V3.4 (Wild Rift)

V3.4 (Wild Rift)
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Release Date (US)	September 14th, 2022
Highlights
New champions: Gwen, Yone Support items Duel gamemode Yuumi Gameplay Update
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WR 3.4 Patch Notes
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New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

Released September 15, 2022 (00:01 UTC):

• Space Groove Gwen ( 990)
• Superhero Jayce (Wild Pass)

Released September 22, 2022 (00:01 UTC):

• Crystal Rose Yone ( 990)

The following Summoner icons have been added to the store:

Wild Yone

En Garde!

Powered Up Poro

Crest of Justice

Masked Justice

Hextech Man Jayce

Thresh (Erlok Grael)

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

Yone Event*

Whistling

Villainous Vibes

Power Pose

Shocked

Peace Signs Up

New accessories

• Baubles: Death Mask; Cerulean Concoction; Amber Concoction; Fuchsia Concoction; Super-pops!; Mask-a-Raid; To the Hextechmobile!; Hero's Glory
• Icon Borders: Border of Progress; Heroic; Heroic Ascension; En Garde!
• Rift Emblems: Cogs & Gears; Balance & Symmetry; Unyielding Justice; Bitter Nightshade; Hexwings
• Custom Recalls: Flying High; Winged Justice
• Player Emblems: Dedication & Innovation (Azure); Dedication & Innovation (Amethyst); Dedication & Innovation (Garnet)
• Profile Borders: Vision of Heroes; Vision of Justice
• Homeguard Trails: The Bird Signal

Wild Rift V3.4

Client

Events

• Yone's Arrival
  • Yasuo's half brother arrives on the Rift, haunted, and trying to understand what he has become.
  • The Yone's Arrival event begins September 22 (00:01 UTC).

Champ Select

• Adjusted role filters for the champion roster.

End of Game

• Expanded champion score breakdown.
• Consolidated medals and videos into a new Highlights tab.
• Revised medals into "Highlights Section", replacing with new medals.
• Added new MVP VFX.

Guilds

• Removed: Guild vs. Guild.
• New: Rewards in the Trophy Track have been revised.
• Guilds Season 4 will begin September 16 (00:01 UTC).

Loadouts

• Editor's Note: These changes were vaguely mentioned, so not technically undocumented.
• Moved champion selection to the left side from left corner.
• Added Quick Chat tab to sort Quick Chats. This replaces the previous tab accessed via Settings.
• Added an item build preview that shows the full list of selected items.
• Increased the maximum number of loadout items from 6 to 12.
• Adjusted recommended items for the champion roster.

Profile

• New: Added Position mastery score in the Most Played tab, which will display your top 3 champions in each role.

Wild Pass

• Removed: Bonus rewards track.
• New: Added Wild Pass Emporium with Wild Pass Skin Augments
• New: Added Wild Star: currency used to purchase Emporium items.
• New: Added Role Choice Skin Chest for the Elite Pass, which grants 1 random champion skin from the role of choice.
• New: Simple set of repeatable missions for playing matches. These have a cap and reset each week. Elite Pass purchasers will receive Seasonal Missions.
• Wild Pass will be available September 15, 2022 (00:01 UTC)

Game

Duel - New mode

Available September 16 (00:01 UTC) – September 29 (00:01 UTC)

• All champions are unlocked on the Howling Abyss.
• In order to claim the victory you must either:
  • Kill enemy champion 2 times before the shrinking circle appears.
  • Kill the enemy champion 1 time after the shrinking circle appears.
  • Destroy the first enemy turret.
• There will be a shrinking circle that spawns at 8:00 minutes elapsed.
  • The initial radius of the shrinking circle will cover the whole map. It will wait 30 seconds, then will begin shrinking.
  • The circle will complete shrinking at 9:30 minutes elapsed to a size of 5 meters.
  • There will be continuous damage if you're outside of the circle.
  • Once the shrinking circle appears, the next death by a champion will end the game for the killer's victory.
• Omnivamp is reduced by 50% against minions.
• Recalling to the fountain will allow you to purchase items.
• Each player will start with 500.
  • Gold and experience generation are increased.

