V4.15

V4.15
Release Date (US)	August 27th, 2014
Highlights
Legendary skin: Final Boss Veigar PVP.net Interface Update
Related links
Patch 4.15 Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V4.14
Next →	V4.16

New Skins in the Store

The following skin was added to the store, but it was not made available until August 28:

• Final Boss Veigar ( 1820)

The following skin was added to the store, but it was not made available until September 1:

• PROJECT: Yasuo ( 1350)

The following skin was added to the store, but it was not made available until September 4:

• Headhunter Caitlyn ( 975)

PvP.net

Patcher client

Game client

Patcher and Landing Page

• The patcher and landing page have been updated with a new layout.
• The client frame, friend list, notifications panel and chat windows have all received fresh coats of paint as well.
• Patching progress has been condensed into a single bar.
• Ticker notifications are now readable in the patcher.

Ranked Play

• Master tier will be activated following initial testing on a few servers. More details in the official article!

Framerate Improvements

• Framerates have been improved by 5-10%

League of Legends V4.15

Fields of Justice

General

• Status text for crowd control effects no longer overlaps when multiple CC effects apply at the same time.

Twisted Treeline

• Map-wide mana regen aura reduced to 0.7% of missing mana from 1.5% of missing mana.

Champions

Alistar

• Headbutt
  • Alistar can no longer land an additional basic attack on his target while airborne.

Cassiopeia (Twisted Treeline only)

• Miasma
  • Base magic damage per second reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
    • Maximum potential magic damage reduced to 180 / 270 / 360 / 450 / 540 from 225 / 315 / 405 / 495 / 585.

Caitlyn

• General
  • Fixed a bug where abilities that give true sight of enemy champions would reveal stealth wards under certain circumstances.

Fiddlesticks

• Drain
  • Tether range increased to 800 from 750.
  • Refresh rate reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds.
    • Overall damage unchanged.
  • Fixed a bug where the tether would occasionally snap prematurely if an opponent moved out of a specific range within a certain window of time.

Graves

• Collateral Damage
  • Tooltip fixed to state the actual explosion damage as 200 / 320 / 440 instead of 200 / 280 / 360 (undocumented change from V4.13).

Gnar

• General
  • Recommended items have been updated.
• Stats
  • Base health regen increased to 5 per 5 seconds from 3.
• Rage Gene
  • Fixed a bug where Gnar wouldn't gain bonus health immediately upon transformation.
• Boomerang Throw
  • Outgoing missile width increased to 60 from 45.
  • Return missile width increased to 75 from 70.
  • Minimum missile speed increased to 1400 from 1000.
  • Boomerang's return logic has been improved to better track Gnar.
  • Boomerang's return particles have been improved.
• Boulder Toss
  • Missile speed increased to 2100 from 2000.
  • Missile width increased to 90 from 80.
  • The delay before picking up boulders off the ground reduced to 0.3 seconds from 0.5 seconds.
  • Now checks to for enemy champions that are very close to Gnar's center point when he casts (and now hits them).
  • Now deals area of effect damage in a small radius on landing if it hits no enemies.
• Wallop
  • Fixed a bug where enemies could sometimes cast spells when Wallop's stun was overlapped with GNAR!'s stun.
• GNAR!
  • Now has a 50% AP scaling.
  • Casting time reduced to 0.4 seconds from 0.5 seconds.
  • Fixed a bug where GNAR!'s knockback ministun (not the wall stun) would sometimes be removed too early.

Jarvan IV (Twisted Treeline & Dominion only)

• Martial Cadence
  • Debuff duration increased to 10 / 9 / 8 seconds from 10 / 8 / 6.
• Dragon Strike
  • Armor shred reduced to 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26%.

Katarina

• Shunpo
  • No longer benefits from spell vamp on wards despite doing no damage.

Kayle

• General
  • Updated Twisted Treeline recommended items.

Lee Sin

• General
  • Fixed a bug where abilities that give true sight of enemy champions would reveal stealth wards under certain circumstances.

Leona (Twisted Treeline & Dominion only)

• Solar Flare
  • Cooldown increased to 100 / 90 / 80 seconds from 90 / 75 / 60.

