League of Legends

5/28/2021 Nexus Blitz Balance Changes and Bugfix

General

11.11 Buffs

11.11 Nerfs

5/27/2021 Nautilus Bugfixes

Nautilus

PROJECT: Sejuani, PROJECT: Mordekaiser, PROJECT: Renekton, PROJECT: Senna, PROJECT: Sylas, PROJECT: Sylas Prestige Edition, and PROJECT: Varus will be available on May 27th, 2021.

Azir

Q cost decreased.

Azir was soaring too high in Pro play, so we lowered his altitude with the 11.5 nerf. Now that he’s in calmer skies, we’re making his laning phase feel a bit more forgiving.

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Q - Conquering Sands

Elise

Spider Form on-hit damage ratio decreased.

Elise has had no trouble catching prey across all levels of play for a while now. With patch 11.10’s jungle changes, she’s crawled up and over the line. We’re reinforcing her identity as an early game jungler by curbing her damage in later stages of the game.

Q - Passive - Spider Queen

Ezreal

Base health regen growth and armor increased.

Ezreal is struggling across all levels of play, so we’re giving him a small pick-me-up.

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Graves

Base AD growth increased.

Graves is having a tough time farming in the new jungle, so we’re bolstering up his holster.

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Hecarim

Q bonus AD damage ratio increased. E damage ratio increased.

We’re not trying to beat a dead horse, but with our last round of nerfs in 11.9 and the jungle changes, we kind of did. Before, Hecarim was overwhelmingly beefy and speedy, allowing him to charge down enemies unscathed. Now that his beef and speed are in a more reasonable place, we’re upping Hecarim’s damage to keep him feeling happy and hefty when he chooses a fighter items.

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Q - Rampage

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E - Devastating Charge

Lee Sin

E cooldown increased.

Lee’s buff in patch 11.8 shot him higher than anticipated in every role (jungle, top, and mid), so we’re partially pulling it back.

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E - Tempest

Leona

W base damage decreased.

Equipped with sword, shield, and sun, the Radiant Dawn has been burning too bright. We’re reeling in her damage to give her enemies some shade.

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W - Eclipse

Master Yi

Q damage ratio decreased.

Yi’s Mythic of choice is often Duskblade, which gears his playstyle to focus on Q damage and resets. Although Duskblade makes sense in certain situations, it can lead to low-counterplay gameplay that orients him away from what he does best—slicing down foes with basic attacks—so we’re shifting power around to buff those builds.

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Q - Alpha Strike

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E - Wuju Style

Morgana

W damage against non-epic monsters decreased.

Our buffs to jungle Morg in 11.8 were intended to shine a spotlight on her ability to jungle. Instead, it propelled Morgana to be more successful in the jungle than in her primary roles, so we’re adjusting accordingly.

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W - Tormented Shadow

Nautilus

E now deals increased damage against monsters.

Many moons ago, Nautilus was a viable jungler. We're hooking him back on deck with buffs that speed up his AoE camp clear.

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E - Riptide

Qiyana

W bonus movement speed decreased.

Qiyana boasts a lot of things, and one of them is her early roaming potential. This has caused her to have an oppressive presence in Elite play for a while now, so we’re looking to take her down from her perch by tapping the brakes.

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W - Terrashape

Rumble

Passive on-hit damage cap against monsters decreased.

There's been a-rumbling and a-grumbling in the jungle that a yordle has been a-blazing through Gromps and Bramblebacks galore. To cool his jets, we’re toning down his single-target damage to monsters.

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Passive - Junkyard Titan

Ryze

Base health growth increased.

With the preseason item changes (aka losing Rod of Ages and Seraph’s Embrace’s shield) and patch 11.10’s nerf to Phase Rush, Ryze lost movement speed and health, leaving him feeling blue. We’re padding up his defenses to put some color back in his cheeks.

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Senna

Passive bonus attack range decreased. Q now scales with lethality. E now scales with AP when camouflaged. R damage ratio increased.

Frostfire Gauntlet has become Senna’s dominant support build, boosting both her win and play rate. While tank Senna can be fun, it currently overshadows other item options and writes off her primary weakness as a squishy carry. To mitigate, we’re bringing more power back to support builds where she’s historically had success (lethality and AP), and tapping down Frostfire.

We’re also taking this opportunity to slow down some of her range growth, which has been scaling a lot faster with the buff to her Mist in 11.2. Altogether, these changes should empower Senna to build items that better fit her identity as a powerful glass cannon.

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Passive - Absolution

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E - Curse of the Black Mist

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R - Dawning Shadow

Seraphine

W base self and ally shields increased.

We're buffing mid lane Seraphine's performance by making her shielding per level more powerful, especially at higher levels. This should continue empowering Seraphine as a solo star.

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W - Surround Sound

Shaco

W damage ratio decreased. E AP damage ratio decreased.

AD Shaco’s in a good spot, but his AP jungle and support builds are significantly stronger and need to be cranked back a bit.

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W - Jack In The Box

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E - Two-Shiv Poison

Singed

E cooldown now scales.

Even with the buff to Riftmaker in patch 11.10—Singed’s poison of choice—he’s still been underperforming across the board. We’re giving his Fling some cooldown scaling to give him more options in fights late game.

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E - Fling

Teemo

W cooldown decreased.

Teemo’s W is often overlooked. We’re reducing its cooldown so that he can more readily use the spell’s active and wield his power as a mobile mushroom monster.

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W - Move Quick

Urgot

W modified damage ratio decreased later.

Urgot’s been drilling through entire enemy teams in Average levels of play. We’re targeting his sustained damage after laning phase so he’s slightly less effective at purging his foes.

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W - Purge

Top Lane Tank Items

We want players to feel empowered to make meaningful item choices each game. Right now, there are two trends that are limiting early game decision-making for tanks in top lane: purchasing Thornmail as a second item, and purchasing Bramble Vest without completing Thornmail. This routine highlights the problem of Bramble Vest and Thornmail being used as generalist items, rather than their intended purpose of being picked up to face high-healing enemies. These changes are intended to give these items more clearly defined roles in the power they provide for top lane tanks.

One more thing: You may notice that we gave Frozen Heart a less generic stat line than other tank items. This is intentional, since it has other unique outputs. We’re also giving it a larger base value on Rock Solid than other items since it has less innate max health scaling. Altogether, it remains a source of high ability haste and mana, and is now clearly an anti-attacker item.

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Bramble Vest

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Warmog's Armor

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Warden’s Mail

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Randuin’s Omen

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Frozen Heart

Moonstone Renewer

The Moonstone buff in patch 11.9 was not enough. We’re increasing its healing and shielding power which should boost its strength for all Enchanters.

Black Cleaver

Even with our changes to Black Cleaver’s functionality in patch 11.5, it hasn’t been a popular pick this season. We’re sharpening one of its unique points to better compete with its alternatives.

Divine Sunderer

Sunderer has been feeling more mediocre than divine. Fighters are finding more success with Trinity Force and tank Mythics, so we’re giving Sunderer a much needed bump up.

Frostfire Gauntlet

As mentioned above, we’re tapping down Senna’s favorite Mythic. Ranged users can more easily and repeatedly land Frostfire’s slow, so we’re bringing down its power for them slightly.

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Rimeforged Grasp (Ornn Upgrade)

Staff of Flowing Water

Staff of Flowing Water’s 11.8 nerf left it in a weak state in comparison to its competitors, and it could use some oomph. We’re putting power into its shared AP buff to ensure that it’s succeeding in situations where it’s the right item for the job (you know, when you actually have a strong AP teammate to buff).

Serpent's Fang

While Serpent's Fang's primary users are physical assassins, its power for ranged users feels underwhelming. We're reducing the gap between melee and ranged shield reduction to make it an option for countering high-shield enemies, even without assassins on your side.

Wardstone Line

We’re reshaping the Wardstone line to fit more as a capstone support item, similar to Rabadon's Deathcap, Infinity Edge, and Gargoyle Stoneplate (all of which are stronger after you pick up a few other items). We’re also streamlining the purchase path to be a one-stop-shop like Manamune and Archangel's Staff, instead of having to repeatedly upgrade it.

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removedStirring Wardstone

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updatedWatchful Wardstone

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updatedVigilant Wardstone

ABILITY HASTE 15

ARCANE CACHE This item can store up to 3 purchased Control Wards

VISIONS OF IXTAL Increase your Stealth Ward, Totem Ward, and Control Ward caps by 1.

newBLESSING OF IXTAL Vigilant Wardstone now increases ability power, ability haste, bonus attack damage, and bonus health by 12%.

Hail of Blades

Hail of Blades has risen in prominence among marksmen, providing quick trades with a high uptime compared to other runes. We’re sharpening its intended weakness as a front-loaded skirmish tool by increasing its cooldown.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery has become a staple in Pro play, both in lane and in the jungle. These tasty snacks were intended to aid lane sustain, rather than being sold back to the shop for a pretty penny. Putting those unused biscuits on discount.

• The build tree has been upgraded to put some respect on the final item (it's larger) as well as accommodate taller trees (looking at you Ornn)
• Chad Mythic items with an active now have their own special Mythic active border to differentiate them from the plebeian normal active items
• Mythic item borders now show up in the scoreboard so you can easily identify why Jhin has a dash
• The builds-into dropdown gained some smarts and can resize based on its content
• Emberknife and Hailblade now appear in the Starting Items section of the support tab if you load in with Smite (sorry about that, Ivern!)

Nexus Blitz returns for the PROJECT event and will be available from May 27 to June 28.

• LOOT TEEMO/VEIGAR FIRST EVENT CHANCE 13% ⇒ 9%
• Elder Dragon can no longer appear as a first reward
• Rift Scuttler now uses the same shield mechanic as in Summoner's Rift
• RIFT SCUTTLER BASE HEALTH 3000 ⇒ 2800
• RIFT SCUTTLER BASE ARMOR AND MR 60 ⇒ 20
• Smite now matches Summoner’s Rift's values (starts at 450 damage, upgrades to 900)
• Adjusted the factors that weighed into event advantages to the losing team. Not only will it take into consideration the gold discrepancy, but the formula will also consider level differences between the two teams.
• DPS CHECK DUMMY HEALTH 5000 (+90 health per level, +15 health per second until 6 minutes, then +30 health per second after) ⇒ 1000 (+90 health per level, +2 health per second until 6 minutes, then +4 health per second after)
• Damage that would kill the DPS Check dummy now puts it at 1 health
• ON FIRE MOVEMENT SPEED TOWARDS ENEMIES FACING ANGLE 180° ⇒ 130°

• Ahri's E - Charm no longer causes jungle monsters' health to regenerate if used out of combat
• Updated Base Karma’s Q and E VFX to improve color range and reduce noise
• Hitting Hextech Malzahar or Tyrant Swain will trigger more metallic sounds
• Fixed an SFX bug where the initial portion of Worldbreaker Malzahar's Q - Call of the Void couldn't be heard if he casts the ability from Fog of War
• Fixed an SFX bug for Crystal Rose Swain, where if Swain used R - Demonflare and started draining a target's soul, the target would NOT hear the stereo whisper SFX or the soul drain start SFX
• Open Shop voice lines are once again available for champions and skins that have them
• Updated Taliyah's Close Shop VO to her Open Shop VO
• Lux's R - Final Spark VO will once again play
• Fixed a bug where Xin Zhao's E - Audacious Charge would go on cooldown and use mana despite it not being actually activated when trying to cast it on an enemy outside of its range and recasting it afterwards without a target
• Rammus' R - Soaring Slam no longer deals its damage instantly when cast at point zero
• Alistar's Q - Pulverize no longer grants a stack of Passive - Triumphant Roar when used on a spell-shielded target
• Kassadin can no longer trigger Electrocute by only hitting a champion with two separate attacks

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

5/12/2021 Veigar Bugfix

Veigar

Arcana Lucian, Arcana Tahm Kench, Arcana Xerath, and Arcana Camille will be available on May 13th, 2021.