Communication

• Removed?: Disabled available item purchase ping when the player can purchase the item.
  • Editor's Note: This change was reverted some undisclosed time later.
• Added a new optional Ping system, which can be toggled via Settings>Controls>Action Buttons>Ping Control>4-Button Setting.
  • Once enabled, the last 3 ping buttons (Warded, Missing, Assist) are replaced by one utility button. This button can also ping ability cooldowns.
• Added automatic readouts that notify when an enemy is seen fighting monsters: The enemy is fighting X.
  • Red Brambleback
  • Blue Sentinel
  • Rift Scuttler

HUD

• Added medals in the kill feed.
• Added assisting champions in the kill banner.

First minion spawn (Wild Rift)

• The first wave of Baron and Dragon lane minions gain bonus movement speed, resulting in all lanes meeting at the same time.

Omnivamp

• Now works on true damage.

Graceful Charity - Removed

• Removed: The player with the least gold on the team will no longer generate + 2 per second.

Champions

Akali

• Stats
  • Base health increased from 570 to 600.
• Twilight Shroud
  • Bonus maximum energy increased from 80 to 100.
  • Energy restore increased from 80 to 100.

Annie

• Pyromania
  • New: Pyromania gains max stacks upon Annie spawning and respawning.

Jayce

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration increased from 9 to 12.
• Thundering Blow
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 seconds to 14.
• Acceleration Gate
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 seconds to 14.

Jhin

• Deadly Flourish Deadly Flourish
  • Cast time reduced「 from 11 to 9 frames 」「 0.69 seconds to 0.56.* 」.
  • Root duration reduced from 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds to 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2.

Kayle

• Divine Ascent
  • Aflame (fire wave) base damage reduced from 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 to 12 / 15 / 18 / 21.
• Celestial Blessing
  • Base heal increased from 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190.
• Starfire Spellblade
  • Passive base damage reduced from 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 to 12 / 15 / 18 / 21.
• Divine Judgment
  • Cooldown increased from 95 / 80 / 65 seconds to 100 / 90 / 80.

Leona

• Solar Flare
  • Disable duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 1.75.

Gwen

• Released September 15, 2022 (00:01 UTC).

Samira

• Stats
  • Base health increased from 570 to 610.
  • Health growth increased from 105 to 115.
• Daredevil Impulse
  • Base damage increased from 2 − 14 (based on level) to 6 − 20 (based on level).
  • New: Style stack timer will pause while under resurrection.
• Flair
  • AD ratio increased from 75 / 85 / 95 / 105% AD to 75 / 90 / 105 / 120% .

Sett

• Haymaker Haymaker
  • AD grit ratio increased from 15% per 100 bonus AD to 20%.

Shyvana

• Dragon's Descent
  • New: Grants 15% omnivamp.
  • Removed: No longer grants 100 / 150 / 200 bonus health.

Sion

• Glory in Death Glory in Death
  • Bonus health on enemy kill reduced from 6 to 5.
  • Bonus health on large-enemies and champion takedowns reduced from 20 to 15.
• Decimating Smash Decimating Smash
  • Damage against monsters reduced from 150% to 120%.
• Unstoppable Onslaught Unstoppable Onslaught
  • New effect: Movement speed capped at 800 for the duration.

Soraka

• Starcall
  • Updated Empowered VFX across all skins.

Tristana

• Basic attack
  • Quick cast will prioritize Explosive Charge targets over other enemies.
• Rapid Fire
  • Cooldown increased from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 seconds to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15.
• Explosive Charge
  • Quick cast will prioritize Turrets over Minions.

Varus

• Stats
  • Attack damage growth increased from 2.65 to 3.6.

Yasuo

• Stats
  • Attack damage growth increased from 2.65 to 3.6.

Yone

• Released September 22, 2022 (00:01 UTC).

