League of Legends Sep. 28 PBE Update Breakdown
11/09/2017 05:02 pm EST
Runes Reforged Testing & Bug Fixes
Riot employee Wrekz took to Twitter to reveal the latest changes and bug fixes for League's brand new Rune system. While the changes are fairly self-explanatory, the Tweets themselves do not explain what each rune does. Thankfully, Riot Games recently released a tool that allows players to read up on the new runes and 'theorycraft' new builds.
- "Quick heads up on runes changes for PBE Today: 1/x"
- "Last hitting - Champions gain +5 damage on each basic attack against a lane minion"
- "Sudden Impact Now activates on exiting stealth or camouflage"
- "Ravenous Hunter Fixed a bug that was causing this to grant 40% spellvamp instead of 15% at max stacks"
- "Lethal Tempo Fixed a bug causing this to always break the AS cap instead of only while Lethal Tempo's bonus was active."
- "Celestial Body Damage penalty increased to 8% Damage penalty now applies to monsters as well as champions "
- "Overheal - Healing from others = 100-300% over game time, no more range/melee split there"
- Loading screen frames have also been adjusted to accommodate for the new Runes system.
Champion Balance Changes
The latest batch of Champion balance changes is very nearly a full list of Champion buffs, save for the Janna nerfs that were hotfixed in to the live servers on 9/27. Also of note is the fact that many of these buffs are for Marksmen. Despite the buffs being minor for the most part, the Marksmen buffs have a direct correlation with the new runes system. The new runes Riot is bringing in add base damage to champions rather than bonus attack damage, which will adversely affect Marksmen abilities that have bonus scalings, as they would be doing less damage. As such, the Marksmen abilities below - all of which have some bonus attack damage scaling - are being buffed to help keep their power levels in line.
Champions:
Caitlyn
Ace in the Hole (R) damage increased from 250/475/700 to 265/490/715
Draven
Spinning Axe (Q) damage increased from 30/35/40/45/50 to 35/40/45/50/55
Stand Aside (E) damage increased from 70/105/140/175/210 to 75/110/145/180/215
Whirling Death (R) damage increased from 175/275/375 to 185/285/385
Ezreal
Arcane Shift (E) damage increased from 75/125/175/225/275 to 80/130/180/230/280
Trueshot Barrage (R) damage increased from 350/500/650 to 355/505/655
Graves
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End of the Line (Q)
Initial damage increased from 40/55/70/85/100 to 45/60/75/90/105
Detonation damage increased from 80/110/140/170/200 to 85/115/145/175/205
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Collateral Damage (R)
damage on pass through increased from 250/400/550 to 260/410/560
explosion damage increased from 200/320/440 to 210/330/450
Hecarim
Rampage (Q) damage increased from 50/85/120/155/190 to 55/90/125/160/195
Janna
Base movement speed lowered from 335 to 320
Base mana lowered from 409.52 to 350
Base health lowered from 525 to 500
Zephyr (W) mana cost increased from 40/50/60/70/80 to 50/60/70/80/90
Jinx
Super Mega Death Rocket! (R) damage increased from 250/350/450 to 260/360/460
Kayn
Reaping Slash (Q) damage increased from 55/75/95/115/135 to 60/80/100/120/140
Blade's Reach (W) damage increased from 80/125/170/215/260 to 85/130/175/220/265
Umbral Trespass (R) damage increased from 150/250/350 to 160/260/360
Kindred
Dance of Arrows (Q) damage increased from 55/75/95/115/135 60/80/100/120/140
Mounting Dread (E) bonus damage increased from 60/80/100/120/140 to 65/85/105/125/145
Lucian
Piercing Light (Q) damage increased from 80/115/150/185/220 to 85/120/155/190/225
Pantheon
Spear Shot (Q) damage increased from 65/105/145/185/225 to 75/110/155/195/235
Heartseeker Strike (E) damage 80/130/180/230/280 to 100/150/200/150/300
Talon
Noxian Diplomacy (Q) damage increased from 60/85/110/135/160 to 65/90/115/140/165
Rake (W) return damage increased from 60/85/110/135/160 to 70/95/120/145/170
Shadow Assault (R) damage increased from 90/135/180 to 95/140/185
Tristana
Explosive Change (E) damage increased from 50/75/100/125/150 to 55/80/105/130/155
Varus
Hail of Arrows (E) damage increased from 65/100/135/170/205 to 70/105/140/175/210
Vayne
Condemn (E) damage increased from 45/80/115/150/185 to 50/85/120/155/190
Xayah
Double Daggers (Q) damage increased from 40/60/80/100/120 to 45/65/85/105/125
Bladecaller (E) damage increased from 50/60/70/80/90 to 55/65/75/85/95
Featherstorm (R) damage increased from 100/150/200 to 110/160/210
Zed
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Razor Shuriken (Q)
damage increased from 70/105/140/175/210 to 80/115/150/185/220
secondary damage increased from 42/63/84/105/126 to 45/66/87/108/129
Shadow Slash (E) damage increased from 65/90/115/140/165 to 70/95/120/145/170
Items:
Sterak's Gage
New Recipe: [Jaurim's Fist + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + 725g]
Total Cost increased from 2600 to 3200
[+50% Base Attack Damage is now a unique passive]
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