LoL champions and skins on sale 8/21-8/24 and free champion rotation week 39


Ezreal splash art

This week we have Ezreal, Taric, and Trundle all at reduced price, according to Lord Darius. Ezreal and Trundle are now available for just 487 RP; however Taric is available to pick up at a cheaper 292 RP. Additionally, one of Taric’s skins is on sale as well, Bloodstone Taric. Also Pentakill Yorick and Full Metal Pantheon are discounted too. All three of these skins are purchasable for just 487 RP until Friday, August 24th. Also it’s week 39 and the free champion rotation highlights: Janna, Diana, Annie, Kassadin, Nunu, Singed, Twisted Fate, Galio, Miss Fortune, and Xin Zhao.

Bloodstone Taric in-game image

Bloodstone Taric splash art

Pentakill Yorick in-game image

Pentakill Yorick splash art

Full Metal Pantheon in-game image

Full Metal Pantheon splash art

LoL early August patch preview with notes


Check out the new patch and its notes. The new patch will bring the champion, Diana, the Scorn of the Moon, at a later date since she’s still being tweaked and tested on the public beta servers. But as always she’ll be worth 975 RP or 6300 IP and will have a bundle available for 1462 RP that will include her and a skin for a limited time.

 

 

League of Legends v1.0.0.144

Diana, Scorn of the Moon

  • Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Diana will be released at a future date

Amumu

  • Cursed Touch (Passive)
    • Duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4
  • Tantrum
    • Mana cost reduced to 35 from 50
  • Bandage Toss
    • Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.7 from 1.0
  • Curse of the Sad Mummy
    • Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.8 from 1.0

Brand

  • Pyroclasm
    • Missile Speed increased to 1000 from 800
    • Missile Speed no longer increases when hitting ablaze targets
    • If Pyroclasm strikes an ablaze target, the next bounce will now prioritize champions

Cho’gath

  • General
    • Magic Resist per level increased to 1.25
    • Attack Range normalized to 125 from 130
  • Rupture
    • Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.672
    • Delay normalized to 0.625 seconds from 0.5 – 0.75
  • Feral Scream
    • Cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds from 0.6417
  • Vorpal Spikes
    • Width now increases based on Cho’gath’s size
  • Feast
    • Now grants Cho’gath up to 50 additional Attack Range, based on Feast rank and amount of stacks
    • Cast time normalized to 0.5 seconds from 0.43
    • Range increased to 150 from 100

Evelynn

  • General
    • Recommended items on Summoner’s Rift now include Boots of Mobility
  • Shadow Walk (Passive)
    • Restealth duration reduced to 6 seconds from 8
    • Dealing periodic damage (ie: Ignite) no longer prevents her from restealthing
  • Agony’s Embrace
    • Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 150/120/90

Hecarim

  • Devastating Charge
    • Now more responsive when colliding with opponents
    • Initial Movement Speed bonus increased to 25% from 0% (still reaches max speed at the same time)
  • Onslaught of Shadows
    • Enemy flee speed is now higher based on how close the enemy is to Hecarim

Janna

  • Zephyr
    • Ability Power ratio reduced to 0.6 from 0.8
    • Fixed: Janna will no longer sometimes retain the passive bonuses while Zephyr is on cooldown

Lulu

  • Wild Growth
    • Fixed: Now completes its effects even if the allied target was about to take lethal damage at the time of casting

Rammus

  • General
    • Now gains 1.25 Magic Resist per level

Rumble

  • Junkyard Titan (Passive)
    • Danger Zone damage bonus reduced to 25% from 30%
  • Flamespitter
    • Damage reduced to 90/160/230/300/370 from 90/180/270/360/450
    • Fixed: Flamespitter no longer lasts slightly longer than intended

Twitch

  • General
    • Base Attack Damage increased to 52 from 50
  • Venom Cask
    • Missile Speed increased to 1400 from 1300

Urgot

  • Acid Hunter
    • Damage adjusted back to 10/40/70/100/130 (+0.85 total Attack Damage) from 50/80/110/140/170 (+1.2 bonus Attack Damage)

