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League of Legends Patch 4.5
League of Legends Patch 4.5 was released on Apr 3, 2014. This update included changes to 23 champions, with 4 buffs, 8 nerfs, 11 adjustments.
Buffs (4)
Graves
Miss Fortune
Rengar
Varus
Fiddlesticks
Heimerdinger
Kha'Zix
Lee Sin
Leona
Lulu
Wukong
Ziggs
Ahri
Anivia
Gragas
Jarvan IV
Jinx
Malzahar
Nami
Pantheon
Renekton
Talon
Twisted FateItems
New (7)
Aether Wisp (new item)
Forbidden Idol (new item)
Talisman of Ascension
Aegis of the Legion
Frozen Heart
Iceborn Gauntlet
Lich Bane
Locket of the Iron Solari
Morellonomicon
Warden's MailChampions
Quickdraw
- •Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50.
Collateral Damage
- •Cone damage increased to 200 / 280 / 360 from 140 / 250 / 360.
Strut
- •Now displays the current bonus on its buff icon.
Double Up
- •Damage to first target changed to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+85% AD) from 25 / 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 (+75% AD).
- •Damage to second target changed to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+100 % AD) from 30 / 72 / 114 / 156 / 195 (+90% AD).
- •Criteria for 2nd target selection rework.
- •Will first prioritize enemy champions marked by Impure Shots within a 40° cone.
- •Will then attempt to find a target immediately behind the target, to avoid cases where it looks like it should have bounced to them.
- •Will then attempt to find a target within a 20° cone, prioritizing minions/monsters over champions.
- •Will then attempt to find a target within a 40° cone, prioritizing minions/monsters over champions.
- •Will then attempt to find any target within a 90° cone.
- •Mana cost reduced to 43 / 46 / 49 / 52 / 55 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
- •Cooldown reduced to 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5.
Impure Shots
- •Passive now deals 6% AD bonus magical damage per stack instead of 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 (+ 5% AP) bonus magical damage.
- •Maximum damage changed to 30% AD magical damage from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 25% AP) magical damage.
- •Attack speed bonus changed to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60% from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%.
- •Grievous Wounds duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
- •Mana cost reduced to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 from 50 at all ranks.
- •Cooldown reduced to 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 from 16.
Make It Rain
- •Tooltip updated to clarify that there's a half-second delay.
- •Area of sight increased to match the area of damage.
- •Slow increased to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65% from 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52%.
- •Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 15 at all ranks.
- •Duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.
- •Total damage is unchanged.
Bullet Time
- •New Passive: Increases the stack limit of Impure Shots to 6 / 7 / 8, for a new maximum potential damage of 36 / 42 / 48 % AD.
- •Damage per wave reduced to 50 / 75 / 125 (+20% AP) from 65 / 95 / 125 (+20% AP)(+35% bonus AD).
- •Now applies the passive on Impure Shots (not the active Grievous Wound).
Stats
- •Base armor increased to 20 from 16.
- •Base health increased to 525 from 520.
- •Health per level increased to 90 from 85.
Bonetooth Necklace
- •Item reclassified as a trinket and is now free. It is available in four different versions: Scrying Orb, Sweeping Lens, Warding Totem and Green (for maps where sight trinkets are unavailable). Upgrades at 6 Trophies.
- •Attack damage and attack damage per level removed.
- •Trophy passive given the name "Mementos of the Hunt". All trophy bonuses changed.
- •3 Trophies - Rengar gains flat movement speed while out of combat or while in brush.
- •6 Trophies - Unseen Predator range is increased by 125.
- •12 Trophies - Thrill of the Hunt stealth duration is increased.
- •20 Trophies - Thrill of the Hunt's bonus movement speed is doubled.
- •Trophies are no longer lost on-death.
Savagery
- •Time to trigger the enhanced attack increased to 3 seconds from 2.
- •Base damage changed to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 from 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150.
- •Attack damage scaling increased to (+100 / 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 % AD) from (+100% AD) at all ranks.
- •Cooldown reduced to 6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5 / 4 seconds from 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6.
- •Bonus attack speed removed.
- •Savagery can no longer be triggered on towers.
- •Bug fix: The ability's damage is no longer affected when the attack critical strikes.
