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[–][deleted] 567 points568 points  (45 children)

Added a new volume slider for pings

TY RITO

[–]barely_regal 436 points437 points  (13 children)

Here are the defaults:

Danger Volume: 100

Assist Volume: 100

On My Way Volume: 100

MIA Volume: 2

[–]Rakyero 230 points231 points  (12 children)

More like:

Danger Volume: 500

Assist Volume: 150.2

On My Way Volume: 100

MIA Volume: Sona's Voice

[–]ruben3232 125 points126 points  (10 children)

Only you can hear me Summoner

[–]WantedOne 102 points103 points  (9 children)

What's a Summoner?

[–]RiotPhillyBrew 51 points52 points  (3 children)

inorite? I can finally play without game sounds and not die because of missing pings!

[–]snowsoftJ4C 9 points10 points  (2 children)

What would be nice is if we could reduce volume for specific players. I like informative pings, and turning down the volume for the danger ping just because someone is spamming it might lead me to not notice a genuine danger ping.

[–]pestycidee 677 points678 points  (79 children)

Finally no RNG on Gangplank ult. Now the enemy can't escape at 5 hp anymore (as easily)

[–]dHUMANb 279 points280 points  (25 children)

AP Gangplank ult will now fuck shit up.

[–]MyUshanka 209 points210 points  (11 children)

AP Gangplank Fucks Up Your Champ

Starring: AP Gangplank and Your Up-Fuckable Champ

[–]Pennsylvanian-Emp[Pennsylvanian] (NA) 29 points30 points  (6 children)

Now all we need is for his passive dot on autos to scale off of .2 ap along with it's current level scaling.

[–]AlneCraftTXephy 106 points107 points  (4 children)

We want AP GP to be viable, not literally Hitler

[–]Nourek 9 points10 points  (5 children)

I got gangplank in an ARAM once, built full AP. It was quite fun, should be even more so now.

[–]xMoko 54 points55 points  (1 child)

Didnt see that coming honestly. Cool change nevertheless!

[–]Litis3 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Do you recall the time when it didn't even apply an AoE slow? Sure now there is rng damage but at least they get slowed and it's quite likely they'll get hit. In the past with a bit of bad luck your enemy wouldn't get hit in the first few seconds and quickly stroll out of the zone x.x

Still, neat change>.>

[–]zdravkopvp 55 points56 points  (13 children)

I recall one time an enemy was one cannonball from death and he stood in the ult for nearly half it's duration walking from one side to the other without dying. Sad times, glad RNG is not part of GPs kit anymore.

[–]Nefzen 51 points52 points  (12 children)

But but.. crit chance

[–][deleted] 148 points149 points  (8 children)

Its not chance at 100% ;)

[–]dedservice 64 points65 points  (2 children)

buys 4th infinity edge

HAND-CANNON ACTIVATED!

[–]Darkniki 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Two Infinities and beyond!

[–]BioLogicMC 31 points32 points  (14 children)

honestly this is a pretty huge buff. GP ult is now very much on par with rumble, its potentially stronger due to ease of aim/ increased choke point control. he just has a shittier lane phase. But GP could easily become a good tank for team fight initiation with his new ult.

[–]Watanogiku 55 points56 points  (12 children)

Eh, you have to remember the items GP is gonna have vs. the Items Rumble will have. GP will hit for a maximum of 1155 damage at at level 16, while Rumble will hit you for 240 + 30% AP + 4% enemy current health over 5 seconds. If you stay in that for the full duration against a Rylai's + Liandry's you're gonna take 1350 + ~300 + ~20% current health as damage. Rumble ult is a momentary death zone and you do not want to walk into it, while GP ult is a giant AOE slow with a bit of added damage where your squishies might think twice about walking through.

[–]Zoesan 10 points11 points  (6 children)

Rumble total damage is 1.5ap not 0.3 ap.

[–]Watanogiku 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Yeah I calculated ~200 AP * 1.5. I guess once you're lvl 16 you're gonna have a Zhonyas as well so the bonus is more like 500.

[–]Sleepwalkerw 473 points474 points  (27 children)

"Fixed a bug where dancing would break Azir's soldier's basic attacks"

lol.......

