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Patch 4.3 Notes

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Patch 4.3 Notes
BY RIOT PWYFF




Hey Summoners,

Welcome back to the patch notes! This isn’t a huge update (less novel-length patch notes, YAY!), but we’re using this patch to set out the roadmap of what we’ll be hitting long-term. For example, Kassadin and Gragas are getting small nerfs this patch while we focus on their larger long term changes after they go through our lab tests.

Outside of that, we’ve got some general tune-ups for support gold items (take a look at the updated Spellthief line!) and basic items in general. Oh, and keep an eye out for a new champion! HO HO HO WHAT A FUNNY JOKE WE HAVE MADE.


Patch Contents

- 03/05/2014 Patch Update


- 02/28/2014 Patch Update


- LoL Client


- Champions



- Terrify(ing) Changes



- Minor Changes and Bug Fixes





- Items





- Gold Generating Items



- Crystal Scar



- Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar


- Team Builder



03/05/2014 Patch Update

Just a few bugfixes.

  • Fixed an issue that caused players to see a black screen instead of Champion Select
  • Restored compatibility with XP Service Pack 2


02/28/2014 Patch Update


More Terrify(ing) Changes

When we made the changes to Shaco / Fiddle / Nocturne's fear mechanics, we wanted them to have more strategic consistency in their use (as opposed to fearing and hoping they stay nearby). That said, with the change we made in 4.3, we significantly undertuned on the flee mechanic so feared opponents were running away too fast (which makes sense if you think about it...). Still, we're reacting quickly here to crank up the Movement Speed slow so that a feared target doesn’t bolt out of range too fast while still maintaining the spirit of the change.

Shaco's Jack in the Box, Fiddlesticks' Terrify, and Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror
  • Targets now flee away from the caster much more slowly than before


Bug Fixes

  • We fixed a bug where the undo button was nearly killing players in ARAM and normal games


LoL Client

With our LoL client work ongoing, game invites were next on our hit list. The below changes should help out with client performance.

  • Players can now be invited to and accept game invitations while already in a lobby
  • Lobby owners can now select a teammate to be the game owner and "draft captain" in charge of bans and first pick
  • Improved invitee and lobby status updates:
    • Accepted
    • Pending
    • Declined
    • Accepted - Lobby Full
    • Accepted - Quit
    • Joined - Quit
    • Joined
    • Kicked
    • Banned
      • Cancelled (displays for both Kicked and Banned)
  • Invitations to games that are no longer available will now read "The invitation from «Summoner» has expired."
  • You can now grant invite privileges in custom games
  • Chat lobbies will remain intact if someone leaves champ select
  • You can still send and receive game invites if chat goes down
  • You can now send game invitations to offline players - they'll see them when they log in
    • CORRECTED: Active game invites now persist through logout. If you log back in while an invite is still valid, you'll be able to accept without having to be reinvited
  • Chat's no longer restricted when sending out large amounts of invites at once


Champions


Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz, the Eye of the Void is somewhere in this patch but will be turned on at a later date.


Corki

Corki players can now see Phosphorus Bomb's area of effect indicator and Phosphorus Bomb now scales with bonus AD.

Way back, we added more gameplay to Phosphorous Bomb in the form of a travel time, thereby increasing the difficulty of the skill but not the reward. We've added some extra gunpowder to the bomb this patch to rebalance the ability.

Q - Phosphorus Bomb

NEW BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO : +0.5 Bonus Attack Damage Ratio

CLARITY : Now shows area-of-effect indicator for Corki (previously displayed only for enemies)


Gragas

We lowered Body Slam's AD ratio at early levels and reduced Explosive Cask's AP ratio.

Short-term, we're making these changes to slightly tone down Gragas' overall power curve without making him "Old and Busted." In future patches we'll look at Gragas and make changes that leave him feeling like more of a drunken brawler than a fat mage.

E - Body Slam

TOTAL ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO : 0.66 at all ranks ⇒ 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7

R - Explosive Cask

ABILITY POWER RATIO : 1.0 ⇒ 0.9

OLD MANA COST : 100/125/150 ⇒ 100 at all ranks (legacy patch note from an undocumented change in 4.2)


Kassadin

We reduced Null Sphere's damage and silence duration and lowered the damage of Force Pulse.

We're currently working on more aggressive changes for Kassadin in the future. In the meantime, these are short term tweaks to knock his power levels down a peg while we continue testing. Maybe, someone, somewhere, will get to play him in a ranked game.

