V4.1 (Wild Rift)

V4.1 (Wild Rift)
Highlights
High Five
Release Date (US)	March 15th, 2023
Highlights
New champion: Urgot  Versus 2023 skins
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WR 4.1 Patch Notes
Patch chronology
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Editor's Note: Patch notes are now handled by a different team. There are plenty of mistakes in the notes that have been corrected here.

New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

Released March 16, 2023 (00:01 UTC):

• High Noon Urgot ( 990)
• Superhero Vi (Wild Pass)

Released March 23, 2023 (00:01 UTC):

• Dawnbringer Karma ( 990)
• Nightbringer Lillia ( 990)
• Dawnbringer Yone ( 1325)

The following Summoner icons have been added to the store:

Flaming Justice

Darkest Night to Dawn's Light

Rising Flames

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

Enticing

Wipe Those Tears Away

Politely...No.

Vi I oughta!

New accessories

• Baubles: V for Victory; Blep; Destiny Bringer
• Icon Border: Burning Judgement; The Crimson Fist
• Profile Border: Crimson Duty; Radiant Valor
• Rift Emblems: Heroic Ensign
• Homeguard Trail: Trailblazer
• Custom Recalls: Diurnal Flight; Superhero away!; Flames of Justice

Wild Rift V4.1

Client

Event

• Urgot's Trivia
  • Should you dread a dreadnought? We’re not so sure, but maybe we’ll find out during some trivia!
  • The Urgot's Trivia event begins March 16, 2023 (00:01 UTC).

Account leveling

• New effect: Levels are no longer capped at 40.
• Pinnacle level system
  • Additional levels will now grant stars that are viewable in the leveling track as well as the mini-profile.

Champion Score

• New effect: Medals now factor into the earned Champion score.

Close Friends

• Added the Popular this week section in the Close Friends tab, where you can see friends that have the Popular Friend effects.
• New effect: When you achieve 100 Friendship Points with a friend within the week, you unlock the Popular Friend effects thru the following week. This will add the Fiery Friend Nickname Effect on your name in Champ Select, as well as the title on your profile & mini-profile.

Collections

• All further splash art in Collections will be still frame, except for Legendary tier and above.

Lane Score

• Lane Score now has more denominations of skill levels.

Leaderboards

• New effect: Added filters for Lane tab to sort rankings by lane.
• New effect: Added a carousel to view Display cases.

Loadouts

• New effect: Added a Loadout update reminder with icons that indicate changes in items.

Missions

• UI has been redesigned.
• Weekly Chests are now Daily Rewards with new items:
  • 90 Score Reward:, 50,  50, 10 Surprise Energy
  • 150 Score Reward:, 50,  50, 1 Victory Boost Card
• New effect: Challenge missions and the 90 Score Daily Reward now grant Surprise Energy that count toward redeeming the Surprise Chest for 120 SE.
  • Surprise Chest contains 150 &  200, with chances for 1 of the following:
    • 50 (8%)
    • Self-Select Chest (40%)
    • 100 (52%)
    • Dark Star Malphite (41st Chest)*

Seasonal Showcase

• Added a Seasonal Showcase section in the Profile. You can see your ranked seasonal history, as well as your collection of seasonal rewards.

Social Panel

• New effect: Added a filter for friends based on game, online status, and friendship.
• New effect: Added the Circle of Friends tab, which displays recent achievement activity by you and your friends.

Titles

• Added the option to change your equipped title.

Wild Pass

• With all these villains on the loose it's about time another hero made an appearance to save the day or wreck it… Superhero Vi joins the fight this Wild Pass! You can earn her and the Ascended version as you punch your way through this Wild Pass!
• Wild Pass will be available on March 16, 2023 (00:01 UTC).

Game

Inhibitor

• Updated respawn VFX.
• New effect: Inhibitors will not respawn past 19:00 elapse.

Shop

• Enchantments now display an icon when you are able to swap your enchantment

Champions

Alistar

• Headbutt
  • New effect: Headbutt can now be recast to cast Pulverize when available. Pulverize will cast upon arrival.

Garen

• Decisive Strike
  • Bonus movement speed increased from 30% to 35%.
• Courage
  • Initial damage reduction increased from 60% to 70%.

Jayce

• Shock Blast
  • New effect: Shock Blast can now be recast to cast Acceleration Gate when available. Acceleration Gate will place in front.
• Mercury Cannon Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer Mercury Hammer
  • Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 5.

Jinx

• Zap! Zap!
  • New effect: Cast time is now reduced by attack speed (max 140% AS) instead of ability ranks.
• Flame Chompers! Flame Chompers!
  • Root duration increased from 1.3 / 1.45 / 1.6 / 1.75 seconds to 1.45 / 1.55 / 1.65 / 1.75.
  • Cooldown reduced from 19 / 16 / 13 / 10 seconds to 16 / 14 / 12 / 10.