Xin Zhao

  • General
    • Base Attack Damage reduced to 55.3 from 59
    • Attack Damage per level increased to 3.3 from 3
  • Audacious Charge
    • Damage reduced to 70/110/150/190/230 from 70/115/160/205/250

Yorick

  • Omen of Famine
    • Ravenous Ghoul will only heal Yorick for 50% the damage it deals to minions
  • Omen of Death
    • Fixed: The Revenant no longer instantly dies upon casting Omen of Death on an allied Evelynn

Proving Grounds

  • Repositioned Health Relics so players are less likely to unintentionally walk through them
  • Adjusted Nexus turrets
    • Nexus turrets reduced from two to one
    • Nexus turrets now have an additional 20 Armor, 800 Health, and 30 base Attack Damage
  • Experience curve adjusted so that levels 14-18 take slightly longer to reach

General

  • You can now reset the current audio configuration back to defaults from the audio options menu
  • Battle Training
    • The “Buy Boots” quest will now properly fire
    • The “Defeat the Lizard Elder” and “Defeat the Ancient Golem” quests will now properly fire when playing as Ashe
    • The tip regarding Champion Ultimate Abilities will now show up properly when playing as Ashe
    • Soraka Bot and Nasus Bot will no longer get stuck
  • Updated several Champion art assets including splash art and icons for various Mordekaiser, Cassiopeia, Kassadin, Ezreal, and Ashe skins
  • Fixed: Summoner’s Insight now correctly works with Promote (now correctly grants bonus defensive stats)
  • Fixed: Custom game bots now lane properly when allied players are jungling
  • Updated tooltips for Ahri, Annie, Jarvan IV, Leona, Lux and Morgana

New Tribunal Feature

  • Players punished by the Tribunal will now be e-mailed a “Reform Card” which gives additional details about their case

LoL Mid-July patch preview with notes


A new patch is among us and with it are new changes to Twitch and Evelynn. In addition, there are notable changes to Xin Zhao, Sona, and Malzahar. Check below for the full list of patch notes to see if any changes occurred to any of your most used champions. There’s also Mythic Cassiopeia available in the League of Legends store for 975 RP. Also Zyra will be released sometime in the future as she’s still being tested on the public beta servers.

 

 

New Skins in the Store

  • Mythic Cassiopeia

PvP.net v1.63

  • New Matchmaking Upgrades
    • Players who are under Level 30 are far less likely to face Level 30s
    • Greatly improved matchmaking for premade groups of 4
    • Matchmaking improved for highly skilled players trying to queue with lower skilled friends
    • Matchmaking in Ranked Solo/Duo Queue now restricts the number of duo queue pairings on each team to 1 per team
  • Improved initial seeding for Ranked Teams composed of skilled Ranked Solo/Duo players
  • Summoner Profiles now display the highest Ranked Team rating, instead of Arranged Team ratings

League of Legends v1.0.0.143

Zyra, Rise of the Thorns

  • Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Zyra will be released at a future date.

Akali

  • Fixed: Mark of the Assassin’s tooltip now states the correct Energy return amount

Amumu

  • Fixed: Despair now displays a range indicator when hovered over

Corki

  • Fixed: Valkyrie’s targeting indicator now scales with distance from Corki

Evelynn (Remade)

