Kayn

Kayn will be hitting the Rift during Patch 7.14, the shadowy assassin bringing his mysterious Darkin scythe, Rhaast, to the jungle.

Being revealed before the news of Urgot's big update, Kayn has been teased several times with his unique transforming ability. The jungler will have two paths to follow, one of them the Shadow Assassin form and the other a full Darkin form, and each of them offer distinct advantages against different types of champions to allow for an adaptive playstyle.

Kayn won't be released immediately with Patch 7.14, but he will be available for purchase sometime soon during the patch.

Champions

Alistar

• R - Unbreakable Will

  DAMAGE REDUCTION: 50/60/70% >>>55/65/75%[NEW] CLARITY: Now displays how much damage Unbreakable Will is mitigating per damage instance (visible only to Alistar and his attacker)

Caitlyn

• Base stats

  ATTACK SPEED GROWTH: 4% >>>2%

Cho'Gath

• UPDATED: E - Vorpal Spikes

  Cho'Gath's next 3 basic attacks launch spikes that damage and slow all targets hit.

  [NEW] COOLDOWN: 8/7/6/5/4 seconds[NEW] COST: 30 manaBASE DAMAGE: 20/35/50/65/80 (+0.3 ability power)(unchanged)[NEW] MAX HEALTH DAMAGE: 4% target's maximum health (+0.5% per Feast stack)[NEW] DECAYING SLOW: 30/35/40/45/50%, decaying over 1.5 seconds[NEW] SET AND SPIKE: Now grants 50 extra basic attack range[NEW] SPEEDY SPIKES: Now resets Cho'Gath's basic attack timerBUGFIX: Now correctly applies Hunter's Talisman's health drain

• Q - Rupture

  DAMAGE: 80/135/190/245/305 >>>80/135/190/245/300COST: 90 mana >>>60 mana

• W - Feral Scream

  SILENCE DURATION: 1.5/1.625/1.75/1.875/2 seconds >>> 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2 seconds

Diana

• Passive - Moonsilver Blade

  ATTACK SPEED: Passively grants 20% attack speed >>>Diana's spellcasts grant 20% attack speed for her next 3 attacks, increasing with Moonfall's rank[NEW] MANA RESTORE: Moonsilver Blade's attack restores mana equal to 15% of Diana's ability power

• Q - Crescent Strike

  COOLDOWN: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds >>>8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds

• W - Pale Cascade

  COST: 60/70/80/90/100 mana >>>40/55/70/85/100 mana

• E - Moonfall

  [NEW] ATTACK SPEED: Increases Moonsilver Blade's attack speed bonus to 50/60/70/80/90%

Fiora

• Passive - Duelist's Dance

  BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED: 20/30/40/50% >>>15/20/25/30%

• R - Grand Challenge

  [REMOVED] DANCE FLOOR: Grand Challenge no longer grants Duelist's Dance's movement speed while near the target

Garen

• Passive - Perseverance

  OUT OF COMBAT HEALTH REGEN: 2%/4%/10% maximum health per 5 seconds (at levels 1/11/16) >>>2%/8% maximum health per 5 seconds (at levels 1/11)OUT OF COMBAT TIMER: 9/6/4 seconds (at levels 1/11/16) >>>9/4 seconds (at levels 1/11)[NEW] DEMACIAN BOLDNESS: Regeneration increases to 4/16% maximum health per 5 seconds when Garen is below 25/50% maximum health (at levels 1/11)

• W - Courage

  [NEW] CLARITY: Now displays how much damage Courage is mitigating[NEW] STEEL YOUR COURAGE: Now grants Garen 60% damage reduction and tenacity for the first 0.75 seconds, returning to the normal 30% damage reduction for the remaining duration thereafter

• E - Judgment

  RATIO PER SPIN: 34/35/36/37/38% total attack damage >>> 36/37/38/39/40% total attack damage

Rammus

• W - Defensive Ball Curl

  SELF SLOW: 60% >>>30%BUGFIX: Defensive Ball Curl now properly increases the size of Iceborn Gauntlet's slow zone

Singed

• BASE HEALTH: 542.76 >>>610HEALTH GROWTH: 82 >>> 90

• NEW Passive - Noxious Slipstream

  NAME: Empowered Bulwark >>>Noxious Slipstream[NEW] NOXIOUS SLIPSTREAM: When Singed passes within 225 range of a champion, he drifts off of them, gaining 20% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds. This effect has a champion-unique 10 second cooldown.[REMOVED] EMPOWERED BULWARK: Singed no longer gains health based on his maximum mana

