News of Legends

 

Patch 6.3 will go live in the early hours of February 10th, assuming there are no delays. Here’s all the upcoming content:

 

Balance

• Champion Changes
• Item Changes
• Mastery Changes
• Objectives

Store Content

• Sweetheart Sona
• Heartseeker Orianna
• Harpseeker Ward Skin
• New Summoner Icons

Miscellaneous

• New Spell Icons

 

PBE content that’s still in testing and won’t come out with 6.3:

• Soraka‘s [ Q ] and [ W ] changes
• Hextech Crafting

 

 

 

Mark of the Assassin [ Q ]

• Triggering the mark now restores 40 energy at all ranks, increased from 20/25/30/35/40.

 

Shadow Dance [ R ]

• Dash speed increased from 1600 to 2000.

 

 

 

 

Headbutt [ W ]

• W + Q combo is now easier to chain.

 

 

Triumphant Roar [ E ]

• Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70/80 to 50/60/70/80/90;
• Cooldown increased from 12 seconds at all ranks to 16.

 

 

 

Phosphorus Bomb [ Q ]

• Base Damage decreased from 80/130/180/230/280 to 70/120/170/220/270.

 

Missile Barrage [ R ]

• Cooldown to gain a charge increased from 12/10/8 seconds to 12/11/10.

 

 

 

 

Timewinder [ Q ]

• Cooldown decreased from 11/10/9/8/7 seconds to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7.

 

 

 

 

Barrel Roll [ Q ]

• Slow duration is now always 2 seconds, regardless of how long the barrel was charged for (1.3 – 2 seconds on live);

 

Drunken Rage [ W ]

• Damage is now additionally dealt to enemies around the initial target;
• Channel time decreased from 1 second at all ranks to 0.75.

 
Here’s the new AoE change on [ W ]:

 

 

New Destiny [ Passive ]

• Shotgun pellets no longer knock back the Rift Scuttler.

 

 

End of the Line [ Q ]

• Damage on returning hit decreased from 85/145/205/265/325 [+0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2 Bonus AD] to 85/135/185/235/285 [+0.4/0.55/0.7/0.85/1 Bonus AD];
• If [ Q ] hits terrain, there’s now a 0.25 second delay before the returning hit triggers.

 

Quickdraw [ E ]

• Duration of True Grit passive [bonus Armor & MR] increased from 4 seconds to 5.

 

 

 

 

Test of Spirit [ E ]

• Mana Cost decreased from 35/45/55/65/75 to 35/40/45/50/55;
• Allies can now kill Tentacles to get rid of the Spirit debuff, provided they hit a tentacle within 5 seconds of your hit.

 

 

 

Relentless Assault [ Passive ]

• Maximum number of stacks increased from 6 to 8;
• Bonus Attack Speed per stack decreased from 4/6/8/10/12/14% to 3.5/5/6.5/8/9.5/11%;
• Total Attack Speed increased from 24/36/48/60/72/84% to 28/40/52/64/76/88%.

 

 

 

Renewal [ R + W ]

• Karma will now receive the second heal, even if the target dies during the duration of the leash.

 

 

 

Caustic Spittle [ Q ]

• Passive Attack Speed bonus moved from [ Q ] to [ W ].

 

 

Bio-Arcane Barrage [ W ]

• Now has Caustic Spittle’s passive [+15/20/25/30/35% bonus Attack Speed];
• Also has a minimum base magic damage of 15 on the 2% of Max HP on-hit buff.

 

 

 

Hammer Shock [ Q ]

• Damage changed from 40/70/100/130/160 [+0.7 Bonus AD] to 40/65/90/115/140 [+0.8 Bonus AD];
• Damage to minions increased from 80% to 100%.

 

Heroic Charge [ E ]

• Cooldown increased from 12/11/10/9/8 seconds to 14/13/12/11/10.

 

 

Keeper’s Verdict [ R ]

• Knock-up duration from instantly releasing the spell decreased from 2 seconds to 1.

 

 

 

 

Bola Strike [ E ]

• Cast delay while jumping decreased from 0.25 to 0.125.

 

 

 

 

Arcane Mastery [ Passive ]

• While Ryze is superchaged, only his next five spells have their cooldown reduced by Overload’s CD.

 

Desperate Power [ R ]

• Cooldown decreased from 80/60/40 seconds to 50/40/30.

 

 

 

[ Bonus ] Here’s the buffed Xin Zhao soloing Dragon at level 3 after a standard jungle clear.

 

Battle Cry [ W ]

• Passive heal on third hit now additionally scales with 0.2 of Bonus AD;
• Additionally, the third hit critically strikes for 25/37.5/50/62.5%/75% bonus physical damage.

[ Note ] If you have a Sated Devourer, it will NOT reduce the attacks needed to proc the crit.

 

Audacious Charge [ E ]

• Cooldown changed from 14/13/12/11/10 seconds to 12 at all ranks.

 

 

 

 

Death Mark [ R ]

• Damage decreased from 30/40/50% to 25/35/45%.

 

 

 

 

Mega Inferno Bomb [ R ]

• Damage in the center increased from 250/375/500 [+0.9 AP] to 300/450/600 [+1.1 AP];
• Enemies away from the center take 66% of the damage, decreased from 80%.

 

 

 

Boots of Swiftness

• Recipe cost increased from 500 Gold to 600 (total cost up from 800 Gold to 900).

 

 

Boots of Mobility

• Movement Speed bonus when out of combat increased from 105 to 115.

 

 

Dead Man’s Plate

• Slow strength decreased from 75% to 50%;
• Recipe cost increased from 1000 Gold to 1100 [total cost up from 2800 Gold to 2900].

 

Duskblade of Draktharr

Grants 75 Attack Damage and 5% Movement Speed;

Recipe: Serrated Dirk [1100 Gold] +  B.F. Sword [1300 Gold] + 850 Gold Recipe Cost = 3250 Gold Total;

UNIQUE Passive: Grants 10 Armor Penetration;

UNIQUE Passive: Hitting an enemy Champion with a basic attack applies Nightfall to them [120 second CD];

Nightfall: After 2 seconds, the target is dealt 90 [+25% of Missing HP] physical damage. If you score a kill or an assist before Nightfall triggers, the passive’s cooldown is reset.

