Patch 15.7

Passive damage increased.

Brand jungle has been suffering from some pretty heavy jungle nerfs last season. He barely sees play in the jungle anymore so we're looking to loosen up on some of those damage cap restrictions and return him to viability.

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  Passive - Blaze

  Damage cap per tick vs non-epic monsters: 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 (based on ablaze stacks) → 10 / 20 / 30 (based on Ablaze stacks)

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  Passive - Blaze

  Explosion Damage Cap to Monsters: 250 / 325 / 400 / 475 → 270 / 355 / 440 / 525

Base Armor decreased. E cooldown increased.

Darius has been overperforming all over the rift, not just in the jungle. We're looking to expand the window of safety and ability for opponents to punish a Darius after use of E in the early game. This change aims to make E a more intentional choice and the impacts of wasting it should be felt more clearly.

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  E - Apprehend

  Cooldown: 24 / 21.5 / 19 / 16.5 / 14 → 26 / 23.5 / 21 / 18.5 / 16

Q final damage decreased. W scaling adjusted.

Gwen is too strong after her 15.6 changes, and more early game skewed than intended. To ensure she's still somewhat of a scaling champion as intended, we're going back on some of the previous early game buffs and re-adding some of her old scaling.

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  Q - Snip Snip

  Final Snip Damage: 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (+ 35% AP) → 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160(+ 35% AP)

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  W - Hallowed Mist

  Resists: 25 (+ 5% AP) → 22 (+ 7% AP)

Q root duration increased at lower ranks.

Ivern is weak, especially in the early game. We're looking to buff up his ability to make early plays to make him more attractive as a pick especially for skilled players.

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  Q - Rootcaller

  Root Duration: 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 → 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2

E damage decreased.

We overshot Lillia's buffs last patch but we really like the new E cooldown, so we're undoing the AP ratio buff, since she doesn't need quite so much power.

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  E - Swirlseed

  Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 60% AP) → 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 50% AP)

Q damage decreased. W cooldown increased at higher ranks.

Last patch we waited to see if the Lulu fever would die down due to nerfing some of her more common lane mates. That hasn't happened, so consider this patch an antibiotic aimed at making the support metagame more equal. We're targeting her early lane trades in order to especially let higher MMR players take early leads and bringing down some of her W uptime later on to leave up more room for counter-play.

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  Q - Glitterlance

  Minimum Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 50% AP) → 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 50% AP)

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  Q - Glitterlance

  Maximum Damage: 105 / 157.5 / 210 / 262.5 / 315 (+ 75% AP) → 90 / 142.5 / 195 / 247.5 / 300 (+ 75% AP)

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  Q - Glitterlance

  Fixed a bug that would occasionally make the slow decay faster than intended.

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  Q - Glitterlance

  Slow is now applied immediately instead of after a variable duration.

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  W - Whimsy

  Cooldown:18 / 17.5 / 17 / 16.5 / 16 → 18

Base health decreased. Passive monster damage decreased. Q damage to minions increased. W cooldown increased at lower ranks.

Naafiri is the top (jungle) dog after her recent update. Her early game is looking especially dominant, so we're taking down some base stats and clear speed to give her opponents an easier time early on. Jungle is currently looking a bit stronger than mid, so we're buffing her Q waveclear vs. minions to make sure mid Naafiri isn't hit as hard.

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  Passive - We Are More

  Damage to Monsters: 165% → 155%

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  Q - Darkin Daggers

  Damage to Minions: 80% → 100%

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  W - The Call of the Pack

  Cooldown: 20 / 19.5 / 19 / 18.5 / 18 → 22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18

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  W - The Call of the Pack

  Fixed a bug where W would sometimes not destroy tower shots while Naafiri was untargetable.

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  R - Hounds' Pursuit

  Fixed a bug where a Sylas who stole Naafiri ult would become untargetable during the cast.

E cast time now scales with Attack Speed.

Olaf E can feel slow at higher attack speeds with no AS scaling making you not feel good about using it and interrupting your AA flow.

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  E - Reckless Swing

  Now scales cast time based on attack speed.

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  E - Reckless Swing

  Cast Time: .25s → .25-.175 (0-125% bonus attack speed (includes W))

Passive damage increased. Q damage increased.

