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League of Legends Patch 5.5

League of Legends Patch 5.5 was released on Mar 12, 2015. This update included changes to 28 champions, with 13 buffs, 2 nerfs, 12 adjustments. It also updated 10 items, including 3 new items. The patch also changed 1 game system: Wards & Vision.

Champions

Bard League of Legends Patch NotesPC Bard NEW

General

  • •New champion.
Gragas League of Legends Patch NotesPC Gragas Buff

Stats

  • •Base mana increased to 400 from 299.96.

Drunken Rage

  • •Max damage dealt to monsters increased to 300 from 250.
Kassadin League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kassadin Buff

General

  • •Model upgrade to all skins.
  • •Some new animations.
  • •New ability icons.

Riftwalk

  • •Range increased to 500 from 450.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 50/100/200/400/800 from 60/120/240/480/960.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 6/4/2 seconds from 7/5/3.
Katarina League of Legends Patch NotesPC Katarina Buff

General

  • •New ability icons.
Shyvana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Shyvana Buff

Flame Breath

  • •Maximum health damage increased to 2.5% from 2%.
Sion League of Legends Patch NotesPC Sion Buff

Decimating Smash

  • •Mana cost reduced to 45 at all ranks from 45/50/55/60/65.
  • •Minimum AD ratio increased to 65% from 60%.
  • •Maximum AD ratio increased to 195% from 180%.

Roar of the Slayer

  • •Mana cost increased to 35/40/45/50/55 from 35 at all ranks.
Skarner League of Legends Patch NotesPC Skarner Buff

Crystal Slash

  • •Base physical damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 18/28/38/48/58.
  • •Base magic damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 18/28/38/48/58.

Fracture

  • •Base damage increased to 40/75/110/145/180 from 40/60/80/100/120.
Tristana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Tristana Buff

Rapid Fire

  • •New Effect: Tristana's basic attacks against targets with Explosive Charge reduce Rapid Fire's cooldown by 1 second.
Trundle League of Legends Patch NotesPC Trundle Buff

King's Tribute

  • •Range increased to 1400 from 1000.

Frozen Domain

  • •Healing modifier increased to 20% at all ranks from 8/11/14/17/20%.

Subjugate

  • •Fixed a bug that caused Subjugate to only steal 36% of the target's resistances instead of 40%.
Veigar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Veigar Buff

Baleful Strike

  • •Missile speed increased to 2200 from 1750.
  • •Fixed a bug where Baleful Strike would fail to cast if you got CC'd during the cast.

Event Horizon

  • •Delay reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.75.
  • •Warning particle effect is now placed immediately instead of after the 0.25 second cast time. "Consequently, enemies still have 0.75 seconds to react."
Volibear League of Legends Patch NotesPC Volibear Buff

Frenzy

  • •New Effect: Using Frenzy active against a monster reduces the cooldown by 50%.
Xin Zhao League of Legends Patch NotesPC Xin Zhao Buff

Battle Cry

  • •Base heal increased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 26/32/38/44/50.

Audacious Charge

  • •Base damage increased to 70/110/150/190/230 from 70/105/140/175/210.
Zac League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zac Buff

Unstable Matter

  • •Zac can now pre-emptively reduce the cooldown of his next Unstable Matter by up to 1 second if he picks up chunks while Unstable Matter is already available.

Elastic Slingshot

  • •Knockback duration increased to 1 second from 0.5.
Zilean League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zilean Buff

Time Bomb

  • •Cooldown reduced to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 12/11/10/9/8.
Lissandra League of Legends Patch NotesPC Lissandra Nerf

Ice Shard

  • •Base damage reduced to 70/100/130/160/190 from 75/110/145/180/215.
Vi League of Legends Patch NotesPC Vi Nerf

Stats

  • •Base movement speed reduced to 345 from 350.

Assault and Battery

  • •Base damage reduced to 150/300/450 from 200/325/450
Azir League of Legends Patch NotesPC Azir Change

Sand soldiers deal damage in a fixed-length line that extends beyond their maximum attack range. Last patch's reduction to their attack range is being reverted, and the bonus range is instead being reduced.

Stats

  • •Base attack speed increased to 0.625 from 0.6.

Arise!

  • •Sand Soldiers
  • •Attack range increased to 375 from 325.
  • •Damage range beyond attack range reduced to 50 from 100. Total range remains at 425.
Gangplank League of Legends Patch NotesPC Gangplank Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where targets with slow immunity would also resist the damage over time.
Karma League of Legends Patch NotesPC Karma Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where allies surrounding Karma's target were granted the inspire portion of the shield, instead of half of the defiance damage.
Karthus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Karthus Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where enemies champions were sometimes not slowed if they dashed through the wall.
Nautilus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nautilus Change

Titan's Wrath

  • •Base damage reduced to 30/40/50/60/70 from 40/55/70/85/100.
  • •Shield increased to 9/11/13/15/17% of maximum health from 7/9.5/12/14.5/17%.

Riptide

  • •Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 30% AP) from (+ 50% AP).
  • •Maximum ability power ratio reduced to (+60% AP) from (+100% AP).
  • •Slow duration reduced to 1.25 seconds from 2.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds from 10 at all ranks.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 40/50/60/70/80 from 60/70/80/90/100.
Nidalee League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nidalee Change

Bushwhack

  • •Base damage increased to 40/80/120/160/200 from 20/40/60/80/100.
  • •No longer deals bonus damage equal to 10/12/14/16/18% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's current health.
  • •Now scales with (+ 20% AP).
Rek'Sai League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rek'Sai Change

General

  • •Tunnels are now numbered when you put your cursor over the ability icon, allowing you to easily tell which tunnel will be replaced.
Singed League of Legends Patch NotesPC Singed Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where Fling would often fail to root targets when they landed in Mega Adhesive.
Sona League of Legends Patch NotesPC Sona Change

Power Chord

  • •No longer consumed versus Farsight Ward or Sentinel.

