Patch 14.10

E damage cap against monsters raised to a flat value, damage cap against minions removed.

Cho jungle isn't doing too great, and while looking for ways to open up jungle diversity we noticed his E monster damage cap was quite low, and scaled with E rank. Now Chungle players have a bit more flexibility in choosing what spell to max first! The minion damage cap was a holdover that no longer seems relevant, so this is also a buff to Cho clearing Super minions in general.

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  E - Vorpal Spikes

  Damage cap against monsters: 80/100/120/140/160 → 200

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  E - Vorpal Spikes

  Damage cap against minions: 80/100/120/140/160 → Removed

The Package has been removed, Corki's passive now deals bonus true damage, and most of his abilities have been buffed and converted to physical damage.

We're delivering a huge update to Corki this patch, returning parts of him to a long-past version with true damage on his passive and no Packages to pick up. Overall, our goals are to give Corki the power he deserves without turning his Pro games into stale, boring poke fests between objective timers. We want Corki to be a relatively easy-to-play, aggressive champion who's pressured to end the game before his opponents out-scale him. To do that, he'll be rewarded for aggressive, cooperative moves, and shredding his opponents' resists while he gangs up on his prey with teammates. His damage is being converted largely into physical damage and he'll be rewarded for repeated auto-attacks on his opponents, tying much of his ultimate's power behind auto attacks to refund ammo. We're shifting power around to make sure each of his buttons has a place at all points in time, turning his late game combat pattern into an all-out assault with his entire kit, instead of just firing out Missile Barrage from maximum range. We also hope that Corki will find a home in bot lane as well as mid lane. Currently, he's only really played mid, where he finds middling success. Ideally he finds success in both roles. As one final note, we've converted most of his magic damage to physical and all but removed his AP builds. His recommended items have been manually updated to include both AD-haste and AD-crit builds, so follow either one to your heart's content, but items like Sorcerer's Shoes and Malignance will no longer be worth buying. Please don't!

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  Passive - Hextech Munitions

  Damage: 20% Physical & 80% Magic → 100% Physical & 15% True

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  Passive - Hextech Munitions

  The Package: Removed

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+70% bonus AD) (+50% AP) → 70/110/150/290/230 (+120% Bonus AD) (+70% AP)

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Cooldown: 8 → 9/8.5/8/7.5/7

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Mana: 60/70/80/90/100 → 60/65/70/75/80

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Missile Speed: 1000 → 1100

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Re-timed the animation to fire at a more appropriate point in the animation. 0.25s cast time unchanged.

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  W - Valkyrie

  Mana: 80 → 80/85/90/95/100

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  W - Valkyrie

  Now more consistently deals all its damage ticks. This is usually 10% more damage if your target was in the zone the whole time.

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  W - Valkyrie

  Damage over time now lingers for 1 second after leaving the zone

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  W - Valkyrie

  Can no longer deal more than the maximum damage if a target runs alongside Valkyrie's damaging zone

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  W - Valkyrie

  Particle effects have been scaled up to match the damage radius

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  W - Valkyrie

  Damage particles have been made less spammy

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Damage Type: 50% magic & 50% physical → 100% Physical

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Damage: 120/170/230/280/320 (+250% bonus AD) → 100/150/200/250/300 (+200% bonus AD)

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Cooldown: 16 → 12

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Armor/MR Shred: 8/11/14/17/20 → 12/15/18/21/24

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Time to reach max shred: 8 hits (2 seconds) → 4 hits (1 second)

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  E - Gatling Gun

  Mana: 50 → 50/55/60/65/70

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  R - Missile Barrage

  Damage: 80/115/150 (+25/50/75% AD) (+12%AP) → 80/180/280 (+70% AD) (AP ratio removed)

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  R - Missile Barrage

  Mana: 20 → 35

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  R - Missile Barrage

  Max Ammo: 7 → 4

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  R - Missile Barrage

  Recharge Rate: 12/11/10 → 20

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  R - Missile Barrage

  New - Basic attacks on-hit against champions reduce the recharge time of Missile Barrage by 2-4s based on critical strike chance

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  R - Missile Barrage

  New - Leveling the ability for the first time grants 2 ammo

Base Health Regen Growth and Health Growth increased. E Base shield increased.

