Official Patch 9.5 Notes Released!

Introduction

The latest reworks to Morgana and Kayle are active coupled with a slew of buffs on champions. You'll definitely want to take note of Tryndamere's latest buffs, which increase his ability to cheese enemy top laners more than ever before. 

If you're playing Yorick, look out for the double whammy nerfs on both the champion and on conqueror; he'll probably be dropping out of God Tier shortly.

Check out the full scoop below!

Summary

Buffs: Akali, Neeko, Rakan, Skarner, Vi, Stormrazor, Cho'Gath, Dr. Mundo, Gangplank, Graves, Jhin, Tryndamere, Sylas

Nerfs: Relic Shield, Aftershock, Conqueror, Nunu, Yorick

Reworks: Kayle, Morgana

Patch 9.5 Notes

BY AETHER, SHIO SHOUJO

Hey nerds. Let's all welcome our updated seraphim sisters, Kayle and Morgana!

Not too many crazy new changes this patch, but we're following up with champs like Akali and Sylas, and tuning Conqueror. We're also throwing a bone to the Vi mains and taking a pass at changing up Skarner's Spires. There are a couple of other champions we're monitoring due to their reliance on Conqueror, but until those changes to the rune settle in, we won't be taking any immediate action. (Also, we're gonna nerf Ezreal in 9.6. Still deciding if it'll be via double Tear or Ez directly, but one way or the other... Ezreal nerfs.)

Let's git it.

 Paul "Aether" Perscheid Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo

Patch Highlights

Champions

Kayle & Morgana

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

Kayle and Morgana Champion Gameplay Trailer

Kayle and Morgana Reveal

Kayle Champion Spotlight

Morgana Champion Spotlight

Kayle Bio

Morgana Bio

High-res versions of Kayle and Morgana's updated splash art are available on League Displays!

Akali

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

When we nerfed Akali in 9.3, we swang hard on the parts of her kit that frustrated opponents most and caused issues specific to particular skill levels. This left her in a sad state, but we needed to be sure that the mechanics we removed were actually what made Akali problematic. Given the depth of 9.3's changes (mechanical changes have more ramifications than buffing or nerfing damage numbers), if we had tried to keep Akali's overall strength unchanged, she might have remained dominant, making it hard to tell what—if anything—our nerfs actually did.

Two patches out, we've confirmed that removing Akali's Q heal and W turret stealth went a long way toward making her a healthier champion, so we're now going back in cautiously to bring her back up.

Passive - Assassin's Mark

EDGE OF RING MOVEMENT SPEED DURATION1.25 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds

OUTSIDE OF RING MOVEMENT SPEED DURATION1.25 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds

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W - Twilight Shroud

STEALTH FROM TURRETSAkali is now only revealed by turrets within a turret's attack range, rather than its sight range

PEEK-A-BOOAkali 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

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E - Shuriken Flip

FIRST CAST DAMAGE60/90/120/150/180 ⇒ 70/105/140/175/210

SECOND CAST DAMAGE60/90/120/150/180 ⇒ 50/80/110/140/170

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R - Perfect Execution

COOLDOWN120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 100/85/70 seconds

Neeko

E root adjusted.

The conditions to Neeko's roots were a little complicated so we’re simplifying them to make her more reliable, especially in team fights.

E - Tangle-Barbs

ROOT DURATION0.5 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

BUGFIXNo longer disarms enemies

Rakan

W damage and dash speed increased.

The nerf to Rakan's Grand Entrance in 9.2 hindered his playmaking ability. We're giving him back some of that speed, so he can go back to helping his lane partner poke their lane opponents or assist the rest of his team in a crazy fight, while still keeping his R-W initiation in check.

W - Grand Entrance

DAMAGE70/115/160/205/250 (+0.7 ability power) ⇒70/120/170/220/270 (+0.7 ability power)

DASH SPEED1400/1445/1480 (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.

We're moving Skarner's red buff Spire to be in range of both Krugs and Raptors, which will give him more options in his jungle pathing and help with his jungle clear in all three monster camps. With this Spire now closer to the Krugs and Raptors, it'll also be harder for opponents to steal it from him due to how deep it'll be in the enemy's jungle.

We’re also removing the Spires from the minimap, so his counterjungling attempts aren't nearly as obvious to the enemy team.

Passive - Crystal Spires

REMOVEDINTRUDER ALARMSpires no longer appear on the minimap

SPIRE RADIUS1150 ⇒ 1600

UPDATEDPORQUE 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.

Vi's been overlooked as a viable jungle pick for quite some time now. To help Vi compete against her peers, we're adjusting her Q and R to do equal damage to everything she hits, powering up her teamfights and speeding up her jungle clear. To balance those changes, she's getting nerfed in some areas, but the overall outcome should be a stronger and more impactful Vi.

Base Stats:

ATTACK SPEED GROWTH2.5% ⇒ 2%

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Passive - Blast Shield

COOLDOWN12-8 seconds (levels 1-9) ⇒ 16-12 seconds (levels 1-9) (see Denting Blows below)

SHIELD RATIO10% max health ⇒ 15% max health

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Q - Vault Breaker

REMOVEDQUARTER POUNDERNo longer deals 25% reduced damage to non-champions

RATIO1.6 bonus attack damage ⇒ 1.4 bonus attack damage

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W - Denting Blows

ATTACK SPEED30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 30/37.5/45/52.5/60%

NEWPASSIVE COOLDOWNBlast Shield's cooldown is now reduced by 3 seconds whenever Denting Blows procs

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E - Excessive Force

CRITICAL CONESDamage cone can now critically strike

RATIO1.15 total attack damage, 0.7 ability power ⇒ 1.1 total attack damage, 0.9 ability power

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R - Assault and Battery

COOLDOWN110/85/60 seconds ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds

DAMAGE150/300/450 (+1.4 bonus attack damage) ⇒ 150/325/500 (+1.1 bonus attack damage)

REMOVEDQUARTER POUNDERNo longer deals 25% reduced damage to secondary targets

SECONDARY TARGET KNOCKBACKVi 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!