Savagery 2
- •Damage changed to 10 + (10 * level) (+150% AD) from 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+200% AD).
- •Attack speed changed to 47 + (3 * level) % from 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100%.
- •Attack speed duration increased to 5 seconds from 4.
- •Now additionally increases his attack damage by 10% for 5 seconds.
Battle Roar
- •Cooldown changed to 12 seconds from 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11.
- •Bonus resistances reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 from 15 / 22 / 29 / 36 / 43.
- •Bonus resistances duration increased to 4 seconds from 3.
- •Bonus resistances are now granted regardless of if Rengar hits an enemy, but are now increased by 50% for every enemy champion or large monster hit.
Battle Roar 2
- •Damage changed to 25 + (15 * level) (+80% AP) from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+80% AP).
- •Healing reduced to 8 + (4 * level) from 20 + (10 * level).
- •Bonus healing per 1% of missing health increased to 6.25% from 1%.
Bola Strike
- •Now a linear, collision skill shot instead of a targeted ability.
- •Range increased to 1000 from 550.
- •Damage changed to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
- •Slow increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70%.
- •Cooldown changed to 10 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
Bola Strike 2
- •Damage changed to 25 + (25 * level) (+70% bonus AD) from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+70% bonus AD).
- •Snare duration increased to 1.75 seconds from 1 second.
Thrill of the Hunt
- •Bonus movement speed while stealthed reduced to 15% at all ranks from 20 / 25 / 30%, and now only applies while moving toward an enemy champion.
- •No longer grants ferocity generation while stealthed.
- •Now grants 25 / 35 / 45% bonus movement speed and ferocity generation for 5 seconds after exiting stealth.
- •Enemies are now made aware when Rengar is within 1000 units of them, similar to Blood Scent.
- •Cooldown reduced to 120 / 95 / 70 seconds from 140 / 105 / 70.
Dread
- •No longer applies to targets who can't see Fiddlesticks.
H-28G Evolution Turret
- •Cannon damage changed to 12 / 18 / 23 / 29 / 34 (+ 15% AP) from 15 / 22 / 29 / 36 / 42 (+ 12.5% AP).
- •Beam damage changed to 40 / 60 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 55% AP) from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 50% AP).
- •Beam cooldown increased to 16 seconds.
H-28Q Apex Turret
- •Basic attack AP ratio reduced to 30% from 33%.
- •Laser beam damage reduced to 200 / 270 / 340 (+ 70% AP) from 225 / 300 / 375 (+ 80% AP).
- •Laser beam no longer recharges twice as fast.
- •On-hit charge generation increased to 20%.
Void Assault
- •Bug Fix: Activating Flash will no longer break stealth.
Evolved Active Camouflage
- •No longer reduces damage from towers.
Safeguard
- •Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 9.
- •Cooldown is now reduced by 50% if the target was an allied champion (including self).
- •Shield duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
- •Will now only shield allied champion targets (can still target any ally).
Iron Will
- •Buff duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
Help, Pix!
- •Damage reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 290.
- •Sight duration reduced to 4 seconds from 6.
- •Will now only shield allied champion targets (can still target any ally).
Crushing Blow
- •Armor reduction reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% from 30% at all ranks.
Cyclone
- •AD ratio reduced to 110% from 120%.
Orb of Deception
- •Will now return to Ahri even if she dies or becomes untargetable before it reaches maximum range.
Glacial Storm
- •Now deals a tick of damage when cancelled.
Stats
- •Base movement speed reduced to 330 from 340.
- •Base attack damage reduced to 55.5 from 55.78.
- •Attack damage per level increased to 3.5 from 3.375.
- •Magic resist per level increased to 1.25 from 0.
Happy Hour
- •Now restores 4% of his maximum health instantly, instead of 2% over 4 seconds.
- •Now has an internal cooldown of 8 seconds.
Barrel Roll
- •Damage reduced to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+60% AP) from 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 (+90% AP).
- •Duration for the cask to explode automatically reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
- •Cask will now highlight its maximum range while idle on the ground.
- •Attack speed slow removed.
- •Now slows movement speed by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%.
- •The damage will now ramp up to 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 / 360 (+90% AP) and the slow to 45 / 52.5 / 60 / 67.5 / 75% over the first 2 seconds, as the alcohol "ferments". The barrel will change color to indicate that it is fully charged.