AP Shaco is already pretty strong but AD Shaco has been lagging behind. Buffing up some of those short ranged higher commitment AD ratios to amplify that backstabbing assassin fantasy.

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  Passive - Backstab

  Damage: 20-35 (based on level) (+ 25% Bonus AD) Bonus Physical Damage → 20-35 (based on level) (+ 30% Bonus AD) Bonus Physical Damage

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  Q - Deceive

  Damage: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+ 60% Bonus AD) → 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+ 65% Bonus AD)

Q now applies flat damage to structures.

: Shen was always intended to be a functional splitpusher, but in the current state of the game he simply doesn't have enough damage against structures to threaten real damage. Letting his Q base damage work against turrets should give him a bit of extra sidelane pressure.

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  Q - Twilight Assault

  [NEW] Attack Speed and flat damage now apply against structures. Percent max health damage is not applied.

Passive cooldown increased. Q Damage increased. R bonus stats decreased.

Singed has received a number of changes alongside his recent minion execute, and we believe that the version of Singed with more power budget in Poison Trail damage is better for the game, so we're bringing that back in exchange for some power elsewhere.

• Passive - Noxus Slipstream

  Per-Target Cooldown: 8 → 10

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  Q - Poison Trail

  Damage per Second: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 40% AP) → 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 42.5% AP)

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  R - Insanity Potion

  Bonus Stats: 30 / 65 / 100 → 25 / 60 / 95

E slow increased, cooldown decreased.

: Trundle has received a lot of changes that skewed him towards lower MMR, and we don't believe he needs to be so skewed. Bringing back some of his pillar power to buff up the most skilled troll players.

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  E - Pillar of Ice

  Slow: 30 / 34 / 38 / 42 / 46% → 34 / 38 / 42 / 46 / 50%

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  E - Pillar of Ice

  Cooldown: 24 / 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 → 21 / 19.5 / 18 / 16.5 / 15

W damage adjusted.

Volibear is cool, but building AD on him is clearly worse than AP or tank. Trying to bring AD builds up to match the others in a way that rewards sustained combat, not exclusively bursting people.

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  W - Frenzied Maul

  Empowered Damage Amp: 50% → 50% (+ 15% Bonus AD)

Q damage increased. W damage adjusted. E damage decreased. R damage adjusted.

Xerath has lost some focus as a premier artillery mage mid laner over time and has transitioned a good chunk of his play rate to support. We would like to make some power adjustments to more clearly emphasize his prowess as a mid laner and reward high cost AP purchases with his kit.

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  Q - Arcanopulse

  Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 85% AP) → 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 90% AP)

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  W - Eye of Destruction

  Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 60 % AP) → 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 65% bonus AP)

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  E - Shocking Orb

  Damage: 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+ 45% AP) → 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+ 45% AP)

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  R - Rite of the Arcane

  Damage: 180 / 230 /280 (+ 40% AP) → 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 45% AP)

Passive Critical damage reduction removed. E Crowd Control cleanse removed.

We're making some Yone adjustments this patch that we hope will be enjoyed by both Yone's players and his opponents. He's copying his younger half-brother in also removing the critical damage reduction on his passive, meaning more damage, more kills, and more Yone wins. On the other side, we're also removing his ability for E to cleanse all types of crowd control during its snap-back. Now he'll still be stunned, rooted blinded, etc. if he's been crowd controlled mid flight, which gives his opponents room to catch up and kill him, or at least require Yone players to be more careful about where they start their assault from.

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  Passive - Way of the Hunter

  Critical Strike Damage is no longer reduced by 10%.

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  E - Soul Unbound

  No longer cleanses crowd control upon returning.

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  E - Soul Unbound

  Tooltip clarifies that only damage from attacks and abilities is amplified.

Large adjustments to Yorick.