Bard

Passive base damage decreased.

Bard's been overperforming at higher tiers of play due to his roaming capabilities. Obviously, it's Bard. Bard roams. So to preserve his unique strength as a roaming support, we're toning down his early lane damage instead.

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Passive - Traveler's Call

Darius

E cooldown increased.

Darius has been chopping up his foes left, right, and across levels of play. With high win rates in Elite and high ban rates in Average tiers, we're looking to make Apprehend less oppressive by giving his opponents more opportunities to farm or mount a counter-attack.

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E - Apprehend

Galio

W cooldown now flat; magic damage shield decreased.

Galio's been soaring high as a mid laner and support in Elite play. His shield is where a large part of the problem lies. With an early max, Galio’s durability remains strong throughout the course of the game, so we're giving his shield appropriate downtime and scaling to match.

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W - Shield of Durand

Jinx

Base armor decreased. R damage now capped against epic monsters.

Despite Jinx's bugfix-nerf in 11.9, she’s still at the top of the marksmen heap. In addition to her big ol' deadly rocket to snipe objectives, she’s a safe pick to handle most scenarios. We’re making her more vulnerable to enemies who want to shut her down early on, then pulling back on a super mega frustrating point of her ult.

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R - Super Mega Death Rocket!

Katarina

Base movement speed decreased.

Katarina’s been terrorizing Skilled play, so we're adjusting her roaming prowess due to the impact it can have on higher-leveled matches.

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Kayle

Passive AP damage ratio and bonus attack range increased; Muramana bugfix.

Kayle is a little weak across all levels of play, so we’re strengthening her moment of transformative ascension at level 16 so she can rain down damage from above.

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Passive - Divine Ascent

Kennen

W max stacks bonus damage increased.

This ninja’s lost his spark. We’re charging up the current in top lane.

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W - Electrical Surge

Lux

E damage increased.

Our laser lady has been underperforming in mid and support, so we're putting more zap in her waveclear to help Lux players in the mid lane, as well as the support Lux players who tend to play more aggressively in the bot lane.

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E - Lucent Singularity

Sejuani

E targeting updated.

We’re updating Sejuani’s targeting so that she knows which boarbullseye to strike.

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E - Permafrost

Talon

Q bonus AD damage ratio decreased.

Talon’s been raking it in as the premier mid lane roamer in Elite play. He’s able to pack a punch in lane, then dash and slash his enemies in the next lane over. We’re slowing down his roll by lowering some of his upfront burst and dialing down how much he spikes for each successful gank.

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Q - Noxian Diplomacy

Thresh

Base health decreased; health growth increased.

We tried to chain down Thresh in patch 11.8, but the Warden’s still keeping his enemies prisoner in Elite play. We’re lowering his early durability so that he’ll be more susceptible to all-ins.

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Yuumi

Q base damage and empowered damage increased. W ally icon bugfix.

It appears that the bot lane is full of dog people because Yuumi’s been a less ideal partner for marksman champions due to her more passive presence. To coax her back as a more active participant in lane, we’re giving her some damage from the outset so that her Q feels more like poke than a pat.

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Q - Prowling Projectile

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W - You and Me!

Zyra

Passive Vine Lasher slow increased. W cooldown decreased.

Feeding Zyra’s plants more power and uptime so she gets more bang for her... bud.

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Passive - Garden of Thorns

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W - Rampant Growth

Abyssal Mask

At all phases of the game, Abyssal Mask is getting overlooked in favor of more powerful defensive options. It could use some raw power to compete against its peers.

Goredrinker

Goredrinker has been on the weaker end of things for a while now and has been phasing out of fighter builds. Giving it a fighting chance by bumping up its healing.

Guinsoo's Rageblade

Guinsoo’s has been in a rough spot, so we’re making it a more affordable option for on-hit champions to ramp up their damage earlier on in the game.

Riftmaker

We're speeding up Riftmaker's stacking time and broadening the ways to trigger the stacking for a more satisfying and expected feel during combat.

Phase Rush

Phase Rush dominates high-level play with its ability to provide safety both in lane and in extended fights. We're pumping the brakes for users across the board. We know a few champions are very tied to Phase Rush, and we'll be monitoring them closely over the patch and follow up as needed.

Throughout patch notes history, the jungle has been changed in ways that have pushed PvE prowess to the highest levels of importance, where the priority is to farm fast to get ahead of the experience curve. This is even more pronounced in higher levels of play, where the champion pool has narrowed down to those with competitive clearing capabilities, making the jungle a solved system and a scary place when you fall behind.

To address this, we’re relaxing camp timers to allow for more leniency on pathing through the jungle. We’re also reinstituting an improved version of the comeback experience which only kicks in when a jungler is significantly behind the game— now, if that’s the case, it shouldn't feel impossible to win. The intent isn’t so that a strategy is born out of the comeback mechanism, but instead to limit the number of games that feel truly out of hand due to a struggling jungler with no path to recover.

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Jungle Timers and Camp Gold

Even the fastest clearing junglers have little to no downtime between finishing one camp from the next. Our original intent for this aggressive respawn timing was that there’s always an opportunity cost to taking any other action on the map, and this pacing reduced jungler presence in lanes at the very early game. The problem it brings in hand is twofold: Junglers never feel like they’ve finished farming, almost like the game was telling them they were failing at optimizing their clears, and windows to set up exciting ganks were far few in between. As a result, we’re partially walking back camp timer respawns from last year’s preseason. In addition, we’re also matching camp indicators to how players intuitively play around them so that you aren’t constantly stressed about being everywhere at once.

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Comeback Experience

Setting a jungler behind is usually a concerted team effort of countering ganks, blocking off access to buffs, and controlling vision—not just the enemy jungler clearing faster or counter-jungling. This combined with the unforgiving pathing optimization due to aggressive 2:00 respawn timers leads to cases where junglers who fall behind, stay behind, and it’s far less likely they have the ability to stabilize in comparison to other roles.

In lane, losing a turret means you’re farming closer to the safety of your base and enemies have to extend into your half of the map to fight you. But the jungle works counter to that, since a turret going down makes its neighboring section of the jungle drastically less safe for the rest of the game, since you have to extend past your inner turrets to farm it.

All this being said, we don’t expect most players to run into this comeback experience, except in the most dire of circumstances. And ultimately, although this catchup boost is a helping hand, it won’t make struggling junglers as strong as they would have been, had they never fallen behind.

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Smite

A jungler’s nothing without his Summoner Spell, so we’re slapping on some quality of life buffs to Smite. No longer do you have to check your Smite tooltip or buff bar when approaching an epic monster, and now you should be more equipped to secure objectives.

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Survivability

Putting Omnivamp on jungle items in preseason improved clarity by eliminating a wordy jungle-specific regen mechanic. But it also skewed towards benefiting champions who could clear fast (i.e. take less damage) and use the bonus as a health battery as the game went on. We’re pulling power out of Omnivamp while increasing the flat restore you get from Smite, and reducing jungle camp damage across the board, especially small AoE camps. This way, junglers are less punished when they aren’t able to instantly clear them.

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Jungle Monster Camp Changes

And to top it all off, we adjusted specific jungle camps based on our overarching goals: 1. Reduce incoming damage from jungle camps to offset the reduced healing from omnivamp, 2. change jungle monsters' health to offset the higher Smite damage, and 3. change gold values to offset income lost by spawn timers.

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Jungle Camp Attack Damage:

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Jungle Camp Health:

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Jungle Camp Gold:

We‘re back at it again with another set of VFX updates, this time for everyone's favorite void pupper, Kog'Maw!

Once again, our goals for these sorts of smaller updates is to improve the overall gameplay clarity of VFX (here’s a whole article about it) while bringing them up to modern League of Legends standards. This means that our efforts are primarily aimed at abilities which do not clearly communicate their hitbox.

Kog'Maw

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Kog'Maw Skins

• Updated the width of Pyke's E - Phantom Undertow's VFX to better match the hitbox
• Fixed a bug where Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe would only work on champions, not other targets like minions
• Fixed a bug where Sanguine Blade's "healing from physical vamp against champions" counter so that it accurately displays the amount of healing the user receives
• Aurelion Sol's Q - Starsurge's stun and R - Voice of Light's knock-up are no longer delayed by up to 0.25 seconds
• The Rift Herald will no longer spawn the wrong way
• Fixed a bug where Fizz was unable to gain Tear of the Goddess stacks when killing minions with W - Seastone Trident
• When a player completes Cull's Reap's minion kill requirement via their ally's Relic Shield's Spoils of War, the player now properly gains the 350 gold from Cull
• Yone's Q - Mortal Steel no longer only activates Navori Quickblade at point-blank range
• Navori Quickblade now properly triggers when Yasuo uses his E - Sweeping Blade and Q - Steel Tempest combo
• If a player's inventory is full and they sell their Trinket, attempting to purchase a Wardstone will no longer subtract its gold cost given that the player's inventory is full
• Fixed a bug where melee champions would gain 54% bonus attack range from Rapid Firecannon instead of the expected 35%
• Death's Dance no longer extends Aspect of the Dragon's burn damage longer than intended (3 seconds)
• Fixed a bug where Fiddlesticks' Passive - A Harmless Scarecrow effigies would not be usable for the rest of the game if the user sold their Poro Snax at the shop in ARAM
• Fixed a bug where Akali would deal double E - Shuriken Flip damage if her target was very close to a wall
• Vladimir no longer becomes targetable when his W - Sanguine Pool ends after using Zhonya's Hourglass' Stasis during the ability

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

5/5/2021 Jayce Bugfix

Jayce

DWG Jhin, DWG Nidalee, DWG Kennen, DWG Leona, DWG Twisted Fate, Conqueror Jax, and Conqueror Jax Prestige Edition will be available on April 29th, 2021.

Diana

Base armor growth and health regen reduced. Passive bonus attack speed reduced early.

Our buffs to Diana's passive in 11.8 helped her rise up the ranks in mid and jungle. Players are enjoying the spice she brings to the jungle, so we're gently pulling back on her clear speeds and in lane durability.

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Passive - Moonsilver Blade

Dr. Mundo

Base armor and AD growths decreased.

Our 11.8 buffs to top Mundo brought him back into the spotlight and then some. Once he hits late game, he reaches an oppressive state where it feels impossible to get through his purple hide. We’re following up by taking out some of his tankiness and threat potential to let his opponents take bigger chunks out of his meaty exterior.

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Garen

W bonus resistances decreased; units kill cap increased.

With efficient stacking on his W without requiring much in return, Garen’s been able to have his beef and eat it too. We’re pushing down his spike in his tankiness so that his power curves more smoothly after picking up a Mythic item.

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W - Courage

Gragas

E base damage decreased later.

Gragas is currently a triple threat in Pro levels of play, guzzling casks in jungle, support, and top lane. Nudging down one of his more vital spells in lane.

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E - Body Slam

Hecarim

Base armor decreased; armor growth increased. Q damage amp per stack decreased and now scales with bonus AD. W now heals from damage dealt and scales with AD. E damage decreased.