Yuumi

• Bop 'n' Block
  • Cooldown increased from 12 / 10 / 8 / 6 (based on level) seconds to 18 / 15 / 12 / 9 (based on level).
  • Shield AP ratio reduced from 35% AP to 25%.
  • : Duration reduced from infinite to 5 seconds.
  • Removed: No longer restores mana.
• Prowling Projectile
  • Missile duration reduced from 3 seconds to 2.25.
  • Empowered time threshold reduced from 1 seconds to 0.75.
  • Range increased from X to Global.
  • AP ratio reduced from 30% AP to 25%.
  • Empowered based damage reduced from 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 to 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270.
  • Empowered AP ratio reduced from 40% AP to 35%.
  • Empowered health ratio reduced from 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10% target's current health to 1.5 / 3 / 4.5 / 6 / 7.5%.
  • Cooldown reduced from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds to 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5.
• You and Me!
  • Ally bonus AD ratio changed from 12 / 15 / 18 / 21% to 13 / 15 / 17 / 19%.
  • Ally AP ratio changed from 12 / 15 / 18 / 21% to 13 / 15 / 17 / 19%.
• Zoomies
  • Mana cost changed from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 + 15% maximum mana to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
  • Movement speed AP ratio reduced from 10% AP to 5%.
  • Base heal reduced from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50.
  • Heal AP ratio reduced from 40% AP to 10%.
  • New effect: Yuumi's next 3 attacks or abilities within 5 seconds will repeat the heal. Zoomies can still be cast onto the Anchor.

Items

Aether Wisp

• Now builds into Cosmic Drive.

Athene's Unholy Grail - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Black Mist Scythe - New item

• Cost: 500, upgrades from Harrowing Crescent.
• Stats: 10 ability haste.
• Unique Passive - Versatile: Gain 20 attack damage or 40 ability power (Adaptive).
• Unique Passive - Tribute: Generate + 2 per 3 seconds.
• Unique Passive - Spellcraft: Scoring an enemy champion takedown will reduce the cooldown of your active item by 40%.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Blasting Wand

• No longer builds into Rabadon's Deathcap.

Bulwark of the Mountain - New item

• Cost: 500, upgrades from Targon's Buckler.
• Stats: 10 ability haste, 200 health.
• Unique Passive - Spoils of War: Generate + 2 per 3 seconds.
• Unique Passive - Spellcraft: Scoring an enemy champion takedown will reduce the cooldown of your active item by 40%.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Caulfield's Warhammer

• Now builds into Serpent's Fang.
• No longer builds into Umbral Glaive.

Cosmic Drive - New item

• Recipe: Aether Wisp + Fiendish Codex + 950 = 2900.
• Stats: 30 ability haste, 70 ability power, 5% movement speed.
• Unique Passive - Spelldance: Dealing damage with abilities or empowered attacks grants 30 (+ 70% ability haste from items) bonus movement speed decaying over 2 seconds. (1 second cooldown per source)
• Limited to 1 Cosmic Drive.

Fiendish Codex

• Now builds into Cosmic Drive, Imperial Mandate and Riftmaker.
• No longer builds into Athene's Unholy Grail.

Frozen Heart

• Ability haste increased from 25 to 30.

Giant's Belt

• No longer builds into Hextech Megadrive.

Harrowing Crescent - New item

• Cost: 500, upgrades from Spectral Sickle.
• Stats: 5 ability haste.
• Unique Passive - Versatile: Gain 12 attack damage or 24 ability power (Adaptive).
• Unique Passive - Tribute: Generates a charge every 10 seconds, up to 3 charges. While you are near an allied champion, your damaging abilities and attacks against champions and structures consume up to one charge per attack or cast. Consuming a charge grants 30. You earn 50% reduced gold from killing minions and monsters, and earn 100% increased local gold from nearby minions not killed by allies. Generate + 1 per 3 seconds.
• Quest: Earn 500 using a Quest item to upgrade to Black Mist Scythe.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Haunting Guise

• Total cost reduced from 1300 to 1100.
  • Combine cost reduced from 800 to 600.
• Now builds into Riftmaker.
• Ability power increased from 25 to 30.
• Health reduced from 200 to 150.
• Unique passive - Madness
  • Removed.

Hextech Gunblade - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Hextech Revolver - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Hextech Megadrive - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Imperial Mandate - New item

• Recipe: Fiendish Codex + Kindlegem + 500 = 2500.
• Stats: 20 ability haste, 40 ability power, 200 health.
• Unique Passive - Coordinated Fire: Abilities that slow or immobilize enemy champions deal 47 − 75 (based on level) bonus magic damage and mark them for 4 seconds. Allied champions that damage marked enemies consume the mark to deal 94 − 150 (based on ally's level) bonus magic damage and grant you and the triggering ally 20% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds. (6 second cooldown per enemy champion).
• Limited to 1 Imperial Mandate.

Infinity Orb

• Total cost reduced from 3150 to 2900.
  • Combine cost reduced from 950 to 750.
• Ability power increased from 65 to 85.
• Health reduced from 200 to 0.

