It’s patch time for League of Legends, and 9.10 is coming in hot. This one adds our first new champion in a bit, Yuumi the Magical Cat, and makes the usual changes to the meta. Hard hitting champs like Master Yi, Riven, and Vayne are seeing some changes. Soraka is also getting a few alterations to her changes last patch, to keep her moving in the direction Riot wants. Patch 9.10 also has loads of new skins to choose from. The entire Battle Academia line will hit live servers at some point in the 9.10 cycle, with new skins for Ezreal, Lux, Jayce, Katarina, Graves, and Yuumi. Lux’s Battle Academia skin will also have a Prestige edition. Jayce, Graves, Yuumi, and Kataraina will have chromas at launch. We can likely expect some kind of event to go with these highly-anticipated skins. As always, you can check out Riot’s notes here and our tl;dr here. Champions Yuumi Meow meow meow. Meow mew. Meow cat meow mew 9.10, mewo. Brand E damage increased late; ratio increased. E - Conflagration MAGIC DAMAGE :: 70/90/110/130/150 (+0.35 ability power) >>> 70/95/120/145/170 (+0.45 ability power) Caitlyn W headshot damage increased. W - Yordle Snap Trap HEADSHOT BONUS DAMAGE :: 40/90/140/190/240 >>> 60/105/150/195/240 Fiora W now blocks Braum’s and Kennen’s stuns rather than preventing them from proccing. W - Riposte INTERACTIONS WITH DEBUFFS :: Riposte ||| prevents Braum and Kennen from applying the last stack of their passives >>> allows Braum and Kennen to apply the last stack of their passives, blocking the stun (and still blocking the damage from the attack) Graves Q damage increased late. Q - End of the Line DETONATION DAMAGE :: 85/115/145/175/205 >>> 85/120/155/190/225 Master Yi Q cast time removed, adjusted target scanning. W cast time removed. E no longer grants AD while on cooldown. R movement speed increased and adjusted. Q - Alpha Strike [REM] CAST TIME :: No longer takes 0.1 seconds to cast [NEW] BETA STRIKE :: If Master Yi has struck fewer than the maximum amount of times he can with Alpha Strike and there are no other nearby eligible targets, he will now strike the same target for 25% of the damage before checking for nearby targets again W - Meditate [REM] CAST TIME :: No longer takes 0.05 seconds to cast E - Wuju Style [REM] :: No longer grants 10% attack damage while not on cooldown R - Highlander MOVEMENT SPEED :: 25/35/45% total movement speed >>> 35/45/55% bonus movement speed Riven Q cooldown now scales. E cooldown increased. Q - Broken Wings COOLDOWN :: 13 seconds at all ranks >>> 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds E - Valor COOLDOWN :: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds >>> 14/13/12/11/10 seconds Shaco We’re modernizing Shaco’s ultimate. R - Hallucinate APPEAR :: Random position 50-250 range in any direction around cast position, facing a random direction >>> 200 range in the direction of Shaco’s cursor, facing the clone CLONE APPEAR :: Random position 50-250 range in any direction around cast position, facing a random direction >>> 200 range in the opposite direction of Shaco’s cursor, facing Shaco Soraka Q movement speed increased; decays more slowly. Q - Starcall BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED :: 14/18/22/26/30% >>> 15/20/25/30/35% MOVEMENT SPEED DECAY :: Rapidly >>> Significantly less rapidly Tryndamere E cooldown decreased. AP ratio decreased. E - Spinning Slash COOLDOWN :: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds >>> 12/11/10/9/8 seconds RATIO :: 1.0 ability power >>> 0.8 ability power Vayne R Tumble cooldown reduction now scales. R - Final Hour TUMBLE COOLDOWN REDUCTION :: 50% at all ranks >>> 30/40/50% Xin Zhao Q cooldown decreased. Q - Three Talon Strike COOLDOWN :: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds >>> 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds Zyra Plants no longer take additional damage from basic attacks that do not trigger on-hit effects. Passive - Garden of Thorns FERTILIZER :: Damage from basic attacks that doesn’t trigger on-hit effects (ex. Corki’s Hextech Munitions, Miss Fortune’s Love Tap, etc.) no longer deals a separate instance of damage to Zyra’s plants Items Essence Reaver Attack damage increased. ATTACK DAMAGE :: 65 >>> 70 Guinsoo’s Rageblade Phantom Hit frequency decreased. Armor and magic penetration increased and flattened. PHANTOM HIT FREQUENCY :: Every 2 attacks >>> Every 3 attacks ARMOR PENETRATION :: 6% (+0.5% per level, 15% max) >>> 15% MAGIC