• published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/24/2015

    New Black Cleaver Icon

    Blood Moon Zilean Updated Bomb

    Forsaken Jayce Updated Spells

    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/24/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/22/2015

    New Player Icons

          

    Risen Fiddlesticks

    Forsaken Jayce

    Master Arcanist Ziggs

    Blood Moon Zilean

     

    Item Changes

    Black Cleaver

    • Movement speed lowered to 60 (down from 80)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/22/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/21/2015

    Champion Changes

    Graves

    • Buckshot [Q] - Now deals 60/90/120/150/180+0.75 bonus AD (down from 60/95/130/165/200+0.8 bonus AD) but multiple bullet damage increased to 50% (up from 40%)

    Jinx

    • Super Mega Death Rocket! [R] - Now deals 25/35/45+0.1 AD at point blank range (down from 125/175/225+0.5 AD)

    Ryze

    • Spell Flux [E] - Damage lowered to 50/66/82/98/114 (down from 50/68/86/104/122) and return damage lowered to 25/33/41/49/57 (down from 25/34/43/52/61)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/21/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/14/2015

    New Chroma Skins

    Champion Changes

    Bard

    • Cosmic Binding [Q] - Cast range is now 1000 (up from 950)
    • Cosmic Binding [Q] - Missile speed is now 1550 (up from 1500)

    Ryze

    • Spell Flux [E] - Damage increased to 50/68/86/104/122 and up to 25/34/43/52/61 when returning to main target (up from 50/68/86/94/112 and 25/34/43/47/56)

    Yasuo

    • Base Flow increased to 100 (up from 60)

    Item Changes

    Randuin's Omen

    • All previous changes to unique active have been reverted to live!
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/14/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/13/2015

    New Player Icon

    Champion Changes

    NOTE: Air client changes from previous patch are in!

    Ryze

    • Rune Prison [W] - Snare duration reduced to 0.75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75 second (from 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5) and cooldown reduced to 14 seconds (down from 17.5)
    • Spell Flux [E] - Missile speed is now 1400 (down from 1800)

    Nunu

    • Bloodboil [W] - Now casts on nearest allied champion if Nunu bloodboil's himself

    Mordekaiser

    • Creeping Death [W] - Now cast on nearest allied champion if Mordekaiser shields himself

    Item Changes

    Blade of the Ruined King

    • Recipe cost reduced to 700 (from 900)
    • New Recipe: Bilgewater Cutlass + Recurve Bow + 700 gold

    Enchantment: Devourer

    • Recipe Cost reduced to 300 (down from 500)

    Recurve Bow

    • Item Cost increased to 1100 gold (up from 900)
    • New Recipe: Dagger + Dagger + 200 gold
    • New Passive: Basic attacks deal 10 bonus physical damage

    Runaan's Hurricane

    • Item Cost increased to 2500 (up from 2400)
    • Recipe Cost down to 500 (from 600)
    • Deals 10 bonus physical damage per hit

    Wit's End

    • Recipe Cost reduced to 550 (down from 750)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/13/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/10/2015

    New Chroma Packs

             

    ARAM Summoner Spell Icons

     

    Champion Changes

    NOTE: Those are Air client changes only! It doesn't affect game, but it might be the case next patch.

    Nunu

    • Health gain per level reduced to 90 (down from 96)

    Ryze

    • Health now at 558.48 + 86 per level  (changed from 506 + 75)
    • Overload [Q] - Now deals 65/90/115/140/165 damage (up from 55/80/105/130/155)
    • Spell Flux [E] - Tooltip bugfix - Now correctly states that maximum amount of secondary targets is 6 (up from 4)

    Sion

    • Soul Furnace [W] - Shield now 6/7/8/9/10% of max health and can be activated again after 3 seconds (changed from 10% at all ranks and 2 seconds)

    Kha'Zix

    • Void Spike [W] - Damage increased to 60/85/110/135/160 (up from 40/70/100/130/160)

     

    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/10/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/9/2015

    **Ryze Rework is Here

    Ryze Ability Icons

    Passive

    Q

    W

    E

    R

    Stats

    • Health down to 506 +75 per level (down from 558 + 86)
    • Now has 5 mp5 (down from 6)
    • Armor growth now 3 (down from 4)

    [Passive] - Arcane Mastery

    • Casting spells grants a stack of Arcane Mastery for 12 seconds.
    • At 5 stacks, Ryze becomes supercharged, gaining a Mana shield that blocks 20 + 5 x level (+8% maximum mana) damage and causing his spellcasts to reduce the cooldown of his other spells by Overload's cooldown to a minimum of 0.25 seconds.
    • Ryze's abilities scale with his maximum Mana.

