League of Legends

Truth Dragon Yasuo, Dream Dragon Yasuo, Lagoon Dragon Kai'Sa, Steel Dragon Thresh, Tranquility Dragon Karma, Duality Dragon Volibear, and Duality Dragon Volibear Prestige Edition will be available October 21, 2021.

Starting this patch, /all chat will be disabled in matchmade queues in a few regions. Since our original announcement, response has varied between regions, so we're shifting our approach and only disabling /all chat where players were most receptive to trying it out.

This test will last for 11.21 and 11.22. In regions where the disable rolls out, /all chat will still be available in custom games, and no other tools are being disabled. We'll evaluate the impact of this change through verbal abuse reports, penalty rates, surveys, and direct feedback. When the test ends, we may leave /all chat disabled, make changes to the disable, or turn it back on, on a per-region basis. We may also make adjustments during the test itself based on initial results.

Akshan

E damage decreased.

Akshan's been steadily creeping up since swinging into release. We're tapping down on his signature move's damage to make the choice between maxing Q or E first a bit more strategic.

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E - Heroic Swing

Graves

E bonus armor decreased.

Graves' defensive dueling power makes his laning a little too consistent in some early matchups. We're reducing his burliness to give his opponents a chance to outplay the outlaw.

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E - Quickdraw

Jinx

Passive attack speed increased. E range increased. R cooldown decreased.

Jinx is craving some excitement, so we're boosting her passive to make her pop-off moments really pop and letting her wreak more havoc across the map with her ult. Flame Chompers' range is also getting a slight increase to work better with Fishbones' basic attacks. Everybody, panic!

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Passive - Get Excited!

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E - Flame Chompers!

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R - Super Mega Death Rocket!

Karthus

E mana restore reduced early and scales more with rank.

Karthus bot gets almost infinite wave control in early game thanks to his E passive. Pretty spooky. We're trimming down his mana early to target his performance in lane without affecting his jungle.

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E - Defile

Lux

Base attack speed per level increased. Passive mark duration adjusted. E damage increased. R cooldown decreased.

Despite increasing her E damage in 11.10, Lux still isn't shining so bright in either mid or support. We're taking this opportunity to buff her a bit while also making her passive more reliable.

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Passive - Illumination

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E - Lucent Singularity

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R - Final Spark

Miss Fortune

Base mana reduced. W mana cost increased.

Miss Fortune has been popular at every level of play, including at Worlds. We want to preserve the flexibility between her lethality and crit builds, so we're nerfing her in a way that forces her to pick her early shots more wisely.

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W - Strut

Quinn

W bonus attack speed decreased late.

Quinn's been flying high above her competition in top lane. We're dropping her to a lower elevation so that her enemies can stand a chance against her in duels.

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W - Heightened Senses

Sion

W shield increased.

Our most recent buffs to Sion's shield in 11.19 were clearly not strong enough for the juggernaut, so... Here he is again!

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W - Soul Furnace

Teemo

Q cooldown decreased; blind duration increased; missile speed increased.

Captain Teemo's fallen behind in the top lane ranks. We're putting a little more anti-basic attack poison in the friendly yordle's dart to make him more annoying powerful in lane.

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Q - Blinding Dart

Viego

Q damage ratio increased. W self-slow decreased. R crit ratio increased.

The last set of Viego nerfs did the job and prevented him from dominating at Worlds, but it hit him a little too hard at all levels of play. We're buffing him slightly with an emphasis on his crit builds rather than bringing back some of his tankiness.

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Q - Blade of the Ruined King

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W - Spectral Maw

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R - Heartbreaker

Xayah

Base move speed increased. Q cooldown decreased late.

We've carefully buffed Xayah quite a few times this season to help her non-Pro performance, but she's still pretty weak across the board. Her damage is already pretty sharp, so we're buffing her ability to set her feathers up.

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Q - Double Daggers

Goredrinker

At its core, Goredrinker is supposed to be a sustain Mythic that lets fighters outlast their enemies with well-timed Thirsting Slashes. While wanting to sustain through a fight isn't unique to fighters, it's a big part of their class identity: They have the best tools to stay on the offensive at low health (ex. the dream Illaoi ult that lets her turn a 1v5). At the same time, this is a risky niche to fill: Two of our bigger rough patches since the item update have been damage and healing, and Goredrinker offers both.

We've seen this risk play out over the course of the season, with Goredrinker becoming the dominant Mythic pick for fighters due to offering the best sustain without making sufficient tradeoffs on the damage front. As further evidence,assassins have been taking Goredrinker over their own Mythics. Assassins are designed to kill quickly, so they shouldn't be valuing an item that indexes so much into sustain and strength at low health. Between its 1.0 AD ratio and its heal, Goredrinker's active is just too valuable as another button in assassin combos that also lets them shrug off any damage they take while eviscerating their target.

In order to move Goredrinker back into its sustain niche, we're removing its low-health bonus AD (to nerf damage for fighters) and weakening Thirsting Slash's AD scaling (to nerf damage for assassins). At the same time, we don't want Goredrinker to become a bad pick for fighters, so we're giving it omnivamp to make sure it still lives up to its identity as their sustain Mythic.

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Ceaseless Hunger (Ornn Item)

Ironspike Whip

We’re adjusting Ironspike Whip's active to match Goredrinker's reduced offensive capabilities.

Stridebreaker

We’re also adjusting Stridebreaker's active to match the damage changes to Goredrinker and Ironspike Whip, but it's also getting an AD boost to compensate since it doesn't need a nerf right now.

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Dreamshatter (Ornn Item)

Conqueror

We're seeing a broad range of champions pick Conqueror even in situations that don't match its purpose: extended all-ins. We're honing in on that identity and giving it a nerf.

Guardian

Guardian's been overperforming in the support role and crowding out other keystones, so we're tuning it down.

Health Shard

The health shard is a niche stat that doesn't get a lot of love right now. It's generally useful when you don't expect much of a threat in lane (since armor or magic resist shards would be more useful against specific matchups). It's not getting picked much even in these cases, so we're upping its numbers to make it more desirable.

Ingenious Hunter

At the beginning of the season, we updated Ingenious Hunter to work not only on item actives and trinkets, but also on item passives like Guardian Angel and Sterak's Gage. It was slightly nerfed to compensate and has been weak ever since, so we're giving it a buff to compete with the other Hunter options.

Ravenous Hunter

Ravenous Hunter is one of the most popular minor runes in the game. It's crowding out other choices, especially in bot lane, so we're nerfing it a bit.

• Syndra's spell effects have gotten a major visual update for several of her skins, including base!
• Singed's base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer and cleaner. Muhahahaha.
• Kindred's Wolf has been fixed to animate with Lamb while emoting~
• Warwick will now properly sense low health enemies who took damage while he was dead
• Fixed a bug where Aurelion Sol's Q - Starsurge visual effects would go out of sync from its hitbox as it grew
• Fixed a bug where Nasus's Q - Siphoning Strike did not deal damage to traps (such as Teemo's R - Noxious Trap and Nidalee's W - Bushwack)
• Fixed a bug where Gangplank's Q - Parrrley still healed for 20% instead of 10% from Fleet Footwork
• Fixed a bug where some abilities (such as Ezreal's Q - Mystic Shot) did not count toward the stacking effect of Mortal Reminder's passive
• Akshan's E - Heroic Swing will get interrupted properly when he goes into stasis (such as via Zhonya's Hourglass or Guardian Angel)
• Shard of True Ice will correctly reduce minion gold if its user has farmed more than 20 minions per 5 minutes
• The following abilities will now trigger spell effects (such as Luden's Tempest or Muramana) when dealing damage: Blitzcrank's E - Power Fist, Camille's Q - Precision Protocol, Darius' W - Crippling Strike, Dr. Mundo's E - Blunt Force Trauma, Garen's Q - Decisive Strike, Hecarim's E - Rampage, Illaoi's W - Harsh Lesson, Jax's W - Empower, Shyvana's Q - Twin Bite, Trundle's Q - Chomp, Vayne's Q - Tumble, Wukong's Q - Crushing Blow, and Yorick's Q - Last Rites

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

10/12/2021 Vigilant Wardstone Bugfix

updatedVigilant Wardstone

Bewitching Poppy, Bewitching Syndra, Bewitching Nami, Bewitching Yuumi, Bewitching Fiora, and Bewitching Morgana Prestige Edition will be available October 7, 2021.

Amumu

Q damage decreased late; mana cost increased and no longer scales.

Amumu's gotten a little too strong in both jungle and support. He's uncharacteristically made lots of friends in bot lane, so we're nerfing him a little more there.

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Q - Bandage Toss

Darius

W cooldown decreased and no longer scales.

Darius hasn't been all that commanding lately. We're buffing his sidelane pushing and dueling powers while making his W more of a one-point wonder.

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W - Crippling Strike

Elise

Base health and armor growth increased.

Elise keeps getting trampled underfoot by monsters and foes in the jungle, so we're boosting her carapace to help her survivability. (That's spider-speak for defense, by the way.)

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Hecarim

W cooldown reduced and no longer scales; healing against minions and monsters increased.

Hecarim used to stampede over Pro play with his full tank builds but has since become more of a fighter. We're helping him continue in this new direction with a chance to get a second W cast in fights, plus a buff to his sustain and clear.

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W - Spirit of Dread

Irelia

Passive bonus AD ratio at max stacks reduced.

Playing Irelia late game shouldn't be a total waltz in the park. She's succeeding too easily—especially when she stacks heavy AD items like Sterak's and Goredrinker—so we're cutting down on the bladedancer's passive boost late.

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Passive - Ionian Fervor

Jarvan IV

Passive bonus damage reduced.

Jarvan IV's been dominating the jungle meta with his exemplary ganks and super fast clear. We're partially reverting his 11.16 buffs—more specifically, the part that helped his dueling and clearing capabilities.

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Passive - Martial Cadence

Shen

Passive shield decreased.

Shen's tipping the top lane tank meta out of equilibrium. We're reverting the 10.15 buff to his shield to restore some of the balance.

Passive - Ki Barrier

Singed

E base damage and AP ratio decreased.

The mad chemist has gotten a little out of hand ever since we added a couple tricks to his name, like Grievous Wounds on his R+Q. Reducing the output on one of his less signature moves should keep him in smog check.

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E - Fling

Taliyah

Q damage to monsters hit by subsequent stones reduced.

Taliyah is doing a bit too well in the jungle after her latest set of buffs. We're helping her stay grounded without eroding her rediscovered powers in mid.

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Q - Threaded Volley

Udyr

R cone damage increased.

Tank phoenix Udyr was a menace in Pro earlier this season thanks to items like Turbo Chemtank. The meta's changed quite a bit since then, and it's left him in a pretty sad state. We're reverting the 11.12 nerf on his R to let him spread his wings once again.

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R - Phoenix Stance

Imperial Mandate

Imperial Mandate hasn't been a strong choice for most enchanter supports and bot lane mages. We're giving it the royal treatment with a damage boost to make it more viable as a Mythic.

Smite

Smite healing based on max health reduced. Gromp and Ancient Krug base AD decreased.

Smite has always been a powerful spell to heal your way out of death in the jungle, but it's doing this a little too well. We're partially reverting the 11.10 Smite changes to reign it in. To compensate, we’re reducing a couple of the stronger camps' base damage to help early game clear.