- •Mana cost reduced to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120.
- •Cooldown unchanged.
- •Cast range reduced to 850 from 950.
Drunken Rage
- •Revised Active: Gragas takes a long swig from his barrel, disabling his ability to cast or attack for 1 second. Upon finishing his drink, Gragas' next attack within ~5 seconds will deal 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 (+30% AP)(+8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12% target's max health) bonus magic damage. Gragas gains 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% damage reduction for 3 seconds starting from the moment he starts drinking.
- •Gragas can now move during the channel.
- •No longer restores mana nor grants attack damage.
- •Damage reduction duration reduced to 3 seconds from 20.
- •Damage reduction is now applied instantly rather than after completing the channel.
- •Channeling for the full duration now empowers his next attack.
- •Cooldown reduced to 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds from 25 at all ranks.
Body Slam
- •Damage changed to 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+60% AP) from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+50% AP)(+30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% AD).
- •No longer slows movement speed.
- •Now briefly knocks back and stuns all enemies hit for 1 seconds.
- •On-hit cooldown reduction reduced to static 3 seconds from half.
- •Cost reduced to 50 from 75.
- •Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
Explosive Cask
- •Damage reduced to 200 / 300 / 400 (+70% AP) from 200 / 325 / 450 (+90% AP).
Super Mega Death Rocket!
- •The ability will now only go on cooldown when the rocket is created - dying while casting will no longer put the ability on cooldown.
Summon Voidling
- •New attack priorities:
- •# Attack the target of Nether Grasp.
- •# NEW: Attack the nearest champion with Malefic Visions.
- •# Attack the nearest non-champion with Malefic Visions.
- •# Attack the nearest enemy.
- •Bug Fix: Voidlings will no longer continuously switch targets if there are multiple targets with the same priority.
Aegis Protection
- •Will now block the next attack from a tower, champion, large monster or large minion attacks, instead of any attack that deal above a certain value of damage.
Dominus
- •Bonus health changed to 200 / 400 / 800 from 300 / 450 / 600.
- •Damage per second changed to 30 / 60 / 120 from 40 / 70 / 100.
Shadow Assault
- •Bug Fix: Activating Flash will no longer break stealth.
- •Activating Noxian Diplomacy will no longer break stealth.
Pick a Card
- •Card selection window reduced to 6 seconds from 8.
- •Card usage window increased to 6 seconds from 4.
Items
General
- •Recipe: Amplifying Tome + 515 gold = 950 gold
- •Stats: 30 ability power.
- •Unique Passive: +5% movement speed.
General
- •Bonus movement speed increased to 20 from 15.
General
- •Bonus movement speed increased to 10% from 8%.
- •Cost reduced to 600g from 750g.
General
- •Cooldown reduction for Ghost/Flash/Teleport reduced to 20% from 25%.
Now grants the following buffs
- •Ghost - Movement speed bonus increased to 40% from 27%.
- •Flash - Now grants 20% bonus movement speed for 1 second after use.
- •Teleport - Now grants 30% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds after use.
General
- •Evolved from Wriggle's Lantern.
- •Stats: +15 attack damage, +35% attack speed.
- •Retains the 30% bonus gold passive.
- •Unique Passive - Maim: Champion kills, assists and large monsters slain will grant Feral stacks. Basic attacks deal 100 (+3 per Feral stack) bonus magic damage and restore 10 (+1 per Feral stack) health. Enemy champions take 33% of the bonus magic damage.
- •Note: Unlike Wriggle, Feral Flare does not take into account kills, assists and large monsters slain prior to receiving the item. This is intended.
- •During the preseason, this passive was supposedly going to be given to a remade Madred's Bloodrazor. For comparison, Feral Flare's magic damage equates to 4% of the target's maximum health against champions with 825 (+25 per champion kill/assist and large monster kill) health - e.g. at 87 kills/assists/large monsters slain, you will be doing 120 bonus magic damage to champions (4% of a target with 3000 health).
General
- •Recipe: Faerie Charm + Faerie Charm + 390 gold = 750 gold
- •Stats: +8 mana regeneration.
- •Unique Passive: +10% cooldown reduction.
General
- •Cost reduced to 475 gold from 650g gold.
