League of Legends patch 8.24b change list

Akali and Pyke nerfs!

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The year is winding down and people are beginning to cozy up by the fireplace to celebrate the holidays. That doesn’t exclude Riot Games, which has dropped its last update of the year in the form of a tiny fix patch.

All of the changes in here are balance tweaks. There’s no new mechanics, champions or even skins. Riot just wants to make sure that everything is in a good spot before we all take a break and get some well-deserved rest before the season 9 starts in January.

Akali and Pyke are getting the most focus this patch, as the two have been trouble for quite a bit now. Akali is getting tweaks to her Twilight Shroud and Pyke is getting a number of changes. A handful of marksmen are getting buffed and some mages are getting nerfed, including Neeko.

As usual, you can check out Riot’s full notes here and our tl;dr here.

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AKALI & PYKE

AKALI

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Akali can be more effectively counterattacked when revealing herself from Shroud. 8.24 shroud duration nerf reverted.

W - Twilight Shroud

PRESTEALTH :: Akali now briefly obscures (opponents can see her outline but not target her) before stealthing or re-stealthing even if enemies don’t have true sight in the area

[NEW] FOLLOWTHROUGH :: Targeted abilities and uncancellable basic attacks (ex. Nasus’s Q - Siphoning Strike) are no longer canceled when Akali stealths or re-stealths

RE-STEALTH TIMING :: 0.9/0.8/0.725/0.625 seconds at levels 1/6/9/12 >>> 1/0.9/0.825/0.725/0.625 seconds at 1/8/11/20/30 minutes

REVERTED :: 8.24’s nerf has been reverted in favor of the above changes. Duration restored to ||| 4/4.5/5/5.5/6 seconds (max 2 second extension) >>> 5/5.5/6/6.5/7 seconds (max 3 second extension).

PYKE

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Magic resist growth decreased. Q deals less passthrough damage to minions and monsters. R execute threshold decreased late.

Base Stats

MAGIC RESIST GROWTH :: 2 >>> 1.5

Q - Bone Skewer

MINION & MONSTER DAMAGE :: 50% to secondary targets >>> 30% to secondary targets (tooltip will be updated in 9.1)

R - Death from Below

Reminder: Enemies above the execute threshold take physical damage equal to the threshold instead.

EXECUTE THRESHOLD, LV 6-9 :: 250/290/330/370 (unchanged)

EXECUTE THRESHOLD, LV 10-13 :: 410/450/475/500 >>> 400/430/450/470

EXECUTE THRESHOLD, LV 14-18 :: 525/550/575/590/605 >>> 490/510/530/540/550

SIMPLE BUFFS

CAITLYN

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Q base damage increased; passthrough damage decreased. R range increased.

Q - Piltover Peacemaker

BASE DAMAGE :: 30/70/110/150/190 >>> 50/90/130/170/210

RATIO :: 1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7 total attack damage (unchanged)

PASSTHROUGH DAMAGE :: 67% >>> 60%

R - Ace in the Hole

RANGE :: 2000/2500/3000 >>> 3500 at all ranks

CORKI

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R damage increased.

R - Missile Barrage

BASE DAMAGE :: 75/100/125 >>> 90/115/140

THE BIG ONE BASE DAMAGE :: 150/200/250 >>> 180/230/280

SINGED

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Base health increased. Fling damage increased early.

Base Stats

BASE HEALTH :: 580 >>> 610

E - Fling

DAMAGE :: 4/5/6/7/8% target’s maximum health >>> 6/6.5/7/7.5/8% target’s maximum health

TRISTANA

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E damage increased.

E - Explosive Charge

BASE DAMAGE :: 60/70/80/90/100 >>> 70/80/90/100/110

RATIO :: 0.5/0.65/0.8/0.95/1.1 bonus attack damage >>> 0.5/0.7/0.9/1.1/1.3 bonus attack damage

MAXIMUM DAMAGE :: 132/154/176/198/220 (+1.1/1.43/1.76/2.09/2.42 bonus attack damage) >>> 154/176/198/220/242 (+1.1/1.54/1.98/2.42/2.86 bonus attack damage)

VARUS

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W-empowered Q damage increased late. R damage increased early.

W - Blighted Quiver

UNCHARGED ACTIVE DAMAGE :: 6/7/8/9/10% target’s missing health (levels 1/4/7/10/13) >>> 6/8/10/12/14% target’s missing health (levels 1/4/7/10/13)

FULLY CHARGED ACTIVE DAMAGE :: 9/10.5/12/13.5/15% target’s missing health (levels 1/4/7/10/13) >>> 9/12/15/18/21% target’s missing health (levels 1/4/7/10/13)

R - Chain of Corruption

DAMAGE :: 100/175/250 (+1.0 ability power) >>> 150/200/250 (+1.0 ability power)

WARWICK

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Base AD increased.

Base Stats

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE :: 63 >>> 65

FORBIDDEN IDOL LINE

Forbidden Idol cooldown reduction increased. Heal and shield power increased on its upgrades.

Forbidden Idol

COOLDOWN REDUCTION :: 5% >>> 10%

Ardent Censer

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER :: 8% >>> 10%

Mikael’s Crucible

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER :: 15% >>> 20%

Redemption

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER :: 8% >>> 10%

SIMPLE NERFS

ALISTAR

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Trample damage decreased early.

E - Trample

BASE DAMAGE :: 100/125/150/175/200 over 5 seconds >>> 80/110/140/170/200 over 5 seconds

EMPOWERED ATTACK BONUS DAMAGE :: 55-310 (levels 1-18) >>> 35-290 (levels 1-18)

CASSIOPEIA

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Q damage decreased late; cost increased late.

Q - Noxious Blast

COST :: 50/55/60/65/70 mana >>> 50/60/70/80/90 mana

BASE DAMAGE :: 75/125/175/225/275 >>> 75/120/165/210/255

KASSADIN

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Health regen reduced.

Base stats

BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 8 >>> 6

NEEKO

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Q damage decreased.

Q - Blooming Burst

INITIAL BASE DAMAGE :: 80/125/170/215/260 >>> 70/115/160/205/250

BASE BOUNCE DAMAGE :: 40/60/80/100/120 >>> 35/55/75/95/115

TIAMAT

Cost increased.

COST :: 1200 gold >>> 1325 gold

UPGRADES :: Ravenous Hydra and Titanic Hydra cost 125 less gold to upgrade; total costs unchanged

ZEKE’S CONVERGENCE

Ally basic attack burn reduced.

CONDUIT :: Your linked ally’s basic attacks burn enemies for ||| 50% >>> 30% bonus magic damage over 2 seconds

OUTER TURRETS

Resistances after turret plating falloff increased.

ARMOR AND MAGIC RESIST AFTER PLATING FALLOFF :: 0 >>> 40