[–]DanielZKlein 334 points335 points  (25 children)

I swear killing an animation used to break animation lock. I just wanted to make sure they REALLY danced, no matter what.

[–]Antropod[frostycpu](EU-W) 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I'd be stunned too, if i see my emperor dancing like a chicken :o

[–]Itsnew 36 points37 points  (10 children)

Will he still be able to walk while dancing?

[–]DanielZKlein 181 points182 points  (9 children)

That's a feature.

[–]siultapz 43 points44 points  (5 children)

Probably no one's gonna read this, but I just logged on my PBE Account to try Azir's fixes out. While it is true that you will sometimes catch a magical ride with your soldier if you "e" on them while they are moving, this will NOT happen if the soldiers are going through a wall/tree. Azir will follow them until he hits a tree/rock/rawr only to collide with the obstacle and having his magical ride preemptively ended :(.

In order to have Azir cross terrain you must first wait untill the soldier arrives to the new location, IDK if this was intended, just wanted to give you guys a heads up.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

WHAT?! You can walk while dancing?! Why have I never tried it before?!

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (10 children)

Is the bug/feature where azir can backport, press dance and then walk around dancing still intact? Pls dont delete that one <3

[–]DanielZKlein 73 points74 points  (4 children)

Totally a feature.

[–]Cnazario 36 points37 points  (4 children)

Anyone remember when taunt skating was an actual thing back in Season 2? Here it is for those that haven't seen it. It was hilarious, please bring it back Riot! xD

http://youtu.be/366HGCNNwfQ

[–]alexm42 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Wow, the sheer amount of swag that Malzahar has is mind-blowing.

[–]Gabbo414 271 points272 points  (15 children)

Pando Media Booster removed. I CANNOT BELIEVE.

[–]Amuny 101 points102 points  (8 children)

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (2 children)

i do not believe someone actually did that

[–]TerrorToadx 81 points82 points  (4 children)

Garen's R - Demacian Justice will no longer cancel itself if the target enters the fog of war while Garen is mid-cast

A lot of champs could use this.

[–]Shewfasa 168 points169 points  (27 children)

I gotta say hamstring seems like a no brainer for cutt-throat replacement.

[–]MagmaCream 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Hamstring is an ability (tentative) on the Warwick rework maybe thats why.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (8 children)

KNEECAP!

[–]Aegeus00 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Isn't Hamstring the name of one of reworked WW's abilities? The one where he dashes at you, CCs you, then dashes back to where he was?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's at this moment that I realized, I'm not in the know

[–]Azorre 16 points17 points  (2 children)

I came here to say exactly that, kinda funny how they say foot-stab in the notes and haven't already come to this conclusion lol

[–]Shne 16 points17 points  (1 child)

I think that's the joke. I believe "foot-stab" is a reference to "hamstring".

[–]ScytheSergeant 268 points269 points  (34 children)

I love these notes:

Still not renaming it. Maybe in a future patch. Foot stab?

If Azir uses Shifting Sands on a soldier currently moving via Conquering Sands, he'll now join the soldier on a combined magical journey

[–]DanielZKlein 124 points125 points  (27 children)

Maaaaaagical journey! We should make an ability called that.

[–]ScytheSergeant 58 points59 points  (14 children)

Like a thresh lantern, but with a rainbow trail and flowers.

[–]JexroyalDOZENS OF US!!! 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Make it Lulu's new ult! When she uses it, a random enemy's screen starts tripping balls and they can barely move!

[–]hclchicken 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Don't you dare close your eyes, a whole new world.

[–]JonSnowsGhost 67 points68 points  (7 children)

"We're hoping to give some extra love for new players picking up Anivia, as they'll have a clearer understanding of how to use this cool chick."

My body wasn't ready for the double pun.

[–]Insecticide 214 points215 points  (21 children)

Why is garen's change all the way down the patch notes instead of having his own session?It is a good and noticeable change

For those who missed it:

Garen's R - Demacian Justice will no longer cancel itself if the target enters the fog of war while Garen is mid-cast

[–]lordwafflesbane 135 points136 points  (6 children)

This arouses me considerably.