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Jungle Camps

Team formation for the first weekend of Worlds Clash opens on October 11, with matches taking place on October 16 and 17. In addition to the standard trophy, banner, and logo rewards, Worlds Clash grants an additional Loot Capsule containing:

• For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 1st - 7th place: (1) Random Championship Skin Permanent
• For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets) who finish 1st place: (1) Worlds Event Orb
• For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 8th - 15th place: (1) Championship Skin Shard
• For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets): (1) Dragonmancer Clash Icon

• updatedNEW PLAYER EXPERIENCEBrand will replace Ahri in the League of Legends tutorial. Seraphine will take Brand's place as one of the unlockable champions in the "Unleash the Storm" quest
• updatedBEHAVIORAL SYSTEMSAFK penalty changes will continue their rollout to additional regions except Korea and China
• Fixed a bug that would invalidate wins if all players closed their clients with Alt+F4 within a certain window at the end of a game
• The colors of Dawnbringer Vex's Shadow and Worlds 2021 Champion Jarvan IV's walls have been fixed to match each of their chromas
• Fixed a bug where certain Summoner Spells could be used while in Guardian Angel's Resurrecting state
• Fixed a bug where Sylas would not get another cast of Vex's stolen R - Shadow Surge if the marked target died within the ability's reset window
• Fixed a bug where Vex's Passive - Doom 'n Gloom would incorrectly mark enemies moved by champion-created terrain, such as Anivia's W - Crystallize or Jarvan IV's R - Cataclysm
• Warwick's W - Blood Hunt bonus movement speed toward an enemy will no longer be affected by the presence of another enemy in his path
• Fixed a bug where Rengar's Q - Savagery animation did not play when he activated Ironspike Whip, Goredrinker, or Stridebreaker
• Fixed a bug where Karthus' Q - Lay Waste granted Tear of the Goddess stacks despite not hitting a valid target
• Fixed a bug where, if Neeko owns a Hextech Alternator, her W - Shapesplitter clone would die early whenever she took damage while invisible
• Fixed a bug where using R - Devour on an enemy Wukong's clone granted Tahm Kench vision of him for the rest of the game
• Fixed a bug where Senna's Q - Piercing Darkness did not grant Press the Attack stacks
• Fixed a bug where Vex was able to recast R - Shadow Surge on Gwen while she was in her W - Hallowed Mist
• Lulu's E - Help, Pix! now correctly grants a shield when cast on an allied champion's clone
• Fixed a bug where Cho'Gath's Passive - Carnivore and Warwick's Passive - Eternal Hunger heals worked against wards, trinkets, and certain champion-created objects
• Fixed a bug where Shadow Assassin Kayn would only receive half of local tower gold if his living shadow from W - Blade's Reach was active and in range
• Viktor will correctly obtain 5 Hex Fragments for his Passive - Glorious Evolution upon killing super minions and epic monsters (in addition to siege minions)
• Miss Fortune's Passive - Love Tap tooltip now includes the reduction on bonus damage against minions
• Anivia's base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer, cleaner, and smoother
• LeBlanc's critical attack sounds will now play correctly for all of her skins
• Fixed a bug where LeBlanc's W - Distortion dash did not play its sound effect if cast from Fog of War into vision
• LeBlanc's W - Distortion will correctly play a sound effect for herself and her allies when its return indicator times out

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Unbound Thresh, originally released as an Event Token exclusive during Sentinels of Light, will be added to the store as a regularly-purchasable 750 RP skin. We're also making splash and in-game adjustments to better match Thresh's face with his appearance in the Thresh Unbound: A Night at the Inn video!

9/27/2021 URF Balance Patch 2

URF Champ Buffs

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URF Champ Nerfs

9/24/2021 Vex Adjustments & URF Balance Patch

Vex

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URF Champ Nerfs

9/23/2021 ARAM Healing Bugfix

Dawnbringer Vex, Dawnbringer Morgana, Dawnbringer Yone, Nightbringer Lillia, Nightbringer Tryndamere, Nightbringer Kayn, Nightbringer Kayn Prestige Edition, and Worlds 2021 Jarvan IV will be available September 23, 2021.

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Vex

The Gloomist

Cast doom, gloom, and existential dread (or whatever) with Vex and her shadow on September 23!

• Vex Abilities Rundown
• Vex Champion Bio
• Vex Champion Insights
• Vex Champion Trailer

Aatrox

W cooldown decreased.

Aatrox's W cooldown was heavily nerfed in patch 9.9 in an effort to reduce his Pro domination. He's not running over the Pro scene anymore, so we're loosening his chains a bit.

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W - Infernal Chains

Akali

Base health regen increased.

In a rare flip of events, Akali has room for some power at all levels of play. We're taking this opportunity to make her missteps a bit more forgiving in a way that doesn't win her more fights, but instead helps her subtly throughout her games.

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Cho'Gath

Q cooldown decreased.

Despite being terrifyingly tanky, Cho'Gath is still weak across the board. We're increasing his CC and zoning capabilities so that he has more influence in fights.

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Q - Rupture

Fizz

Passive damage reduction against basic attacks removed. W damage reduced. E cooldown decreased late. R damage increased.

The 11.18 changes were an unintentional nerf to Fizz. We overestimated the Passive and W buffs and underestimated the R nerf. Rather than trying to fine tune those changes, we're reverting them entirely and doing a simpler buff instead. Go fish!

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Passive - Nimble Fighter

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W - Seastone Trident

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E - Playful / Trickster

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R - Chum the Waters

Galio

W cooldown now decreases with rank.

Galio's nerf back in 11.10 turned out to be a bit too effective on his Elite performance. We're bringing him back to life at that skill level by partially reverting those changes.

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W - Shield of Durand

Gragas

W damage AP scaling increased.

Gragas didn't benefit much from the Predator changes last patch, so he's still pretty weak. We're helping his various AP builds pack more of a punch and speed up his mid-game clear. However, please remember to always drink responsibly.

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W - Drunken Rage

Gwen

Base health regen increased.

Gwen's E nerf in 11.15 was effective in snipping her overwhelming early lane power, especially in Pro. Now, similar to Akali's situation, there's room to weave in some more durability for Gwen players at all levels.

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Kennen

Q damage decreased.

Kennen's been on a dramatic rise in Pro priority since our changes in 11.15. We’re reducing his power by walking back on those changes slightly.

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Q - Thundering Shuriken

Mordekaiser

E cooldown decreased early.

Mordekaiser's bummed that he’s been falling behind his peers. We don’t want the god of metal to be the butt of jokes, so we’re buffing him for skilled players by granting him more access to his most flexible spell.

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E - Death's Grasp

Poppy

Passive cooldown decreased.

Poppy hasn't been looking too heroic lately, especially in top lane. We're enhancing her early lane power so that she can take greater advantage of favorable matchups, which should also make her more appealing as a Pro pick in specific situations.

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Passive - Iron Ambassador

Qiyana

E+Q combo targeting on dashing targets adjusted. Q bonus damage against monsters increased.

Before 11.18, Qiyana's E+Q auto aim combo used to be undodgeable. We changed her E+Q targeting mechanism last patch so that enemies could escape by dashing or flashing away. However, that version of the combo generously treated every enemy dash as an attempt to dodge Qiyana's combo, and it turns out this isn't always the case. A dashing enemy might be headed towards the same direction or even the exact same location as Qiyana's E. So in scenarios where the dashing enemy ends up still within Qiyana's default attack range, she'll maintain her auto aim. Lastly, Qiyana jungle is not quite playable yet, so we're bumping that up to give her a fair shot.

Q - Edge of Ixtal

Renekton

Base health and health growth increased. W self-lockout duration decreased and empowered animation sped up.

We over swung on Renekton's nerf last patch. We still believe reducing the stun on his empowered W was a step in the right direction to mitigate his Pro dominance, so we're improving its look and feel. We're also giving him more chances to start fights and increasing his tankiness.

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W - Ruthless Predator

Ryze

Q AP ratio reduced. E cooldown increased.

Ryze has risen above the other mid laners in most regions. We're nerfing his overall output to ensure he doesn't completely dominate at Worlds.

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Q - Overload

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E - Spell Flux

Sejuani

Q cooldown decreased and damage increased.

Sejuani has been a bit of a boar lately. We’re slightly boosting her damage and giving her more access to her Q so she can stir up some more action!

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Q - Arctic Assault

Seraphine

R cooldown decreased.

Seraphine's been weak across the board, so we're giving her some more chances to make sick beats plays instead of just sitting backstage to scale.

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R - Encore

Sion

W shield increased.

Sion isn't doing so hot right now, so we're carefully buffing his shield to help him lane more stably.

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W - Soul Furnace

Sona

Base armor reduced. Passive damage bug fixed. Q can no longer target hidden enemies. Power Chord E bug fixed.

Sona's songs have been a bit too powerful, especially in Skilled play. In addition to a few bugfixes, we're nerfing her base defenses a bit, all of which should add up to an appropriate nerf for the virtuoso.

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Passive - Power Chord

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Q - Hymn of Valor

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E - Song of Celerity

Soraka

R healing decreased.

Soraka got a bit too powerful with her new ability to cleanse Grievous Wounds before applying her buffed ult's heal. We still think this strategy works to help her against heal reduction, so we're just tapping down the numbers.

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R - Wish

Sylas

Base mana and mana regen increased.

Our 11.15 nerfs to Sylas's Q and W restrained him more than intended. We're offering him back some power by easing up on his mana constraints in lane, allowing him to be more proactive with his spells earlier in the game.

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Varus

Q cooldown increased.

Varus' last nerf missed the mark, so we're going a bit harder with a pointed focus on his Lethality builds, which are more reliant on his Q. (As a reminder, his Q cooldown can get partial refunds with stacks from W - Blighted Quiver's passive.)

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Q - Piercing Arrow

Sharpen your spatulas, because URF returns with 11.19, just in time for Worlds! It's time to stretch those fingers and get ready to mash those keyboards. We've also made some important updates to URF below.

Balance Reset

In this run of URF, we’re using a new balancing strategy for mode-specific champion adjustments. Historically, we've aimed for 50% ideal winrate without incorporating how champions were balanced on classic Summoner's Rift (SR). We realized it didn't quite make sense for us to be toiling at something that already has a great solution, so we're choosing to align closer to existing numbers in classic SR. Instead of aiming for 50% winrates for across the board, our new strategy is to adjust champions in URF (and future game modes) to be closer to their SR winrates. This better accommodates the varied circumstances for why champions don't sit at 50% on normal SR, such as low playrate or niche gameplay.

Since this direction can imply a number of changes, most* of the URF regular champion adjustments will be removed for the first couple of days of patch 11.19. This includes the percentage modifiers to damage dealt, damage received, healing, and shielding. Individual mechanical changes, like Aurelion Sol getting more than three stars, are staying in place. A mid-patch update will occur part of the way into 11.19 that will then balance champions on URF to our new targets.

Shielding

In past versions of URF, we nerfed shielding only on champion ability shield ratios. To make sure we don’t miss new champions, champion VGUs, and heftier patch changes, we’re nerfing all shields across all champions consistently—just like we already do for healing.

Lane Minion Gold Values

When we last updated the gold values for minions on SR waaay back, URF was not adjusted to match. We’re fixing that and basing the new values on a simple percentage increase relative to SR. This'll make the differences easier to understand and less likely to diverge in the future while only slightly reducing the overall gold in URF in the early game.

Team formation for the first weekend of Worlds Clash opens on September 27, with matches taking place on October 2 and 3. In addition to the standard trophy, banner, and logo Clash rewards, Worlds Clash grants an additional Loot Capsule containing:

• For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 1st - 7th place: (1) Random Championship Skin Permanent
• For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets) who finish 1st place: (1) Worlds Event Orb
• For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 8th - 15th place: (1) Championship Skin Shard
• For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets): (1) Dragonmancer Clash Icon

Clash VP Track - Players will now be able to view their VP progress for the season within the Clash tab, including End of Season Rewards tracking and VP thresholds.

We're adding new AFK penalty tiers to take stronger action against serial AFKers and ensure a healthier game experience. Players who progress through AFK penalty tiers will now be subject to a new queue lockout penalty at higher tiers in addition to queue delays. Queue delays reset if an AFK is detected during any of the five queue-delayed games. These delays and lockouts apply to all queues except for Clash and TFT.

Penalties will roll out in NA and LAS this patch for initial testing, and everywhere else next patch.

For a longer write-up, check out our recent blog.

Since updating the client's version of CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework) in patch 11.17, we've seen significant improvements in the performance, reliability, and stability of the League client. Check out the latest update of the Client Cleanup Campaign for more details!

