE53.04 ⇒ 58.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Kalista
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE57.5 ⇒ 62.92
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3.5 ⇒ 2.91
Kindred
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE49 ⇒ 54.42
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT2.2 ⇒ 1.61
Lucian
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE52.04 ⇒ 59.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Sivir
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE52.04 ⇒ 57.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Tristana
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE51.54 ⇒57.06
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Twitch
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE49.04 ⇒ 54.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Varus
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE49.04 ⇒ 54.46
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3 ⇒ 2.41
Vayne
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE50.46 ⇒ 56.88
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT3.25 ⇒ 1.66
Mana & Mana Regen Adjustments
In a world without mana potions (and generally less early mana regeneration), we've identified a few champions for some emergency rations, giving early mana boosts until they can get their footing and purchase items to make up the deficit. This also means we can really understand which champions relied on mana potions as a crutch to limp through the early to mid game, and we can give additional love if necessary.
Mana
The following champs have +50 base mana and -3 mana scaling (net -1 mana at level 18):
Anivia
BASE MANA346.04 ⇒ 396.04
MANA GROWTH STAT53 ⇒ 50
Ashe
BASE MANA231.8 ⇒ 280
MANA GROWTH STAT35 ⇒ 32
Brand
BASE MANA325.6 ⇒ 375.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Draven
BASE MANA310.56 ⇒ 360.56
MANA GROWTH STAT42 ⇒ 39
Evelynn
BASE MANA265.6 ⇒ 315.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Ezreal
BASE MANA310.6 ⇒ 360.56
MANA GROWTH STAT42 ⇒ 39
Fiddlesticks
BASE MANA350.12 ⇒ 400.12
MANA GROWTH STAT59 ⇒ 56
Fizz
BASE MANA267.2 ⇒ 317.2
MANA GROWTH STAT40 ⇒ 37
Galio
BASE MANA319 ⇒ 369
MANA GROWTH STAT50 ⇒ 47
Hecarim
BASE MANA277.2 ⇒ 327.2
MANA GROWTH STAT40 ⇒ 37
Irelia
BASE MANA288.8 ⇒ 338.8
MANA GROWTH STAT35 ⇒ 32
Jax
BASE MANA288.8 ⇒ 338.8
MANA GROWTH STAT35 ⇒ 32
Jayce
BASE MANA307.2 ⇒ 357.2
MANA GROWTH STAT40 ⇒ 37
Kassadin
BASE MANA347.6 ⇒ 397.6
MANA GROWTH STAT70 ⇒ 67
Lucian
BASE MANA298.88 ⇒ 348.88
MANA GROWTH STAT41 ⇒ 38
Lux
BASE MANA335 ⇒ 384
MANA GROWTH STAT50 ⇒ 47
Maokai
BASE MANA327.28 ⇒ 377.28
MANA GROWTH STAT46 ⇒ 43
Nasus
BASE MANA275.6 ⇒ 325.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Nautilus
BASE MANA284.0 ⇒ 334.0
MANA GROWTH STAT50 ⇒ 47
Olaf
BASE MANA265.6 ⇒ 315.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Pantheon
BASE MANA267.12 ⇒ 317.12
MANA GROWTH STAT34 ⇒ 31
Ryze
BASE MANA342.4 ⇒ 392.4
MANA GROWTH STAT55 ⇒ 52
Sion
BASE MANA275.6 ⇒ 325.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Swain
BASE MANA324.0 ⇒ 374.0
MANA GROWTH STAT50 ⇒ 47
Syndra
BASE MANA334 ⇒ 384
MANA GROWTH STAT63 ⇒ 60
Talon
BASE MANA327.2 ⇒ 377.2
MANA GROWTH STAT40 ⇒ 37
Varus
BASE MANA310 ⇒ 360
MANA GROWTH STAT36 ⇒ 33
Veigar
BASE MANA342.4 ⇒ 392.4
MANA GROWTH STAT55 ⇒ 52
Vel'Koz
BASE MANA325.6 ⇒ 375.6
MANA GROWTH STAT45 ⇒ 42
Xerath
BASE MANA316.96 ⇒ 366.96
MANA GROWTH STAT47 ⇒ 44
Ziggs
BASE MANA334 ⇒ 384
MANA GROWTH STAT50 ⇒ 47
Mana Regen
The following champs have +2.5 base mana regen per 5 seconds:
Alistar
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Blitzcrank
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Janna
BASE MANA REGEN9 ⇒ 11.5
Karma
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Lulu
BASE MANA REGEN8.5 ⇒ 11
Morgana
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Nami
BASE MANA REGEN9 ⇒ 11.5
Sona
BASE MANA REGEN9 ⇒ 11.5
Soraka
BASE MANA REGEN9 ⇒ 11.5
Tahm Kench
BASE MANA REGEN5.5 ⇒ 8
Taric
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Zilean
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Zyra
BASE MANA REGEN6 ⇒ 8.5
Systems
Grievous Wounds
REDUCED HEALING50% ⇒ 40%
LESS GENERALLY GRIEVOUSGrievous Wounds now only affects self-healing instead of all healing
Empowered Basic Attack Changes
Historically, the way empowered basic attacks would affect their target if they'd fail to hit (due to Teemo's Blinding Dart, Pantheon's Aegis of Zeonia, or Jax's Counterstrike) has been pretty inconsistent. In some cases they'd do nothing, in others they'd apply crowd control (but no damage) and in a few they'd just ignore the status altogether. We've retooled these to more consistently meet expectations: if one of the following empowered basic attack misses its target, it won't deal any damage or apply any other effects. In cases where this is tied to a buff, that buff will be consumed as well.
The following abilities will be consumed and have no effect if they would miss:
Blitzcrank
- E - Power Fist
Darius
- W - Crippling Strike
Ekko
- Passive - Z-Drive Resonance
Garen
- Q - Decisive Strike
Jayce
- R - Transform: Mercury Hammer
Jax
- W - Empower
Kassadin
- W - Nether Blade
Leona
- Q - Shield of Daybreak
Master Yi
- Passive - Double Strike
Nasus
- Q - Siphoning Strike
Nautilus
- Passive - Staggering Blow
Rengar
- Q - Savagery
Renekton
- W - Ruthless Predator
Riven
- Passive - Runic Blade
Sejuani
- W - Flail of the Northern Winds
Shyvana
- Q - Twin Bite
Skarner
- E - Fracture
Sona
- Passive - Power Chord
Talon
- Q - Noxian Diplomacy
Trundle
- Q - Chomp
Twisted Fate
- W - Pick A Card
Udyr
- E - Bear Stance
Vayne
- Q - Tumble
Viktor
- Q - Siphon Power
Wukong
- Q - Crushing Blow
Xin Zhao
- Q - Three Talon Strike
Ziggs
- Passive - Short Fuse
Summoner's Rift
Rift Herald
Even a Baron has its subjects.
As it stands, the bottom lane is the only 'correct' area of early game focus, warping teams' choices of summoner spells, champions and strategies in a never-ending arms race that's culminated in the modern-era Teleport-pocalypse. With so many team resources tied up in this problem, we set out to see if we could even up the map.
Enter the Rift Herald.
As an objective, Herald gives a reason to dominate the top lane and something to miss if you Teleport away. Providing a powerful buff that enables split-pushing (as well as an encounter as difficult as any in League at the moment), its presence adds relevance to the northern side of the map, giving teams alternative strategies to pursue or a counter-move to make when the going gets tough down south.
SPAWNS AT4 minutes
RESPAWN RATE5 minutes
DESPAWNS AT19:45 out of combat, 19:55 no matter what
BACKSTABThe eye on Rift Herald's back periodically opens, causing basic attacks from behind to deal 15% of its maximum health as true damage
MASSIVE DAMAGEIf Backstabbing Rift Herald brings it to 15% health or below, the eye stays open.
VOID ARMORRift Herald takes 35% less damage from ranged basic attacks
BREAK THE PINATASlaying Rift Herald grants 50 gold to your team and Doom's Eve to whoever lands the killing blow for 2 minutes.
DOOM'S EVERift Herald's slayer gains the following bonuses:
- 10% increased damage
- 40 movement speed
- Enhanced Baron Recall
HERALD'S LEGIONMinions near Rift Herald's slayer gain the following bonuses:
- 40% increased attack speed
- 100 extra range (on Cannon Minions)
Game Pacing Changes
We're changing up the normal ordering of the patch notes because we wanted to hit on the game pacing changes first before getting to things like item efficiency costs.
The short of it is we're making some small, but focused changes aimed at making League a little more intention-based. What that really means is we're trying to amp up the ways teams can push their advantage while also exposing more gold flow for those defending or looking for a way to get back in. The shorter version of that is there will probably be more gold within the game (so the item efficiency pass isn't so dramatic), but it will be almost entirely focused on giving gold in ways you need to earn (well, except that ambient gold change).