Oh K'Sante. As a fairly new (...right?) and difficult-to-play champion, we don't expect him to have exceptionally strong performances on all but the most practiced players (read: Pros). That said, he took a hit last patch when we updated his hitbox and selection radius. As a result, he's performing worse in solo queue than we'd like, so we're shipping him some buffs. We're buffing E's rank-up since a decent portion of K'Sante players choose to max it second and we're comfortable with it being competitive with W. Otherwise we're just upping his baseline durability since he became easier to hit.

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  E - Footwork

  Base Shield: 50/90/130/170/210 (+10% bonus health) → 50/100/150/200/250 (+10% bonus health)

E deals bonus damage to monsters.

Sett jungle players are few and far between, and the ones that do exist max W first in an attempt to make up for his poor AoE. Players should notice the biggest difference in their first clear where little raptors will die to your pet roughly 1 auto after you kill the big one.

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  E - Facebreaker

  newNow has a 100 flat damage mod to monsters

Q damage, mana cost, and max HP monster cap reduced. Q damage to structures increased. E damage reduced. R cast time decreased, unstoppable status removed, but can now queue other abilities while winding up.

We're making some small updates to Skarner now that he's been out in the wild for a bit. First, we're changing up part of his ultimate's cast paradigm. We're letting displacement effects affect Skarner while winding up Impale, which will do a couple of things. The most fun one is to let him cast it reactively to an incoming Blitzcrank hook, delivering even more suppressions per cast. This also leaves some room for opponent counter-play as astute players can preemptively throw out spells like Explosive Cask and push Skarner away before he can snag his prey. Because this change will make him less consistent, we're also hastening the cast time, giving him a better shot at landing it without setup CC. We're also adding a little bit of QoL, allowing him to properly queue his spells before R. He still can't cast Q or E while Impaling someone, but in case it misses, he'll go right into his next cast. He's also due for some meaningful nerfs as arguably the strongest high-MMR jungler in the game. We're happy with his level of crowd control and durability, so we're going after his ability to kill squishy champions quickly. We also know that there's a large community of Skarner top players who will be negatively affected by these nerfs, so we're delivering some small compensation buffs aimed at top lane. Between these compensation buffs and Fimbulwinter's buffs, we hope players will still enjoy him in both roles.

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  Q - Shattered Earth / Upheaval

  Damage: 10/20/30/40/50 (+60% Bonus AD) (+5% Bonus HP) → 10/20/30/40/50 (+60% Bonus AD) (+4% Bonus HP)

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  Q - Shattered Earth / Upheaval

  Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 → 30

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  Q - Shattered Earth / Upheaval

  Damage to Structures: 50% → 100%

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  Q - Shattered Earth / Upheaval

  % Max HP Monster Cap: 150/225/300/375/450 → 150/200/250/300/350

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  E - Ixtal's Impact

  Damage: 30/60/90/120/150 (+10% Skarner's Max HP) → 30/60/90/120/150 (+8% Skarner's Max HP)

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  R - Impale

  Cast Time: .75 → .65

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  R - Impale

  Skarner is no longer unstoppable while winding up Impale

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  R - Impale

  Skarner can now queue his other skills while winding up Impale. Q/E still cannot be cast while impaling an enemy champion.

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  R - Impale

  Fixed a bug where Mark/Dash could be re/cast during Impale

Passive critical strike chance cap increased.

Now that we're going back to 25% critical strike chance on legendary items, we're adjusting champions like Tryndamere that directly depend on certain thresholds. For Tryndamere, our goal is for him to hit 100% crit at 2 items and full Fury.

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  Passive - Battle Fury

  Fury Bonus Critical Strike Chance: 0-40% (based on Fury) → 0-50% (based on Fury)

Q healing from minions increased.

Lane Viego was nerfed a few years ago to reduce his power in Pro play as a flex pick. Since then, we've nerfed him in other Pro-focused ways as well as lowered the amount of systemic sustain available in early lane, and think there may be room to give back a bit of wicked good lane power.