However, we've also noticed that the upgrade doesn't play nice with outdated drivers, so please check if your video card drivers and OS are up to date if you're experiencing new issues with the client.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where some players' screens would freeze when viewing runes during Champ Select or in Collections
• Fixed a bug to significantly reduce the time spent "Waiting for Stats" after the end of a game
• The menu that appears upon right-clicking a friend's name in the Social Panel will correctly persist until you select an action or click out of it
• Sounds from the Social Panel (such as messages and clicks) will play consistently again

• Fiora's base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer and more consistent
• Several Predator keystone tooltips have been corrected to reflect its changes in patch 11.18
• Nasus's Q - Siphoning Strike now triggers item effects that occur upon dealing ability damage (such as Luden's Tempest or Tear of the Goddess)
• Fixed a bug where Irelia's Q - Bladesurge would sometimes (though very rarely) deal double damage
• Fixed a bug where, if Akshan's E - Heroic Swing was cast and did not hook onto terrain while his Q - Avengerang was out, he would be able to cast another Q - Avengerang immediately
• Braum's E - Unbreakable will correctly block the damage dealt by Jayce's Q - Shock Blast if it’s the first instance of damage dealt by a champion on his shield
• Fixed a bug where Malzahar's Passive - Void Shift did not correctly reduce damage on attacks or abilities that trigger Night Harvester's Soulrend passive
• Fixed a bug where, when emerging from Fog of War, Aurelion Sol's Q - Starsurge visual effects would go out of sync and appear further away than it actually was
• Fixed a bug where, if Taliyah casted Q - Threaded Volley on Worked Ground without moving, she was unable to cast her Q again until her passive cooldown reset
• Eclipse no longer grants omnivamp against targetable champion-created objects such as Gangplank's barrels and Teemo's mushrooms
• Doran's Blade and Ravenous Hunter no longer grant physical vamp against wards
• Ornn's upgraded version of Riftmaker, Icathia’s Curse, now correctly grants 8 AP per Legendary item
• Fixed a bug where the bonus damage on Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe active would not trigger if used at too close of a range
• Fixed a bug where getting hit by Bard's R - Tempered Fate right before activating Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe active would make abilities uncastable once the stasis expires
• Fixed a bug where Night Harvester's Soulrend passive would not trigger against enemy champions who were in stasis when the item was purchased
• Fixed a bug where, if a champion purchased Frozen Heart while dead, its Winter's Caress passive would activate on champions who were recently hit by the purchaser
• Fixed a bug where Irelia's blades would not change color when she had 4 stacks of Passive - Ionian Fervor

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Yorick, Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Mordekaiser, Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Olaf, Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Karthus, Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Kayle, Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Sona, Dissonance of Pentakill Viego, and Hextech Tristana will be available September 9, 2021.

9/13/2021 Elixir of Wrath Bugfix

Elixir of Wrath

9/9/2021 Qiyana & Janna Bugfixes

Janna

Qiyana

Aphelios

Base attack damage decreased.

Aphelios' early game is very consistent right now, which explains his elevated presence in Pro play recently. We're nerfing his laning phase to make it harder for him to get to his first item and scale. Uh, something something moonstones.

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Ashe

W cooldown increased early.

Ashe's lane control early game goes a bit too far and wide. We're giving her opponents more space to play back without getting pierced by cones and cones of crystalline arrows.

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W - Volley

Camille

Passive cooldown increased early.

Camille's steel-like resilience is a bit too high for her scaling power, so we're nerfing her shield early to make her more vulnerable in lane.

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Passive - Adaptive Defenses

Draven

R now executes based on Adoration stacks.

We're giving the Glorious Executioner something he's wanted for a long time—an execute—but putting it on the ability in his kit with the most counterplay. Rather than just staying away from him the entire game, opponents will now be more incentivized to kill Draven than ever before. Let the games begin.

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Passive - League of Draven

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R - Whirling Death

Dr. Mundo

Q maximum damage to monsters increased. R grants extra base HP on-cast instead of healing for missing health; healing over time decreased late.

While it's true that Grievous Wounds is the standard against healing champs, it's left Dr. Mundo rather sickly at higher levels of play. Anti-healing items tend to undermine champions like him and Soraka whose entire identities are designed around big beefy heals. The immediate base health gained from his ult will now ignore Grievous Wounds, but the healing over time will still be affected by it. This should make the anti-heal effect less sharp of a counter but still enough of a jab to hurt Mundo good. We're also juicing up his jungle potential to make him more appealing as a Pro flex pick.

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Q - Infected Bonesaw

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R - Maximum Dosage

Fizz

Passive damage reduction increased against basic attacks. W base damage increased. R damage reduced.

A lot of Fizz's power is in his ult, which is inconsistent in skilled play since more players at that level know to either dodge or Zhonya's it. His R will still pack a punch, but we're borrowing some of its bite and putting it into his early game threat with W as well as giving him a thicker skin against basic attacks to help his survivability in lane.

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Passive - Nimble Fighter

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W - Seastone Trident

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R - Chum the Waters

Gangplank

Base health and health growth increased.

Last patch, we changed Gangplank's Q so that it would count as a ranged instead of melee attack. He's lost a lot of durability now that he doesn't benefit as much from Grasp of the Undying (and thus the rest of the Resolve tree) anymore. Giving this pirate some of his burliness back to help him survive the choppy waters of early top lane.

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Jayce

Passive duration decreased.

Jayce is an all-around power slam in highly skilled hands. Rather than reduce his wattage damage output, we're turning down his ability to outrun ganks and quickly traverse the map, both of which are particularly useful for the Pro scene.

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Passive - Hextech Capacitor

Jinx

Q mana cost reduced early for Fishbones.

We're boosting Jinx's lane push power to make her a more viable pick and increase her early game overall. Katchoo!

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Q - Switcheroo!

Kai'Sa

E cooldown reduced late.

Kai'Sa represents a hypercarry style that we haven't seen much of in this meta's bully-focused bot lane. Since she's known for her scaling capability, we're buffing exactly that while keeping both her lane vulnerability and Q burst damage intact.

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E - Supercharge

Kalista

R knockup duration decreased early.

Kalista's ult with a melee support is almost guaranteed to kill with chain CC, especially in Pro-level high coordination gank setups. We’re giving her opponents a slightly bigger window to escape her wrath.

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R - Fate's Call

Karma

Base armor increased. E base shield increased.

Karma's changes in 11.16 were effective at reducing her dominance in Pro play while avoiding major nerfs to her everywhere else. Since she's been on the weaker side overall, we're upping her winrate across the board with some generic buffs. She really does always catch up, huh?

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E - Inspire

Kog'Maw

E AP scaling increased.

AD Kog is in a healthy spot now, but AP Kog has all but shriveled up. While our very hungry caterpillar should be weaker than other champions early in the game, he simply hasn't been a viable pick mid. We're buffing his waveclear to more reasonable levels to help him become the beautiful butterfly he really is.

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E - Void Ooze

Lee Sin

Base attack damage decreased.

Despite all his previous nerfs, Lee Sin has still been a super duper high priority Pro pick in jungle. (The blind monk was so popular, he got either picked or banned in 100% of LCK games during patch 11.16!) Tapping him down yet again with an early game nerf to clear the jungle champ pool for Worlds.

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Lillia

Base health regen decreased. Passive healing on large monsters increased. Q stack duration increased. E cooldown decreased.

Lillia's been very strong in top lane, limiting our ability to buff her jungling capabilities. Her early sustain will now be fairly conditional on hitting jungle monsters, making her a riskier pick in aggressive lanes and freeing up room for us to help her prance, dance, and—oops!—trip in the jungle.

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Passive - Dream-Laden Bough

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Q - Blooming Blows

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E - Swirlseed

Miss Fortune

Number of R waves increased.

Miss Fortune has unfortunately been missing out on wins at all levels of play. Giving her ult some more bang to spice up the wombo combos. We've got a good feeling about this. ;)

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R - Bullet Time

Morgana

E cooldown decreased.

Morgana has fallen as a support in both Average and Pro play. Giving her more access to her unique CC blocking shield should help, especially in matchups where she's historically excelled. (Looking at you, hard stun and knockup supports.)

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E - Black Shield

Qiyana

Base attack speed increased. Health regen decreased. Q damage against monsters increased. E+Q combo targeting changed. E base damage decreased.

We removed Qiyana's ability to jungle back when she was a dominant mid/jungle flex pick in Pro. Her standings in mid have gone down since then, so we're cautiously optimistic about reintroducing her to the jungle. Our empress also has a staggeringly high-tier-biased winrate (sort of like Amumu, but the inverse). A likely reason for this skew is that her E+Q auto-aim combo can't be dodged at all, invalidating many would-be outplays which feels really bad. We're revising its targeting mechanisms to empower opponents who are quick enough to dare challenge her.

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Q - Edge of Ixtal / Elemental Wrath

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E - Audacity

Renekton

Empowered W stun duration decreased; empowered W lockout now matches normal W behavior.

Renekton continues to live up to his name in Pro play, butchering his foes left and right. We're nerfing his crowd control specifically by changing the way his W works when empowered by Passive - Reign of Anger. This'll make it notably harder for him to lock down targets throughout the game, both in lane ganks and teamfights.

To explain that weird self-lockout note below: Previously, Renekton was able to bypass his empowered W's additional lockout by attacking or moving at just the right time. We're making this decreased lockout time the baseline so the croc isn't CCing himself for almost as long as his target.

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W - Ruthless Predator

Rumble

Passive bonus attack speed decreased early; now scales with level. W cooldown decreased and no longer scales.

In 11.13, we simmered down Rumble's early game to temper his extreme jungle power in Pro play. This ended up being a huge damper to Rumble players all around, so we're rekindling his flame by buffing that back and nerfing his early jungle clear using a different approach. Now we're cookin'!

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Passive - Junkyard Titan

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W - Scrap Shield

Singed

Damage dealt with Q during R now applies Grievous Wounds.

As a damage-over-time champion in the top lane, Singed can struggle to make his damage stick against enemy healing. We're juicing up the mad chemist's signature concoction so he can counteract this when going for that kill with his ultimate... Slowly, but surely.

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R - Insanity Potion

Soraka

R now clears Grievous Wounds before healing.

Like Dr. Mundo, Soraka's been particularly pained by Grievous Wounds over the past few seasons. While anti-healing items should be a valid counter to Soraka's sustain, it's starting to severely impede on her core gameplay. We're making every Soraka player's wish come true by giving her a limited tool to respond and make those clutch heals, but only on her ult (which has a pretty long cooldown).

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R - Wish

Taliyah

Casting Q on Worked Ground now refunds its cooldown. Worked Ground radius and duration decreased.

Taliyah's found solid footing in the jungle but she's still on shaky ground in mid. Her kit has a number of rules that feel more punishing than empowering, so we're loosening up by reframing Worked Ground as an optional way to cast successive Qs rather than a severe movement tax on her higher-damage full Qs.

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Q - Threaded Volley

Talon

Q base damage decreased late. W now deals bonus damage vs monsters.

We're attempting to introduce some new assassin-y options into the jungle meta. Talon's got a clear advantage here with his high-mobility E—hardcore parkour!—so increasing his clear speed should make him a reasonable option in the role. Talon mid is also getting a little too powerful, so we're dulling his blades in late game a smidge.

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Q - Noxian Diplomacy

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W - Rake

Thresh

Base Move Speed decreased. E passive damage decreased early; bonus damage per Soul increased.

Thresh has arguably been the best support champ in Pro meta for much of the year despite multiple nerfs. We're taking a larger swing here at his ability to nullify popular melee support engages (think Leona, Nautilus, Rell) as well as his offensive threat to those same laners. Since this is a pretty big nerf, we're compensating some of the lost early damage with better Soul scaling, which is usually lower priority in Pro.

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E - Flay

Trundle

E slow decreased.

Trundle's become a potent jungle/support flex pick in professional play. We're tamping down the troll king's power in his secondary role a bit by nerfing his E, which supports typically max first and junglers usually max third.

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E - Pillar of Ice

Twitch

R bonus AD increased.

Many of Twitch's skirmishes in higher level play involve sneaking around and blasting his enemies with his ult. We're ripening the damage only on his R to make his best-case surprise engagements more powerful without overbuffing his jungle or non-ultimate DPS.

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R - Spray and Pray

Urgot

Q cooldown and mana cost reduced.

Urgot is pretty solid, but he struggles against ranged champions that often dominate the Pro top lane meta. This is a light buff that'll help him handle those situations more reliably.

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Q - Corrosive Charge

Varus

Base AD decreased. Passive bonus AS decreased early but increases with levels.

Varus has been bullying his lanes pretty hard, especially in Pro play. These changes should weaken his early game a bit on all fronts.

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Passive - Living Vengeance

Yone

W shielding per champion hit after the first increased.

Despite his reasonable power level in Average play, Yone falls behind at higher skill bands. Rather than directly buffing his 1v1 or assassination potential, we're enhancing one of Yone's more skill-based outputs on W to improve his skirmishing and teamfighting when piloted well.

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W - Spirit Cleave

Yuumi

Passive cooldown decreased.

Yuumi can make for a catty bot lane when chosen as a niche pick. We're encouraging her to play more aggressively early so that she can be more influential in lane. This'll also give enemies more opportunities to pet play with engage the kitty early on. These dynamic changes should be less frustrating for both Yuumi players and opponents alike, but if her claws get a bit too sharp, we'll look to trim the less interactive parts of her kit like her late-game scaling and sustain while keeping her early game power feisty.

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Passive - Bop 'n' Block

Zed

Passive deals bonus damage against monsters.

