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League of Legends Patch 8.5
League of Legends Patch 8.5 was released on Mar 7, 2018. This update included changes to 21 champions, with 8 buffs, 3 nerfs, 9 adjustments.
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Kai'Sa
Jhin
Nocturne
Olaf
Rengar
Shyvana
Swain
Twitch
Zoe
Azir
Galio
Skarner
Alistar
Cho'Gath
Janna
Jarvan IV
Lux
Ryze
Sion
Tristana
VolibearItems
Warmog's ArmorNerfs (3)
Relic Shield
Frostfang
Haunting Guise
Liandry's Torment
Spellthief's EdgeChampions
Second Skin (Innate)
- •Innate: Kai'Sa's basic attacks deal 7 to 12 (based on level) (+ 1 to 9 (based on level) per Plasma stack) (+ 10%/15%/20%/25%/30% (at level 0/1/2/3/4) (based on Plasma stacks) AP) bonus magic damage.
- •Caustic Wounds: Kai'Sa's basic attacks, Void Seeker and nearby allies' immobilize effects mark enemies with Plasma for 4 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. At 4 Plasma, Kai'Sa's next attack ruptures the target, dealing 15% to 20% (based on level) (+ 2.5% per 100 AP) of target's missing health as bonus magic damage, capped at 400 against monsters.
- •Living Weapon: When reaching a certain amount of stat from items and base stats, Kai'Sa can evolve the related basic ability. This has a channel time of 2 seconds, and the upgrade is canceled if the said amount of stat isn't reached anymore.
Icathian Rain (Q)
- •Active: Kai'Sa releases a swarm of 6 missiles that evenly distributes among nearby enemies, each dealing 45/61.25/77.5/93.75/110 (+ 40% bonus AD) (+ 20% AP) physical damage. Non-minions take 30% damage from missiles beyond their first. Minions below 35% health take 100% increased damage.
- •Second Skin: Requires 100 bonus attack damage to upgrade – Icathian Rain fires 12 missiles.
- •Mana Cost: 55
- •Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds
Void Seeker (W)
- •Active: After a 0.5-second delay, Kai'Sa fires a Void blast in the target direction, stopping at the first enemy hit, dealing 20/45/70/95/120 (+ 150% AD) (+ 65% AP) magic damage, true sight for 4 seconds and applying 2 Plasma.
- •Second Skin: Requires 100 ability power to upgrade – Void Seeker applies 3 Plasma and refunds 50% of the cooldown against enemy champions.
- •Target Range: 2500
- •Mana Cost: 55/60/65/70/75
- •Cooldown: 22/20/18/16/14 seconds
Supercharge (E)
- •Active: Kai'Sa disarm for 1.5 to 0.75 (based on bonus attack speed) seconds, during which gains 40/45/50/55/60% bonus movement speed, increased by 0% to 100% (based on bonus attack speed).
- •After charging up, Kai'Sa gains 40/50/60/70/80% bonus attack speed for 5 seconds.
- •Kai'Sa's basic attacks reduce Supercharge's cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
- •Second Skin: Requires 100% bonus attack speed to upgrade – Supercharge grants invisibility for 0.5 seconds.
- •Mana Cost: 30
- •Cooldown: 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds
Killer Instinct (R)
- •Active: Kai'Sa dashes to a target location near an enemy champion with Plasma and shields herself for 75/100/125 (+ 100/150/200% AD) (+ 75% AP) for 3 seconds.
- •Target Range: 1500/2000/2500
- •Mana Cost: 100
- •Cooldown: 110/90/70 seconds
Stats
- •Base attack damage increased to 65 from 62.46.
Icathian Rain
- •Cooldown reduced to 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds from 10/9/8/7/6.
- •Mana cost reduced to 45 from 55.
Whisper
- •Passive attack damage increased to 4% to 44% (based on level) from 2% to 40% (based on level).
Dancing Grenade
- •AD ratio increased to 40/47.5/55/62.5/70% AD from 40/45/50/55/60% AD.
Deadly Flourish
- •New Effect: Any of Jhin's damage now marks enemy champions with Caught Out, allowing the root with Deadly Flourish.
Umbra Blades
- •Base heal changed to 15 to 40 (based on level) from 10/18/26 (at level 1/7/13).
- •New Effect: Basic attacks against enemy champion now instead reduces the cooldown by 2 seconds per hit.
Duskbringer
- •Missile speed increased to 1600 from 1400.
Shroud of Darkness
- •New Effect: If Shroud of Darkness is active when Nocturne re-casts Paranoia to dash to a target, it'll stay active until Nocturne reaches his target.
Paranoia
- •Enemy nearsight and recast duration increased to 6 seconds from 4.
Reckless Swing
- •Cooldown reduced to 11/10/9/8/7 seconds from 12/11/10/9/8.
- •AD ratio increased to 50% AD from 40% AD.
Ragnarok
- •Active bonus AD reduced to 15/20/25 from 40/60/80.
- •New Effect: Active bonus AD now scales with 30% AD.
Unseen Predator
- •Ferocity fall-off timer increased to 8 seconds from 6.
- •New Effect: Only the spell used to gain full Ferocity is locked out.
- •Lockout duration on gaining full Ferocity for Savagery and Bola Strike reduced to 0.1 seconds from 0.25.
Savagery
- •Base damage increased to 30/60/90/120/150 from 20/50/80/110/140.