 
Here’s a video of how the Nightfall detonation looks like:

 

Frozen Heart

• Recipe cost increased from 700 Gold to 800 [total cost unchanged due to 100 Gold cost decrease on Warden’s Mail].

 

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

• Recipe cost increased from 500 Gold to 600 (total cost up from 800 Gold to 900).

 

 

Kircheis Shard

• On-hit magic damage from Energized attack increased from 30 to 40.

 

 

Phantom Dancer

• Range on Spectral Waltz passive increased from 500 to 550;
• Recipe Cost decreased from 900 Gold to 650 (total cost down from 2800 to 2550).

 

Randuin’s Omen

• Health increased from 450 to 500.
• Recipe cost increased from 900 Gold to 1000 [total cost unchanged].

 

Rapid Firecannon

• Magic damage on Firecannon passive proc decreased from 50-200 to 50-160 [scales with Champion level];
• Bonus Movement Speed decreased from 7% to 5%.

 

Ravenous Hydra

• Tooltip now states that damage dealt by the splash now only applies 50% of player’s total Life Steal, not 100%.

 

Seeker’s Armguard

• Recipe now requires one more Cloth Armor;
• Recipe cost decreased from 465 Gold to 165 (total cost unchanged);
• Initial Armor increased from 25 to 30.

 

Statikk Shiv

• Magic damage on Shiv Lightning passive proc increased from 30-100 to 50-120 [scales with Champion level].

 

Sunfire Cape

• Now deals 50% more damage to minions and neutral monsters.

 

 

Warden’s Mail

• Cost decreased from 1100 Gold to 1000.

 

 

 

 

Bond of Stone

If you’re below 5% of your Maximum HP, the 6% of damage taken by allies won’t be redirected to you.

 

Expose Weakness [ Tier 2 Ferocity ]

• Expose your most recently damaged enemy Champion to take 2% more damage from allies.

 

 

 

 

Dragon Buffs

• Dragon’s Wrath [2nd Stack] – Grants your attacks on turrets an additional firey burn for 30 damage over 2 seconds. / Old version: Grants 15% damage to towers/buildings.
• Dragon’s Dominance [4th Stack]– You take 20% less damage from turrets. / Old version: Grants 15% damage to minions/monsters.

 

 

Sweetheart Sona will be available in store for 975 RP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heartseeker Orianna will be available in store for 1350 RP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Harpseeker ward skin will be in store for 640 RP.

 

 

 

Three Valentine’s Day-themed icons are on the PBE. No news yet on how to get these:

 

 

 

 

Gragas has received updated icons for his spells. From left to right: Passive, Q, W, E and R.

  

 

Lux also has new spell icons. From left to right: Passive, Q, W, E and R.

   

 

Shaco‘s also received icons. From left to right: Passive, Q, W, E, R and R while clone is active.

    

 

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Patch 6.2 will hit live in the early hours of January 27th, assuming there are no delays. Here are its contents:

 

New Champion

• Jhin, the Virtuoso

Shen Rework

• Base Stats & Abilities
• Skins

Balance

• Champion Changes
• Item Changes
• Mastery Changes

Store Content

• High Noon Jhin
• Beast Hunter Draven
• Beast Hunter Sejuani
• Beast Hunter Tryndamere
• New Summoner Icons

Client

• Hextech Crafting (note this most likely will NOT ship with 6.2!)
• Lunar Revel Login Animation

Miscellaneous

• Keystone Mastery visible on Load Screen

 

[ Note ] Radiant Wukong, Lunar Wraith Caitlyn & Morgana, the Rising Ward Dawn Skin and the four Lunar Revel Summoner Icons will be coming with this patch. You can find previews of them all HERE.

 

 

Jhin will be available for 7800 IP/975 RP on release. After a week his price will drop down to 6300 IP.  He’ll also be available for RP in a bundle with his release skin – High Noon Jhin.

 

 

 

 

 

• Health: 540 [ +85 per level ]
• Mana: 300 [ +35 per level ]
• Auto-Attack Range: 550
• Attack Damage: 53 [ +4 per level ]
• Base Movement Speed: 325
• Armor: 20 [ +3.5 per level ]
• Magic Resist: 30 [+0 per level ]
• HP-per-second: 1.1 [ +0.1 per level ]
• Mana-per-second: 1.2 [ +0.16 per level ]

 

Death in Four Acts: Jhin’s gun – Whisper – chambers four shots, which he fires at a fixed Attack Speed of 0.63 [+~3% per level]. The last bullet always crits and deals an additional 15-25% of the target’s missing Health as bonus physical damage. After firing the four shots, Jhin will pause to reload for ~2 seconds.

Every Moment Matters: Jhin’s crits deal 25% less damage, but grant him 10% [+0.4 of Bonus Attack Speed] Movement Speed which decays over 2 seconds. Also, Jhin’s Attack Damage is increased by ( 2-40 [scales with level] [+0.4 of Crit Chance] [+0.25 of Bonus Attack Speed] of Total AD ).

 

 

 

Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds || Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 || Range: 600

Jhin throws a cannister at a nearby targeted enemy, dealing 60/85/110/135/160 [+0.3/0.35/0.4/0.45/0.5 of Total AD] [+0.6 AP] physical damage. After landing, the cannister bounces up to four times on other nearby enemies. Killing an enemy with Dancing Grenade causes the following bounces to deal 35% extra damage, up to a maximum of 140% increased damage.

 

 

Cooldown: 14 seconds at all ranks || Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 || Range: 2500

Passive: Enemy champions that have been struck by Jhin’s basic attacks, Captive Audience, or any allied damage are marked for 4 seconds.