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  Q - Blade of the Ruined King

  Mark Healing vs minions: 10% → 50%

Passive critical strike multiplier decreased, bonus AD for excess critical strike chance increased.

Now that we're going back to 25% critical strike chance on legendary items, we're adjusting champions like Yasuo that directly depend on certain thresholds. With Yasuo, our goal is for him to hit 100% critical strike chance once he hits 2 items.

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  Passive - Way of the Wanderer

  Critical Strike Chance Multiplier: 2.5 → 2

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  Passive - Way of the Wanderer

  Bonus AD for Excess Critical Strike Chance: 40% → 50%

Passive critical strike multiplier decreased, bonus AD for excess critical strike chance increased.

Now that we're going back to 25% critical strike chance on legendary items, we're adjusting champions like Yone that directly depend on certain thresholds. Much like his brother, our goal is for Yone to hit 100% critical strike chance once he hits 2 items.

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  Passive - Way of the Hunter

  Critical Strike Chance Multiplier: 2.5 → 2

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  Passive - Way of the Hunter

  Bonus AD for Excess Critical Strike Chance: 40% → 50%

Now let's talk about support tanks. In general we think their items are in a pretty good place overall but wanted to move a few things around to create some more options. Up fir…

Now let's talk about support tanks. In general we think their items are in a pretty good place overall but wanted to move a few things around to create some more options. Up first is Abyssal Mask. We expect support tanks and magic damage bruisers to be pretty excited, as it provides a lot of teamfight durability and helps themselves and their team deal with MR-stacking front lines. Through an abundance of caution over this item creating stale AP vs. AP lanes, we're trying to ensure it's a weak rush item for most ranged champions through lower 1v1 gold efficiency and tying its durability more to team fights. It should be very strong in 2x magic damage teams, as % shred will do a lot against MR-stackers. And by no longer tying its aura to bonus health purchases, even supports like Braum can buy this in their second slot and feel like they've got another viable option for empowering their team. Finally, it's becoming unique with Void Staff and Cryptbloom, similar to how Black Cleaver cannot be stacked with Last Whisper upgrades.

Let's talk about pure health items, which have generally been quite ignored by players.

Let's talk about pure health items, which have generally been quite ignored by players. Sometimes they just don't provide enough stats to be competitive but other times, there's just no need for more health because other items already provide a ton. We're hoping to fix up both of those areas by re-tuning pure health items and resist items in order to carve out a space for these ones. That said, we thought long and hard about Anathema's and came to the conclusion that a version of Anathema's that was strong and prevalent would be quite bad for the game. Snowballing should feel good and players should be rewarded for their success. While strong defenses (armor, health, Zhonya's Hourglass, etc.) are good, an item that specifically disempowers a targeted player and makes them weaker in all cases wasn't something we wanted to keep around.

We want to give tanks a small amount of extra ability haste, which we're doing through the Immolate system.

We want to give tanks a small amount of extra ability haste, which we're doing through the Immolate system. We're compensating health here in order to give space for other health items (which have direct synergy with the Immolate passive) and also making Bami's Cinder a bit cheaper so that junglers and top laners can more reliably get it on their first recall.

We are generally happy with Banshee's Veil, so its Verdant Barrier component is updated without further adjustments.

We want Black Cleaver to be a core component of most fighter builds.

We want Black Cleaver to be a core component of most fighter builds. One key tenet of fighter combat patterns is target agnosticism, which is one factor that differentiates them from assassins. Not only do we like when they're good at hitting the front line, we also want them to be a little bit cooperative, which allows some of their combat power to come from team fighting and not just side lane 1v1s.

We’re updating Blade of the Ruined King's damage profile to be centered more about the stats the item provides rather than the on-hit damage.

We’re updating Blade of the Ruined King's damage profile to be centered more about the stats the item provides rather than the on-hit damage. We’re also taking this opportunity to move the effect of clawing shadows back to be triggered after 3 hits instead of on first attack.

