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Marksman / Assassin

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Twitch was last nerfed in Patch 26.4 (). Across 84 patches, Twitch has received 21 buffs, 20 nerfs, 42 adjustments since release in Patch 0.8.22.115.

Abilities
Deadly VenomPC
Passive - Deadly Venom

Innate: Twitch's basic attacks apply a stack of Deadly Venom for 6 seconds upon landing, refreshing on subsequent applications and stacking up to 6 times.

Deadly Venom: For each stack, the target is dealt 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (+ 3% AP) true damage per second over the duration, for a maximum of 6 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 30 (+ 18% AP) true damage with each tick. This effect is considered a poison.

AmbushPC
Q - Ambush
Cost: 40 Mana
CD: 16
Cast Time: None

Active: After a 1-second delay, Twitch becomes camouflage for a duration. Attacking or casting Venom Cask or Contaminate ends Ambush immediately.

Stealth Duration: 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 seconds
Bonus Attack Speed: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%

During this time, Twitch gains 10% bonus movement speed, increased to 30% while facing enemy champions within a 1000-unit radius who cannot see him.

Upon breaking stealth, Twitch gains bonus attack speed for 6 seconds.

When an enemy champion dies while afflicted with Deadly Venom, Ambush's cooldown is reset.

Venom CaskPC
W - Venom Cask
Cost: 70 Mana
CD: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9
Cast Time: 0.25
Range: 950
Effect Radius: 300

Active: Twitch hurls a cask of venom that explodes at the target location, applying Deadly Venom to enemies hit and granting sight of the area.

Slow: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% (+ 6% per 100 AP)

The area then becomes contaminated for 3 seconds, applying a Deadly Venom stack each second to enemies within and slow them.

ContaminatePC
E - Contaminate
Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 Mana
CD: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8
Cast Time: 0.25
Effect Radius: 1200

Active: Twitch sends out a lethal toxin to each nearby enemy afflicted by Deadly Venom, dealing them physical damage.

Base Physical Damage: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
Physical Damage Per Stack: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+ 35% bonus AD)
Minimum Mixed Damage: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+ 35% bonus AD) (+ 35% AP)
Maximum Mixed Damage: 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 / 270 (+ 210% bonus AD) (+ 210% AP)

Contaminate deals additional physical damage and 35% AP magic damage for each stack of Deadly Venom on the target.

A nearby enemy with Deadly Venom is required to cast this ability. The target does not have to be to be targeted by this ability.

Spray and PrayPC
R - Spray and Pray
Cost: 100 Mana
CD: 90
Cast Time: None
Range: er Twitch's attack range

Active: Twitch gains bonus attack damage and 300 bonus attack range for 6 seconds, during which his basic attack are replaced by bolts that travel slightly further than his attack range in a straight line, dealing damage to every enemy unit hit.

Bonus Attack Damage: 30 / 45 / 60

The bolts deal 100% - 70% (based on level) of the triggering attack's damage, apply on-hit effects, and can critically strike for Twitch damage.

Base Stats

Health: 630
Health Per Level: 98
Mana: 300
Mana Per Level: 40
Attack Damage: 59
AD Per Level: 3
Attack Speed: 0.679
AS Per Level: 3
Armor: 27
Armor Per Level: 4
Magic Resist: 30
MR Per Level: 1.3
Movement Speed: 330
Range: 550
Health Regen: 3.75
HP Regen Per Level: 0.6
Mana Regen: 7.25
Mana Regen Per Level: 0.7
Patch 26.4nerf

Twitch really benefitted from the new items introduced this season, and players are really gravitating towards his glass cannon playstyle. With that in mind, he's a bit too resilient to be considered glass, so we're making sure his damage comes with appropriate tradeoffs.

Stats

  • Health growth reduced to 98 to 104.
  • Armor growth reduced to 4 from 4.2.
Patch 26.1nerf

Twitch's late game team deletion with 200% crit damage will probably be too fast, so we're targeting some general late-game DPS nerfs.

Stats

  • Attack speed growth reduced to 3% from 3.38%.
  • Attack damage growth reduced to 3 from 3.1.

Ambush

  • Bonus attack speed reduced to 40/45/50/55/60% from 45/50/55/60/65%.
Patch 25.13change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Starting the charge of Rift Herald Rodeo during Ambush's stealth delay no longer causes the monster's model to freeze from enemies' point of view despite moving properly from Twitch's and the allied team's point of view, then suddenly re-appear at the charge's collision location without its movement being visible.
Patch 25.11buff

E AP Ratio increased.