Active: Jhin fires a massively long range shot that goes through minions and deals 50/85/120/155/190 [+0.7 of Total AD] to the first enemy Champion hit (deals 65% damage to minions and neutral monsters). If the enemy Champion has already been marked, Deadly Flourish will additionally root them for 0.75/1/1.25/1.50/1.75 seconds and Jhin will gain the bonus Movement Speed from his fourth-hit crit.

 

 

Cooldown: 2 seconds at all ranks || Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 Mana + 1 Charge

Range: 260 || Recharge Cooldown: 28/27/26/25/24 seconds || Maximum Charges: 2

Beauty in Death – Killing blows on Champions spawn a Lotus Trap which briefly provides vision of the area before exploding.

Jhin places a Lotus trap on the ground that turns invisible after arming. Enemy champions that walk over the trap trigger it, revealing them for 4 seconds and marking them with Deadly Flourish and creating a large slowing zone that slows for 35%. After 2 seconds, the trap detonates, dealing 20/80/140/200/260 [+1.2 of Total AD] [+1.0 of AP] to enemy Champions (minions and neutral monsters are dealt 65% damage).

 

 

Cooldown: 120/105/90 seconds || Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 || Range: A lot

Jhin fully assembles his weapon before taking aim in a target direction, revealing all marked targets in a huge area. He can then fire four rounds that stop at the first enemy champion struck, slowing them and dealing 50/125/200 [+0.25 of Total AD] physical damage, increased by 2% for every 1% of missing HP on the target hit. The fourth shot crits for double damage.

If Curtain Call is canceled, it has its cooldown lowered by 10% for every unfired shot, up to a 40% CDR if no shots have been fired.

 

 

Here’s Jhin’s Champion Select quote:

 

And his login animation by frostyNinja:

 

 

Shen’s rework features a brand new passive, Q and W, tweaked values on E and R and a visual update, including new splash arts for all his skins:

 

 

• Health: 540 [ +73 per level ]
• Energy: 400
• Auto-Attack Range: 125
• Attack Damage: 60 [ +3 per level ]
• Base Movement Speed: 340
• Armor: 25 [ +2.6 per level ]
• Magic Resist: 32 [ +1.25 per level ]
• HP-per-second: 2 [ +0.15 per level ]

 

 

 

 

After casting a spell, Shen gains a shield that absorbs 52-120 [+14% of Bonus HP] damage for 2.5 seconds on a 10-second cooldown. Spells that successfully affect a Champion, be it ally or enemy, reduce that cooldown by 4-7.5 seconds [scales down with level].

Additionally, Shen gains a spirit sword that’s leashed to him. Shen can control the sword with his spells.

 

 

Energy Cost: 140/130/120/110/100 || Cooldown: 8/7.25/6.5/5.75/5 seconds

Shen recalls and draws his spirit sword, slowing enemies hit by 35% if they move away from Shen in the next 2 seconds. Additionally, Shen’s next 3 basic attacks deal 3/3.5/4/4.5/5% [+0.015 AP] % of enemy’s Max HP as bonus magic damage.

Hitting an enemy Champion with the sword increases the damage to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% [+0.02 AP] % of Max HP and also grants Shen 50% Attack Speed for those 3 attacks.

Minions and monters take 30/50/70/90/110 additional damage per empowered attack.

 

 

Energy Cost: 40 at all ranks || Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/11 seconds

Shen’s spirit sword creates a field for 1.75 seconds, blocking all basic attacks that would hit Shen or allies inside of it. If there are no allied Champions inside the field, the spell will activate with a 2-second delay.

 

 

 

Energy Cost: 180 at all ranks || Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/10 seconds

Passive: Shen recovers 30-40 energy whenever he deals damage with Twilight Assault [ Q ] or Shadow Dash [ E ].

Active: Shen dashes in a direction, dealing 50 [+12% of Bonus HP] physical damage to enemy Champions in his path and taunting them for 1.5 seconds.

 

Energy Cost: 0 at all ranks || Cooldown: 180/150/120 seconds

Shen channels for 3 seconds as he prepares to teleport to an allied champion anywhere on the map. As he channels, he grants his target a shield that absorbs 250/550/850 [+1.3 AP] damage for 5 seconds. Once Shen arrives, he brings his spirit sword with him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shen’s also received updated in-client lore to complement his rework:

 

”The Eye is blind to fear, to hate, to love, to all things that would sway equilibrium.”

Leader of a secret clan of mystic warriors, Shen serves as the Eye of Twilight, entrusted to enforce equilibrium in the world. Longing to remain free from the confusion of emotion, prejudice, or ego, Shen continually struggles, spirit blade in hand, to walk the unseen path of dispassionate judgment.

 

 

• Cassiopeia
• Dr. Mundo
• Elise
• Gangplank
• Karma
• Kindred
• Nunu
• Rengar
• Tahm Kench

 

Twin Fang [ E ]

• Casting the spell will no longer cancel Move or Attack orders.

 

 

 

 

Masochism [ E ]

• Bonus AD decreased from 40/55/70/85/100 [+0.4/0.55/0.7/0.85/1 per 1% Missing HP] to 20/40/60/80/100 [+0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1 per 1% Missing HP]

 

Sadism [ R ]

• Cooldown increased from 75 seconds at all ranks to 100/85/70.

 

 

 

• Base Movement Speed in Human Form decreased from 330 to 325;
• Base Movement Speed in Spider Form decreased from 355 to 350 (same change for spiderlings).

 

Volatile Spiderling [ W ]

• Base Damage decreased from 75/125/175/225/275 to 60/110/160/210/260.

 

 

 

 

Cannon Barrage [ R ]

• Cooldown increased from 140/130/120 seconds to 160/150/140.

 

 

 

 

Focused Resolve [ W ]

• Mana Cost decreased from 70/75/80/85/90 to 50/55/60/65/70.

 

 

 

 

Dance of Arrows [ Q ]

• Mana Cost increased from 30 at all ranks to 35.

 

 

Mounting Dread [ E ]

• Base damage decreased from 80/110/140/170/200 to 60/90/120/150/180.

