Patch 4.1 Notes

[quote=Graypozo]It was a nice buff they made for [[Yasuo]]. Idk what people think, but the 100% flow granted when he ults its great. I really dont care about the smart cast thing because i always use smart cast :p Also, the buff on Darius R is really big imo, and annie shouldnt have been changed :c[/quote]

[quote=cooper56]Talon got nice quality life change. Im surprised no one said anything about anvia buffs since he biggest problem was mana and for most part its fixed she might even be able do some new builds we could see her start getting better. Her only issue now is shes hard to play similar to syndra.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]I think [[anivia]] will be rather played as a supportive champ cuz dat wall. Just wall the enemy support so he can't escape. Combine that with [[vayne]] and you got a super strong combo.[/quote]

[quote=Fousek]I think that this is really balanced patch from Riot. I am little bit sad about Sunfire + Spirit Visage nerf since I play Tanky Junglers. But rest is really well targeted changes. Riven Mundo Shyv and Nasus are TOP Tiers and they needed change but they are not shut downed. Darius buff is weird but not OP. And Yasuo is strong Darien from GG has 50 games in solo Q with 0.9 deaths average. Stopp QQ that he is hard, learn him or stop playing him. Change on Annie makes sence and will keep playing her I actually think that if you won´t feed until 6 she is stronger now. Anivia mana changes could help but I think it is not enought since there are champs like Ziggs, Gragas and Orianna[/quote]

[quote=SpawnOfHell]Oh wow I can't say anything for certain but holy hell did they gut [[rengar]] again. With his loss of triple Q + nerfs to [[sunfire cape]] and [[spirit visage]] + his heal never healing for as much as pre-nerf all together he's pretty much dropped to trash tier. The poor lion's literally on one arm and leg right now. [[Evelynn]] ult fix: great, now if only they'd fix the same issue on [[blade waltz]] too. I mean, they clearly care enough to change other bugs about it, right? [[hecarim]] bugfix made me laugh. So that change never actually got through, but the difference was so miniscule nobody noticed? Poor horse. And I don't see how a nerf to [[olaf]]'s only form of gap closing qualifies as 'minor'.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]what the fuck is the new pillager and wicked hatchet. i want my old pillager damnit.[/quote]

[quote=XeresAce]They nerfed janna in so many ways and THIS is how they buff her? It's something :/[/quote]

[quote=LevasK]My opinions about everything. [spoiler] [[Anivia]]-Some really nice quality of life changes and they were really needed here, but as she still suffers from Lux Syndrome I doubt we will be seeing her played much. [[Annie]]-Well Riot for once didn't decide to completely gut the champion, but rather give a nerf where it was needed and a buff to compensate.[[Annie]] is still going to remain a tier 1 support. [[Evelynn]]-I think Riot just put the final nail in her coffin the thing that made [[Evelynn]] OP in solo q was her passive, but instead of changing that Riot decided to further weaken her already unimpressive damage potential. [[Janna]]-I hated the S4 nerfs that she got and this is a step in the right direction however I still think [[Janna]] is a very weak niche pick support. [[Jinx]]-I guess Riot just wanted to stop [[Thresh]]+[[Jinx]] lanes from stomping people in solo q. These nerfs don't change much really [[Jinx]] is still tier 1 pick for ADC. [[Nasus]]-Mr.NoobSlayer got nerfed. I think that Riot should have waited to see how [[Nasus]] would do in top lane after the nerfs to tank items, but I guess he was stomping solo q way too hard. [[Rengar]]-So tankgar just got killed with these nerfs to [[Empowered Battle Roar]] this change might push [[Rengar]] out of top lane and into the jungle, since a lot of his power in lane came from him being able to sustain so well now he will get slaughtered by [[Renekton]] and many others in top laners.Triple Q was a bug/unintended feature, so it getting fixed came as no surprise I just don't think it was necessary. [[Riven]] and [[Shyvana]]-Both got nerfed, both deserved it while [[Shyvana]] might not be such a pain to deal with I still think that [[Riven]] might need more. [[Thresh]]-So a very minor nerf and a massive buff to him, honestly I felt that [[Thresh]] was in a good spot before these changes, but hopeful now people will CLICK THE DAMN LANTERN! -_-. [[Yasuo]]-I've played against a few good [[Yasuo]] players and I have to say I hate this champion with passion and this buff was not needed (Not talking about fixes) his shield from flow was already very difficult to deal with if [[Yasuo]] used it wisely since this ability doesn't really have much counter play to it. Now I will be seeing [[Yasuo]] tower diving and dunking mid laners even more often..... [[Darius]]-A very very small quality of life change I strongly believe that [[Noxian Guillotine]] should get a full reset instead of one that's limited by time.Still even that would fix his core problems. [[Hecarim]]-This will slightly make his first few clears stronger nothing more. [[Olaf]]-I think even with these nerfs he will remain a strong pick for jungle. [[Talon]]-A nice quality of life change however I don't think this will increase his popularity, but at least it's something that [[Talon]] mains can be happy about. [[Spirit Stone]]-Well it seems that Riot wants jungler to just afk farm there jungle, so far every jungler I tried had next to no issue staying forever in there jungle without backing, I even did [[Poppy]] jungle and it worked perfectly.I guess fast clearing junglers just got a massive buff also junglers who scale well into mid/late game got that buff too. [/spoiler] Edited my opinion on [[Spirit Stone]][/quote]

[quote=Isolanporzellator]Was really like :O when I saw that turret change. I mean - they decided to crush the top/bot-laneswap, though the strategy already had its risks in losing Dragon control and the own solo laner getting behind just as much, unless you play towards such a laneswap with the picks. I didn't quite see where this strategy was op, but probably I missed out on something. However, the thing that really bothers me is how they crushed it. Not only that they enforce meta instead of just letting players develop the meta, the flat damage reduction for top and middle turret is just something I don't understand. Why not just keep the armor if you want to make them resilient? Cuz like this, AP champs with already low turret damage do like 40% less damage and AD champs only do about 20% less. What is the purpose in making this a flat value - why not a percentage? Doesn't really bother AD champs, but disables AP champs like [[Vladimir]] from pushing down towers... As far as the nerfs go, I think most of them were deserved, aswell as the buff for anivia.[/quote]

[quote=DillButt64]spirit stone changes are better for farming junglers, and worse for ganking junglers maybe one day ill get to play my naut and sej again also hec change might make his first few clears better, to bad you get oom so fast so ill have to try him again sooner or later[/quote]