V4.5

V4.5
Release Date (US)	April 3rd, 2014
Highlights
Legendary skin: Super Galaxy Rumble Gameplay Updates: Gragas Miss Fortune Rengar Wriggle's Lantern rework Boot Enchantment rework Rune rework Aether Wisp and Forbidden Idol
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Patch 4.5 Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V4.4
Next →	V4.6

New Skins in the Store

The following skin was added to the store:

• Super Galaxy Rumble (1820 RP)

The following skin was added to the store, but it was not made available until April 7:

• Void Fizz (1350 RP Discounted to 975 for 1 week)

The following ward skin was added to the store:

Riot Ward

PVP.net

Game Lobbies

• When the creator of a game lobby transfers ownership to another player, their status will now change to "Creator" rather than "Joined".

Team Builder

• Captains now see a spinner animation when friends in the group are still determining their spec.
• Captains can now invite friends to their group before determining their own spec.
• Friend invite statuses are now properly updating.

League of Legends V4.5

Champions

General

• All champions have had their base armor increased by 4.

Ahri

• Orb of Deception
  • Will now return to Ahri even if she dies or becomes untargetable before it reaches maximum range.

Anivia

• Glacial Storm
  • Now deals a tick of damage when cancelled.

Fiddlesticks

• Dread
  • No longer applies to targets who can't see Fiddlesticks.

Gragas

• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 330 from 340.
  • Base attack damage reduced to 55.5 from 55.78.
  • Attack damage per level increased to 3.5 from 3.375.
  • Magic resist per level increased to 1.25 from 0.
• Happy Hour
  • Now restores 4% of his maximum health instantly, instead of 2% over 4 seconds.
  • Now has an internal cooldown of 8 seconds.
• Barrel Roll
  • Damage reduced to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+60% AP) from 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 (+90% AP).
  • Duration for the cask to explode automatically reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
  • Cask will now highlight its maximum range while idle on the ground.
  • Attack speed slow removed.
  • Now slows movement speed by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%.
  • The damage will now ramp up to 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 / 360 (+90% AP) and the slow to 45 / 52.5 / 60 / 67.5 / 75% over the first 2 seconds, as the alcohol "ferments". The barrel will change color to indicate that it is fully charged.
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120.
  • Cooldown unchanged.
  • Cast range reduced to 850 from 950.
• Drunken Rage
  • Revised Active: Gragas takes a long swig from his barrel, disabling his ability to cast or attack for 1 second. Upon finishing his drink, Gragas' next attack within ~5 seconds will deal 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 (+30% AP)(+8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12% target's max health) bonus magic damage. Gragas gains 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% damage reduction for 3 seconds starting from the moment he starts drinking.
  • Gragas can now move during the channel.
  • No longer restores mana nor grants attack damage.
  • Damage reduction duration reduced to 3 seconds from 20.
  • Damage reduction is now applied instantly rather than after completing the channel.
  • Channeling for the full duration now empowers his next attack.
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds from 25 at all ranks.
• Body Slam
  • Damage changed to 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+60% AP) from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+50% AP)(+30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% AD).
  • No longer slows movement speed.
  • Now briefly knocks back and stuns all enemies hit for 1 seconds.
  • On-hit cooldown reduction reduced to static 3 seconds from half.
  • Cost reduced to 50 from 75.
  • Cooldown increased to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
• Explosive Cask
  • Damage reduced to 200 / 300 / 400 (+70% AP) from 200 / 325 / 450 (+90% AP).

Graves

• Quickdraw
  • Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50.
• Collateral Damage
  • Cone damage increased to 200 / 280 / 360 from 140 / 250 / 360.

Heimerdinger

• H-28G Evolution Turret
  • Laser beam recharge time increased to 16 seconds.
  • Basic attack damage changed to 12 / 18 / 23 / 29 / 34 (+15% AP) from 15 / 18 / 23 / 29 / 34 (+12.5% AP).
  • Laser beam damage changed to 40 / 60 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+55% AP) from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+50% AP).
• H-28Q Apex Turret
  • Basic attack AP ratio reduced to 30% from 33%.
  • Laser beam damage reduced to 200 / 270 / 340 (+70% AP) from 225 / 300 / 375 (+80% AP).
  • Laser beam no longer recharges twice as fast.
  • On-hit charge generation increased to 20%.
• Hextech Rocket Swarm
  • AP ratio reduced to 70% from 80%.

