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Kraken Slayer has been changed in 15 League of Legends patches. 6 buffs, 2 nerfs, 5 adjustments. Most recently buffed in Patch 25.14.
Rectrix
Hearthbound Axe
Recurve BowKraken Slayer is an overall weak item right now, both for melee and ranged users. As such, we're looking to buff it equally by making it a faster early spike and playing up its unique difference with Blade of the Ruined King, namely making it deliver more damage to low-health enemies.
General
- Total cost reduced to 3000 gold from 3100 gold.
- Combine cost reduced to 325 gold from 425 gold.
- Bring It Down bonus damage increased to 0 to 75% (based on target's missing health) from 0 to 50%.
- Bring It Down maximum damage changed to 150*1.75 to 200*1.75 for 11 from 150*1.5 to 200*1.5 for 11.
General
- Bug Fix: No longer displays a redundant debuff icon on the target.
General
- Combine cost increased to 425 gold from 200 gold.
- Total cost unchanged.
- Attack damage reduced to 45 from 50.
- Movement speed reduced to 4% from 5%.
- Bring It Down base damage changed to 150 to 200 for 11 from 140 to 310 for 11.
- Bring It Down maximum damage changed to 150*1.5 to 200*1.5 for 11 from 140*1.5 to 310*1.5 for 11
Kraken Slayer was retooled to be an early game gambit: If ADCs wanted to skip out on crit chance and lower their three-item DPS, they could pick up Kraken instead for some early priority. Turns out the opportunity cost of skipping Kraken is too high and it’s too strong for these champions. We’re lowering Kraken’s damage for ranged users specifically and reducing the degree to which they can permanently keep melee champions at harpoon’s reach.
General
- Bonus movement speed reduced to 5% from 7%
- New Effect: Damage is now reduced to 80% for ranged champions.
- Bring It Down damage changed to 140 to 310 for 11 from 140 to 310 (based on level) for all users.
- Bring It Down maximum damage changed to 140*1.5 to 310*1.5 for 11 from 210 to 465 (based on level) for all users.
Kraken Slayer is getting a significant change as well. It's no longer a crit item, and instead being focused entirely on the on-hit side of things. It'll still be a strong contender as an early purchase but won't be able to provide all of the desired stats right away.
General
- New:
- Recipe: Rectrix + Hearthbound Axe + Recurve Bow + 200 gold = 3100 gold.
- Stats: 50 attack damage, 40% attack speed, 7% movement speed.
- Unique Passive - Bring It Down: Basic attacks on-hit grant a stack for 3 seconds, up to 2 stacks. At 2 stacks, the next basic attack consumes all stacks to deal 140 to 310 (based on level) bonus physical damage on-hit, increased by 0 to 50% (based on target's missing health), for up to 210 to 465 (based on level) bonus physical damage.
- Limited to 1 Kraken Slayer.
- Wyrmfallen Sacrifice stats: 60 attack damage, 55% attack speed, 7% movement speed.
- Old:
- Recipe: Noonquiver + Cloak of Agility + Recurve Bow + 400 gold = 3000 gold.
- Stats: 40 attack damage, 35% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
- Unique Passive - Bring It Down: Basic attacks on-hit grant a stack for 3 seconds, up to 2 stacks. At 2 stacks, the next basic attack consumes all stacks to deal 140 to 310 (based on level) bonus physical damage on-hit. Consuming stacks on the same target within 6 seconds increases the damage by 50%, up to 100% for a maximum of 280 to 620 (based on level) bonus physical damage.
- Limited to 1 Kraken Slayer.
- Wyrmfallen Sacrifice stats: 60 attack damage, 45% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
General
- Bring It Down base damage increased to 140 to 310 (based on level) from 35 to 85 (based on level).
- Removed: Bring It Down damage no longer scales with 65% AD and 60% AP.
General
- Attack speed increased to 35% from 30%.
- Bring It Down stacks changed to on-hit for all users from on-hit.
- New Living Forge item: Wyrmfallen Sacrifice.