Zed's another assassin we're attempting to introduce into the jungle meta. Our buffs to Zed jungle earlier in the season didn't really land, so we're taking another stab at making him viable in the role by buffing his passive's damage vs monsters again.

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Passive - Contempt for the Weak

Zoe

E cooldown decreased.

Zoe was putting way too many champions to sleep, so we increased her E cooldown back in 9.6. Now that she's no longer as much of a nightmare, we're reverting the nerf so she can contribute more throughout a fight. Prepare for trouble. And make it bubble.

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E - Sleepy Trouble Bubble

Ravenous Hydra

If an enemy champion stands next to the tower you're attacking, Ravenous Hydra's AoE passive triggers turret aggro, which is rather counterintuitive to split-pushing top laners who want to take down towers.

Titanic Hydra

Repeat the above except say "Titanic" instead of "Ravenous". We put a titanic amount of effort into writing this paragraph.

Umbral Glaive

Umbral Glaive's stats and cost were bumped up last preseason to match it more closely with other lethality-focused Legendary items. However, this left it at a pretty weak state while also pricing it out of budget for supports like Senna and Pyke. We're shrinking the cost yet again and (hopefully!) bringing lethality supports back into Pro play.

Predator

Increasing Predator's ganking power to push it up to Pro viability for junglers who gotta go fast—like former users Skarner, Hecarim, and Lillia.

Team formation for the second weekend of the Void-themed Clash will open starting on September 13 and the tournaments will be on September 18 and 19.

We turned off the Web Match History site on September 7. The in-client version is still available! Check out our recent article for more info.

• Quinn's base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer, cleaner, and smoother
• Viego can no longer access Ornn's Passive - Living Forge to forge items while possessing him
• Fixed a bug where breaking a spell shield on Akshan would interrupt his E - Heroic Swing
• Fixed a bug where Akshan was unable to cancel E - Heroic Swing while being silenced
• Fixed a bug where Dr. Mundo would ignore all subsequent CC from a dragon or Rift Herald after it broke his Passive - Goes Where He Pleases spell shield once
• Fixed a bug Samira's Q - Flair did not apply lifesteal when cast during E - Wild Rush
• Fixed a bug where Camille's E - Hookshot would get cancelled upon using any consumables
• Fixed a bug where Shen's Passive - Ki Barrier shield would break when hit by a basic attack while standing in W - Spirit's Refuge's zone
• Fixed a bug where buffing an ally with Sona's Melody aura from Q - Hymn of Valor did not grant her a Mana Charge stack on Tear of the Goddess
• Fixed a bug where Sona's Q - Hymn of Valor would incorrectly grant a stack of Accelerando even if negated by a spell shield
• Updated Singed's W - Mega Adhesive tooltip to include its Slow percentage
• Fixed Lucian's R - The Culling tooltip so that it no longer states dealing bonus damage to monsters
• Updated Ekko's Passive - Z-Drive Resonance tooltip to include the additional damage dealt against jungle monsters
• Updated Soraka's E - Equinox tooltip to state that it deals damage to enemy champions only

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

8/26/2021 Lucian & Tahm Kench Bugfixes

Lucian

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Tahm Kench

8/25/2021 Kalista Bugfix

Kalista

Crime City Nightmare Akali, Crime City Nightmare Shaco, Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate, Crime City Nightmare Darius, and Crime City Nightmare Zyra will be available August 26, 2021.

Brave Phoenix Xayah, Divine Phoenix Anivia, and Graceful Phoenix Seraphine will be available on September 2, 2021.

We're updating the web browser at the heart of the League Client! This'll mean fewer crashes, lower memory consumption, and faster performance. It also unlocks our ability to make future improvements so there's plenty more to come.

We're updating RP pricing for some regions for Teamfight Tactics and League of Legends on September 8. Brazil, Latin America, Russia, and Turkey will see increased prices due to exchange rates and tax changes. From August 23 to September 8, players will receive double Bonus Currency from all RP purchases. Check the link for specific numbers and times!

Akshan

E base damage decreased late; AD ratio increased. Akshan can no longer revive teammates when he's dead. R cooldown upon cancellation decreased.

Players are still figuring out Akshan, so we're being cautious with any changes to this charismatic rogue. We're also cleaning up some pesky bugs and making his E-max a little less overpowered. This'll make his AD builds more appealing while also making up for the damage loss in Q-max builds. Finally, the change to his W should give opponents a way to stop Akshan from reviving all his allies—in other words, kill him first!

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W - Going Rogue

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E - Heroic Swing

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R - Comeuppance

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Bugfixes

• Passive - Dirty Fighting's second attack will more consistently complete on targets when the first attack was executed at max range
• Passive - Dirty Fighting Now correctly predicts whether the first attack will kill the target, including through shields and with Akshan's on-hit effects
• A placeholder icon no longer appears under Akshan after gaining a shield from Passive - Dirty Fighting
• E - Heroic Swing will no longer end early on turrets
• E - Heroic Swing's cooldown no longer gets reset when it kills a Scarecrow Effigy from Fiddlesticks' Passive - A Harmless Scarecrow or a clone from Shaco's R - Hallucinate
• E - Heroic Swing no longer gets extra range if he casts spells on enemies or places wards outside of its maximum distance
• R - Comeuppance now consistently executes minions regardless of armor bonuses (like Hullbreaker or Baron Nashor)
• Fixed a bug where a single bullet from Akshan's R - Comeuppance dealt unusually lethal damage to Yorick's R - Eulogy of the Isles's Maiden

Amumu

Q now has 2 charges. W damage increased early; decreased late. R stun duration no longer scales. Health and armor growth decreased.

Our sad little mummy's been left out of high level play for ages. While there's an easy joke here about Amumu having no friends, we wanted to address this long-standing problem and ensure he can find his way in the world of modern League. In particular, we wanted to up his engage threat in the early game where high MMR players prioritize securing small leads that can snowball into victory. One subtle benefit of 2-charge Q, beyond the obvious stuff: It reduces the pressure to spam Q on cooldown, since you aren't "wasting" uptime by holding onto your first charge as long as the second is recharging. This creates a new avenue for skill expression: When should Amumu use both charges, and when should he hold one?

All this said, Amumu's late game has never really been his problem. We tossed in a few nerfs to his later scaling to even out his newly-increased potential to get ahead early. From a raw stats perspective, he'll be innately weaker at higher levels, but now he'll get there faster and have more items when he does.

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Q - Bandage Toss

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W - Despair

As a reminder, W ticks twice per second, so each tick deals half the listed damage below!

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R - Curse of the Sad Mummy

Ekko

Passive damage against monsters increased.

Ekko is played more in the jungle than in mid lane, yet jungle Ekko is languishing in terms of power. We're juicing up his jungle clear speed to help him shatter more camps in less... time.

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Passive - Z-Drive Resonance

Evelynn

R cooldown decreased.

Eve's been left in the dark by recent nerfs to her early core items like Lich Bane and Dark Seal. We're lowering the cooldown on her ultimate early so our lovely demon lady can still find victims opportunities to create leads.

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R - Last Caress

Gangplank

Q now counts as a ranged basic attack. E scales better with crit. Barrel recharge time increased but max charges now increase with rank.

Gangplank's interaction with Grasp of the Undying made his poke pattern of clicking Q every 4 seconds a nightmare for counterplay, which made his lane power pretty explosive. As a result, we've had to limit his scaling in a way that's been unsatisfying for Gangplank players, given that late game power has traditionally been core to his identity. We're walking back on that plank by lowering his early advantages and bringing them back ashore in late game with extra crit-skewed spice. More barrels!

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Passive - Trial by Fire

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Q - Parrrley

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E - Powder Keg

Graves

Q mana cost increased.

Graves has been cropping up as a dominant mid pick, so we're nerfing his ability to control lane priority with his wave-clearing Q in a way that still retains his jungle power.

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Q - End of the Line

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Skin splash update

Irelia

Q healing decreased.

Irelia's blades are still a bit too deadly. We're tapping down her innate sustain so that she's a bit more punishable when she makes mistakes. This'll also nerf the Ionian blade dancer's ability to spin around seemingly-doomed teamfights at super low health.

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Q - Bladesurge

Kayn

Assassin Kayn passive damage decreased.

Blue Kayn's been overshadowing games too regularly, especially with his Goredrinker build. We're reducing assassin Kayn's damage to encourage him to build more offensively in order to reap his enemies.

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Passive - The Darkin Scythe

Leona

W bonus resistances decreased.

Leona's been shining a bit too bright with her ability to soak up any damage that comes her way when she's locking down opponents. We're making her a little easier to kill so that opponents still have the opportunity to fight back. SPF still recommended.

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W - Eclipse

Lissandra

Base attack damage increased. Q mana cost decreased.

Lissandra's been frozen at pretty mediocre numbers across the board, even into her favorable matchups. We're giving her some slight buffs to make the ice witch a more attractive pick.

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Q - Ice Shard

Lucian

Base attack damage decreased. Lucian now gains on-hit damage when buffed by allies. R bullets now scale with crit chance rather than R rank.

Lucian's been struggling quite literally everywhere except in Pro mid lane. We're purifying his odds by empowering his duo lane synergy without compromising his solo capabilities. For example, his ult's been super powerful in solo lanes due to its heavy level scaling, so we're smoothing it out to scale better with gold. AP Lucian is also getting some compensation buffs since we know it's a fun (although weak) build that gets affected by these AD-encouraging changes. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about you, fans of the off-meta lulz.

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Passive - Lightslinger

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W - Ardent Blaze

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R - The Culling

Nami

Base health increased. W mana cost decreased late.

We haven't gotten to sea Nami much lately, so we're shifting the current by giving the tidecaller some blessings to improve her survivability in trades and allow her to use her costliest skill more.

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W - Ebb and Flow

Senna

Critical Strike Damage penalty reduced. Soul drop rate increased.

Senna's DPS focused builds have mist the mark recently. We're buffing up her crit to better synergize with damage items and giving her more souls on minion kills to help out players who run her as farming carry.

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Passive - Absolution

Teemo

E on-hit damage increased.

Teemo could use a power-up in lane where we expect him to be able to whittle down his opponents, especially in favorable matchups when he can execute a series of Toxic Shots. Hut, two, three, four... :^)

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E - Toxic Shot

Viego

Attack range reduced. Base healing on possession reduced; scaling increased. Q damage multiplier from crit chance increased. E camo radius increased. R slow duration decreased.

Viego's been breaking too many hearts in the pro scene, so we're bringing down the sovereign's domination a notch. His tanky builds are offering too much pop-off potential, so we're significantly cutting back the power of his resets if he's not building damage. We're also increasing his camouflage detection range and reducing his basic attack range which, combined, will make it much harder for Viego to hide in the Black Mist as a source of safety. Lastly, we're reducing the CC on his ult since that wasn't really its main intent.

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Passive - Sovereign's Domination

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Q - Blade of the Ruined King

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E - Harrowed Path

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R - Heartbreaker

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Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where, when Viego possesses Zoe using Passive - Sovereign Domination, recasting Q - Paddle Star would launch a second star that disappears
• Fixed a bug where Viego's basic ability cooldowns would get permanently reduced after gaining Accelerando stacks while possessing Sona with Passive - Sovereign's Domination
• Fixed a bug where, when Viego has Kled's W - Violent Tendencies buff active as his possession ends, Viego's W - Spectral Maw will be on cooldown
• Fixed a bug where, when Viego casts Kindred's W - Wolf's Frenzy just as his possession ends, he would no longer be able to cast W - Spectral Maw

Xayah

Q cast time now decreases with attack speed. R damage increased.

We're back with a third round of Xayah buffs! We've been steadily bringing up her winrate while trying not to increase her pick rate in Pro too much. The rebel hasn't taken off in Pro play yet, so we can still give her a bit more room to fly. Xayah's Q tends to interrupt her basic attack flow at higher attack speeds, so this should let her feathers glide more smoothly throughout the game. (For Q's scaling, remember Xayah gains 70% bonus AS from levels and 55% from W!)

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Q - Double Daggers

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R - Featherstorm

Zed

Q ratio increased. E ratio decreased. R cooldown increased late.

Once Zed gets some items under his belt, his kill pattern becomes too reliable, especially for a champion with such flexible mobility tools to slip in and out of the shadows. We're asking the master of shadows to master more shurikens to secure his kills. His ult cooldown is also getting nerfed late to match its power level more appropriately.

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Q - Razor Shuriken

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E - Shadow Slash

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R - Death Mark

Divine Sunderer

Divine Sunderer has been the go-to choice for fighters all across the spectrum, and even some marksmen. We're looking to nerf its generic power to let its more aggressive item competitors outshine it when they're supposed to.