• Q - Poison Trail

  BASE DAMAGE: 44/68/92/116/140 >>>40/60/80/100/120RATIO: 0.6 ability power >>>0.8 ability power[UPDATED] MORE CLOUDY: Particle size increased to more clearly represent the poison's area of effectBUGFIX: Poison trail no longer visually disappears when Singed leaves enemies' vision

• W - Mega Adhesive

  AREA DURATION: 5 seconds >>> 3 seconds[NEW] EXTRA STICKY: Nowgroundsunits within the Mega Adhesive puddleSLOW: 35/45/55/65/75%⇒>>>40% at all ranks[REMOVED] LINGERMega Adhesive's slow no longer lingers for 1 second after enemies leave the puddleCOST: 70/80/90/100/110 mana >>>60/70/80/90/100 manaCOOLDOWN: 14 seconds at all ranks >>> 17/16/15/14/13 seconds

• E - Fling

  COST 100/110/120/130/140 mana >>>80/95/110/125/140 mana

• R - Insanity Potion

  COST: 150 mana >>>100 manaBONUS STATS: 35/50/80 >>>35/60/85

Taric

• Base stats

  MANA REGEN: 5 per 5 seconds >>>8.5 per 5 secondsMANA REGEN GROWTH1 >>>0.8

• Q - Starlight's Touch

  HEALING PER CHARGE: 20/30/40/50/60 (+0.2 ability power) (+1.5% Taric's bonus health) >>>30 (+0.2 ability power)(+1% Taric'smaximum health)MAX CHARGES: 3 at all ranks>>>1/2/3/4/5COST: 60/80/100/120/140 mana >>>70/80/90/100/110 mana[NEW] COOLDOWN: 3 secondsRECHARGE RATE: 15 seconds (unchanged)[UPDATED] BRAVADO: Bravado-empowered attacks reduce Starlight's Touch's recharge timer by an additional 5 seconds >>> reduce Starlight's Touch's cooldown by 1 second and instantly grant a charge

• E - Dazzle

  DAMAGE: 60/105/150/195/240 >>>100/145/190/235/280COOLDOWN: 15 seconds at all ranks >>>17/16/15/14/13 secondsSTUN DURATION: 1/1.125/1.25/1.375/1.5 seconds >>>1.25 seconds at all ranks

Yorick

• Passive - Shepherd of Souls

  [NEW] MIST JUMPERS: Mist Walkers now attack immediately upon landing from the E JumpMIST WALKER BASE DAMAGE: 10-95 (at levels 1-18) >>>2-100 (at levels 1-18)MIST WALKER RATIO: 0.3 total attack damage(unchanged)MOURNING MIST REACTION RANGE: 1000 >>>1400GRAVE DESPAWN RANGE: 1600 >>> 2000

• R - Eulogy of the Isles

  COOLDOWN: 160/150/140 seconds >>>160/130/100 secondsBASE HEALTH: 700/1500/3000 >>>700/1500/4000

Items

Thornmail

• BUILD PATH: Cloth Armor + Chain Vest + 1250 gold ⇒ Bramble Vest + Ruby Crystal + Warden's Mail + 400 gold
• TOTAL COST: 2350 >>> 2900 gold
  
• ARMOR: 100 >>> 75
  
• [NEW] HEALTH: 250
  
• [UPDATED] UNIQUE PASSIVE - THORNS: Upon being hit by a basic attack, reflects magic damage equal to 25 + 10% of your bonus Armor, inflicting Grievous Wounds on the attacker for 1 second.
  
• [NEW] UNIQUE PASSIVE - COLD STEEL: When hit by basic attacks, cripples source's attack speed by 15% for 1 second.
  

Bramble Vest

• BUILD PATH: Cloth Armor + Cloth Armor + 300 gold
• ARMOR: 35
  
• UNIQUE PASSIVE - THORNS: Upon being hit by a basic attack, reflects 20 magic damage, inflicting Grievous Wounds on the attacker for 1 second.
  