Bloodthirster is once again leaving the crit system, and going back to its simpler roots of being a pure AD and lifesteal stick.

Bloodthirster is once again leaving the crit system, and going back to its simpler roots of being a pure AD and lifesteal stick. With it, it's also regaining its passive ability to overheal. This will potentially open it up as an option for other classes to purchase it.

Corrupting Potion has somewhat been forgotten for a while.

Corrupting Potion has somewhat been forgotten for a while. We don't like when it's strong and dominates other early game item choices, so we've decided to remove it from the game for now.

We're slightly adjusting the gold value of attack speed now that we feel comfortable adding it as a stat on items to make them desirable.

Dawncore was initially conceived as an enchanter capstone that could finish their builds.

Dawncore was initially conceived as an enchanter capstone that could finish their builds. Of course, that's really lofty for a class that doesn't earn a lot of gold. We still want Dawncore to be a big-ticket item but are reshaping it a little bit, giving it much more up-front power while still having a bit of scaling that asks you to at least not buy it first. So we're massively juicing up the AP and Heal/Shield Power in order to make it the best item for “I want really, really strong enchanter spells.” It's still more expensive than other options and is a greedier buy but is focused on making your kit as strong per-cast as possible. The math works out to an extra 32.5 Ability Power and 11.5% Heal/Shield Power if you buy it after something like Imperial Mandate or Shurelya's, which should more than compensate for the dropped haste.

Echoes of Helia hasn't found its footing in the post-Mythic world so we're making the item more user-friendly and more powerful.

Echoes of Helia hasn't found its footing in the post-Mythic world so we're making the item more user-friendly and more powerful. Since it can be tough for a support to land multiple hits on an enemy, we're lowering the required hits between shields and heals for full effect and juicing up the per-cast impact. For those who were reliably getting three hits in between shields, this won't be a huge buff, but for anyone who had a hard time always casting at full stacks, these changes will be a significant improvement.

This one in particular is a pretty big change but we're taking away the Spellblade passive from Essence Reaver.

This one in particular is a pretty big change but we're taking away the Spellblade passive from Essence Reaver. It's instead becoming a stat stick with a very clear purpose, spell casting. It should still provide a near-unlimited supply of mana for those spells to be cast, as well as having a competitive stat line.

We're giving Winter's Approach and Fimbulwinter some strict buffs and also playing up the mana build synergy.

We're giving Winter's Approach and Fimbulwinter some strict buffs and also playing up the mana build synergy. By doubling the value of the mana conversion for items like Frozen Heart and Rod of Ages, we hope there will be a subset of tanks and AP bruisers that are excited to try out high-mana builds. On average, the Awe change will be relatively neutral on most tanks unless they invest further into mana, but the 150 extra health is pure upside.

With Hearthbound Axe we wanted to position it as a better Epic in some recipes as well as index it out of just pure Attack Speed.

With Hearthbound Axe we wanted to position it as a better Epic in some recipes as well as index it out of just pure Attack Speed. This should give it broader appeal now with less attack speed and more attack damage.

Removing the lifesteal from shieldbow will allow it to fit as a third/fourth item to round out crit builds and offer a defensive choice that's not sustain-based.

We wanted to bring back a more powerful version of Infinity Edge that feels like it's worth rushing.

We wanted to bring back a more powerful version of Infinity Edge that feels like it's worth rushing. With these stats, it'll hold its own while waiting for other scalers to come into play and should bring back crit builds to some of the users that had some in the past.

We're moving the energized system fully into Legendary items only, and have struggled to find a middle ground for this item to exist for it to only serve items from two distance systems.

We're moving the energized system fully into Legendary items only, and have struggled to find a middle ground for this item to exist for it to only serve items from two distance systems. Since it doesn't serve a purpose anymore amongst the item changes we're making this patch, we're going to remove it from the catalog.

Knight's Vow is receiving a small simplification that should be mathematically very close to the old version and makes it easier for everyone to understand.