Hecarim is still at a wild gallop in the meta, more often meeting the ban hammer than his foes. Then once he’s able to make it into a game, he’s typically confined to a full-tank build. In order to fix this two-part problem, we’re trotting down some of his upfront burst and early durability. We’re also giving more incentive for damage-oriented builds for a powerful pony rather than the same old beefy bronco.

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Q - Rampage

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W - Spirit of Dread

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E - Devastating Charge

Heimerdinger

W initial rocket damage decreased later.

Heimerdinger is overperforming in top, mid, and bot lane at high levels of play. Giving him a ding down.

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W - Hextech Micro-Rockets

Jinx

Q crit strike bugfix.

Jinx was doing way more splash damage than she was supposed to with Fishbones. It’s fixed now, but it’s a big enough drop in damage that we’re noting it here.

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Q - Switcheroo!

Kayn

Q Darkin damage modifier increased.

Shadow Assassin Kayn has been overshadowing his Darkin counterpart, so we’re bringing that part of Kayn… out of the dark.

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Q - Reaping Slash

Kindred

Q cooldown decreased; base damage increased later.

Kindred is continuing to struggle in the jungle, so we’re giving them a stronger mid-game power spike.

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Q - Dance of Arrows

Kog'Maw

Q resistances reduction increased. E cost decreased.

Kog'Maw has been in a cocoon more than he’s been in the bot lane, so we’re giving him more ooze to get back in the groove. In addition, we're helping him burn through more enemies that dare stand in his way... or in his spit.

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Q - Caustic Spittle

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E - Void Ooze

Lulu

W cooldown decreased; ally cast bonus attack speed increased early.

We're buffing Whimsy to give Lulu a pinch more power earlier in the game.

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W - Whimsy

Morgana

W damage against non-epic monsters decreased.

Although we still think she’s a great new addition to the jungle, our 11.8 buff to Morgana was stronger than intended, so we're partially walking it back.

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W - Tormented Shadow

Rumble

Passive Overheated bonus on-hit damage decreased.

Rumble is heating up in the mid lane, specifically against squishier melee targets, so we’re hitting an all-too-reliable source of his damage so his enemies have a chance to cool down.

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Passive - Junkyard Titan

Sett

W damage ratio increased. R damage ratio increased.

Our damage-binding adjustments to Sett in 10.18 reduced the effectiveness of his full-tank builds, which made him less of a menace in mid, jungle, and support. With a reduced threat of him flexing across different positions, we can now let him flex more damage.

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W - Haymaker

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R - The Show Stopper

Shen

R shield decreased; now scales with bonus health.

With only base values and a token AP ratio, Shen’s ult feels more like a bubble than a shield, making it too unreliable for protecting squishy allies when they get caught out late game. We’re adding another ratio to make his scaling considerably better and to help him feel more empowered to protect his friends late game.

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R - Stand United

Taric

Q cost decreased later. Updated tether interaction with Master Yi.

Taking some of the mana burden off of our knight in shining crystal.

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General

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Q - Starlight's Touch

Trundle

E slow increased early.

The 8.18 nerf to Trundle’s pillar’s slow put the brakes on his ganking and ability to find picks, and our follow-up in 10.2 just didn’t cut it. With more slow from the get go, we’re making it easier for Trundle to be the zoning troll on a roll.

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E - Pillar of Ice

Vladimir

Q cooldown increased later.

Our last buff brought Vlad back into the role of a scaling powerhouse—maybe a little too much so. We’re partially pulling back on his 11.8 adjustment to find a sweeter middle ground.

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Q - Transfusion

Xerath

Q damage increased. W base and enhanced base damage increased later.

Our resident laser-sniper has been in a confusing state, having more of a blast as a support than as a mid laner. By re-tuning his scaling to favor level and gold scaling, this should help energize mid Xerath.

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Q - Arcanopulse

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W - Eye of Destruction

Dead Man's Plate

Dead Man’s Plate is dominating as a second item choice for a wide range of champions, including tanks, fighters, and juggernauts. We're reducing its raw defensive stats to highlight its unique mobility passive.

Death's Dance

Death’s Dance has been a step behind its peers, so we’re bumping up its raw efficiency to bring it back in full swing.

Moonstone Renewer

Our adjustments to Moonstone in 11.8 left the item weaker than other options for supports, so we’re returning some power back to its base healing, which should feel even more satisfying when combined with its heal and shield power.

Starcaster (Ornn Upgrade)

Prowler's Claw

We’re adjusting the way Prowler’s Claw’s active targeting works to make it more user-friendly and forgiving, as it’s been more challenging to use in some kits than intended. We’re not increasing the item’s actual range, but now if you misclick slightly while trying to cast it in the middle of your combo, Prowler’s will hit the target you probably meant to click on instead of doing nothing.

Sunfire Aegis

In the olden times, there was a sunnier era, or dare we say, a Sunfirey era. That was until the Chemtanks crushed all who would dare oppose them. We’re bringing back the fire by helping Aegis melt down its enemies once more.

Forgefire Crest (Ornn Upgrade)

Turbo Chemtank

With Turbo in tow, junglers are able to consistently engage and gank as they gallop in from across the map, so we’re putting it on a tighter leash.

Turbocharged Hexperiment (Ornn Upgrade)

Wit's End

For such a niche item, Wit's End lacks oomph, even when picked up in the right scenario. Adjusting the build path and adding more damage should make it feel more powerful all around and appeal to more champions.

• Improved the dropdown for item sets. Now they're *set* up for success.
• Elixirs now display a cooldown in the Quickbuy panels so you can tell when the most powerful potions will be available for you to purchase.
• After purchasing a Mythic Item, additional Mythics will stop pestering you in the builds menu. SHOO!
• Ornn items are displayed in the shop if you have the great horned one on your team.

We're rolling into the second split of Ranked on Sunday, May 2 at 11:59 PM local time for your region! Emerge victorious from this Split with exclusive rewards including a Gwen summoner icon, Gwen emotes, and a Series 1 Eternals Capsule.

Clash continues! We've got more dates for you and your team to keep an eye on:

• Shurima Clash: The second weekend of Shurima-themed Clash will be May 1 and 2. Team formation for the second weekend will open on April 26.
• MSI Clash: The first weekend of the MSI-themed Clash will be May 8 and 9. Team formation for the first weekend open on May 3. The second weekend will be during patch 11.11.

• Fixed bugs where Viego would not properly copy Kindred and Shyvana's stacking passives
• Fixed bug where, on possessing Kled, Viego would sometimes become mounted Kled with unmounted Kled's abilities
• Fixed a bug where, after possessing Kindred, Viego would occasionally keep the Wolf's VFX for the rest of the game
• Fixed various bugs regarding omnivamp and the champion's stat panel. Omnivamp in the stat panel will now properly match up to the actual values a champion has.
• Fixed bug where Jayce's W - Hyper Charge would not update his attack speed correctly
• KogMaw's Passive - Icathian Surprise VO has been restored and is playing once again on all skins
• Seraph's Embrace and Archangel's Staff are no longer blocked from being purchased if you own other items in the Lifeline group
• Riftmaker and Trinity Force now grant Kai'Sa the appropriate amount of stats for her Evolutions
• Fixed an issue where Rammus' Q - Powerball would grant more move speed than intended when Predator is equipped
• Shurelya's Battlesong and Shurelya's Requiem's Inspire passive no longer counts allied champions twice for its "Allies Motivated" counter in its tooltip

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

4/16/2021 Gwen Balance Changes

Gwen

4/15/2021 Rammus Bugfix

Rammus

4/13/2021 ARAM VFX Updates

These updates were included in the original patch deploy, but left off of the original Patch 11.8 Notes!

Snowballs

• New missile that should match the hitbox a bit better and be more readable in hectic team fights
• New recast activation VFX on tagged target
• New hit-and-miss VFXs
• New SFX on missed snowball, so you know when you do hit!

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Poros

• New porosnax icon
• New porosnax missile going from you to the closest poro in an arc, with new and cute SFX!
• Poros now stop and open wide when they see a porosnax coming their way, with hearts on their eyes
• New cute little chomp VFX and SFX when poros receive their porosnax
• New “happy circles” hearts VFXs while poros are happy and fed, with hearts on their eyes while circling around
• Added hearts VFXs that follow a poro forever once it is fed at least once
• New, more ceremonial poro explosion effect once they have been fed ten times and explode in several other poros

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Health Relics

• New Relic VFX (the floating cross)
• New pick-up VFX (for the one picking it up)
• New healed VFX (for everyone healed in the area)

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Others

• New Respawn effect
• Cleaned up Turret glows and added some subtle falling cold smoke

Blackfrost Sion, Blackfrost Vel'Koz, Dragon Guardian Galio, Dragonslayer Kayle, Dragonslayer Twitch, and Space Groove Gwen will be available on April 15th, 2021.

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Gwen

The Hallowed Seamstress

Gwen snips, skips, and slashes into 11.8 on April 15th.

• Gwen Abilities Rundown
• Gwen Champion Bio
• Gwen Champion Insights
• Gwen Champion Teaser
• Gwen Gameplay Trailer

Annie

W cost increased early.

Lately, Annie’s been blazing down her foes. By increasing the cost on her W, she’ll have to be more careful when deciding whether to burn up minions or enemy champions.

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W - Incinerate

Aphelios

Passive lethality increased. R main weapon effects strengthened.

Aphelios has been looking pale ever since we nerfed his interaction with Kraken Slayer in 11.2. Given how he’s fallen behind other scaling marksmen, we're putting more punch into his lethality rank-ups (which have been historically lackluster), along with his weapon effects during his ultimate, to let him reach for the moon.

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Passive - The Hitman and the Seer

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R - Moonlight Vigil

Cassiopeia

E cost now scales down.

Cass has been coiled up tight with Tear of the Goddess, as she relies on its mana in mid and late game teamfights. This dependence has caused her to suffer both in power and freedom in item diversity, so we’re scaling down her need for it.

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E - Twin Fang

Dr. Mundo

Passive max health regen increased.

At present, jungle Mundo’s been smashing, and top lane Mundo’s been crashing. We’re tackling this by pulling back on his clear speeds, which should slow his roll without stopping our purple friend from cleaving through the jungle. We’re then doctoring up Lane-do by tossing him more regen to make him the meaty meatball of his dreams.

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Passive - Adrenaline Rush

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Q - Infected Cleaver

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E - Masochism

Gnar

W bonus movement speed decreased.

We shubbanuffa’d ourselves by giving Gnar too loose a leash, and now he’s been throwing temper tantrums all over the map. We’re pulling back accordingly.

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W - Hyper

LeBlanc

Q damage and total damage increased.

LeBlanc is a master trickster known for her ability to bop in, burst down, and bop back out— but as of late, her burst has felt more deceitful than fatal.

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Q - Sigil of Malice

Lee Sin

E cooldown decreased.

We’re giving Lee Sin more clear to help him keep an eye on other top junglers.

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E - Tempest

Orianna

E bonus resistances decreased early.

Our lady of clockwork has become the staple mid lane mage in Pro play. Armed with both safe early game laning and strong mid-to-late game teamfight power, she’s a reliable source of utility and damage without much of a tradeoff. To even things out, we’re tapping down her early durability in the early phases of the game.

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E - Command: Protect

updated Rammus

Q base damage decreased later. W now lasts longer with basic attacks. E taunt duration decreased. R updated so that Rammus now soars, slams, slows, and shocks. Ability VFX and SFX updated.

In conjunction with his release in Wild Rift, we’re celebrating Rammus with a mini visual update! Along with new sound and visual effects, we’re armoring this ‘dillo with a new ult that rewards him for going fast and vaulting into enemies to create the perfect impact.