- Stats: 60 attack damage, 45% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
Crit marksmen are dealing too much magic damage in long engagements, so we're switching Kraken Slayer to deal physical damage instead of magic. Because champions all have more armor than magic resist, this necessitates increasing its numbers just to keep it power-neutral. In addition, we're looking to buff Kraken Slayer slightly. Now Kraken will deal more damage to minions in all contexts and typically deal more damage to champions after building some form of armor penetration. Otherwise, the numbers should be pretty similar against most targets. One final note: Because more of its damage is coming from base damage, low-AD builds like Rageblade on-hit builds are even more buffed here, where the item is severely underperforming.
General
- Bring It Down damage type changed to physical from magic.
- Base damage increased to 35 to 85 (based on level) from 20 at all levels.
- AD ratio increased to 65% AD from 60% AD.
- AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 45% AP.
Kraken Slayer went through several iterations finding its new home as a Legendary item before landing on this version. Ultimately, Kraken is meant to be an incredible early item for high attack speed champions that still holds up late. Its damage ramping up against a target helps it retain a bit of that anti-tank flavor, but make no mistake: it’s no replacement for Lord Dominik’s Regards for tank-busting.
General
- New:
- Recipe: Noonquiver + Cloak of Agility + Recurve Bow + 400 gold = 3000 gold.
- Stats: 40 attack damage, 30% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
- Unique Passive - Bring It Down: Basic attacks on-hit grant a stack for 3 seconds, up to 2 stacks. At 2 stacks, the next basic attack consumes all stacks to deal 20 (+ 60% AD) (+ 45% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit. Consuming stacks on the same target within 6 seconds increases the damage by 50%, up to 100%.
- Limited 1 to Kraken Slayer.
- Old:
- Recipe: Noonquiver + Cloak of Agility + Pickaxe + 625 gold = 3400 gold.
- Stats: 65 attack damage, 25% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
- Unique Passive - Bring It Down: Basic attacks on-hit grant a stack for 3 seconds, up to 2 stacks. At 2 stacks, the next basic attack consumes all stacks to deal 50 (+ 40% bonus AD) bonus true damage on-hit.
- Mythic Passive: Empowers other Legendary items with 10% bonus attack speed.
- Limited to 1 Mythic item.
- Living Forge item: Wyrmfallen Sacrifice.
- Stats: 85 attack damage, 40% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
General
- Base damage reduced to 50 from 60.
- Bonus AD ratio reduced to 40% bonus AD from 45%.
General
- Bug Fix: When Kayle uses Starfire Spellblade as a third attack, she will now properly deal true damage.
- Bug Fix: Jayce now properly deals true damage on his third attack with Transform Mercury Cannon in all instances, not just when he crits.
Kraken Slayer is extremely powerful on champion abilities that churn out on-hits. Those abilities tend to have on-hit modifiers for this exact purpose, so Kraken Slayer will now leverage those modifiers of the following champion abilities:
General
- New Effect: True damage is now affected by the on-hit modifiers of Onslaught, Death Lotus, and Purge.
General
- Attack damage increased to 65 from 60.
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 45% bonus AD from 30%.
- Wyrmfallen Sacrifice attack damage increased to 85 from 80.
- Bug Fix: No longer interacts with Guinsoo's Rageblade Phantom Hit for melee champions.
Kraken Slayer added to League of Legends
General
- Recipe: Noonquiver + Cloak of Agility + Pickaxe + 625 gold = 3400 gold.
- Stats: 60 attack damage, 25% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
- Unique Passive - Bring It Down: Every third attack within 3 seconds deals 60 (+ 30% bonus AD) bonus true damage on-hit.
- Mythic Passive: Empowers your other Legendary items with 10% bonus attack speed.
- Limited to 1 Mythic item.
Living Forge item: Wyrmfallen Sacrifice.
- Stats: 80 attack damage, 40% attack speed, 20% critical strike chance.
Kraken Slayer added to League of Legends
Anti-tank
Base Stats
- TOTAL COST: 3400 gold
- BUILD PATH: Noonquiver + Cloak of Agility + Pickaxe + 625 gold
- ATTACK DAMAGE: 60
- ATTACK SPEED: 25%
- CRITICAL STRIKE CHANCE: 20%
Effects
- BRING IT DOWN: Every third basic attack deals an additional 60 (+30% bonus AD) true damage
- MYTHIC: Grants all other Legendary items 10% attack speed