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League of Legends Patch 9.4
League of Legends Patch 9.4 was released on Feb 21, 2019. This update included changes to 35 champions, with 5 buffs, 7 nerfs, 23 adjustments.
Azir
Gnar
Hecarim
Trundle
Zed
Karthus
Lucian
Riven
Sivir
Thresh
Urgot
YasuoChanges (23)
Anivia
Dr. Mundo
Gragas
Kai'Sa
Kalista
Katarina
Kennen
Lux
Miss Fortune
Neeko
Nunu & Willump
Olaf
Quinn
Rek'Sai
Rengar
Shen
Sylas
Tryndamere
Twisted Fate
Twitch
Varus
Wukong
ZyraItems
Buffs (2)
Essence Reaver
Rapid FirecannonNerfs (1)
StormrazorChanges (2)
Kircheis Shard
Statikk ShivChampions
Rage Gene
- •Mega Gnar armor growth increased to 5.5 from 4.5.
- •Mega Gnar magic resistance growth increased to 4 from 2.
Rampage
- •Mana cost reduced to 28/31/34/37/40 from 32/34/36/38/40.
Devastating Charge
- •Cooldown reduced to 20/19/18/17/16 seconds from 24/22/20/18/16.
Frozen Domain
- •Mana cost reduced to 40 from 60.
- •Bonus attack speed increased to 20/40/60/80/100% from 20/35/50/65/80%.
Stats
- •Attack speed growth increased to 3.3% from 2.1%.
Razor Shuriken
- •Base damage increased to 90/125/160/195/230 from 80/115/150/185/220.
- •Bonus AD ratio increased to 100% bonus AD from 90%.
Living Shadow
- •Recast range increased to 1950 units from 1300.
- •Cooldown reduced to 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds from 22/20/18/16/14.
Death Mark
- •Removed - Reaper of Shadows: No longer grants Zed permanent 5 (+ 5/10/15% of target's AD) bonus AD upon takedown.
Lay Waste
- •Base damage reduced to 45/65/85/105/125 from 50/70/90/110/130.
- •Isolated base damage reduced to 90/130/170/210/250 from 100/140/180/220/260.
- •Bug Fix: Now triggers runes more consistently.
Ardent Blaze
- •Mana cost increased to 70 from 50.
- •Base damage reduced to 75/110/145/180/215 from 85/125/165/205/245.
General
- •Updated visual effects.
- •Basic attack visual noise reduced.
Runic Blade
- •Sword and hand now glow instead of creating a green energy ball with rune trails on top of her hand.
Broken Wings
- •VFX updated to be less noise and unique per cast.
- •Ground damage VFX added to indicate area of effect.
Ki Burst
- •VFX updated to reduce visual noise on the ground symbol and better indicate area of effect.
Valor
- •Dash and shield VFX updated.
- •Shield runes changed to be the pieces of her sword.
Blade of the Exile
- •Buff VFX surrounding her cleaned up
- •Stronger buff VFX added to her sword.
- •Other ability VFX properly indicates increased area of effect while R is active.
Wind Slash
- •VFX is clearer and now appears as a single strike.
Battle Bunny
- •VFX recolored orange.
- •E shield runes are carrots.
Dragonblade
- •Has skin-specific smokey/fiery VFX.
- •Passive VFX is a flame ring around her hand.
- •E shield runes are dragon crests.
Death Sentence
- •Mana cost increased to 70 from 60.
- •Cooldown increased to 20/18/16/14/12 seconds from 16/15/14/13/12.
Corrosive Charge
- •Mana cost increased to 80 from 60.
Purge
- •Mana cost increased to 65 at all ranks from 45/50/55/60/65.
- •Base shield strength reduced to 30/60/90/120/150 from 60/90/120/150/180.
- •Shield health ratio reduced to 15% bonus health from 30%.
Fear Beyond Death
- •Bug Fix: Execute indicator no longer shows up on enemies when Urgot is dead.
Stats
- •Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 63.
Steel Tempest
- •Critical damage penalty changed to -20% from -10%.
- •Critical strike AD ratio reduced to 160% AD from 180% AD.
Flash Frost
- •Bug Fix: Slow particles no longer persist on enemies.
Glacial Storm
- •Bug Fix: Slow particles no longer persist on enemies.
Festival Queen
- •Bug Fix: Restored SFX on her joke, taunt, dance, laugh, idle, and death animations.
General
- •Recommended items no longer recommend Stormrazor, but instead Infinity Edge and Runaan's Hurricane.
General
- •Base run animation updated.
- •Fast run animation updated.
- •Movement stop animation updated.
General
- •Updated visual effects.
- •Basic attack shuriken model and hit VFX updated for readability between basic attack, empowered attack, and Thundering Shuriken.
- •All skins aside from Blood Moon and Super use the base VFX aside from changing the shape of their shuriken where applicable.
Mark of the Storm
- •Proc VFX updated to better indicate source of the stun.
- •Passive marks on minions are dimmer.
Thundering Shuriken
- •Shuriken model and hit VFX updated for readability between basic attack, empowered attack, and Thundering Shuriken.
Electrical Surge
- •Surge VFX updated.
- •Empowered attack shuriken model and hit VFX updated for readability between basic attack, empowered attack, and Thundering Shuriken.
Lightning Rush
- •VFX updated to indicate area of effect and show his model during the animation.
Slicing Maelstrom
- •VFX updated to reduce visual noise.
Blood Moon
- •Unique VFX updated based on the same principles as the above.
Super
- •Does a superhero pose during Lightning Rush.