Contaminate

  • AP ratio per stack increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
  • Maximum AP ratio increased to 210% AP from 180% AP.
Patch 25.8change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Starting the Rift Herald rodeo ability during its stealth delay no longer causes the monster's model to freeze despite moving properly, then re-appear at the charge's collision location.
Patch 25.6change

Contaminate

  • Bug Fix: If there are multiple targets affected by Deadly Venom and the ability is cast shortly before any target's Deadly Venom would expire, no longer always applies the would-be damage from the highest number of Deadly Venom stacks on targets affected by the lowest number of Deadly Venom stacks and vice versa.
Patch 25.4change

Spray and Pray

  • Bug Fix: Now counts as an area of effect spell for Axiom Arcanist instead of single-target.
Patch 25.S1.3change

Deadly Venom

  • Bug Fix: Now is special cased to apply the stacks on Runaan's Hurricane Wind's Fury bolts.
Patch 25.S1.2change

Deadly Venom

  • Undocumented / Bug Fix: Stacks can no longer be applied on-hit. Now can only be applied by his basic attacks.
  • Note: This change resulted in Deadly Venom no longer counting as an on-hit effect; the stacks are no longer applied by effects that trigger/apply on-hit effects, such as Guinsoo's Rageblade.
Patch 25.S1.1buff

W slow amount increased.

Venom Cask

  • Slow AP ratio increased to 6% per 100 AP from 5% per 100 AP.
Patch 14.24buff

Q attack speed and attack speed duration increased.

Ambush

  • Bonus attack speed increased to 45/50/55/60/65% from 40/45/50/55/60%.
  • Attack speed duration increased to 6 seconds from 5.
Patch 14.9nerf

Base health decreased, health growth increased. W slow AP ratio decreased. R bonus AD decreased.

Stats

  • Base health reduced to 630 from 682.
  • Health growth increased to 104 from 100.

Venom Cask

  • Slow AP ratio reduced to 5% per 100 AP from 6% per 100 AP.

Spray and Pray

  • Bonus attack damage reduced to 30/45/60 from 40/55/70.
Patch 14.7change

Dragonslayer, High Noon, Twitch Shadowfoot

  • Ambush
  • Bug Fix: Camouflage detection indicator is now properly visible when rendered on terrain.
Patch 14.5change

General

  • Bug Fix: Emote SFX no longer continues to play even after the emote was stopped.
Patch 14.3buff

E QoL change.

Venom Cask

  • Bug Fix: Corrected the phantom missile's cast timing to properly coincide with the VFX, which would previously break spell shields earlier than expected.

Contaminate

  • New Effect: Now calculates its damage based on the number of Deadly Venom stacks the target had at the time of cast rather than after the cast time.
Patch 13.19buff

R missile speed increased.

Spray and Pray

  • Missile speed increased to 5000 from 4000.
Patch 13.8change

Spray and Pray

  • Bug Fix: No longer deals damage to himself while affected by berserk.
Patch 13.5nerf

E AP ratio decreased.

Contaminate

  • AP ratio per stack reduced to 30% AP from 35% AP.
  • Maximum AP ratio reduced to 180% AP from 210% AP.
Patch 13.4change

General

  • Bug Fix: Visibility for basic attack VFX and Spray and Pray VFX on Crime City have been restored.
Patch 13.1bbuff

Stats

  • Base mana increased to 300 from 287.2.
  • Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.7 from 0.45.
Patch 12.22nerf

Stats

  • Attack damage growth reduced to 3.1 from 3.11.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 7.25 from 7.26.
Patch 12.19buff

Passive AP scaling increased. E AP scaling increased.

Deadly Venom

  • AP ratio per tick per stack increased to 3% AP from 2.5% AP.
  • Maximum AP ratio per tick increased to 18% AP from 15% AP.

Contaminate

  • AP ratio per stack increased to 35% AP from 33% AP.
  • Maximum AP ratio increased to 210% AP from 198% AP.
Patch 12.10buff

Stats

  • Base health increased to 682 from 612.
  • Health growth increased to 100 from 86.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
Patch 11.24buff

R bolt distance now scales with bonus attack range.

