Patch 15.19

Ahri is statistically fairly weak right now, so we’d like to give her an edge in aggressively diving into the enemy team, risking her life for the resets.

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  R - Spirit Rush

  Damage per hit: 60 / 90 / 120 (+ 35% AP) → 75 / 125 / 175 (+ 35% AP)

Brand is a little weak, especially in his more income-heavy roles.

Brand is a little weak, especially in his more income-heavy roles. So we’re giving him a bit more power to let him run over games where he gets off to a good start by nuking his opposition.

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  Passive - Blaze

  Monster Damage Modifier: 2.6x → 2.65x

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  W - Pillar of Flame

  Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+ 60% AP) → 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+ 70% AP)

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  R - Pyroclasm

  Damage per hit: 100 / 175 / 250 ( +25% AP) → 100 / 175 / 250 (+ 30% AP)

Caitlyn's been missing from pro play for quite some time now despite her reputation as a lane bully.

Caitlyn's been missing from pro play for quite some time now despite her reputation as a lane bully. As her ability casts are potent enough, we’re pushing up her basic attack power with the hope that she has a real shot at making it into some games this Worlds.

Corki is becoming a little stale in pro play so we’re delivering a nerf to open up the bot lane metagame for Worlds this year.

Corki is becoming a little stale in pro play so we’re delivering a nerf to open up the bot lane metagame for Worlds this year. We’re hoping to pro-skew this nerf by removing some of his trivial wave pushing.

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  Q - Phosphorus Bomb

  Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+130% AD) → 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+ 125% AD)

Diana is a reasonably performant mid laner but overall weak as a jungler.

Diana is a reasonably performant mid laner but overall weak as a jungler. So we’re buffing her bespoke monster mod in order to give her clear a bit more power.

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  Passive - Moonsilver Blade

  Monster Mod: 2.6x → 3x

Draven has a bit of room for buffs in regular play and is completely missing from pro.

Draven has a bit of room for buffs in regular play and is completely missing from pro. We're giving him a little power this patch to see if he can make it back into the spotlight.

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  W - Blood Rush

  Attack Speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% → 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

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  R - Whirling Death

  Damage: 175 / 275 / 375 (110 / 130 / 150% Bonus AD) → 200 / 300 / 400 (110 / 130 / 150% Bonus AD)

We’d like to see Jax as a more meta-defining top laner at Worlds this year but acknowledge he’s already strong enough for regular players, so we’re making his strengths mo…

We’d like to see Jax as a more meta-defining top laner at Worlds this year but acknowledge he’s already strong enough for regular players, so we’re making his strengths more windowed, something that highly skilled players and coordinated teams can readily harness.

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  R - Grandmaster-At-Arms

  Initial armor gain: 25 / 50 / 75 (+ 40% bonus AD) → 45 / 60 / 75 (+ 40% bonus AD)

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  R - Grandmaster-At-Arms

  Magic resist gain is still 60% of armor gain

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  R - Grandmaster-At-Arms

  Resistance gain per additional champion hit unchanged

Jinx has been all but missing from pro play and we're hoping that with a little nudge to her early game she'll find her way back on stage.

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  Q - Switcheroo!

  Bonus Range: 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 → 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200

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  E - Flame Champers!

  Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 100% AP) → 90 / 140 / 190 / 240 / 290 (+ 100% AP)

With a hope of seeing some flighty assassin play in mid lane, we’re buffing LeBlanc ahead of Worlds by giving her better wave control and PVP burst, especially in protracted side lanes where she’s able to reliably get access to her target.

With a hope of seeing some flighty assassin play in mid lane, we’re buffing LeBlanc ahead of Worlds by giving her better wave control and PVP burst, especially in protracted side lanes where she’s able to reliably get access to her target. We’re also wary of LeBlanc’s current status in support, so we’re backloading this power into those later-game side lane positions.

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  W - Distortion

  Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 70% AP) → 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235(+ 80% AP)

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  R - Mimic

  Distortion Damage: 150 / 300 / 450 (+ 75% AP) → 150 / 300 / 450(+ 80% AP)

Lee Sin is a very performant jungler at almost all levels of play but is suspiciously absent from pro.

Lee Sin is a very performant jungler at almost all levels of play but is suspiciously absent from pro. Our goal with this patch is a series of power-neutral adjustments that should give him a sharp early game strategic niche without significantly changing his win rate.

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  Q - Sonic Wave/Resonating Strike

  Damage: 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+ 155% Bonus AD) → 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 95% Bonus AD)

Lillia is a little weak and we’d like to see some AP junglers at Worlds, so she’s the perfect candidate for a buff this patch.