Game Start Time
Minions and monsters spawn 15 seconds earlier
Just losing some of the extra dead time at the beginning of the game. We like the downtime, but 1:55 was a lot of waiting around.
MINIONS HAVE SPAWNEDMinions spawn at 1:30 ⇒ 1:15
MONSTERS HAVE AWOKENJungle camps spawn at 1:55 ⇒ 1:40
Ambient Gold
With items costing more as part of our global efficiency pass, we're injecting more cash into the flow, as well as a little extra for the down-and-out.
FOR DOING NOTHING, YOU GET9.5 gold per 5 seconds ⇒ 10.2 gold per 5 seconds
BAILOUTAfter 12 minutes, the 2 members of each team with the least gold at any given moment gain an additional 2 gold per 5 seconds (increasing by 0.1 per minute)
Kill Gold
In place of traditional kill streaks, bounties turn shutdowns into global gold.
League often comes down to an optimisation of 'how can I get the most value for my effort?' Sometimes this shakes out in neat ways (do we take dragon for later, or a tower for now?), but when you have to crunch numbers to tell whether or not it's valuable enough to kill a target, we may have gone too far. Bounties are a way to ensure the answer to 'Should I kill this high-profile bad guy?' is always yes, changing the question to 'how and when' rather than 'yes or no'.
Bounty tiering
BOUNTY BOARDBounties are now visualised by a banner next to champion health bars
FAMEBounties begin accruing at 2 consecutive kills (unchanged)
INFAMYBounties increase per additional consecutive kill, up to 5 kills (unchanged)
PERMANENT RECORDBounties are no longer reset on death. Instead, dying now reduces bounty tier by 3.
PROBATIONA bounty tier of 1 is now possible, but only if a champion dies while at bounty tier 4
Bounty gold rewards
REMOVEDHEADHUNTINGBounties no longer add to kill gold
NEWPSEUDO-OBJECTIVESBounties now provide team gold, displayed to both teams on-kill
TIER 1 REWARD20 global gold
TIER 2 REWARD30 global gold
TIER 3 REWARD60 global gold
TIER 4 REWARD70 global gold
TIER 5 REWARD90 global gold (max)
REMOVEDAssist streaks
NO STREAKINGConsecutive assists no longer grant bonus gold
Turrets
Lots of numbers below, but the gist is that turrets are more vulnerable on average unless you give them time to scale up. Take down an outer early enough and you'll be able to put meaningful damage on the next (or even take it outright!) before it can fortify if your opponent isn't respecting your demolition power.
Turret mechanics
REMOVEDSHIELDS OFFLINEInner towers no longer shield nearby players from damage
THIS IS A MAGE BUFFBasic attacks against turrets deal damage equal to base attack damage + either 1.0 bonus attack damage or 0.4 ability power ⇒ 0.5 ability power, whichever is higher
Turret resistances
BASE ARMOR AND MAGIC RESIST100 ⇒ 0
NEWWE CAN REBUILDTurrets gain 2 armor and magic resist per minute, up to a maximum of 30. Outer towers begin scaling at game-start, Inner towers at 15 minutes, Inhibitor & Nexus towers at 30 minutes.
REINFORCED ARMORTurrets gain 300 ⇒ 200 armor and magic resist if no minions are nearby
Turret health
OUTER TOWER HEALTH2000 ⇒ 3500
INNER TOWER HEALTH2500 ⇒ 3500
INHIBITOR TOWER HEALTH2800 ⇒ 4000
NEXUS TOWER HEALTH3000 ⇒ 4000
Turret gold rewards
OUTER TOWER LOCAL GOLD150 gold ⇒ 220 gold
INNER TOWER LOCAL GOLD100 gold ⇒ 250 gold
Minions
NEWPushing advantage
Minions get combat bonuses when your team has a level advantage over the opposing team
UPDATE: We froze the pushing changes below at the last minute, so these won't be going live in 5.22. They'll make their official debut in 5.23!
Comboing with the turret changes above, minions now get stronger to help the winning team press their advantage and close out the game
MINION DAMAGE BONUSIf your team's average level is higher than the enemy's, your minions deal 10% bonus damage to enemy minions. If you've taken cumulatively more turrets than the enemy team, damage is further increased by 10% for each turret you have over your opponents.
ENRAGEIf your team's average level is at least 3 higher than the enemy's and you've taken 2 or more towers in a given lane, your minions in that lane deal 90% more damage to enemy minions
MINION DAMAGE REDUCTIONIf your team's average level is higher than the enemy's, your minions take less damage from enemy minions equal to (tower differential x level differential) + 1. This number can't fall below 1.
IRONCLADIf your team's average level is at least 3 higher than the enemy's and you've taken 2 or more towers in a given lane, your minions in that lane take 7 less damage from enemy minions
Melee minion gold reward
INITIAL GOLD VALUE18.5 gold ⇒ 20 gold
GOLD GROWTH0.17 gold per minute ⇒ 0.125 gold per minute
Caster minion gold reward
INITIAL GOLD VALUE13.8 gold ⇒ 17 gold
GOLD GROWTH0.17 gold per minute ⇒ 0.125 gold per minute
Siege minion gold reward
INITIAL GOLD VALUE36.8 gold ⇒ 45 gold
GOLD GROWTH0.425 gold per minute ⇒ 0.35 gold per minute
Jungle Tuning
Health, armor, damage and experience down. Magic resist and gold reward up.
It wouldn't be a preseason without some jungle changes, would it? We're actually pretty happy with where the Jungle sits systems-wise, so we're just doing a tuning pass to keep things in line with the other changes we've made. Simply put, the jungle's a tad easier and gives more gold, but nets less overall experience unless you've got a jungle item to make up the difference.
Blue Sentinel
ARMOR20 ⇒ 10
REMOVEDCRITICAL STRIKE CHANCEBlue Sentinel's attacks can no longer critically strike
EXPERIENCE REWARD100 ⇒ 90
GOLD REWARD51 ⇒ 58
NEWSENTINEL'S BLESSINGCrest of Insight now grants its wearer 2 ability power per level
Sentries
HEALTH400 ⇒ 375
REMOVEDARMOR8 ⇒ 0
NEWMAGIC RESIST0 ⇒ 10
Red Brambleback
ARMOR20 ⇒ 10
EXPERIENCE REWARD100 ⇒ 90
GOLD REWARD51 ⇒ 58
NEWBRAMBLEBACK'S RAGECrest of Cinders' true damage now applies to turrets
Cinderlings
HEALTH400 ⇒ 375
REMOVEDARMOR8 ⇒ 0
NEWMAGIC RESIST0 ⇒ 10
Crimson Raptor
EXPERIENCE REWARD140 ⇒ 130
GOLD REWARD58 ⇒ 62
Raptor
HEALTH250 ⇒ 225
REMOVEDARMOR5 ⇒ 0
Greater Murk Wolf
ATTACK RANGE125 ⇒ 175
EXPERIENCE REWARD142 ⇒ 132
GOLD REWARD53 ⇒ 68
Murk Wolf
HEALTH420 ⇒ 380
REMOVEDARMOR6 ⇒ 0
Ancient Krug
ATTACK RANGE190 ⇒ 150
ATTACK DAMAGE73 ⇒ 68
EXPERIENCE REWARD150 ⇒ 140
GOLD REWARD75 ⇒ 81
Krug
ATTACK DAMAGE35 ⇒ 32
HEALTH540 ⇒ 500
MAGIC RESIST-10 ⇒ 0
REMOVEDARMOR12 ⇒ 0
Gromp
MAGIC RESIST0 ⇒ -10
ATTACK DAMAGE83 ⇒ 75
EXPERIENCE REWARD200 ⇒ 190
GOLD REWARD80 ⇒ 86
Rift Scuttler
GOLD REWARD65 ⇒70
Teleport
Cooldown increased on turrets. Channel time increased.
Ah, Teleport. A summoner spell made contentious over a season's worth of scrutiny, TP simply didn't have the windows necessary to play around to make it anything short of amazing, even considering the aggressive or defensive options at your disposal. The ability to impact the map every 5 minutes isn't one to be taken lightly, and while we have other changes alongside this to disincentivise Teleport as your 'every game' choice (Rift Herald says hi), we're taking extra measures to ensure that the burden of making the most of your Teleports is even higher, and that the 'get-out-of-jail-free' card isn't as free as it seems.
COOLDOWN ON TURRET CAST240 seconds ⇒ 300 seconds
CHANNEL TIME3.5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
Removed Summoner Spells
no tears, only dreams
Simply put, these Summoners were caught in a space where they'd either never be picked or be too powerful to not pick, given the tuning (hint: it was always the former). As such, keeping these spells around served as a trap for those poor, unfortunate souls who took them, so we're laying them to rest. Say hey to Fortify, Promote and Surge for us.
