God bless that 
Swain AA missile speed increase T_T Also, with Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.
Way too many changes, hard to acess impact. There are some aspects I'm a bit uncertain off, as most of the majorly changed champs seemed to have base damages and ratios toned down. Not sure I'll like new Malzahar, and it saddens me that Vel'Koz has been reduced to a wiggly ult.
Swain AA missile speed increase T_T Also, with Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.Way too many changes, hard to acess impact. There are some aspects I'm a bit uncertain off, as most of the majorly changed champs seemed to have base damages and ratios toned down. Not sure I'll like new
Malzahar, and it saddens me that Vel'Koz has been reduced to a wiggly ult.
New Malzahar seems a bit too strong, but it might also be me and my personal hatred for this cancer champion. Other than that, the changes seem quite nice. Not sure what the idea behind nerfing some MR items was, but w/e. Also, Herald buff was okay IMO, now it is simply humongous: if top is winning lane, this pretty much ensures the enemy won't have a chance at fighting back... will have to play more to see, however.
Malzahar seems a bit too strong, but it might also be me and my personal hatred for this cancer champion. Other than that, the changes seem quite nice. Not sure what the idea behind nerfing some MR items was, but w/e. Also, Herald buff was okay IMO, now it is simply humongous: if top is winning lane, this pretty much ensures the enemy won't have a chance at fighting back... will have to play more to see, however.
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FalseoGod wrote:
with Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.
Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.Maxing E last will also give him a lot more waveclear than before, which could change his laning phase a lot. Sounds pretty nice for both sides -- Swain gets more waveclear and AoE, his opponent doesn't take a million damage from a targeted spell every few seconds.
FalseoGod wrote:
it saddens me that Vel'Koz has been reduced to a wiggly ult.
His passive should deal more damage after you get 90 AP. He lost some base damage on his W and E, but his ult and passive buffs more than make up for that imo. You'll be rewarded a lot more for hitting comboes and less for landing one random tick of W damage.
Re4XN wrote:
Not sure what the idea behind nerfing some MR items was, but w/e.
Banshee's Veil builds out of a Negatron Cloak and is quite a bit cheaper, so that makes it more accessible to carries that need a spell shield to protect themselves.The
Spirit Visage changes are arguably a nerf, though it might be a buff for a few tanky champions with strong healing spells, or maybe if you have a Soraka on your team.
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FalseoGod wrote:
God bless that Swain AA missile speed increase T_T Also, with Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.
Swain AA missile speed increase T_T Also, with Torment now giving 20% increased damage off the bat and having reduced base damage, I'm not sure what he'll want to max first anymore. He might actually go for Decrepify -> Nevermove -> Torment, since torment + decrepify reads like pretty efficient harass without requiring a lot of exposure. Exceptions would be high mobility matchups.AA missile speed increase. Thank you Rito!
Scaling mana gain on
Carrion Renewal.Being able to place
Decrepify.Lower mana cost on
Nevermove.Mohr Ravens out of
Ravenous Flock.Digging the changes to
Swain. The Master Tactician now has some options, beyond hoping he is in a decent match-up that he can get ahead in so he is big going into mid game.Also the 750rp skins look beast.
Iron Inquisitor Kayle
Cursed Revenant Nocturne
Black Scourge Singed
Nice to see some really good looking skins at that price point.
It should also change his matchups a lot. If you're not maxing a targetted spell (since it'll deal less damage now) that means highly mobile champs could have an edge if you misuse your initial Q cast, whereas he can bully immobile champs with more safety.
I'm not sure maxing Nevermove first is the same option, and Nevermove was already the 9/10 times 2nd maxed ability, so Decrepify by itself shouldn't give him more waveclear. AA missile speed up and Ravenous flock hitting up to 5 targets should help a lot though.
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I'm shocked with some things I've been hearing about league state, even if not surprised: once again a major item overhaul while only looking at X champs and ignoring it's interactions with the others. Things like Orianna E healing tanks while giving a shield and mres + armor, ap assassins getting free CDR without needing to commit to a less damage-oriented path. I also think the lower ap + cost on key items like Zhonya's or Abyssal benefit mostly assassins, since they already have great base damage and get a lot from the utility.
I'm not sure maxing
Nevermove first is the same option, and Nevermove was already the 9/10 times 2nd maxed ability, so Decrepify by itself shouldn't give him more waveclear. AA missile speed up and Ravenous flock hitting up to 5 targets should help a lot though.--
I'm shocked with some things I've been hearing about league state, even if not surprised: once again a major item overhaul while only looking at X champs and ignoring it's interactions with the others. Things like Orianna E healing tanks while giving a shield and mres + armor, ap assassins getting free CDR without needing to commit to a less damage-oriented path. I also think the lower ap + cost on key items like Zhonya's or Abyssal benefit mostly assassins, since they already have great base damage and get a lot from the utility.
Thank you Byron for 2014's loudest laugh up till today
I always thought nevermore was the last maxed ability pre rework. But yeah the fact torment doesnt have the scaling on the damage buff makes it a nice one point wonder spell.
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RottedApples wrote:
I always thought nevermore was the last maxed ability pre rework. But yeah the fact torment doesnt have the scaling on the damage buff makes it a nice one point wonder spell.
It's complicated.