Ixtali Seedjar

• Unique passive - Propogation
  • Seed growth time reduced from 3 seconds to 1.

Kindlegem

• Now builds into Imperial Mandate.

Liandry's Torment

• Total cost reduced from 3150 to 3000, see notes on Haunting Guise.
  • Combine cost increased from 950 to 1000.
• Unique passive - Madness
  • Removed.
• Unique passive - Torment
  • New passive: Ability damage and empowered attacks apply a burn that deals magic damage equal to 1% (+ 0.5% per 100 AP) target's maximum health per second over 3 seconds.
    • Editor's Note: Patch notes error writes 20 (+ 1.5% AP) (+ 1.5% target’s max health) instead of 1% + (0.5% per 100 AP) target's maximum health.
  • Old passive: Ability damage and empowered attacks apply a burn that deals 1% of target's maximum health magic damage per 0.5 second over 3 seconds. This damage doubles if they are slowed or immobilized.

Locket Enchant

• Unique active - Locket
  • New effect: Shield type changed from normal to magic.

Lost Chapter

• No longer builds into Hextech Megadrive.

Meteor Enchant - New enchant

• Cost: 500
• Unique active - Starfall: Reveal a position (3000 range) and after 2.5 seconds, a meteor hits enemies in the area, dealing magic damage equal to 25% of their maximum health. This damage is capped at 500 against minions and monsters. (90 second cooldown)

Morellonomicon

• Total cost reduced from 3000 to 2700.
  • Combine cost reduced from 950 to 900.
• Ability power reduced from 70 to 65.
• Health reduced from 300 to 150.

Negatron Cloak

• No longer builds into Athene's Unholy Grail.

Prophet's Pendant

• Cost reduced from 1250 to 1000.
• Ability power increased from 25 to 30.
• Health reduced from 125 to 0.
  • Editor's Note: Patch notes write error of 25 health instead of 125.
• Unique passive - Doomsayer
  • Magic penetration reduced from 15 to 12.

Protect Enchant - New enchant

• Cost: 500
• Unique active - Protection: The next heal or shield you use within 3 seconds will be increased by 100 / 50 / 25% (based on effect base cooldown) (90 seconds cooldown). This does not affect items or runes.

Protector's Vow

• Unique passive - Protector
  • Cooldown reduced from 30 seconds to 20.
  • Shield health ratio increased from 20% bonus health to 30%.
  • Removed: Shield no longer has 15% AP ratio.
  • Removed: No longer grants 20% bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds.
  • New: Shield will prioritize lowest percent health ally before closest ally.

Rabadon's Deathcap

• New Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod + Blasting Wand + 1100 = 3400.
  • Old Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod + Needlessly Large Rod + 700 = 3500.
• Ability power reduced from 120 to 110.

Redeeming Enchant

• Unique active - Redeem
  • Effect delay reduced from 2.5 seconds to 1.5.
  • Removed: No longer deals damage to enemies.

Relic Shield - New item

• Cost: 500.
• Stats: 100 health.
• Unique Passive - Spoils of War: Generates a charge every 20 seconds, up to 3 charges. While you are near an allied champion, your basic attacks execute minions below ( 50% / 30%) of their maximum health, consuming 1 charge per minion. Consuming a charge will heal you for 15 − 65 (based on missing health), as well as grant 135% kill gold to you and 100% kill gold to the nearest allied champion. You earn 50% reduced gold from killing minions and monsters, and earn 100% increased local gold from nearby minions not killed by allies. Generate + 1 per 3 seconds.
• Quest: Earn 500 using a Quest item to upgrade to Targon's Buckler. This item contributes 63% of the gold earned from charges.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Repulsor Enchant

• Unique active - Repulsor
  • Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 60.
  • New: After knocking back a champion, gain 30% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

Riftmaker - New item

• Recipe: Fiendish Codex + Haunting Guise + 1100 = 3200.
• Stats: 15 ability haste, 70 ability power, 150 health, 15% omnivamp.
• Unique passive - Void Corruption: Each second in combat with champions will generate 1 stack of Corruption, which expires out of combat and stacks up to 3 times. Each stack grants 3% bonus damage, stacking up to a maximum of 9%. At max stacks, the bonus damage becomes true damage.

