Wild Rift Patch 4.0 was released on Jan 11, 2023. This update included changes to 14 champions, with 8 buffs, 3 nerfs, 2 adjustments.
New (1)
Zoe
Corki
Kai'Sa
Miss Fortune
Renekton
Samira
Shyvana
Singed
Sion
Kha'Zix
Lillia
Shen
Camille
IreliaItems
New (1)
Dawnshroud
Cosmic Drive
Mortal Reminder
Spirit VisageNerfs (2)
Lord Dominik's Regards
MorellonomiconChanges (2)
Frozen Heart
Randuin's OmenGeneral
- •Released January 12, 2023 (00:01 UTC).
In order to improve the feel of Corki’s Phosphorus Bomb in the later stages of the game and get him all spooled up, we’re updating this ability so that it scales with his attack speed.
Phosphorus Bomb
- •Cast time reduced from 0.27 seconds to 0.27-0.18 seconds (based on attack speed).
Kai’Sa is underperforming when compared to her Dragon Lane peers, we want to a-void keeping her too isolated from her peers so we’re giving The Daughter of the Void a handful of buffs. Including an update to Void Seeker that allows its cast time to scale with Kai’Sa’s attack speed.
Stats
- •Base attack damage increased from 58 to 62.
- •Attack damage growth increased from 2.65 to 3.
Icathian Rain
- •AD ratio increased from 45% AD to 50%.
Void Seeker
- •Cast time reduced from 0.34 seconds to 0.34-0.227 (based on attack speed).
To give Miss Fortune a little more shock and awe, we’re increasing the viability of her Ability Powered builds by buffing the Ability Power ratios associated with Make it Rain and her ultimate, Bullet Time.
Make It Rain
- •AP ratio per tick increased from 10% AP at all ranks to 10/12/14/16%.
Bullet Time
- •AP ratio per wave increased from 25% AP to 30%.
We’ve never wanted to make a snappy decision when it comes to buffing Renekton in the earlier stages of the game. We know just how much power and dominance this playstyle can bring, especially from players at higher levels. But after seeing the results of some of our previous changes, we’re ready to navi-gator our way around these changes, and give Renekton back some of the lane sustain that he’s been missing.
Cull the Meek
- •Cooldown reduced from 8 seconds to 7.
- •Base heal increased from 4/6/8/10 to 5/7/9/11.
This Desert Rose is performing below our expectations across all levels of play. So, we’re increasing the damage dealt by her Flair ability to bring her more in line with fellow marksmen.
Flair
- •Base damage increased from 5/10/15/20 to 10/15/20/25.
Fellow junglers have been performing head and smolders above Shyvana, so we’re giving her a boost in a few different areas to help her out.
The Mad Chemist is performing decently in lane, but his scaling isn’t quite where we want it to be. We’re increasing his Poison Trail Ability Power ratio to prevent him from falling off so quickly later on. We’re also making a few other adjustments to open up more build paths and options for Singed.
Poison Trail
- •Mana cost per second reduced from 15 to 12.
- •AP ratio increased from 30% AP to 35%.
Insanity Potion
- •Health and mana restoration per second increased from 6/11/16 to 6/13/20.
Last time we took a look at Sion, we had to say sionara to some of his unstoppable power, however we’ve been keeping an eye on him and he could use a hand. So, we’re targeting a few different areas where we think the satisfaction of his kit could be improved.
Glory in Death
- •Bonus health per large unit kill increased from 15 to 20.
Decimating Smash
- •Minimum base damage increased from 25/55/85/115 to 40/65/90/115.
Roar of the Slayer
- •Slow increased from 40/45/50/55% to 50/55/60/65%.
Kha’Zix is still at the top of the food chain in the jungle, so we’re reducing his single target damage so that we can give other junglers a chance to shine.
Taste Their Fear
- •Cooldown reduction against Isolated targets reduced from 45% to 30%.
While Lillia landed on the Rift in a healthy spot, players continue to grow fawnder over her and their mastery for this doe has grown over time, causing her win rates to bloom out of control. We’re lowering her scaling health to emphasize her late game positioning, while nerfing the damage on Blooming Blows to take her jungle power down a notch.
Stats
- •Health growth reduced from 112 to 104.
Blooming Blows
- •Base damage reduced from 35/55/75/95 to 35/50/65/80.
- •Damage against monsters reduced from 130% to 110%.
The buffs we gave this Kinkou in patch 3.5a have pushed him over the line in the Jungle. We’re reducing some of the bonus damage that he deals to monsters with Twilight Assault in order to reduce his clear speed and knock him down a peg.
Twilight Assault
- •Damage against monsters reduced from 200% to 150%.
- •Maximum damage against monsters reduced from 250 to 225.
Camille has always been in a tough spot, with a kit that is both a boon and a curse. In the right hands, Camille is a terror with little counterplay—but for newer players, her mechanics can be daunting. We want to lower both her skill floor and ceiling, which will make her more approachable for players aspiring to master this precise Baron Laner, while keeping her in check for the best of the best.