Q - Null Sphere

DAMAGE : 80/115/150/185/220 ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200

SILENCE : 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5 seconds ⇒ 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds

E - Force Pulse

DAMAGE : 80/130/180/230/280 ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240


Kha'Zix

Kha'Zix can be oppressive to play against if he starts snowballing in the early game. Even if his opponents stick together to prevent isolation, the bug deals stupendous amounts of all-in damage before leaping to safety with his E resets. Even though we trimmed down his explosive initiations and crazy fast Dragon/Baron killing speed, we still like Kha'Zix as a speedy hunter, so we buffed his ability to maneuver in fights.

Q - Evolved Enlarged Claws

MISSING HEALTH DAMAGE : 8% ⇒ 6%

MAXIMUM DAMAGE VS. MONSTERS : 200 ⇒ 100

E - Leap

BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO : 0.8 ⇒ 0.2

R - Void Assault

UTILITY : Kha'Zix ignores unit collision while in stealth

R - Evolved Active Camouflage

UTILITY : Void Assault Duration +1 seconds (total 2 seconds)


Ryze

We've buffed Ryze's base health and increased Overload's range.

In previous patches, we cemented Ryze's role as a mid-range mage. Now, we're helping him adjust.

General

BASE HEALTH : 446 ⇒ 500

Q - Overload

RANGE : 600 ⇒ 625


Skarner

We lowered Crystal Slash's mana cost and increased Fracture's slow.

We're giving Skarner some help in the early game with a focus on his crowd control capabilities.

Q - Shattered Earth

MANA COST : 20/22/24/26/28 ⇒ 16/18/20/22/24

E - Ixtal's Impact

SLOW : 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65%


Teemo

Teemo's shrooms are now slightly less annoying.

Late game, Teemos stacking pure AP could pretty much opt out of fighting by laying deathshrooms everywhere and spamming the laugh button. If you're ever close to losing it after dying to a shroom, just remember; millions of Teemos die each day .

R - Noxious Trap

ABILITY POWER RATIO : 0.8 ⇒ 0.5


Yasuo

We've reduced Way of the Wanderer's shield duration as well as its value at higher levels.

We want to further emphasize Yasuo's defensive weaknesses, like triggering his shield with a basic attack and then waiting out the duration, or making him more vulnerable to lots of things hitting him at the same time.

Passive - Way of the Wanderer

SHIELD DURATION : 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

SHIELD (ROUGH VALUES) : 60~690 ⇒ 60~470

SHIELD (REAL VALUES) : 60/65/70/75/85/95/110/125/145/170/200/240/290/350/420/500/590/690 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80/90/100/110/125/140/160/185/215/250/290/340/400/470


Terrify(ing) Changes

The randomness of Terrify made it unreliable in most cases, both in coordinating with teammates and for opponents, so we’re making it more predictable.

Fiddlesticks

In addition to the Terrify changes, we've increased Drain's cast range.

Q - Terrify

UTILITY : Affected units run around in fear ⇒ Affected units now run away from Fiddlesticks with impaired movement speed

W - Bountiful Harvest

CAST RANGE : 475 ⇒ 575 (tether range remains at 750)


Nocturne

E - Unspeakable Horror

UTILITY : Affected units run around in fear ⇒ Affected units now run away from Nocturne with impaired movement speed


Shaco

W - Jack In The Box

UTILITY : Affected units run around in fear ⇒ Affected units now run away from Shaco with impaired movement speed


Minor Changes & Bug Fixes


Kayle

PRETTINESS :: Updated Ability Icons!


Sejuani

W - Flail of the Northern Winds

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where % increases to Sejuani's health were not being included in the bonus damage calculation


Twisted Fate

W - Pick A Card

PRETTINESS : New Particles!


Volibear

W - Frenzy

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where % increases to Volibear’s health were not being included in the bonus damage calculation


Zac

We increased the interaction radius of Zac's blobs.

Passive - Cell Division

CHUNK PICKUP / STOMP RADIUS : 25 ⇒ 50


Items


Tear of the Goddess

Not enough tears on the Rift.

NEW PASSIVE : Additionally grants +1 maximum mana per 8 seconds (+1 maximum mana per 6 seconds on Crystal Scar)

MANA REGEN : 7 ⇒ 6


Doran's Shield

We want Doran's Shield to be a strong pick for countering ranged attack harassment, but its high defensive stats were making it a must-buy early item for some champions. We're clarifying its strengths while toning down some of the power.

HEALTH : 100 ⇒ 80

HEALTH REGEN : 10 ⇒ 6



Spirit Stone Items

We like the changes we made to the Spirit Stone line in patch 4.1, so these are just some general tweaks to promote a wider variety of junglers.