Kayn

• The Darkin Scythe The Darkin Scythe
  • Darkin heal reduced from 21% − 35% (based on level) to 18% − 32% (based on level).
  • Shadow Assassin bonus damage increased from 32% − 46% (based on level) to 38% − 52% (based on level).
• Umbral Trespass Umbral Trespass
  • Base damage increased from 150 / 250 / 350 to 200 / 300 / 400.

Lucian

• Piercing Light
  • New effect: Cast time is now reduced by attack speed (max 140% AS) instead of champion level.

Pyke

• Bone Skewer Bone Skewer
  • Damage against minions increased from 25% to 100%.
  • Damage against monsters increased from 25% to 110%.
• Phantom Undertow Phantom Undertow
  • Damage against minions increased from 25% to 80%.
  • Damage against monsters increased from 25% to 110%.
• Death from Below Death from Below
  • New effect: Pyke now earns 110% bounty gold from any takedown in the X (max 550), with the last assisting ally earning 100% bounty gold.

Renekton

• Slice and Dice
  • Cooldown reduced from 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds to 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.

Seraphine

• Surround Sound Surround Sound
  • New effect: Shield can now stack itself up to 2 times in addition to refreshing.

Sion

• Decimating Smash Decimating Smash
  • Maximum base damage increased from 65 / 155 / 245 / 335 to 80 / 165 / 250 / 335.
  • Stun duration reduced from 1.25 − 2.25 (based on channel time) to 1 − 2 (based on channel time).
• Soul Furnace Soul Furnace
  • Base shield increased from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 to 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
• Unstoppable Onslaught Unstoppable Onslaught
  • Stun duration reduced from 0.75 − 1.75 (based on channel time) to 0.5 − 1.5 (based on channel time).

Soraka

• Starcall
  • Total heal increased from 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150.
  • Total heal AP ratio increased from 35% AP to 45%.
• Astral Infusion
  • Base heal reduced from 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190.

Tryndamere

• Stats
  • Attack speed growth reduced from 2.2%} to 1.2%.
• Battle Fury Battle Fury
  • Bonus attack speed increased from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% (based on Undying Rage's rank) to 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% (based on Undying Rage's rank).
• Mocking Shout Mocking Shout
  • Duration increased from 2.5 seconds to 3.
  • Attack damage reduction changed from 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% to 35% at all ranks.
  • Slow reduced from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50% to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.

Urgot

• Released March 16, 2023 (00:01 UTC).

Varus

• Blighted Quiver
  • Health ratio per Blight stack increased from 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5% target's maximum health to 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6%.
• Chain of Corruption
  • Base damage increased from 150 / 200 / 250 to 150 / 250 / 350.
  • AP ratio increased from 80% AP to 100%.

Warwick

• Jaws of the Beast Jaws of the Beast
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55.
  • Maximum damage against monsters reduced from 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 to 100 / 125 / 150 / 175.
  • Damage against minions increased from 100% to 150%.
  • New effect: The cooldown is reduced by 50% upon killing the target minion.
• Blood Hunt Blood Hunt
  • Bonus movement speed reduced from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55%.
  • Bonus attack speed reduced from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%.
• Primal Howl Primal Howl
  • Recast no longer ends the damage reduction.

Items

Abyssal Mask

• Unique passive - Abyssal
  • New passive: Taking magic damage will generate 20% of pre-mitigation damage taken as stacks of Charge for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits. Immobilizing an enemy champion will consume all Charge to deal equal magic damage in a 400-unit explosion around them.
  • Old passive: Enemy champions within 325-units take 15% bonus magic damage.

Amaranth's Twinguard - New item

• Recipe: Chain Vest + Negatron Cloak + 1400 = 3200.
• Stats: 55 armor, 55 magic resistance.
• Unique Passive - Endurance: Each second in combat with champions will generate 1 stack of Endurance, which expires out of combat and stacks up to 5 times. At max stacks, you gain 30% size, 20% tenacity, and 30% bonus armor and magic resistance.
• Limited to 1 Amaranth's Twinguard.

Bami's Cinder

• New Recipe: Shimmering Spark + Ruby Crystal + 300 = 1300
  • Old Recipe: Ruby Crystal + 600 = 1100
• Unique passive - Immolate
  • Damage per second changed from 5 − 20 (based on level) to 10 − 20 (based on level).
    • Editor's Note: Patch notes error writes "5 − 10 (based on level)" instead of "5 − 20 (based on level)", that value is from Shimmering Spark.

Bramble Vest

• Editor's Note: Patch notes error writes Thornmail stats notes into this section, there are actually no stat changes.
• Unique passive - Thorns
  • Base damage increased from 3 to 4.
  • Armor ratio reduced from 8% bonus armor to 6%.