General
- •Cast range increased to 4000 from 3000.
- •Vision duration increased to 2 seconds.
General
- •Cast range increased to 2500 from 1500.
- •Evolved cast range increased to 3500 from 2500.
- •Vision duration increased to 2 seconds.
General
- •New Recipe: Nomad's Medallion + Forbidden Idol + 585 gold = 2200 gold.
- •Old Recipe: Nomad's Medallion + Faerie Charm + 955 gold = 2000 gold.
- •Mana regeneration increased to 15 from 10.
General
- •New Effect: Now transforms into Feral Flare upon killing 25 large monsters. (Monsters killed with Hunter's Machete and Madred's Razors count toward the transformation).
General
- •New Recipe: Rejuvenation Bead + Ruby Crystal + Negatron Cloak + 600 gold
- •Old Recipe: Rejuvenation Bead + Cloth Armor + Ruby Crystal + Null-Magic Mantle + 595 gold = 1950 gold
- •Removed: +20 armor
- •New: +20 magic resistance
General
- •Total cost increased to 2200 gold from 2000 gold.
- •Combine cost increased to 515 gold from 315 gold.
- •Health increased to 500 from 375.
- •Health regeneration reduced to 20 from 25.
General
- •New Recipe: Cloth Armor + Sapphire Crystal + 250 gold = 950 gold
- •Old Recipe: Sapphire Crystal + Chain Vest + 230 gold = 1350 gold
- •Armor reduced to 20 from 45.
- •Mana reduced to 250 from 300.
General
- •No longer instantly restores your health and mana when you return to the fountain.
- •Now restores 35% of your missing health and mana per second while on the fountain.
- •Still grants the bonus movement speed; both bonuses are lost if you've dealt/received damage in the last 6 seconds.
General
- •Butcher bonus damage reduced to 20% from 30%.
General
- •Total cost increased to 2200 gold from 2000 gold.
- •Combine cost increased to 515 gold from 315 gold.
- •Ability power increased to 50 from 40.
General
- •Total cost reduced to 2600 gold from 2900 gold.
- •Combine cost increased to 650 gold from 550 gold.
- •Armor increased to 100 from 95.
- •Attack speed reduction reduced to 15% from 20%.
General
- •Maim now tracks the number of large monsters slain.
General
- •Total cost reduced to 2900 gold from 3250 gold.
- •Combine cost increased to 750 gold from 700 gold.
- •Armor reduced to 60 from 70.
General
- •New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + 850 gold = 3000 gold
- •Old Recipe: Sheen + Blasting Wand + 940 gold = 3000 gold
General
- •New Recipe: Aegis of the Legion + Kindlegem + 50 gold = 2800 gold
- •Old Recipe: Aegis of the Legion + 600 gold = 2550 gold
- •Health increased to 400 from 300.
- •Removed: +20 armor
- •New: +20 magic resistance
General
- •Maim now tracks the number of large monsters slain.
General
- •New Recipe: Fiendish Codex + Forbidden Idol + 630 gold = 2200 gold
- •Old Recipe: Amplifying Tome + Faerie Charm + Fiendish Codex + 765 gold = 2200 gold
General
- •New Recipe: Aether Wisp + Fiendish Codex + 630 gold = 2400 gold
- •Old Recipe (SR/HA): Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + Null-Magic Mantle + 730 gold = 2000 gold
- •Old Recipe (TT/CS): Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + Null-Magic Mantle + 530 gold = 1800 gold
- •Ability power increased to 80 from 50.
- •Removed: +40 magic resistance
- •New: +10% cooldown reduction
- •New Effect: Ghosts now return to the wielder if they fail to hit a champion and reduce Hunt's cooldown by 40 seconds each (20 seconds on Crystal Scar and Twisted Treeline).
General
- •New Recipe: Chain Vest + 280 gold = 1000 gold
- •Old Recipe: Cloth Armor + Cloth Armor + 400 gold = 1000 gold
General
- •New Recipe: Hextech Revolver + Fiendish Codex + 480 gold = 2500 gold
- •Old Recipe: Hextech Revolver + Faerie Charm + Faerie Charm + 440 gold = 2000 gold
- •Ability power increased to 80 from 50.
- •Removed: 10 mana regeneration