Mid-August Patch Notes

Rengar is not arriving with this patch as a result of him being...well, you guessed it! Stupid broken op. Garen and Katarina are receiving their major reworks this patch though, which is exciting! Meanwhile Zyra received a very very minor nerf.

Buffs: Garen, Gangplank, Kayle, Pantheon, Teemo, Varus
Nerfs: Zyra (Kinda)
Major Reworks: Garen, Katarina

League of Legends v1.0.0.145

Rengar, the Pridestalker

• Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Rengar will be released at a future date

Garen

• General
  • Base Health Regen reduced to 8.25 from 9.85
  • Health Regen per level reduced to 0.75 from 0.85
  • Base Attack Damage reduced to 56 from 60.1
  • Attack Damage per level increased to 3.5 from 3
• Perseverance (Passive)
  • Delay increased to 9 seconds from 7 seconds
  • No longer deactivates when damaged by lane minions
  • Now displays the Health Regen gained in the tooltip
• Decisive Strike
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds at all ranks from 12/11/10/9/8
  • Movement Speed increased to 35% at all ranks from 15/20/25/30/35%
  • Movement Speed duration adjusted to 1.5/2.25/3/3.75/4.5 seconds from 4 at all ranks
  • Base damage increased to 30/55/80/105/130 from 30/45/60/75/90
  • Silence duration reduced to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5 seconds from 2.5 at all ranks
  • Now removes slows on activation
  • Can now critically strike again
  • Buff duration reduced to 4.5 seconds from 6
  • Fixed: Garen's next basic attack after Decisive Strike no longer occurs unusually quickly
  • Fixed: Decisive Strike is no longer consumed if Garen fails to finish attacking
  • While performing Decisive Strike, Garen now continues to follow his target if they are moving
• Courage
  • Changed to passively increase Armor and Magic Resist by 20% rather than 0 to 25 based on kills
  • Damage reduction adjusted to 30% from 20/24/28/32/36%
  • Active now additionally grants 30% Crowd Control Reduction
  • Duration adjusted to 2/3/4/5/6 seconds from 3/3/3/3/3
  • Cooldown adjusted to 24/23/22/21/20 seconds from 30/27/24/21/18
• Judgment
  • Damage adjusted to 20/45/70/95/120 (+0.7/0.8/0.9/1.0/1.1 total Attack Damage) from 50/90/130/170/210 (+1.4 bonus Attack Damage)
  • Damage dealt to minions increased to 75% from 50%
  • No longer removes slows on activation or reduces the duration of incoming slows while active
  • Ignores unit collision during Judgment but takes a 20% Movement Speed penalty when spinning through minions
  • Fixed: Judgment no longer locks out Garen from taking other actions longer than intended
• Demacian Justice
  • Cooldown adjusted to 160/120/80 seconds from 140/120/100

Gangplank

• Remove Scurvy
  • Fixed: Remove Scurvy now removes Blinds

Jayce

• General
  • Improved the responsiveness of his basic attacks, primarily in Hammer stance
  • Fixed: The first basic attack after swapping to Mercury Cannon is now more responsive

Katarina (Gameplay and Art Remake)

• Voracity (Passive)
  • Champion kills or assists reduce Death Lotus's cooldown by 10 seconds and refresh basic abilities
• Bouncing Blades
  • 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 second cooldown
  • Katarina throws a dagger which deals 50/85/120/155/190 (+0.5 Ability Power) magic damage. The dagger bounces to the 4 closest enemies dealing 10% less damage with each bounce
  • Enemies hit are marked for 4 seconds. Katarina's basic attacks or spells will consume the mark dealing 15/30/45/60/75 (+0.2 Ability Power) magic damage
• Sinister Steel
  • 4 second cooldown
  • Whirls daggers in a circle dealing 40/80/120/160/200 (+0.5 bonus Attack Damage) (+0.35 Ability Power) magic damage. If she hits an enemy Champion, Katarina gains 12/20/28/36/44% Movement Speed for 1 second
• Shunpo
  • 14/12/10/8/6 second cooldown
  • Moves to a target's location. Deals 40/70/100/130/160 (+0.5 Ability Power) magic damage if the target is an enemy
  • After using Shunpo, Katarina gains 20% damage reduction for 3 seconds
• Death Lotus
  • 60/55/50 second cooldown
  • Becomes a flurry of blades, throwing daggers at the closest 3 enemy Champions dealing 400/500/600 (+3 bonus Attack Damage) (+1.75 Ability Power) magic damage over 2 seconds
  • Daggers apply Grievous Wounds, reducing incoming healing by 50% for 3 seconds

Kayle

• Righteous Fury
  • Ability Power ratio increased to 0.4 from 0.2

Pantheon

• Aegis of Zeonia
  • Slight increase in the speed of the jump
  • Now places Pantheon slightly in front of the target instead of directly on top of the enemy

Shyvana

• Dragon's Descent
  • Fixed a bug where Dragon's Descent would hitch on initial use when using skins

Teemo

• Toxic Shot
  • Damage on impact increased to 10/20/30/40/50 (+0.4 Ability Power) from 9/18/27/36/45 (+0.14 Ability Power)
  • Poison Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.1 from 0.14
  • Fixed: Fixed a bug where the poison was lasting longer than intended
  • Fixed: Damage values will now update correctly when Teemo hits a unit with a lower level Toxic Shot poison

Varus

• Piercing Arrow
  • Fixed: Piercing Arrow no longer sometimes fires from a point above his bow
  • Fixed: Piercing Arrow now more reliably hits targets at the end of its range
• Blighted Quiver
  • Ability Power ratio on Blight stack detonation increased to 0.02 per stack from 0.01
• Chain of Corruption
  • Missile width increased to 100 from 60
  • Increased missile visibility
  • Spread range from primary target to nearby targets increased to 550 from 450
  • Tendril break range increased to 600 from 550

Ziggs

• Fixed: Satchel Charge's timeout tone will now play properly

Zyra

• Rise of the Thorns (Passive)
  • Now properly cancels spell casts upon activation
• Rampant Growth
  • Destroying a seed no longer breaks spell shields
  • Plant selection radius increased slightly
• Grasping Roots
  • Modified the vine particle to be easier to see

General

• Friend List notes
  • Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Friend List notes will be released at a future date
• Updated tooltips for Cho'Gath
• The main HUD health and mana bars will now display regen per second as opposed to regen per 5 seconds
• The "Reset HUD" button in the "Interface Options" menu will now set the global scale value to the correct amount
• Fixed: Wraiths and Lesser Wraiths no longer state they steal life in the tooltip

Proving Grounds

• Nexus turrets
  • Amount increased back to 2 from 1
  • Health reduced by 900
  • Armor reduced by 20
  • Base Attack Damage reduced by 30