Ancient Coin Line

• QUEST REWARD: Favor is upgraded to Emperor's Favor and you get an elixir that grants a bonus skill point >>> nearby allies gain 8% movement speed when moving toward you

Randuin's Omen

• BUILD PATH: Ruby Crystal + Ruby Crystal + Warden's Mail + 1100 gold >>> Giant's Belt + Warden's Mail + 900 gold (2900 gold total cost unchanged)
• HEALTH: 350 >>> 400

Recommended Items

• "We've updated the default recommended items pages for a bunch of champions (mainly supports) to reflect some of the item updates from across the season."

Lethality Items

Serrated Dirk

• [NEW?] UNIQUE PASSIVE: Headhunter: After killing an enemy, your next damaging spell will deal 40 bonus physical damage to all enemies it hits (30 second cooldown)
• [REMOVED] OUT OF COMBAT MOVEMENT SPEED: No longer grants 20 out of combat movement speed
  

Poacher's Dirk

• [NEW?] UNIQUE PASSIVE: Headhunter: After killing an enemy, your next damaging spell will deal 40 bonus physical damage to all enemies it hits (30 second cooldown)
• [REMOVED] OUT OF COMBAT MOVEMENT SPEED: No longer grants 20 out of combat movement speed
  

Duskblade of Draktharr

• BUILD PATH: Serrated Dirk + B. F. Sword + 850 gold ⇒ Serrated Dirk + Caulfield's Warhammer + 700 gold
• TOTAL COST: 3250 gold ⇒ 2900 gold
• LETHALITY: 15 >>> 18
• ATTACK DAMAGE:65 >>> 55
• [REMOVED] OUT OF COMBAT MOVEMENT SPEED: No longer grants 20 out of combat movement speed
• [NEW] COOLDOWN REDUCTION: Now grants 10% cooldown reduction
• NIGHTSTALKER DAMAGE: 75 (+2.0 lethality) true damage >>> 90 + 15 per level (105 - 360 at levels 1-18) physical damage
• [NEW] NIGHTSTALKER SLOW: Nightstalker now slows the target by 99% for 0.25 seconds
• NIGHTSTALKER PROC WINDOW: Within 4 seconds >>> 5 seconds of being seen

Youmuu's Ghostblade

• TOTAL COST: 2900 gold (unchanged)
• OUT OF COMBAT MOVEMENT SPEED: 20 >>> 40
• LETHALITY: 15 >>> 18
• ATTACK DAMAGE: 60 >>> 55

Edge of Night

• BUILD PATH: Serrated Dirk + Pickaxe + Null-Magic Mantle + 675 gold >>> Serrated Dirk + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + 725 gold
• TOTAL COST: 3100 gold (unchanged)
• [REMOVED] OUT OF COMBAT MOVEMENT SPEED: No longer grants 20 out of combat movement speed
• LETHALITY: 15 >>> 18
• ATTACK DAMAGE: 55 (unchanged)
• [NEW] HEALTH: Now grants 250 health
• [REMOVED] MAGIC RESIST: No longer grants 35 magic resist

Other Changes

Krugs

• Medium Krugs do enough damage and have enough health that Smiting them isn't really a waste of cooldown, so we're giving you the ability to do so.

Vision Abilities

• Trundle's E - Pillar of Ice no longer gives vision around the cast area
• Ivern's W - Brushmaker cast range changed to 1600 ⇒ 800
• Anivia's W - Crystallize no longer gives vision around the cast area

Attack and Ability Queuing

• THIS IS A BIT CONFUSING: Changed several interactions where abilities overwrote any spell queuing commands, instead forcing the caster to immediately begin basic-attacking once the ability completed.
• SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE: If Pantheon tried to queue E - Heartseeker Strike during W - Aegis of Zeonia's dash, he'd begin basic-attacking the target once Aegis of Zeonia completed instead of casting Heartseeker Strike.
• BUT WHAT ABOUT MY…: This change only affects the following abilities:
  • Aatrox's Q - Dark Descent
  • Amumu's Q - Bandage Toss
  • Darius's E - Apprehend
  • Ekko's E - Phase Dive and R - Chronobreak
  • Elise's Spider Q - Venomous Bite
  • Evelynn's E - Ravage
  • Irelia's Q - Bladesurge
  • Kha'Zix's Q - Taste Their Fear
  • Kindred's E - Mounting Dread
  • Lee Sin's Q - Resonating Strike
  • Maokai's W - Twisted Advance
  • Pantheon's W - Aegis of Zeonia
  • Poppy's E - Heroic Charge
  • Rek'Sai's R - Void Rush
  • Talon's Q - Noxian Diplomacy

Ranked Flex

• RELAXED RESTRICTIONS: Ranked Flex party restrictions are the same as Solo Queue (Diamond, Master, and Challenger parties have tighter restrictions) >>> identical for all Tiers. All Ranked Flex parties can now include players within one Tier, including Diamond, Master, and Challenger parties.