The following Summoner Spells have been removed from Summoner's Rift:
Clairvoyance
Clarity
Removed Items
on to the big heart of gold in the sky
Dearly beloved, friends, invocadores - we are gathered here today not to mourn the past, but to celebrate new strategies, new seasons, and new beginnings. While the items below, some of whom we've shared both victory and defeat, won't be moving on into that new age with us, we must remember them for who they were, letting them live on in our memories (even if we didn't let them into our inventories).
While not all of the below items were unsuccessful in the way you might expect, many were often restrictive, incomplete, or otherwise not very well supported, limiting design spaces for us to work. Others simply weren't worth the effort. We'll be covering some of the specifics below, but let's all take one last moment of silence before we commit them to the past. More important than providing us stats or building into other items - you built into our hearts.
Later, buddies.
On a more serious note, let's talk at-large about some items that might not be real threats to game balance (see: Sword of the Occult) but are still being removed. The answer is two-fold: design trust, and design clutter.
Design trust refers to an item sufficiently fulfilling its intended role. When a player sees X item, they should be able to trust that said item is cost-efficient and can fulfillits expectations. Some items in League just fall to the wayside (like Ohmwrecker. Every season.) and we try to cull the herd when possible (usually during preseason), but deliberately keeping an item undertuned so that it can remain fun but unbalanced is just not something we can uphold while still preserving a competitive game.
This leads to our next point about design clutter. Some items fulfill very niche roles in League and may not actually be undertuned to a very small subset of champions. In these cases we're careful to assess the individual impact of removing said item before taking action. You might have seen this with the removal of the Magus enchantment, where we had to think hard if jungle Fiddlesticks was truly going to be useless without his finely-tuned enchantment (we came to the conclusion of no). Niche items that tie themselves so closely to a champion's balance do end up skewing that champion to being dependent on the item to function, and can often ‘hide' real design problems that we can't get to.
Avarice Blade
Crystalline Flask
Elixir of Ruin
Mana Potion
Poacher's Knife
Ranger's Trailblazer
Stealth Ward
Sword of the Occult
The Brutalizer
Twin Shadows
Zephyr
Marksman Itemisation
High-level, our goal with the marksman itemisation update is to provide meaningful choice for marksmen in their game. The designer-speak for it is to provide more agency for the purchaser, and we'll explain what that means in a sec.
In previous seasons, a marksman's build path was almost 100% set as IE > PD/SS > LW/BT > BT/LW (whichever you didn't buy). The only variation in this build path was Blade of the Ruined King for super basic attack focused champions, but to stray from the path often meant just being deliberately inefficient. Our goal with these changes isn't to just make marksmen super fabulous (maybe that's a symptom), but to give them real options when it comes to deciding how they deal damage.
We set out to accomplish this goal by making each decision more specialised, like Last Whisper only affecting bonus armor, so it's not just a generalist "deal more damage" item - it's specifically for armor-stacking opponents. This means it's also possible to make the wrong decision, like buying a Statikk Shiv for waveclear when your team really needs siege potential.
Our marksman itemisation changes also come as part of an even larger tuning sweep (we're calling it an item efficiency pass) that we'll get to below, but our hope is that marksmen truly have some choice in their item builds from start to finish (even if it's the wrong choice, hah!).
Infinity Edge
TOTAL COST3800 gold ⇒ 3600 gold
BUILD PATHB. F. Sword + Pickaxe + Cloak of Agility + 625 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE80 ⇒ 65
Essence Reaver
Updated. Now gives cooldown reduction based on critical strike chance.
In days past, Infinity Edge stood alone as the top dog for enabling the marksman class's damage output, with its ruthless efficiency and multiplicative spike potential. IE still remains a powerhouse, but the long-forgotten Essence Reaver's now risen to do battle with the heavyweights.
No longer a niche lifesteal item, Essence Reaver grants near-cap cooldown reduction to marksmen that rely on abilities for their primary damage output - the same way an Infinity Edge + Phantom Dancer 'spike' turns a Jinx or Caitlyn into a mid-game monster. Fun fact: Essence Reaver and Infinity Edge actually play well together(especially in a 6-item build), but where you start and which style you embrace makes all the difference.
TOTAL COST3200 gold ⇒ 3600 gold
BUILD PATHB. F. Sword + Caulfield's Warhammer + Cloak of Agility + 400 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE80 ⇒ 65
NEWCRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE20%
REMOVEDLIFE STEAL10% ⇒ 0
REMOVEDREAVEDBasic attacks no longer restore missing mana
UNIQUE PASSIVE10% cooldown reduction. Gains up to +20% additionalcooldown reduction equal to your critical strike chance from other sources
UNIQUE PASSIVECritical strikes restore 3% of your maximum mana
Recurve Bow
TOTAL COST1100 gold ⇒ 1000 gold
BUILD PATHDagger + Dagger + 400 gold
ATTACK SPEED30% ⇒ 25%
ON-HIT PHYSICAL DAMAGE10 ⇒ 15
Bilgewater Cutlass
TOTAL COST1400 gold ⇒ 1650 gold
BUILD PATHVampiric Scepter + Long Sword + 350 gold
LIFESTEAL8% ⇒ 10%
Blade of the Ruined King
that's the spirit
TOTAL COST3200 gold ⇒ 3400 gold
BUILD PATHBilgewater Cutlass + Recurve Bow + 750 gold
CURRENT HEALTH DAMAGE8% ⇒ 6%
Zeal
TOTAL COST1100 gold ⇒ 1200 gold
BUILD PATHDagger + Brawler's Gloves + 500 gold
ATTACK SPEED20% ⇒ 15%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE10% ⇒ 20%
Phantom Dancer
if a phantom dances, does anyone see it?
With the rise of a few new options for multiplying marksman damage, Phantom Dancer seeks to differentiate itself via sheer dueling power. Enabling both pursuit and escape, PD's new spooky effects empower the solo-splitpushing playmakers out there to take on the world (as long as it's one at a time).
TOTAL COST2800 gold ⇒ 2700 gold
BUILD PATHZeal + Dagger + Dagger + 900 gold
ATTACK SPEED50% ⇒ 40%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE35% ⇒ 30%
REMOVEDMOVEMENT SPEED5% ⇒ 0%
REMOVEDTWO LEFT FEETNo longer ignores unit collision
UNIQUE PASSIVESpectral Waltz: While within 500 units of an enemy champion you can see, you gain 12% movement speed and pass through units
UNIQUE PASSIVELament: Basic attacking a champion causes them to deal 12% less damage to you for 10 seconds. Can only be active on one champion at a time.
Runaan's Hurricane
Unlike Phantom Dancer, Runaan's enables marksmen to split their focus and smack down multiple targets at once. In the past the incredible amount of attack speed and lack of crit synergy made this unfeasible for all but a few champions, but a new stat lineup means a lot more marksmen can spread their love to anyone and everyone in the way (And by 'love', we mean 'bullets, arrows, bolts, lasers, and generally powerful projectiles').
TOTAL COST2500 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHRecurve Bow + Zeal + 300 gold
ATTACK SPEED70% ⇒ 40%
NEWCRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE30%
NEWMOVEMENT SPEED5%
ON-HIT PHYSICAL DAMAGE10 ⇒ 15
BOLT RATIO0.5 total attack damage ⇒ 0.25 total attack damage
MEGASTRONGThe bolts from Runaan's Hurricane can now critically strike
NEWKircheis Shard
Buy this baby-shiv to baby-zap opponents as you kite like mad. It's worth noting that energise isn't a unique passive, so both Statikk Shiv and Rapid Firecannon play together rather well!
TOTAL COST750 gold
BUILD PATHDagger + 450 gold
ATTACK SPEED15%
ENERGISEMoving and attacking builds stacks, up to 100. When fully stacked, your next basic attack expends the charges and becomesEnergised
UNIQUE PASSIVEEnergised Strike: Your Energised basic attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage on-hit
Statikk Shiv
TOTAL COST2500 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHZeal + Kircheis Shard + 550 gold
ATTACK SPEED40% ⇒ 35%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE20% ⇒ 30%
MOVEMENT SPEED6% ⇒ 5%
SHIV MAGIC DAMAGE100 ⇒ 50-150 (at level 18)
SHIV LIGHTNING TARGETS4 ⇒ 5
NEWLIGHTNING RODNow deals 50% bonus damage to minions
NEWRapid Firecannon
bang bang
Firecannon's the fancy new Zeal upgrade you call on when it's time to go a-siegin'. Rub your feet together to gain enough electricity to snipe foes attempting to poke or clear from afar, or to sneak super-powered shots onto structures in tense situations. Come to think of it, it's not actually very Rapid, is it?
TOTAL COST2500 gold
BUILD PATHZeal + Kircheis Shard + 550 gold
ATTACK SPEED30%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE30%
ENERGISEMoving and attacking build stacks, up to 100. When fully stacked, your next basic attack expends the charges and becomesEnergised
UNIQUE PASSIVEFirecannon: Your Energised basic attacks gain 35% bonus range and deal 50-200 magic damage (at levels 1-18) on-hit. Energised attacks work on structures.
