Patch 9.7 notes

Patch 9.7 notes

4/9/2019 Bugfix

Braum

BUGFIX - Fixed a bug where Braum's E - Unbreakable did not reduce damage from certain multi-hit abilities.

4/5/2019 Bugfix

Vi

BUGFIX - Fixed a bug where after casting E - Excessive Force on a target who is moving away from her, Vi would be locked into walking towards them for ~.25 - .5 seconds.

4/4/2019 ARAM Balance Changes

Below is the cumulative list of ARAM balance adjustments, both the original changes and some adjustments that went live today. 

Let's start with the buffs ~

AATROX - +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

AKALI - +18% damage dealt & -8% damage taken

BARD - +8% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

CAMILLE - +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken

EVELYNN - +15% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

FIORA - +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken

HECARIM - -10% damage taken

IRELIA - +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

KAI’SA - +15% damage dealt

KASSADIN - +10% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

KINDRED - +10% damage dealt

KHAZIX - +8% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

LEBLANC - +12% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

LEE SIN - +8% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

NIDALEE+15% damage dealt

NOCTURNE - +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

QUINN - +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

REK’SAI - +18% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

RENGAR - +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

RYZE - +8% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

SEJUANI - -10% damage taken

SHYVANA - +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

TAHM KENCH - +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken

TALON - +10% damage dealt & -5% damage taken

TRYNDAMERE - +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

WARWICK - -8% damage taken

UDYR - +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken

Here are the nerfs!

ASHE - -5% damage dealt

BRAND - -5% damage dealt

DR. MUNDO - +10% damage taken

FIDDLESTICKS - -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken

HEIMERDINGER - -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken

ILLAOI - +5% damage taken

JANNA - +10% damage taken

JHIN - -5% damage dealt

JINX - -5% damage dealt

KARTHUS - -10% damage dealt

KAYLE - -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken

KOG’MAW - -10% damage dealt

LUX - -10% damage dealt & +8% damage taken

MALZAHAR - -8% damage dealt & +8% damage taken

MAOKAI - -10% damage dealt & +10% damage taken

MISS FORTUNE - -8% damage dealt

MORGANA - -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken

NASUS - -5% damage dealt

SION - +10% damage taken

SIVIR - -8% damage dealt

SONA - -10% damage dealt & -25% healing done & +12% damage taken

SWAIN - -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken

TEEMO - -12% damage dealt

VEIGAR - -8% damage dealt & +10% damage taken

VEL’KOZ - -10% damage dealt

XERATH - -5% damage dealt

YORICK - +8% damage taken

ZIGGS - -15% damage dealt & +8% damage taken

ZYRA - -8% damage dealt & +8% damage taken

Patch Highlights

Champions

Kayle

Armor growth, health regen decreased. Q cost increased. W movement speed decreased, cost increased. E damage reduced but now has a ratio

We're following up with more adjustments to Kayle to make her late-game spikes more reliant on doing well and getting items rather than coasting off raw power from levels.

Base Stats

HEALTH REGEN - 6 ⇒ 5

ARMOR GROWTH - 3.5 ⇒ 3

Q - Radiant Blast

COST - 60/65/70/75/80 mana ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90 mana

W - Celestial Blessing

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED - 26/32/38/44/50% ⇒ 24/28/32/36/40%

COST70/75/80/85/90 mana ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100 mana

E - Starfire Spellblade

BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE - 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% target's missing health ⇒8/10/12/14/16% (+1% per 100 ability power) target's missing health

Urgot

Passive damage decreased late. E cooldown increased early; cost increased. R damage decreased.

Was told we can't use the Urgod joke again. We're pulling back on some of the buffs he received last patch.

Passive - Echoing Flames

DAMAGE - 2/3/4/6/8% target's max health ⇒ 2/3/4/5/6% target's max health (still at levels 1/6/9/11/13)

E - Disdain

COOLDOWN - 14 seconds ⇒ 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds

COST - 50/60/70/80/90 mana ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100 mana

R - Fear Beyond Death

DAMAGE - 125/250/375 ⇒ 100/225/350

Simple Changes

Azir

Health regen growth increased. Q damage increased.

Even with 9.4's attack speed buff, Azir still has room to grow without becoming a pro play nightmare. Probably.

Base Stats

HEALTH REGEN GROWTH - 0.55 ⇒ 0.75

Q - Conquering Sands

DAMAGE - 60/80/100/120/140 ⇒ 70/90/110/130/150

Cho'Gath

Q cooldown decreased.

