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League of Legends Patch 5.18 was released on Sep 16, 2015. This update included changes to 27 champions, with 5 buffs, 7 nerfs, 15 adjustments.

Caitlyn LoL Patch NotesPCCaitlynBuff

Yordle Snap Trap

  • Mana cost reduced to 30 from 50.
  • Cooldown reduced to 16/14/12/10/8 seconds from 20/17/14/11/8.
Jarvan IV LoL Patch NotesPCJarvan IVBuff

Stats

  • Base armor increased to 29 from 27.

Martial Cadence

  • Fixed a visual bug where Martial Cadence empowered autoattacks were sometimes not playing an animation.
Morgana LoL Patch NotesPCMorganaBuff

Dark Binding

  • Mana cost reduced to 50/55/60/65/70 from 50/60/70/80/90.
Syndra LoL Patch NotesPCSyndraBuff

Stats

  • Mana growth increased to 63 from 50.

Scatter the Weak / Dark Sphere

  • Fixed a bug where spheres would sometimes not be knocked back if near maximum range.
Veigar LoL Patch NotesPCVeigarBuff

Baleful Strike

  • The passive will now generate AP on assists.

Dark Matter

  • Cast time removed (previously 0.25 seconds). Veigar must still complete a 0.25 second casting animation to begin issuing new commands, but all effects now happen instantly.
  • Total delay effectively reduced to 1.25 seconds from 1.5.
Azir LoL Patch NotesPCAzirNerf

Emperor's Divide

  • No longer pushes back/damages Zz'Rot Portal
Braum LoL Patch NotesPCBraumNerf

Winter's Bite

  • Mana cost increased to 55/60/65/70/75 from 45/50/55/60/65.
Fiora LoL Patch NotesPCFioraNerf

Stats

  • Base health reduced to 550 from 570.
  • Health per level reduced to 85 from 92.
  • Base armor reduced to 24 from 27.

Lunge

  • Hitting an enemy will now reveal Fiora to them.

Riposte

  • Fixed a bug where Riposte wouldn't block Death Sentence.
  • Tooltip now mentions all debuffs are blockable.
Gangplank LoL Patch NotesPCGangplankNerf

Powder Keg

  • Bonus physical damage to champions reduced to 60/90/120/150/180 from 80/110/140/170/200.
  • Armor penetration reduced to 40% from 50%.
Lulu LoL Patch NotesPCLuluNerf

Stats

  • Health growth reduced to 74 from 82.

Pix, Faerie Companion

  • Now triggers Tribute once per attack (while attached to Lulu only).
Skarner LoL Patch NotesPCSkarnerNerf

Crystal Spires

  • Fixed a bug where the bonus attack speed and movement speed were scaling too quickly early game.

Fracture

  • Slow reduced to 30/35/40/45/50 % from 45/50/55/60/65 %.
Twitch LoL Patch NotesPCTwitchNerf

Ambush

  • Re-stealth timer when taking damage reduced to 4.5 seconds from 6.
Anivia LoL Patch NotesPCAniviaChange

General

  • Epic monsters are no longer immune to the Chill debuff, but will still resist the crowd control.
Cassiopeia LoL Patch NotesPCCassiopeiaChange

Miasma

  • Fixed a bug where Miasma would be sometimes invisible to the enemy team.
Corki LoL Patch NotesPCCorkiChange

Valkyrie

  • Fixed a bug where Valkyrie was dealing damage too frequently.
Darius LoL Patch NotesPCDariusChange

Hemorrhage

  • Fixed a bug where Darius would gain Noxian Might even if the target blocked the 5th stack of Hemorrhage (e.g. with a spellshield).

