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Riot has gifted us with a teeny tiny patch to help us through this three-week patch cycle. There isn’t much going on, but it’s worth checking out, as this all went live Tuesday.
Caitlyn, Tristana and Varus all got buffs to their kits, whether its a love tap on their attack speed or just general amount of damage. These buffs might not get these marksmen back to where they were before the big item changes, but it should help them out.
Brawler’s Glove was also made a smidgen cheaper, but making it into a Zeal costs the same, so don’t celebrate yet.
Aatrox has gotten a buff to his Q hitbox size, and Nocturne and Taliyah have both gotten nerfed.
Like we said, there isn’t too much beef to this tiny patch, but it should help balance things out until the next patch in two weeks.
For Riot’s full notes, you can check them out here.
Caitlyn
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HEADSHOT DAMAGE 50% (+100% crit chance) total attack damage ⇒ 50-100% (at levels 1-18) (+150% crit chance) total attack damage
Tristana
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Q ATTACK SPEED 30/50/70/90/110% ⇒ 50/65/80/95/110%
E COST 70/75/80/85/90 mana ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70 mana
Varus
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Q MINIMUM DAMAGE RATIO 1.0 total attack damage ⇒ 1.1 total attack damage
Q MAXIMUM DAMAGE RATIO 1.5 total attack damage ⇒ 1.65 total attack damage
W ON-HIT DAMAGE 5/9/13/17/21 ⇒ 7/10.5/14/17.5/21
W STACK POP DAMAGE 2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5% target’s maximum health per stack ⇒3/3.5/4/4.5/5% target’s maximum health per stack
Stormrazor
BUILD PATH BF Sword + Pickaxe + Dagger + 725 gold ⇒ BF Sword + Pickaxe + Dagger + Dagger + 425 gold
TOTAL COST 3200 gold (unchanged)
CRIT DAMAGE 160-200% (at 0-60% crit chance) ⇒ 160-200% (at 0-30% crit chance)
Brawler’s Gloves
COST 600 gold ⇒ 400 gold
Zeal
COMBINE COST 400 gold ⇒ 600 gold
TOTAL COST 1300 gold (unchanged)
Aatrox
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Q1 LENGTH 625 ⇒ 650
Q1 WIDTH 175 ⇒ 200
Q2 LENGTH 500 ⇒ 525 (sweet spot size unchanged)
Nocturne
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BASE ATTACK DAMAGE 65 ⇒ 62
R DAMAGE RATIO 1.5 bonus attack damage ⇒ 1.2 bonus attack damage
Taliyah
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PASSIVE MOVEMENT SPEED 30-45% ⇒ 20-45%
Q COOLDOWN 9/7.5/6/4.5/3 seconds ⇒ 11/9/7/5/3 seconds