Force of Nature

• Unique passive - Absorb:
  • New passive: Taking ability damage will generate 1 stack of Steadfast for 7 seconds, which stacks up to 6 times. Subsequent hits and dealing damage against champions will refresh the stacks. At max stacks, you gain 10% bonus movement speed and 25% damage reduction from incoming magic damage.
  • Old passive: Taking ability damage will generate 1 stack of Absorb for 5 seconds, which refreshes on subsequent hits and stacks up to 5 times. Each unique ability generates 1 stack per instance. Each stack grants 6 bonus movement speed and 6 bonus magic resistance, stacking up to a maximum of 30 movement speed and 30 magic resistance.

Harrowing Crescent

• Unique passive - Tribute
  • Recharge time increased from 10 seconds to 15.
  • Gold per charge increased from 25 to 40.

Mantle of the Twelfth Hour - New item

• Recipe: Chain Vest + Negatron Cloak + 1100 = 2900.
• Stats: 50 armor, 50 magic resistance.
• Unique Passive - Lifeline: If you take damage that would reduce you below 35% maximum health, you heal for 200 (+ 50% bonus health) over 3 seconds, as well as gain 50% slow resistance and 30% bonus movement speed. (90 second cooldown).
• Limited to 1 Mantle of the Twelfth Hour.

Relic Shield

• Unique passive - Spoils of War
  • New effect: Minion health bar will glow yellow when able to execute.
  • Minion execution threshold increased from ( 50% / 30%) maximum health to 75%.
  • User kill gold changed from 120% to 50% + 75.
  • Recharge time increased from 20 seconds to 30.

Searing Crown - New item

• Recipe: Bami's Cinder + Chain Vest + 500 = 2700.
• Stats: 50 armor, 300 health.
• Unique Passive - Fiery Touch: Your basic attacks and ability hits inflict a burn that deals magic damage equal to ( 1.6% / 0.8%) target's maximum health per second over 3 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits. This deals 150% damage against minions and monsters, up to 125 damage against monsters.
• Limited to 1 Searing Crown.

Shimmering Spark - New item

• Cost: 500.
• Builds into: Bami's Cinder.
• Stats: 50 health.
• Unique Passive - Immolate: Deal 5 − 10 (based on level) magic damage per second to nearby enemies.

Spectral Sickle

• Unique passive - Tribute
  • Recharge time increased from 10 seconds to 15.
  • Gold per charge increased from 25 to 40.

Sunfire Aegis

• Total cost unchanged at 3000, see notes on Bami's Cinder.
  • Combine cost reduced from 900 to 700.
• Unique passive - Immolate
  • Damage amplification per stack reduced from 8% to 7%.
• Unique passive - Flametouch
  • Immolate basic attack damage reduced from 100% to 50%.
  • Immolate damage against minions increased from 115% to 175% − 250% (based on level).
  • Immolate damage against monsters increased from 115% to 130%.

Targon's Buckler

• Unique passive - Spoils of War
  • New effect: Minion health bar will glow yellow when able to execute.
  • Minion execution threshold increased from ( 50% / 30%) maximum health to 75%.
  • User kill gold changed from 120% to 50% + 75.
  • Recharge time increased from 20 seconds to 30.

Thornmail

• Total cost reduced from 2900 to 2700.
  • Combine cost reduced from 1000 to 800.
  • Editor's note: Patch notes error writes " 3000" instead of " 2900".
• Health reduced from 200 to 100.
• Unique passive - Thorns
  • Base damage reduced from 25 to 20.
  • Armor ratio reduced from 10% bonus armor to 6%.
  • New effect: Now deals additional damage equal to 1% bonus health.

Monsters

• Normalized the spawn untargetability window to be consistent across all monsters.

ARAM

ARAM-specific balancing

Warwick

• Healing ratio changed from 0% to +15%.

Zoe

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

One For All

OFA-specific balancing

Aatrox

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +3%.

Camille

• Incoming damage modifier changed from -8% to -5%.

Caitlyn

• Incoming damage modifier changed from +8% to +5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from -8% to -5%.

Janna

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +8%.

Jarvan IV

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to -3%.

Jax

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to 3%.

Kha'Zix

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +3%.

Renekton

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to -3%.

Senna

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

Tristana

• Incoming damage modifier changed from +8% to +5%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from -8% to -5%.

Twisted Fate

• Incoming damage modifier changed from +5% to +3%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from -5% to -3%.

Yuumi

• Outgoing damage modifier changed from +15% to +20%.

Ziggs

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

Zoe

• Incoming damage modifier changed from 0% to -8%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to +8%.

Ultra Rapid Fire

URF-specific balancing

Kai'Sa

• Incoming damage modifier changed from -5% to -15%.
• Outgoing damage modifier changed from 0% to -3%.

Lillia

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

Xin Zhao

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

Zoe

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

References

Patch History