Last Whisper
Simply put, the answer of when to buy Last Whisper previously was 'pretty much always'. While certainly better when the enemy was armor-stacking, the total armor penetration meant it was always a sizeable and necessary damage increase in any situation. Last Whisper now occupies a reactive slot, letting you forego it when the enemy's just as reckless as you are.
TOTAL COST2300 gold ⇒ 1300 gold
BUILD PATHPickaxe + 425 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE40 ⇒ 25
ARMOR PENETRATION35% total armor penetration ⇒ 30% bonus armor penetration
NEWGiant Slayer
the bigger they are, the harder you hit 'em
In tandem with Blade of the Ruined King, Giant Slayer (and its upgrade) give you a fighting chance to mount an attack on the titans and health-stacking beefsticks out there who block you from carrying your team to victory.
TOTAL COST1000 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + 650 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE10
UNIQUE PASSIVEGiant Slayer: Grants up to +10% damage against enemy champions with greater maximum health than you (+1% damage per 50 health difference, maxing at 500 health difference)
NEW?Executioner's Calling
started at the bottom now we still at the bottom
One of our oldest items, Executioner's has answered the call to combat high amounts of sustain and has returned to the shop once more. It's worth noting that Grievous Wounds is now 40% healing reduction instead of 50%, so while it doesn't shut down regeneration as hard, it'll still put a dent in anyone looking to buy back all their health in quick succession.
TOTAL COST800 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + 450 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE15
UNIQUE PASSIVEExecutioner: Physical damage inflicts Grievous Woundson enemy champions for 3 seconds
NEWLord Dominik's Regards
when giant slaying isn't enough, you have my regards
TOTAL COST2700 gold
BUILD PATHLast Whisper + Giant Slayer + 400 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE40
UNIQUE PASSIVEGiant Slayer: Grants up to +15% damage against enemy champions with greater maximum health than you (+1.5% damage per 50 health difference, maxing at 500 health difference)
UNIQUE PASSIVELast Whisper: 40% bonus armor penetration
NEWMortal Reminder
It's like Executioner's Calling, but bigger!
TOTAL COST2700 gold
BUILD PATHLast Whisper + Executioner's Calling + 600 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE40
UNIQUE PASSIVEExecutioner: Physical damage inflicts Grievous Woundson enemy champions for 5 seconds
UNIQUE PASSIVELast Whisper: 40% bonus armor penetration
Mercurial Scimitar
TOTAL COST3700 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHPickaxe + Vampiric Scepter + Quicksilver Sash + 625 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE80 ⇒ 75
NEWLIFESTEAL10%
The Bloodthirster
TOTAL COST3500 gold ⇒ 3700 gold
BUILD PATHB. F. Sword + Vampiric Scepter + Long Sword + 1150 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE80 ⇒ 75
Item Efficiency Tuning
Hopefully you've read the game pacing and gold flow changes above before coming to this! If not, here's a very designer-y summary: with so much changing with gold flow in League, it's hard to assess individual itemchanges in a vacuum. The short of it is you'll probably be hitting your gold power spikes at different times than before, so it's better to understand the following changes in relation to gold efficiency rather than game flow. For the large part, these changes are simple gold adjustments with some smaller power changes where necessary.
Up front: our intention isn't just a wholesale nerfing of mages. We ran a full-scale audit of all items in League of Legends to understand what their cost to power ratio was, then compared them to each other to ensure their efficiencies were on similar spectrums. This allows us to fully understand our item ecosystem and how champions interact with it. We also gain a better understanding of the innate strength of a champion in relation to others, rather than having to guess if their core items were just incredibly efficient.
Following our sweep, we came to the conclusion that ability power was just far more efficient as a stat purchase for mages in relation to their AD brethren (although this has a lot of nuance, like the fact there are no AD-based control mages), so we made adjustments. We are more than willing to readjust if necessary, especially if we see an ecosystem that is significantly skewed toward AD champions and AD assassins.
Ability Power Itemisation
Rabadon's Deathcap
TOTAL COST3500 gold ⇒ 3800 gold
BUILD PATHNeedlessly Large Rod + Blasting Wand + Amplifying Tome + 1265 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
TOTAL COST3000 gold ⇒ 3500 gold
BUILD PATHSeeker's Armguard + Needlessly Large Rod + 1050 gold
ARMOR50 ⇒ 45
Archangel's Staff
TOTAL COST3000 gold ⇒ 3100 gold
BUILD PATHTear of the Goddess + Needlessly Large Rod + 1100 gold
Rod of Ages
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 3000 gold
BUILD PATHCatalyst the Protector + Blasting Wand + 950 gold
ABILITY POWER60 ⇒ 80
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
TOTAL COST3000 gold ⇒ 3200 gold
BUILD PATHNeedlessly Large Rod + Amplifying Tome + Giant's Belt + 515 gold
BUILD PATHHaunting Guise + Blasting Wand + 750 gold
Will of the Ancients
TOTAL COST2500 gold ⇒ 2300 gold
BUILD PATHHextech Revolver + Fiendish Codex + 300 gold
Athene's Unholy Grail
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 2800 gold
BUILD PATHChalice of Harmony + Fiendish Codex + Amplifying Tome + 565 gold
Mejai's Soulstealer
Builds from The Dark Seal. Grants movement speed instead of cooldown reduction.
While always a big risk, Mejai's cooldown reduction reward rarely benefitted users who often hit the CDR cap far before reaching max stacks. Movement speed fits better, turning the back-and-forth risk vs. reward more tense as you try ascend to glory.
TOTAL COST1400 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHThe Dark Seal + 1000 gold
NEWMANA200
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVEDo or Die: Grants 4 Glory per champion kill or 2Glory per assist, up to 25 Glory total. Upon dying, you lose 10 stacks ofGlory.
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVEDread: Grants 5 ability power per Glory. Grants 10% movement speed if you have at least 15 Glory.
Lich Bane
TOTAL COST3000 gold ⇒ 3200 gold
BUILD PATHSheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 450 gold
MOVEMENT SPEED5% ⇒ 7%
NEWCOOLDOWN REDUCTION0% ⇒ 10%
Nashor's Tooth
TOTAL COST3000 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHFiendish Codex + Stinger + 1000 gold
ATTACK SPEED40% ⇒ 50%
Defensive Itemisation
Randuin's Omen
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 3000 gold
BUILD PATHWarden's Mail + Giant's Belt + 900 gold
HEALTH400 ⇒ 450
Spectre's Cowl
TOTAL COST1200 gold ⇒ 1100 gold
BUILD PATHRuby Crystal + Null-Magic Mantle + 250 gold
MAGIC RESIST40 ⇒ 35
Banshee's Veil
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 2900 gold
BUILD PATHSpectre's Cowl + Crystalline Bracer + 1150 gold
HEALTH450 ⇒ 500
MAGIC RESIST60 ⇒ 70
Spirit Visage
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 2800 gold
BUILD PATHSpectre's Cowl + Kindlegem + 900 gold
HEALTH400 ⇒ 500
MAGIC RESIST60 ⇒ 70
Sunfire Cape
TOTAL COST2600 gold ⇒ 2700 gold
BUILD PATHBami's Cinder + Chain Vest + 800 gold
HEALTH450 ⇒ 500
Guardian Angel
TOTAL COST2800 gold ⇒ 2900 gold
BUILD PATHChain Vest + Negatron Cloak + 1380 gold
ARMOR50 ⇒ 60
MAGIC RESIST50 ⇒ 60
Aegis of the Legion
TOTAL COST1600 gold ⇒ 1500 gold
BUILD PATHNull-Magic Mantle + Crystalline Bracer + 400 gold
MAGIC RESIST AURA15 ⇒ 10
Locket of the Iron Solari
TOTAL COST2750 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
BUILD PATHAegis of the Legion + Kindlegem + 200 gold
Jungle Items
Hunter's Machete
it's dangerous to go alone
One of the two items necessary to make your tier 2 jungle items, Machete's carving out an identity as the more basic attack-focused of the jungle starting items, providing the on-hit damage and sustain necessary to cleave the cute woodland beasts of the Rift. It's lost all of its mana regeneration in return for offensive power, so consider starting at the Blue Sentinel if you're reliant on abilities to clear!
TOTAL COST400 gold ⇒ 350 gold
REMOVEDMORE PROBLEMSNo longer grants 15 bonus gold on large monster kill
REMOVEDJUNGLERNo longer burns monsters or gives regeneration when hit by monsters.
NEWLIFESTEAL8% vs monsters
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVENail: Basic attacks deal 20 bonus damage on-hit vs monsters. Killing large monsters grants 15 bonus experience.