Jarvan IV

• Cataclysm
  • The walls are now better aligned.

Jinx

• Super Mega Death Rocket!
  • The ability will now only go on cooldown when the rocket is created - dying while casting will no longer put the ability on cooldown.

Kha'Zix

• Void Assault
  • Bug Fix: Activating Flash will no longer break stealth.
• Evolved Active Camouflage
  • No longer reduces damage from towers.

Lee Sin

• Safeguard
  • Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 9.
  • Cooldown is now reduced by 50% if the target was an allied champion (including self).
  • Shield duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
  • Will now only shield allied champion targets (can still target any ally).
• Iron Will
  • Buff duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.

Leona

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 7 from 9.
• Eclipse
  • Bonus resistances reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.

Lulu

• Help, Pix!
  • Damage reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 290.
  • Sight duration reduced to 4 seconds from 6.
  • Will now only shield allied champion targets (can still target any ally).

Malzahar

• Summon Voidling
  • New attack priorities:
    1. Attack the target of Nether Grasp.
    2. NEW: Attack the nearest champion with Malefic Visions.
    3. Attack the nearest non-champion with Malefic Visions.
    4. Attack the nearest enemy.
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings will no longer continuously switch targets if there are multiple targets with the same priority.

Miss Fortune

• Strut
  • Now displays the current bonus on its buff icon.
• Double Up
  • Damage to first target changed to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 (+85% AD) from 25 / 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 (+75% AD).
  • Damage to second target changed to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+100 % AD) from 30 / 72 / 114 / 156 / 195 (+90% AD).
  • Criteria for 2nd target selection rework.
    • Will first prioritize enemy champions marked by Impure Shots within a 40° cone.
    • Will then attempt to find a target immediately behind the target, to avoid cases where it looks like it should have bounced to them.
    • Will then attempt to find a target within a 20° cone, prioritizing minions/monsters over champions.
    • Will then attempt to find a target within a 40° cone, prioritizing minions/monsters over champions.
    • Will then attempt to find any target within a 90° cone.
  • Mana cost reduced to 43 / 46 / 49 / 52 / 55 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
  • Cooldown reduced to 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5.
• Impure Shots
  • Passive now deals 6% AD bonus magical damage per stack instead of 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 (+ 5% AP) bonus magical damage.
    • Maximum damage changed to 30% AD magical damage from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 25% AP) magical damage.
  • Attack speed bonus changed to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60% from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%.
  • Grievous Wounds duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
  • Mana cost reduced to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 from 50 at all ranks.
  • Cooldown reduced to 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 from 16.
• Make It Rain
  • Tooltip updated to clarify that there's a half-second delay.
  • Area of sight increased to match the area of damage.
  • Slow increased to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65% from 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52%.
  • Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 15 at all ranks.
  • Duration increased to 3 seconds from 2.
    • Total damage is unchanged.
• Bullet Time
  • New Passive: Increases the stack limit of Impure Shots to 6 / 7 / 8, for a new maximum potential damage of 36 / 42 / 48 % AD.
  • Damage per wave reduced to 50 / 75 / 125 (+20% AP) from 65 / 95 / 125 (+20% AP)(+35% bonus AD).
  • Now applies the passive on Impure Shots (not the active Grievous Wound).

Nami

• General
  • New recommended items.

Pantheon

• Aegis Protection
  • Will now block the next attack from a tower, champion, large monster or large minion attacks, instead of any attack that deal above a certain value of damage.

Renekton

• Dominus
  • Bonus health changed to 200 / 400 / 800 from 300 / 450 / 600.
  • Damage per second changed to 30 / 60 / 120 from 40 / 70 / 100.