 

 

 

 

Ice Blast [ E ]

• Damage decreased from 85/130/175/225/275 [+1.0 AP] to 80/120/160/200/240 [+0.9 AP];
• Slow strength increased from 20/30/40/50/60% to 40/45/50/55/60%;
• Attack Speed and Slow debuff duration decreased from 3 seconds to 2;
• Mana cost decreased from 75/85/95/105/115 to 70/75/80/85/90;
• Cooldown decreased from 6 seconds at all ranks to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4.

 

 

 

Unseen Predator [ Passive ]

• When Rengar dashes, he will now land a small distance away from his target.

 

[ Context ] This is to prevent the mid-air Bola cast when on top of an enemy Champion.

 

Empowered Savagery [ 5-Ferocity Q ]

• Total AD ratio decreased from 1.5 to 1.3;
• Bonus Attack Speed and Attack Damage increased from 10% to 20%.

 

Bola Strike [ E ]

While Rengar is dashing, Bola Strike will have a small cast delay.

 

 

Thrill of the Hunt [ R ]

• Range for exclamation mark to appear increased from 1250 to 1450;
• When stealthed, Rengar will gain the Movement Speed buff, regardless of whether he’s moving toward an enemy Champion.

 

 

 

An Acquired Taste [ Passive ]

• Stacks now remain on the target for 5 seconds, decreased from 7.

 

 

Abyssal Voyage [ R ]

• Ratio on passive decreased from 4/6/8% of Bonus HP to 2/4/6%.

 

 

 

 

Athene’s Unholy Grail

• Recipe Cost decreased from 565 Gold to 465 (Total Cost down from 2800 Gold to 2700).

 

 

Cull

• Attack Damage increased from 5 to 7;
• Gold received for reaching 100 stacks increased from 300 to 350.

 

Enchantment: Cinderhulk

• Tooltip fix: now mentions the burn aura will only trigger while in combat.

 

 

Farsight Alteration

• Mouse cursor now changes color depending on where you want to drop the trinket:

 

Red – impassable terrain, don’t put trinket there over penalty of playing Teemo;

Blue – regular terrain, trinket can be placed;

Green – trinket will be placed in brush.

 

 

Frost Queen’s Claim

• Cooldown on active increased from 60 seconds to 90.

 

 

Morellonomicon

• Recipe cost decreased from 765 Gold to 615 (Total cost decreased from 2550 Gold to 2400).
  

 

 

 

Assassin [ Tier 2 Cunning ]

• Bonus damage when alone increased from 1.5% to 2%;
• Bonus damage now only applies to enemy Champions, not minions and monsters.

 

Thunderlord’s Decree

• Cooldown between procs changed from 20 seconds to 25-15 seconds (scales down with Champion level);
• Window to stack 3 attacks/spells to proc the damage decreased from 5 seconds to 3.

 

 

High Noon Jhin will be available for 1350 RP as soon as Jhin is released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beast Hunter Draven will be available in store for 750 RP:

 

 

 

 

 

Beast Hunter Sejuani will be available in store for 750 RP:

 

 

 

 

 

Beast Hunter Tryndamere will be available in store for 750 RP:

 

 

 

 

A few eSports summoner icons have been updated for Patch 6.2:

 

   

   

 

We also have a new anchor icon, presumably for OCE’s Ocean week:

 

 

This is a new in-client system that nets you rewards like skins and Champions. Below I’ve written down all the ways you can earn content and craft:

 

You’ll need Hextech Keys and Hextech Chests. You’ll earn Hextech Keys for winning matchmade games (meaning any game type except Custom games).

Chests are trickier; they’re rewards for performing well on a particular Champion. You earn chests through the Mastery system, but keep in mind that you can only earn one chest per season with a given Champion. Every time you get an S rank, you’ll get a chest, up to a maximum of four chests per month.

Alternatively, you can buy both keys and chests for 125 RP each in the store.

 

Once you have a pair, you can open chests using keys through the interface found by clicking on the shard icon below your username. After the animation, you’ll receive either a Champion Shard, a Skin Shard, a Ward Skin Shard, Cosmic Essence, Champion Essence or a combination of all those. Note that a chest will never contain essence only.

 

Think of Champion and Skin Shards as tickets for temporary access to Champions. You can do four things with those.

 

First, you can re-roll both types of Shards into permanent Champions or Skins, respectively. To do so, you’ll need three Shards. The catch? Your reward is random.

 

You can disenchant both Champion Shards and Skin Shards for Champion Essence and Skins Essence, respectively.

 

You’ll need this essence to upgrade Champion Shards and Skin Shards into specific permanent Champions and Skins:

 

Lastly, you can rent Champions and Skins for 7 days. This will use up their respective Shards.

 

The rent period will be displayed on your Summoner Profile. It’s also the place where you can check how many chests you can unlock until the end of the month and what Champions you’ve already unlocked a chest with.

 

Sometimes you’ll find Rare Gems in your chests. These contain one chest and one key.

 

You can earn Ward Skin Shards through these chests. These work the same way as regular Skin Shards.

 

You can also earn Summoner Icons. These will instantly be added to your account.

 

 

[ Note ] You can find the official Lunar Revel teaser and all the new themed content HERE.

 

The Lunar Revel login animation will be coming with Patch 6.2, as well as a Snowdown-type store. Here’s the video by frostyNinja:

 

Here’s the still from the animation:

 

And the music from the login theme:

 

Also, a Lunar Revel store is now in place of the Snowdown shop in the client. It functions the same way. Try your luck when 6.2 hits live!

 

 

 

Keystone Masteries are now visible during the Loading Screen:

 

Content that didn’t make it to 6.2 but will return for testing:

• Soraka‘s Q & W changes
• Warlord’s Bloodust rework

Lunar Revel content that will be released after 6.2:

• Lunar Wraith Caitlyn
• Lunar Wraith Morgana
• Radiant Wukong
• Rising Dawn Ward Skin
• Four Lunar Revel Summoner Icons

 

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A few more splash arts have made it on the PBE:

 

High Noon Jhin:

 

Beast Hunter Draven, Tryndamere and Sejuani:

 

 

 

 

Masochism [ E ]

• Now gains 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1.0 Attack Damage per 1% of Missing HP, decreased from 0.4/0.55/0.7/0.85/1.0.