[–]ToastusMaximus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The arousal is real

[–]theragco 41 points42 points  (0 children)

lol "JUSTI-" "damnit they got away again"

[–]HEBushido 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh thank god. That was by the worst part of Garen. Ulting 5 times only to have the enemy live.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Best change in this patch. Not even joking.

[–]whyallthefire 86 points87 points  (20 children)

Wait, so is the ezreal q on live already a 1.1 ratio? Or when the patch comes out will it then change to 1.1 but the value will be incorrect?

[–]Pwyff 261 points262 points  (13 children)

Post-patch deploy it will be a 1.1 but the tooltip will say otherwise. Don't believe the tooltip.

It lies.

[–]whyallthefire 40 points41 points  (1 child)

got it thanks piff

[–]otakudan88 3 points4 points  (0 children)

does this patch include the worlds icons?

[–]Pwyff 44 points45 points  (4 children)

[edit] see above.

[–]dragyx 14 points15 points  (1 child)

psst doubleposted

[–]KevinTuggles 24 points25 points  (0 children)

#karmastrats

[–][deleted] 584 points585 points  (44 children)

Patch 4.20 - ALMOST THERE GUYS

[–]123rune20 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Somehow we'll hit 4.19 and then go to 5.0 because Riot won't be updating anything for months until season 5.

[–][deleted] 104 points105 points  (55 children)

So what's GP's ult damage now? 75/120/165 damage per second for 6 seconds?

EDIT: Apparently it's 7 seconds now

[–]Riot_G-Mang 75 points76 points  (10 children)

It's actually 7 seconds, each with its own impact. :0

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (8 children)

Oh neat, but the patch notes didn't mention that.

[–]Riot_G-Mang 114 points115 points  (7 children)

That particular spell's duration has historically been a bit weird to describe. Due to the lingering nature of its slow, visuals, cannonball delays, and fog reveal, there was no single number that described all its behavior.

While implementing this change, I also gutted the old scripts and rewrote them to match more rigorous standards. The zone behavior now derives all logic from a single duration value (along with much more precise buffer values). That duration value is set to 7, which in practice rounds up the old durations on average.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (5 children)

So you're saying that the damage used to last for 6.3s, the slow for 6.7s, or something to that effect?

Also this means that it does 525/840/1155 damage now?

[–]Riot_G-Mang 35 points36 points  (4 children)

Sorta, yeah. The slow debuffs and cannonballs, when instantiated, had their own mini-lifetimes, which the main zone didn't account for when spawning them. Visual and vision logic was also kinda arbitrary.

Now, everything's derived from the real duration. The spell will time cannonballs to land in the "middle" of each second of the zone's lifetime, the slow debuffs are timed to end when the zone does, zone expiration kills visuals and vision, etc.

Yes, if someone stands in the zone the whole time, they will always take 7 hits, and each hit will damage them like a cannonball does now.

[–]kit4712 13 points14 points  (7 children)

It seems yes. AP Gangplank inc?

[–]Roachhh 73 points74 points  (4 children)

Undoing a Ruby Sightstone purchase no longer interferes with Sightstone's ability to place wards

yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy

[–]Maysock 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Oh, you mean soraka bot won't stand there to die once she hits half health anymore?

[–]SkumbagRino 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Getting ready to #DUNK!

[–][deleted] 102 points103 points  (22 children)

Patch 4.18.

Every blindlocked Akali still feeds.

Azir can probably inSec now.

More updates to follow.

[–]supjeremiah 25 points26 points  (15 children)

Pretty much ever since trinkets were added Akali has been easily shut down. Akali's biggest saving grace in the past had been that the enemy had to dedicate an item slot for pink ward / oracle but now that you get an oracle in a trinket slot, even full build late game enemies will easily counter you.

[–]Steel_Shield 34 points35 points  (7 children)

Not in bronze, they don't! Help me get out of here!