Rengar

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 20 from 16.
  • Base health increased to 525 from 520.
  • Health per level increased to 90 from 85.
• Bonetooth Necklace
  • Item reclassified as a trinket and is now free. It is available in four different versions: Blue, Red, Yellow and Green (for maps where sight trinkets are unavailable). Upgrades at 6 Trophies.
  • Attack damage and attack damage per level removed.
  • Trophy passive given the name "Mementos of the Hunt". All trophy bonuses changed.
    • 3 Trophies - Rengar gains flat movement speed while out of combat or while in brush.
    • 6 Trophies - Unseen Predator's range is increased by 125.
    • 12 Trophies - Thrill of the Hunt stealth duration is increased.
    • 20 Trophies - Thrill of the Hunt's bonus movement speed is doubled.
  • Trophies are no longer lost on-death.
• Savagery
  • Time to trigger the enhanced attack increased to 3 seconds from 2.
  • Base damage changed to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 from 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150.
  • Attack damage scaling increased to (+100 / 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 % AD) from (+100% AD) at all ranks.
  • Cooldown reduced to 6 / 5.5 / 5 / 4.5 / 4 seconds from 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6.
  • Bonus attack speed removed.
  • Savagery can no longer be triggered on towers.
  • Bug fix: The ability's damage is no longer affected when the attack critical strikes.
• Savagery
  • Damage changed to 10 + (10 * level) (+150% AD) from 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+200% AD).
  • Attack speed changed to 47 + (3 * level) % from 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100%.
  • Attack speed duration increased to 5 seconds from 4.
  • Now additionally increases his attack damage by 10% for 5 seconds.
• Battle Roar
  • Cooldown changed to 12 seconds from 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11.
  • Bonus resistances reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 from 15 / 22 / 29 / 36 / 43.
  • Bonus resistances duration increased to 4 seconds from 3.
  • Bonus resistances are now granted regardless of if Rengar hits an enemy, but are now increased by 50% for every enemy champion or large monster hit.
• Battle Roar
  • Damage changed to 25 + (15 * level) (+80% AP) from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+80% AP).
  • Healing reduced to 8 + (4 * level) from 20 + (10 * level).
  • Bonus healing per 1% of missing health increased to 6.25% from 1%.
• Bola Strike
  • Now a linear, collision skill shot instead of a targeted ability.
  • Range increased to 1000 from 550.
  • Damage changed to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
  • Slow increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70%.
  • Cooldown changed to 10 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
• Bola Strike
  • Damage changed to 25 + (25 * level) (+70% bonus AD) from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+70% bonus AD).
  • Snare duration increased to 1.75 seconds from 1 second.
• Thrill of the Hunt
  • Bonus movement speed while stealthed reduced to 15% at all ranks from 20 / 25 / 30%, and now only applies while moving toward an enemy champion.
  • No longer grants ferocity generation while stealthed.
  • Now grants 25 / 35 / 45% bonus movement speed and ferocity generation for 5 seconds after exiting stealth.
  • Enemies are now made aware when Rengar is within 1000 units of them, similar to Blood Scent.
  • Cooldown reduced to 120 / 95 / 70 seconds from 140 / 105 / 70.

Talon

• Shadow Assault
  • Bug Fix: Activating Flash will no longer break stealth.
  • Activating Noxian Diplomacy will no longer break stealth.

Twisted Fate

• Pick a Card
  • Card selection window reduced to 6 seconds from 8.
  • Card usage window increased to 6 seconds from 4.

Varus

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 17.5 from 13.5.

Wukong

• Crushing Blow
  • Armor reduction reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% from 30% at all ranks.
• Cyclone
  • AD ratio reduced to 110% from 120%.

Ziggs

• Stats
  • Attack range reduced to 550 from 575.

Items

Aegis of the Legion

• New Recipe: Rejuvenation Bead + Ruby Crystal + Negatron Cloak + 600
  • Old Recipe: Rejuvenation Bead + Cloth Armor + Ruby Crystal + Null-Magic Mantle + 595 = 1950
• Removed: +20 armor
• New: +20 magic resistance

Aether Wisp (new item)

• Recipe: Amplifying Tome + 515 = 950
• Stats: 30 ability power.
• Unique Passive: +5% movement speed.

Alacrity

• Bonus movement speed increased to 20 from 15.

Captain

• Bonus movement speed increased to 10% from 8%.
• Cost reduced to 600g from 750g.

Distortion

• Cooldown reduction for Ghost/Flash/Teleport reduced to 20% from 25%.
• Now grants the following buffs:
  • Ghost - Movement speed bonus increased to 40% from 27%.
  • Flash - Now grants 20% bonus movement speed for 1 second after use.
  • Teleport - Now grants 30% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds after use.