SKT T1 2016 Skins Updates

• The 2016 SKT T1 skins have each received custom audio effects! In addition, water effects have been added to SKT T1 Nami's loading screen art.

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

• Pool Party Fiora Chromas
• Pool Party Graves Chromas
• Pool Pary Lulu Chromas

Rotating Game Mode

Dark Star: Singularity runs from 7/14/17 12:00 PT to 7/18/17 04:00 PT and 7/21/17 11:00 PT to 7/25/17 04:00 PT. Play as Dark Star Thresh in a 3v3 match on the Cosmic Ruins, which features a Dark Star Thresh announcer and chilling music.

• Hook or Flay opposing players and Abyss Scuttlers into the black hole in the center of the map to gain points.
• You'll fly further the more damage you've taken, but you can't die from health loss.
• The first team to 100 points wins the round, and the first team to win two rounds wins the game.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing the first raven of Swain's R - Ravenous Flock to visually spawn from the blue side fountain
• Phantom Dancer no longer prevents some champion abilities (primarily stealth effects) from ignoring unit collision when no enemy champions are nearby - the condition for Phantom Dancer's own immunity to unit collision
• Rek'Sai now properly marks targets for R - Void Rush even when the damage is completely blocked by a shield
• Blast Cones no longer fizzle when triggered by a burrowed Rek'Sai at maximum attack range
• Fixed a bug causing Ashe's Passive - Frost Shot bonus damage to apply to inhibitors
• Fixed a bug where several forms of loss-of-control effects (Fear, Flee, Taunt, Knockback, and Charm) weren't properly cancelling Anivia's R - Glacial Storm
• When Zilean tries to walk into range to activate Passive - Time in a Bottle on an out-of-range ally, he'll no longer cast his most recently-used ability instead once he gets into range. Something something time joke.
• Zilean's E - Time Warp cast range indicator has been reduced to match the actual range
• Lucian's Q - Piercing Light cast range indicator has been reduced to match the actual range
• The second hit of Sejuani's W - Winter's Wrath no longer counts as a separate spellcast
• Raptor's Cloak is now purchasable on Howling Abyss. Not technically a bug, but felt like one since Banner of Command builds out of it.
• Twitch no longer gets stuck as visually translucent if Guardian Angel triggers during Q - Ambush's camouflage duration
• Practice Tool's "Lock XP" button now properly displays the 'toggled' state while active
• Fixed a bug causing the profile page to sometimes display a lower ranking than your highest one
• Fixed a bug where LeaverBuster and surveys would fail to show after Honor votes
• Players on low-spec mode now see the celebration for earning 3+ Honor votes
• Fixed a bug where Honor 1.0 buttons would still display at the end of game screen
• Fixed a visual bug where a blue bar would appear in the transition between the Honor vote and the end of game screen
• Reinder Kog'Maw's vintage loading screen border now properly displays for original owners of the skin
• SKT T1 Nami's hair no longer twitches at the start of one of her idle animations
• SKT T1 Ekko's W - Parallel Convergence no longer uses base VFX when Ekko's shield absorbs damage or when its bonus damage against low health targets procs
• SKT T1 Olaf's Q - Undertow on-hit particles no longer become a massive disco if Undertow hits a moving target
• Re-added Freljord Taliyah's voiceover for W - Seismic Shove
• Restored custom audio effects for Heartseeker Orianna's basic abilities
• Mecha Zero Sion's custom VO now plays on kills
• Snow Day Ziggs's joke audio no longer restarts toward the end of the animation
• The Star Guardian beginning-of-game music no longer overlaps with DJ Sona's music at the start of a match
• Candy King Ivern no longer steals Jhin's taunt sound effects during his taunt animation
• Snow Day Syndra's Q - Dark Sphere ground snowflake VFX now properly displays on Medium or lower settings
• Gothic Orianna's model textures no longer change slightly depending on whether she's currently holding The Ball or not
• The Mechs vs. Minions ward skin no longer has a confusingly bright shadow in champion select's ward skin selector