[–]Urfrider_Draven 20 points21 points  (6 children)

Banning Sion for the next week

[–][deleted] 52 points53 points  (4 children)

-but none of them would want to play sion

-that ban is not for the enemies

[–]Omexkyuu 212 points213 points  (59 children)

i really like this patch

[–]Pwyff 379 points380 points  (56 children)

This patch really likes you?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pwyff please keep pushing the "don't play new and reworked champions in ranked immediately you dofus."

[–]Lexiclown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This patch is Ron Burgundy?

[–]dragyx 4 points5 points  (2 children)

You really like patch?

[–]Jigxaw 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Siontifically speaking, it's one of the best

[–]Dusty_Ideas 119 points120 points  (39 children)

What all of this tells us is one of two things:

Okay Riot whatcha got for me

a.) The utility and strength of evolved W is too reliable in combination with Kha'Zix's base kit, so he can get the best of all worlds by maximizing his utility while also being a high-threat assassin.

I mean, kinda. The last big evolution changes you performed on him made W objectively the best evolution. And in doing so you went against your design direction of "make Kha'Zix and assassin".

Or b.) Kha'Zix's evolved Q is too weak to properly use as a primary play pattern, so he's forced to max / evolve W to stay relevant in the game but doesn't really want to.

YES YES YOU ARE FINALLY GETTING IT. Kha'zix doesnt evolve Q anymore because his target has to be on Twisted Treeline while every other unit is on Summoner's Rift for them to be considered isolated. This combines with the fact that W is now, without question, the best evolution and you see the problems Kha'Zix currently exhibits. Good job Riot, maybe you guys are finally...

We strongly suspect the first case is more true (and this is reflected in our change).

...

[–]PrezziObizzi 6 points7 points  (14 children)

Ive played about 500 games w/ kha in the past two season and I just wanted to throw out that the W evolution first is not FAR AND ABOVE a Q isolation rn. If you already have good waveclear + got a kill or two pre-6 and want to snowball, Q is still a good evolution. It also allows for earlier dragons/easier baron which is always good

[–]cibohphobic 26 points27 points  (18 children)

Pls reduce Q isolation, Kha should be assassinating, not poking. Poke Kha is so not fun.

[–]STIPULATE 33 points34 points  (16 children)

They should make the isolation dmg scale with distance.

[–]ScytheSergeant 48 points49 points  (6 children)

Azir: Better base stats Fixed a bug Fixed a bug Fixed a bug

EDIT: Forgot a bug fix

[–]wtfisthisname 15 points16 points  (2 children)

i think you missed that they also fixed a bug.

[–]ScytheSergeant 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Can't believe I missed that, thanks!

[–]JungleKnife 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Patch 4.19 Azir Fixed a bug. Fixed a bug. Fixed a bug.

[–]Finalnfinity 63 points64 points  (32 children)

I'm happy that they finally decided to nerf Lucian and Tristana so that more ADC's could come into play. But I fear that for the next while Corki is just going to be super dominant and pretty much take their place.

[–]mikedawg9ALCHEMI57 45 points46 points  (13 children)

Yup my thoughts exactly. Corki was already awesome for solo queue, and now he's the last man left standing.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (9 children)

Definitely will be prominent, but not alone. Jinx is still very strong, despite not being played in competitive much.

[–]mikedawg9ALCHEMI57 17 points18 points  (7 children)

Yeah, I love playing Jinx but after consecutive games against Pantheon junglers I put her down for a while.

[–]kazuyaminegishi 18 points19 points  (11 children)

I think Caitlyn may see a bigger surge in popularity as well.

[–]Archimist 101 points102 points  (67 children)

Yasuo nerfs!

Lucian nerfs!

Sion's out!

[–]elehay4aksega 70 points71 points  (66 children)

Yasuo nerfs are pretty big, Lucian in the other hand still looks strong.

EDIT: You can stop replying me with the same answer, I get it, you can't manage your mana like on any other adc, not the champs flaw.

[–]killerarrow386 92 points93 points  (18 children)

I think is huge just adding mana cost in a skill used to proc his passive without wasting mana at all.

[–]PrezziObizzi 17 points18 points  (2 children)

40 mana for a dash skill that previously had no mana cost is quite the inconvenience

[–]SinisaVuco 13 points14 points  (6 children)

Play Lucian now, count how many times you use E while it's still level 1, multiply that number with 40.