Serpent's Fang - New item

• Recipe: Caulfield's Warhammer + Serrated Dirk + 800 = 3000.
• Stats: 10 ability haste, 50 attack damage.
• Unique Passive - Stab: +12 armor penetration.
  • Editor's Note: Patch notes error writes stat as intrinsic instead of unique passive.
• Unique passive - Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion inflicts them with venom for 3 seconds, reducing any shields they gain within the duration by ( 50% / 35%), and if the target was not already afflicted by the venom, reducing all of their active shields by the same amount.

Serrated Dirk

• Now builds into Serpent's Fang.
• No longer builds into Umbral Glaive.

Spectral Sickle - New item

• Cost: 500.
• Unique Passive - Versatile: Gain 6 attack damage or 12 ability power (Adaptive).
• Unique Passive - Tribute: Generates a charge every 10 seconds, up to 3 charges. While you are near an allied champion, your damaging abilities and attacks against champions and structures consume up to one charge per attack or cast. Consuming a charge grants 30. You earn 50% reduced gold from killing minions and monsters, and earn 100% increased local gold from nearby minions not killed by allies. Generate + 1 per 3 seconds.
• Quest: Earn 500 using a Quest item to upgrade to Harrowing Crescent.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Sunfire Aegis

• Unique passive - Immolate
  • Damage against minions and monsters reduced from 125% to 115%.

Targon's Buckler - New item

• Cost: 500, upgrades from Relic Shield.
• Stats: 5 ability haste, 150 health.
• Unique Passive - Spoils of War: Generates a charge every 20 seconds, up to 3 charges. While you are near an allied champion, your basic attacks execute minions below ( 50% / 30%) of their maximum health, consuming 1 charge per minion. Consuming a charge will heal you for 15 − 65 (based on missing health), as well as grant 135% kill gold to you and 100% kill gold to the nearest allied champion. You earn 50% reduced gold from killing minions and monsters, and earn 100% increased local gold from nearby minions not killed by allies. Generate + 1 per 3 seconds.
• Quest: Earn 500 using a Quest item to upgrade to Bulwark of the Mountain. This item contributes 63% of the gold earned from charges.
• Limitations: Limited to 1 Quest item.

Umbral Glaive - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Vampiric Scepter

• No longer builds into Hextech Gunblade.

Runes

Conqueror

• New effect: Maximum stack bonus grants ( 8% / 5%) omnivamp instead of equivalent physical and magic vamp.

Summoner spells

• Smite
  • New effect: Quick cast will prioritize epic monsters.

Jungle plants

Scryer's Bloom

• Spawn time increased from 00:25 elapse to 00:45.

ARAM

Champ select

• New effect: If your free re-rolls are depleted, you can purchase extra re-rolls for Poro Energy.
  • Limit 3 re-rolls purchased per day, costing 50 / 100 / 200 (based on purchases). Purchased re-rolls will remain stored until the next daily reset.
  • Limit 2 total re-rolls used per match.

Titles

• Renamed the earnable titles.
  • ARAM Brawler
  • ARAM Warrior
  • ARAM Elite
  • ARAM Royalty
  • ARAM Legend

ARAM-specific balancing

Samira

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -10%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.

Sion

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.

Tristana

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.

Ultra Rapid Fire

URF-specific balancing

Akali

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Corki

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Darius

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Fiora

• Incoming damage modifier changed from -5% to -10%.

Katarina

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Kennen

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to -5%.

Lulu

• Shielding modifier changed from 0% to -10%.

Nami

• Healing modifier changed from 0% to -15%.

Orianna

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to -5%.

Pantheon

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -10%.

Pyke

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -10%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +10%.

Renekton

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +5%.

Senna

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Tristana

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to +10%.

Yasuo

• Incoming damage modifier changed from -10% to -15%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +5% to +10%.

Yuumi

• Incoming damage modifier changed from +10% to +15%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from -10% to -15%.
• Healing modifier changed from 0% to -20%.

Rift Herald

• Attack damage increased from 200 to 250.
• Initial spawn time increased from 4:00 elapse to 5:00.
• Respawn timer increased from 4:00 to 5:00.

Smite

• Passive - Hunting License
  • Bonus gold and experience from monsters increased from 20% to 30%.

Outer Turret

• Passive - Turret Plating
  • Turret Plating gold reduced from 200 to 180.

References

Patch History