PENETRATION :: 6% (+0.5% per level, 15% max) >>> 15% Hunter’s Talisman Champions’ pets’ attacks now also apply burn. [NEW] HOT DOGS :: Passive burn effect now applies on attacks from pets ITEM FAMILY :: Also applies to all of Hunter’s Talisman’s upgrades (Stalker’s Blade, Skirmisher’s Sabre, and all their variants) Runic Echoes Combine and total costs decreased. COMBINE COST :: 375 gold >>> 250 gold TOTAL COST :: 2625 gold >>> 2500 gold Runes Conqueror True damage and healing decreased. GR8 :: At full stacks, ||| 10% >>> 8% of the damage dealt against champions is converted to true damage and healing ARAM Balance Changes ADDITIONAL TURRET DAMAGE :: Champion damage to turrets increases after the first ||| 15 minutes, maxing at +15% at 25 minutes >>> 18 minutes, maxing at +25% at 30 minutes MINION WAVE FREQUENCY :: Minion waves spawn faster after the first ||| 15 minutes of the game, maxing at 15 seconds between waves at 25 minutes >>> 18 minutes of the game, maxing at 13 seconds between waves at 30 minutes MINION MOVEMENT SPEED :: Minions speed up after the first ||| 15 minutes of the game >>> 18 minutes of the game DEATH TIMER AT LEVEL 18 :: 45 seconds >>> 40 seconds 9.10 champion nerfs Aatrox :: +10% damage done & -10% damage taken >>> No changes Janna :: +10% damage taken >>> +10% damage taken & -8% shielding done Maokai :: -8% damage dealt & +8% damage taken >>> -12% damage done & +12% damage taken Sona :: -10% damage dealt & -25% healing done & +12% damage taken >>> -10% damage dealt & +12% damage taken & -15% shielding done & -15% healing done 9.10 champion buffs Azir :: +5% damage done Kalista :: +5% damage done Katarina :: +8% damage done & -8% damage taken Mordekaiser :: +5% damage done & -5% damage taken Taliyah :: +5% damage done Tristana :: +5% damage done Zac :: +5% damage done & -8% damage taken Zoe :: +5% damage done 9.10 rune adjustments Gathering Storm :: Adaptive force every 7 minutes >>> Adaptive force every 6 minutes Demolish :: 100 (+0.35 of your maximum health) bonus physical damage to structures at max stacks >>> 50 (+0.2 of your maximum health) bonus physical damage to structures at max stacks Bugfixes Rakan can now properly recast E - Battle Dance even when his mana is lower than the ability’s cost even when his mana is lower than the ability’s cost Tahm Kench’s W - Devour ’s tooltip now properly displays its AP ratio ’s tooltip now properly displays its AP ratio Gun Goddess Miss Fortune now properly laughs during R - Bullet Time Papercraft Nunu & Willump no longer uses base Nunu & Willump’s W - Biggest Snowball Ever! Upcoming Skins & Chromas The following skins will be released this patch. Battle Academia Ezreal Battle Academia Lux Battle Academia Jayce Battle Academia Katarina Battle Professor Graves Battle Principal Yuumi Battle Academia Lux Prestige Edition The following chromas will be released this patch:<doc-sep>Most League of Legends players have faced off against Riven and Vayne and asked themselves why these two champions haven’t been nerfed yet. If you were in that group, it’s time to rejoice—both champions are getting hit with some nerfs in Patch 9.10. For Riven, Riot Games was “looking to target a consistent point of frustration that players face when playing against Riven,” which was her ability to spam her E as a defensive tool. That will be changing since Riot is increasing the cooldown of the ability by four seconds at each level. Riven will, however, be seeing a decrease in cooldown for her Q ability as well. This way, people who are playing against Riven will have more chances to attack her with her E ability down for a longer time. This should make the laning phase a bit less aggravating since she can no longer constantly shield away any trade damage. In the same vein, the Vayne nerfs also combat the frustrations surrounding her straight base stats. “Vayne ramps up a little too early and is especially frustrating because of how often she goes invisible,” Riot said. As a result, Riot is now making Tumble’s cooldown reduction scale during Vayne’s ultimate, instead of being at a static 50 percent. The cooldown reduction will now be 30/40/50 percent at each level. Additionally, Vayne is getting affected by the Guinsoo’s Rageblade nerfs, which means that Vayne will be losing a good amount of power to her kit.