Decimate

  • Healing reduced to 12% from 15%.
  • Maximum healing increased to 36% from 30%.
  • Mana cost increased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 30 at all ranks.
Elise LoL Patch NotesPCEliseChange

Spider Queen

  • Base damage reduced to 10/15/20/25 from 10/20/30/40.
  • AOE mitigation increased to 25% from 20%.
Ezreal LoL Patch NotesPCEzrealChange

Arcane Shift

  • Now scales with 50% bonus AD.
Galio LoL Patch NotesPCGalioChange

Idol of Durand

  • Idol of Durand can't be cancelled by movement commands for the first 0.25 seconds of its duration if it strikes at least one enemy champion.
Garen LoL Patch NotesPCGarenChange

Demacian Justice

  • Kills against Garen will no longer be considered for determining the villain.
  • Killing champion clones will not longer be considered a kill for determining the villain.
Mordekaiser LoL Patch NotesPCMordekaiserChange

Stats

  • Base armor reduced to 20 from 24.88.
  • Armor growth increased to 3.75 from 3.5.

Harvester of Sorrow

  • Health cost increased to 25/35/45/55/65 from 0 at all ranks.
  • New Effect: If self-cast while no allies are nearby, you will instantly use the secondary active.
  • Damage per second ability power ratio increased to (+22.5% AP) from (+15% AP).
  • Damage zones no longer overlap for double damage.
  • Reactivation base damage increased to 70/95/120/145/170 from 50/70/90/110/130.
  • Healing on minions reduced to 25% of reactivation damage from 33%.
  • Maximum number of targets harvested reduced to 2 from 3.
Riven LoL Patch NotesPCRivenChange

Broken Wings

  • Fixed a bug where Broken Wings cooldown was improperly reset at the end if certain actions occurred in between casts
Tahm Kench LoL Patch NotesPCTahm KenchChange

Tongue Lash

  • Smoothed out the interaction between the Tongue Lash + Devour combo for normal cast. Now, casting Devour at any point while the tongue is mid-air will allow you to eat a monster or minion from a distance instead of needing to left-click devour mid-lash.

Thick Skin

  • Grey health now has a colorblind variant.
Tristana LoL Patch NotesPCTristanaChange

Explosive Charge

  • Explosive Charge no longer fizzles if detonated at 4 stacks by Rocket Jump. There's supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom.
Viktor LoL Patch NotesPCViktorChange

General

  • Fixed a few cases where Viktor was gaining mana when hit by certain abilities.
Zac LoL Patch NotesPCZacChange

Elastic Slingshot

  • Updated the tooltip to reflect the new maximum channel time. 0.9/1.05/1.2/1.35/1.5 seconds instead of 0.9/1/1.1/1.2/1.3.
  • Updated the indicator to reflect the new maximum range from last patch.
Zyra LoL Patch NotesPCZyraChange

General

  • Plant priority updated: (changes in bold)
  • Against champions, Zyra's basic attacks apply a high-priority mark for 3 seconds and her plants apply a lesser-priority mark on their target for 3 seconds.
  • # Sources of taunt, even if they are out of range.
  • # High-priority marks, prioritizing the most recently applied.
  • # Lesser-priority marks, prioritizing those nearest to the plant.
  • # Champions within 350 units of the plant (prioritizing nearest).
  • # Non-champions Zyra has recently attacked (prioritizing most recent).
  • # Any unit in range (prioritizing closest).
  • Fixed a bug where plants would sometimes remain aggroed on targets they cannot see, preventing them for attacking.
  • Fixed a bug where a plants second attack would sometimes take a long time to begin.
  • Plants will now rotate to face their next target faster.

Items

Warrior LoL ItemPCWarriorBuff

General

  • Attack damage increased to 45 from 40.
Devourer LoL ItemPCDevourerNerf

General

  • Damage per stack reduced to 0.67 from 1.
Sated Devourer LoL ItemPCSated DevourerNerf

General

  • On-hit damage reduced to 50 from 60.
Zeke's Harbinger LoL ItemPCZeke's HarbingerNerf

General

  • Armor reduced to 30 from 35.
  • Timer before charge is lost reduced to 5 seconds from 8. Buff duration unchanged.
Dead Man's Plate LoL ItemPCDead Man's PlateChange

General

  • Tooltip updated to clarify that silences and blinds do not affect momentum generation/decay.
  • Fixed a bug where Whimsy was not affecting Momentum.