Gun Goddess
- •Bug Fix: Restored SFX on her death, homeguard, and recall animations.
Shapesplitter
- •Bug Fix: Passive now properly damages turrets when she has more ability power than attack damage.
- •Bug Fix: Passive now actually damages turrets when she has more ability power than attack damage.
Consume
- •New Effect: Icon now glows when he is within the maximum healing threshold.
General
- •Updated visual effects.
- •Basic attacks now have swipe VFX.
- •Basic attacks hit VFX updated.
Undertow
- •Now has hitbox and pick-up range indicators.
- •Pick-up VFX updated.
Vicious Strikes
- •Buff and healing VFX updated.
- •Floating runes removed.
Reckless Swing
- •On-hit VFX updated.
Ragnarok
- •New lightning VFX on activation.
- •Buff VFX updated.
Brolaf
- •Has skin-specific Graggy VFX on Q, E, and R.
- •Has the Graggy Ice logo on Q's pick-up indicator and a keg on E hit.
Pentakill
- •Has fiery VFX recoloring.
- •Has the Pentakill logo on E hit and R activation.
Butcher
- •Q hitbox indicator recolored to be meatier.
SKT T1
- •Has golden VFX recoloring.
- •SKT T1 logo added to Q pick-up indicator, E hit, and R activation.
Fury of the Xer'Sai
- •New Effect: Fury bar now changes from yellow to red when full.
Queen's Wrath
- •New Effect: Now ends and goes on cooldown if she is burrowed for more than 1 second.
Prey Seeker
- •New Effect: Now generates 25 Fury if it hits a unit.
Burrow
- •Tracking visuals for nearby enemies brightened.
- •New Effect: Now immediately burrows on respawn once she has at least one point in Burrow.
Void Rush
- •New Effect: Can now only be dodged if target moves 1500 units away.
- •Bug Fix: No longer re-deals damage when the target moves away and Rek'Sai re-pounces at them.
Chain Lash
- •Detonation radius against champions increased to 180 units from 150.
- •New Effect: Now includes an indicator to show the detonation location and radius.
Kingslayer
- •Base heal reduced to 50/80/110/140/170 from 50/85/120/155/190.
- •New Effect: Icon now glows when he is within the maximum healing threshold.
- •New Effect: Kingslayer's damage displays as a cosmetic critical strike if his target was within the bonus damage threshold.
- •Undocumented: Now makes allied Prophet of an Elder God slam (those spawned by a hijacked Leap of Faith and those spawned by an allied Illaoi).
Hijack
- •Removed: No longer draws turret aggro when stealing an enemy's ultimate.
- •Bug Fix: No longer fizzles if he loses sight of his target before the cast finishes.
General
- •Recommended items no longer recommend Spear of Shojin, but instead Ravenous Hydra.
General
- •Bootless walk animation added.
- •Cape turns more realistically as he moves.
Spray and Pray
- •Bug Fix: Now properly trigger Energized effects when attacking from Rapid Firecannon maximum range.
Blighted Quiver
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the detonation damage was lower than intended.
General
- •Updated sound and visual effects.
- •Updated basic attack SFX.
- •Basic attacks now have swipe VFX.
- •Basic attackss hit VFX added.
- •Has gray recoloring on basic attack swipe and R VFX.
Crushing Blow
- •Updated SFX.
- •Buff and swing VFX updated to reduce visual noise.
- •Hit VFX updated to be more impactful.
- •Armor debuff icon now appears on target.
Decoy
- •Cloud VFX on clone despawn updated to reduce visual noise.
Nimbus Strike
- •Updated SFX.
- •Cloud VFX on dash updated to be wispier and leave a slight trail.
Cyclone
- •Updated SFX.
- •VFX updated to be cloudier, less noisy, and easier to read.
- •The tip of his staff now leaves a bright VFX trail to better indicate area of effect.
Jade Dragon
- •Has jade green recoloring on basic attack swipe, Q, and R VFX.
Underworld
- •Has spectral green recoloring on all VFX.
Radiant
- •Q uses base's new swing and hit VFX.
- •E dash and R VFX updated but still use skin-specific cloud effects.
Items
General
- •New Effect: Cooldown reduction now Unique.
- •Attack damage increased to 65 from 60.
- •Bug Fix: Now appears in the correct shop categories.
General
- •Two passive effects (unnamed and Firecannon) changed to Energized and a unique passive.
- •Unique Passive - Energized: Moving and attacking will make an attack Energized. Your Energized attacks deal 60 to 140 (based on level) bonus magic damage on hit.
- •Unique Passive: Energized attacks gain 35% bonus range (+150 range maximum), charge 25% faster, and function on structures.
General
- •Three passive effects (unnamed 1 and Storm, and unnamed 2) changed to Energized and a unique passive.
- •Unique Passive - Energized: Moving and attacking will make an attack Energized. Your Energized attacks deal 50 bonus magic damage on hit.
- •Unique Passive: Energized effects have all of their respective effects increased by 30% and also slow for 40% decaying over 1 second.
General
- •Two passive effects (unnamed and Energized Strike) merged into Energized.
- •Unique Passive - Energized: Moving and attacking will make an attack Energized. Your Energized attacks deal 50 bonus magic damage on hit.
General
- •Two passive effects (unnamed and Shiv Lightning) changed to Energized and a unique passive.
- •Unique Passive - Energized: Moving and attacking will make an attack Energized. Your Energized attacks deal 60 to 140 (based on level) bonus magic damage on hit.
- •Unique Passive: Energized attacks bounce to 5 targets and can critical strike.