BUTCHER PASSIVE HEALTH RESTORE : 8% damage dealt ⇒ 6% damage dealt

BUTCHER PASSIVE MANA RESTORE : 4% damage dealt ⇒ 3% damage dealt

BUTCHER PASSIVE UTILITY : Health / Mana restore no longer halved for area-effect spells


Boots of Mobility

As the premiere set up boots for getting into - and initiating - fights, we're introducing a strategic tradeoff. There has been some discussion that this change will hurt some junglers, so we'll keep an eye on this change.

MOVEMENT SPEED : 45 in combat / 105 out of combat ⇒ 25 in combat / 105 out of combat

TOTAL COST : 1000 gold ⇒ 800 gold


Ruby Crystal

We don't expect Ruby Crystal to suddenly be a great starting item, but we want to lower its barrier of purchase. Same's true of the Sightstone items.

HEALTH : 180 ⇒ 150

TOTAL COST : 475 gold ⇒ 400 gold


Sightstone

HEALTH : 180 ⇒ 150

TOTAL COST : 950 gold ⇒ 800 gold


Ruby Sightstone

HEALTH : 360 ⇒ 400

TOTAL COST : 1550 gold ⇒ 1600 gold


Gold Generating Items

All stats will be displayed per item while changes will be noted.

We're doing a polish of the mini-games associated with gold generating items.


Spellthief's Edge Line

Buying a Spellthief's Edge is a commitment to harassing your opponents from afar. It'll be the highest risk and reward item in terms of gold generation.


Spellthief's Edge

NEW PASSIVE TRIBUTE : Old Tribute Passive ⇒ Spells and basic attacks against champions or buildings deal 10 additional damage and grant 5 Gold. This can occur up to three times every 30 seconds. Killing a minion disables this passive for 12 seconds.

ABILITY POWER : 10 ⇒ 5

MANA REGEN : 3 ⇒ 2

GOLD PER 10 : 2 gold per 10 seconds


Frostfang

NEW PASSIVE TRIBUTE : Old Tribute Passive ⇒ Spells and basic attacks against champions or buildings deal 15 additional damage and grant 10 Gold. This can occur up to three times every 30 seconds. Killing a minion disables this passive for 12 seconds.

TOTAL COST : 850 gold ⇒ 650 gold

ABILITY POWER : 10 ⇒ 10

MANA REGEN : 7 ⇒ 5

GOLD PER 10 : 4 gold per 10 seconds


Frost Queen's Claim

NEW PASSIVE TRIBUTE : Old Tribute Passive ⇒ Spells and basic attacks against champions or buildings deal 15 additional damage and grant 10 Gold. This can occur up to three times every 30 seconds. Killing minions does not disable the passive.

NEW UNIQUE ACTIVE : Old Unique Active ⇒ Fires an ice lance that explodes dealing 50 (+5 per champion level) magic damage to nearby enemies while slowing their movement speed by 80%, decaying over 2 seconds (60 second cooldown).

RECIPE : Frostfang + Amplifying Tome ⇒ Frostfang + Fiendish Codex (total cost remains 2000 gold)

COOLDOWN REDUCTION : +10% Cooldown reduction

ABILITY POWER : 50 ⇒ 40

GOLD PER 10 : 4 gold per 10 seconds

MANA REGEN : 10 mana regeneration


Targon's BraceFace of the Mountain Relic Shield Line

We're reinforcing the Relic Shield line as "all-in" tanky support items for those who want to scrap in lane all day. This is the moderate risk, moderate reward item.


Relic Shield

NEW PASSIVE SPOILS OF WAR : Old Spoils of War Passive ⇒ Melee basic attacks execute minions below 200 Health. Killing a minion heals you and the nearest allied champion for 40 Health and grants them kill gold. These effects require a nearby allied champion. Recharges every 60 seconds. Max 2 charges.

CLARITY : Allies who benefit from Spoils of War now also gain +1 to their minions killed score

HEALTH : 50 ⇒ 75

HEALTH REGEN : 6 ⇒ 0


Targon's Brace Targon's Brace

NEW PASSIVE SPOILS OF WAR : Old Spoils of War Passive ⇒ Melee basic attacks execute minions below 200 Health. Killing a minion heals you and the nearest allied champion for 50 Health and grants them kill gold. These effects require a nearby allied champion. Recharges every 30 seconds. Max 3 charges.

CLARITY : Allies who benefit from Spoils of War now also gain +1 to their minions killed score

TOTAL COST : 850 gold ⇒ 865 gold

HEALTH REGEN : 12 ⇒ 8

HEALTH : +175 Health


Face of the Mountain Face of the Mountain

NEW PASSIVE SPOILS OF WAR : Old Spoils of War Passive ⇒ Melee basic attacks execute minions below 200 Health. Killing a minion heals you and the nearest allied champion for 50 (+1% of your maximum Health) and grants them kill gold. These effects require a nearby allied champion. Recharges every 30 seconds. Max 4 charges.