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Q - Powerball

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W - Defensive Ball Curl

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E - Frenzying Taunt

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R - Soaring Slam

Rumble

Base magic resist and magic resist growth decreased. Passive Overheating bonus damage decreased; now scales with target’s maximum health; now grants attack speed. E now reduces the target’s magic resistance.

Although mid Rumble’s been doing well, he’s been feeling rather tepid up in top lane. We like supporting both sides of the yordle, so we’re finding a middle ground in power for both roles by making top Rumble better at beating down tankier targets, while making mid Rumble more vulnerable, particularly when laning against mages.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Junkyard Titan

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E - Electro Harpoon

Thresh

E cooldown increased and now scales.

Thresh is still thriving as one of the top supports, so we’re tightening the chains on one of his most versatile tools.

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E - Flay

Vladimir

Q cooldown decreased later.

As a champ who used to rush item components for CDR, but can no longer do so with the new Mythic item structure, Vlad has been thrown for a loop. To compensate, we’re pumping down his cooldown.

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Q - Transfusion

Yorick

Mist Walkers damage decreased. E initial leap damage decreased; now deals increased damage over 8 attacks. Turrets now prioritize minions over the Maiden.

Well, we did it. We woke Yorick up and brought him back to life… and right over the balance line. To mitigate, we’re following up his patch 11.6 buffs by walking back some of his damage—but we don’t want to leave him back in the dirt. So we’re also adding the second part of his intended changes to help his Maiden stay alive. Instead of constantly trying to keep her out of harm’s way, our premier split pusher can now focus on destroying turrets with his minions of the Mist.

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Passive - Shepherd of Souls

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E - Mourning Mist

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R - Eulogy of the Isles

Zac

W damage increased.

Between last season’s changes to jungle camp health and Bami’s Cinder, Zac lost a lot of his mid-game clear speed. We’re putting the glob back on the job by slinging him more damage, along with a buff for AP bruiser builds.

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W - Unstable Matter

We’re bringing some fringe junglers and popular champions up to actually viable levels in the jungle. While we've done passes on a number of these champions before, we're more confident that these changes will give them safe and competitive clears that should be fun for those itching for a test run.

Darius

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Diana

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Mordekaiser

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Zed

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Morgana

Support Mythics

With Moonstone Renewer as the only Mythic that truly fulfilled enchanter’s dreams, they haven’t had much of a selection to choose from. To expand their horizons and inventories, we’re adjusting the following items to be picked up based on the situation at hand: Moonstone for more heals and shields, and Shurelya’s for more nimble feet and aggressive plays. We don’t want to overload the game with movement speed, so we’re also pivoting Staff of Flowing Water to focus from fast zooms to AP booms.

Moonstone Renewer

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Shurelya's Battlesong

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Staff of Flowing Water

Frozen Heart

Frozen Heart’s been getting looked over in the tank item department. Have some heart (and more armor, while you’re at it).

Chemtech Putrifier

We set out to make Chemtech Putrifier a more sought after choice for supports by substantially broadening its use cases. First and foremost, we’re making it so you have to target an ally to receive the benefits yourself (much like Ardent Censer and Staff of Flowing Water). The ability to apply it to oneself didn't seem to have significant power implications, but it did have odd interactions (like with Ravenous Hunter) that were not intended. In addition, we’re giving the item a slight buff because it's still a bit niche and underperforms compared to other options.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

These kicks have become very popular in Pro play, crowding out other footwear options in the jungle. We’re slapping on a higher price tag since their cost is a contributor to an unsustainable jungle meta centered around fast clears and fast ganks at low costs.

Hextech Rocketbelt

Night Harvester tends to be purchased more and performs better than Rocketbelt, even by one of the item’s intended audiences—champions who aim to assassinate single targets. We’re bringing it back into style by sharpening the differences between the two items.

Titanic Hydra

Shifting its power away from early game and low-health builds.

• Purchasing a Mythic item from the All Items view now collapses the Mythic row. You can't buy another one anyway so we saved you some space!
• Fixed an issue where scaling the HUD could break parts of the shop. (Allan, add a joke about scaling here.)
• Various performance improvements and bug fixes. Now you can lose because of your lane phase rather than the shop.

Get ready to Arise! with your team, because this round of Clash is Shurima themed! The first weekend will be April 17th and 18th, and the second will be May 1st and 2nd. Team formation for the first weekend open on April 12th.

Each season, we add new chromas for Medieval Twitch and Grey Warwick to keep the rewards coming for League's most sportsmanlike players who reach Honor 5 season after season.

When you open your Honor 5 capsule, you'll receive one Honor 5 token that can be redeemed for Medieval Twitch, Grey Warwick, one of these new chromas, or a previously-released chroma. You have to own Medieval Twitch or Grey Warwick before you can unlock one of their chromas, but you don't have to own them both. Honor 5 capsules also contain a random emote or ward skin.

11.8 Buffs

11.8 Nerfs

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed an issue where the Social panel would continuously flicker when loading the client
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed an issue where players would not be able to see specific champion stats in their Profile
• Rakan's E - Battle Dance's second cast now properly triggers Summon Aery
• Sion's R - Unstoppable Onslaught now properly knocks up really big targets
• Corrected Corki's E - Gatling Gun's tooltip to properly match its actual values
• Fixed a bug where Kennen's W - Electrical Surge SFX would continue to play after cast until his death
• Alistar can now generate E - Trample stacks against Morgana's E - Black Shield and Malzahar's Passive - Void Shift
• Fixed a bug where Kindred's Wolf's W - Frenzy would not attack the Rift Scuttler if the ability was cast prior to it entering the respective ability area
• Trundle's W - Frozen Domain now properly increases the healing received from omnivamp
• Fixed a bug where Jarvan IV would be able to leave R - Cataclysm's terrain if he activates Stridebreaker and casts the ability simultaneously
• Fixed Orianna's tooltip which switched the damage and shield values of E - Command: Protect
• Yuumi can no longer activate Moonstone Renewer when casting W2 - Change of Plan repeatedly on an out-of-range ally that is in combat
• Fixed an issue where Ironspike Whip's, Goredrinker's, and Stridebreaker's passives would not remove spell shields from enemy champions
• Fixed a bug where Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe passive would still apply damage and its debuff to targets with spell shields
• Knight's Vow's Sacrifice passive now properly redirects damage from allied Pledged champions to the user even when they're untargetable
• When Kayle has Kraken Slayer and uses E - Starfire Spellblade as a third attack, she will now properly deal true damage
• Jayce now properly deals true damage on his third attack (with Kraken Slayer equipped) with Mercury Cannon in all instances, not just when he crits
• Dark Waters Diana's VO now properly play when she casts Q - Crescent Strike
• Battle Academia Caitlyn's W - Yordle Snap Trap hit VO now plays from Caitlyn's location instead of the trap's location. Her R - Ace in the Hole cast VO also now plays for all enemies and allies.
• Fiora's R - Grand Challenge VO now plays from her location instead of her target's location

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

4/5/2021 One For All Balance Changes

11.7 Buffs

11.7 Nerfs

3/31/2021 Gnar and Trinity Force Bugfixes

Gnar

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Trinity Force

Space Groove Lux, Space Groove Rumble, Space Groove Nasus, Space Groove Nunu & Willump, Space Groove Blitz & Crank, Space Groove Lulu, Space Groove Samira, and Space Groove Lulu Prestige Edition will be available on April 1st, 2021.

Alistar

Q base damage decreased later. E empowered basic attack bonus damage decreased.

Alistar has been thwacking his enemies (and his bell) in Pro and other levels of play. As one of the top three tank supports at the moment alongside Rell and Thresh, he's able to bring too much beef for his damage and threat potential. We're giving his damage a ding down to make his output more reasonable.

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Q - Pulverize

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E - Trample

Amumu

Q cost decreased. E cooldown decreased.

Since his explosive preseason debut, Amumu has slipped back to being a miserable mummy, especially in Skilled and Elite play. We're giving him more access to his spells to let him tear up, this time in happiness and in the jungle.

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Q - Bandage Toss

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E - Tantrum

Ashe

R cooldown decreased later.

In comparison to her fellow marksmen, Ashe has been feeling left out in the cold. We're lowering the cooldown on her ultimate to let our Warmother make aggressive plays more often.

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R - Enchanted Crystal Arrow

Braum

E cooldown decreased. R maximum knock up duration increased later.

With other melee supports icing out our mustached man, Braum's heart needs a warm buff. We're giving Braum more opportunities to jump in to protect his friends (and poros).

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E - Unbreakable

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R - Glacial Fissure

Hecarim

E bonus movement speed decreased later.

Despite our adjustments in 11.6, Hecarim's still one hecking huge horse and it's clear we undershot the bar. This time, we're targeting a standout frustration: his ability to hoof it across the map, gallop into a gank, and steamroll his targets. To rein him in, we're lowering the cap on his upfront burst and gap-closing potential.

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E - Devastating Charge

Ivern

E base damage decreased later.

With Daisy's bugfix in 11.6 and its subsequent boost in damage, everything's been coming up roses for Ivern. We're cutting down his mid-game damage so that when he's able to snowball, his enemies aren't completely rolled over.

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E - Triggerseed

Kai'Sa

R cooldown increased early.

Kai'Sa's strength lies in striking when the iron's hot: dashing to isolated enemies to burst them down, then sidestepping just as quickly. Her ult adds another level of safety, especially early game, so we're targeting its uptime to give opponents a chance to catch her in lane.

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R - Killer Instinct

Kindred

Q bonus damage ratio increased. E cooldown decreased.

Kindred could use a helping paw, so we're giving this duo a love tap by giving their abilities a little more uptime and a little more oomph.

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Q - Dance of Arrows

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E - Mounting Dread

Lissandra

Q base damage increased.

Yet another Freljord friend who's been struggling amongst her peers—we're returning some power back to the Iceborn to help her knock her enemies down cold.

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Q - Ice Shard

Mordekaiser

Q isolated enemy damage increased.

Despite our buffs to him in 11.3, Morde is still on the weaker side, namely in his upfront damage and sustain. Giving him more power to obliterate his foes.

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Q - Obliterate

Rell

E stun duration decreased.

Rell brings strong peel and lockdown power that sets up her team a bit too well. We're taking a swing at the duration of her highly reliable CC to keep her and her allies from constantly and consistently pulling off CC chains.

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E - Attract and Repel

Teemo

Passive bonus attack speed duration increased. E on-hit base damage increased.

Small shroom aficionado gets a sizable buff to remind us what true terror feels like.

Passive - Guerilla Warfare

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E - Toxic Shot

Thresh

W base shield decreased later.

Instead of space tunes, Thresh has been belting his sweet tones of misery across Pro and Elite levels of play. Players have been finding the most success around builds that max his lantern second, so we're cranking that down a notch.

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W - Dark Passage

Tristana

Base attack damage decreased.

Tristana has rocket jumped to the top of Pro levels of play. We're taking a shot at her early game damage.

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Base Stats

Udyr

Base attack damage decreased.

Equipped with strong early clearing, dueling, and four eternal spirits, Udyr's been running the jungle. We're curbing the damage output across his builds to give peers the chance to start off on the right foot.

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Varus

Base attack damage growth increased.

If you ordered another underperforming marksman in distress, you're in luck—we've got Varus. Giving him some much-needed power that should help him feel more like a full combo rather than a sad side of fries.

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Yasuo

Base attack damage growth increased.

We left Yasuo feeling winded from our nerfs to Immortal Shieldbow in 11.6, so we're partially walking back our adjustment to help him catch his breath.

