League of Legends: Patch 1.0.0.121 Opinions

There were a few changes in the recent patch for League of Legends, 1.0.0.121, and a few of them were pretty significant, like bringing back jumping to wards, the nerfing of Ashe and Lanewick, as well as the buffing of Yorick and some other champions. Read on for my full thoughts on the latest patch. [via League of Legends]

Release Notes PVP.net v1.38.38

• Updated the filter on summoner name creation and change
• Fixed a bug with multiple error pop-ups appearing in PVP.net
• Updated Custom Game Lobby interface
• Added default game names to Custom Game creation.
• Custom Games now have a “Quit” button in Champion Select. Players will no longer have to log back into PVP.net to cancel a custom game in Champion Select.
• Removed warnings for leaving Battle Training during Champion Select
• Updated Champion filters in the Summoner Profile
• Fixed a bug where the incorrect Mastery Page name was being displayed when viewing another Summoner’s profile
• Fixed a bug that could cause you to overwrite your own Mastery Pages
• Fixed a bug with viewing other players’ Rune Pages
• Added multiple rune purchases to the store. Players can now use the “+” and “-“ signs to choose how many runes of a certain type to buy, up to 9
• Multiple bug-fixes for the PVP.net store
• Updated matchmaking to make level 30s matching with non-30s rarer

League of Legends v1.0.0.121

Akali

• If Akali uses Shadow Dance on a champion, she will attempt to attack the target upon successfully arriving

Alistar

• Headbutt ability power ratio reduced to .7 from .8
• Pulverize ability power ratio reduced to .5 from .6
• Triumphant Roar ability power ratio reduced to .2 from .4

Ashe

• Enchanted Crystal Arrow
  • Cooldown increased to 100/90/80 from 75 at all levels
  • Slow duration no longer scales with level and now slows for 3 seconds at all levels

Blitzcrank

• Rocket Grab now has a proper animation.

Brand

• Fixed a bug where Pyroclasm could instant-kill enemies under some circumstances.

Ezreal

• Tuned Ezreal’s autoattack frames to be more responsive
• Trueshot Barrage cooldown reduced to 80 from 100.
• Essence Flux mana cost reduced to 60/70/80/90/100 from 70/80/90/100/110.

Fiddlesticks

• Fixed a bug where Dark Wind could instant-kill people under some circumstances.

Gangplank

• Grog-Soaked Blade max stacks reduced to 4 from 5.

Irelia

• Bladesurge mana cost changed to 60/65/70/75/80 from 70
• Transcendent Blades damage reduced to 80/120/160 from 85/135/185

Jarvan IV

• Demacian Standard
  • Cooldown increased to 13 from 12
  • Damage reduced to 60/105/150/195/240 from 60/110/160/210/260
• Dragon Strike damage reduced to 70/115/160/205/250 from 70/120/170/220/270

Jax

• Leap Strike can now target wards again, but will now reveal wards to enemies when used in this manner.

Katarina

• Shunpo can now target wards again, but will now reveal wards to enemies when used in this manner.

Kog’Maw

• Fixed a bug where Void Ooze was not flagged as an area-of-effect spell
• Updated Kog’Maw’s autoattack frame to be more responsive
• Updated Bio-Arcane Barrage attack frame to be more responsive
• Updated Caustic Spittle’s attack frame to be more responsive
• Bio-Arcane Barrage
  • Cooldown increased to 17 from 15
  • Duration increased to 10 from 6
• Living Artillery drop time reduced slightly to increase consistency (Overall slightly faster)

Lee Sin

• Safeguard can now target wards again, but will now reveal wards to enemies when used in this manner

Malzahar

• Fixed a bug where Nether Grasp would sometimes only deal 4 ticks of damage instead of 5

Rumble

• Flamespitter
  • Damage adjusted to 30/60/90/120/150 from 40/65/90/115/140
  • Ability power ratio reduced to .45 from .5

Ryze

• Overload base damage increased to 40/65/90/115/140 from 30/55/80/105/130

Swain

• Ravenous Flock now heals Swain for 75% of damage dealt versus champions, and 25% versus minions