Hullbreaker

While Hullbreaker is a strong early rush on a few champions, its opportunity cost is too large to be a great choice compared to other Legendary fighter items that have more generic value. We're giving it a bit of beef so that players feel a bit more inclined to go on a raiding party.

Serpent's Fang

Rather than being a situational item against shield-heavy enemies, Serpent's Fang has become a staple in the second item slot for physical assassins. We want to preserve its low gold cost so that it's still an accessible situational pickup, but with stats that are more proportional.

Wit's End

Wit's End has become a powerful early rush item for a variety of attack speed champions. While it's good to offer early attack speed options, Wit's End often becomes the best choice regardless of how much magic damage the enemy team has. We're reshaping its damage scaling so that it's just as powerful late but isn't only being picked up for its early damage value.

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Youmuu's went from being a beloved aggressive pick to an underutilized niche item. We nerfed its generic power last season to give room for other situational items, but we're seeing now that we went a little too far. AD assassins have been yearning for a good general item rather than defaulting to counter pick-ups like Serpent's Fang. So, *drumroll please*... we're reverting the patch 10.23 changes and welcoming back 2020’s Youmuu's Ghostblade!

Fleet Footwork

Fleet Footwork just hasn't been a very good pick for marksmen. Rather than a straight buff to make it more viable, we're increasing healing against champions for everyone and reducing healing against minions depending on attack type to avoid too much power in lane sustain. Healing against minions for melee is getting reduced more than ranged because melee champions have already been using it very effectively for that very reason, making this an overall buff for ranged and closer to neutral for melee.

The first weekend of the Void-themed Clash will be September 4 and 5. Team formation for the first weekend will open starting on August 30. The second weekend will be September 18 and 19, and team formation will open starting on September 13.

Minimum system requirements for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics on desktop are changing. In particular, Macs are now required to run macOS 10.12 or later. We update these requirements so that we can focus on delivering new features rather than maintaining older hardware. If your system meets or exceeds these specs, you're still good to go!

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a bug that caused excessive slowness during the end of the game
• Fixed a bug where Tahm Kench's ultimate availability HUD indicator was not graying out after his ult was used
• Fixed a bug where Sylas's R - Hijack cooldown would sometimes not revert correctly if he died while casting a hijacked ultimate
• Fixed several visual bugs that occured when Sylas hijacked Gun Goddess Miss Fortune's R - Bullet Time
• Shaco's clone now correctly gains 10 gold from killing a ward, not 20
• Fixed a bug where Kassadin would sometimes be unable to cast his E - Force Pulse
• When Mordekaiser uses R - Realm of Death on Graves, Graves' W - Smoke Screen will now properly remain in the realm that it was cast in
• Fixed a bug where charms would briefly lose functionality when hitting enemy champs who were spamming move commands with certain abilities that allow movement while casting
• Fixed a bug where Kalista was still able to basic attack and lunge with Passive - Martial Poise if she was charmed at the beginning of a basic attack wind-up
• Fixed a bug where, when an enemy immobilized Dr. Mundo while standing on top of him, his Passive - Goes Where He Please canister would get destroyed before it hit the ground
• Fixed a bug where Wukong was able to entirely cancel the animation for Q - Crushing Blow by entering a stop command
• Fixed a bug where Lillia's W - Watch out! Eep!'s extended tooltip was missing the information that it deals 50% damage to minions
• Fixed a bug where Caitlyn's R - Ace in the Hole's extended tooltip and level-up tooltip did not contain its damage ratio
• Fixed a bug where the Cloth Armor and Refillable Potion starting bundle would display "+1 More" text even though it does not grant a third item
• Fixed a bug where Nunu would get yeeted off the screen when hit by Rek'Sai's W - Un-burrow while channeling W - Biggest Snowball Ever!
• Fixed a bug where Nunu's E - Snowball Barrage was missing its tooltip when hovering during mid-cast
• Fixed another bug where Nunu's E - Snowball Barrage tooltip was incorrectly displaying damage as "total damage" when it is actually "per snowball"
• Fixed a bug where Ravenous Hunter was healing against wards. Its tooltip now also correctly displays the total amount of healing done
• Fixed a bug where Eternal Winter (Everfrost's Ornn upgrade) was not displaying the actual number of champions rooted and slowed by the item's active in the inventory tooltip
• Fixed a few bugs where Neeko's voice lines in-game weren't always playing correctly or even at all, especially when entering a disguise with Passive - Inherent Glamour. Neeko's voice will also accurately play from Neeko's location instead of the center of the screen

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

8/13/2021 Akshan Bugfix & One for All Changes

Akshan

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One for All Champ Buffs

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One for All Champ Nerfs

8/11/2021 Viego Bugfix

Viego

Coven Evelynn, Coven Cassiopeia, Coven Ahri, Coven Ashe, Old God Malphite, Old God Warwick, and Coven LeBlanc Prestige Edition will be available August 12th, 2021.

Diana

Passive damage to non-epic monsters decreased.

Since our 11.8 changes, Diana’s become a popular jungle pick, and a powerful one at that, especially in competitive play. Although we’re happy that Diana’s found a second home, she’s a little too strong. To nudge down her jungle strength, we’re nerfing her jungle clear.

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Passive - Moonsilver Blade

Fiora

E cooldown increased later.

Fiora's been on the strong side for a while, especially in higher levels of play. We're bringing down her split pushing and tower whacking power in mid to late phases of the game.

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E - Bladework

Jarvan IV

Passive damage increased. R bonus damage ratio increased.

The Exemplar of Demacia hasn’t been excelling in any level of play. We’re amping up Cataclysm to help him make a bigger impact while also buffing his dueling and clearing potential.

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Passive - Martial Cadence

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R - Cataclysm

Jhin

W damage increased. R minimum damage ratio increased.

Jhin has been feeling rather lackluster, and he hasn’t been making the cut into most games. With a deadlier flourish and an even deadlier finale, he’ll have a better shot at picking off enemies when playing off of allies and in key fights.

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W - Deadly Flourish

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R - Curtain Call

Karma

Passive on-hit cooldown reduction removed; cooldown reduction from abilities now flat. Q base damage decreased early; cooldown increased early and decreased later; cost decreased. Q2 initial damage increased. E base shield increased later; bonus movement speed now flat; Defiance now only grants allies bonus movement speed.

Karma’s been much stronger in coordinated Pro play than in solo queue for a while. Rather than continuing to make minor changes, we're attempting to make bigger ones to help Karma succeed in the hands of all players.

To do so, we’re targeting her consistent early game pressure and waveclear, along with her R-E shield-and-speed buff for her full team. In return, we’re rewarding her with more Mantras when she lands abilities on champions, which will also be helped by her Q’s lower cooldown and cost. We’re also strengthening her R-Q so that she’s still able to obliterate her foes when she’s on her own.

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Passive - Gathering Fire

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Q - Inner Flame

Q2 - Soulflare

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E - Inspire

Lee Sin

W omnivamp decreased.

Lee Sin came out of our 11.13 nerfs kicking, making his way from dominating lanes straight into dominating the jungle. This time, we’re laying down a straightforward nerf that should curb his early- to mid-game dueling power.

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W - Iron Will

Lulu

W cooldown increased. R cooldown increased early.

While Lulu’s power in Average play is balanced, she’s strong in Skilled and even stronger in Elite. Back in patch 11.9, we purposefully buffed Lulu, targeting these skill brackets by reducing the cooldown on her W and increasing its bonus attack speed. The increased uptime on reliable peel made her a highly frustrating champion to play against, which has been reflected in her high ban rates. To get her back in action, we’re reverting the buff on her Skilled-skewed mechanic of instant CC and increasing her R cooldown.

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W - Whimsy

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R - Wild Growth

Maokai

Passive heal increased. E detonation damage decreased.

Top Maokai has been struggling to stay in lane even with his tank builds, so we’re increasing his sustain. On the other hand, Support Mao and his saplings have been causing a commotion in the bot lane, where AP builds offer powerful scaling. Maokai will still have strong poke, but we’re toning it down.

One more thing: Maokai's original passive values were bugged. He was healing for less of his maximum health (5-13% instead of 6-13%) and it wasn’t scaling properly (it was scaling linearly at every level instead of its intended breakpoints of level 1/6/9…). so the previous values of his passive’s heal reflect the bugged, in-game values. Now, the scaling has been corrected, and the heal from his maximum health has an even bigger bump than his tooltip would have you believe.

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Passive - Sap Magic

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E - Sapling Toss

Nunu

Base movement speed increased. E damage ratio per snowball increased.

Nunu & Willump have hit a slump, it’s time to give them a good ol’ bump! To get the snowball rolling, we’re reverting part of their nerf from patch 11.2 while throwing them more damage when they’re building more aggressively.

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E - Snowball Barrage

Shaco

Q orange smoke VFX removed. R bugfixes.

Okay, so last patch (11.15), we fixed a longstanding bug where Shaco’s smoke poof wasn’t showing up through the Fog of War. And by longstanding, we mean like, 2 years. This change also sparked a conversation around proper counterplay in League. Constantly panning around to look for orange smoke isn’t the type of gameplay we want to enforce, so we’re reverting the poof and fixing some of his goofs.

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Q - Deceive

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R - Hallucinate

Sivir

W damage ratio increased later.

Sivir’s a team-shredding, boomerang mercenary, but even her crit builds have left her feeling incomplete, so we’re sharpening up her blades.

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W - Ricochet

Sona

New passive! Mana costs reduced and aura mana refunds removed. R now also hits minions and monsters.

In patch 10.4, our baby girl was given a mana refund mechanic to prevent oppressive playstyles. This wasn’t a particularly fun mechanic, and sometimes it put Sona in situations where she was punished for using her spells correctly, like rotating around the map with E by herself. To fix this, we’re replacing the mechanic with a new one that should feel much more like a reward than a punishment.

Now Sona has a stacking mechanic that rewards her for using some of her abilities, eventually giving her more access to her ult, and giving you all those Crescendo plays that you definitely never miss.

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Passive - Power Chord

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Q - Hymn of Valor

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W - Aria of Perseverance

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E - Song of Celerity

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R - Crescendo

Tahm Kench

Passive base damage decreased early. Q base heal decreased.

Tahm Kench’s early game power has been especially strong in top lane, where he’s able to issue beatdowns and heal through brawls. We’re dialing both back to give his enemies more time to lick their wounds.

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Passive - An Acquired Taste

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Q - Tongue Lash

Vladimir

Passive AP to bonus health conversion increased; bonus health to AP conversion increased.

Top Vlad has been dragging behind his mid lane counterpart. To help him hold his own in top lane, we’re increasing his passive bonuses, which should also let him reap the benefits of building tankier items.

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Passive - Crimson Pact

Xin Zhao

Base attack damage decreased.

Even after our last set of nerfs in patch 11.14, Xin Zhao is still one of the top dogs in the jungle at all levels of play. With longer ranges on his new W and E, Xin doesn’t need to be one of the best-in-class early game bullies, since he has better access to his targets than ever before. We’re trimming his base damage so that he’s still strong early, but isn’t as easily able to overwhelm other junglers.

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Ziggs

Base mana increased. E base damage per mine decreased early and increased later; slow decreased early.

Our 11.14 nerf to bot lane Ziggs seemed to fizzle out, so we’re giving back his mana and dialing back his second-max ability instead. This should curb his power more in bot lane, which shouldbe more easily recouped in mid.

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E - Hexplosive Minefield

Dark Seal

While Dark Seal is meant to be a high-risk, high-reward item, it's become a consistently high-value option for most AP users, even for champions that appreciate the mana on Doran's Ring. We’re pulling back on the stacking pace of the item so that there's more risk involved when opting into Dark Seal.

Redemption

Redemption is being overshadowed by the other Enchanter items and has struggled to find its niche this season. We’re increasing the power and availability of its exciting moments so that it can be more effective in more team fights.

The second weekend of the Bandle City-themed Clash will be August 21 and 22. Team formation for the second weekend will be open starting on August 16.