  • Shadow Walk (Passive)
    • Evelynn fades away into the shadows. She can only be seen by nearby enemy Champions or true sight
    • While in stealth, Evelynn regenerates 1% of her max Mana every second
    • Casting spells, taking damage, or dealing damage unstealths Evelynn for 8 seconds
  • Hate Spike
    • 19/23/27/31/35 Mana, 1.5 second Cooldown
    • Evelynn fires a line of spikes through a nearby enemy, dealing 40/60/80/100/120 (+0.45 Ability Power) (+0.4 bonus Attack Damage) magic damage to all enemies in its path
    • Hate Spike prioritizes what Evelynn has attacked recently
  • Dark Frenzy
    • No Cost, 20 second Cooldown
    • Passive: Evelynn’s spell hits on enemy Champions grant her 4/8/12/16/20 Movement Speed for 3 seconds (effect stacks up to 4 times)
    • Active: Evelynn removes all slows affecting her and gains 30/40/50/60/70% Movement Speed for 3 seconds
    • Champion kills and assists refresh Dark Frenzy’s cooldown
  • Ravage
    • 50/55/60/65/70 Mana, 9 second Cooldown
    • Evelynn slashes a target enemy 2 times, dealing 35/60/85/110/135 (+0.5 Ability Power) (+0.4 bonus Attack Damage) magic damage with each strike
    • Evelynn then gains 60/75/90/105/120% Attack Speed for 3 seconds
  • Agony’s Embrace
    • 100 Mana, 150/120/90 second Cooldown
    • Evelynn impales all enemies in the targeted area, dealing 15/20/25% (+1% per 50 Ability Power) of their maximum Health in magic damage and slowing their Movement Speed by 30/50/70% for 2 seconds
    • Evelynn siphons their pain, gaining a 150/225/300 health shield for each enemy Champion hit which lasts up to 6 seconds

Gangplank

  • Parrrley
    • Now refunds half the mana cost if Parrrley kills the target

Garen

  • Perseverance
    • Added a buff timer to show when Perseverance will reactivate

Gragas

  • Fixed: Body Slam no longer stops when encountering created terrain (ex: Anivia’s Crystallize)

Graves

  • Smokescreen
    • Sight reduction range reduced to 675 from 800

Jax

  • Fixed: Counter Strike’s dodge component now works properly against Shen

Kassadin

  • Riftwalk
    • Damage reduced to 60/70/80 from 60/90/120
    • Ability Power ratio increased to 0.8 from 0.5

Malphite

  • Ground Slam
    • Armor ratio reduced to 30% from 50%
    • Now has a 0.2 Ability Power ratio
    • Attack Speed reduction duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4

Malzahar

  • Summon Voidling (Passive)
    • Voidlings prioritize enemies Malzahar is autoattacking if Malefic visions isn’t present
    • Voidling pathing and general AI improved
    • Voidlings will now hide in brush and won’t attack if Malzahar is in brush and not in combat
    • Voidling dance animation added
  • Call of the Void
    • Delay is now consistent at 0.6 seconds
    • Now deals damage in a single hit – rather than two separate hits
    • Now grants vision along the entire line path – rather than only at the two end points
    • Now deals damage to units surrounding the end points
  • Null Zone
    • Cast time removed – Malzahar may now cast this ability while moving
    • Damage now starts 0.25 seconds after casting the ability
  • Nether Grasp
    • Malzahar ignores orders that would cancel his ultimate within the first 0.5 seconds of Nether Grasp
    • Voidlings prioritize champions immobilized in Nether Grasp above all other priorities

Mordekaiser

  • Fixed: Children of the Grave’s initial damage now correctly draws turret aggro

Morgana

  • Black Shield
    • Cooldown increased at earlier ranks to 23/21/19/17/15 seconds from 15 at all ranks
    • Cast range increased to 750 from 600

    Soul Shackles

    • Leash range is now more accurate (now updates every 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds)

Nocturne

  • Shroud of Darkness
    • Shield duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2
  • Paranoia
    • Cooldown increased at earlier ranks to 180/140/100 seconds from 160/130/100
    • Updated Umbra Blades tooltip

Nunu

  • Fixed: Visionary will now grant free cost spells even if spells were ranked up while the Visionary buff was already active

Orianna

  • General
    • Fixed: Attack Range is now 525 at all times.
  • Command: Attack
    • Ability Power ratio increased to 0.5 from 0.4
  • Command: Shockwave
    • Fixed: Now stuns enemies that were in the middle of a movement skill.