Knight's Vow is receiving a small simplification that should be mathematically very close to the old version and makes it easier for everyone to understand. We're letting the Knight's armor and magic resist apply to the redirected damage because we think it's thematically appropriate. We're also re-adding the health regeneration just in case your Worthy ally can't hit for a while, so that tanks wielding the item can still recoup some health by themselves.

Kraken Slayer is getting a significant change as well.

Kraken Slayer is getting a significant change as well. It's no longer a crit item, and instead being focused entirely on the on-hit side of things. It'll still be a strong contender as an early purchase but won't be able to provide all of the desired stats right away.

As a mana item option, the new Epic item Fated Ashes is swapped in as a component.

Dominik's is losing its Giant Slayer passive, but gaining raw stats to compensate for it.

Dominik's is losing its Giant Slayer passive, but gaining raw stats to compensate for it. While it won't be as efficient as killing very high health targets, it'll provide more against others. We still believe there there should be enough ways to deal with those tanks and frontliners within the crit item system

The problem with previous Luden's Companion is that it was too general to be good for the majority of its user base.

The problem with previous Luden's Companion is that it was too general to be good for the majority of its user base. We had to balance it for the best users, which caused it to have a relatively low overall win rate. With Blackfire Torch serving DPS-indexed mages, we want to clearly push Luden's into a burst space. Making the effects only fire at max shots should increase the burst and overall satisfaction, because firing with low charges wasn't very noticeable. This change should introduce mage itemization and allow us to balance with more clear directions.

Scimitar is leaving the crit system to instead become a more accessible lifesteal item.

Scimitar is leaving the crit system to instead become a more accessible lifesteal item. This should still be a somewhat narrow purchase that feels okay to add to a build without ever having to worry about going over the crit chance cap.

Mortal Reminder is getting the crit chance stat update as well.

Noonquiver is staying around, but its purpose is changing entirely.

Noonquiver is staying around, but its purpose is changing entirely. Instead of being a perfect laning item to transition into first purchases, it’ll serve as a way to deliver AD and crit to items that focus on those stats.

Phantom Dancer is getting a stat facelift focusing on attack speed and movement speed.

Phantom Dancer is getting a stat facelift focusing on attack speed and movement speed. It'll serve its purpose as a really strong way to multiple other sources of damage scaling.

We're lightly re-designing Randuin's Omen for a few purposes: First, we don't want players to waste gold when building it alongside Frozen Heart.

We're lightly re-designing Randuin's Omen for a few purposes: First, we don't want players to waste gold when building it alongside Frozen Heart. As the two most obvious anti-attack items, it felt bad to lose out when building them together, so now you can combine them without fear. This change was also convenient for simplifying the item as three unique effects is generally too many for an individual item in a post-Mythic world. Second, we continued reshaping resist items away from health. Third, we wanted to play up the active as a high-impact button, raising the cooldown to match its new power. In general, Randuin's should be clearly appealing when facing two crit users on the enemy team and a viable option when facing just one, as long as the Humility active is meaningful.

Rapid Firecannon is the only Energized item left in the marksman system, as it still serves a very useful function.

Rapid Firecannon is the only Energized item left in the marksman system, as it still serves a very useful function. It's losing its AD and instead being offered as a relatively cheap AS/crit item alternative.

With Recurve Bow we wanted to make a small change to reduce the amount of magic damage being dealt in a non-intentional way by ADCs.

With Recurve Bow we wanted to make a small change to reduce the amount of magic damage being dealt in a non-intentional way by ADCs. We know this item has broader use beyond just ADCs but for an epic we feel it should feel a bit more simplified.

We're giving Runaan's a new recipe, with it dropping the on-hit but gaining power on the bolts, ensuring itself as the premier AoE options amongst crit and AS items.

Shurelya's Battlesong is on the strong side right now.

Shurelya's Battlesong is on the strong side right now. It's reasonably appropriate on enchanters where there are a wealth of other options but it's too prevalent on solo laners for what's meant to be a supportive item. We're taking down its more selfish aspects to try to keep it as a niche purchase outside of supports.

Statikk Shiv is trading its energized pattern for a brand new on-kill effect.