NEWHunter's Talisman
*(Knowing that Brand can finally jungle... It fills you with determination.)
The other half of the essential Hunter's gear, Talisman provides an option for those tanks and mages lacking the sustain to survive their early clears,. Massive boosts to mana regen and the health drain on monsters make it less specialised than Machete, increasing the number of would-be adventurers who can hold their own the jungle. As a pro-tip, consider starting at the Red Brambleback to take advantage of red buff's health regen to safely power-clear with Talisman's mana battery at your disposal!
TOTAL COST350 gold
MANA REGENERATION150% while in the jungle
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVETooth: Damaging a monster steals 20 health over 5 seconds. Killing large monsters grants 15 bonus experience.
Skirmisher's Sabre
Pretty similar to before, but now costs a little more thanks to the new build path. Luckily, these Tier 2's also inherit the wealth of lifesteal, regeneration, on-hit and over-time damage from its predecessors, making it well worth the extra cash.
TOTAL COST850 gold ⇒ 1050 gold
BUILD PATHHunter's Machete + Hunter's Talisman + 350 gold
LIFESTEAL10% vs monsters
MANA REGENERATION150% while in jungle
REMOVEDMORE PROBLEMSNo longer grants 30 bonus gold on large monster kill
REMOVEDJUNGLERNo longer burns monsters or gives regeneration when hit by monsters.
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVETooth / Nail: Basic attacks deal 20 bonus damage vs. monsters. Damaging a monster steals 30 health over 5 seconds. Killing a large monster grants +30 bonus experience.
SIDEGRADE COST255 gold ⇒ 200 gold
Stalker's Blade
We just covered this! Just re-read that one, but imagine this icon in your head. Just like new.
TOTAL COST850 gold ⇒ 1050 gold
BUILD PATHHunter's Machete + Hunter's Talisman + 350 gold
LIFESTEAL10% vs monsters
MANA REGENERATION150% while in jungle
REMOVEDMORE PROBLEMSNo longer grants 30 bonus gold on large monster kill
REMOVEDJUNGLERNo longer burns monsters or gives regeneration when hit by monsters.
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVETooth / Nail: Basic attacks deal 20 bonus damage vs. monsters. Damaging a monster steals 30 health over 5 seconds. Killing a large monster grants +30 bonus experience.
SIDEGRADE COST255 gold ⇒ 200 gold
NEWTracker's Knife
now that's a knife
Tracker's Knife doesn't strengthen your Smite, but gives you a Sightstone-style stack of seeing sticks to seek out sporting stalkers and sneaky skirmishers, securing your squad's section of Summoner's Rift. Alternatively (for the alliteration illiterate) this augment allows illumination always, assuming your ambitions align with accumulating authority alongside your allies over your adversary's abode.
TOTAL COST850 gold ⇒ 1050 gold
BUILD PATHHunter's Machete + Hunter's Talisman + 350 gold
LIFESTEAL10% vs monsters
MANA REGENERATION150% while in jungle
UNIQUE PASSIVETooth / Nail: Basic attacks deal 20 bonus damage vs. monsters. Damaging a monster steals 30 health over 5 seconds. Killing a large monster grants +30 bonus experience.
UNIQUE PASSIVEWarding (Minor): Consumes a charge to place a Stealth Ward that reveals the surrounding area for 150 seconds. Holds up to 2 charges which refill upon visiting the shop.
SIDEGRADE COST255 gold ⇒ 200 gold
Enchantment: Runeglaive
TOTAL COST2250 gold ⇒ 2675 gold
BUILD PATHSheen + Amplifying Tome + Tier 2 Jungle Item + 140 gold
ABILITY POWER50 ⇒ 40
MANA200 ⇒ 250
Enchantment: Cinderhulk
TOTAL COST2250 gold ⇒ 2625 gold
BUILD PATHBami's Cinder + Tier 2 Jungle Item + 475 gold
Enchantment: Warrior
TOTAL COST2250 gold ⇒ 2625 gold
BUILD PATHCaulfield's Warhammer + Tier 2 Jungle Item + 475 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE45 ⇒ 60
REMOVEDARMOR PENETRATION10 ⇒ 0
Enchantment: Devourer
TOTAL COST2250 gold ⇒ 2450 gold
BUILD PATHRecurve Bow + Tier 2 Jungle Item + 400 gold
ATTACK SPEED50% ⇒ 40%
SATED ON-HIT MAGIC DAMAGE50 ⇒ 60
Support Items
Ancient Coin
probably worth a lot
TOTAL COST365 gold ⇒ 350 gold
FAVOR GOLD GENERATION3 gold when a nearby enemy minion dies ⇒ 4 gold when a nearby minion dies
Nomad's Medallion
TOTAL COST865 gold ⇒ 850 gold
BUILD PATHAncient Coin + Faerie Charm + Rejuvenation Bead + 225 gold
REMOVEDMOVEMENT SPEED10 ⇒ 0
REMOVEDPASSIVE GOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds ⇒ 0
BASE HEALTH REGEN25% ⇒ 50%
FAVOR GOLD GENERATION4 gold when a nearby enemy minion dies ⇒ 6 gold whenever a nearby enemy minion dies
Talisman of Ascension
TOTAL COST2100 gold ⇒ 2200 gold
REMOVEDMOVEMENT SPEED20 ⇒ 0
REMOVEDPASSIVE GOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds ⇒ 0
FAVOR GOLD GENERATION4 gold when a nearby enemy minion dies ⇒ 6 gold whenever a nearby enemy minion dies
ACTIVE COOLDOWN40 seconds ⇒ 60 seconds
Targon's Brace
TOTAL COST865 gold ⇒ 850 gold
BUILD PATHRelic Shield + Rejuvenation Bead + 350 gold
NEWPASSIVE GOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds
Face of the Mountain
TOTAL COST2200 gold (unchanged)
HEALTH500 ⇒ 450
HEAL50 + 1% of your maximum health ⇒ 50
NEWGOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds
NEWWITNESS MEFace of the Mountain's active shield detonation now slows nearby enemies by 40% for 2 seconds instead of dealing damage (60 second cooldown)
TRIBUTE GOLD5 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure ⇒ 8 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure
BUILD PATHSpellthief's Edge + Faerie Charm + 375 gold
ABILITY POWER10 ⇒ 15
BASE MANA REGEN50% ⇒ 100%
TRIBUTE GOLD10 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure ⇒15 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure
Frost Queen's Claim
TOTAL COST2200 gold (unchanged)
BASE MANA REGEN50% ⇒ 150%
TRIBUTE GOLD10 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure ⇒15 gold on damage/attack on a champion or structure
REMOVEDUNIQUE ACTIVEArctic Embrace no longer exists
NEWUNIQUE ACTIVESummons 2 icy ghosts for 6 seconds that seek out nearby enemy champions. Ghosts reveal enemies on contact and reduce their movement speed by 40% for 4 seconds (60 second cooldown)
Mikael's Crucible
TOTAL COST2450 gold ⇒ 2300 gold
BUILD PATHChalice of Harmony + Forbidden Idol + 750 gold
MAGIC RESIST40 ⇒ 35
Zeke's Harbinger
TOTAL COST2250 gold ⇒ 2350 gold
BUILD PATHGlacial Shroud + Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + 480 gold
Vision Items
Stealth & Vision Wards
Stealth wards have been removed from the shop. All wards leave Rubble upon death.
When vision is in an easily acquired consumable state, a few things tend to happen. For starters, vision becomes an arms race due to the inherent power of map knowledge - making the appropriate answer to 'how many wards should we have' universally 'as many as you can, always'. This means that, executed optimally, an entire team's excess gold income (or primary income, if you're a Jungler or a Support) is funneled into keeping up as much vision as possible at all times.
This means decisionmaking around the questions 'when is the right time to ward?' and 'where is the right place to ward?' is thrown out in favor of sheer throughput. By removing 'safe' vision from the map (invisible wards) and placing the other vision resources on meaningful cooldowns, teams will have to think a lot more about where they light up the map, rather than ward coverage being a function of team gold advantage.
VISION WARD COST100 gold ⇒ 75 gold
REMOVEDWARDED OFFStealth wards are no longer available for purchase
STEALTH WARD DURATION180 seconds ⇒ 150 seconds
NEWPICKING UP THE PIECESUpon death or expiration, wards leave behind Rubble. Rubble is team coloured, lasts up to 5 minutes, and appears as circles where the ward was when it was active.
NEWINSIGHTFULWards now indicate their vision range while being placed
Sightstone
WARD CHARGES4 wards ⇒ 3 wards
NEWWE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGYIn addition to Ruby Sightstone, can now combine with Tier 2 support items (Frostfang, Nomad's Medallion andTargon's Brace)
Ruby Sightstone
Now gives active item cooldown reduction.