 

 

• Base Armor decreased from 28 to 26 [revert

 

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[ Reminder ] The PBE is a testing ground for changes. What you see here may not reflect what you see in Patch Notes. Remember that developers want your feedback so if you disagree with a change, you can always submit your thoughts on the PBE Community Forums.

 

Here’s Jhin’s Champion Select quote:

 

And his login animation by frostyNinja:

 

 

 

• Damage changed from 60.8 [+3.3 per level] to 64.2 [+3 per level] (revert on the change in this PBE update)

 

Masochism [ E ]

• Bonus AD decreased from 40/55/70/85/100 to 20/40/60/80/100.

 

 

 

 

Wolf’s Frenzy [ W ]

• Base damage on Wolf’s basic attacks decreased from 25/30/35/40/45 to 15/20/25/30/35.

 

Mounting Dread [ E ]

• Base damage decreased from 80/110/140/170/200 to 60/90/120/150/180.

 

 

 

 

Ice Blast [ E ]

• Damage decreased from 85/130/175/225/275 [ +1.0 AP ] to 80/120/160/200/240 [ +0.9 AP ];
• Slow strength increased from 20/30/40/50/60% to 40/45/50/55/60%;
• Attack Speed and Slow debuff duration decreased from 3 seconds to 2;
• Mana cost decreased from 75/85/95/105/115 to 70/75/80/85/90;
• Cooldown decreased from 6 seconds at all ranks to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4.

 

 

• Base Armor increased from 26 to 28.

 

Empowered Savagery [ 5-Ferocity Q ]

• Total AD ratio decreased from 1.5 to 1.3;
• Bonus Attack Speed and Attack Damage increased from 10% to 20%.

 

 

 

Starcall [ Q ]

• Slow strength decreased from 30/35/40/45/50% to 30% at all ranks;
• No longer deals 150% damage in the center of the spell, but now slows regardless of whether the target was in the center of the spell or not (tl;dr center mechanic removed entirely);
• AoE decreased from 265 to 235;
• New Passive:  If Starcall hits at least one enemy Champion, Soraka is healed for between 25/35/45/55/65 [ +0.4 AP ] and 50/70/90/110/130 [+0.8 AP] health (value scales with how much Health Soraka is missing).

 

[ Note ] This passive replaces the current passive on Astral Infusion [ W ]. The Heal values are identical.

 

Astral Infusion [ W ]

• Base Heal decreased from 120/150/180/210/240 to 80/120/160/200/240;
• Passive has been moved to Q? Not sure yet, please don’t riot (look a pun!).

 

 

 

An Acquired Taste [ Passive ]

• Stacks now remain on the target for 5 seconds, decreased from 7.

 

 

 

 

Frost Queen’s Claim

• Ability Power decreased from 50 to 45;
• Slow strength on ghosts changed from 40% to 20-50%, scaling up with distance traveled by the ghosts.

 

Talisman of Ascension

• Cooldown reduction increased from 10% to 20%;
• Cooldown on active increased from 40 seconds to 60 [ revert on the change in this PBE update ].

 

 

 

Thunderlord’s Decree

Window to stack 3 basic attacks/spells to proc the damage decreased from 5 seconds to 3.

 

 

 

Shen’s received updated lore to complement his rework:

 

”The Eye is blind to fear, to hate, to love, to all things that would sway equilibrium.”

Leader of a secret clan of mystic warriors, Shen serves as the Eye of Twilight, entrusted to enforce equilibrium in the world. Longing to remain free from the confusion of emotion, prejudice, or ego, Shen continually struggles, spirit blade in hand, to walk the unseen path of dispassionate judgment.

 

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com

 

 Victorious Morgana is unavailable at the moment.

 

PBE 08/10 Content:

• Victorious Morgana
• Reaper Soraka
• New Splash Arts
• Shadow Isles Lore

 

[ Reminder ] The PBE is a testing ground for changes. What you see here may not reflect what you see in Patch Notes. Remember that developers want your feedback so if you disagree with a change, you can always submit your thoughts on the PBE Community Forums.

 

 

 [ Note ] Victorious Morgana is still unavailable on the PBE; I’ll add screenshots and a video preview as soon as she’s up for testing.

 

Victorious Morgana is still very much unavailable. Here’s a preview from SkinSpotlights; note that the skin is missing particles and sounds.

 

 

 

 

Reaper Soraka will be available in store for 1350 RP.

 

Reaper Soraka Video Preview

 

 

For her recall, Reaper Soraka shatters the ground with her staff and summons a teal/black hole.

 

Salvation [ Passive ]

 

Starcall [ Q ]

 

Astral Infusion [ W ]

 

Equinox [ E ]

 

Wish [ R ] 

 

 

 

Jarvan IV

 

 

 

Rengar

 

 

 

 

The following Champions have received additional Shadow Isle-based lore in the client.

 

Elise’s entrancing beauty and grace conceal the pitiless, black heart of a deadly predator. With ruthless cunning, she lures the unsuspecting with promises of favor from the spider god. Having exchanged her humanity to become something far more sinister, Elise sacrifices the innocent to maintain her power and seemingly eternal youth. No one can fathom how many have been caught in her web, slain to feed her insatiable hunger.

 

Swift and lethal, Evelynn is one of the most deadly – and expensive – assassins in all of Runeterra. Able to merge with the shadows at will, she patiently stalks her prey, waiting for the right moment to strike. While Evelynn is clearly not entirely human, and her heritage remains unclear, it is believed that she hails from the Shadow Isles – though her link with that tortured realm remains shrouded in mystery.