Spray and Pray

  • New Effect: The extra distance that the bolts travel now scales with his bonus attack range.
Patch 11.23change

Contaminate

  • Bug Fix: SFX for base skin and Twitch Shadowfoot have been restored.
Patch 11.18buff

R bonus AD increased.

Spray and Pray

  • Bonus attack damage increased to 40/55/70 from 30/45/60.
Patch 11.5change

Passive damage ratio per stack decreased. R bonus damage increased; duration increased.

Deadly Venom

  • Damage per tick AP ratio per stack reduced to 2.5% AP from 3% AP.
  • Total damage AP ratio per stack reduced to 15% AP from 18% AP.

Spray and Pray

  • Bonus attack damage increased to 30/45/60 from 25/40/55.
  • Duration increased to 6 seconds from 5.
Patch 10.25buff

Q attack speed increased. W slow increased. R bonus damage increased.

Ambush

  • Bonus attack speed increased to 40/45/50/55/60% from 30/35/40/45/50%.

Venom Cask

  • Slow increased to 30/35/40/45/50% from 25/30/35/40/45%.

Spray and Pray

  • Bonus attack damage increased to 25/40/55 from 20/35/50.
Patch 10.23change

Deadly Venom damage and W slow now scale with AP. Contaminate's AP scaling now deals magic damage.

Deadly Venom

  • New Effect: Now scales with 3% AP per stack, up to 18% AP at 6 stacks.

Venom Cask

  • New Effect: Slow now scales with 6% per 100 AP.

Contaminate

  • Removed: No longer deals 33.3% AP physical damage per stack.
  • New Effect: Now deals 33.3% AP magic damage per stack.
Patch 10.18change

E damage per stack ratio increased. R bolt damage reduction per enemy hit decreased.

Contaminate

  • AP ratio per stack increased to 33.3% AP from 20% AP.

Spray and Pray

  • Damage fall off reduced to 100/90/80/70/60% (based on enemy hit) from 100 to 40% (based on enemy hit).
Patch 10.13change

Spray and Pray

  • Bug Fix: Empowered attacks now properly deal damage to the Nexus and enemy inhibitors regardless of range or angle.

Crime City

  • Skin renamed to Crime City Twitch from Gangster Twitch.
Patch 10.11buff

Stats

  • Base health increased to 612 from 582.
  • Health growth increased to 86 from 84.
Patch 9.16change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Is no longer able to cast Ambush without consuming any mana 3 seconds after its cooldown resets when an enemy champion dies from his Deadly Venom.
Patch 9.4change

Spray and Pray

  • Bug Fix: Now properly trigger Energized effects when attacking from Rapid Firecannon maximum range.
Patch 9.1buff

Ambush

  • New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.

Spray and Pray

  • New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
Patch 8.14change

Stats

  • Base health increased to 582 from 542.
  • Health growth reduced to 84 from 87.
Patch 8.13buff

Contaminate

  • Bonus AD ratio increased to 35% bonus AD from 25%.
Patch 8.11change

Stats

  • Base health increased to 542 from 525.08.
  • Health growth increased to 87 from 81.
  • Base armor reduced to 27 from 32.
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 3.75 from 6.
  • Base attack damage reduced to 59 from 63.
  • Attack damage growth increased to 3.11 from 2.41.
Patch 8.5buff

Contaminate

  • Base damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 20/25/30/35/40.
Patch 8.4nerf

Contaminate

  • Base damage reduced to 20/25/30/35/40 from 20/35/50/65/80.
Patch 8.3nerf

Stats

  • Base health regeneration reduced to 6 from 6.008.
Patch 8.2change

Omega Squad

  • Ambush
  • Bug Fix: Camouflage VO lines have been restored.
Patch 7.19change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Visual effects no longer stay visible indefinitely if Tahm Kench uses Devour on him as he enters stealth.

Omega Squad

  • Bug Fix: Once again has his helicopter shadows during their recall animations.
Patch 7.16change

Spray and Pray

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it dealt two instances of damage to inhibitors and the Nexus if he attacked from slightly outside his normal basic attack range.
Patch 7.14change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: No longer gets stuck as visually translucent if Guardian Angel triggers during the camouflage duration.
Patch 7.9change

Venom Cask

  • Bug Fix: Once again properly adds a stack of Deadly Venom as the cask explodes.
Patch 7.3change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where entering stealth with Ambush was causing Twitch to stop attacking when taunt.
Patch 6.24nerf

Deadly Venom

  • True damage per second per stack reduced to 1/2/3/4/5 (at level 1/5/9/13/17) from 2/3/4/5/6 (at level 1/5/9/13/17).

