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League of Legends Patch 5.1

League of Legends Patch 5.1 was released on Jan 15, 2015. This update included changes to 21 champions, with 5 buffs, 8 nerfs, 8 adjustments. It also updated 14 items, including 1 new item. The patch also changed 3 game systems: Map & Terrain, Summoner Spells, Turrets & Structures.

Champions

Alistar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Alistar Buff

General

  • •New ability icons.
  • •New model for all skins.
  • •New/modified textures for all skins.
  • •Modified animations to suit the new model.
  • •New ultimate particle effects.
Elise League of Legends Patch NotesPC Elise Buff

Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite

  • •Maximum bonus magic damage to monsters increased to 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
Hecarim League of Legends Patch NotesPC Hecarim Buff

Rampage

  • •Mana cost reduced to 20 / 23 / 26 / 29 / 32 from 24 / 26 / 28 / 30 / 32.

Spirit of Dread

  • •Healing cap against minions/monsters increased to 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 / 210 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
Kalista League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kalista Buff

Martial Poise

  • •While Kalista still can't cancel her basic attack, she can now select a different target during the first moments of her basic attack wind up.

Sentinel

  • •Soul-Marked cooldown per target reduced to 6 seconds from 8.
  • •Soul-Marked duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5.
Skarner League of Legends Patch NotesPC Skarner Buff

Crystal Slash

  • •Mana cost reduced to 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 from 16 / 18 / 20 / 22 / 24.

Fracture

  • •Cooldown reduced to 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
Corki League of Legends Patch NotesPC Corki Nerf

Valkyrie

  • •Mana cost increased to 100 from 50.
Gnar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Gnar Nerf

Boomerang Throw

  • •Cooldown refund on catch reduced to 45% from 60%.

GNAR!

  • •Now passively increases Boomerang Throw's cooldown refund on catch to 50/55/60%.
Janna League of Legends Patch NotesPC Janna Nerf

Howling Gale

  • •Missile width reduced to 120 from 150.
Jayce League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jayce Nerf

Hyper Charge

  • •Damage modifier reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110% from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130%.
Nautilus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nautilus Nerf

Titan's Wrath

  • •Base shield strength reduced to 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 from 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300.
  • •Scaling changed to (+7 / 9.5 / 12 / 14.5 / 17% of maximum health) from (+15% of bonus health).
Rek'Sai League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rek'Sai Nerf

Queen's Wrath

  • •Base bonus damage reduced to 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 from 15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 95.
  • •Bonus AD ratio reduced to 30% from 40%.

Prey Seeker

  • •AP ratio reduced to 70% from 100%.

Unburrow

  • •Bonus AD ratio reduced to 40% from 50%.
Sona League of Legends Patch NotesPC Sona Nerf

Stats

  • •Movement speed reduced to 325 from 330.

Power Chord

  • •Hymn of Valor's Staccato damage reduced to 40% from 50%.
Syndra League of Legends Patch NotesPC Syndra Nerf

Dark Sphere

  • •Base damage reduced to 50 / 95 / 140 / 185 / 230 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.

Scatter the Weak

  • •Now checks for Dark Spheres more strictly.
Ahri League of Legends Patch NotesPC Ahri Change

General

  • •New splash artwork for Original.
Azir League of Legends Patch NotesPC Azir Change

Arise!

  • •Fixed a bug where a sand soldier would appear to attack but fail to do damage.
Evelynn League of Legends Patch NotesPC Evelynn Change

Shadow Walk

  • •Bonus mana regeneration while stealthed changed to +2% missing mana per second from +1% maximum mana per second.

Ravage

  • •Strikes now apply on-hit effects.
  • •Strikes no longer apply spell effects.
Fizz League of Legends Patch NotesPC Fizz Change

Urchin Strike

  • •Fixed a bug where it wouldn't proc Sheen if used too close to the target.
Renekton League of Legends Patch NotesPC Renekton Change

Reign of Anger

  • •Fury decay rate increased to 4 per second from 2.

Cull the Meek

  • •Healing is no longer affected by armor and is defined as specific values instead of a percentage of damage dealt. The healing cap remains unchanged.
  • •Healing against minions changed to 3 / 4.5 / 6 / 7.5 / 9 (+4% bonus AD) from 5% of damage dealt.
  • •Healing against champions changed to 9 / 13.5 / 18 / 22.5 / 27 (+12% bonus AD) from 20% of damage dealt.
  • •Empowered healing against minions changed to 9 / 13.5 / 18 / 22.5 / 27 (+12% bonus AD) from 10% of damage dealt.
  • •Empowered healing against champions changed to 27 / 40.5 / 54 / 67.5 / 81 (+36% bonus AD) from 40% of damage dealt.
  • •Fury generation against minions reduced to 2.5 from 5.
  • •Fury generation against champions increased to 10 from 5.

Ruthless Predator

  • •Now generates a bonus 10 Fury against champions.

Slice and Dice

  • •Now generates 2.5 Fury for each minion hit and 10 Fury for each enemy champion hit.
Rumble League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rumble Change

Electro Harpoon

  • •Fixed a bug where the cooldown between Harpoon casts was shorter on Super Galaxy.
Sion League of Legends Patch NotesPC Sion Change

Glory in Death

  • •Fixed a bug where if Sion was killed while affected by a healing debuff (ex. Grievous Wounds), he would revive in his zombie form with reduced health.
Xerath League of Legends Patch NotesPC Xerath Change

Shocking Orb

  • •Tooltip updated to reflect the actual maximum stun duration of 2.25 seconds from incorrectly listing 2 seconds.