 

Hecarim is a towering, armored specter whose name is whispered fearfully across the length and breadth of Runeterra. He patrols the Shadow Isles, running down anyone foolish enough to set foot upon its cursed soil. As the vanguard of undeath, Hecarim rides forth from the Black Mist, laughing mockingly as he tramples the living beneath his iron-shod hooves.

 

Karthus is a harbinger of oblivion, zealously devoted to the beauty and clarity of death. Even in his youth, he was utterly obsessed with mortality, growing ever more relentless in the pursuit of his dark desires. Yearning to be one with death itself, Karthus journeyed to the Shadow Isles and willingly offered himself to undeath. Karthus transformed into the Deathsinger, a dread lich existing solely to deliver the blessed gift of annihilation.

 

Maokai was bound to a gnarled tree by the dark magic that transformed the Shadow Isles. The once-peaceful nature spirit is now a corruption of his former self. Infused with power that he never asked for, he has become a destructive force, sundering his enemies with wild magic and crushing limbs. Maokai continues to wander Valoran, seeking the means to bring life back to his forest home.

 

The vicious wraith Mordekaiser is among the most terrifying and hateful of spirits that haunt the Shadow Isles. Entombed in ancient armor, the Master of Metal is said to be the first of the unliving, a revenant who existed even before the Shadow Isles were wrought. His twisted soul thrives on his own suffering, as well as the anguish he inflicts upon others. Those who dare face Mordekaiser in battle risk a horrific curse: he enslaves his victims’ souls to become instruments of destruction.

 

Thresh is a sadistic, spectral reaper who relishes tormenting the living and the dead. Once a jailer who mercilessly brutalized all under his charge, Thresh was hanged from his own chains by the prisoners he had tortured. With his vicious essence unbound, the Chain Warden roams Runeterra in search of prey. He derives twisted joy from slowly breaking the minds of his most defiant victims, before trapping their souls within the sickly green light of his lantern.

 

A terrifying and tragic figure, Yorick is a ghoulish being that exists on the edge of mortality. Some say he was the last of his family line, dying without an heir to continue its legacy, and that he is cursed to continue to his family’s duty even after death. Wielding the twisted shovel he bore in life, he continues his macabre work, endlessly digging and filling graves upon the haunted Shadow Isles.

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

 

 

 

The following Champions and Skins will be 50% off until August 15th:

Champions

• Jax – 292 RP
• Rengar – 487 RP
• Skarner – 440 RP

Foxfire Ahri – 487 RP

 

Justicar Aatrox – 487 RP

 

Sorceress Lux – 260 RP

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

 

Here’s a wrap-up of all PBE patches for the Patch 4.14 cycle!

 

Contents

• Gnar, the Missing Link
• Arcade Miss Fortune Skin
• Dino Gnar Skin
• Riot Kayle Skin
• New Summoner Icons
• Kog’Maw New E VFX
• Champion Changes
• Item Changes
• Tooltip Updates

 

 

 

 

Gnar Video Preview

 

 

 

Base Stats

 

• Damage: 48 (+3-per-level)
• Health: 495 (+65-per-level)
• Movement Speed: 325
• Armor:21.5 (+2.5-per-level)
• Magic Resist:30
• Health-Per-5: 2.5
• Range: 150

 

Rage Gene [ Passive ]

While in combat Gnar generates Fury. At maximum Fury, his next ability will transform him into Mega Gnar, granting increased survivability and access to new spells.

 

Boomerang Throw / Boulder Toss [ Q ]

Range: 1100 || Cooldown: 20/17.5/15/12.5/10 seconds

Mini Gnar: Throws a boomerang that deals 10 / 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 (+ 1.0 AD) physical damage and slows Movement Speed by 15/20/25/30/35% for 2 seconds before returning towards Gnar. Enemies hit beyond the first take 50% damage.

The returning boomerang will accelerate and can travel up to 2000 units. If Gnar catches it, the cooldown of Boomerang Throw is reduced by 60%.

Mega Gnar: Throws a boulder that stops when it hits an enemy, slowing all nearby enemies and dealing 10/50/90/130/170 (+) physical damage.

Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds. If Gnar picks up his boulder, the cooldown of Boulder Toss is reduced by 60%.

 

Hyper / Wallop [ W ]

Mini Gnar: Passive: Every 3rd attack or spell on the same target deals an additional 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 (+ 1.0 AP) + 6/8/10/12/14% of max HP as magic damage and grants Gnar 30% Movement Speed that decays over 3 seconds (max 75/125/175/225/275 damage vs. monsters). Gnar gains Hyper’s speed bonus whenever he turns from Big to Small.

Mega Gnar: Stuns enemies in an area for 1.25 seconds, dealing 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 (+ 1.0 AD) physical damage.

 

Hop / Crunch [ E ]

Range: 475  || Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds

Mini Gnar: Leaps to a location, gaining 20/30/40/50/60% Attack Speed for 3 seconds. If Gnar lands on a unit he will bounce off of it, traveling further. Deals 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 (+ 6% of Gnar’s max HP) physical damage and slows briefly if the unit landed on was an enemy.

Mega Gnar: Leaps to a location and deals 20 / 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 (+ 6% of Gnar’s max HP) physical damage to all nearby enemies on landing. Enemies Gnar lands directly on top of are slowed briefly.

If Crunch is the ability used to trigger the Rage Gene, Gnar will still be able to perform Hop’s bounce. Gnar will apply Crunch’s area of effect both upon hopping from a unit and upon hitting the ground, although enemies can only be damaged once.

 

GNAR! [ R ]

Range: 590 || Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds

Mini Gnar: Passive: Increases Hyper’s Movement Speed bonus to 45/60/75%.

Mega Gnar: Knocks all nearby enemies in the specified direction, dealing 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 0.2 bonus AD) physical damage and slowing them by 45% for 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds. Any enemy that hits a wall takes 300 / 450 / 600 (+ 0.3 bonus AD) physical damage and is stunned for 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 seconds.