We're helping out Cho'Gath with some power to his primary crowd control and zoning.

Q - Rupture

COOLDOWN - 9 seconds ⇒ 7 seconds

Dr. Mundo

Q damage increased. E attack damage increased.

We're following up on the Doctor's 9.5 buffs. More damage!

Q - Infected Cleaver

DAMAGE - 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% target's current health ⇒20/22.5/25/27.5/30% target's current health

E - Masochism

MINIMUM BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE - 30/45/60/75/90 ⇒ 40/55/70/85/100

MAXIMUM BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE - 60/90/120/150/180 ⇒80/110/140/170/200

Garen

W passive stats increased, cooldown decreased, duration decreased late.

First line: Increasing Garen's scaling with last-hits. 

Second line: Giving Garen more opportunities to use Courage's initial window of tenacity and increased damage reduction. 

Third line: Making sure he doesn't go nuts by keeping the uptime roughly similar.

W - Courage

PASSIVE RESISTANCES - 0.25 per stack, up to 40 ⇒ 0.33 per stack, up to 50

COOLDOWN - 24/23/22/21/20 seconds ⇒ 23/21/19/17/15 seconds

DURATION - 2/3/4/5/6 seconds ⇒ 2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5 seconds

Leona

E cooldown decreased.

We're increasing Leona's late-game crowd control so she can start fights more often when players invest more points into her E.

E - Zenith Blade

COOLDOWN - 13/12/11/10/9 seconds ⇒ 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds

Lissandra

Q cooldown increased.

We're hitting Lissandra's waveclear so she can't consistently out-shove her opponents.

Q - Ice Shard

COOLDOWN - 6/5.25/4.5/3.75/3 seconds ⇒ 10/8.5/7/5.5/4 seconds

Morgana

Health regen growth decreased. W ratio decreased.

Lookin' good and feelin' fine. But maybe a little too fine, especially in mid. Trimming off some excess power from her update in 9.5. While we're aiming mainly at mid-lane Morg, support will also be affected.

Base Stats

HEALTH REGEN GROWTH - 0.6 ⇒ 0.4

W - Tormented Shadow

MINIMUM TOTAL DAMAGE RATIO - 0.8 ability power ⇒ 0.7 ability power (still at 0% target missing health)

MAXIMUM TOTAL DAMAGE RATIO - 2.16 ability power ⇒ 1.89 ability power (still at 100% target missing health)

Pyke

Q cooldown decreased early. E stun duration increased.

We're giving Pyke's all-in more power.

Q - Bone Skewer

COOLDOWN - 16/14/12/10/8 seconds ⇒ 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds

E - Phantom Undertow

STUN DURATION - 1.1 seconds ⇒ 1.25 seconds

Rumble

W movement speed increased. R cooldown decreased.

We're giving Rumble some love so he can compete better against other top laners.

W - Scrap Shield

MOVEMENT SPEED - 10/15/20/25/30% ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40%

R - The Equalizer

COOLDOWN - 110/100/90 seconds ⇒ 100/85/70 seconds

Sylas

Health regen decreased. W damage decreased. E cooldown increased early.

We're continuing with the adjustments to Sylas since he’s become frustrating to deal with in all levels of play. These nerfs are aimed around creating weaknesses in his laning phase so that he can't be both mobile and have higher all-in damage and healing than his opponent

Base Stats

HEALTH REGEN - 9.5 ⇒ 7.5

W - Kingslayer

DAMAGE - 60/90/120/150/180 ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150

EMPOWERED DAMAGE - 90/135/180/225/270 ⇒ 75/112.5/150/187.5/225

E - Abscond / Abduct

COOLDOWN - 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds ⇒ 18/16/14/12/10 seconds

Items

Enchantment: Cinderhulk

Minion and monster aura damage increased.

We're helping tank junglers feel a more meaningful power spike upon completing Cinderhulk and bringing it closer to the other jungle enchants in clear speed.

GRILLED RAZORBEAK - Deals 200% ⇒ 300% bonus magic damage to minions and monsters

The Dark Seal

Ability power, sell-back value decreased.

Dark Seal is meant to be a greedy purchase to eventually upgrade into an even greedier Soulstealer, but its stat efficiency is so high and its sell-back value so good it’s become the correct choice to buy (sometimes in multiples) in too many situations.