Venom Cask

  • Mana cost increased to 70 from 50.
Patch 6.23change

General

  • Bug Fix: Fixed the voiceover effects on Pickpocket, Vandal, and Gangster Twitch's Recall.
Patch 6.19nerf

Ambush

  • Bonus attack speed reduced to 30/35/40/45/50% from 30/40/50/60/70%.
Patch 6.17change

Contaminate

  • Bug Fix: Now always deals damage to enemies acquired at the edge of its range.
Patch 6.13change

Ambush

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Ambush's stealth delay would instantly complete if Twitch killed an enemy champion.
Patch 5.18nerf

Ambush

  • Re-stealth timer when taking damage reduced to 4.5 seconds from 6.
Patch 5.16buff

Ambush

  • Mana cost reduced to 40 from 60.

Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat

  • Bonus attack damage increased to 20/30/40 from 20/28/36.
Patch 5.8change

Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat

  • Fixed a bug that didn't allow Twitch to damage structures while Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat was active.
Patch 5.6change

Deadly Venom

  • Damage per second changed to 2/3/4/5/6 (at level 1/5/9/13/17) from 1 to 6 (based on level).
Patch 4.10nerf

General

  • Base attack damage lowered to 46 from 49.

Deadly Venom

  • Damage over time changed to 1/2/3/4/5/6 (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16) from 2/4/6/8 (at levels 1/6/11/16).

Ambush

  • Stealth delay while not taking damage increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.25.
  • Stealth delay while taking damage increased to 6 seconds from 3.
Patch 4.7change

General

  • Recommended items now includes a trinket.
  • Fixed a bug where several voice-overs weren't working.

Ambush

  • Fixed a bug where Ambush's cooldown would appear to start when Twitch entered stealth then reset upon existing stealth.

Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat

  • Fixed a bug where Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat could critically strike towers.
Patch 4.6change

General

  • As part of his visual update, Twitch has received all-new ability icons.

Ambush

  • Added new particles and sounds for the moment Twitch enters stealth.

Contaminate

  • Renamed from Expunge.
  • Added a range indicator.
  • Particles now shoot from Twitch to his victims.

Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat

  • Renamed from Spray and Pray.
  • Particles now better indicate when secondary targets are hit by splash damage.
Patch 3.10anerf

Expunge

  • Base damage reduced to 20%/35%/50%/65%/80% from 40%/50%/60%/70%/80%.
Patch 3.9change

Ambush

  • Fixed a bug where Twitch could revive in stealth when Guardian Angel or Chronoshift was active on him.
Patch 1.0.0.151change

Deadly Venom

  • Now has a new particle for maximum stacks.

Ambush

  • Tooltip now describes the correct behavior in regards to delay before entering invisibility
Patch 1.0.0.146change

Expunge

  • Base damage increased to 40/50/60/70/80 from 20/35/50/65/80.
  • Mana cost reduced to 50/60/70/80/90 from 70/75/80/85/90.

Spray and Pray

  • Reduced cast frame to make his attacks more responsive.
Patch 1.0.0.144buff

Stats

  • Base attack damage increased to 52 from 50.

Venom Cask

  • Missile speed increased to 1400 from 1300.
Patch 1.0.0.143change

Stats

  • Attack range increased to 550 from 500.
  • Base health increased to 389 from 356.
  • Health per level increased to 81 from 78.
  • Base mana increased to 220 from 180.
  • Mana per level increased to 40 from 35.
  • Base attack damage reduced to 47 from 51.56.
  • Attack damage per level reduced to 3 from 3.3.
  • Attack animation improved.

Deadly Venom (Innate)

  • Damage reduced to 2/4/6/8 per stack from 2.5/5/7.5/10.

Ambush (Q)

  • After 1.25 seconds, Twitch becomes invisible for 4/5/6/7/8 seconds and gains 20% movement speed. Twitch gains 30/40/50/60/70% attack speed for 5 seconds after revealing himself.
  • Cost: 60 mana
  • Cooldown: 16 seconds

Venom Cask (W)

  • Twitch hurls a cask full of venom to target area that slows targets by 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds and adds 2 stacks of Deadly Venom.
  • Cost: 50 mana
  • Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds

Expunge (E)

  • Deals 20/35/50/65/80 plus 15/20/25/30/35 (+ 20% AP) (+ 25% bonus AD) per stack of Deadly Venom as physical damage to all nearby enemies affected by Deadly Venom.
  • Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana
  • Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds
  • No longer removes Deadly Venom stacks.