Face of the Mountain

• Total cost increased to 2200 from 2000.
  • Combine cost increased to 515 from 315.
• Health increased to 500 from 375.
• Health regeneration reduced to 20 from 25.

Farsight Orb

• Cast range increased to 4000 from 3000.
• Vision duration increased to 2 seconds.

Feral Flare (new item)

• Evolved from Wriggle's Lantern.
• Stats: +15 attack damage, +35% attack speed.
• Retains the 30% bonus gold passive.
• Unique Passive - Maim: Champion kills, assists and large monsters slain will grant Feral stacks. Basic attacks deal 100 (+3 per Feral stack) bonus magic damage and restore 10 (+1 per Feral stack) health. Enemy champions take 33% of the bonus magic damage.
  • Note: Unlike Wriggle, Feral Flare does not take into account kills, assists and large monsters slain prior to receiving the item. This is intended.
  • During the preseason, this passive was supposedly going to be given to a remade Madred's Bloodrazor. For comparison, Feral Flare's magic damage equates to 4% of the target's maximum health against champions with 825 (+25 per champion kill/assist and large monster kill) health - e.g. at 87 kills/assists/large monsters slain, you will be doing 120 bonus magic damage to champions (4% of a target with 3000 health).

Forbidden Idol (new item)

• Recipe: Faerie Charm + Faerie Charm + 390 = 750
• Stats: +8 mana regeneration.
• Unique Passive: +10% cooldown reduction.

Frost Queen's Claim

• Total cost increased to 2200 from 2000.
  • Combine cost increased to 515 from 315.
• Ability power increased to 50 from 40.

Frozen Heart

• Total cost reduced to 2600 from 2900.
• Combine cost increased to 650 from 550.
• Armor increased to 100 from 95.
• Attack speed reduction reduced to 15% from 20%.

Furor

• Cost reduced to 475 from 650g.

Glacial Shroud

• New Recipe: Cloth Armor + Sapphire Crystal + 250 = 950
  • Old Recipe: Sapphire Crystal + Chain Vest + 230 = 1350
• Armor reduced to 20 from 45.
• Mana reduced to 250 from 300.

Homeguard

• No longer instantly restores your health and mana when you return to the fountain.
• Now restores 35% of your missing health and mana per second while on the fountain.
• Still grants the bonus movement speed; both bonuses are lost if you've dealt/received damage in the last 6 seconds.

Hunter's Machete

• Maim now tracks the number of large monsters slain.

Iceborn Gauntlet

• Total cost reduced to 2900 from 3250.
  • Combine cost increased to 750 from 700.
• Armor reduced to 60 from 70.

Lich Bane

• New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + 850 = 3000
  • Old Recipe: Sheen + Blasting Wand + 940 = 3000

Locket of the Iron Solari

• New Recipe: Aegis of the Legion + Kindlegem + 50 = 2800
  • Old Recipe: Aegis of the Legion + 600 = 2550
• Health increased to 400 from 300.
• Removed: +20 armor
• New: +20 magic resistance

Madred's Razors

• Maim now tracks the number of large monsters slain.

Morellonomicon

• New Recipe: Fiendish Codex + Forbidden Idol + 630 = 2200
  • Old Recipe: Amplifying Tome + Faerie Charm + Fiendish Codex + 765 = 2200

Scrying Orb

• Cast range increased to 2500 from 1500.
• Evolved cast range increased to 3500 from 2500.
• Vision duration increased to 2 seconds.

Spirit of the Elder Lizard

• Butcher bonus damage reduced to 20% from 30%.

Talisman of Ascension

• New Recipe: Nomad's Medallion + Forbidden Idol + 585 = 2200.
  • Old Recipe: Nomad's Medallion + Faerie Charm + 955 = 2000.
• Mana regeneration increased to 15 from 10.

Twin Shadows

• New Recipe: Aether Wisp + Fiendish Codex + 630 = 2400
  • Old Recipe (SR/HA): Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + Null-Magic Mantle + 730 = 2000
  • Old Recipe (TT/CS): Amplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + Null-Magic Mantle + 530 = 1800
• Ability power increased to 80 from 50.
• Removed: +40 magic resistance
• New: +10% cooldown reduction
• New Effect: Ghosts now return to the wielder if they fail to hit a champion and reduce Hunt's cooldown by 40 seconds each (20 seconds on Crystal Scar and Twisted Treeline).