Statikk Shiv is trading its energized pattern for a brand new on-kill effect. It's also no longer a crit item, but instead provides a good mix of attack damage and attack speed for champs trying to stabilize early on. It will still help with wave clear in its own way, plus potentially really shock opponents in a favorable teamfight.

We're parting ways with Stormrazor again this split, in an attempt to streamline the energize system and have better early buys for champions, it left very little room for this…

We're parting ways with Stormrazor again this split, in an attempt to streamline the energize system and have better early buys for champions, it left very little room for this item to shine as is.

Terminus is getting a new recipe this time around as well as some small alterations in stats.

Collector is a really good item to bridge some champions’ wants for both lethality and critical chance.

Collector is a really good item to bridge some champions’ wants for both lethality and critical chance. With these changes, it'll be allowed to compete with other B.F. Sword recipes as an option to start with and to keep scaling other purchases with some additional AD

With Ingenious Hunter going the way of the dinosaur, we saw that Unending Despair was only strong when built alongside that rune, so we're buffing it with a substantially lower…

With Ingenious Hunter going the way of the dinosaur, we saw that Unending Despair was only strong when built alongside that rune, so we're buffing it with a substantially lower cooldown.

We are comfortable with the power for Verdant Barrier but want it to become a more accessible pick up to counter mage and spell damage.

We're giving Voltaic Cyclosword a new recipe now that Kircheis Shard no longer exists, but should still be a very easy path to be built into early on.

Warmog's is receiving a hefty simple buff.

Warmog's is receiving a hefty simple buff. At 3100 gold it's the second most expensive tank item in the game, so we decided to give it an eye-popping amount of health to stand out as a premiere tank item. We haven't changed the Warmog's Heart threshold, so it should be easy to activate in your second slot.

To keep up with our critical strike chance changes across the board, Zeal is getting bumped up so that the effects can be felt immediately at the Epic level instead of having a…

To keep up with our critical strike chance changes across the board, Zeal is getting bumped up so that the effects can be felt immediately at the Epic level instead of having a more abrupt jump from 15 with zeal to 25 with a completed item.

We're giving Zeke's the same build path as Locket.

We're giving Zeke's the same build path as Locket. It's pretty hard for tank supports to build multiple items on their lower gold income and they don't have the luxury of counter-building a lane opponent. As such, we're making sure there are a couple of hybrid-resist support tank items and ensuring we have almost none for income tanks.

Zephyr is back! This is mostly an experimental take on attempting to give a class that already scales well a way to scale even better.

Zephyr is back! This is mostly an experimental take on attempting to give a class that already scales well a way to scale even better. We're mostly interested in seeing if there's any interest in this kind of “full build capstone” effect that we can add to make champions feel satisfied when their build is actually completed.

We have identified a problem that the mage item system is lacking a strong mana item option for sustained damage dealers.

We have identified a problem that the mage item system is lacking a strong mana item option for sustained damage dealers. The introduction of Blackfire Torch and adjustments on Luden's Companion are both aiming to resolve the problem by offering a variety of mana item choices: Blackfire Torch is designed to appeal to battlemages and control mages that want to do sustained damage, while Luden's Companion can focus more on burst and AoE damage dealers. In terms of roles, we position this item to be good for both mage junglers and laners as long as it fits their needs.

With this new component we wanted to fill in two spaces: AP Junglers having access to a Bami's-like item that we can use to bolster their mid-game clears, and give a new epic for APs that can feel good to purchase and provide meaningfully different build paths without being particularly powerful Ideally, adding this item to the game to bolster second-and-onwards clears for AP junglers should be accompanied by changes to AP junglers to accommodate some champions that are close but not quite there in power/feels.

With this new component we wanted to fill in two spaces: AP Junglers having access to a Bami's-like item that we can use to bolster their mid-game clears, and give a new epic for APs that can feel good to purchase and provide meaningfully different build paths without being particularly powerful Ideally, adding this item to the game to bolster second-and-onwards clears for AP junglers should be accompanied by changes to AP junglers to accommodate some champions that are close but not quite there in power/feels. For example, Singed is currently ~48% in the jungle, and this item plus some feels improvements like making his passive work on large monsters would likely be enough to get him both into viability and put some attention on a champion like Singed in the jungle.