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Yorick

Marked enemy champions and large monsters now Awaken nearby graves. Mist Walkers now deal damage when they leap to enemies. E cast paradigm updated.

Yorick is usually able to crush his way through average play, but recently, he's fallen behind. In addition to his absence from higher-tier games, he has room for a buff to help him across levels of play, so we're taking a first pass by making his E more satisfying and effective. Coupled with some QoL adjustments, this should help our shepherd feel less wretched, while also evening out his performance in higher levels of play.

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E - Mourning Mist

Essence Reaver

Essence Reaver is overperforming amongst peers in its class, and then some. Essence should still feel like an appropriate buy, but rushing it shouldn't be as efficient as it currently is.

Everfrost

Since the changes in 11.4, Everfrost has been ever-present on the Rift. It's cool that players have found interesting ways to utilize all three Mythics, but Everfrost's damage was a little too high for its lockdown power, so we're bringing that down.

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Eternal Winter (Ornn Upgrade)

Lord Dominik's Regard

Lord Dominik's Regard has quickly caught on as the go-to second purchase for marksfolk. We're adjusting it so it's no longer a catch-all item, but rather something to be picked up specifically for facing tanky terrors.

Serylda's Grudge

We've gotten over our grudge. Making Serylda's more accessible for assassins.

Trinity Force

Trinity Force went a bit too heavy on attack speed, which cut it off from a larger audience. In turn, we're forcing a new hand of stats (and Mythic passive!) that should make it feel like a real contender for more users.

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Infinity Force (Ornn Upgrade)

Turbo Chemtank

Turbo Chemtank quickly broke speed limits and our expectations, so we're shifting some power from its zoom to its sloom.

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Turbocharged Hexperiment (Ornn Upgrade)

• You can now purchase from the results of a search. Rejoice.
• Fixed an issue where Kalista's Black Spear was ruinationing her recommended items
• Items in the shop inventory have learned to count and will now display quantities correctly
• Texture improvements in ARAM
• Recommended items will no longer recommend a jungle item once you've upgraded smite. Oops!
• Fixed an issue where if a player dragged the scale of the Item Shop they would be unable to restore to default settings through the Options menu

We've made updates to the Summoner's Rift Ranked LP formulas and general skill detection to provide smoother LP gains and losses across the board. These changes will help ensure players receive LP at a more predictable rate, and outlier gains or losses will be less frequent.

• Seraphine can no longer trigger Moonstone Renewer's Starlit Grace heal when her Passive - Stage Presence grants Notes based on nearby allies. She should only be able to trigger Moonstone Renewer's Starlit Grace when she directly damages enemies and casts actual abilities on allies.
• Fixed a bug where AoE shields like Karma's E - Defiance and Seraphine's W - Surround Sound would not trigger Moonstone Renewer's Starlit Grace
• Fixed a bug where Lux would trigger Moonstone Renewer's heal by casting E - Lucent Singularity, regardless of if she hit an enemy
• Xin Zhao is no longer able to use E - Audacious Charge when he's Grounded
• Fixed a bug with Gangplank's UI which showed square icons, not circle ones
• Fixed a bug where abilities with periodic damage like Brand's Passive - Blaze would not trigger Spellthief's Edge's Tribute passive
• Goredrinker and Stridebreaker now cost the intended amount of gold (3300 gold, not 3200)
• Fixed an issue where Akali's E - Shuriken Flip tooltip would not update its damage numbers when buying/selling items
• Fixed a bug where Banshee's Veil's shield would not be affected by item haste, only its icon
• Fixed Bloodward's item description to correctly display the AD it grants when upgraded from Immortal Shieldbow by Ornn
• Corrected Blade of the Ruined King's Siphon damage in game to be consistent with the values in the item's tooltip in the client
• Fixed Immortal Shieldbow's tooltip in the Collections tab to remove the mention of attack speed
• Neeko's W - Shapesplitter no longer grants mana charges from Tear of the Goddess and its respective item line
• If an item with an active passive is on cooldown and the player moves Imperial Mandate onto its slot, it will no longer copy the former item's remaining cooldown
• Fixed a bug where Seeker's Armguard would affect Kai'Sa's W - Void Seeker's AP
• Morgana's Passive - Soul Siphon now properly benefits from small and medium monsters as her tooltip states
• Sylas can no longer gain charges of Passive - Petricite Burst when hitting enemy champions with Everfrost's Glaciate passive or Galeforce's Cloudburst passive

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

3/18/2021 Xin Zhao Balance Changes and Liandry's Anguish and Control Ward Bugfixes

Control Wards

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Liandry's Anguish

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Xin Zhao

Battle Academia Garen, Battle Academia Wukong, Battle Academia Caitlyn, Battle Academia Yone, Battle Academia Leona, and Battle Academia Leona Prestige Edition will be available on March 18th, 2021.

Akali

Base health decreased and health growth increased. Passive energy restore removed. Q cost increased early and decreased later; bonus damage removed. W now increases Akali’s maximum energy. E total damage increased; first hit damage ratio decreased; second hit damage ratio increased. R first dash now deals magic damage and has increased later scaling with AP.

From the start of most games, Akali is able to wield her durability to help her coast through even the most difficult early lane phases. We’re reducing her early game tankiness so that her laning success isn't always guaranteed, but in return, we’re giving her an overall net buff with later dueling payoff, so that when she strikes, it’s deadly. In addition, we're also making her energy management more intuitive so that if you’re just now picking her up, it doesn’t take so much… energy?

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Base Stats

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Passive - Assassin's Mark

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Q - Five Point Strike

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W - Twilight Shroud

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E - Shuriken Flip

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R - Perfect Execution

Gnar

W bonus base damage decreased.

Despite being mini, Gnar has been mega in Pro play, so we’re pulling back on his in-lane harass.

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W - Hyper

Hecarim

Q base damage decreased later.

Hecarim has been at peak pony in the jungle for a while, especially with tankier builds. By lowering his base damage, he’ll have to sacrifice some heft to deal more harm.

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Q - Rampage

Karthus

Q base damage decreased later.

Karthus is particularly temperamental to changes in the meta, so he’s become a familiar face in the patch notes. This time around, with players refining his optimal builds, he’s crept back into the spotlight in Elite play, so we’re bringing down his damage.

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Q - Lay Waste

LeBlanc

W cost decreased later.

LeBlanc has been feeling chained down and could use some help finding success. We’re opening up more opportunities for her to dash in and out of a kerfuffle.

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W - Distortion

Lillia

R cooldown increased.

Since she entered the ring, Lillia has managed to prance her way out of any nerfs while still remaining a staple in professional play. With many of her competitors falling out of favor, it's time for her to get Eep!ed. Her ultimate has AoE fight-changing capabilities, so we're bumping up its cooldown to reflect its potency..

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R - Lilting Lullaby

Pyke

E cooldown now decreases.

Pyke has been in the deep end ever since we submerged mid Pyke in 11.5. Now that there isn’t a huge skew towards mid over support, it’s finally time to help him resurface by giving him a rankup that has some oomph.

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E - Phantom Undertow

Renekton

R bonus health decreased later.

As a strong pick for late-game survivability in skirmishes and teamfights, this croc has been up and down the block in Pro play. We’re cutting down his late-game tankiness so that his enemies have a fighting chance to find his Achilles’ scale.

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R - Dominus

Sylas

Passive Unshackled bonus attack speed increased. W cooldown, cost, and heal ratio decreased.

Sylas has been feeling underwhelming and boxed in, and he’s at a point where we feel comfortable breaking him out. Giving him more opportunities to slip, slap, and slash, without breaking the (healing) bank.

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Passive - Petricite Burst

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W - Kingslayer

Urgot

W on-hit damage effectiveness decreased.

The change to Urgot in patch 11.4 was meant to make squishier Kraken Slayer off-builds more viable, but he’s veered off course, scuttling over to rush Titanic Hydra instead. We’re reverting his on-hit modification to steer him away from the off-build altogether and help him hone back in to his primary build.

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W - Purge

Volibear

W healing from monsters is no longer halved. E capped damage now flat.

There have been reports of bears, horses, and deer running amok in the jungle, but after thorough investigation, Volibear has been deemed innocent of all jungle gap wrongdoing. If anything, he's been the victim. We're waking him out of his jungle hibernation to enjoy the new season.

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W - Frenzied Maul

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E - Sky Splitter

Xin Zhao

AD Fighter Adjustments

Passive heal decreased; stack consumption bugfix. Q bonus base damage decreased early. W cooldown reduced; cost increased; reduced damage against minions now scales down, hitbox adjusted. W1 cast time now flat. W2 damage now scales with crit strike chance; W2 range and missile speed increased; W2 now Challenges enemies.

We're shipping two sets of changes to Xin at once: One focused on his core AD fighter build and one to open up an AP off-build. This is a long one, so to make it less of a Xin ow, we’ve broken his patch notes up accordingly.

First, the AD Xin we all know and love: a Demacian warrior with a strong spirit and an even stronger spear. As a brawler who uniquely excels at skirmishes, we’re sharpening his distinctive strengths by giving him tools to extend combos and initiate duels. With new, creative ways to get to his enemies, he’ll feel more empowered or, dare we say, audacious, to dive into teamfights and skirmishes.

Passive - Determination

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Q - Three Talon Strike

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W - Wind Becomes Lightning

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E - Audacious Charge

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AP Adjustments

Passive heal AP ratio increased. W2 damage ratio now scales with AP. R now scales with AP.

But wait, what if Xin wants to change things up a bit? Put down the spear and don a wizard hat instead? Before his rework, AP Xin Zhao occasionally made the rounds as a fun off-build with a distinctly different playstyle from his AD counterpart. These changes are geared towards bringing AP Xin back into play, but we still expect his AD-focused builds to come out on top.

Passive - Determination

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W - Wind Becomes Lightning

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R - Crescent Guard

Healing Items

The amount of systemic healing—or healing from runes and items—is still trending high, so we’re shifting some of the power from burst healing into other areas.

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Immortal Shieldbow

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Blade of the Ruined King

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Sterak's Gage

Liandry's Anguish

We’re aiming to open up more potential AP Mythics by making Liandry and Luden’s more usable across mages. These changes should entice burst mages to pick it up when facing tanky team comps.

Luden's Tempest

Like Liandry’s above, we’re adding another AP Mythic to the mix. This should be a better option for mages who deal damage over time.

Rabadon's Deathcap

Looking to make Rabadon’s a more snug and budget-friendly fit as a third purchase.

Seeker's Armguard

Seeker's Armguard and Verdant Barrier have been doing their job a bit too well, keeping AP scaling champs too safe as the laning phase progresses, which masks their intended weaknesses and contributes to a particularly dull meta. We’re adjusting the strength of these mid-tier items, while retaining the power level of the Legendary items they build into (Zhonya’s Hourglass and Banshee’s Veil).

Verdant Barrier

Seek up to Seeker’s! Like the above, we’re nudging down Verdant’s power while keeping its final item strength.

Shurelya's Battlesong

By the numbers, Moonstone Renewer has been the dominating choice among enchanters, so we're buffing Battlesong to be an even catchier tune than it already is.

Stridebreaker

It’s time for Stridebreaker to take a break.

Ironspike Whip

Strangely, Stridebreaker had a longer cooldown than Ironspike, so we’re rectifying that. We’re also bringing down its cost to account for its power loss.

Sunfire Aegis

Now that players are starting to realize other tank Mythics are reasonable options, we feel comfortable giving back some of Sunfire’s oomph, considering it has been the worst performing item among its peers for a while.

Void Staff

With a strong passive and low cost, we’re making it worse as an early rush item.