ABILITY POWER - 15 ⇒ 10

SELLBACK VALUE - 245 gold ⇒ 140 gold

UPDATED

Wit's End

Attack speed, magic resist, cost increased. Now grants movement speed. On-hit damage lower early, higher late. No longer steals magic resist but now heals on-hit.

Making Wit's End more slot-efficient for attack speed bruisers. It can now fill the gap where one would consider Maw of Malmortius, but can't due to the overlap in passives with Sterak's Gage (Lifeline). It'll also be less of an early-rush item now that its new UNIQUE effect scales better throughout the game.

TOTAL COST2400 gold ⇒ 2900 gold

BUILD PATHRecurve Bow + Negatron Cloak + Dagger + 380 gold ⇒Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak + Dagger + 880 gold

ATTACK SPEED40% ⇒ 50%

MAGIC RESIST40 ⇒ 50

NEWMOVEMENT SPEED - 5%

ON-HIT DAMAGE - 42 ⇒ 15-80 (levels 1-18)

NEW - HEALTH STEAL - Heal for the amount of on-hit damage dealt by Wit's End (33% effective for ranged) when the item holder is below half health

REMOVED - MAGIC RESIST STEAL - Basic attacks no longer steal 6 magic resist (3 for ranged), up to 30

Immolate Item Combat Text

People like big numbers.

DISCO INFERNO - Combat text for Immolate effects on Cinderhulk, Bami's Cinder, and Sunfire Cape now display running totals of how much damage each target has taken

Runes

UPDATED

Eyeball Collection

Max stacks decreased, total stats unchanged. Kills and assists both grant one stack; no longer stacks off wards.

Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Eyeball Collection is about killing people.

MAX STACKS - 20 ⇒ 10

STACKS - 2 per champion kill, 1 per champion assist, 1 per ward kill ⇒ 1 per champion takedown (kill or assist)

ADAPTIVE FORCE - 1 per stack (20 total) ⇒ 2 per stack (20 total)

COMPLETION BONUS - 10 adaptive force (unchanged)

UPDATED

Ghost Poro

Your wards spawn a ghost poro and grant stacks of adaptive force when they expire. Gain extra adaptive force at full stacks.

Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Ghost Poro is about warding cleverly.

REMOVED - HAUNTED TRINKET - Standing in brush no longer converts your trinket into a Ghost Poro. Placing a Ghost Poro in enemy territory no longer grants adaptive force.

NEWS - POOKY - Your wards now spawn a Ghost Poro when they expire, giving vision in the area until it's scared away be enemy champions. Wards killed by enemies don't spawn Ghost Poros.

NEW - BOO - Spawning a Ghost Poro grants 2 adaptive force up to 10 times (max 20). At 10 Ghost Poro spawns, gain an additional 10 adaptive force.

UPDATED

Zombie Ward

No longer grants on-hit damage versus champions when clearing a ward. Ward clears now grant stacks of adaptive force. Gain extra adaptive force at full stacks.

Eyeball Collection's 30 adaptive force has been crowding out Ghost Poro and Zombie Ward. All three runes now grant the same adaptive force bonuses, so your choice is now how you want to stack those bonuses up rather than what kind of bonus you want. Zombie Ward is about clearing wards.

REMOVED - TOUCH OF DEATH - Damaging a champion after clearing a ward no longer deals bonus damage

NEW - WARD GRAVEYARD - Clearing a ward grants 2 adaptive force up to 10 times (max 20). At 10 ward clears, gain an additional 10 adaptive force.

Cut Down

Damage versus extremely high health targets increased.

It was still bad even after 9.5's buff.

DAMAGE5 - -12% ⇒ 5-15% (still at 10-100% max health difference)

Demolish

Max health ratio increased.

It was bad compared to almost all other minor runes.

DAMAGE - 100 (+30% max health) ⇒ 100 (+35% max health)

Overgrowth

Completion bonus grants more max health.

Making it better, especially for people who actually build health items.

COMPLETION BONUS - 2.5% max health increase ⇒ 3.5% max health increase

Predator

Look, a small usability improvement!

ZOOM - The monster burn effect of Hunter's Talisman and its upgrades no longer interrupts Predator's channel

Ultimate Hunter

Ult cooldown reduction increased.

It was bad.

ULT COOLDOWN REDUCTION - 5 (+2% per stack), max 15% ⇒ 5 (+3% per stack), max 20%