Spray and Pray (Ultimate)

  • Twitch's basic attacks become powerful piercing bolts with 300 bonus range, and Twitch gains 20/28/36 AD. Each bolt deals 20% less damage to subsequent targets down to a minimum of 40% damage. Lasts 7 seconds.
  • Cost: 100/125/150 mana
  • Cooldown: 120/110/100 seconds
Patch 1.0.0.112change

General

  • Original splash art has been updated.
Patch 1.0.0.109change

Stats

  • Base attack range increased to 500 from 475.

Ambush

  • Duration reduced to 10/20/30/40/50 from 20/30/40/50/60.
  • Attack speed bonus now reaches its maximum duration twice as fast.
Patch 1.0.0.107buff

Spray and Pray

  • Now increases Twitch's attack damage by 15/25/35 instead of providing 30/45/60% Attack Speed.
  • Now fires a maximum of 5/6/7 shots.
  • Duration increased to 12 seconds from 6.
Patch 1.0.0.106nerf

Stats

  • Base movespeed reduced to 305 from 310.

Spray and Pray

  • Duration reduced to 6 seconds from 7.
Patch 1.0.0.105nerf

Debilitating Poison

  • Slow duration reduced to 2/2.6/3.2/3.8/4.4 seconds from 2.5/3.25/4/4.75/5.25.

Spray and Pray

  • Attack speed reduced to 30/45/60% from 40/60/80%.
Patch 1.0.0.104nerf

Ambush

  • Maximum attack speed bonus reduced to 30/40/50/60/70% from 30/45/60/80/100%.
Patch 1.0.0.103nerf

Debilitating Poison

  • Now has a range indicator.

Expunge

  • Now has a range indicator.

Deadly Venom

  • Duration reduced to 6 from 8.
Patch 1.0.0.101change

Ambush

  • The first attack after breaking stealth will now benefit from the bonus attack speed.
  • It will now provide its attack speed bonus if you break stealth by casting a spell.
Patch 1.0.0.100nerf

Spray and Pray

  • Buff no longer incorrectly states that he does reduced damage for the duration.
Patch 1.0.0.86change

Ambush

  • Stealth is now removed when you actually attack, rather than when you begin your attack animation.
Patch 1.0.0.85buff

Stats

  • Base magic resistance increased to 30 from 25.

Ambush

  • Fixed tool-tip to show the correct attack speed buff value.
Patch 1.0.0.75change

Debilitating Poison

  • Now slows for 30% + 6% per Deadly Venom stack from 20% + 10% per stack.
Patch 1.0.0.72nerf

Spray and Pray

  • Missile range reduced to 1100 from 1300.
  • Bonus range reduced to 375 from 525.
Patch 1.0.0.70nerf

General

  • Twitch has new updated particles.

Spray and Pray

  • Cooldown increased to 105/90/75 from 90/75/60.
  • Attack speed bonus reduced to 40/60/80% from 60/100/140%.
Patch 1.0.0.61change

General

  • Added listing as an Assassin, removed listing as a Fighter.
Patch 0.9.25.24buff

Stats

  • Attack range increased to 600 from 475.

Spray and Pray

  • Increased projectile speed to 2800 from 1600.
  • Updated tooltip to properly state that all targets take 100% damage.
  • Made it more accurate.
  • Increased missile width to 60 from 50.
Patch 0.9.22.16nerf

Ambush

  • No longer costs mana to turn off.
Patch 0.9.22.15buff

Stats

  • Base damage increased to 52.4 from 50.

Ambush

  • Attack speed bonus increased to 30/45/60/80/100% from 20/40/60/80/100%.
  • Stealth duration increased to 20/30/40/50/60 seconds from 12/18/24/30/36.

Debilitating Poison

  • Duration increased to 2.5/3.25/4/4.75/5.25 seconds from 2.25/3/3.75/4.5/5.25.

Spray and Pray

  • Now does full damage to all targets that get hit.
Patch 0.8.22.115new

Twitch added to League of Legends

Stats

  • Base attack range reduced to 475 from 500.