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We’re a few weeks into the preseason, which means it’s time for a follow-up from the balance team to try and tweak some outliers. This year, it’s a smaller follow-up than normal, as the team waits for changes settle in without “anything as egregiously off as we’ve seen in the past.”
Included in this patch is a small update to Shyvana, some tweaks to plants and jungle experience as well as changes for a few mid laners, among other champions. Below are just the changes: if you want more context, read the full patch notes here.
CHAMPIONS
Shyvana
Dragon’s Descent can’t be interrupted. E is now an exploding fireball in Dragon Form. Passive resistances down.
Passive - Fury of the Dragonborn
BONUS ARMOR & MAGIC RESIST :: 5/10/15/20 (at levels 1/6/11/16) >>> 5 at all levels
[NEW] DRAGON-HATING DRAGON :: Shyvana deals 10% more damage to elemental drakes (including Elder Dragon)
[REMOVED] DRAGON SCALES :: Fury of the Dragonborn's bonuses no longer double during Dragon Form
[NEW] OTHER DRAGONS' SCALES :: For each elemental drake Shyvana or her allies defeat, she gains an extra 5 armor and magic resist
W - Burnout
[REM] FLAME TRAIL :: No longer leaves a flame trail behind Shyvana while in Dragon Form
[NEW] SIZE IN DRAGON FORM :: 325 (same as Human form) >>> 350/365/380 at rank 1/2/3 of Dragon's Descent
[UPDATED] E - Flame Breath
LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY :: Now stops on the first champion hit (in both Human and Dragon form)
RATIO :: 0.6 ability power >>> 0.3 ability power
MISSILE SPEED :: 1700 >>> 1575
[NEW] THE POWER OF CHOICE :: While in Dragon Form, Shyvana can target Flame Breath anywhere within its max range
[NEW] DRAGON FORM EXPLOSION :: While in Dragon Form, Flame Breath explodes when it hits a champion or reaches its target location, leaving behind a flame zone
[NEW] DRAGON FORM EXPLOSION DAMAGE :: 100~200 (at levels 1-18) (+0.3 ability power) magic damage, stacking with Flame Breath's normal damage on all targets hit (not just the first!)
FLAME ZONE DURATION :: 4 seconds
FLAME ZONE SIZE :: 220/240/260 (at ranks 1/2/3 of Dragon's Descent)
FLAME ZONE DAMAGE :: 60~120 (at levels 1-18) (+0.2 ability power) magic damage per second
DON'T STAND IN FIRE :: Enemies that remain in the flame zone are persistently marked for Flame Breath's bonus on-hit damage
R - Dragon's Descent
[NEW] UNSTOPPABLE :: Shyvana can no longer be knocked out of Dragon's Descent's dash
MAX RANGE :: 950 >>> 850
DAMAGE :: 175/300/425 >>> 150/250/350
[NEW] BONUS HEALTH :: 150/250/350
DRAGON FORM ATTACK RANGE :: 175 >>> 175/190/205 at ranks 1/2/3
[NEW] BIGGER DRAGON :: Dragon Form is 8/16% larger at ranks 2/3
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Akali
Passive AP ratios up. W cost down. E ratios up.
Passive - Twin Disciplines
HEAL RATIO :: 0.6 bonus attack damage + 0.3 ability power >>> 0.6 bonus attack damage + 0.45 ability power
DAMAGE RATIO :: 0.5 bonus attack damage + 0.5 ability power >>> 0.5 bonus attack damage + 0.65 ability power
BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where damage from Twin Disciplines and Mark of the Assassin would not count towards Thunderlord’s Decree
W - Twilight Shroud
COST :: 80/75/70/65/60 energy >>> 60/55/50/45/40 energy
E - Crescent Slash
RATIO :: 0.7 bonus attack damage + 0.5 ability power >>> 0.8 bonus attack damage + 0.6 ability power
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Anivia
W cooldown lowered. E no longer deals increased damage against targets in R until the storm is fully formed. R forms faster.