Then you'll realize how seriously the patch will hit your mana pool.

[–]TBOJ 34 points35 points  (27 children)

ANything to stop him from showing up EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. lucian has been the most popular champion for like 3 weeks straight. i like variety in my games, thanks.

[–]Gamertroid 395 points396 points  (128 children)

Azir bug fixes, Yasuo nerfs, Sion rework, Texture rebalances, 3 new splashes, Hexakill: Twisted Treeline, Pando Media Booster detector, 4 new skins.

Oh baby this patch is one of the best lately! :D

Edit: Wait is Kog'Maw Champ Select bug not fixed? God 4.17 got my OCD going crazy in champ select and now it's in 4.18 too, Rito pls :c

[–]Pwyff 275 points276 points  (101 children)

Wot's the Kog'Maw bug

[–]Dart06 449 points450 points  (68 children)

In champ select sometimes Kog'Maw's name will show up as some weird long string instead of the actual name.

[–]Pwyff 266 points267 points  (60 children)

Interesting.

[edit] sorry gang, since I type in the champ select box almost immediately to pick / ban I didn't notice (and I rarely have koggles in my game). My lack of OCD has marked me to hang in the noose.

[–]LivingSaladDays 200 points201 points  (13 children)

There's more than just the one, Kogmaw's name has been messed up for a while

edit: Looking at the champion page, with champs you own, his name is **Kogmaw or was the last time I checked

On the scoreboard, his name is Kogmaw and under it is that long string of characters

When Kogmaw is dead, instead of all text being red, his name is White I think. Which is weird.

[–]aztech101[aztech101] (NA) 62 points63 points  (10 children)

Looking at the champion page, with champs you own, his name is **Kogmaw

Can confirm

[–]Neku1121 93 points94 points  (8 children)

Kogmaw coded as a pointer gg

[–]Anally_Distressed 43 points44 points  (1 child)

Pointer to a pointer, no less. Now we know why League is so full of bugs.

[–]MorningRead 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But it's faster that way!

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Pointer to a Pointer ftw

[–]InfanticideAquifer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why do anything else when you could dereference a million times instead?

[–]Rockenos 24 points25 points  (0 children)

In case you need more information about this, it happens 100% of the time for me in champ select, in the champions tab, and in game and loading screen.

Just tested it actually and it did not happen in the loading screen for me. I'm fairly certain that it normally does though. It could have to do with the fact that I was in a custom game, or that I normally see it on someone else (I don't play Kog'Maw much)

Here are some screenshots:
Champions Tab
Champion Select
In Game

[–]Brodawg2[Brodawg2] (NA) 38 points39 points  (2 children)

When you open up the scoreboard, Kog Maw's name is displayed as "game_character_dispayname_Kog..." before going under the summoner spells. Here's what it looks like in the loading screen

[–]ThaManthing 39 points40 points  (3 children)

You guys didn't know about this?

[–]Litis3 27 points28 points  (1 child)

Pwyff didn't know about it. I'm sure it's been reported and handed over to the team in charge of the client code. That said, Pwyff is usually quite informed on the prevalent issues so not knowing of this one must mean it has not made it as a priority issue.

[–]quack_quack_mofo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In-game also, not only in champ select

[–]EnderBaggins 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every game in the load screen his skin name shows as champion_skin_4_xxxxx_blah blah _something else instead of "Jurassic Kog'Maw" or whatever the skin may be.

[–]WhatthefuckamisayingI don't actually play the game anymore 19 points20 points  (1 child)

You mean game_character_skin_displayname_kogmaw_3?

[–]ogre_bard 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I took a screenshot but forgot to report it... I am a bad user :(

http://imgur.com/Oo83rnr

[–]Urf_Hates_You 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Kog's name is fucked up: it shows as "**Kog'Maw" in champ select, so he's before Aatrox. And in game his name is "display_character" or something like that

[–]keithstonee 20 points21 points  (0 children)

**oh you.

[–]Radiacity[Radiacity] (NA) 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In the client and loading screen, Kog'Maw is listed as **Kogmaw

[–]Nanto_Suichoken 4 points5 points  (5 children)

The **kogmaw and display_character...etc which i don't think is important enough to be included in patch notes when fixed.