    [Q] - Overload

    • Fires an orb, dealing 55/80/105/130/155 (+0.55*AP) (+2/2.5/3/3.5/4% maximum mana) magic damage to the first target hit.
    • Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 Mana
    • Range:  900
    • Cooldown: 4/4/4/4/4

    [W] - Rune Prison 

    • Instantly roots a target for 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 second(s), dealing 65/95/125/155/185 (+0.4*AP) (+2.5% maximum mana) magic damage.
    • Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Mana
    • Range: 600
    • Cooldown: 17.5/17.5/17.5/17.5/17.5

    [E] - Spell Flux 

    • Unleashes an orb that deals 50/68/86/94/112 (+0.3*AP) (+2% maximum mana) magic damage and reduces the Magic Resist of its target by 8/9/10/11/12% for 5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.
    • After striking the target, splits to damage all nearby enemies before returning to Ryze’s original target, dealing increasing damage based on the number of bolts. Instances of damage on the primary target after the first deal 25/34/43/47/56 (+0.15*AP) (+1% maximum mana) damage.
    • Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Mana
    • Range: 600
    • Cooldown: 7/7/7/7/7

    [R] - Desperate Power 

    • Passive: Ryze gains 10/20/30% Cooldown Reduction.
    • Active: Ryze gains 80/80/80 Movement Speed and 15/20/25% Spell Vamp for 4/5/6 seconds. During this time, Ryze's spells deal 50/50/50% additional damage to enemies near his targets.
    • Cooldown: 80/60/40

     Item Changes

    Black Cleaver

    • Movement speed duration lowered to 2 seconds (down from 4)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/9/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/9/2015

    Texture Rebalances

    Classic Lux

    Lux Skins

    Champion Changes

    Dr. Mundo

    • Infected Cleaver [Q] - Now fully refunds health cost on killing blow.
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/9/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/8/2015

    Howling Abyss Loading Screen

    Forsaken Jayce

    Master Arcanist Ziggs

    Risen Fiddlesticks

    Bloodmoon Zilean

    Shaco Texture Update

    Shaco Skins

    Teemo Texture Update

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    Poppy Texture Update

    Poppy Skins

    Shyvana Texture Update

    Shyvana Skins

    Item Changes

    Farsight Orb

    • The ward is now untargetable by allies

    Hunter's Machete

    • Heals for 6 health over 2 seconds (down from 7) but increased to 12 when below 50% health

    Moonflair Spellblade [TT/Dominion]

    • Recipe Cost reduced to 570 gold
    • Now builds out of Negatron Cloak instead of Null-Magic Mantle

    Odyn's Veil [Dominion]

    • Recipe Cost reduced to 450 gold
    • Now builds out of Negatron Cloak instead of Null-Magic Mantle

    Randuin's Omen

    • New Active: Slows the movement speed of nearby enemy units by 35% and afflicts them with Cold Steel's debuff for 3 seconds. For each enemy champion slowed, gain 15% attack speed for 6 seconds (60 second cooldown). No longer gains resistances per champions hit.

    Righteous Glory

    • Health reduced to 600 (down from 650)

    The Black Cleaver

    • Recipe Cost reduced to 825 (from 1263)
    • New Recipe: Phage + Kindlegem + 825 gold
    • Health raised to 400 (up from 200)
    • Attack Damage lowered to 40 (down from 50)
    • Cooldown reduction raised to 20% (down from 10%)
    • New Passive: UNIQUE Passive - Rage: Dealing physical damage grants 20 movement speed for 2 seconds. Assists on Cleaved enemy champions or kills on any unit grant 80 movement speed for 4 seconds instead. This Movement Speed is halved for ranged champions. No longer grants +10 armor penetration.
    • Now reduced armor for 6 seconds and up to 30% (formerly 4 seconds and up to 25%)

    Twin Shadows [TT/Dominion]

    • Price raised to 2400 (up from 2300)
    • Recipe Cost now 730 (up from 630)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/8/2015
  • published the article The Art of Peeling: Tools of the Trade (Part 1)

    The Art of Peeling, or being a bodyguard, is a very important notion that needs to be learned by players especially those who prefer to play tanks and support champions. It has become even more important as the tank meta is here and Riot intends for it to stay. I've seen teams with multiple tanks all focus on trying to initiate or kill the enemy team and they leave their soft carries behind only for them to get sniped and killed because they have no bodyguards. I've seen players who have an idea on how to peel but do not know how to do it properly so they tend to fail in their attempts. This is what encouraged me to make a series on peeling. I am making this a two part series with one part detailing what makes an ability a strong peeling tool and the other detailing how to actually go about peeling.