Warwick

• Hungering Strike now heals for 80% of damage dealt, down from 100%

Yorick

• Omen of War
  • Fixed a bug where the Spectral Ghoul would not spawn if Yorick was silenced.
• Omen of Pestilence
  • Increased the cast range by 50
  • Improved the consistency of the AoE slow by increasing the radius and rate of application.
  • Mana cost reduced to 40/45/50/55//60 from 50/55/60/65/70
• Omen of Famine
  • Mana cost reduced to 55/60/65/70/75 from 60/65/70/75/80
• Omen of Death
  • Updated the visual of Reanimated Champions to better show when a Champion has revived.
  • Removed the health decay on the Revenant and Reanimated pets
  • Fixed a bug with the interaction between Chronoshift and Revenants
  • Fixed a bug with Heimerdinger’s turrets and the Reanimated state
• Unholy Symbiosis
  • Yorick now takes 5% reduced damage for each summon that is active.
  • Increased the Attack Damage and Health of ghouls to 35% from 30% of Yorick’s Attack Damage and Health
• Ghouls
  • Ghouls are now immune to slows.
  • Ghouls take 50% reduced damage from AoE abilities
• General
  • Mana per level increased to 35 from 30
  • Health per level increased to 85 from 80
  • Armor per level increased to 3.6 from 3
  • Base Movement speed increased to 320 from 315
  • Slightly increased his base Attack Speed

Items

• Rabadon’s Deathcap base ability power reduced to 140 from 155

General

• Fixed areas in brush that did not correctly hide units
• Teleporting to a ward will now reveal the ward to enemies for a few seconds
• Locally jumping to ward will now destealth the ward for 2 seconds
• Added minimap range indicators for long range (non-global ) spells such as Nocturne’s Paranoia and Ashe’s Hawk Shot

Opinions:

Akali: Easier to use Q and R combo now without misclicking. Otherwise, no change.

Alistar: Although his AP ratios were lowered, he still has 2 CCs and a heal, so regardless, his gameplay shouldn’t change and he should still be very viable. His heal was never really used to heal up a lot anyways, but just to keep the passive up, so there isn’t much change there.

Ashe: Never really that good in the first place, but now she’s just less viable. Really, it shouldn’t matter if you are pro, but basically you can expect less, random cross map arrows early game, yet her late game is the same, which was her only strong point anyways.

Blitzcrank: No change

Brand: Good that the insta-kill bug was fixed

Ezreal: Still useless and not viable

Fiddlesticks: Same as Brand

Gangplank: Should be nerfed more, he recently became more viable and was moved basically from not being picked a lot to first pick/ban in competitive play.

Irelia: Got nerfed pretty hard a few patches ago and this nerf doesn’t change anything. She’s now more of an off-tank then the tanky DPS she was before.

Jarvan: A dumb nerf, his abilities were never intended for damage anyways.

Jax: You can use his leap on wards now

Katarina: You can use shunpo on wards now

Kog’Maw: I’m not sure if this is a buff or a nerf. He depends on his bio-arcane barrage, so that means he can be better in a team fight, but if he uses it during a false bait, then his team will need to back off until the cooldown comes back. His ultimate now falls faster though, but regardless still easy to dodge if you see him shooting it.

Lee Sin: He can jump to wards now

Malzahar: His ultimate now consistently lasts the right time, so no change.

Rumble: His flames are nerfed, which is good, since they were too powerful. He is still pretty OP anyways and he should probably just be given mana. That’s probably the only viable nerf, or a lower heat cap.

Ryze: Tiny buff, +10 damage at all levels for his Overload.

Swain: His ultimate has been changed, and he is now less sustainable in lane. He heals 75% on champion damage, but only 25% on minions, where it used to be 50% all round.

Warwick: Nerfed, his Lanewick is now weaker, as well as his jungle. Instead, they should have made it 100% heal when enemy champions weren’t around, because now his jungle has been affected.

Yorick: Increased the range of his AoE spell and decreased the mana cost, decreased mana cost of his life steal spell, and some fixes to his ultimate. He is now more tanky, because he gets 5% damage reduction for each ghoul that is up, and they are all more tanky too. He has also been given more health, mana, and armor per level as well as base movement speed and attack speed. I personally do not think this buff was worth it, Riot should just scrap him, or leave him nerfed like pantheon and all those other characters that were viable at one time, but not anymore.

Rabadon’s Death Cap: Base AP reduced to 140 from 155, which is not a big problem, it’s still a great AP caster item.

Teleporting and jumping to wards now reveals them for a few seconds. This really shouldn’t matter if you can correctly utilize this skill, and you will still be able to gank properly.

There are now minimap indicators for spells with a long range, like Nocturne’s ultimate and Ashe’s hawk shot. This is helpful, because you can just use the minimap versus accidentally clicking the skill when you just want to mouse over.

This patch was pretty effective with many things, and can affect tournament play drastically in certain areas.