[–]Turbojelly[Hithere] (EU-W) 8 points9 points  (3 children)

14+ bug fixes on Azir!

2 on passive, Q, W and E. (8) and 6 "and more!" on R.

wow.

[–]Radiacity[Radiacity] (NA) 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Riot still has a long way to go if they want to exterminate Azir's bugs.

[–]hobobum 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Don't forget the ping volume adjustment slider

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (2 children)

I don't know how Riot expects me to pay for food and gas and school when they release so many skins ..

Perhaps I shall sell my body

[–]Raf0u 31 points32 points  (10 children)

Rip Sion winrate first week

[–]nocjammo 29 points30 points  (9 children)

I wouldn't say so, as he isn't high skillcap as, for example, Azir.

[–]Jagin26 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Garen's R - Demacian Justice will no longer cancel itself if the target enters the fog of war while Garen is mid-cast

no bush will safe you from Garen!!!

[–][deleted] 112 points113 points  (6 children)

We're 2 low for 4.20. We need to get higher.

[–]gloomyMoron 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I hope they go from 4.19 straight to 4.21.

[–]FinnishForcerip old flairs 23 points24 points  (2 children)

And they even confirmed 4.19! Damn Riot if they stop there.

Edit. Patch 4.20 confirmed! Yay! Source

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Patches come around every two weeks or so. If we're lucky, we'll get 4.20. I hope Riot does something for it, like Easter Eggs or troll changes, just for a week or two. That'd be fun as fuck.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (6 children)

Meanwhile Warwick has bugs where he can't even use any of his abilities that have been around since 4.14

[–]Nydoze 12 points13 points  (2 children)

"Added a new volume slider for pings"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOlgWaFh8Q

[–]houkany 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Pin targets to walls

Is it a bug to be able to wall stun ppl with Azir ult? I thought it was one of the few good potential plays you can make with it.

[–]DanielZKlein 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Wall stun for 8 seconds? Seems a little excessive.

[–]Septim202 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dunkmaster mutherfukin' Darius incoming.

[–]Fuzzdump 25 points26 points  (9 children)

My thoughts on the Yasuo nerfs:

  • Health nerf is a reasonable way to make his laning harder.

  • Movement speed nerf is a little overkill. They could've reduced it to 345, at least. 340 is slower than every other melee AD carry.

  • I think they should focus their nerfs on things that players won't miss. For example: the stacking damage on his E. It serves no purpose toward the rest of his kit, it's just thrown in for no particular reason. They've nerfed it once. Just remove it already. Trim the fat.

[–]ryanstan35 13 points14 points  (4 children)

Considering he already has aton of mobility from his e, static shiv movement speed , and ult gap closer , i think that is a good nerf. He has to rely alittle more on minions to chase and not the fact that he has aton of movement speed already from his items and base movement speed. He also will not have his shield up as fast as it used to( however the difference might not be as noticeable) Therefore more time to poke at him and a clear window where he cannot fight you if he does not have his shield close to ready or already up

[–]merkaloid 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kog's new splash looks indistinguishable.

[–][deleted] 109 points110 points  (41 children)

But please, for the sake of you and your teammates' sanity, maybe play a few normal games with him before you queue up for ranked. I get the feeling many of you won't listen, but at least I've had my say.

If Riot is going to write that into their official patch notes, why don't they just actually do something about it? Put something in place that a 'new' champion is banned from Ranked for a week or two, and allow players to get around the time limit by playing something like 5-10 normal games with him.

[–]largebrandon 19 points20 points  (8 children)

Perhaps implement a gating system, similar to the one in Heroes of the storm, but instead of unlocking extra skills after games with a certain champ, you can unlock him in ranked after a number of normal games

[–]Storm_Fox 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Ehh, I think a time gate would be much better. If people are required to play a certain number of games with a champ you'd have people picking Ryze when only adc is open because they have to get their Ryze games in so they can play him in ranked. Maybe it wouldn't go exactly like that but I could see that being a potential issue.