Warden's Mail

• New Recipe: Chain Vest + 280 = 1000
  • Old Recipe: Cloth Armor + Cloth Armor + 400 = 1000

Will of the Ancients

• New Recipe: Hextech Revolver + Fiendish Codex + 480 = 2500
  • Old Recipe: Hextech Revolver + Faerie Charm + Faerie Charm + 440 = 2000
• Ability power increased to 80 from 50.
• Removed: 10 mana regeneration

Wriggle's Lantern

• New Effect: Now transforms into Feral Flare upon killing 25 large monsters. (Monsters killed with Hunter's Machete and Madred's Razors count toward the transformation).

General

• Gold pop-ups now have a coin icon instead of the letter "g".
• Crits now use an explosion icon in place of the "!".
• Multiple bug fixes to vision and brushes.
  • Standing in a brush should now grant vision of the entire brush, even around corners.
  • Wards in a brush should now have sight of the entire brush, even around corners.
  • "Black spots" should now be removed.

Dragon

• Attack damage reduced to 110 from 145.
• Basic attacks deal additional physical damage equal to 5% of the target's current health, increasing by 0.5% of the target's current health per level after level 9.
• Dragon fire now reduces the target's damage by 20% instead of slowing their attack speed.
• Now gains 13 armor and 5.85 magic resist per level after level 9.

Masteries

Feast

• On-kill health restored increased to 3 from 2.

Scavenger

• Range increased to 1100 from 900 (to match Ancient Coin).

Runes

Greater Seals

• Armor reduced to 1 from 1.41.
• Scaling Armor increased to 3 (at level 18) from 2.7.
• Health increased to 8 from 5.35.
• Scaling Health increased to 24 (at level 18) from 19.44.
• Health Regeneration increased to .56 from .43.

Greater Glyphs

• Scaling CDR increased to 1.67% (at level 18) from 1.11%.
• Scaling MR increased to 3 (at level 18) from 2.7.
• Mana Regen increased to .33 from .31.
• Scaling Mana Regen increased to 1.2 (at level 18) from 0.99.

Greater Quintessences

• CDR increased to 2.5% from 1.67%.
• Scaling CDR increased to 5% (at level 18) from 2.5%.
• Attack Speed increased to 4.5% from 3.4%.
• Life Steal reduced to 1.5% from 2%.

Summoner Spells

Barrier

• Color changed.

Exhaust

• Damage reduction increased to 50% from 30%.
• Attack speed reduction reduced to 30% from 50%.
• Cast range increased to 650 from 550.

Heal

• Revised Active: You instantly heal the allied champion closest to your cursor for 90-495 health and grant them 30% movement speed for 2 seconds. If no target is found, it will heal the most wounded allied champion nearby. You are also healed and hasted for the same amount. Any Grievous Wounds are also removed.
• Range increased to 700 from 600.
• Cooldown reduced to 240 seconds from 300.
• Heal amount increased to 90-465 (scales non-linearly with levels) from 90-345.

Ignite

• Grants sight of the target for the duration (doesn't reveal stealth).

Bots AI Updates

• Improved evaluation of enemy and friendly strength.
• Improved understanding of tower mechanics and power.
• Improved behaviors while under high threat.
• Improved lane rotation decision making.
• Improved last hitting with auto-attacks both when farming normally and when pushing.
• Lane behaviors (harassing vs. farming, etc.) are now more in line with human behaviors.
• Bots now attempt to dodge some skill shots.
• Beginner bots now build recommended items, while Intermediate bots now make more advanced item choices.
• Bots now scan their surroundings at variable rates depending on difficulty setting and in-game threat level.

Undocumented Changes

• New classic Malphite artwork.
• Mercury's Treads and Spirit of the Ancient Golem tooltips updated to list polymorph.
• The internal cooldown on Kha'Zix's Void Assault now begins when the stealth ends.
• Dangerous Game mastery tooltip updated to include champion assists.

References

Patch History