 

Gnar Login Screen

 

 

 

Gnar Champion Select Quote & Portrait

 

 

 

 

 

Lore

 

“The jungle does not forgive blindness. Every broken branch tells a story.

I’ve hunted every creature this jungle has to offer. I was certain there were no challenges left here, but now there is something new. Each track is the size of a tusklord; its claws like scimitars. It could rend a man in half. Finally, worthy prey.

As I stalk my prize through the jungle, I begin to see the damage this thing has wrought. I step into a misshapen circle of splintered trees. These giant wooden sentinels have stood over this land for countless ages, their iron-like hides untouched by the flimsy axes of anyone foolish enough to attempt to cut them down. This thing brushed them aside like they were twigs.

How can a creature with this level of strength disappear so easily? And yet, even though it has left this unmistakable trail of destruction, I have been unable to lay my eye upon it. How can it appear like a hurricane then fade into the jungle like the morning mist?

I thrill in anticipation of finally standing before this creature. It will make a tremendous trophy.

Passing through the clearing, I follow the sound of a stream to get my bearings once more. There I see a small shock of orange fur, crouching, waiting. I spy on it from a distance. A tiny fish splashes out of the stream and the creature scrambles for it, diving gleefully into the rushing water. To my joy, I realize it’s a yordle. And a hunter, at that!

This is a good omen. The beast will be found. Nothing will escape me.

The yordle’s large ears perk up and face towards me. He runs on all fours with a bone boomerang in hand, quickly stopping in front of me. He babbles.

I nod in appreciation at the young yordle and venture onwards. I traverse the difficult terrain with ease, trying to pick up any sign of my quarry. As I try to pick up his scent, a distraction. I’m startled by strange chittering. The yordle followed me. I cannot allow him to disrupt my hunt. I face him and point into the distance. He looks at me quizzically. I need to be more insistent, good omen or no.

I rear back and let out a roar, the wind whipping the yordle’s fur and the ground rumbling beneath us. After a few short seconds, he turns his head and, with what I think could be a smile, he holds up his small boomerang. There can be no further delay. I snatch the weapon out of his hand and expertly throw it into a tree, impaling it high amongst the branches. He turns and scrambles for it, jumping frantically.

I barely get ten paces when a roar shakes me to my very spine. The deafening crack of stone and wood echoes all around. Ahead, a giant tree crashes across my path. The bone weapon of the yordle juts out from its trunk.

An unearthly growl rises behind me.

I’ve made a terrible mistake.”

 

 

 

 

 

Arcade Miss Fortune will be priced at 975 RP for the first week after release and 1350 RP afterwards.

 

 

 

 

 

Dino Gnar is the skin that Gnar will be shipping in and will most likely be priced at 975 RP and will be available in a bundle with Gnar.

 

 

 

 

 

Riot Kayle is a promotional skin from the “Riot” line-up. She’ll be available as a reward at events (most likely Gamescom) and in the store for 975 RP for a short time.

 

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

Kog’Maw’s Void Ooze is now visually more clear, more bubbly and a lot more gross.

 

 

 

 

• Base Damage reduced from 44 to 38

 

 

 

Riftwalk [ R ]

• Period for increased cost on Riftwalk and bonus damage increased from 12 seconds to 20

• Attack Speed-per-level increased from 2.2% to 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Black Shield [ E ]

• Base Shield strength decreased from 95/160/225/290/355 to 70/140/210/280/350

 

Soul Shackles [ R ]

• Both initial damage and stun damage decreased from 175/250/325 to 150/225/300

 

 

• Nidalee is no longer listed as a Support
• Riven‘s E tooltip states the range is now 250, not 325, to accurately match in-game distance.
• Lulu‘s Polymorph [ W ] tooltip states the duration is 1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25 seconds, not 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5. No gameplay changes

 

 

Summoner’s Rift Update and Patcher & Landing Page VU removed from PBE

 

This means both updates will not be shipping with Patch 4.14.

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

 

 

 

PBE 01/07 Contents:

• Dino Gnar Splash Art
• Mega Gnar New Portrait
• Champion Changes
• Item Changes

 

Reminder: The PBE is a testing ground for changes. What you see here may not reflect what you see in Patch Notes. Remember that developers want your feedback so if you disagree with a change, you can always submit your thoughts on the PBE Community Forums.

 

Previous updates from Patch 4.14 Cycle:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Base HP of spiderlings decreased from 80 to 40

 

 

 

Drunken Rage [ W ]

• Base Damage decreased from 20/50/80/110/140 to 20/35/50/65/80

 

 

• Base Damage reduced from 44 to 38

 

 

 

Riftwalk [ R ]

• Base Mana Cost increased from 75 at all ranks to 100
• Period for increased cost on Riftwalk and bonus damage increased from 12 seconds to 20

 

 

 

 

 

Soul Shackles [ R ]

• Base damage decreased from 175/250/325 to 155/240/325

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

 

 

 

I took the full sales list for August from this thread on Reddit and linked the skins to video previews of them on SkinSpotlights. Lots of great sales this month, see if there’s anything you’d like having !

 

• Champion/Skin Sale: August 1st to August 4th
• Free Champion Rotation: Week 28 Season 4

 

 

All Sales for August

 

8/1 -> 8/4

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Galio	880	440
Vi	975	487
Teemo	585	292
Crimson Elite Talon	750	375
Statue of Karthus	520	260
Ghost Bride Morgana	975	487

8/5 -> 8/8

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Lee Sin	880	440
Corki	790	395
Nami	975	487
Minuteman Gangplank	520	260
Special Weapon Zac	975	487
Soul Reaver Draven	1350	675

8/8 -> 8/11

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Amumu	585	292
Hecarim	975	487
Shyvana	880	440
Hextech Anivia	750	375
Waterloo Miss Fortune	520	260
Major Ziggs	975	487

8/12 -> 8/15

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Skarner	880	440
Jax	585	292
Rengar	975	487
Sorceress Lux	520	260
Justicar Aatrox	975	487
Foxfire Ahri	975	487