Scout's Slingshot is coming in as a new attack speed component to help bridge some of the newer recipes that don't involve critical strike chance.

Navori is getting a new name and icon! It'll still provide one of it's iconic cooldown reduction mechanics, but will now live as an Attack Speed item, typically paired with a bi…

Navori is getting a new name and icon! It'll still provide one of it's iconic cooldown reduction mechanics, but will now live as an Attack Speed item, typically paired with a big ticket AD item.

Overlord's Bloodmail is intended to fill in the third-ish item slot for health-heavy fighter builds.

Overlord's Bloodmail is intended to fill in the third-ish item slot for health-heavy fighter builds. We believe converting health into damage is a compelling fantasy for fighters and want to create it with this item.

Our goal with Yun Tal Wildarrows is to add an additional option for AD/Crit users that enables them to keep building offensively while only choosing 1 (or zero) attack speed options.

Our goal with Yun Tal Wildarrows is to add an additional option for AD/Crit users that enables them to keep building offensively while only choosing 1 (or zero) attack speed options. This item should be useful for for those who have a lot of AD (hello Jhin) or those that can quickly deal multiple critical strikes.

We're choosing 2.5 seconds for the shield duration in order to make it a moderately-forgiving button to press that should reliably block a solid amount of damage, which hopefully outperforms Exhaust in 1v1 cases.

We're choosing 2.5 seconds for the shield duration in order to make it a moderately-forgiving button to press that should reliably block a solid amount of damage, which hopefully outperforms Exhaust in 1v1 cases. An additional 15% shielding on top should make Barrier a competitive option with other Summoners.

We've decided to get rid of Boots of Mobility this split, they've been mostly kept underpowered for a long time and we didn't really enjoy the map movement they provided very ea…

We've decided to get rid of Boots of Mobility this split, they've been mostly kept underpowered for a long time and we didn't really enjoy the map movement they provided very early in the game.

Cleanse can really shut some champions down, which means it deserves a fairly long cooldown.

Cleanse can really shut some champions down, which means it deserves a fairly long cooldown. But as it's not necessarily overpowered in current League, we're compensating its cooldown nerf with a small tenacity buff.

Cut Down in its previous form was asking the player to opt-in to a counter to tanky champions before the game even started, and before any tanks in the game had a chance to be strong or weak.

Cut Down in its previous form was asking the player to opt-in to a counter to tanky champions before the game even started, and before any tanks in the game had a chance to be strong or weak. We want the decision to opt-in to anti-tank to be in the itemization space so you can select it reactively in the match rather than just guessing that tanks will be a problem in the pre-game.

Exhaust is meant to be roughly as powerful as before.

Exhaust is meant to be roughly as powerful as before. As a unique summoner spell with crowd control attached, we're choosing to play up its lockdown while raising its cooldown to match other high-impact Summoners.

Lowering the ceiling for gold gain while bringing up the floor.

Lowering the ceiling for gold gain while bringing up the floor. Gold gained in most games should remain the same while someone snowballing will not be able to spike gold to an unhealthy degree.

Fleet Footwork healing was too strong and with new sustain runes in the system we wanted to ensure users couldn't just wash lanes with too much healing.

Fleet Footwork healing was too strong and with new sustain runes in the system we wanted to ensure users couldn't just wash lanes with too much healing. Shifting some power into the movement speed instead.

Font of Life's input and output pattern was something we were unsatisfied with.

Font of Life's input and output pattern was something we were unsatisfied with. Due to the complexity of the rune and overall unsatisfying output, it had a low engagement rate and was a good target to update and clean up.

Future's Market had a low pick rate and players in general didn't want to go into debt.

Future's Market had a low pick rate and players in general didn't want to go into debt. It also enabled some gameplay patterns we were generally unhappy with if they were too good.

Ghost is an extremely combat-warping summoner spell, picked almost ubiquitously by ADCs and cheapening a lot of top lane fighter vs fighter combat.