• Fixed a bug where Warwick’s R - Infinite Duress cancels mid-jump if the target flashes
• Champions can now acquire blue buff if they kill the Blue Sentinel while in a zombie state, such as Sion’s Passive- Glory in Death (this is already true for red buff)
• Fixed a bug where players would lose their red or blue buffs when executing to non-epic jungle monsters
• Fixed a bug where a champion’s bounty value did not reset back to 0 in the scoreboard even after their bounty is claimed
• Sandshrike's Claw’s tooltip counter for damage dealt now properly displays the amount of damage done to the enemy
• Fixed a bug where, if Steel Shoulderguards are refunded or sold before purchasing and activating Relic Shield, buffs for both items appear in the buff bar
• Fixed a bug where a champion was able to teleport to a destroyed tower if the teleport channel bar has 0.3 seconds remaining
• Fixed a bug where Tryndamere’s W - Mocking Shout would not contribute towards Eclipse’s Ever Rising Moon if the enemy champion was facing him
• Umbral Glaive is no longer able to deal bonus damage to a ward that is invulnerable (due to being teleported to)

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

7/28/2021 Akshan Buffs

Akshan

7/26/2021 Ultimate Spellbook Bugfix

Ruined Dragon Soul

7/23/2021 Akshan Buffs

Akshan

Sentinel Graves, Sentinel Pyke, Sentinel Rengar, Ruined Miss Fortune, and Cyber Pop Akshan will be available July 22nd, 2021. Unbound Thresh will be available July 29th, 2021 as a token shop exclusive, and will return as a directly purchasable skin in patch 11.20.

We've heard your feedback on the slow progression rate in the Rise of the Sentinels in-client narrative experience. Starting with the next chapter of Rise of the Sentinels, we're adding a new, infinitely repeatable mission that awards extra Sentinels points just for playing a game. Including base TFT.

Note: Since we're doing this mid-event, the missions are hidden, but the faster rate of progress should be immediately noticeable.

new

Akshan

The Rogue Sentinel

Akshan swings into battle against Ruination on July 22nd!

• Akshan Abilities Rundown
• Akshan Champion Bio
• Akshan Champion Insights
• Akshan Champion Trailer

Annie

Q damage ratio decreased.

The small pyromaniac and her bear are taking over Skilled play! Annie does well versus short-range characters, which are her more common match-ups, so we’re lowering her upfront burst damage and lane harass.

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Q - Disintegrate

Aurelion Sol

Q cooldown increased.

Aurelion Sol is toeing the line in Elite play, and he’s finally put his claw right over it. Slowing him down accordingly.

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Q - Starsurge

Blitzcrank

Base armor and Q damage increased.

Blitz has been cranking out pretty low lethality in the early/mid game. Considering he’s got a flashy fist, it should feel more rewarding when it actually hits. To polish him off, we’re also giving him a thicker metal skin.

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Q - Rocket Grab

Caitlyn

Q damage ratio increased later.

The Sheriff of Piltover could use some encouragement getting on over to the current marksman meta. She’s been finding success with Q-max builds, so we’re adding more incentive by boosting its scaling.

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Q - Piltover Peacemaker

Cassiopeia

E base empowered damage increased.

Cassiopeia used to be a lane bully, but over the years, her gameplay has become farming patiently through the early game until she scales up to a point where she’s able to dish out the damage. With this change, she’ll be more able to press an advantage when she lands her Q in the early laning phase.

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E - Twin Fang

Gwen

E bonus attack speed decreased early.

Equipped with raw stat power and a big ol’ pair of scissors, it’s a little too easy for Gwen to snip back at even the toughest of opponents. We’re looking to sharpen her intended weakness by tapping down the speed of her slashes from level 1.

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E - Skip ‘n Slash

Irelia

W damage ratio decreased; damage reduction decreased later.

After a good visit in 11.14’s patch notes, Irelia’s ended up on the strong side but in a much better position to balance moving forward. We’ll be watching to see where she lands longterm, but for now, we’re limiting the power on her W.

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W - Defiant Dance

Kayle

Base magic resist decreased.

In mid lane, Kayle’s a safe pick who can reliably stand fly her ground until she hits her power spike. Reducing her magic resist from the get-go should give opponents more opportunities to punish her vulnerable early game.

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Kennen

Q damage increased.

Struggling across the board, Kennen’s been out of sight for a while now. We’re upping his main ability to feel more like a strike from a storm rather than a sting.

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Q - Thundering Shuriken

Mordekaiser

W cooldown decreased; stored post-mitigation damage from damage dealt increased.

The Iron Revenant’s been having trouble standing up to the current fighters in top lane, so we’re passing him more durability to help him hold his own in lane and overall throughout the game.

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W - Indestructible

Nidalee

Base health and health growth increased.

Nidalee is known for being fierce, but as of late, her performance across all levels of play has been anything but. With more health, she should be less afraid to bring out the cougar against her prey, and should also help her feel more accessible to players who are just picking her up.

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Rell

W cooldown decreased.

Rell is a champion who brings disruption and fury to her foes, especially when she’s able to pull out her full combo in extended fights, but she’s been weak across all levels of play. We’re reverting her 11.5 nerf so that she’ll be able to crash down on her opponents, tough out the fight, and mount up—and be able to do it all over again.

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W - Ferromancy

Rumble

Various Rumble heat system bugfixes and other QoL adjustments!

We’re addressing some frustrating bugs around Rumble’s Overheated system that were left from our changes in patch 11.13. These fixes should even out some abnormalities and help players feel more in control of Tristy.

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Passive - Junkyard Titan

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E - Electro Harpoon

Shyvana

Q cooldown decreased early; damage ratios increased.

Shyvana could use more oomph in her one point wonder, so we're buffing her Q to help her clear speeds and let her really dig her teeth into her enemies. We're also adding in some AP compensation so that both her builds can benefit equally.

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Q - Twin Bite

Sylas

Q detonation damage increased. W heal decreased.

Sylas is a versatile dueler who does what he does a little too well—healing his way through fights, often swinging the battle to his advantage, often catching his opponents off guard. Although sustain is an important part of his kit, enemies should be able to find some kink in his armor. We’re moving some of his sustain power over to his chains so that he doesn’t swing fights as hard, but can still find success when he lands his less-reliable abilities.

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Q - Chain Lash

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W - Kingslayer

Syndra

Q cost decreased early.

Syndra’s 10.13 mana nerf was intended to bring her down in Pro play, but it was only somewhat effective, while also causing painful detriment to her early game. Now that she’s much less present in Pro, we’re reverting the change and will find another tactic if she poses a problem in the future.

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Q - Dark Sphere

Thresh

E cooldown increased.

With all his tools to keep his friends alive, Thresh is one of the best at peeling enemies off of otherwise vulnerable allies. Recently, he’s been dominating Pro play, so we’re curbing his power by targeting his E’s uptime.

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E - Flay

Viego

Q base damage decreased; bonus damage against monsters increased; healing from damage against marked minions decreased.

Despite his last visit to the patch notes in 11.13, Viego’s continued to be a popular pick in all his roles. We’re taking another pass by targeting his solo lane power and compensating with additional monster damage in the hopes he’ll end up in a more balanced state long-term .

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Q - Blade of the Ruined King

Wukong

Base health regen decreased.

Wukong’s able to stay healthy in lane, even after taking a beating. We’re lowering his sustain so that while he remains a strong duelist, he’ll need more time to lick his wounds.

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Xayah

R cooldown decreased.

Xayah’s been dragging behind the rest of the flock. Some spice should really let her feathers fly.

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R - Featherstorm

Hullbreaker

Hullbreaker could use some help as the game reaches later phases of the game. We’re giving more durability for anyone who’s hunting alone.

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Ulternate Summoner Spell Pool

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Champion Buffs

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Champion Nerfs

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Ulternate Summoner Buffs

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Ulternate Summoner Nerfs

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Bugfixes and More

• Stealth champions can now get stealth Ulternate Summoners offered to them
• Clones will now properly copy health bar icons, including the Ulternate Summoner icon. This fix applies more broadly as well (e.g. Omnistone will now properly copy its icon over).
• First Blood gold now correctly matches the classic Summoner’s Rift value (150 gold ⇒ 100 gold)
• Dragon Soul’s revive now triggers after champion revives
• Fixed a bug where the announcement text for stealing a Ruined Dragon was incorrect
• Volibear will no longer sometimes spit out missiles from his Ulternate Summoner when trying to bite

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Matchmaking

• Matchmaking for the Ultimate Spellbook queue has been reseeded! This means that your matches should now be with players of a more equal skill level. This fix happened in the middle of the last patch, but we believe it’s worth a callout here.

And into the third split of Ranked we go on Sunday, August 8 at 11:59 PM local time for your region! Bop your way to the top with exclusive rewards: an Akshan summoner icon, Akshan emotes, and a Series 1 Eternals Capsule.

• Mount Targon Clash: The second weekend of the Mount Targon-themed Clash will be July 24th and 25th. Team formation for the second weekend will be open starting on July 19th.
• Bandle City Clash: The first weekend of the Bandle City-themed Clash will be August 7th and 8th. Team formation for the first weekend will be open starting on August 2nd. The second weekend will be during patch 11.16.

• Recall sound effects now play for base Nautilus, Abyssal Nautilus, Subterranean Nautilus, Subterranean Nautilus, AstronNautilus, and Worldbreaker Nautilus
• Fixed a bug on Kayn’s E SFX where it made a popping noise when it looped
• Kayn’s global transformation SFX will now play for both allies and enemies
• Odyssey Kayn’s dance music is now form specific
• Kayn’s W on hit SFX is now form-specific
• Base Kayn’s recall SFX is now form-specific
• Kayn’s transformation SFX is now stereo for the local player
• Fixed a bug where Lillia's Q - Blooming Blows movement speed did not scale off of AP from runes
• Nocturne's Passive - Umbra Blades' now correctly heals for the full amount against pets
• Illaoi’s Q - Tentacle Smash’s animation no longer locks if she inputs another command right after casting the ability
• Shaco's Q - Deceive's orange smoke VFX now correctly appears from the enemy’s point of view when cast through fog of war
• Kled and all his skins have one of his W voice lines restored
• Marauder Kled now correctly switches between his mounted and unmounted voice lines
• Viego will now respond to Shadow Isles voice interactions rather than Demacian
• Zoe's taunt voice lines for Ezreal and Lux have been restored
• True Damage Senna's unique skin voice lines have been restored

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

7/9/2021 Bugfixes & Ultimate Spellbook Changes

Singed

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Ultimate Spellbook Champ Buffs

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Ultimate Spellbook Champ Nerfs

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Ultimate Spellbook Ulternate Summoner Nerfs

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Ultimate Spellbook Bugfixes

• Katarina's Q - Bouncing Blades will no longer sometimes not drop a blade after a bounce
• Ruined Dragon Soul will no longer sometimes kill you upon respawning
• Ruined Dragon Soul will no longer prevent various kinds of CCs from applying (e.g. no more walking around as an Anivia egg)

7/8/2021 Bugfix

Singed

Sentinel Vayne, Sentinel Irelia, Sentinel Diana, Sentinel Riven, Sentinel Olaf, Ruined Pantheon, and Ascended Pantheon Prestige Edition will be available July 8th, 2021.

Akali

Q can no longer be cast when dashing with E. R base recast damage decreased.

The last set of changes in patch 11.6 brought Akali back in line in Average and Elite levels of play, but she’s still a force to be reckoned with in the Pro scene. With this change, she’ll be slowed down before her full burst of damage, giving enemies a chance to strike back.

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Q - Five Point Strike

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R - Perfect Execution

Darius

Passive Noxian Might bonus attack damage increased. E cooldown decreased.

With the removal of Stridebreaker's dash in 11.13, Darius could use some help getting his enemies in position for that sweet, sweet dunk. Reverting his nerf in patch 11.2, which was a direct result of his access to a dash.

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Passive - Hemorrhage

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E - Apprehend

Dr. Mundo

Base attack speed increased. Passive health regen now scales; cooldown increased early. Q now heals more when it hits a monster. E now swats small monsters and does more damage to monsters.

The good doctor has been going where he pleases in top lane, but has been significantly behind in the jungle. In order to keep both roles at a similar level, we’re giving him several buffs that should help start the meatball rolling in the jungle, while also tapping down his laning power and sustain. These changes should also set him up for our next patch, where we plan to further doctor him up for all roles and skill levels.

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Passive - Goes Where He Pleases

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Q - Infected Bonesaw

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E - Blunt Force Trauma

Garen

Q bonus movement speed increased. R damage from target’s missing health increased.

To adjust for changes to Garen’s most loved items this patch (Stridebreaker and Dead Man’s Plate), we’re bumping up his movement speed. We’re also adding extra oomph to his ult so that even if he can’t get to squishier targets, his ult will be more powerful against tankier frontlines.

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Q - Decisive Strike

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R - Demacian Justice

Graves

Base attack damage increased.