Ruby Sightstone, often seen as a minimal efficiency upgrade, now provides an important decision point for supports' endgame builds. Ruby synergises with the Tier 3 support items (Talisman of Ascension, Face of the Mountain, or Frost Queen's Claim), as well as any future active items you might build. The tradeoff is that you've committed two of your item slots - one to vision and one to your support item. So, whether you'd like the 'extra' slot (Eyestones - see below), or the more efficient slot (Ruby) is in your hands.
TOTAL COST1600 gold ⇒ 1800 gold
HEALTH400 ⇒ 500
NEWSTAYING ACTIVEItem Active cooldowns are reduced by 10%
WARD CHARGES5 ⇒ 4
NEWEye of the Watchers
somebody's watchin' me
Below are the three 'Eyestones', so let's cover the context all in one go, shall we? In contrast to Ruby Sightstone above, these Eyestones (built from combining Sightstone and your Tier 2 support item) give you the option to choose between the synergies of a Ruby + Tier 3 'active' build or an Eyestone, nixing the power of your Tier 3 in favor of more selfish items down the road. It's a tough question, and one supports will need to constantly evaluate on the fly with the departure of 'Stealth Ward stacking' as a viable progression path. All Eyestones keep their gold generation passives, making them the economic choice if you're looking to rush any particular item for your composition.
TOTAL COST2200 gold
BUILD PATHSightstone + Frostfang + 550 gold
HEALTH200
ABILITY POWER25
PASSIVE GOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds
BASE MANA REGEN150%
UNIQUE PASSIVETribute: Spells and basic attacks against champions or buildings deal 15 additional damage and grant 15 gold. This can occur up to 3 times every 30 seconds.
UNIQUE PASSIVEWarding: Consumes a charge to place a Stealth Wardthat reveals the surrounding area for 150 seconds. Holds up to 4 charges which refill upon visiting the shop.
NEWEye of the Oasis
Part 2. Context above!
TOTAL COST2200 gold
BUILD PATHSightstone + Nomad's Medallion + 550 gold
HEALTH200
BASE HEALTH REGEN150%
BASE MANA REGEN150%
UNIQUE PASSIVEFavor: Being near a minion death without dealing the killing blow grants 6 gold and 10 health
UNIQUE PASSIVEWarding: Consumes a charge to place a Stealth Wardthat reveals the surrounding area for 150 seconds. Holds up to 4 charges which refill upon visiting the shop.
NEWEye of the Equinox
Aaand Part 3. Context above-above!
TOTAL COST2200 gold
BUILD PATHSightstone + Targon's Brace + 550 gold
HEALTH500
BASE HEALTH REGEN100%
PASSIVE GOLD GENERATION2 gold per 10 seconds
UNIQUE PASSIVESpoils of War: Melee basic attacks execute minions below 240 health. Killing a minion heals the owner and the nearest allied champion for 50 health and grants them kill gold. These effects require a nearby allied champion. Recharges every 30 seconds. Max 4 charges.
UNIQUE PASSIVEWarding: Consumes a charge to place a Stealth Wardthat reveals the surrounding area for 150 seconds. Holds up to 4 charges which refill upon visiting the shop.
Trinkets
Because you always forgot to.
As Stealth Wards exit from the shop, Trinkets step up to take their place as the primary interaction point with the vision game. Warding and Sweeping are now the team's responsibility, and you'll have to coordinate carefully to simultaneously light up the fog of war and black out the enemy's wards. For the Trinket-Impaired, all upgrades and swap-costs are free!
Quick aside: we didn't really just make these trinkets auto-upgrade just because you forgot to. Ultimately if we're making the trinket / vision game a mandatory system to engage with for all players of all skill levels, we want to make sure we remove any needless barriers to entry. Fundamentally, we believe the trinket system is an integral part of the vision game, and we do hope y'alls learn to coordinate.
NEWFREE AT LASTPurchasing, upgrading, or swapping between trinkets no longer costs gold
TRINKET FEUDSwapping between the Warding line and the Sweeping line puts your trinket on cooldown for 2 minutes
REMOVED
Scrying Orb line
Scrying Orb
don't scry for me, argentina
REMOVEDAS I LAY SCRYINGScrying Orb has been removed
Farsight Orb
didn't see that coming
REMOVEDOVERSIGHTFarsight Orb has been removed
Warding Totem line
Warding Totem
Ward duration increases with champion level. Now generates charges.
REMOVEDVISION QUESTGreater Stealth and Greater Vision totems removed
NEWCHARGED UPCan now store up to two wards at one time. Starts with one charge.
WARD DURATION60 seconds ⇒ 60 - 120 seconds (at levels 1-18)
CHARGE COOLDOWNGenerates a new charge every 180 - 120 seconds (from levels 1-18)
Farsight Alteration
ALTERED TOTEMAt level 9, you can alter your Warding Totem into a Farsight Totem. Once altered, Farsight Totem instead places a visible, 1-health ward from far away, briefly revealing the surrounding area.
COOLDOWN40% of Warding Totem's charge cooldown (61 - 48 seconds at levels 9 - 18)
RANGE4000 units
WARD DURATIONInfinite
THIS ONE'S SPECIALFarsight Totem's ward doesn't count against your ward limits
Sweeping Lens line
Sweeping Lens
NEWSIGHT BEYOND SIGHTIn addition to disabling wards, Sweeping Lens will spawn warning particles over units it finds that you can't see (champions, pink wards, etc.)
RANGE500 - 2000 (at levels 1-18)
COOLDOWN90 - 60 seconds (at levels 1-18)
SIZE450 - 575 (at levels 1-18)
Oracle Alteration
ALTERED LENSAt level 9, you can alter your Sweeping Lens into an Oracle's Lens. Once altered, Oracle's Lens instead constantly sweeps the area around your champion for 10 seconds.
REMOVEDFALSE SIGHT?No longer grants true sight
NEWSIGHT BEYOND SIGHTIn addition to disabling wards, Sweeping Lens will spawn warning particles over units it finds that you can't see (champions, pink wards, etc.)
SIZEIncreased by about 50%
Starting Items & Consumables
Our focus with starting items this season is the same philosophy that informed our first wave of support item changes from way back. Specifically we want to offer more options for the opening game that really show intent as opposed to reacting to your opponent. There are still generalist pickups for people who want everything (see: the Doran's items), but now there should be more options for different styles of openings.
Doran's Ring
Less power early-game (for most champs), but scales better as a bench warmer while you transition to more powerful end-game builds.
MANA REGEN3 per 5 seconds ⇒ 50%
NEWThe Dark Seal
Alternative starting item to Doran's Ring. Builds into Mejai's. Is dark. Is a seal.
Doran's Ring has always been the go-to starting item for mages, but offers more in the way of lane safety than offensive potential. The Dark Seal trades defense for all-in power, presenting an aggressive option for champs who want to roam and make plays to start a match off strong. Fail to snowball? No sweat, just sell it off like you would your Doran's and proceed as normal. Get a few early fights in your favor? Go for glory and start stealing some souls.
TOTAL COST400 gold
ABILITY POWER15
MANA100
BONUS HEALING FROM POTIONS25%
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVEDo or Die: Grants 2 Glory per champion kill or 1Glory per assist, up to 10 Glory total. Upon dying, you lose 4 stacks ofGlory.
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVEDread: Grants 3 ability power per Glory
NEWCull
Doran's Blade alternative. Less safe, but more gold.
Tired of those supports that want you to fight all the time? Buy Cull and proceed to rack up the gold instead. While it doesn't completely discourage scrapping (life on hit starts off stronger than D. Blade's % lifesteal), Cull's mix of both sustain and farming power lets you play flexibly, given that no one tries to interrupt your delicious, minion-killing plans.
(They will, though. Good luck.)
TOTAL COST450 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE5
LIFE ON HIT3
CULLENKilling a minion grants 1 additional gold. Killing 100 minions grants an additional 300 gold immediately and disables this passive.
Health Potion
The potion who lived.
TOTAL COST35 gold ⇒ 50 gold
OFF THE STUFFLimited to one type of Healing Potion
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potions are an exercise in saving for the future! For the same cost, three health potions outscale this immediately, but a single trip back to your fountain recoups the value difference. Refillable is an attractive option for those looking to play the long game in lane; its upgrades provide some very real power.
TOTAL COST150 gold
FREE REFILLSConsume a charge to restore 100 health over 10 seconds. Holds up to 2 charges and refills upon visiting the shop
PUT A LID ON ITLimited to one type of Healing Potion
Hunter's Potion
It's like the Refillable Potion, but more fit to survive the wilderness.
One of the upgrades to Refillable, Hunter's Potion gives sustain to junglers who have none and allows those that do to double up. In the past, we've had to rely on intrinsic sustain mechanics (miss u, spirit stone) that always skewed towards the damage dealers in the crowd. You'll have to pay for it, but grab this on champions without strong lifesteal/spell vamp options (*cough*Amumu*cough*) and you'll find yourself burning through the jungle much healthier than normal.