Nocturne

• Duskbringer
  • The particles for Dusk Trail no longer obscure other particle effects.

Pantheon

• Aegis Protection (Dominion only)
  • Fixed a bug where Aegis Protection was not blocking shots from Dominion towers.
• Grand Skyfall
  • Fixed a bug where the landing circle indicator for Grand Skyfall sometimes showed as green (blue in colorblind mode) for his enemies instead of red.

Rengar

• Thrill of the Hunt
  • The stealth indicator no longer persists through death if Rengar dies after casting Thrill of the Hunt but before gaining the stealth effect.

Rumble

• General
  • Fixed a bug where Rumble's Flamespitter and Scrap Shield should be more responsive in being affected (or not affected) by Danger Zone bonuses even if they're cast immediately after going above or below 50 Heat.
  • Fixed a bug where Rumble's basic attack would cancel if he was in the middle of attacking while Overheat expired.
  • Fixed a bug where Rumble would occasionally not receive bonus magic damage on his first basic attack during Overheat .
  • Fixed a bug where Rumble wouldn't fade out when he entered brush during Overheat .
  • Fixed a bug where Super Galaxy Rumble would occasionally fire a Danger Zone Electro Harpoon on his second cast, even if his first cast wasn't in the Danger Zone.

Shyvana

• General
  • New splash art.
• Flame Breath
  • Adjusted Flame Breath's dragon form particles to better match the damage cone.
    • Actual area of effect remains unchanged.
  • Fixed a bug where Flame Breath was dealing an extra 20 damage at Rank 1. Shyvana's damage now accurately reflects the tooltip (at 60 damage).

Sivir

• Boomerang Blade
  • The crossblade now accurately deals damage when the edge of the projectile hits an opponent, changed from thecenter of the projectile.
    • Range increased to 1250 from 1175 (to match the visuals).
  • Fixed a bug where Sivir's basic attacks would cancel whenever Boomerang Blade would begin its return.

Twisted Fate

• General
  • Fixed a bug where abilities that give true sight of enemy champions would reveal stealth wards under certain circumstances.

Urgot

• General
  • Basic attack missile speed increased to 1600 from 1300.
  • Recommended items updated.
• Acid Hunter
  • Added spinning and trail particles.
  • Now refunds half of the mana cost if Acid Hunter kills an enemy.
  • Fixed a bug where Acid Hunter would fail to home if it was fired too quickly after Noxian Corrosive Charge was applied.
• Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser
  • Cooldown reduced to 120 / 110 / 100 seconds from 120 at all ranks.
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 from 120.
  • Now grants bonus armor and magic resistance immediately, changed from after a 0.25 second delay.
  • Urgot now ignores unit collision for 1 second after successfully using Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser.
  • The in-game camera no longer shifts for Urgot when he completes Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser (so Urgot can follow-up with appropriate skillshots without having to re-orient his camera).

Vayne

• General
  • New splash art.

Xerath

• Eye of Destruction
  • No longer procs Spellthief twice when Xerath hits targets in the center of his spell.

Zed

• Living Shadow
  • The tooltip for Living Shadow now displays the amount of bonus AD granted even if the skill hasn't been leveled up yet.

Items

Item Purchasing

• Item purchases, sales, and returns while dead are no longer visible to opponents who have vision on your corpse.

Banner of Command

• Fixed a bug where Tibbers wasn't gaining increased damage from Banner of Command.

Essence Reaver

• Combine cost reduced to 850g from 1050g.
  • Total cost reduced to 3200g from 3400g.
• Fixed a bug where Essence Reaver was restoring more mana than it should at higher mana levels.

Iceborn Gauntlet

• Fixed a bug where if you had both an Iceborn Gauntlet and a Trinity Force in your inventory, you'd deal 150% of your base AD to your primary target instead of the expected 200% (you'll still deal 125% of your base AD to surrounding enemies).

Ichor of Illumination (Twisted Treeline only)

• Cooldown reduction reduced to 10% from 15%.

Twin Shadows

• Fixed a bug where the ghosts from Twin Shadows would sometimes not path correctly into bushes to tag enemies.

References

Patch History