Buffing up Graves the only way we know how (and also, he’s been really struggling in the current meta).

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Illaoi

Base movement speed increased.

With long cast times and highly-predictable plans of attack, Illaoi can’t really adapt on the fly. While immobility is an important weakness for juggernauts, this has significantly gated her performance in higher skill tiers, making her more pub stompy than is long-term healthy. With more movement speed, she’ll be more able to dodge skillshots, close gaps, and be in the right place at the right time. Overall, this should help her feel more adaptable while also leaving her in a better position for future tuning.

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Irelia

Base health and magic resist decreased; health growth increased. Passive max stacks decreased, bonus attack speed per stack decreased early but increased later; empowered damage decreased. Q bonus damage to minions now scales with champion level. W damage reduction now works against magic damage; maximum damage increased. E can no longer be recast while CC'd. R has a new passive.

We’ve got a set of changes for Irelia, who’s been dealing with some long standing issues. The gist: We’re smoothing out her power curve, toning down her dominance in Pro play by giving her enemies more opportunities for counterplay, and polishing up her kit to make it feel better to play overall.

For more insight, we get into it in this Quick Gameplay Thoughts article!

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Passive - Ionian Fervor

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Q - Bladesurge

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W - Defiant Dance

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E - Flawless Duet

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R - Vanguard's Edge

Ivern

E base shield increased later.

With patch 11.13’s nerf to Shurelya’s Battlesong and the popularity of a certain snake's tooth, Ivern has felt weaker in the jungle. We’re returning the shield power that he lost in 11.3 so that he can protect his friends (and the forest) a little better.

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E - Triggerseed

Karma

Base attack damage decreased.

Karma has risen in the ranks of Pro play as a safe top or mid pick that scales well with other carries. We’re drawing back her solo lane power by lowering her ability to consistently harass and push waves against short-ranged enemies.

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Lillia

Base health regen decreased; armor increased. Passive damage increased and now heals. Q cost increased; max stacks decreased; bonus movement speed per stack decreased and lasts longer; cooldown now scales; base damage increased. W damage increased. E cooldown increased; slow is now flat; damage increased. R damage ratio increased; sleep duration decreased; slow decreased and no longer increases over the duration.

You know there’s a lot coming up when the summary line is a paragraph, so here’s the TL;DR—we’re buffing Lillia so that she’s less bashful when bonking down enemies in solo combat.

How? We’re shifting some of her power out of her fast clear and coordination-dependent CC, which are often leveraged in higher levels of play into duel-focused strengths. This means that we’re bringing down her early game clear and movement speed, but helping her quickly recoup the losses once she gets her hooves on some AP and reaches mid-to-late game. With the addition of innate sustain, she’ll be able to stay healthy in extended fights and when she isn’t able to perfectly clear camps.

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Passive - Dream-Laden Bough

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Q - Blooming Blows

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W - Watch Out! Eep!

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E - Swirlseed

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R - Lilting Lullaby

Malzahar

Base health reduced. Q damage ratio decreased.

Malzahar was one of the few mages that was already strong before the buffs to mana Mythics last patch. Now that we know exactly where he’s landed, we know just how much to reel him back in. We're lowering the scaling on Malzahar’s Q so that his power continues to come from his most unique and character-defining abilities.

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Q - Call of the Void

Nocturne

Passive damage decreased against minions.

Nocturne has been a consistent force to be reckoned with, but the Stridebreaker reshape kicked him into overdrive. We're nerfing Stridebreaker this patch, but we don't expect that to fully knock him down from his pedestal, particularly in lane. One of Nocturne’s key strengths is his ability to sit in lane and sustain off of waves, shrugging off most harass that comes his way. Similar to the reasoning behind Viego’s nerf last patch, Nocturne is relying on an unhealthy pattern of resourceless sustain. He should be earning his keep instead of relying on his passive, and opponents should feel like they can make a dent in his shadows.

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Passive - Umbra Blades

Rek'Sai

Q1 base damage increased, Q2 base damage increased later.

The nerf to Prowler’s Claw in patch 11.13 left Rek’Sai very sad. We’re giving her some direct compensation with a touch of mid-game burst.

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Q - Queen's Wrath

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Q - Prey Seeker

Seraphine

Q damage increased.

The Songstress has been feeling out of tune in both support and mid, so we’re helping her practice her scales (damage scaling, you know?) on one of her more aggressive abilities.

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Q - High Note

Shaco

Base health and movement speed reduced.

Whether AD or AP, Jungle Shaco is simply very strong. We’re targeting both builds by making him a little more squishy and a little less slippery, given his many tools of elusion and mayhem.

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Tahm Kench

Passive bonus damage now scales. Q now deals Passive damage to enemy champions; heal scaling updated. W cooldown refund bugfix; cooldown and mana cost refund increased. R base shield increased early; ally self slow decreased early.

One of our goals with Tahm Kench’s mini-rework in 11.13 was to get him off the "he can't be buffed because of Pro play" bench, and to help him find more success as a support. As of right now, we suspect he’s weaker than where he should be, so we’re cautiously buffing him until we have conclusive results from Pro play.

Another goal was to push the Kench more towards support, whereas before he was mostly seen in the jungle or top lane in solo queue. He’s not seeing as much support play as we expected, so we’re adjusting his scaling to be less gold and experience dependent.

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Passive - An Acquired Taste

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Q - Tongue Lash

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W - Abyssal Dive

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R - Devour

Taric

Q cost decreased. E cost decreased.

Taric has been in a constant struggle with mana dependence this season, so we’re directly dropping his costs so he can sparkle like the enchanting jewel he is.

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Q - Starlight's Touch

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E - Dazzle

Xin Zhao

W cooldown increased later.

Xin Zhao is at the top of his game and the jungle roster, especially with recent nerfs to his competitors (Rumble and Udyr). To knock him down a peg, we’re reducing how often he’s able to threaten enemies at a distance.

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W - Wind Becomes Lightning

Ziggs

Base mana reduced.

Bot Ziggs has been toeing the line for a while now, and with his 11.12 buffs, 11.13 mage item buffs, and his unending supply of bombs (where does he even pull them out from?), he’s finally crossed it. Although his buff in 11.12 lent a hand to this, we believe those changes were important to help Ziggs’ abilities deliver on their gameplay promise, so we’re opting for a nerf that should hit his bot lane early game the hardest.

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Dead Man's Plate

Dead Man's Plate’s changes from last patch led to a win rate drop for tanks since it lost movement speed and gained damage-scaling. To offset, we’re upping its armor to give tanks more tank to tank.

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Stridebreaker

Stridebreaker landed strong after its change last patch. One of our goals for the item was to give fighters a way to stick to a target for a period of time, but they don’t need to bring their unlucky foe to a complete standstill to do that. So we’re toning down how much it can slow, but keeping its slow over time.

Also, we did an oopsie—the changes also caused Stridebreaker to lose 5 AD on completion. That’s fixed now.

Zilean

Lucian

Renekton

Sentinels of Light brings a new event game mode, Ultimate Spellbook! In this mode, you'll pick a different champion's ultimate to use instead of a second Summoner Spell to pull off the wombo combo of your dreams!

• Ultimate Spellbook is blind pick
• Your second Summoner Spell is replaced with an Ult-ernate Summoner Spell which grants access to another champion's ult
• When you load into game, you'll have 30 seconds to pick from one of three ults randomly chosen from the pool below. You can't get your own ult, and once you pick an ult it's yours for the rest of the game.

• Ahri

  Amumu

  Ashe

  Azir

  Bard

  Cho'Gath

  Ezreal

  Fiddlesticks

  Gragas

  Gwen

  Janna

  Jarvan IV

  Jhin

  Karthus

  Kayle

  Kayn

  Kha'Zix

  Lee Sin

  Lissandra

  Lucian

  Lulu

  Lux

  Malzahar

  Maokai

  Miss Fortune

  Mordekaiser

  Morgana

  Nocturne

  Nunu

  Olaf

  Rell

  Rengar

  Shen

  Skarner

  Soraka

  Talon

  Tryndamere

  Xerath

  Yone

  Zoe

• You can use your Ult-ernate Summoner Spell after an initial cooldown, even before hitting 6. It ranks up at levels 11 and 13, and benefits from Summoner Spell haste.
• • Ults that only scale with AD now also scale with AP
  • Ults that only scale with AP now also scale with AD
  • Ults that only scale with Health now also scale with AD and AP
  • Ults that scale with nothing continue to scale with nothing
• You can see everyone's chosen Ult-ernate Summoner Spells on both the scoreboard and next to their health bar. Pay attention to a teal indicator that appears above champions' heads when their Ult-ernate Summoner Spell is off cooldown.
• Ultimate Spellbook has accelerated pacing similar to that of One for All. You start at level 3 and have more starting gold. Passive XP and gold gains are increased, and you share some minion gold with teammates in lane.
• Rather than four Elemental Drakes, Ultimate Spellbook has Mordekaiser's old drake.
• • A drake will spawn every 3 and a half minutes
  • Stacks grant a buff that makes auto attacks on towers apply a DoT that deals percentage health magic damage to towers
  • The Soul grants the ability to reanimate on death with rapidly decaying health. This ability has a 5 minute cooldown.
• Ruination has spread to the Rift, and the map is spooky!

We're making an under-the-hood change to move League's penalties onto our Riot-wide system. The only immediate impact is a change to how chat restrictions work, since the Riot-wide system uses time-based restrictions.

• New chat restrictions will be issued in 3- and 7-day increments, rather than 10- and 25-game increments.

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a bug where new players who first log in get a popup window telling them that their settings were unable to be retrieved from the server
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a memory leak with Champion Mastery tooltips
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Banners now properly display in party lobbies
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a bug where if a player is in a spectator slot in a custom game lobby when the lobby is disbanded, they are taken to a black home screen
• Fixed a bug where Kassadin's Passive - Void Stone and Fizz's Passive - Nimble Fighter weren’t properly ignoring unit collision after death
• Fixed a bug where Yasuo's E - Sweeping Blade sometimes failed to play the proper animation and ran really fast instead
• Galio is no longer able to Flash while channeling W - Shield of Durand if timed correctly with Hextech Flashtraption rune
• Chilling and Challenging Smite now properly play VFX upon smiting monsters
• Binding Anathema's active to a target no longer counts as a spell activation
• Fixed a bug where Sylas was unable to apply stacks of Tahm Kench’s stolen ability Passive - An Acquired Taste on his enemies
• Fixed a bug where Sterak's Gage would always activate during Sion's Glory in Death, even if it was on cooldown
• Healing projectiles from Divine Sunderer no longer interrupts attack windups
• The debuff icon from Abyssal Mask's passive now displays in the buff bar of the immobilized enemy champion
• Fixed a bug where purchasing Stirring Sightstone and then a Control Ward could not be undone
• Fiora’s W - Riposte sound will now play when successfully blocking non-immobilizing damage on base and all skins
• Fiora’s R - Grand Challenge success or failure sound will now play correctly on base and all skins

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

7/2/2021 Bugfixes

Aphelios

6/23/2021 Bugfixes

Dr. Mundo

Ryze

Smite

6/22/2021 Bugfixes

Sylas

PROJECT: Zed Prestige Edition will be available June 24th, 2021. Astronaut Maokai, Astronaut Rammus, Astronaut Veigar, and Astronaut Corki will be available July 1st, 2021.

Aphelios

Passive bonus damage and lethality increased.

Our 11.12 buffs to Aphelios steered him in the right direction, but cost him more power in Elite play than we’d hoped, leaving him weaker overall. This means he could use another push forward, so we’re adding some oomph to benefit all players across skill levels by boosting his less popular rankups.

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Passive - The Hitman and the Seer

Kayn

W VFX now revealed when in terrain.

We’re addressing a unique, frustrating case where Kayn's VFX is hidden while in terrain. Hiding VFX while out of vision is standard for many abilities, but since it's impossible for players to gain vision within terrain, it's fair to give players the opportunity to react to Kayn's spells. He’s also uniquely able to exist within terrain for an extended period of time, which is why we’re implementing this rule on him specifically.

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W - Blade’s Reach

Lee Sin

E base damage decreased later.

Lee Sin has been dominating mid and top lane in all levels of play, especially at the highest tiers. We’re tempering down the max power of one of his more reliable in-lane abilities so that we’re not blindsiding him in the jungle.

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E - Tempest

Olaf

Base health growth increased. Mana regen and mana growth rounded up.

For an unstoppable Viking of destruction, Olaf has been pretty stalled in recent patches. We’re giving him more durability throughout the game and rounding up some numbers!