<doc-sep>After an abysmal skin showing in Patch 9.9, League of Legends fans are finally getting an abundance of new skins to sink their hard-earned cash into in Patch 9.10. Don’t get us wrong, Conqueror Alistar was a beast of a skin. But only getting one new skin every few weeks (as long as you don’t count the chromas) isn’t the most appealing way to break the bank. It looks like the Battle Academia skins that will be introduced in this patch come straight out of some Japanese Shonen anime and manga shows. Each one gives the League champions a fitting anime-like touch. The skins are available for varying prices, with the least expensive costing 1,350 RP and the highest selling for up to 1,820 RP (Ezreal). Battle Academia Ezreal Image via Riot Games Battle Academia Lux Image via Riot Games Battle Principal Yuumi Image via Riot Games Battle Professor Graves Image via Riot Games Battle Academia Katarina Image via Riot Games Battle Academia Jayce Image via Riot Games Battle Academia Lux Prestige Edition Image via Riot Games Battle Academia Lux Prestige Edition will cost the usual 100 Prestige Points. The skins aren’t available yet, but they should come out sometime in the next few days.<doc-sep>
League of Legends latest patch is here a little early, and it’s bringing a new champion to the game with Yuumi. The new support battle-cat is the most exciting part of the patch and certainly what most players are going to want to see when they first load into a game on patch 9.10. Yuumi’s ability to latch onto allied champions gives her a totally unique method of movement in the game that should be fun to get used to. Alongside Yuumi’s arrival in this patch there are also a few balance changes to various champions including Master Yi, Riven, and Vayne, as well as some smaller updates to other champions. Finally this patch is bringing the Battle Academia skin line into the game with a total of six skins all being added in this one patch, making it one of the biggest skin patches ever. For a full look at everything that changed in League of Legends patch 9.10, you can look at the patch notes. Yuumi is here! Yuumi is League of Legends’ newest support and one of the most unique champions Riot has ever designed. Along with doing her own spells, and moving on her own, Yuumi can also attach to allies and let them do the moving for her. When she’s attached to an ally, she gives them a portion of her AD or AP — depending on what’s most useful for them — a heal for herself and her ally, and a more advanced aim-able skill shot that she can use. It’s unlike any other champion in the game and should be fun for just about anyone to try out whether you like support or not. Master Yi got a few changes There’s no two ways about it, Master Yi is really old. In fact, he could probably use a full rework. But until then Riot is offering players a brief fix for Master Yi’s jankiness in patch 9.10. This patch is removes the cast time from Yi’s Q and W and allows Yi to hit the same target a second time with his Q if it doesn’t have another target. Both of these are huge quality of life changes, and at the very least get him a little closer to modern-champion standards. Updates for AD items AD items are in a pretty good spot overall, but Riot is still trying to situate a few things with patch 9.10. Most importantly, Essence Reaver and Guinsoo’s Rageblade — the two problem children in the category. Essence Reaver is getting the least complicated buff ever: five extra AD. No strings attached, just a little more damage. As for Guinsoo’s this patch makes it hit at three hits instead of two, so slightly less often, but its armor and magic penetration are at 15 percent as a base now, instead of scaling based on your level. Conqueror is finally getting a nerf Conqueror has been strong basically since it came out. Riot’s made a few changes in the past, but the rune sticks around anyway. This time around Riot is taking another shot at nerfing it by moving from 10 percent of all damage dealt against a champion being converted to true damage and healing to eight percent. This is a pretty straight forward nerf to the rune, but it will still probably usable by the few champions it’s best on. The Battle Academia skins are here ... just in time for summer Ezreal, Lux, Jayce, Katarina, Graves, and Yumi are all getting skins this patch! Even more impressive, all these skins are part of the same line: Battle Academia. While Graves and Yuumi are part of the Academia skin line, technically their skins are called Battle Professor and Battle Principal respectively, as apparently they’re part of school faculty.