The last set of jungle changes took a sufficient amount of experience out of the jungle, so we're refunding some of it with a buff to Smite (below) and good ol’ Gromp. This should now fix a certain route to help junglers get to level 3 after 3 camps, and keep them alive.

Gromp

Smite

Alongside Gromp’s buff and the hit to Ravenous Hunter, we’re adding an extra healing bump by giving some base healing to make it less treacherous for the junglers who are less tanky and struggle to sustain themselves.

Teleport

Addressing unintuitive and frustrating scenarios around Teleport, such as Teleporting and zooming right back into lane after an early death. In compensation, we’re giving it a buff to maintain its power as a playmaking tool.

Fleet Footwork

Although useful on a number of champions, this rune is a bit too generous with its sustain for AP champions, so we’re targeting that.

Ravenous Hunter

Another change under the umbrella of healing adjustments: Ravenous has been standing out as a strong rune of choice for secured sustain, so we’re giving it a tap down.

The shop is pretty certain it can hit Gold this year if it puts the hours in. In the meantime, here are some updates.

• Components of items with deep build trees will no longer overlap. Noonquiver's children can now breathe easy.
• Pinging the omnivamp stat will now show the correct values instead of the incorrect ones. That's probably how it should’ve started right?
• newHOTKEY BLING When the shop is open, you can quickly select items in your inventory by pressing their number keys. Unleash your inner speed shopper!
• More bug fixes and performance improvements.

After Zaun, the next Clash tournament will be... Noxus-themed! The first weekend will be March 20th and 21st, and the second weekend will be April 3rd and 4th. Team formation for the first weekend will be open starting on March 15th.

Last year, we published an article that talked about the upcoming change and rollout for DX11, and it’s finally here! In case of issues during the rollout, we've given players the option to fallback to DX9, which can be found in the League Client settings > Game Options > Prefer DX9 Legacy Mode.

11.6 Buffs:

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11.6 Nerfs:

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Rewrote the code that was responsible for constantly alerting players with multiple Key Fragment notifications (we'll also be keeping a close eye on it)
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a player presence data issue where people in your lobby would not appear as Online and/or would not update when a player changed their Summoner Icon
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed Honor rewards image sizes
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed the missing images for some Missions tooltips
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Players can now turn off Collection tab notifications for newly acquired content via Settings
• Fixed the formatting and vocabulary in Teleport's tooltip
• Kassadin's W - Netherblade now properly grants mana stacks from Tear of the Goddess
• Serpent's Fang's Shield Reaver no longer applies to minions and turrets
• Fixed a bug where Samira's W - Blade Whirl's second attack would sometimes not inflict damage
• Fixed a bug where Banshee's Veil's Annul passive cooldown would not display in the player's inventory
• Fixed two bugs where attacks from Urgot's W - Purge and Lucian's P - Lightslinger did not count as unique attack instances for Manamune stacking, Muramana on-hit, Runaan's Hurricane, and Ravenous Hydra
• Fixed a bug where Ornn's Syzygy's Ever Rising Moon passive would not go on cooldown as long as he was basic attacking with Black Cleaver in his inventory
• Fixed a bug where Muramana's on-hit effects would not be applied every third attack when the player has Guinsoo's Rageblade
• Shyana now properly gains additional Fury generation from Cloud Dragons and Cloud Souls
• Fixed a bug where right-clicking a Long Sword in Noonquiver's build path within Immortal Shieldbow, Galeforce, or Kraken Slayer's build paths would make you unintentionally purchase the Dagger next to it instead
• Anivia's R - Glacial Storm no longer toggles off when using Hextech Rocketbelt
• Fixed a bug where Daisy's 3rd AoE attack was accidentally using Ivern's AD instead of Daisy's AD

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

3/8/2021 Graves, Kled, and Jayce Bugfixes

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Graves

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Jayce

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Kled

3/8/2021 Ranked Ladder Update

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We're disabling all Riot-created pro player accounts created after January 7th, 2021 to address unintended differences in LP gains/losses which resulted in an unfair advantage over non-pros in reaching the top of the ranked ladder. These accounts will decay out of the ladder over the next few weeks. Pro accounts created before Jan 7 are unaffected. Pros will be given replacement accounts with fixes made to the starting MMR. This update has already begun and may take a few days to complete.

3/4/2021 Viego, Azir, and Wukong Bugfixes

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Azir

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Viego

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Wukong

3/3/2021 Serpent's Fang Bugfix, Qiyana Balance Change, Muramana Clarification

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Muramana

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Pyke

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Qiyana

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Serpent's Fang

Beezahar, Yuubee, and Bee'Maw will be available on March 4th, 2021.

Azir

W Sand Soldier damage decreased.

Balancing out Azir’s steady power curve throughout the duration of a game by pecking down his early lane control.

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W - Arise!

Gragas

Q cost now flat.

Pushing back the beefed-up top lane Gragas by increasing the ticket price on his barrels.

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Q - Barrel Roll

Jax

Base damage growth increased.

Jacked up Jax packs the max attacks with Trinity! (Try to say that three times fast.)

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Karma

Q cooldown decreased.

Despite buffs in patch 11.3, support Karma is still in low spirits. We took a look at some of the more recent changes to her and are reigniting her fire by partially reverting the nerfs from 10.16.

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Q - Inner Flame

Kog'Maw

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W bonus damage increased later.

Once upon a time, when tanks and fighters only built armor Legendaries like Sunfire Cape and Randuin’s Omen, Kog’Maw was much more able to dissolve defenses and have lower cooldowns. To give him more of a payoff, we’re amping up the zip in his spit so that when the ability is up, he can charge! bugle noises

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W - Bio-Arcane Barrage

Master Yi

E base damage increased.

With the last set of nerfs in patch 11.1 and jungle changes, Master Yi had found himself in a tough spot. Putting the alpha in his strike to help all his builds and playstyles, especially those more reliant on attack speed.

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E - Wuju Style

Pyke

Passive grey health storage decreased; now adds lethality and increases when enemies are nearby.

Tamping down mid Pyke's sustain in order to bring support Pyke up from the undertow.

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Passive - Gift of the Drowned Ones

Qiyana

W bonus damage increased. R damage increased later.

Qiyana’s power tends to rely on early roams. This has shaped her to be the Elite pick of choice, where players have been able to use her roaming prowess to their full advantage without running into the coordinated safety usually seen in higher-tier games. To bring her more opportunities for royal success, we’re giving her more baseline scaling and encouraging an earlier W max. You know, for crushing.

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W - Terrashape

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R - Supreme Display of Talent

Rammus

Base health growth decreased.

Rammus has been more armor than arma(dillo), particularly in Average levels of play. Rolling down some of his durability so he has to be more careful before barrelling into fights.

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Rell

Base armor decreased. W1 and W2 cooldown increased.

Rell is dominating the pro scene, so we’re giving her opponents a fighting chance by making her more vulnerable to harass.

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Base Stats

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W - Ferromancy: Crash Down

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W - Ferromancy: Mount Up

Samira

Base damage growth increased. Q damage ratio increased later.

Samira is struggling to keep up after her nerfs last patch, so we’re upping this thrillseeker’s scaling so that she can continue to slay when late game rolls around.

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Base Stats

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Q - Flair

Sejuani

W second hit damage ratio increased.

Sejuani has been bristling in the new jungle. We’re giving her and her boar an extra juicy treat for hitting both parts of her W.

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W - Winter’s Wrath

Seraphine

Passive subsequent note damage decay removed; Note damage from allies reduced. R cooldown increased.

Seraphine’s still all over our radars and radios, so we’re softening the blow from the Notes coming from allies, while turning up the power on her own Notes. This way, she can continue to be impactful on her own without over-amplifying through the strength of her fans.

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Passive - Stage Presence

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R - Encore

Shaco

W base damage and single target base damage decreased; now deals increased damage to monsters.

Shaco has been spooking the bejeezus out of bot lane but he’s been clowning around in the jungle, so we’re adjusting accordingly.

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W - Jack In The Box

Trundle

Q cooldown decreased.

We’re helping the troll king sink his teeth into the new season with a little extra bite in top and jungle.

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Q - Chomp

Twitch

Passive damage ratio per stack decreased. R bonus damage increased; duration increased.

AP rat is strong, AD rat feels wrong. Recalibrating.

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Passive - Deadly Venom

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R - Spray And Pray

Udyr

Base health growth decreased. R aura total damage decreased.

With the help of new items like Turbo Chemtank, Udyr has been zooming around the jungle with nary a care with some of the fastest movement speeds we've ever seen, letting him nyoom in and out of fights. We’re dialing back his clear speeds (revert of a 10.21 buff) and making him squishier.

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Base Stats

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R - Phoenix Stance

Viego

Fixed several bugs related to Mejai’s and Possession. Passive turret dodging removed.

After tinkering with Viego for a while, we’ve pulled together a few significant bugfixes that should add up to a slight nerf.

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General

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Passive - Sovereign’s Domination

Muramana

Muramana heavily overlaps with Essence Reaver, both in stats and use cases. To better differentiate between the two, we’re changing Muramana’s proc to focus more on empowering abilities, whereas Essence Reaver empowers auto attacks through abilities.

Stridebreaker

Stridebreaker's dash didn’t feel as powerful as its slash, so we’re balancing both while aiming for a power-neutral change.

Guinsoo's Rageblade

Certain champions, like Senna, benefit too much from Guinsoo’s Rageblade when you consider the fact that its crit strike chance can scale over 100% and it ignores crit damage modifiers. We’re adding some rules to it to circumvent these edge cases, allow for more item diversity with those champions, and help us better tune the item to be usable for more of the roster.

Speaking of Senna, now, her passive can no longer give her above 100% crit strike chance, and any excess crit is converted into lifesteal at the same rate.

Serpent’s Fang

Serpent’s Fang is a powerful but underwhelming and confusing item, so we're making it more broadly usable. Imagine Grievous Wounds for shields, but with extra profits!

Maw of Malmortius

Dropping Maw's price to be a more attractive and affordable defensive option.

Black Cleaver

Adjusting Black Cleaver to be better suited for longer fights while packing it with more punch for its cost.

The shop continued to assimilate knowledge at an alarming rate and has reached a new level of awareness. (It keeps asking us to nerf Ornn.)

• Introducing Starter Bundles: The recommended view will now offer you the most popular combination of items players start with instead of just the first item. (Hint: It's usually potions.) Saved you some clicks!
• The font rendering has been improved in the item and search detail views. It was LiTeRaLy UnPlAyAbLe, but now it's fixed.
• Additional bug fixes and performance improvements. Added 2 HP to the shop to round the number off.
• Shureyla's Battlesong now properly appears in the Item Shop when filtering for "Ability Power" or "Mana & Regeneration"

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Discovered and fixed an issue that would cause players to be stuck at the "Waiting for Stats" screen instead of directing the player to their end-of-game lobby
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed various rendering issues around the Match History graphs and statistics
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented players from trading champions in Champ Select
• Heartseeker Quinn's recall SFX now play properly
• Camille's W - Tactical Sweep heal now properly takes into account her outer cone bonus damage, not the inner cone damage
• Fixed a bug where Tryndamere would be able to die through his R - Undying Rage if hit with a CC ability empowered by Horizon Focus
• Bonus damage from Muramana and Ravenous Hydra's Cleave passive now properly triggers with every attack after Urgot's W - Purge is activated, not just the first attack
• Ranged champions now properly benefit from Doran's Shield's Endure and Recovery passives
• Fixed a bug where Udyr was able to trigger Tear of the Goddess' mana charge with every attack
• Fixed a bug where Runaan's Hurricane's bolts would generate additional stacks of Conqueror
• Certain champions now properly receive experience when a dragon is defeated during the time they are untargetable through an ability (Master Yi, Xayah, Zed, Kayn, Maokai, Yuumi)
• Ravenous Hydra's Cleave passive now behaves more consistently across similar abilities
• Fixed a bug where Ezreal would not trigger Runaan's Hurricane when casting Q - Mystic Shot and turning around at the same time
• Fixed a bug where if Shyvana's W - Burnout was active, Ravenous Hydra's Cleave passive would not work after the first attack
• Relic Shield's Spoils of War kills from a support now properly count towards Viktor's Passive - Glorious Evolution and Cull stacks
• Samira's R - Infernal Trigger now properly applies Ravenous Hydra's Cleave passive

The following skins will be released in this patch.