CLARITY : Allies who benefit from Spoils of War now also gain +1 to their minions killed score

NEW UNIQUE ACTIVE : Old Unique Active ⇒ Shield target ally for 10% of your maximum Health for 4 seconds. After 4 seconds, the target explodes dealing 100% of their total Attack Damage plus 30% of their Ability Power as magic damage in an area (60 second cooldown).

HEALTH : 375 health

HEALTH REGEN : 25 health regeneration

COOLDOWN REDUCTION : 10% cooldown reduction


Talisman of Ascension Ancient Coin Line

We're giving the Ancient Coin line a reduction in combat-related stats so that we can focus on its hold-out pattern of staying alive in lane. This is definitely the lowest risk line of them all, but it also provides the lowest overall rewards.


Ancient Coin

NEW PASSIVE FAVOR : Old Favor Passive ⇒ Being near a minion death without dealing the killing blow grants 2 Gold and 5 Health.

HEALTH REGEN : 5 ⇒ 0

MANA REGEN : +3 mana regeneration


Nomad's Medallion

NEW PASSIVE FAVOR : Old Favor Passive ⇒ Being near a minion death without dealing the killing blow grants 3 Gold and 5 Health.

HEALTH REGEN : 8 ⇒ 5

MANA REGEN : 11 ⇒ 7

TOTAL COST : 850 gold ⇒ 865 gold

GOLD PER 10 : +2 gold per 10 seconds


Talisman of Ascension Talisman of Ascension

NEW PASSIVE FAVOR : Old Favor Passive ⇒ Being near a minion death without dealing the killing blow grants 3 Gold and 10 Health.

MANA REGEN : 15 ⇒ 10

ACTIVE : Grants nearby allies +40% movement speed for 3 seconds (60 second cooldown).

HEALTH REGEN : 10 health regeneration

GOLD PER 10 : 2 gold per 10 seconds

COOLDOWN REDUCTION : 20% cooldown reduction


Crystal Scar

The following changes affect Crystal Scar only


Prospector's Blade

With the 2014 Season changes, we want to bring the Prospector items back in line with current stat values.

NEW ATTACK SPEED : +15% Attack Speed

HEALTH : 200 ⇒ 150

ATTACK DAMAGE : 20 ⇒ 16

LIFESTEAL : 5% ⇒ Removed


Prospector's Ring

With the 2014 Season changes, we want to bring the Prospector items back in line with current stat values.

HEALTH : 200 ⇒ 150

ABILITY POWER : 40 ⇒ 35

MANA REGEN : 6 ⇒ 5


Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar

The following changes affect Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar only


B.F. Sword

Similar to when we removed Needlessly Large Rod from TT / CS, B.F. Sword is too expensive for a fast-paced map. Now that we've remade Mercurial Scimitar, we can also remove B.F. Sword from the maps.

EXISTENCE : Is a thing ⇒ Removed


Mercurial Scimitar

EXISTENCE : Is a thing ⇒ Removed


NEW: Dervish Blade

RECIPE : Stinger + Quicksilver Sash + 200 gold (3000 gold total)

ACTIVE : Removes all debuffs, and if champion is melee, also grants +50% bonus Movement Speed for 1 second (90 second cooldown).

ATTACK SPEED : +50% Attack Speed

MAGIC RESISTANCE : +45 Magic Resistance

COOLDOWN REDUCTION : +10% Cooldown Reduction


Team Builder

Some Team Builder assets are included in this patch in preparation for an eventual two-day live beta test.

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Woo, Ryze buffs! Might start playing him again.
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THIS IS THE ****TIES PATCH EVER !
Hate it !!!
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imperiom wrote:

THIS IS THE ****TIES PATCH EVER !
Hate it !!!


God forbid balance huh.

Well Lulu seems to be a support again, mayhaps we'll get a bit more of others like Zyra, Sona or Nami?
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CLARITY : Now shows area-of-effect indicator for Corki (previously displayed only for enemies)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Cx7BE4jhw&feature=youtu.be&t=35s
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Quit nerfing Nocturne, Riot. >:(
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And Kha got nerfed again as well.....

Basically MOBAFire.
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kha deserved the nerf tbh

hes just gonna do less AoE damage with his E, and a tiny bit less with his Q
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I still think jayce is good im going pick him up again with this tear change i find biggest issue with jayce is tear taking so long to stack this will cut it down a few minutes.
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Now I can play unpopular heroes more without worrying about teemo and khazix! yay!! Anyways, I think ranged supports are going to be the meta for botlane now. Specially annie.
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