W - Crystallize
COOLDOWN :: 25 seconds at all ranks >>> 17 seconds at all ranks
E - Frostbite
COOLDOWN :: 5 seconds at all ranks >>> 4 seconds at all ranks
CHILLED BONUS :: Deals 200% damage to targets recently hit by Q - Flash Frost or R - Glacial Storm >>> a fully-formed R - Glacial Storm
R - Glacial Storm
TIME TO FULLY FORM :: 3 seconds >>> 1.5 seconds
DAMAGE PER SECOND :: 80/120/160 >>> 40/60/80
RATIO :: 0.25 ability power >>> 0.125 ability power
EMPOWERED DAMAGE :: Empowered storms deal 150% >>> 300% damage (same damage as live)
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Evelynn
Passive - Shadow Walk
[REMOVED] SHADOW SCREEN :: No longer displays a grey tint on Evelynn’s screen while camouflaged
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Katarina
E - Shunpo
SILKY SMOOTH :: Movement commands are canceled if Shunpo targets a plant or enemy champion
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Malzahar
Voidlings deal more damage but don’t multiply as frequently. Malzahar can now store 2 charges of Void Swarm.
W - Void Swarm
COST :: 80 mana >>> 40 mana
[NEW] CHARGES :: Now stores up to 2 charges
[NEW] VOIDLING HEALTH :: Voidlings now have three health and take damage similarly to Zyra’s plants. Champion basic attacks and spells deal 1 damage (0.25 damage per tick of damage over time effects).
VOIDLING PHYSICAL DAMAGE :: 30/32.5/35/37.5/40% total attack damage >>> 30/35/40/45/50 (+0.4 bonus attack damage)
VOIDLING MAGIC DAMAGE RATIO :: 0.1 ability power >>> 0.2 ability power
SWARMING :: Voidlings can spawn other Voidlings within ||| 8 seconds >>> 3 seconds of W cast
[REMOVED] BURST FROM THEIR CHEST :: Voidlings no longer spawn other Voidlings by killing minions
[NEW] BLOOD IN THE WATER :: Voidlings deal 300% damage to minions affected by Malefic Visions
[REMOVED] MINION HATE :: Voidlings no longer execute low-health enemy minions
[REMOVED] MOB MENTALITY :: Voidlings no longer gain 50% attack speed when three or more are active
[NEW] SLACKERS :: Voidlings now only gain bonus movement speed toward priority targets if they’re within 600 units of Malzahar
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Orianna
W - Command: Dissonance
BUGFIX :: When cast during the travel time of <strong>Q - Command: Attack</strong>, Command: Dissonance now waits to fire until the ball reaches its destination
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Rengar
Bonetooth Necklace
BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug causing Bonetooth Necklace to stop working if Rengar was revived through Guardian Angel or Zilean’s R - Chronoshift
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Shen
Armor and health growth increased.
General
ARMOR GROWTH STAT :: 2.6 >>> 3.0
HEALTH GROWTH STAT :: 73 >>> 85
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Yorick
W - Dark Procession
REVERT :: Yorick once again walks into range to cast Dark Procession, rather than casting it at max range in the target direction
ITEMS
Blade of the Ruined King
On-hit damage increased.
ON HIT DAMAGE :: 6% of the target’s current health >>> 8% of the target’s current health
Guinsoo's Rageblade
No longer loses attack speed on combine.
[NEW?] ATTACK SPEED :: 0% >>> 25%
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Sterak's Gage
COMBINE COST :: 1150 gold >>> 1050 gold
TOTAL COST :: 2700 gold >>> 2600 gold
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Lord Van Damm's Pillager (Twisted Treeline only)
COMBINE COST :: 1000 gold >>> 700 gold
TOTAL COST :: 3300 gold >>> 3000 gold
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SUMMONER’S RIFT
Living Jungle
General
GREEN THUMB :: Plants are now immune to critical strikes and lifesteal
Blast Cone
HORSE PLANT :: Fixed a bug where Hecarim’s E - Devastating Charge caused Blast Cones to launch him forward instead of backward
THEY LOOK SMALL UP HERE :: Fixed a bug where enemies sometimes flickered out of vision when jumping with a Blast Cone
Honeyfruit
AGGRESSIVE EATING :: Fixed a bug where consuming Honeyfruit flagged you as ‘in combat’ for the purpose of various out of combat passives
I’LL GET THAT TO GO :: Fixed a bug where dashing or moving very quickly over Honeyfruit would sometimes fail to pick them up
Scryer’s Bloom
ANTI-ALLERGY :: Updated the indicator textures to be less noisy and misleading
Jungle Experience
More XP on mini Krugs, less XP on big Raptor.
General
BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t get bonus experience from your jungle item when killing a monster that was a higher level than you while leveling up
Raptors
CRIMSON RAPTOR EXPERIENCE :: 65 >>> 15
Krugs
LESSER KRUG EXPERIENCE :: 5 >>> 15 (Ancient Krug and Krug unchanged)
TELEPORT & RECALL CAMERA
HEY :: If Teleport or Recall’s channel is interrupted by someone other than yourself, the camera will now snap to your location