League of Legends patch 9.5 change list

Kayle and Morgana’s updates are coming in hot

By Julia Lee@hardykiwis Mar 5, 2019, 2:03pm EST

The sisters’ big updates are finally moving to live servers this patch. Kayle and Morgana’s reworks are coming!

Patch 9.5 is big for that reason alone, but there’s plenty of other gameplay changes in here, including a buff to Stormrazor after it got hit a little too hard, changes to Akali’s kit, and buffs to champions like Gangplank. (I mean, it’s hard to look like an important change when two champions are getting big upgrades this patch.)

This patch will also include the release of K/DA Ahri Prestige Edition, though the skin will only be obtainable through Prestige Points. The good news is that Arclight Brand is also dropping this patch, and you can buy him for normal RP.

ARURF is also sticking around for this patch and there are a bunch of balance changes to beef up some champions who weren’t doing too hot and tone down some that were tearing it up.

As usual, you can check out Riot’s full notes here and our tl;dr here.

Champions

Kayle and Morgana

Kayle and Morgana are ready to take down the guilty. The sisters serve justice in Patch 9.5!

Akali

Ring movement speed durations increased. Stealth from turrets adjusted. E damage increased. R cooldown decreased.

Passive - Assassin’s Mark

EDGE OF RING MOVEMENT SPEED DURATION :: 1.25 seconds >>> 2 seconds

OUTSIDE OF RING MOVEMENT SPEED DURATION :: 1.25 seconds >>> 2 seconds

W - Twilight Shroud

STEALTH FROM TURRETS :: Akali is now only revealed by turrets within a turret’s attack range, rather than its sight range

PEEK-A-BOO :: Akali now only needs to exit and re-enter her shroud once to extend the shroud’s duration by the maximum 3 seconds, rather than extending it by 0.5 seconds six times

E - Shuriken Flip

FIRST CAST DAMAGE :: 60/90/120/150/180 >>> 70/105/140/175/210

SECOND CAST DAMAGE :: 60/90/120/150/180 >>> 50/80/110/140/170

R - Perfect Execution

COOLDOWN :: 120/100/80 seconds >>> 100/85/70 seconds

Neeko

E root adjusted.

E - Tangle-Barbs

ROOT DURATION :: 0.5 seconds on all enemies except the last champion hit; 0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5 seconds against the last champion hit, increased to 1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7/3 seconds if Tangle-Barbs hit at least two enemies >>> 0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5 seconds on the first enemy hit, 1.8/2.1/2.4/2.7/3 seconds on all other enemies hit

BUGFIX :: No longer disarms enemies

Rakan

W damage and dash speed increased.

W - Grand Entrance

DAMAGE :: 70/115/160/205/250 (+0.7 ability power) >>> 70/120/170/220/270 (+0.7 ability power)

DASH SPEED :: 1400/1445/1480 (based on type of boots) >>> 1500

Skarner

Spire radius increased; Red buff Spire now covers Krugs and Raptors on both sides of the map. Spires removed from minimap.

Passive - Crystal Spires

[REM] INTRUDER ALARM :: Spires no longer appear on the minimap

SPIRE RADIUS :: 1150 >>> 1600

[UPD] PORQUE NO LOS DOS? :: Red buff Spire now in range of both Krugs and Raptors

Vi

Attack speed growth decreased. Passive cooldown increased but W now reduces it. Q ratio decreased, no longer deals reduced passthrough damage. W attack speed increased. E AoE can now crit. R cooldown, damage, knockup/knockback increased; no longer deals reduced passthrough damage.

Base Stats:

ATTACK SPEED GROWTH :: 2.5% >>> 2%

Passive - Blast Shield

COOLDOWN :: 12-8 seconds (levels 1-9) >>> 16-12 seconds (levels 1-9) (see Denting Blows below)

SHIELD RATIO :: 10% max health >>> 15% max health

Q - Vault Breaker

[REM] QUARTER POUNDER :: No longer deals 25% reduced damage to non-champions

RATIO :: 1.6 bonus attack damage >>> 1.4 bonus attack damage

W - Denting Blows

ATTACK SPEED :: 30/35/40/45/50% >>> 30/37.5/45/52.5/60%

[NEW] PASSIVE COOLDOWN :: Blast Shield’s cooldown is now reduced by 3 seconds whenever Denting Blows procs

E - Excessive Force

CRITICAL CONES :: Damage cone can now critically strike

RATIO :: 1.15 total attack damage, 0.7 ability power >>> 1.1 total attack damage, 0.9 ability power

R - Assault and Battery

COOLDOWN :: 110/85/60 seconds >>> 120/100/80 seconds

DAMAGE :: 150/300/450 (+1.4 bonus attack damage) >>> 150/325/500 (+1.1 bonus attack damage)

[REM] QUARTER POUNDER :: No longer deals 25% reduced damage to secondary targets

SECONDARY TARGET KNOCKBACK :: Vi knocks back enemies she passes through by ||| 250 range over 0.25 seconds >>> 350 range over 0.75 seconds

Lucian Audio Updates

Cleaning up some of Lucian’s ability audio to make it clearer!