Ghost is an extremely combat-warping summoner spell, picked almost ubiquitously by ADCs and cheapening a lot of top lane fighter vs fighter combat. We think Ghost can do with a straightforward nerf, raising its cooldown to match its combat power and reducing its duration to keep it from completely dominating team fights.

Ranged users would risk far less to get the same value out of Hail of Blades, this should help even the risk reward structure.

This is just a small tweak to make the spell a touch easier to use when aiding teammates.

Coming in at both a low engagement rate and low power level.

Coming in at both a low engagement rate and low power level. We've tried just buffing it in the past but have been unsatisfied with those environments.

Within the Legend row, Tenacity was the least engaged with by far.

Within the Legend row, Tenacity was the least engaged with by far. We also want to make it a clearly presented opt-in stat, not hidden in minor runes. We'll be closely observing if this results in too little tenacity overall in the game and will act accordingly.

Lethal Tempo has been extremely disruptive to both the item system by allowing a huge number of champions and classes to bypass attack speed itemization, but also to gameplay patterns by allowing champions to miss a lot of key skills but still be able to just auto you down.

Lethal Tempo has been extremely disruptive to both the item system by allowing a huge number of champions and classes to bypass attack speed itemization, but also to gameplay patterns by allowing champions to miss a lot of key skills but still be able to just auto you down. We've been unhappy with this rune for a long time and figured now was the best time to make a big (but overdue) change.

Dematerializer was a needlessly high complexity solution to a lot of champions laning issues.

Dematerializer was a needlessly high complexity solution to a lot of champions laning issues. We'll be monitoring champions who look like they struggle with its removal and help them.

We've been unhappy with this rune when it's strong, but it has a very low pick rate when it's not overtuned, so we're replacing it.

Plated Steelcaps have always stood out as a very powerful counter item.

Plated Steelcaps have always stood out as a very powerful counter item. In this update we're going to make them more generically good against physical damage and less sharp against attacks.

We've been unhappy with Predator being strong and have intentionally kept it weak for a long time, now is the best time for it to finally go.

To help catch the users displaced by the loss of Lethal Tempo, Press the Attack has had some major adjustments that change the rune from a single target debuff to a selfish self buff that allows front to back play and target swapping without losing the damage amplification.

To help catch the users displaced by the loss of Lethal Tempo, Press the Attack has had some major adjustments that change the rune from a single target debuff to a selfish self buff that allows front to back play and target swapping without losing the damage amplification. Keep in mind the self buff does not lock you out from getting future three-hit triggers!

Relentless Hunter has been over performing so we want to try to adjust its baseline value to be a bit more in line with what we're expecting.

A sub-goal of these rune changes was to remove lethality and magic penetration from the rune system.

A sub-goal of these rune changes was to remove lethality and magic penetration from the rune system. This should keep the rune in a fairly similar place in both input and output power level while keeping its scaling more linear with time.

Some huge buffs to the healing of Time Warp Tonic, no more healing reduced on your lingering heal, and even more up-front healing.

This new rune is aimed to give Precision Tree users a way to heal back up between skirmishes.

Who doesn't love getting a little money back on their big purchases?

Who doesn't love getting a little money back on their big purchases? Either get closer to your next big spike quicker or pick up some control wards for the team.

To replace Legend: Tenacity we wanted to target a new stat that would catch users that weren't already satisfied by Attack Speed or Lifesteal, but also fits within the Precision…

To replace Legend: Tenacity we wanted to target a new stat that would catch users that weren't already satisfied by Attack Speed or Lifesteal, but also fits within the Precision Tree theme.

This is a new boot meant to slightly replace Boots of Mobility as a tempo-oriented purchase.

This is a new boot meant to slightly replace Boots of Mobility as a tempo-oriented purchase. It's meant to help get back on the map faster and quickly get out of bad situations, while requiring an appropriate amount of time before granting its roaming-focused movement speed.

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A new rune that rewards those who plan ahead and cook up crazy builds.

A new rune that rewards those who plan ahead and cook up crazy builds. There's some really powerful things you can do with this rune, but you have to be creative to unlock its potential!