TOTAL COST400 gold
BUILD PATHRefillable Potion + 250 gold
FREE REFILLSConsume a charge to restore 60 health and 35 mana over 8 seconds. Holds up to 5 charges and refills upon visiting the shop.
DELICIOUS JUNGLE TEARSKilling a large monster grants one charge
DON'T SPILL ITLimited to one type of Healing Potion
Corrupting Potion
It's a bad influence on the other potions.
Crystalline Flask (rip) used to be an attractive option for anyone looking to quietly sustain through lane phase. For opponents, on the other hand, it often felt like the only way to get an edge was to burn through a Flask holder's entire reservoir of health, which was no bueno (especially in combination with Teleport's lower cooldown).
Now that Flask's all out of juice, Corrupting Potion's your go-to if you're looking to outlast your opponent. Laners that choose to opt into raw stats will still have a combat advantage as they complete their item builds, but until then, Corrupting Potion's all-in nature once consumed demands respect in lane duels.
TOTAL COST500 gold
BUILD PATHRefillable Potion + 350 gold
"FREE" REFILLS?Consume a charge to restore 150 health and 50 mana over 12 seconds and grants Touch of Corruption during that time. Holds up to 3 charges and refills upon visiting the shop.
BUT AT WHAT COST?While under Touch of Corruption, your single target spells and attacks burn enemy champions for 15-30 (at levels 1-18) magic damage over 3 seconds
REMOVEDElixir of Ruin
While both Sorcery and Wrath have clear definitions to make the purchase feel impactful, Ruin and Iron both fulfilled the same niche, often feeling like a trap or generally underpowered relative to their damage-dealing brethren. As we retire Elixir of Ruin into the abyss, we're taking the health from it and looking to create the One True Tank Elixir everyone can feel good about buying.
REMOVEDRUINEDElixir of Ruin has been removed
Elixir of Iron
Has Elixir of Ruin's health.
TOTAL COST400 gold ⇒ 500 gold
NEWSAVEDNow gives 300 health
REMOVEDYOU'RE TOO SLOWNo longer reduces the effectiveness of slows by 25%
TOO BIGSize increase slightly reduced
Elixir of Wrath
Damage and healing increased, but no longer resets.
TOTAL COST400 gold ⇒ 500 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE25 ⇒ 30
BLOODLUST HEAL10% of all physical damage dealt ⇒ 15% of all physical damage dealt
REMOVEDANGER MANAGEMENTKills and assists no longer extend the duration
Boots
Berserker's Greaves
TOTAL COST1000 gold ⇒ 1100 gold
BUILD PATHBoots of Speed + Dagger + 500 gold
ATTACK SPEED25% ⇒ 30%
Boots of Swiftness
TOTAL COST1000 gold ⇒ 800 gold
BUILD PATHBoots of Speed + 500 gold
MOVEMENT SPEED60 ⇒ 65
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
TOTAL COST1000 gold ⇒ 800 gold
BUILD PATHBoots of Speed + 500 gold
COOLDOWN REDUCTION15% ⇒ 10%
NEWTRUCIDITYNow additionally reduces the cooldowns of Summoner Spells by 10%
Mercury's Treads
TOTAL COST1200 gold ⇒ 1100 gold
BUILD PATHBoots of Speed + Null-Magic Mantle + 350 gold
TENACITY35% ⇒ 20%
Ninja Tabi
TOTAL COST1000 gold ⇒ 1100 gold
BUILD PATHBoots of Speed + Cloth Armor + 500 gold
ARMOR25 ⇒ 30
SUMMONER SPELL COOLDOWN REDUCTION20% ⇒ 15%
Items
NEWDeath's Dance
Lifesteals from all physical damage, and converts damage taken into a delayed damage-over-time effect.
Lifesteal as a stat for champions that primarily use abilities has always been an interesting space to work in, but often failed because the 'casters' in question lack the inherent durability to really start draining and instead just die on the spot. Death's Dance instead provides 'pseudo-durability' - just enough to give the user time to get their sustain engine going, but forcing that lifesteal to work overtime so as not to succumb to their accumulated debt. Can you outrace your own death, or will you just dance around it?
TOTAL COST3400 gold
BUILD PATHVampiric Scepter + Pickaxe + Caulfield's Warhammer + 525 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE65
COOLDOWN REDUCTION10%
UNIQUE PASSIVEDealing physical damage heals for 12% of the damage dealt (33% effectiveness for multi-target effects)
UNIQUE PASSIVE12% of the damage you take is instead turned into a bleed for 5 seconds.
Hexdrinker
TOTAL COST1450 gold ⇒ 1300 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 500 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE25 ⇒ 20
MAGIC RESIST30 ⇒ 35
MAGIC DAMAGE SHIELD250 ⇒ 110-280 (at levels 1-18)
Maw of Malmortius
No longer gives attack damage when low, but enrages instead.
Never an efficient combination of stats, Maw's updated inclusion of Dirk's armor penetration and the new Lifegrip passive work together with Lifeline's shield to create the feeling of just staving off death, flying into a berserker rage when the heat is on. That sounds a lot better for fighters than the previous 'get a lot of damage when you're almost dead and then die', so we went with it.
TOTAL COST3200 gold ⇒ 3250 gold
BUILD PATHHexdrinker + Serrated Dirk + 850 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE60 ⇒ 55
MAGIC RESIST40 ⇒ 50
NEWARMOR PENETRATION10
LIFELINE SHIELD400 ⇒ 300 + 1 per bonus magic resist
REMOVEDCOME AT MENo longer grants bonus attack damage based on missing health
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVELifegrip: When Lifeline triggers, you gain 25% attack speed, 10% spell vamp and 10% lifesteal until you leave combat
Frozen Mallet
TOTAL COST3300 gold ⇒ 3100 gold
BUILD PATHJaurim's Fist + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + 525 gold
HEALTH700 ⇒ 650
ATTACK DAMAGE30 ⇒ 40
Youmuu's Ghostblade
No longer has crit, but has wayyy more damage.
Simply put, Ghostblade often lived in the valley between 'An assassin item that has crit I don't need' and 'A marksman item that isn't as good as Phantom Dancer'. With Marksman getting a host of new toys, we're refocusing Ghostblade as a much-needed buy for Assassins.
TOTAL COST2700 gold ⇒ 3200 gold
BUILD PATHSerrated Dirk + Caulfield's Warhammer + 1000 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE30 ⇒ 65
REMOVEDCRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE15% ⇒ 0%
Guinsoo's Rageblade
The statistically least-bought item in League of Legends (even less than Poacher's Knife, rest in peace), Guinsoo's always presented a puzzle to players - 'When do I want this item? Who could use it really well?' As it turns out, even on the few champions it works for (Kayle and Jax, primarily) it never really panned out. With berserker healing moved to Maw of Malmortius, we went all in on hulking out, providing a payoff worth stacking for should you succeed in pulling it off.
TOTAL COST2500 gold
BUILD PATHBlasting Wand + Pickaxe + 775 gold
NEWUNIQUE PASSIVEBasic attacks grant +8% Attack Speed, +3 Attack Damage, and +4 Ability Power for 5 seconds (stacks up to 8 times, melee attacks grant 2 stacks). While you have 8 stacks, gain Guinsoo's Rage.
NEWGUINSOO'S RAGEBasic attacks deal bonus magic damage on hit equal to 20 + 15% of bonus Attack Damage and 7.5% of Ability Power to the target and nearby enemy units.
Hextech Gunblade
Similar to Guinsoo's (though quite not as scarce), Gunblade's reload mechanic actually restricted its active's use as a means of catching people out, instead favoring champions who could repeatedly 'reload' it (hint: it's Akali). By stripping out the mechanic and halving the cooldown we're looking to bring Gunblade back as a possible choice for a broader set of champions, namely those looking to heal off of everything. Actually everything.
TOTAL COST3400 gold (unchanged)
BUILD PATHBilgewater Cutlass + Hextech Revolver + 550 gold
REMOVEDLIFESTEAL10% ⇒ 0%
REMOVEDSPELLVAMP20% ⇒ 0%
NEWOMNIVORENow heals for 15% of all damage dealt (33% effective for AoE)
ACTIVE COOLDOWN60 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
REMOVEDRELOADNo longer reduces the active cooldown by 3 seconds per basic attack and single target spell-hit
Tiamat
TOTAL COST1900 gold ⇒ 1250 gold
BUILD PATHPickaxe + Rejuvenation Bead + 225 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE40 ⇒ 30
BASE HEALTH REGEN100% ⇒ 50%
REMOVEDCLEAVENo longer passively cleaves around your target
Ravenous Hydra
hungry hungry hydra
We'd intended Titanic and Ravenous (the two 'heads' of the hydra) to be interchangeable all along, but Titanic's awkward build-path led to some complications. With Tiamat being cheaper and more accessible, we're executing on that now.