We're delivering a large-scale update to Yorick this patch with two primary goals. First, we'd like to make Yorick better for Yorick players, filling in some of his dead points and making him a more complete champion. Second, we'd like to make him stronger in higher level play, adding some extra skill expression to Yorick and making him more resilient when faced with high-skill opponents. We're also doing some minor adjustments that make Yorick easier to re-tune in the future. More on that later. To make Yorick more self-sufficient and fill in gaps in his gameplay, we're pushing up his early game a ton and improving his fights outside of lane. More graves on minions you don't kill with Q, graves for simply whacking a champion or large/epic monster, simple numbers buffs to Q, and a new E debuff that Yorick himself can use, instead of only amplifying his Mist Walkers. On the skill expression side, we're making Yorick care more about his own output (again, Q buffs and E change) while also changing up the rules on Mist Walkers' health. Ultimately, they're more numerous and less damaging late game, but also more resilient to more types of damage, meaning that they can stand and fight against champions a bit more. There are a few bug fixes, especially for Mist Walkers. By changing his summons to care about Yorick's bonuses instead of total stats, any further adjustments to Yorick's base stats won't also affect all his summons, making it easier to have more focused changes in the future. For Maiden, the resulting health is essentially identical, while the other changes are intentionally nerfs in the late game.

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Nearby deaths per grave: 12 / 6 / 2 (at levels 1/7/13) → 8/7/6/5/4/3/2 (at levels 1/3/5/7/9/11/13)

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Attack Damage: 4-90 (based on level) (+ 20% Total AD) → 15-75 (based on level) (+ 20% Bonus AD)

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Bonus Attack Speed: 8% (per level) → Yorick's bonus attack speed

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Health: 110-212 (based on level) (+ 20% max HP) → 100-300 (based on level) (+ 15% bonus HP)

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Mist Walker stats now update dynamically as Yorick levels up or gains stats, instead of requiring new summons.

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Champion basic attack damage towards Mist Walkers: Instantly kills → 100% increased damage from melee attacks

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Single target damage towards Mist Walkers: Instantly kills → Normal damage

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  AoE damage towards Mist Walkers: 50% → 66-40% (based on level 1-14)

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Non-Champion damage towards Mist Walkers: 50% from all monsters → 40% damage from minions and non-epic monsters

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Mist Walkers will no longer follow Yorick's Recall while fighting jungle monsters.

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  Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  Yorick can now ping his passive to share the count of his Mist Walkers nearby and globally.

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  Q - Last Rites

  Cooldown: 7 / 6.25 / 5.5 / 4.75 / 4 → 6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5 / 4

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  Q - Last Rites

  Damage: 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 40% Total AD) → 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130(+ 50% Total AD)

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  Q - Last Rites

  [NEW] Summons a grave on Champion and Large/Epic Monster hit.

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  E - Mourning Mist

  Damage: 15% current HP, down to minimum threshold of 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 70% AP) → Flat damage of 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 100% AP)

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  E - Mourning Mist

  Movement Speed for Yorick and Summons: 20% → 30%

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  E - Mourning Mist

  [NEW] Now shreds 18 / 21 / 24 / 27 / 30% armor for 4 seconds.

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  E - Mourning Mist

  [REMOVED] No longer increases Mist Walker damage by 20% for 8 attacks.

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  E - Mourning Mist

  Fixed a bug where Mist Walkers could fail to jump onto the target when crossing terrain.

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  R - Maiden of the Mist

  Damage: 0 / 10 / 40 (+ 50% Total AD) → 50 / 75 / 100 (+ 30% Bonus AD)

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  R - Maiden of the Mist

  Health: 400-1650 (based on level) (+ 60% Total HP) → 1050-3200 (based on level) (+ 60% Bonus HP)

Catalyst of Eons is a little weak for a laning epic.

Catalyst of Eons is a little weak for a laning epic. We'd like to preserve its distinct price point from Lost Chapter in order to retain some laning variance, but the item shouldn't be so painful to buy and we'd like its mana to keep up with its sibling.

Adjusting the Eternity effect to match the Catalyst buff above.

Umbral Glaive has been in a weak state for a while but we've been hesitant to just strictly buff it due to its extremely powerful passive.

Umbral Glaive has been in a weak state for a while but we've been hesitant to just strictly buff it due to its extremely powerful passive. We've decided to tone down the frequency of the passive to be less oppressive against enemy vision while buffing its stats and cost. Overall we expect this to be a net buff to the item.