BULLETSClearer hit audio on Base and Striker Lucian basic attacks, passive-empowered attacks, and The Culling

ARDENT BLAZECast 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 PURSUITDash audio brightened on Base and Striker Lucian

Items

Relic Shield Line

Healing decreased.

We're cutting the ability for tank supports to shrug off harass so other types of supports can compete against them, especially at higher levels of play where bot laners place more of a focus on keeping themselves topped off.

RELIC SHIELD HEALING15 (+2% target's missing health) ⇒ 5-30 at 0-100% target's missing health

TARGON'S BRACE HEALING40 (+2% target's missing health) ⇒ 10-60 at 0-100% target's missing health

REMNANT OF THE ASPECT HEALING50 (+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 DAMAGE55 ⇒ 60

ATTACK SPEED25% ⇒ 30%

Runes

Aftershock

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

RESIST DURATION3 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds

Conqueror

We hotfixed Conqueror in the middle of the last patch, decreasing the ranged stack duration and the number of adaptive force per stack. But it's still too strong, especially in the mid to late game . With its new stacking model, champions gain stats leading up to the proc and late game scenarios actually trigger it faster than the previous iterations of Conqueror. We're pulling out some of Conqueror's late game strength while retaining the more core true damage and healing conversion.

ADAPTIVE FORCE2-10 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 FORCE3-15 per stack (max 15-75) ⇒ 2-10 per stack (max 10-50). This change is overwritten by the line above.

RANGED STACK DURATION3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds (melee stack duration still 8 seconds)

Cut Down

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

BONUS DAMAGE4-10% ⇒ 5-12% (still vs targets with 10%-100% more maximum health than you)

Simple Changes

Cho'Gath

E damage increased.

Cho'Gath could use a little bit of help early on. Maxing E will help him trade more meaningfully.

E - Vorpal Spikes

DAMAGE20/30/40/50/60 to 22/34/46/58/70

Dr. Mundo

E magic resist increased.

Buffing the ol' doctor so players who want an anti-magic damage beefcake have an option in the form of a big purple man.

E - Masochism

MAGIC RESIST2% 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.

Giving Gangplank more pow in his powder so he can fight back against the scallywags of top lane and have more cannons to drop on opponents everywhere else.

E - Powder Keg

BONUS DAMAGE TO CHAMPIONS60/90/120/150/180 ⇒80/105/130/155/180

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R - Cannon Barrage

MAGIC DAMAGE PER WAVE35/60/85 (+0.1 ability power) ⇒ 40/70/100 (+0.1 ability power)

MAX DAMAGE420/720/1020 (+1.2 ability power) ⇒ 480/840/1200 (+1.2 ability power)

Graves

Base attack damage increased.

9.2's jungle experience changes hit scaling champions like Graves the hardest, and 9.3's Stormrazor change was unfavorable to him as well. Given how effective -3 AD was at reining the Outlaw in toward the end of last season, +3 AD should be enough to get him back in gunning shape.

Base Stats

ATTACK DAMAGE63 ⇒ 66

Jhin

Q attack damage increased.

We're giving Dancing Grenade a little fortissimo since it's such an integral part of his damage pattern.

Q - Dancing Grenade

RATIO0.4/0.475/0.55/0.625/0.7 total attack damage ⇒0.45/0.525/0.6/0.675/0.75 total attack damage

Nunu & Willump

Health decreased. Q healing decreased.

Taking the pair's durability down a bit via early game base stats and late-game sustain.

Base Stats

HEALTH590 ⇒ 570

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Q - Consume

HEAL75/120/165/210/255 ⇒ 75/110/145/180/215

Tryndamere

Passive crit chance cap increased late.

Resolving Tryndamere's long-standing crit chance dilemma: Currently, he needs to overcap on crit chance to reach 100%, but now, he won't need to overload on more than two items.

Passive - Battle Fury

CRIT CHANCE CAP PER FURYUp 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.

Hitting Sylas' tank build.

W - Kingslayer

HEAL50/80/110/140/170 (+0.35 ability power) ⇒60/80/100/120/140 (+0.45 ability power)

DAMAGE RATIO0.55 ability power ⇒ 0.65 ability power

Yorick

Maiden damage and mark proc damage decreased.

Yorick and his lovely Maiden have been attached at the hips since 9.2, and their collective damage is causing trouble for everyone else. We're reining the Maiden in a little so that the pair, when together, are a little weaker.

R - Eulogy of the Isles

MAIDEN DAMAGE10/20/40 (+0.5 Yorick's total attack damage) ⇒0/10/40 (+0.5 Yorick's total attack damage)

MARK DAMAGE5/7.5/10% target's maximum health ⇒ 3/6/9% target's maximum health

Rek'Sai

Fixed a bug where R could deal damage twice.

Conqueror plus the changes we made to Rek'Sai last patch are bringing her up to scary levels. We're going to see how this patch’s Conqueror nerfs land before directly looking into nerfing Rek'Sai. As a reminder, read below for the hotfix that went live in 9.4.

Mid-Patch 9.4 update

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

BUGFIXFixed 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

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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

NERFBurn decreased from 141 over 3 seconds to 90 over 3 seconds

Second Elder Dragon

NERFBurn decreased from 255 over 3 seconds to 210 over 3 seconds

Third Elder Dragon

NERFBurn 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. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splash art!

K/DA Ahri Prestige Edition

Arclight Brand

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Blackthorn Morgana

Viridian Kayle

Arclight Brand