Gameplay-wise this lets you customise your type of builds on the fly, but it's also just really cool.
TOTAL COST3300 gold ⇒ 3600 gold
BUILD PATHTiamat + Vampiric Scepter + Long Sword + 1100 gold
MANY-HEADED HORRORYou can now freely exchange between Ravenous Hydra and Titanic Hydra
Titanic Hydra
Not much to add. Still cool.
TOTAL COST3300 gold ⇒ 3600 gold
BUILD PATHJaurim's Fist + Tiamat + 1150 gold
HEALTH400 ⇒ 450
MANY-HEADED HORRORYou can now freely exchange between Titanic Hydra and Ravenous Hydra
Phage
TOTAL COST1325 gold ⇒ 1250 gold
BUILD PATHRuby Crystal + Long Sword + 500 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE20 ⇒ 15
The Black Cleaver
TOTAL COST3000 gold ⇒ 3500 gold
BUILD PATHPhage + Caulfield's Warhammer + 1150 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE40 ⇒ 55
HEALTH400 ⇒ 300
Trinity Force
TOTAL COST3703 gold ⇒ 3800 gold
BUILD PATHZeal + Sheen + Phage + 300 gold
MANA200 ⇒ 250
MOVEMENT SPEED8% ⇒ 5%
CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE10% ⇒ 20%
ATTACK SPEED30% ⇒ 15%
ATTACK DAMAGE30 ⇒ 25
REMOVEDABILITY POWER30 ⇒ 0
NEWCOOLDOWN REDUCTION10%
Iceborn Gauntlet
With the removal of ability power on Sheen, we took the opportunity to refocus the item towards tanks via its new armor scaling. Ezreal might still wear it from time to time, but once Malphite gets in the mix things'll get real icy, real fast.
TOTAL COST2850 gold ⇒ 2700 gold
BUILD PATHSheen + Glacial Shroud + 650 gold
ARMOR60 ⇒ 65
COOLDOWN REDUCTION10% ⇒ 20%
REMOVEDABILITY POWER30 ⇒ 0
NEWPACKS A PUNCHSize of the slow zone now increases with bonus armor
Wit's End
TOTAL COST2550 gold ⇒ 2800 gold
BUILD PATHRecurve Bow + Dagger + Null-Magic Mantle + 1050 gold
MAGIC RESIST30 ⇒ 40
ATTACK SPEED50% ⇒ 40%
ON-HIT MAGIC DAMAGE42 ⇒ 40
Righteous Glory
TOTAL COST2400 gold ⇒ 2600 gold
BUILD PATHCatalyst the Protector + Crystalline Bracer + 750 gold
Banner of Command
TOTAL COST2750 gold ⇒ 2900 gold
BUILD PATHAegis of the Legion + Fiendish Codex + 600 gold
Ohmwrecker
it's your old pal, ohmwrecker
TOTAL COST2600 gold ⇒ 2650 gold
BUILD PATHRaptor Cloak + Kindlegem + 650 gold
STILL IN THE GAMEStill exists
Zz'rot Portal
TOTAL COST2750 gold ⇒ 2700 gold
BUILD PATHRaptor Cloak + Negatron Cloak + 780 gold
BASE HEALTH REGEN150% ⇒ 125%
Component Items
Sheen
Costs less, no longer has ability power. Now has cooldown reduction.
One of the oldest items in the game, Sheen's ability power always made it a little awkward to use as a building block for other items (like Iceborn Gauntlet, which was always pretty confusing). Removing AP and adding cooldown reduction adds more synergies for the champions who want the Spellblade passive without forcing an often-'wasted' stat on them.
TOTAL COST1250 gold ⇒ 1050 gold
BUILD PATHSapphire Crystal + 700 gold
MANA200 ⇒ 250
REMOVEDABILITY POWER25 ⇒ 0
NEWCOOLDOWN REDUCTION0% ⇒ 10%
Tear of the Goddess
TOTAL COST720 gold ⇒ 750 gold
BUILD PATHSapphire Crystal + Faerie Charm + 275 gold
Crystalline Bracer
TOTAL COST600 gold ⇒ 650 gold
BUILD PATHRuby Crystal + Rejuvenation Bead + 100 gold
Negatron Cloak
TOTAL COST800 gold ⇒ 720 gold
BUILD PATHNull-Magic Mantle + 270 gold
MAGIC RESIST45 ⇒ 40
NEWJaurim's Fist
Because even a giant belt doesn't punch people.
This neat little death-gauntlet gives us some nice flexibility in health-oriented builds. From now on: Giant's Belt for big ticket tank items, Jaurim's for a few punches with your beefstats.
TOTAL COST1200 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + Ruby Crystal + 450 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE15
HEALTH150
UNIQUE PASSIVEKilling a unit grants 5 maximum health, stacking up to 30 times.
NEWSerrated Dirk
One half of the item formerly known as the Brutalizer. Doesn't look very sanitary.
We've essentially got context split across two items, so we'll tackle it here. The Brutalizer, while an amazing item for its cost, stats, and flexibility, was in some ways too desirable. By already being a 'complete' item in terms of stat profile, anything it upgraded to had to be 'Brutalizer But Bigger and/or Better'.
To tackle this, we split it up - one half with armor penetration, and the other with cooldown reduction. This gives us room to improve existing items and make new ones in the future for a variety of AD champions looking to utilise those stats without making Rengar (and all the other assassins hungry for your Flash cooldowns) harder to balance.
TOTAL COST1100 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + Long Sword + 400 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE20
ARMOR PENETRATION10
UNIQUE PASSIVEAfter killing any unit, your next basic attack or single target spell deals 15 bonus damage
NEWCaulfield's Warhammer
One half of the item formerly known as the Brutalizer. A little flat, but has a good head on its shoulders.
Pretty much everything from the Serrated Dirk section. If you want more context, scroll up and re-read the last one. We'll wait.
TOTAL COST1100
BUILD PATHLong Sword + Long Sword + 400 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE25
COOLDOWN REDUCTION10%
Vampiric Scepter
TOTAL COST800 gold ⇒ 900 gold
BUILD PATHLong Sword + 550 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE10 ⇒ 15
LIFESTEAL8% ⇒ 10%
Masteries
Overall Philosophy
We're updating the mastery system to offer focused, high-impact choices rather than a slew of nuanced micro-math optimisations. Each tier of decisions now successively grows in importance, ending in your final 'keystone mastery' which fundamentally impacts how you play your champion.
Ferocity Tree
Rather than just the 'Offense' tree, let's look at the types of bonuses Ferocity provides. This tree is all about getting into fights and staying there, scrapping with anyone at any time. Many of its bonuses help you against a large number of targets (attack speed and % penetration are pretty 'always good'), but bursty mages or assassins may find single target isolation somewhat lacking. Wanna deal damage, but worried about tanks and fighters getting in your face? Get ferocious and bite back.
You may split five points between the following masteries:
Fury
ATTACK SPEED0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2/4%
Sorcery
INCREASED DAMAGE FROM ABILITIES0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2%
Cunning Tree
No longer just 'Utility', Cunning is the tree for those living in the moment. Want extra speed for that clutch save on an ally? Perhaps you're looking to dive in and take out a low health target instead. Cunning's your go-to tree for both! Buyer beware: unlike Ferocity's offerings, Cunning's benefits are really only effective against softer targets, so think a lot about who you'll be fighting before spending your points!
You may split five points between the following masteries:
Wanderer
MOVEMENT SPEED0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4/3% out of combat
Savagery
BONUS DAMAGE TO MINIONS AND MONSTERS1/2/3/4/5 on single target spells and basic attacks
Resolve Tree
Resolve's the tree that's the least changed in terms of why you'd want to take it - it's for the immovable objects out there that want to be in the middle of a fight and stay there for a good long while. If you're someone that values staying alive for multiple rotations of crowd control or initiation, Resolve's the tree for you.
You may split five points between the following masteries:
Recovery
HEALTH REGEN0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2 per 5 seconds
Unyielding
BONUS ARMOR AND MAGIC RESIST1.2/2.4/3.6/4.8/6%
End of Season Rewards
As part of their rewards, players in Gold tier or higher in any ranked queue at the end of the season will receive the Victorious Sivir skin!
Server-Side Game Settings
PC cafe players rejoice!
The ultimate evolution of "quality of life changes". Those of you who frequently play on different computers can likely readjust your settings while blindfolded, but... now you won't have to. Enjoy 10 whole extra seconds of map awareness while everyone's still in the fountain.
COMFORT ZONEAll in-game settings (ex. key bindings) are now saved server-side per account, rather than on individual computers.
CONVENIENCE ZONEOnce this feature is activated (after 5.22 launches), the servers will automatically record your computer's settings in the next match you play. From then on, your account will switch to using server-side game settings.
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