Decrepify was by far the best bullying option versus melees after Torment, but since they nerfed Nevermove's snare duration to scale with levels it became much harder for Swain to fight ranged mages: even if you caught them, the window of opportunity to do more was shortened. It also offered much needed waveclear.Now I'm not sure, I tried
Decrepify max but it felt slightly lacklustre, and Torment did get an AP scalling buff, sitting now at 1.0. Once you finish the hextech thingy (+80 AP) + Doran's + your own ap, it should deal a solid ~300 damage at max level before you get other items. I think what they're trying to do is give Swain more engage potential/cs'ing with Q and W versus ranged matchups and tone down his tendency to bully melee matchups. An example would be Yasuo: he's much harder for Swain to deal with now since he can just E away from your Q and block your Torment, whereas in the past Decrepify was a powerful tool, specially paired with AAs, to try and force him to cast W.For now my thoughts lie on Q max vs immobile matchups because it gives you self-peel, farm, harass and poke and E max vs mobile ones since otherwise they can play around your Q with relative ease, out trading you hard.
Thank you Byron for 2014's loudest laugh up till today
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Hello and welcome to the MOBAFire Patch Summary - 6.9!
This patch is a doozy. From champion reworks to new items and major objective changes, it seems like there isn't much in League that wasn't changed in this patch in one way or another! We'll do our best to give you an overview of the changes, but we won't have much room for detail, so please feel free to check out the full patch notes for details on any changes that interest you.
As this is the patch that includes all the changes for the mid-season mage update, including many champion and item reworks, we recommend you check out the Mid-Season Magic post if you haven't already.
Champion Updates
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Given the size of this enormous patch, we'll stick to talking about the really major changes to champions (i.e. reworks) and leave you to check out the smaller balance adjustments on your own. Also, be sure to check out the full patch notes or mid-season magic post for more details on these reworks.
The last of the major mage reworks is
Item Changes
There are a ton of item changes in this patch, including buffs, nerfs, reworks and even brand new items! Because of the wealth of changes, here's a couple more handy charts.
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Notable Changes
Jungle Changes
All major camps in this patch were changed somewhat, with red and blue buff timers being given to both teams 60 seconds before they respawn. There are also new minimap icons that will visually display (via a brightening icon) when these camps respawn.
The buffs themselves were also adjusted, with the first red and blue buff lasting for the normal 120 seconds, but subsequent buffs lasting only 90 seconds. Red buff now deals more damage with fast-attacking champions and the health regeneration scales with champion level, but only activates when out of combat. Blue buff provides more mana regeneration (especially to mages with large mana pools) and grants a 15% bonus to the wearer's ability power, rather than a flat increase.
The biggest changes occurred to the epic monsters, which are listed below.
Mountain Drake
Grants 10/20/30% bonus true damage to Epic Monsters and Turrets.Infernal Drake
Permanently grants 8/16/24% increased Attack Damage and Ability Power.Cloud Drake
Permanently grants 15/30/45 bonus movement speed while out of combat.Ocean Drake
Restores 10% of your missing health and mana every 18/12/6 seconds.DRAGON TYRANT
After 35 minutes, Elemental Dragons will no longer spawn. In their place, the Elder Dragon will spawn every 10 minutes.CRUEL ULTIMATUM
For the next 120 seconds, basic attacks and spells burn the target for 45 (+45 per stack of Elemental Drake buff) damage over 3 seconds.ELDER MASTERY
For the next 120 seconds, increases the strength of Elemental Dragon buffs by 50%.RESPAWN - Removed
BASE HEALTH - 5000 ⇒ 8000
BASE ARMOR - 40 ⇒ 60
BASE MAGIC RESISTANCE - 20 ⇒ 50
BASE ATTACK DAMAGE - 95 ⇒ 105
BACKSTAB DAMAGE - 15% maximum health ⇒ 12% maximum health
DURATION - 2:00 ⇒ 20:00
CORRUPTED BLOOD - Glimpse of the Void is not lost on death or obtaining Hand of Baron.
CORRUPTION - While no allied champions are near you, you gain 5% damage reduction against champions and continuously build charges of Corruption. At 100 charges, your next basic attack discharges all stacks of Corruption, dealing 15-270 magic damage (at levels 1-18, damage halved for ranged champions).
Pacing and Turret Changes
There's a lot of math in this section of the patch notes, so we'll keep this to an overall summary.
Overall, turrets are more durable, but mages and assassins are better able to damage turrets due to the addition of penetrable resistances. Outer and inner turrets are also more threatening, especially in long dives, and switching turret aggro will not reset the increasing damage of subsequent tower shots.
As for rewards, turrets give less global gold when they're destroyed, offering a total of 800 team gold which is more localized for outer turret kills and more globalized as you get closer to the base.
Jungle experience has also been shifted towards junglers (carriers of
Finally, death timers and Homeguard speed and duration have been adjusted. Death timers in the 20-35 minute range have been reduced and Homeguard duration went from 8s to 7s while the haste strength dropped from 175% to 75-150% (at 20 and 40 minutes respectively).
Upcoming Skins
The following skins will be released during patch 6.9.
Iron Inquisitor Kayle (750 RP)
Cursed Revenant Nocturne (750 RP)
Black Scourge Singed (750 RP)
Share Your Thoughts!
That's it on our end, time to hear from you guys! What are your thoughts on the item changes? Which of the mage reworks are you excited to try out? How will you adapt your play around the new jungle bosses?
Let us know in the comments below!