Precision Protocol
- •Bonus movement speed changed from 15/20/25/30% to 25% at all ranks.
- •Bonus movement speed duration increased from 1 second to 1.5.
- •Removed: Precision Protocol can no longer recast within 4 seconds.
- •New effect: The second empowered attack automatically readies after 1.6 seconds, which converts a portion of the total damage into true damage.
- •This effectively increases the attack delay from 1.5 seconds to 1.6.
Tactical Sweep
- •Base damage reduced from 90/125/160/195 to 90/120/150/180.
- •Health ratio changed from 6% target's maximum health at all ranks to 4/6/8/10%.
- •AD health ratio reduced from 3% target's maximum health per 100 bonus AD to 0%.
- •Heal reduced from 100% to 50%.
- •New effect: Heal is applied only upon hitting with the outer half.
Hookshot
- •New effect: If Hookshot misses terrain, it is placed on a 3-second cooldown.
- •Removed: Dash no longer grants 50% bonus attack speed for 5 seconds.
- •New effect: Upon recasting, Camille's next basic attack against champions within 3 seconds grants her 50% bonus attack speed for 5 seconds.
While we previously stated this Bladesurge change was going live, it actually didn’t make it into the patch. We’re fixing it for real this time… hopefully.
Bladesurge
- •Bug fix: Applied change from V3.5. Dash now travels to the target's last location instead of current location.
Items
Are you a tanky support that’s tired of rushing movespeed? Do you prefer more combat presence over map rotations? Well today is the dawn of a new day and item for you! Dawnshroud provides area of effect damage and reveals whether you’re immobilizing an enemy champion, or tanking an immobilize effect for your team.
Recipe:
- •Spectre's Cowl + Chain Vest + 700 gold = 2700 gold.
Stats:
- •50 armor, 250 health, 30 magic resistance.
Unique Passive - Dawnbringer:
- •If you are within 400 units of an enemy champion and you immobilize a champion or are immobilized, reveal nearby enemy champions for 3 seconds and deal 80 (+5% bonus health) magic damage to them.
- •Limited to 1 Dawnshroud.
It’s difficult to justify buying Cosmic Drive when you’re on a heavy Ability Power scaling champion, because it gives a low amount of Ability Power for such a high cost. So we told the shopkeeper to bring down the cost and upping the Ability Power to make it more competitive with other mage items.
General
- •Total cost reduced from 2900 gold to 2800 gold.
- •Combine cost reduced from 950 gold to 850 gold.
- •Ability power increased from 70 to 75.
In a world with real competition for more champions in the percentage armor penetration slot, Mortal Reminder hasn’t been holding its weight. We’re doing a light buff here to help it compete with the other options.
General
- •Total cost reduced from 3100 gold to 3000 gold.
- •Combine cost reduced from 800 gold to 700 gold.
Adding shields to Spirit Visage’s passive is a straightforward buff, and should increase its synergy with many more abilities.
Passive - Blessed
- •New effect: Now applies to shields.
This item is a little too gold efficient for its stats, so we’re increasing its overall cost.
General
- •Total cost increased from 3100 gold to 3200 gold.
- •Combine cost increased from 1000 gold to 1100 gold.
Live Morellonomicon has been incorrectly giving 75 Ability Power when it was intended to be 70, and it could also use a small nerf, so we’re going to move it back to its intended value.
General
- •Ability power reduced from 75 to 70.
Editor's note:
- •Changes were not applied.
We’re increasing the power of Frozen Heart’s Attack Speed slow, but making it conditional. This iteration rewards tanks that stay on the offensive, while also providing foes with some counterplay to the item.*
General
- •Ability haste reduced from 30 to 25.
- •Armor increased from 70 to 80.
- •Mana reduced from 300 to 200.
Passive - Winter's Caress
- •New Passive: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits and stacking up to 4 times. Each stack of Chill reduces enemy attack speed by 9%, up to 36% Attack Speed reduction. Applying Chill has a 1 second cooldown per ability per target.
- •Editor's Note: Patch notes mention typo ingame. Cooldown is intended to be 1 second instead of 3 seconds.
- •Old Passive: Reduces the attack speed of nearby enemies by 20%.
Need more anti-crit in your life? How about an anti-crit item that heals back life? While the numbers on the new Determination passive may seem underwhelming compared to its previous iteration, the keyword here is “pre-mitigation”. In practice, tanks will fare better against critical damage–as long as they’re on the offensive. Armed with the new Randuin’s Omen, you are filled with Determination.*
Unique passive - Armored
- •Removed.
New Unique passive - Determination:
- •Being critically struck will generate Melee 12% / Ranged 8% of pre-mitigation damage taken as stacks of Determination for 5 seconds, which refreshes on subsequent hits and stacks up to 500 times. Attacking a champion will consume all Determination to heal for the same amount.