Items

General

  • •Recipe: Raptor Cloak + Negatron Cloak + 950g = 2800g
  • •Stats: +50 armor, +50 magic resistance, +100% base health regeneration
  • •Unique Passive - Point Runner: Grants +30% bonus movement speed that build up over 2 seconds when near turrets or Void Gates.
  • •Unique Active: Spawns a gate at the target location for 150 seconds (150 second cooldown, can't be placed near turrets). Every 4 seconds the gate spawns a volatile voidspawn that travels down the nearest lane. Voidspawn will behave as standard minions except they will ignore champions and explode on contact with a turret, dealing a burst of damage. After 4 seconds, a voidspawn's health will rapidly decay to 0. The fourth voidspawn and every voidspawn thereafter will deal bonus damage equal to 50% of your resistances.
  • •Void Gate
  • •Health: X + (Yxlevel)
  • •Voidspawn
  • •Health: X + (Yxlevel)
  • •Attack Damage: X + (Yxlevel) increasing by (+50% armor) (+50% magic resistance) after 3 voidlings have spawned
  • •Explosion Damage: X + (Yxlevel) increasing by (+50% armor) (+50% magic resistance) after 3 voidlings have spawned
Farsight Orb League of Legends ItemPC Farsight Orb Buff

General

  • •Cost reduced to 250g from 475g.
Greater Stealth Totem League of Legends ItemPC Greater Stealth Totem Buff

General

  • •Cost reduced to 250g from 475g.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 60 seconds from 90.
Greater Vision Totem League of Legends ItemPC Greater Vision Totem Buff

General

  • •Cost reduced to 250g from 475g.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 120 seconds from 180.
Guardian Angel League of Legends ItemPC Guardian Angel Buff

General

  • •Combine cost reduced to 1200g from 1250g.
  • •Total cost reduced to 2800g from 2850g.
Hunter's Machete League of Legends ItemPC Hunter's Machete Buff

General

  • •Bonus gold increased to 15 from 10.
Phantom Dancer League of Legends ItemPC Phantom Dancer Buff

General

  • •Critical strike chance increased to 35% from 30%.
Poacher's Knife League of Legends ItemPC Poacher's Knife Buff

General

  • •Bonus gold increased to 30 from 20.
  • •The cooldown reduction mechanic now affects the recharge timer instead of the cooldown.
Ranger's Trailblazer League of Legends ItemPC Ranger's Trailblazer Buff

General

  • •Bonus gold increased to 30 from 20.
Skirmisher's Sabre League of Legends ItemPC Skirmisher's Sabre Buff

General

  • •Bonus gold increased to 30 from 20.
Infinity Edge League of Legends ItemPC Infinity Edge Nerf

General

  • •Critical strike chance reduced to 20% from 25%.
Morellonomicon League of Legends ItemPC Morellonomicon Nerf

General

  • •Recipe cost increased to 880g from 680g.
  • •Total cost increased to 2300g from 2100g.
Oracle's Lens Nerf

General

  • •Cooldown increased to 75 seconds from 60.
Stalker's Blade League of Legends ItemPC Stalker's Blade Change

General

  • •Bonus gold increased to 30 from 20.
  • •Chilling Smite slow reduced to 20% from 50%.
  • •Chilling Smite now steals the movement speed, granting the user a bonus.

System Changes

Map & Terrain League of Legends ChangesPC Map & Terrain Change

Map textures

  • •Very Low and Low texture settings have been updated to be sharper and less noisy.
Summoner Spells League of Legends ChangesPC Summoner Spells Change

Smite

  • •Now uses a charge system, regenerating charges every 75 seconds, storing up to 2 charges from a cooldown of seconds.
  • •Smite starts with 1 charge and only begins to gain additional charges at 1:40.
  • •Cooldown between Smite casts changed to 15 seconds.
Turrets & Structures League of Legends ChangesPC Turrets & Structures Change

Turret aggro

  • •Flash and other movement abilities that relocate a champion's hitbox no longer drop turret aggro if used at a certain time during the turret attack cycle.

League of Legends Patch 5.1 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 5.1 release?
League of Legends Patch 5.1 was released on Jan 15, 2015.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 5.1?
Patch 5.1 included changes to 21 champions (5 buffs, 8 nerfs, 8 adjustments), plus 14 item updates and 3 game system updates. See the full breakdown above.
Which champions changed in League of Legends Patch 5.1?
League of Legends Patch 5.1 changed 21 champions. Buffed: Alistar, Elise, Hecarim, Kalista and Skarner. Nerfed: Corki, Gnar, Janna, Jayce, Nautilus, Rek'Sai, Sona and Syndra. Adjusted: Ahri, Azir, Evelynn, Fizz, Renekton, Rumble, Sion and Xerath.
What new items were added in League of Legends Patch 5.1?
League of Legends Patch 5.1 added 1 new item: Zz'Rot Portal (new item).
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 5.1?
The previous League of Legends patch was 4.21.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 5.1?
The next League of Legends patch is 5.2.