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Riven

E base shield strength reduced.

Riven’s a champion who can block, dock, and knock up enemies at will, leaving enemies both wounded in their health bars and egos. This means she is especially strong in Skilled and Elite play, where on-demand shields are more readily used and capitalized on. By lowering some of her ability to mitigate damage, she’ll need to be more careful before dashing into her next battle.

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E - Valor

Rumble

W cooldown increased early and now scales; bonus movement speed decreased.

Despite his constant visits to the patch notes this season, Rumble’s still hot on his enemies’ tracks in both the mid lane and jungle. We’re cooling down his early clear speed and slowing down his roaming and ganking power.

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W - Scrap Shield

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Tahm Kench

Devour and R swapped and reworked. Passive bonus damage decreased. Q now heals, applies his passive, and scales with his size. E shield duration increased; healing over time increased but takes longer to come into effect. And new VFX all around!

The Kench is shinier and slimier than ever with a pretty big update this patch! Historically, our favorite catfish has been limited by his power because his kit is so strong in professional play, forcing him to remain weak for the vast majority of players. To resolve this, we’re making a few major adjustments, so buckle up.

First, we’re moving power from Devour—which is heavily used in coordinated play to completely negate allies’ weaknesses and enemies’ actions—into other abilities that reward him for proactive play. Previously, Tahm’s main contributions revolved around standing by to unconditionally save an ally with Devour. With this rework, he will need to take greater risks with his new Abyssal Dive and capitalize on licks and cool tricks (tongue healing, anyone?).

Second, we’re making Devour easier to use with allies. They will now see a clear indicator when Devour is available so they know when to run to him for safety.

Third, we’re adjusting Abyssal Voyage from being entirely about coordinating with an ally for a cross-map play (a strength heavily restricted to Pro play environments) into being an ability that works on its own.

Last but not least, he’s getting new VFX so that the Kench can get a lick leg up on his competition, in style.

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Passive - An Acquired Taste

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Q - Tongue Lash

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W - Abyssal Dive

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E - Thick Skin

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R - Devour

Viego

Q healing from minions decreased. E base bonus movement speed, missile speed and zone length increased.

With his ability to reliably replenish his health from waves, Viego’s been sitting a bit too comfortably in the mid lane. We’re shifting some power out of this sustain into a place all his roles can appreciate.

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Q - Blade of the Ruined King

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E - Harrowed Path

Xayah

Q base damage per feather-blade and maximum total damage increased.

Xayah has been feeling weak in all levels of play, so we’re fluffing her feathers by giving a good-sized buff to her Q, which tends to be maxed later in the game. Our intention is to buff her in a way that benefits all Xayahs, regardless of which ability you choose to max first, while also helping those who decide to max Q first stay more competitive.

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Q - Double Daggers

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Anathema’s Chains

Are you a tank? Is there an annoying enemy on the other team? Boy, do we have an item for you! With Anathema’s Chains, you can select one unlucky foe to be easier prey. Vengeance can be yours, today!

On a more serious note, this item gives tanks a unique defensive advantage when sparring against a single target, while also providing offensive CC. This should be especially useful when you’re in a game where you keep encountering the same enemy (or someone you just don’t like).

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Hullbreaker

Many fighters struggle to convert leads into wins right now, especially through split pushing. Hullbreaker's goal is to give them a strategic purchase where they can opt into a heavy and powerful split pushing strategy at the cost of being isolated from their team. This item should allow for the split pusher to take down towers and whoever comes to stop them. It also gives them a way to push through tanks and towers, similar to how the old Banner of Command worked, except now they have to stick with the minion to continue barreling down the lane.

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Mobility Items

As mentioned back in May, we're doing an overall pass at movement speed within items and runes. We've adjusted items that have either passively crept up in movement speed (Lich Bane and Trinity Force) or have effects that weaken player expectations of what’s considered a safe range or escape route (Shurelya's and Nimbus Cloak). Most of these changes are expected to be power neutral, but we also threw in tweaks based on whether the item was over- or underperforming.

A special note for Stridebreaker… While Stridebreaker's active is an exciting output for many fighters, it heavily weakened the Juggernaut class's primary weakness: mobility. Juggernauts excel once they begin combat on their terms, so an item that allows a Juggernaut to close gaps makes it inherently very powerful, not to mention its damage and ability to be reused. To address this, we’re altering its active to better suit Juggernauts’ needs and boosting it’s stats to amp up their strengths, rather than covering up their weaknesses.

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Stridebreaker

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Galeforce

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Lich Bane

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Cosmic Drive

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Black Cleaver

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Dead Man’s Plate

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Trinity Force

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Death’s Dance

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Shurelya’s Battlesong

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Prowler’s Claw

Mana Mythics

While there are a few strong mages, the class as a whole is weaker than in previous seasons. To remedy this, we’re putting some of their Mythics on the clearance rack to help them reach their first power spike earlier. This won’t solve all their problems, but should be an appreciable boost up. We’ll be keeping a close eye on where these changes land to see if they’re too much, not enough, or just right.

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Liandry’s Anguish

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Luden’s Tempest

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Everfrost

Moonstone Renewer

Our patch 11.8 adjustments to Moonstone Renewer and Shurelya's Reverie were successful in opening up Mythic item options for Enchanters, but left Moonstone on the weaker side in comparison to Shurelya’s. We're repeating its buff from 11.11 on a smaller scale to nudge Moonstone up to par with Shurelya's, which is also receiving a movement speed nerf this patch.

Divine Sunderer

Divine Sunderer's been overperforming on a number of ranged champs (not just Ezreal, but definitely Ezreal). Before its 11.11 buffs, it was already very strong for these folks, but was an unpopular purchase. Now that it’s on the radar, we’re pulling back on its power pre-11.11 and a little more.

Nimbus Cloak

As part of the mobility changes above, we’re pulling back on Nimbus Cloak’s bonus movement speed.

Ghost Poro

Ghost Poro is very, very rarely taken in the Domination Tree's Tracking slot. We’re buffing up this poro to better reward playing the vision game.

In recent seasons, top and bot inner towers haven't been a strategic objective due to their lack of value (literally) in comparison to other objectives on the map. To tackle this, we’re making these turret takedowns more rewarding, so that players are encouraged to look for leads in the side lanes and split pushing remains a viable, exciting strategy across all levels of play. This advantage should also help the split pusher feel like they have more agency to snowball into a big ol’ threat that can’t be ignored.

• Inner turrets in side lanes (top and bottom) now grant an additional 250 local gold
• All turret inventories now show how much local gold they give once destroyed

Smite

Challenging and Chilling Smite give junglers early access to true damage against minions, which is especially punishing to early ranks of ultimate-summoned pets like Tibbers, H-28Q Apex Turret, Daisy, and the Maiden of the Mist. We're adding a damage modifier to Challenging and Chilling Smite so that smiting pets can still remain as a strategic choice for junglers throughout the game, but they aren’t able to completely obliterate low-rank ultimate pets as soon as Smite upgrades.

And a reminder: minions includes pets, but doesn’t include monsters—so monster damage numbers remain unchanged here.

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Challenging Smite

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Chilling Smite

11.13 Buffs

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11.13 Nerfs

• Fixed a bug where, when disguised, Neeko's purple bar from Passive - Inherent Glamour displayed the selected ally's health instead of her current health
• Updated Dr. Mundo's attacks with E - Blunt Force Trauma to feel less sluggish between basic attacks
• Fixed a bug where Dr. Mundo's Passive - Goes Where He Pleases did not go on cooldown when blocking Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death
• Updated Corporate Mundo, El Macho Mundo, Executioner Mundo, Mr. Mundoverse, Mundo Mundo, and TPA Mundo's Q - Infected Bonesaw to be more visible when used in brushes
• Fixed a bug where Sion was able to respawn in his current location if his Passive - Glory in Death lasted longer than his death timer's duration
• Grounded and silenced debuffs from AoE abilities (Singed's W - Mega Adhesive, Soraka's E - Equinox, and Cassiopeia's W - Miasma) can no longer be removed with Cleanse if the player is in the abilities’ AoE
• The Support tab now properly appears over the Popular filter in the in-game shop
• Star Guardian Jinx's lines will now play when she purchases an item
• Statikk Shiv's lines purchase lines are now relocated to Stormrazor
• Fixed a bug where Aphelios would heal from spells instead of basic attacks when using R - Moonlight Vigil with Severum
• Fixed a bug where Mega Gnar’s base attack damage from his Passive - Rage Gene was inconsistent with its tooltip
• Fixed a bug where Rammus's Q SFX volume was affected by his VO

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

6/12/2021 Dr. Mundo Jungle Buffs

Dr. Mundo

Pool Party Braum and Pool Party Sett will be available on June 10th, 2021.

updated

Dr. Mundo

The Madman of Zaun

"Cure" every patient and go where you please with the updated Dr. Mundo!

• Dr. Mundo Abilities Rundown

Dr. Mundo's legacy skins will be available for purchase in the store during patches 11.12 and 11.13.

Aphelios

Base magic resist and AD growth increased. Severum’s maximum number of attacks decreased; on-hit damage increased; healing from basic attacks decreased; healing from abilities increased. Crescendum’s mini Chakram damage decreased; sentry damage increased.

Aphelios’ changelist is a whole lot of numbers, so we’ll try and break it down. First and foremost: yes, it’s an Aphelios buff! He’s been in a slump in terms of win rate and Pro presence, and could use a helping hand to get back on his feet. To do this, we’re buffing his base stats and weapon combinations that have fallen out of favor, while pulling power from the combos that have emerged as clear favorites. By upping the reward he gets from using Infernum and Severum as off-hand weapons, he should feel more well-rounded and prepared to take down his enemies, no matter what’s in his immediate arsenal.

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Q - Severum, the Scythe Pistol

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Q - Crescendum, the Chakram

Draven

Q bonus damage increased.

With less early game AD from his core build than in previous seasons, Draven’s been less able to… well, Draven. Sharpening up his blades so he can keep up with his adoring fans.

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Q - Spinning Axe

Gnar

Base attack damage decreased.

Baby beast is still throwing temper tantrums, and his threat and harass potential can be too much to handle. We’re pulling back some of his early lane power to give his enemies a chance to catch their breath (and maybe even Gnar’s boomerang).

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Hecarim

Base armor increased. Q damage ratio increased.

We weren’t kidding—Hecarim needed help last patch, and he still does now. We’re doubling down on the buff to his Q and reverting part of his 11.9 nerf. Time to run free, horsey.

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Q - Rampage

Illaoi

Base mana growth increased.

With a smaller mana pool than other fighters, Illaoi often runs low on mana in later phases of the game. This leaves her between a rock and a hard place, where she has to carefully balance when to use mana to push faster and when she’s ready to take on challengers. To solve this, we’re increasing her mana scaling.

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Jarvan IV

W cooldown decreased.

Jarvan tends to lose steam early on in a fight, so we’re giving him more incentives to stay in the battle and continue protecting the faithful.

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W - Golden Aegis

Kai'Sa

Q cooldown increased early.

This fearless predator has been making Pro play her prey. We’re looking to draw back some of her early game power by curbing her ability to control waves and giving her opponents more opportunities to punish her when her Q is down.

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Q - Icathian Rain

Malphite

W on-hit damage increased.

Malphite’s been feeling more rock-soft than solid. Combined with Bramble Vest’s nerf in patch 11.11, he’s hit rock bottom. To buff up his trading in lane, we’re amping up the thunder in his claps so that he can hit like the ton of bricks he is.

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W - Thunderclap

Rammus

W base bonus armor increased. R cooldown decreased.

Everyone knows Rammus and Bramble Vest are best friends, so it should come as no surprise that he’s been feeling prickly after Bramble’s 11.11 nerf. To mend fences, we’re putting more armor in the armordillo and letting him slam down more often, so that he can continue running rings around his competition.

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W - Defensive Ball Curl

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R - Soaring Slam

Nasus

Passive life steal decreased.

With the patch 11.11 buff to Divine Sunderer, Nasus has been a top dog (literally) in Average play, where he’s able to stay in lane and farm until the cows come home. We’re targeting this by reducing the amount of life steal he can get when he has easier access to minions.

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Passive - Soul Eater

Renekton

Q non-champion healing reduced.

This croc has been up and down the block in Pro play. With resourceless sustain and waveclear, he’s able to wade into lane and neutralize most matchups, then force fights by jumping on a victim with his point-and-click CC. To address this, we’re scaling back his healing.

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Q - Cull the Meek