- •AD ratio changed to 0/5/10/15/20% AD from 10% AD at all ranks.
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the empowered attack frame was slightly faster than base Savagery.
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Tiamat could sometimes cause his basic attacks to use Savagery's animation.
- •Bug Fix: If Rengar was basic attacking a target before casting a spell, he'll now continue stabbing them when the spell completes rather than forgetting what he was doing and standing around awkwardly.
Bola Strike
- •New Effect: If Rengar presses Savagery or Battle Roar during Bola Strike's cast time, he'll now buffer those spells and cast them when Bola Strike completes.
Thrill of the Hunt
- •New Effect: Rengar's true vision now lingers on his target until the leap completes, rather than when the leap starts.
Death's Hand
- •Cooldown reduced to 5.5/4.75/4/3.25/2.5 seconds from 7.5/6.25/5/3.75/2.5.
Vision of Empire
- •Effect radius increased to 325 from 265.
Nevermove
- •Radius increased to 100 from 70.
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Nevermove was starting its return a frame too slowly.
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Nevermove would sometimes not root its primary target hit by the return portion.
Demonic Ascension
- •New Effect: Demon Flare now passes through champions. Effects like Wind Wall and Unbreakable still block the portion of the nova they intercept.
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where his ultimate cooldown indicator was displaying as always available to his allies.
Contaminate
- •Base damage increased to 20/30/40/50/60 from 20/25/30/35/40.
Stats
- •Base attack range increased to 550 from 525.
Paddle Star!
- •Base damage increased to 50/75/100/125/150 from 45/60/75/90/105.
- •New Effect: Base damage now also increases by 7 to 50 (based on level).
- •AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 20% AP.
- •Removed: No longer applies More Sparkles! damage to the first unit hit.
- •New Effect: Now deals 20% reduced damage to enemies not directly hit.
Spell Thief
- •Bubble acquisition range increased to 550 from 525.
- •Base damage increased to 75/120/165/210/255 from 70/115/160/205/250.
- •AP ratio increased to 75% AP from 60% AP.
Conquering Sands
- •Base damage reduced to 60/80/100/120/140 from 70/95/120/145/170.
Winds of War
- •Mana cost increased to 70/85/100/115/130 from 70/75/80/85/90.
- •Cooldown increased to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 10/9/8/7/6.
Headbutt
- •Bug Fix: Can now correctly queue up orders other than Pulverize during Headbutt.
Battlecast Prime
- •Vorpal Spikes
- •Bug Fix: No longer use classic SFX when he has 10+ stacks of Feast.
Forecast
- •Bug Fix: "I'm live at the scene and it's just... cats and dogs here" VO line once again plays at the beginning of the match if conditions are met.
Dark Star
- •Bug Fix: Recall VFX no longer appear underground when he uses Zhonya's Hourglass.
Light Binding
- •Bug Fix: Projectile now visually disappears after it hits a second target, since it doesn't actually do anything after that point.
Spell Flux
- •Base damage increased to 70/90/110/130/150 from 50/75/100/125/150.
- •New Effect: Spreading Spell Flux now only deals 50% damage.
Realm Warp
- •Cooldown increased to 180 seconds from 120.
Roar of the Slayer
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that made Roar of the Slayer's pass-through damage radius much wider than intended.
- •Bug Fix: Jungle monsters launched by Roar of the Slayer now properly damage enemy champions.
Stats
- •Base attack range reduced to 525 from 550.
Draw a Bead
- •Bonus attack range increased to 0 to 136 (based on level) from 0 to 119 (based on level).
Rocket Jump
- •Base damage increased to 85/135/185/235/285 from 60/110/160/210/260.
Items
General
- •Active Frost Bolt base damage increased to 100 to 200 (based on level) from 75 to 150 (based on level).
- •Active Frost Bolt slow increased to 65% from 40%.
General
- •Gold per coin increased to 45 gold from 40 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Undocumented: Gold per coin increased to 45 gold from 40 gold.
General
- •Warmog's Heart health threshold increased to 3000 from 2750.
General
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Bonus health reduced to 15% from 20%.
General
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Damage multiplier against turrets no longer stacks with the identical multiplier Hand of Baron grants to siege minions.
General
- •New Effect: Before quest completion, killing minions and non-epic monsters pauses Tribute stack generation and the passive gold generation.
- •Tribute gold generated increased to 20 gold from 15 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Bug Fix: The Madness passive no longer modifies true damage, matching rules around other damage-amplifying effects.
General
- •Bug Fix: The Madness passive no longer modifies true damage, matching rules around other damage-amplifying effects.
General
- •Gold per coin increased to 45 gold from 40 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Passive gold per 10 seconds increased to 4 gold from 2 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •New Effect: Before quest completion, killing minions and non-epic monsters pauses Tribute stack generation and the passive gold generation.
- •Tribute gold generated increased to 20 gold from 15 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a tooltip bug where selling it then undoing the sell would restore the stacks you had before selling, but cause the counter on the buff bar to visually restart.
General
- •New Effect: Before quest completion, killing minions and non-epic monsters pauses Tribute stack generation and the passive gold generation.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Passive gold per 10 seconds increased to 4 gold from 2 gold.
- •Removed: Granting Bandit.
General
- •Bug Fix: Completing the quest line no longer causes the Spoils of War passive to heal for an incorrect amount.