    Posted in: The Art of Peeling: Tools of the Trade (Part 1)
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/2/2015

    New Champion Splasharts

    Debonair Galio

    Guardian of the Sands Rammus

    Guardian of the Sands Skarner

    Omega Squad Teemo

    Arclight Vayne

    Guardian of the Sands Xerath

    Item Changes

    Jungler's Machete

    • Passive changed back to 7 health when in combat (changed from 6 health but 12 when at 50% health)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/2/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/1/2015

    Champion Changes

    Evelynn

    • Hate Spike [Q] - Now deals 40/55/70/85/100 (up from 30/45/60/75/90)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 4/1/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/31/2015

    April Fool Log-In

    Omega Squad Teemo Log-in

    Omega Squad Teemo Splash Art

    New Morgana Skill Icons

    Passive Q W E R

    Player Icons

     

    Champion Changes

    Bard

    • Damage reduced to 55 (down from 55.5) and growth reduced to +3 (down from +3.5)
    • Magical Journey [E] - Mana cost is now 30 (back from 0 cost) [Note: reverted to live]

    Dr. Mundo

    • Sadism [R] - Cooldown is now 75 seconds (up from 75/65/55) [Note: reverted to live]

    Evelynn

    • Dark Frenzy [W] - No longer gives movement speed on spell hit [Note: reverted to live]

    Nidalee

    • Health is now 591.2 (up from 586.2)
    • Health per level is now 80 (up from 75)
    • Primal Surge [E] - Cooldown is now 12 seconds (down from 16) [Note: reverted to live]

    Shen

    • Stand United [R] - Cooldown is now 180/150/120 seconds (down from 200/180/160)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/31/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/30/2015

    WIP Post

    Don't miss: Unveiling the Future of League of Legends, Meddler on Bard and Few Reworks, Ultimate Timers, Skin Sale and More


    Summoner's Rift Background

    Most likely it's the loading screen background. (click to enlarge)


    New Profile Icons


    Champion Changes

    Bard

    • Attack Range is now 500 (down from 550) [Note: reverted to live]

    Blitzcrank

    • Overdrive [W] - Mini rework
      • Now gives 70/75/80/85/90% movement speed (up from 16/20/24/28/32%)
      • Movement speed now decays over duration
      • Duration is now 5 seconds (down from 8)
      • Now slows after the speed buff expires by 30% movement speed for 1.5 second.

    Dr. Mundo

    • Sadism [R] - Cooldown is now 75/65/55 seconds (down from 75 at all ranks)

    Evelynn

    • Dark Frenzy [W] - Now Evelynn spell hits against champions give 4 movement speed for 3 seconds. Stacks up to 4 times.

    Fizz

    • Urchin Strike [Q] - AP ratio is now 0.3*AP (down from 0.5*AP) [Note: reverted to live]

    Nidalee

    • Base Health is now 586.2 (down from 631.2)
    • Base Health per level is now 75 (down from 90)
    • Primal Surge [E] - Cooldown is now 16 seconds (up from 12)

    Rek'Sai

    • Tunnel [E] - New mechanic - Tunnels have now a second cooldown on use.
    • Queen's Wrath [Q] - AD ratio is now 0.2*AD (down from 0.3*AD)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/30/2015
  • published the article Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/27/2015

    New Profile Icon

    Champion Changes

    Bard

    • Base damage increased to 52 (up from 46) and damage per level increased to 3.5 (up from 3)
    • Range increased to 550 (up from 500)
    • Cosmic Binding [Q] - Now deals 80/125/170/215/260 (+0.65) (up from 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.5))
    • Magical Journey [E] - No longer costs mana
    • Traveler's Call [Passive] - Chimes restore 12% of Bards max mana (from 8% missing mana + 15)

    Darius

    Noxian Guillotine [R] - New mechanics:

    • If Noxian Guillotine kills the target, Darius restores 25/50/100 mana and it may be recast within 20 seconds.
    • At rank 3, Noxian Guillotine's cooldown resets entirely on kill.

    Garen

    • Demacian Justice [R] - Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 (down from 160/120/80)

    Hecarim

    • Health per 5 decreased to 7 (down from 9.25)
    • Mana per 5 decreased to 6.5 (down from 7.5)

    Kassadin

    • Riftwalk [R] - Grace period between stacks reduced to 15 (down from 20)

    Tristana

    • Explosive Shot [E] - Cooldown is now 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds (up from 16/15/14/13/12)
    Posted in: Unofficial PBE Patch Notes for 3/27/2015