8/15 -> 8/18

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Malzahar	880	440
Rammus	790	395
Fiora	975	487
Uncle Ryze	520	260
Woad King Darius	975	487
Runeborn Xerath	750	375

8/19 -> 8/22

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Kennen	880	440
Aatrox	975	487
Zilean	585	292
Superb Villain Veigar	975	487
Forsaken Olaf	520	260
Arcade Hecarim	1350	675

8/22 -> 8/25

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Kog’Maw	880	440
Cho’Gath	585	292
Quinn	975	487
Ravager Nocturne	520	260
Arctic Warfare Caitlyn	750	375
Rageborn Mundo	975	487

8/26 -> 8/29

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Riven	880	440
Sona	790	395
Nautilus	975	487
Blast Zone Heimerdinger	520	260
Bloodstone Taric	975	487
Warmonger Sion	975	487

8/29 -> 9/1

Item	Original Price	Sale Price
Rumble	880	440
Xin Zhao	585	292
Darius	975	487
Iron Solari Leona	975	487
Commando Jarvan IV	520	260
Little Knight Amumu	750	375

 

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.

 

 

 

Lead Champion Designer Meddler elaborates on some of what will come in Patch 4.13, including changes to around 30 Champions, WizardCrab shares his opinion on who shouldn’t get a Victorious Skin, the long-announced lifetime RP reward system and why the newly released Mecha Summoner Icon isn’t available for IP. Lastly, some clarity on the direction for Viktor’s passive and an upcoming feature to report hackers/scripters.

• Meddler: Patch 4.13 Tidbits
• WizardCrab: eCommerce AMA
• Single Posts

 

• Champion/Skin Sale: July 28th to August 1st
• Free Champion Rotation: Week 27 Season 4

 

 

 

 

Noc was on the list of champs we assessed for this patch, conclusion we came to was that he was in a reasonable spot. He’s getting the occasional bit of competitive play at the moment, via his ult has a distinct reason to be picked as a jungler, performs appropriately in solo queue and will probably benefit a little from nerfs to the current top tier junglers. As a result we decided to leave him alone.

Also, for anyone curious, just had a look to see how many champions we’re changing in said patch. Not quite 40, but close ish – 30, with (as I read it) 14 champs nerfed, 15 buffed and one with significant gameplay changes focused on playstyle, not power (Sona).

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Patch notes will have all the details. Lot of these are relatively small changes, aimed at either trimming a champ’s power without making them unseen or making them a bit more competitive without making them really dominant picks.

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Full rework – not this year.

Smaller set of changes potentially in patch 4.15 (4.13’s just about to come out for context). Current details on those changes can be found in these two posts:

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com…89293#48289293
http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com…42702#48442702

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If we nerf solo lane Lulu we would like to give support Lulu some power in a way that doesn’t create problems in other lanes. No firm plans for what/when etc yet though, still under discussion.

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[ Context ] Lux’s passive was given an AP ratio in a recent PBE update.

 The goal there is to buff Lux’s power a bit mid/late game (once she’s got AP) in a way that doesn’t primarily offer safe power. Keeps her passive more relevant and gives her more damage if she’s prepared to auto attack a bit more.

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I will say I will fight my hardest to make sure that the Victorious skin isn’t for a champion that only has 1 other skin (release skin). Will I win that fight? I dunno. But I didn’t like that Elise got the last one with only one other skin, leaving players that love Elise but didn’t make gold high and dry when it comes to further customization options. We’ll see what happens though.

Anyone else have thoughts on that last point?

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There were a lot of versions, but until we have a finalized, released version I think it would be unwise to talk about the details. It’s really about making sure we’re rewarding the right people for the right reasons with compelling rewards, which is actually more difficult than it sounds.

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There wasn’t a bundle because we wanted to see how people interacted with skin sets without a bundle. They’re prolly be one if/when we release new mecha skins.

Neither the icon nor the ward are limited time only.

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Hey guys, I just want to clear up a couple of things.

Like a lot of people in this thread are saying, the IP price for summoner icons is a thing that has so far only been tied to specific events. We’ve done it for Lunar Revel, Pentakill, and the soccer (football) stuff. The strategy is still slightly malleable but it is likely going to be as follows:

For event-based purchasable icons, there will be an RP price and an IP price that will remain for the duration of the event. The reason event-based icons have an IP price is to help generate enthusiasm for the event. When you logged in and half of your friends list was sporting the Pentakill icon, it was super cool and got you excited for what was happening (at least it was like that for me). But, if the icon is to remain in the store permanently, the IP price will be removed after the event. Purchasable icons that are not event-based (like the Mecha icon) will generally not have IP prices. The Mecha icon is here to let players further signify their love of the skin line rather than to get people pumped for the release of these skins. Only having an RP price is our general strategy regarding non gameplay-affecting cosmetic content, and these fall into that category. I added to this confusion by forgetting to remove the IP price from the Hat Trick Icon after July 13th in some regions, and for that I apologize.

I know that the definition of an event is a little confusing here, and I’ll admit I don’t have an incredibly clear answer for that. Specifically for just this context, an event involves more than just a themed skin release/promotion site (often with some time-sensitive component). I know that’s super vague but we’re always trying new things and to be honest they’ll probably be determined on a case-by-case basis.

As far as the IP sink argument goes, summoner icons is not the place where we’re trying to solve that issue. I don’t want to get in a huge debate about IP sinks in this particular thread, but I’m happy to discuss that in other places (like my thread in the forums or another reddit thread or something).

I hope this makes sense.

-WC

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As one of the original implementors of the ‘Bonetooth Trinket’ experiment, none of us ever promised that Viktor would follow the same if it worked. IMO, Viktor’s item is best left as an item (but one with greater flexibility/upgrades), where Rengar’s trinket was low-scope enough to ditch the stats and become a trinket.

It’s just my opinion though, and totally within the discretion of the designer/team working on Viktor to make those decisions.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at @NoL_Chefo or e-mail me at nolchefo@gmail.com.