League of Legends, Patch 10.4: Balance Changes, Highlights, Notes And Rundown By Scairtin

League of Legends, Patch 10.4: Balance Changes, Highlights, Notes And Rundown By Scairtin
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Patch 10.4 is live in League of Legends.

Several champions were nerfed, others were buffed alongside some bugfixes.

 

Champions

Aphelios

New!Aphelios now displays the weapons he currently has equipped as icons next to his above-head health bar.

Stats:

Calibrum’s mark attack resets have been decreased to 1 from 2

Turret attacks have been decreased to 3 from 4

Ranged attack damage on turrets increased to 3 from 2AOE spells’ damage to turrets increased to 4 from 2

Moonlight Vigil (R):Range of this ability decreased to 1300 from 1600

Akali – buffed

Shuriken Flip (E):Damage increased to 50/85/120/155/190 from 40/70/100/130/160.

Perfect Execution (R):R1 damage increased to 125/225/325 from 85/150/215 Cooldown decreased to 120/90/60 seconds from 160/130/100 seconds.

Amumu – changed

Curse of the Sad Mummy (R):Cooldown decreased to 130/115/100 from 150/130/110

Bandage Toss (Q):Dash speed now increased to 1800 from 1350

Aurelion Sol – nerfed

Celestial Expansion (W):Active ability (stars) damage increase now decreased to 40% from 50%

Caitlyn – buffed

Stats:

Bonus attack speed increased to 20% from 10%

Darius – buffed

Hemorrhage (Passive):New! This ability now notes “Darius’ bleed deals 120% damage to monsters.”

Decimate (Q):New! This ability now heals on hits against large monsters.

Diana – buffed

Moonsilver Blade (P):New! This ability now deals 150% to all monsters

Garen – buffed

Decisive Strike (Q):Bonus physical damage increased to [30/60/90/120/150 (+ 50% AD)] from [30/60/90/120/150 (+ 40% AD)]

Courage (W):New! When at max stacks, this ability now increases bonus armor and magic resist by 10%

Shield amount changed to 70/95/120/145/170 (+20% bonus Health)] from [10% maximum health]

Judgment (E):New! This ability now does 150% damage to monsters

Gnar – buffed

Stats:

Mega Gnar movespeed increased to 335 from 325

Hyper (Mini W):Maximum damage against monsters increased to 300 at all ranks from 100/150/200/250/300

Gnar! (Mega R):Attack damage ratio increased to 50% bAD from 20% bADAP ratio increased to 100% from 50%

Kayle – changed

Divine Judgment (R):

New! Cast time effects for Kayle and her allies are now split: 1.5 seconds for self-cast; 0.25 seconds for ally cast

Lux – buffed

Light Binding (Q):Damage increased to 80/125/170/215/260 from 70/115/160/205/250

Cooldown decreased to 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 from 13/12/11/10/9

Mordekaiser – buffed

Darkness Rise (Passive):Maximum damage against monsters increased to 25-120 from 15-100

Rammus – buffed

Stats:

Attack speed increased to .656 from .625

Attack speed increased to .656 from .625

Sett – buffed

Stats:Base HP regeneration increased to 9.25 from 8

Sona – nerfed

Hymn of Valor (Q):Mana cost increased to 75/80/85/90/95 from 50/55/60/65/70

New! This ability now says: “Granting an ally this aura effect will refund Sona 30 mana once per cast”

Aria of Perseverance (W):Mana cost increased to 105/110/115/120/125 from 80/85/90/95/100

Song of Celerity (E):Mana cost increased to 90 from 65

New! This ability now says: “Granting an ally this aura effect will refund Sona 30 mana once per cast”

Soraka – changed

Starcall (Q):Self-heal decreased to [40/50/60/70/80 (+30% AP)] from [60/80/100/120/140 (+50% AP)]Self-heal duration decreased to 2.5 seconds from 5 seconds

Movement speed decreased to 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% from 15/20/25/30/35%Mana cost increased to 60/65/70/75/80 from 40/45/50/55/60

Astral Infusion (W):Healing increased to 80/115/150/185/220 from 80/110/140/170/200

Rejuvenation healing increased to 40/50/60/70/80 from 30/40/50/60/70

Maximum health cost to Soraka while impacted by Rejuvenation changed to “if cast while affected with Rejuvenation, the max health cost will be reduced by 40/55/70/85/100%” from “if cast while affected with Rejuvenation, Soraka will incur no Max Health cost”.

New! This ability now includes: “If cast while affected by Rejuvenation, Soraka will incur no Max Health cost”

Sylas – buffed

Chain Lash (Q):Damage increased to 40/60/80/100/120 from 40/55/70/85/100

Talon – buffed

Blade’s End (Passive):New! This ability now says: “Talon’s Bleed deals 120% damage to monsters.”

Zed – changed

Stats:

Monsters are now affected by energy restore

Contempt for the Weak (Passive):New! This ability now does 100% extra damage to monsters.

There is a cap of [200/350/500 at 1/7/17] damage against monsters.

 

Conclusion

Overall the patch addressed some issues in the top lane with Soraka alongside Sona. It also gave new possibilities to jungle champions so the main goal of Riot to expand the jungle pool should be successful.

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