Sejuani

  • Fixed: Arctic Assault no longer stops when encountering created terrain (ex: Anivia’s Crystallize)

Sona

  • General
    • Basic attack and Power Chord missile speeds increased to 2000 from 1500
    • Aura persistence duration reduced to 1 second after deactivation from 2
    • Global cooldown reduced to 0.5 seconds from 2
  • Power Chord
    • Power Chord now resets your attack timer so you can use it immediately
  • Crescendo
    • Now deals all its damage instantly, rather than over time
    • Fixed: Opponents can no longer Cleanse the damage portion of Crescendo

Shen

  • Ki Strike
    • Damage reduced to 4 + 4 per level from 4 + 6 per level

Teemo

  • Camouflage (Passive)
    • Fixed: Teemo now gains the Attack Speed buff instantly after leaving invisibility

Tristana

  • Explosive Shot
    • Fixed: Passive damage no longer activates from spell damage
    • Fixed: Tooltip now reflects the Ability Power ratio

Twitch (Remade)

  • Stats
    • Attack Range increased to 550 from 500
    • Base Health increased to 389 from 356
    • Health per level increased to 81 from 78
    • Base Mana increased to 220 from 180
    • Mana per level increased to 40 from 35
    • Base Attack Damage reduced to 47 from 51.56
    • Attack Damage per level reduced to 3 from 3.3
    • Attack animation improved
  • Deadly Venom (Passive)
    • Damage reduced to 12/24/36/48 per stack from 15/30/45/60
  • Ambush
    • 60 Mana, 16 second Cooldown
    • After 1.25 seconds, Twitch becomes invisible for 4/5/6/7/8 seconds and gains 20% Movement Speed. Twitch gains 30/40/50/60/70% Attack Speed for 5 seconds after revealing himself
  • Venom Cask
    • 50 Mana, 13/12/11/10/9 second Cooldown
    • Twitch hurls a cask full of venom to target area that slows targets by 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds and adds 2 stacks of Deadly Venom
  • Expunge
    • 70/75/80/85/90 Mana, 12/11/10/9/8 second Cooldown
    • Deals 20/35/50/65/80 plus 15/20/25/30/35 (+0.2 Ability Power) (+0.25 bonus Attack Damage) per stack of Deadly Venom as physical damage to all nearby enemies affected by Deadly Venom
    • No longer removes Deadly Venom stacks
  • Spray and Pray
    • 100/125/150 Mana, 120/110/100 second Cooldown
    • Twitch’s basic attacks become powerful piercing bolts with 300 bonus range, and Twitch

LoL champions and skins on sale 7/17-7/20 and free champion rotation week 34


Dr. Mundo splash art

Commando Jarvan IV has recruited a few champions and skins to place on sale tomorrow. Dr. Mundo, Leona, and Kassadin will be on sale. Leona and Kassadin will be on sale for 487 RP and Dr. Mundo will be available for 292 RP. Also the three skins on sale will be Superb Villain Veigar, Tundra Hunter Warwick, and Siren Cassiopeia. You can pick up Superb Villain Veigar and Siren Cassiopeia for 487 RP and Tundra Hunter Warwick for 260 RP in the League of Legends store tomorrow.

The free champions whom will be available tomorrow are: Singed, Kassadin, Mordekaiser, Dr. Mundo, Soraka, Graves, Wukong, Ezreal, Galio, and Brand.

Superb Villian Veigar in-game image

Superb Villian Veigar splash art

Tunda Hunter Warwick in-game image

Tundra Hunter Warwick splash art

Siren Cassiopeia in-game image

Siren Cassiopeia splash art

LoL champions and skins on sale for 6/5-6/8 and free champions rotation week 28


Viktor splash art

For League of Legends, Corporate Mundo stated a few champions are on sale for the beginning of this week: Viktor, Skarner, and Sion. Viktor and Skaner will be available for 487 RP, while Sion is available for just 292 RP. In addition, the following skins will be on sale: Temple Kill Jax, Pentakill Sona, and Marble Malphite. Temple Jax and Pentakill Sona will each be on sale for 487 RP. However, Marble Malphite will be on sale for 260 RP. Purchase these champions and skins in store tomorrow.

Temple Kill Jax in-game image

Temple Kill Jax splash art

Pentakill Sona in-game image

Pentakill Sona splash art

Marble Malphite in-game image

Marble Malphite splash art

Also the free available champions in this week’s rotation are Cho’Gath, Gangplank, Janna, Heimerdinger, Kassadin, Galio, Urgot, Vayne, Wukong, and Darius.