BULLETS :: Clearer hit audio on Base and Striker Lucian basic attacks, passive-empowered attacks, and The Culling

ARDENT BLAZE :: Cast audio is shimmerier, deep tones on travel audio reduced, target hit sound added. Changes apply to all skins except High Noon which already had them implemented (Heartseeker Lucian’s on-hit sound is unchanged).

RELENTLESS PURSUIT :: Dash audio brightened on Base and Striker Lucian

Items

Relic Shield Line

Healing decreased.

RELIC SHIELD HEALING :: 15 (+2% target’s missing health) >>> 5-30 at 0-100% target’s missing health

TARGON’S BRACE HEALING :: 40 (+2% target’s missing health) >>> 10-60 at 0-100% target’s missing health

REMNANT OF THE ASPECT HEALING :: 50 (+2% target’s missing health) >>> 15-90 at 0-100% target’s missing health

Stormrazor

Given that Stormrazor’s update shifted it from a rush item to a late pickup, we erred on the side of undershooting its power to make sure it was a clearly less attractive first buy. But now, it’s too weak, so we’re buffin’ it.

ATTACK DAMAGE :: 55 >>> 60

ATTACK SPEED :: 25% >>> 30%

Runes

Aftershock

Bugfixing Aftershock’s resist duration to do what the tooltip says.

RESIST DURATION :: 3 seconds >>> 2.5 seconds

Conqueror

ADAPTIVE FORCE :: 2-10 per stack (10-50 at max stacks) >>> 2-6 per stack (10-30 at max stacks)

Mid-Patch 9.4 Updates

(Reminder: These have been live for a while already.)

ADAPTIVE FORCE :: 3-15 per stack (max 15-75) >>> 2-10 per stack (max 10-50). This change is overwritten by the line above.

RANGED STACK DURATION :: 3 seconds >>> 2 seconds (melee stack duration still 8 seconds)

Cut Down

Making it more competitive with Coup de Grace and Last Stand.

BONUS DAMAGE :: 4-10% >>> 5-12% (still vs targets with 10%-100% more maximum health than you)

Simple Changes

Cho’Gath

E damage increased.

E - Vorpal Spikes

DAMAGE :: 20/30/40/50/60 to 22/34/46/58/70

Dr. Mundo

E magic resist increased.

E - Masochism

MAGIC RESIST :: 2% per stack, up to 6/12/18/24/30% >>> 3% per stack, up to 6/15/24/33/42%

Gangplank

E bonus damage to champions increased. R damage per wave increased.

E - Powder Keg

BONUS DAMAGE TO CHAMPIONS :: 60/90/120/150/180 >>> 80/105/130/155/180

R - Cannon Barrage

MAGIC DAMAGE PER WAVE :: 35/60/85 (+0.1 ability power) >>> 40/70/100 (+0.1 ability power)

MAX DAMAGE :: 420/720/1020 (+1.2 ability power) >>> 480/840/1200 (+1.2 ability power)

Graves

Base attack damage increased.

Base Stats

ATTACK DAMAGE :: 63 >>> 66

Jhin

Q attack damage increased.

Q - Dancing Grenade

RATIO :: 0.4/0.475/0.55/0.625/0.7 total attack damage >>> 0.45/0.525/0.6/0.675/0.75 total attack damage

Nunu & Willump

Health decreased. Q healing decreased.

Base Stats

HEALTH :: 590 >>> 570

Q - Consume

HEAL :: 75/120/165/210/255 >>> 75/110/145/180/215

Tryndamere

Passive crit chance cap increased late.

Passive - Battle Fury

CRIT CHANCE CAP PER FURY :: Up to 35% >>> 35/40/45/50% at levels 1/6/11/16

Sylas

W heal increased early, decreased late; heal ratio increased, damage ratio increased.

W - Kingslayer

HEAL :: 50/80/110/140/170 (+0.35 ability power) >>> 60/80/100/120/140 (+0.45 ability power)

DAMAGE RATIO :: 0.55 ability power >>> 0.65 ability power

Yorick

Maiden damage and mark proc damage decreased.