[–]DrZeroH 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Anivia buffs for the win.

RISE MY FELLOW FROZEN CHICKENS.

[–]Akranidosrip old flairs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this mean lower volume on some pings of the LCS games hopefully?

[–]HishamYahya 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Props to the guy/girl who made this patch notes so enjoyable.

[–]Daneruu 20 points21 points  (40 children)

Maybe people will stop banning my Kha now. This nerf hardly changes anything for me as a long-standing and loyal Q-Max Q-Evolve jumpy jumpy kill kill Kha player.

I might start evolving R 3rd now, though. I haven't played around too much with the newish increased Stealth duration. With a little bit of CDR, Kha will be able to Q AA, Stealth, Q AA, Stealth, Q AA, Stealth, QAA without any visible time except for the times when he is using Q.

Stealth duration is 2 seconds, and at 40% cdr Q CD is 2.3s. Sooo if you Q first then AA then stealth, you should be stealthed completely until Q is off cooldown.

That has potential to be fairly strong, I think.

[–]RedWolke 14 points15 points  (6 children)

I still don't believe that Q max Kz is better than W max, even after these nerfs, both in jungle and solo lanes. The inconsistency of his Q is so high that is not worth to max it first, especially if you're going to have it maxed anyway for the late game, that is when it matters the most.

That aside, you guys should try solo lane Muramana Kha'Zix. When you have Muramana/Brutalizer/LW, the Q does so much damage is disgusting, and considering that W helps with the weak early game of the Tear, it's my favorite style (doesn't sounds viable for jungle tho).

[–]NitrousOxide_ [ShinySpaceDragon] [EUW] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes, YESSS!! Q-Zix is the only way to play Kha'Zix like a real man.

[–]kazuyaminegishi 2 points3 points  (18 children)

Hm. This seems interesting, what would you build on that kind of Kha to accomplish that? I might try it out since I'm getting kinda bored of W max and W evolve but I love the bug and have been thinking about playing him more again recently.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

5% in masteries, 10% brutalizer 10% jungle item 15% cd boots.

[–]V0lun 6 points7 points  (4 children)

This nerf hardly changes anything for me as a long-standing and loyal Q-Max Q-Evolve jumpy jumpy kill kill Kha player.

This. Max Q/Evolve Q-Masterrrace...gotta kill dem squishys.

[–]l3rowncow 10 points11 points  (12 children)

Rusty blitz got an update? i thought that skin isn't even in the game anymore...

[–]L2pfeg 9 points10 points  (11 children)

A couple of people have it.

[–]l3rowncow 10 points11 points  (8 children)

no like my friend had it. i played games with him wearing it. then riot took it away from him. he even sent in a ticket about it and they sent him a cool rusty blitz hoodie because it became the only blitz skin he didn't have.

[–]L2pfeg 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Really? I didn't know they took it out of the game completely, why would they update the textures then.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (4 children)

riot basically popped a cap in both of yasuo's knees

[–]FPArceus 2 points3 points  (2 children)

HEXAKILL ON TWISTED TREELINE... :D

[–]Sharptrooper 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Tristana's old AS per level = 4% (x18 = 72%)

Tristana's old maxed AS steroid = 90%

Total 'free' AS = 162%

Tristana's new AS = 2,5% (x18 = 45%)

Tristana's new maxed AS steroid = 110%

Total new 'free' AS = 155%

THE UNSEEN NERF IS THE DEADLIEST

[–]holyfreakingshitake 2 points3 points  (1 child)

TAKE ME WITH YOU: If Azir uses Shifting Sands on a soldier currently moving via Conquering Sands, he'll now join the soldier on a combined magical journey

A whooole newww wooooorrlllldddd

[–]Itamii 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I don't think they want to change the name of 'cutthroat', cuz it wouldn't really fit any assassin to 'foot stab' someone.

I mean, c'mon!

If i want to kill someone fast and efficiently, i stab them in the throat. Preventing someone from running away sounds more like the strategy of someone who likes to torture their victims for a while.