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Amumu

Base health increased. E base damage increased later.

Amumu’s always sad, but he’s particularly despondent in Skilled levels of play. We’re giving him more Tantrum damage to make him more mad than sad.

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E - Tantrum

Braum

R cooldown decreased.

The pal of the poros is getting more chances to activate his high-agency, high-impact ultimate to help turn the tides of a teamfight.

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R - Glacial Fissure

Caitlyn

Base damage growth and attack speed growth increased.

Caitlyn loves a good chase, but she’s too far behind to be a reasonable counter to shorter-range marksman champions like Kai’Sa and Samira, who are currently running the meta. Reverting some previous nerfs (patch 11.2 and 10.19) to set her back on the trail.

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Camille

W cooldown increased.

Camille's been sweeping out her enemies top lane in Elite and Pro play, so we’re reducing some of her safety and durability in lane.

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W - Tactical Sweep

Fiora

Passive mark damage increased.

The new itemization and changes to fighter items (patch 11.3) left Fiora in a weaker state, so we’re sharpening her blade.

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Passive - Duelist’s Dance

Jinx

Base health increased.

Jinx is back! Her win rate seemed to go down in higher levels of play, suggesting that the 11.3 base health nerf was skewed too high.

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Kai'Sa

Q base damage per missile, maximum single-target damage, and maximum evolved single-target damage decreased.

No one adapts to new items like Kai'Sa, and this season proved no exception. We’re reducing some of her damage to lower burstiness and make her less daunting in quick trades early on.

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Q - Icathian Rain

Katarina

R on-hit damage ratio now scales; damage per knife increased.

After our 11.2 adjustments to make Kraken Slayer work with on-hit damage modifiers, champs like Katarina and Urgot are in need of some tuning. We’ve noticed that players really enjoy playing on-hit builds with these champions, and even if they’re not on-meta, we believe they should be viable. Prior to the Kraken changes, a significant number of Katarina’s and Urgot’s builds were on-hit, but they also had significantly lower win rates in comparison to their traditional build. These changes should bring those builds up to roughly where they were before.

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R - Death Lotus

Urgot

W on-hit damage effectiveness increased.

Similar to Katarina, we’re bumping up Urgot’s on-hit builds to feel less bad with Kraken.

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W - Purge

Lee Sin

Q cooldown decreased.

Lee’s also been struggling with the new items, and could use some buffs to push him towards his visions of zooming around the map.

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Q - Sonic Wave

Renekton

Q non-champion base healing decreased later; enhanced non-champion base healing decreased later.

Renekton is a strong croc who can propel through lanes with high sustain, so we're paring some of that down.

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Q - Cull the Meek

Samira

Passive bonus damage ratio decreased early and now scales. Q damage ratio decreased early and now scales. W duration decreased. E targeting adjusted; dash speed decreased.

As it stands, our desert rose has consistently been warming the ban bench. Even when technically close to balanced, we believe she has several frustrating attributes that contribute to her high ban rate. We’re tackling this problem by giving her some balance tweaks so that both Samira players and her opponents feel more comfortable having her back in the ring.

To do this, we’re reducing the power of her defensive tools and giving opponents more opportunities to play against her in lane. We’re also reducing her all-in potential early game. In exchange, we’re improving her kill potential mid to late game, so that when she does go in, she slays.

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Passive - Daredevil Impulse

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Q - Flair

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W - Blade Whirl

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E - Wild Rush

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R - Inferno Trigger

Skarner

Base health and health growth decreased.

The last of his kind is the top of the jungle. Pulling back a bit of defensive power so Skarner can rest his weary claws.

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Soraka

Q movement speed increased. W base heal increased.

Another sight for sore eyes, even with our last set of buffs in 11.2. We lend our aid to Soraka.

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Q - Starcall

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W - Astral Infusion

Talon

W cooldown now scales; bonus damage ratio increased.

Talon has been struggling to get his blades on people, so we're letting him have some more access to his tools at range.

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W - Rake

Tryndamere

Base damage increased.

Tryndamere’s been weak in lane, so we’re bringing our furious fellow’s base AD up to help him out.

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Varus

W empowered bonus damage based on Q channel time increased.

We’re giving more incentive for Varus to fully charge his Q in combat. Extra juicy for lethality and crit builds.

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W - Blighted Quiver

Veigar

Q cost decreased. R cooldown decreased later.

Veigar has fallen a little short of other mid laners in 2021. Giving him a boost so he can stand face-to-face with the competition.

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Q - Baleful Strike

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R - Primordial Burst

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

Guinsoo's has fallen behind crit itemization for a bunch of champions who historically had more choice here. Giving it a slight bump so it can be a more meaningful consideration.

Moonstone Renewer

Moonstone is crowding out choice and generally overperforming, especially when purchased very early and starts snowballing. We’re reducing some of its early healing power.

Grievous Wounds Items

While Grievous Wounds are meant to be a reactive purchase, they are performing below expectations. Buffing their stats a bit so that the tradeoff between other Legendary items is less sharp.

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Morellonomicon

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Mortal Reminder

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Chempunk Chainsword

Mage Items

We’re changing a couple of the under-purchased mage items so they have more opportunities to shine. Cosmic Drive's passive is now more accessible, while Everfrost now has a new build path and a few small buffs.

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Cosmic Drive

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Everfrost

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Eternal Winter (Ornn Upgrade)

We've seen junglers have a bit more control over games, in large part due to their increased purchasing power early game turning into combat stats, which then accelerates their experience and gold growth. We’re pulling back on their experience and income a bit to compensate. As a result of these changes, we’re holding off on nerfing some borderline OP jungle champions until we see how these changes shake out.

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Gromp

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Large Krug

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Small Krug

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Crimson Raptor

After seeing the incoming healing tech live for some time, we’ve come to a few conclusions: Incoming healing is very satisfying for the player using it and their allies, but it can hurt clarity around how much health enemies have in tense combat situations. We also found that when combined with shields and grey health, the stacked bars could be a bit confusing. We’re making a few changes this patch to address this, and we’re planning to roll out the tech to more systems in the future (i.e. health potions and Mundo’s ultimate).

• Incoming healing only displays for that player and their allies
• Incoming healing now has a special bar treatment to differentiate it from other health bar effects

More updates so you can wipe out the store and the competition.

• You can now drag the corner of the shop to scale the size up and down. Be careful, it's ticklish!
• The Quickbuy Panel has gained some additional smarts around trinkets. It will now automatically swap the order of the trinkets depending on the one you have equipped to save you a bit of time.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Alongside the Clash 2021 Season VP track starting in 11.4, you will see the second iteration of our Build-a-Team feature in Clash. This version will allow players to find and request to join teams that are looking for more players to fill out their roster. This should help turn your roster of 3 or 4 players into a 5 person meme dream team to crush the Clash tournament with.

• LEAGUE CLIENT: The loyalty badge is no longer missing from Collections
• LEAGUE CLIENT: Fixed a memory leak that would happen with every mission’s celebration in the post-game, providing improved reliability
• Rell's Passive - Break the Mold's armor shred VFX have been adjusted when affecting minions or small monsters
• Fixed a bug where Jinx's Q - Switcheroo's rocket AS penalty was also affecting her base AS, not just her bonus AS
• Adjusted Sterak's Gage's AD to the appropriate amount
• Fixed a bug where Control Wards would be unavailable to purchase when a slot in the player's inventory became empty after using consumables outside the Fountain
• Fixed a bug where Talon's R - Shadow Assault would become visible to enemies when he kills any enemy with it while holding Duskblade of Draktharr
• Fixed a bug where Duskblade of Draktharr's invisibility would be cancelled if the champion holding it earned a takedown while invisible
• Fixed a bug where a rooted or grounded champion would still be able to use Stridebreaker
• Fixed a bug where Galeforce's Cloudburst would launch less projectiles than intended when the champion is teleported to Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death while channeling it

2/5/2021 ARURF Balance Changes

11.3 General

11.3 Buffs

11.3 Nerfs

2/3/2021 Viego Balance Change and Fizz Bugfix

Fizz

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Viego

Lunar Beast Fiora, Lunar Beast Fiora Prestige Edition, Lunar Beast Annie, Lunar Beast Darius, Lunar Beast Alistar, Lunar Beast Jarvan IV, and Lunar Beast Aphelios will be available on February 4th, 2021. Withered Rose Syndra, Withered Rose Talon, Crystal Rose Swain, and Crystal Rose Zyra will be available on February 11th, 2021.

Anivia

Q detonation damage decreased. R cooldown increased later.

Since her refresh in patch 10.25, Anivia's been leaving her enemies in the cold with high spell consistency and damage.

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Q - Flash Frost

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R - Glacial Storm

Cho'Gath

E base damage decreased later.

With the last round of tank item buffs, Cho's been feasting in top lane.

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E - Vorpal Spikes

Elise

Q base damage decreased later. W active attack speed decreased later.

Elise has crept to the top of the jungle echelons despite some previous nerfs (see 11.2). We're squashing her down a bit to even out the playing field.

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Q - Neurotoxin

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W - Skittering Frenzy

Ezreal

Q damage ratio increased.

Ezreal hasn't been faring so well with the new item system. To give him more of a (mystic) shot, we're buffing his Q ratio to better synergize with Muramana, while also giving him more value when building heavy AD items like Hydra.

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Q - Mystic Shot

Ivern

Base health growth decreased. E shield decreased later.

While it's great to see Ivern wunder-ing around outside of his usual home, he's still too effective meandering around the jungle. We can't beat around the bush any longer-we're pulling back some of his safety and shielding power.

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E - Triggerseed

Jinx

Base health decreased. Q bonus range increased; Fishbones bonus attack speed penalty decreased. E cost increased; arm time decreased; max range cast adjusted.

The new item changes have not been kind to Jinx. We wanted to make some priority adjustments to the items in general first before tackling her, and now it's finally time. Additionally, since she's been primarily out of pro play for a while now, we're shifting some of her kit's power from raw stats to her abilities to create more room for skill expression.

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Q - Switcheroo!

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E - Flame Chompers!

Karma

Base mana regen increased. Q cost decreased.

Bringing good karma to support Karma.

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Q - Inner Flame

Mordekaiser

E cooldown decreased.

Morde isn't grasping the new season well, so we're giving him more grasp. We're hoping this along with other system changes (Riftmaker giving more health, AD bruiser items getting nerfed) will help him navigate this strange new world.

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E - Death's Grasp

Olaf

Base health decreased. Passive bonus attack speed decreased; now displays amount of attack speed on passive icon.

Olaf is dominating in the jungle. We're nerfing his clear speed and dueling slightly so he's a bit more dependent on finding successful ganks.

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Passive - Berserker Rage

Pantheon

Q now has decreased damage against both minions and monsters; cooldown increased early.