Lillia is a little weak and we’d like to see some AP junglers at Worlds, so she’s the perfect candidate for a buff this patch. By playing up her ultimate, we’re hoping she’ll succeed more in highly skilled and coordinated environments.

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  R - Lilting Lullaby

  Bonus Damage: 100 / 150 / 200 (+ 40% AP) → 150 / 200 / 250 (+ 45% AP)

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  R - Lilting Lullaby

  Cooldown: 150 / 130 / 110 → 140 / 120 / 100

Mel is statistically very weak and even though she sports a rather high ban rate, that doesn’t mean she has to be quite so underpowered for her player base.

Mel is statistically very weak and even though she sports a rather high ban rate, that doesn’t mean she has to be quite so underpowered for her player base. We’re playing up high-skill applications of her offensive output in order to bring her up in higher MMRs, where she performs much worse.

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  Passive - Searing Brilliance

  Bonus Damage on attack per spell: 24-75 (based on level) (+3% AP) → 24-99 (based on level) (+9% AP)

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  Passive - Searing Brilliance

  Maximum Bonus Damage on attack: 75-225 (based on level) (+ 9% AP) → 72-297 (+ 27% AP)

Pantheon continues to dominate the pro jungle meta, and frankly he just doesn’t have a high skill gank pattern: Simply click on the enemy and they receive a stun.

Pantheon continues to dominate the pro jungle meta, and frankly he just doesn’t have a high skill gank pattern: Simply click on the enemy and they receive a stun. As a result, we’re swinging very hard to bring down some of his power.

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  Q - Comet Spear

  Monster Modifier: 0.9x → 0.75x

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  W - Shield Vault

  Minion/Monster damage cap: 200 → 120

Poppy finally has a relatively equivalent win rate spread across her roles, but is overall a little too strong in all three.

Poppy finally has a relatively equivalent win rate spread across her roles, but is overall a little too strong in all three. She’s also near the top jungle spot in pro play and we’d like to create more room for other junglers to get play.

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  Q - Hammer Shock

  Max Health damage cap to minions/monsters: 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195 → 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170

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  R - Keeper’s Verdict

  Cooldown on interrupted channel: 15 → 30

Seraphine is a very popular support and occasional mid laner, but is unfortunately quite weak where a lot of her players are, which is in lower MMR.

Seraphine is a very popular support and occasional mid laner, but is unfortunately quite weak where a lot of her players are, which is in lower MMR. As Seraphine is the deathball mage-enchanter, we don’t want to get rid of that strength, but we also want her to be more self-reliant (mid lane), less reliant on her teammates knowing how her abilities work (low MMR), and more useful to her team when performing mage-like duties, such as helping take down epic monsters.

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  Q - High Note

  Amplified damage at low HP now also affects monsters

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  W - Surround Sound

  Healing: 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5/ 5% missing HP per target in the circle → 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16% missing HP, regardless of targets in the circle

Sivir is a little OP in regular play and somewhat dominates the pro play sphere.

Sivir is a little OP in regular play and somewhat dominates the pro play sphere. While we’re happy to have a healthy share of hyper-carries, we’d like if Sivir had more competition in that archetype.

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  Q - Boomerang Blade

  Initial Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 100% bonus AD) → 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 85% bonus AD)

We’re delivering some power-neutral adjustments to Syndra, making her a stronger lane bully and teamfight carry mage while siphoning some power that should disproportionately…

We’re delivering some power-neutral adjustments to Syndra, making her a stronger lane bully and teamfight carry mage while siphoning some power that should disproportionately impact non-pro players.

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  Q - Dark Sphere

  Damage: 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+ 60% AP) → 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 65% AP)

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  E - Scatter the Weak

  Cooldown: 17 → 15

We’re fixing a long-standing issue with Celestial Opposition that gave it very weird optimizations.

We’re fixing a long-standing issue with Celestial Opposition that gave it very weird optimizations. Essentially, players could send a clone forward and it would result in a nearly guaranteed slow-bomb on a short cooldown. While it’s fine that clones often mimic items, getting slowed by thin air just isn’t a good experience. So now the champion (or clone) must be alive in order for Celestial Opposition’s slow to trigger. This means that, for example, attacking Neeko W won’t result in you getting crowd controlled.

Redemption has found its place as a near unanimous first item for tank supports in pro play.

Redemption has found its place as a near unanimous first item for tank supports in pro play. We’re looking to pull back on Redemption’s power to allow items like Locket and Knight’s Vow to compete.

Unsealed Spellbook’s recent buff took it from being entirely forgotten to the only keystone anyone not named Neeko even uses in pro play.

Unsealed Spellbook’s recent buff took it from being entirely forgotten to the only keystone anyone not named Neeko even uses in pro play. As a result, we’re splitting the difference with the hope that it’s still a viable keystone rune without completely dominating all choice.