Crescendo

  • •Mana cost reduced to 100 from 100/150/200.
Soraka League of Legends Patch NotesPC Soraka Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where the sweetspot multiplier was not affecting the AP ratio.
Urgot League of Legends Patch NotesPC Urgot Change

Terror Capacitor

  • •Base shield reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 80/130/180/230/280.
  • •Now scales with (+ 8% of max. mana).

Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser

  • •Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 120/110/100.
Varus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Varus Change

Piercing Arrow

  • •Cooldown now begins on the first cast instead of when the arrow is fired.

Items

Bami's Cinder League of Legends ItemPC Bami's Cinder NEW

General

  • •Recipe: Ruby Crystal + 600g = 1000g
  • •Stats: 300 health
  • •Unique Passive - Immolate: Deals 5 (+ 1 per champion level) magic damage per second to nearby enemies. Deals 50% bonus damage to minions and monsters.
Cinderhulk League of Legends ItemPC Cinderhulk NEW

General

  • •Recipe: Tier-2 Jungle Item + Bami's Cinder + 350g = 2200g
  • •Stats: 350 health
  • •Unique Passive: + 25% bonus health
  • •Unique Passive - Immolate: While in combat, deals between 16 (+ 1 per champion level) and 24 (+ 1.5 per champion level) magic damage per second to nearby enemies based on the time spent in combat.
Luden's Echo League of Legends ItemPC Luden's Echo NEW

General

  • •Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod + Aether Wisp + 650g = 3100g
  • •Stats: 120 ability power and 7% movement speed.
  • •Unique Passive: Gain charges upon moving or spellcasting. At 100 charges, the next instance of ability damage you deal will expend the charges to deal 100 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage to a single target and summon up to 3 lesser bolts that target nearby enemies (prioritizing enemies damaged by the ability, and champions over minions). The splash damage will apply spell effects.
Raptor Cloak League of Legends ItemPC Raptor Cloak Buff

General

  • •Armor increased to 40 from 30.
  • •Point Runner now works with fallen turrets and Shurima's Legacy.
Righteous Glory League of Legends ItemPC Righteous Glory Buff

General

  • •Health increased to 650 from 500.
Zz'Rot Portal League of Legends ItemPC Zz'Rot Portal Buff

General

  • •Armor increased to 60 from 50.
  • •Magic Resist increased to 60 from 50.
  • •Point Runner now works with fallen turrets and Shurima's Legacy.
  • •Voidspawn
  • •Base attack damage increased to 50 from 20 (damage to minions).
  • •Base ability power increased to 100 from 50 (damage to turrets).
  • •Time before decaying increased to 5.5 seconds from 4 seconds.
  • •Target acquisition range versus inhibitors increased to 350 from 300.
  • •Target acquisition range versus towers increased to 450 from 300.
Juggernaut League of Legends ItemPC Juggernaut Nerf

General

  • •Removed.
Ohmwrecker League of Legends ItemPC Ohmwrecker Change

General

  • •Point Runner now works with fallen turrets and Sun Discs.
Sunfire Cape League of Legends ItemPC Sunfire Cape Change

General

  • •Reciped changed to Bami's Cinder + Chain Vest + 850g. Total cost unchanged.
  • •Unique passive now named Immolate.
Sweeping Lens League of Legends ItemPC Sweeping Lens Change

System Changes

Wards & Vision League of Legends ChangesPC Wards & Vision Change

Party Rewards

  • •Play with friends and earn bonus IP.
  • •Prizes vary from nothing to 16x IP.
  • •"Stack" with IP boosts. Unclear if this means that you can receive both, or whether Party Rewards will modify the boosted IP for double-double IP!
  • •You have a better chance of winning and winning better prizes with larger parties.
  • •Each queue has a modified list of rewards:
  • •Super rare rewards (16x) are only available in Matchmade Summoner's Rift.
  • •Co-Op games have the poorest pool of rewards.
  • •Party rewards are only earned by your party members. In the event of two parties being matched together (e.g. a pair and a trio), they won't affect or gain each other's rewards.

League of Legends Patch 5.5 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 5.5 release?
League of Legends Patch 5.5 was released on Mar 12, 2015.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 5.5?
Patch 5.5 included changes to 28 champions (13 buffs, 2 nerfs, 12 adjustments), plus 10 item updates and 1 game system update. See the full breakdown above.
Which champions changed in League of Legends Patch 5.5?
League of Legends Patch 5.5 changed 28 champions. Buffed: Gragas, Kassadin, Katarina, Shyvana, Sion, Skarner, Tristana, Trundle, Veigar, Volibear, Xin Zhao and Zac and 1 more. Nerfed: Lissandra and Vi. Adjusted: Azir, Gangplank, Karma, Karthus, Nautilus, Nidalee, Rek'Sai, Singed, Sona, Soraka, Urgot and Varus. Added: Bard.
What new items were added in League of Legends Patch 5.5?
League of Legends Patch 5.5 added 3 new items: Bami's Cinder, Cinderhulk, Luden's Echo.
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 5.5?
The previous League of Legends patch was 5.4.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 5.5?
The next League of Legends patch is 5.6.