R - Eulogy of the Isles

MAIDEN DAMAGE :: 10/20/40 (+0.5 Yorick’s total attack damage) >>> 0/10/40 (+0.5 Yorick’s total attack damage)

MARK DAMAGE :: 5/7.5/10% target’s maximum health >>> 3/6/9% target’s maximum health

Rek’Sai

Fixed a bug where R could deal damage twice.

Mid-Patch 9.4 update

Reminder: This change has been live for a while already.

BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where R - Void Rush could deal damage twice if Rek’Sai’s target Flashed away the instant Void Rush’s damage was dealt

ARURF

Surprise—we’re extending ARURF by another two patches! Since we’ve got another month of ultra rapid firing in store, we’ve also got a ton more balance changes for 9.5. If you’re a member of the Golden Spatula club, you’ll hang onto your benefits for the full extended duration.

Let’s start with the buffs:

Aatrox — BUFF :: +15% damage buff increased to +20%
Akali — BUFF :: +15% damage, -10% damage taken
Alistar — BUFF :: +5% damage, -10% damage taken
Anivia — BUFF :: +15% damage
Aurelion Sol — BUFF :: +5% damage buff increased to +10%
Bard — BUFF :: +15% damage buff increased to +20%
Braum — BUFF :: -5% damage taken buff increased to -10%
Darius — BUFF :: +5% damage buff increased to +10%
Elise — BUFF :: +10% damage, -10% damage taken
Evelynn — BUFF :: +10% damage buff increased to +20%
Gangplank — BUFF :: +10% damage buff increased to +15%
Gnar — BUFF :: +5% damage buff increased to +10%
Ivern — BUFF :: +10% damage, -15% damage taken
Jhin — BUFF :: +20% damage
Katarina — BUFF :: +15% damage, -10% damage taken
Quinn — BUFF :: +15% damage
Sion — BUFF :: +10% damage
Sona — BUFF :: -5% damage nerf removed
Tahm Kench — BUFF :: -20% damage taken buff increased to -25%
Taliyah — BUFF :: +15% damage
Thresh — BUFF :: +5% damage buff increased to +10%, -5% damage taken buff increased to -10%
Udyr — BUFF :: +10% damage, -15% damage taken
Urgot — BUFF :: +5% damage buff increased to +15%
Yasuo — BUFF :: +10% damage buff increased to +15%, -5% damage taken buff increased to -10%
Zac — BUFF :: -10% damage taken buff increased to -15%
Zilean — BUFF :: +10% damage buff increased to +20%
Zoe — BUFF :: +10% damage

And of course some nerfs:

Ahri — NERF :: -5% damage nerf increased to -8%
Fizz — NERF :: -5% damage
Garen — NERF :: -5% damage nerf increased to -10%
Heimerdinger — NERF :: -5% damage
Jayce — NERF :: -5% damage
Nocturne — NERF :: -5% damage
Sivir — NERF :: -5% damage nerf increased to -8%
Syndra — NERF :: -5% damage
Vladimir — NERF :: -8% damage
First Elder Dragon — NERF :: Burn decreased from 141 over 3 seconds to 90 over 3 seconds
Second Elder Dragon — NERF :: Burn decreased from 255 over 3 seconds to 210 over 3 seconds
Third Elder Dragon — NERF :: Burn decreased from 315 over 3 seconds to 270 over 3 seconds

Bugfixes

Celerity now properly increases bonus movement speed from Time Warp Tonic
Fixed a bug where some champions would sometimes stand in place instead of auto-attacking
Zombie Brand’s VO no longer plays globally when Brand is in vision
Lunar Empress Lux’s textures no longer becomes corrupted upon death
Darius’ Base skin no longer plays God King Darius’ E - Apprehend quotes
Papercraft Anivia’s landing SFX during her recall have been restored
When champions shield or bind Papercraft Anivia, they are now a consistent size when compared to her base during Passive - Rebirth
Rengar’s R - Thrill of the Hunt true sight indicator from the ability is no longer misplaced on Star Guardian Ezreal
Udyr’s Q - Tiger Stance level-up tooltips now appear
Dropping replay files onto the League executable now works in all regions
Fixed a bug where the “No Ban” option was missing in the pick/ban phase in Ranked queue

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released this patch:

K/DA Ahri Prestige Edition
Arclight Brand

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Arclight Brand
Blackthorn Morgana
Viridian Kayle