Balancing out Pantheon's power both in mid and the jungle.

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Q - Comet Spear

Rammus

E cooldown flattened.

Rammus rolled comfortably into preseason and has gained more momentum with the cheaper tank Mythic items. We're reducing some of his taunt power now that his engages have become more consistent.

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E - Frenzying Taunt

Rell

W1 and W2 damage ratio increased. E damage ratio increased; unbind cooldown decreased; cooldown bug fixed; long distance pathing bug fixed. R damage ratio increased.

So far so good for Rell, so no meaningful balance adjustments here. These changes are light usability work and bugfixes, sprinkled with a bit of love for the very-much-not-a-thing AP Rell builds.

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W - Ferromancy: Crash Down

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W - Ferromancy: Mount Up

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E - Attract and Repel

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R - Magnet Storm

Riven

E cooldown decreased.

The new season put Riven in a weak spot, and with high cooldowns on her E, she's lost her mojo. Since both of her hardbound items (Goredrinker/Ravenous Hydra) are getting substantial nerfs this patch, we're looking to reforge her spirit.

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E - Valor

Seraphine

Passive base note damage decreased. W shield decreased.

Seraphine is often front and center, and with her strong stage presence in mid lane (and other roles), she's in need of some tuning down.

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Passive - Stage Presence

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W - Surround Sound

Shyvana

Q empowered basic attack damage and second strike bonus damage increased. W bonus movement speed increased.

While AD Shyvana has been tearing up the Rift with both fighter and tank builds, AP Shyv has been dragging (dragon?) behind in the new season. We want to buff AP Shyvana in ways that aren't centered around her just spamming fireballs. These changes should help her clear speed, which is weaker with the new items.

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Q - Twin Bite

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W - Burnout

Singed

Q damage ratio increased.

Singed has been struggling since preseason, and even more so after the recent Imperial Mandate changes. We're adding some power back to his signature spell. Remember, always chase Singed.

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Q - Poison Trail

Sylas

Q cost flattened. W damage increased.

We're unshackling Sylas while also evening out his skill ranks.

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Q - Chain Lash

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W - Kingslayer

Taliyah

Passive bonus movement speed increased. Q subsequent stone damage against monsters decreased.

Taliyah's jungle surfing in Elite levels of play has been seismic. We're reverting some previous changes (11.1 and partially 10.25), while narrowing in on some specific jungle clear nerfs.

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Passive - Rock Surfing

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Q - Threaded Volley

Udyr

R total base active aura damage decreased later.

Udyr is another dominant jungler at the moment, especially with a Phoenix max. His items are already getting hit, so this nerf is aimed to be lighter than what he would normally merit.

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R - Phoenix Stance

Vladimir

R cooldown now flat.

Now that we've taken a couple stabs at balancing out preseason item changes, Vladimir has been left a little worse for wear. Instead of focusing buffs on his damage or healing, we're taking a different route and opening up access to his ult.

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R - Hemoplague

Mage Items

We're doing a pass on mage items to create more balance amongst their purchase rates and to stop any one item from overshadowing the others (Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard). We're also broadening Horizon Focus by lowering its activation range so that more mages can take advantage of its specialty. Lastly, we're unifying the stacking passives between Verdant Barrier and Seeker's Armguard for consistency.

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Lich Bane

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Horizon Focus

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Verdant Barrier

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Banshee's Veil

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Seeker's Armguard

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Zhonya's Hourglass

Enchanter Items

Zooming in on enchanter items, it’s clear that Flowing Water is largely overperforming compared to other second item choices. On the other hand, Chemtech Putrifier is fulfilling its niche role quite well (healing reduction), but it's not purchased as often or as powerful as the other Grievous Wounds items. We’re making some changes to ensure that enchanters feel they have access to a viable Grievous Wounds option as well as the other classes.

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Staff of Flowing Water

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Chemtech Putrifier

Fighter Items

Silvermere Dawn isn't as efficient for an item we think is an important piece in the fighter ecosystem, so we're upping its power. Additionally, Ironspike Whip has been helping certain champions invalidate minion waves, so we're removing the empowered damage to minions to better highlight those champions' strengths and weaknesses.

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Silvermere Dawn

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Ironspike Whip

Marksman Items

We're noticing that Phantom Dancer is rarely built as a second item, and almost never as a third. Not many champions need that much attack speed, so we're reshaping what the items give to marksman champions. We're also adding more oomph to Immortal Shieldbow since it's only purchased by hard-bound short ranged users that benefit from lifesteal, and even then, it loses out often to Galeforce which does the same in most situations.

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Phantom Dancer

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Immortal Shieldbow

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Lord Dominik's Regards

Sustain Items

When building sustain, players should be feeling the effects of a real trade-off, usually in the form of damage. However, certain items with omnivamp (particularly Goredrinker and Ravenous Hydra) are feeling particularly overpowered due to less of a trade-off in damage. We're going through and making adjustments to those items, hitting their early game power specifically.

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Goredrinker

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Leeching Leer

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Riftmaker

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Eclipse

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Ravenous Hydra

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Sterak's Gage

Tank Items

We're addressing some tank item outliers and opening Frozen Heart as a cheaper mana and ability haste item for tank supports, top laners, and junglers alike.

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Force of Nature

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Dead Man's Plate

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Frozen Heart

Sign-ups and team formation for the first Clash of Season 2021 will begin during 11.3 on Monday, February 15th! The tournament will officially start in patch 11.4. Check out the Clash tab in the client for specific tournament start times and details.

ARURF is back in time for the Lunar festivities. Since this is the first URF since the item changes, we're changing a few things to better fit with the new system. The intent is to allow players to build the items they want to without worrying about missing out on any value. Now, even though your starting cooldowns will be ever so slightly higher than last time URF was on, you can now build ability haste and mana items without the worry of missing out on stats… and can potentially get your cooldowns even lower than you ever could before.

• ARURF (and URF) now grants 300 ability haste instead of 80% CDR. Ability haste you gain from other sources will stack with the URF bonus unlike in previous runs.
• The URF bonus ability haste also applies to Summoner Spells and item actives, similar to how the special CDR did before
• Bonus mana will now be converted to health at a 40% ratio. Bonus mana regen is converted to health regen at a 100% ratio.
• Spellthief's Edge, Steel Shoulderguards, Relic Shield, and Spectral Sickle will be disabled. The gold penalty for killing minions given by these items far exceeds any value you would normally get for building these items, especially when considering that a portion of gold is already shared with minion kills on URF.
• The runes Lethal Tempo and Ultimate Hunter will no longer be disabled

• LEAGUE CLIENT: Receiving a game invite will now play a sound if you have another invite pending
• When a player is flagged as AFK/Leaver at the end of any Ranked game, they will be notified that their LP will be reduced; this applies to both wins and losses. The other players in the lobby will be notified that the flagged AFK/Leaver player will receive less LP over their next several games. If a player would exceed 100 LP, but would fall back below 100 LP after the penalty is applied, they do not promote.
• Fixed a bug where Shyvana's W - Burnout would not apply the AP ratio for additional movement speed when in her dragon form
• Fixed a bug where Goredrinker and Ceaseless Hunger's Mythic Passive would not grant additional 5 ability haste for each Legendary item in the player's inventory
• Fixed a bug where an attack empowered by both Sheen and Essence Reaver would not grant mana back from Essence Reaver
• Items that do damage to enemies can now properly trigger the execute from The Collector
• The Collector's execute will now properly trigger on targets with Death's Dance
• Eclipse and Syzygy's omnivamp will now properly work even after being upgraded by Ornn's Passive - Living Forge
• The SFX that plays when a player acquires a Dragon Soul will no longer replay if that player kills a Red Brambleback or Blue Sentinel
• The Dragon Soul VFX no longer disappears on death and reappears after the player kills a Red Brambleback or Blue Sentinel
• Imperial Mandate's Coordinate Fire passive now properly goes on cooldown for 6 seconds after on-champion slows and immobilizations
• Fixed a bug where if Smite was used before jungle monsters spawned, the cooldown would be longer than intended
• Gangplank has a new interface to upgrade his ultimate with Silver Serpents! Check it out while you're in base, since no one ever forgets to buy their upgrades.

The following skins will be released in this patch.

The following chromas will be released this patch:

1/21/2021 Ranked MMR Bugfixes

We've fixed a Ranked bug causing MMR gains/losses to be too low. This fix also improves LP gains.

Karthus

Kog'Maw

Rengar

Viego

Ruined Shyvana, Ruined Karma, Ruined Draven, Shan Hai Scrolls Jhin, Shan Hai Scrolls Cho'Gath, Shan Hai Scrolls Neeko, Shan Hai Scrolls Nautilus, and Lunar Beast Viego will be available on January 21, 2021.

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Viego

The Ruined King

Bring your darkest desires to life with Viego in patch 11.2!

• Viego Abilities Rundown
• Ruination | Season 2021 Cinematic
• Viego Champion Bio

Akali

Q cost increased later.

Without her trusty Gunblade, Akali has recovered well, wielding several of the AP Mythics to her advantage instead (Night Harvester, Rocketbelt, Riftmaker). This has put her in a stronger spot than we’d anticipated, so we’re toning her down by reverting her buff from 10.23.

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Q - Five Point Strike

Azir

Q cooldown decreased.

Azir lost the cooldowns on Nashor’s Tooth and thus, some of the wind beneath his wings. We’re giving him a lift by returning some of it directly into his kit.

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Q - Conquering Sands

Caitlyn

AD growth increased.

Caitlyn’s a bit behind the curve amidst her peers, so we’re taking another shot to keep her hot on the trail.

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Base Stats

Darius

Passive Noxian Might bonus AD decreased.

Darius has found a new friend in Stridebreaker, which allows him to execute his combo while quickly stacking his passive. We’re trimming some bonus stats from his passive to match its new consistency.

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Passive - Hemorrhage

Dr. Mundo

Q health refund on hit and on kill increased. E bonus damage increased. R health regen increased.

Dr. Mundo has been struggling in top lane and the jungle. Giving him a bit more survivability and trading potential, and increasing his signature healing to make Mundo more *slurp* Mundo.

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Q - Infected Cleaver

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E - Masochism

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R - Sadism

Elise

Spider Q damage decreased later.

With new items at her disposal and the buff on her Q in patch 10.23, Elise has been scaling too well. Time to wash the spider out.

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Q - Venomous Bite

Ivern

E shield ratio decreased.

The nerf to Triggerseed’s AP ratio in patch 11.1 was only reflected in Ivern’s tooltips. We fixed it so it actually affects his shield now (oops).

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E - Triggerseed

LeBlanc

Base health growth increased. Q cost decreased later.

LeBlanc may be all smoke and mirrors, but right now, she’s not fooling anyone. We’re helping this Deceiver by making it less punishing when she uses her abilities and when she engages in mid- to late- game.

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Base Stats

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Q - Sigil of Malice

Maokai

E cost increased later; damage ratio decreased.

Maokai support hit a growth spurt in the new season, and his enemies are feeling a bit… sapped. Making it so bushes around Maokai aren’t as scary.

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E - Sapling Toss

Nocturne

Q and R cooldowns decreased.

Nocturne is falling behind his jungle pals, so it's time to give his shadows, Paranoia, and all around darkness some more stage time.

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Q - Duskbringer

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R - Paranoia

Nunu & Willump

Base movement speed and health decreased.

Nunu & Willump currently get to have their tank and eat their enemies too. We’re trimming some of their baseline stats so item decisions carry more weight and give them appropriate downsides as well.

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Base Stats