Xerath/LoL/Patch history

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 Past versions

Current version

V14.9

• Stats
  • Selection radius increased to 120 units from 88.8889007568359.
• Arcanopulse, Eye of Destruction, Shocking Orb
  • Bug Fix: No longer reference to his long-deprecated ammo system.
• Eye of Destruction
  • Bug Fix: Vision bubble is no longer inconsistent inside terrain, causing some targets to remain undetected in its radius.

V14.7

• General
  • Adjusted splash artwork for Guardian of the Sands Xerath.

V13.22

• General
  • The two basic attack animations now have a 50% chance to play instead of 75% for the first and 25% for the second.
• Stats
  • Base attack speed increased to 0.658 from 0.625.
  • Attack windup reduced to 20% from 25.074%.

V13.17

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 6.85 from 8.
• Mana Surge
  • Cooldown refund increased to 2.5 seconds from 2.
• Eye of Destruction
  • Mana cost increased to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.

V13.15

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: Stacking damage buff is now properly applied to the last recast.

V13.14

• Stats
  • Base mana reduced to 400 from 459.
• Mana Surge
  • Cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12.
  • New Effect: Cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds per unit killed.
  • New Effect: Now triggers against structures.
• Rite of the Arcane
  • Number of recasts increased to 4 / 5 / 6 from 3 / 4 / 5.
  • Base damage reduced to 180 / 230 / 280 from 200 / 250 / 300.
  • AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
  • New Effect: Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to 4 / 5 / 6 times. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage by 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 5% AP).

V13.4

• General
  • Bug Fix: Emote SFX no longer continue to play even after the animation was interrupted halfway.

V13.1

• Arcanopulse
  • Undocumented: Now fizzles if Xerath dies after releasing the charge.

V12.18

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: Range indicator when the ability is hovered in the HUD with the cursor is no longer unintentionally removed.

V12.14

• General
  • Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.

V12.10

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 596 from 526.
  • Health growth increased to 106 from 92.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.

V12.8

• Shocking Orb
  • Stun duration increased to 0.75 − 2.25 (based on distance the orb traveled) from 0.5 − 2 (based on distance the orb traveled).

V11.22

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: Can no longer redirect the damage of the missiles before they land.

V11.9

• Arcanopulse
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
  • AP ratio increased to 85% AP from 75% AP.
• Eye of Destruction
  • Base damage increased to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
    • Maximum base damage increased to 100.02 / 158.365 / 216.71 / 275.055 / 333.4 from 100.02 / 150.03 / 200.04 / 250.05 / 300.06.

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 55 from 54.7.
  • Base armor increased to 22 from 21.88.

V10.9

• General
  • New voice lines from Ascension added.

V10.6

• General
  • Recommended items updated.
• Eye of Destruction
  • Bonus damage increased to 66.7% from 50%.
• Rite of the Arcane
  • Base damage increased to 200 / 250 / 300 from 200 / 240 / 280.
  • AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 43% AP.

V9.15

• Arcanopulse
  • Bug Fix: No longer causes small hitches to characters on or sometimes off-screen when cast.
• Rite of the Arcane
  • Target range changed to 5000 at all ranks from 3200 / 4400 / 5600.

V9.1

• Rite of the Arcane
  • New Effect: Can now ping whether the ability is within range or not.

V8.9

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 459 from 366.96.
  • Mana growth reduced to 22 from 44.
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 6.

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.424.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 526 from 514.4.
  • Health growth increased to 92 from 80.

V7.19 September 27th Hotfix

• Arcanopulse
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where only half of the particles were displayed on cast.

V7.18

• Eye of Destruction
  • Bug Fix: Slow now correctly decays from 25% to 13% once, not twice.

V7.15

• Eye of Destruction
  • Slow increased to 25% from 10%.
• Rite of the Arcane
  • Base damage increased to 200 / 240 / 280 from 200 / 230 / 260.

V7.9

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

V6.24

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: Re-fixed a bug preventing Rite of the Arcane from damaging Baron Nashor if cast from too far away.

V6.16

• Eye of Destruction
  • Bug Fix: No longer fires in weird directions when cast while the cursor is hovering over the minimap.

V6.9

• Arcanopulse
  • Width reduced to 145 from 150.
  • Warning indicator now better matches the damage zone.
• Shocking Orb
  • Stun duration changed to 0.5-2 seconds from 0.75-1.75.
• Rite of the Arcane
  • Number of barrages increased to 3 / 4 / 5 from 3 at all ranks.
  • Base damage changed to 200 / 230 / 260 from 190 / 245 / 300.
    • Total damage increased to 600 / 920 / 1300 (+ 129 / 172 / 215% AP) from 570 / 735 / 900 (+ 129% AP).
  • Range increased to 3520 / 4840 / 6160 from 3200 / 4400 / 5600
  • Impact radius increased to 200 from 190.
  • Delay between shots increased to 0.8 seconds from 0.6.
  • New Effect: Camera now zooms out a bit when casting this spell.
  • Updated particles.

V6.7

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: The cast range indicator for Rite of the Arcane has been shrunk to match the ability’s actual range.
  • Bug Fix: Rite of the Arcane no longer fails to deal damage to Baron Nashor at extreme ranges.

V5.22

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 366.96 from 316.96.
  • Mana growth reduced to 44 from 47.

V5.8

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Fixed a bug where Xerath could accidentally fire his first Arcane Barrage on top of himself if he pressed R too fast.

V5.4

• Shocking Orb
  • Maximum stun duration reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.75 seconds.

V5.1

• Shocking Orb
  • Tooltip updated to reflect the actual maximum stun duration of 2.25 seconds from incorrectly listing 2 seconds.

V4.17

• General
  • Texture updates to Classic, Battlecast, and Runeborn Xerath.

V4.16

• General
  • New lore.
  • Additional quotes, including special quotes for Ascension.

V4.15

• Eye of Destruction
  • Spellthief's Edge, Frostfang and Frost Queen's Claim no longer proc twice when Xerath hits targets in the center of his spell.

V4.14

• Rite of the Arcane
  • The 0.6 second cooldown between casts no longer benefits from cooldown reduction.

V4.5

• Base armor increased to 16 from 12.

V4.2 Reworked

• Additional quotes, including special taunts for Syndra and Thresh.
• Stats
  • Base mana reduced to to 238 from 250.
  • Mana per level increased to 47 from 45.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 6 from 7.
  • Mana regeneration per 5 per level increased to 0.65 from 0.6.
  • Attack range reduced to 525 from 550.
  • Attack animation slightly shortened.
• Mana Surge (Innate)
  • Every 12 seconds, Xerath's next basic attack will restore 30 - 195 mana. The amount of mana restored is doubled if the attack target is a champion
• Arcanopulse (Q)
  • First Cast: Xerath starts charging, gradually increasing Arcanopulse's range from 700 to 1400 while slowing down movement speed by up to 50% over the next 1.5 seconds seconds. After 3 seconds, Arcanopulse cancels and half the mana cost is refunded.
  • Second Cast: After a brief cast time, Xerath fires a beam of energy in a line the deals magic damage to all enemies hit.
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 75% AP) from 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 60% AP).
  • Cooldown adjusted to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 from 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5.
  • Mana cost increased to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85.
• Eye of Destruction (W)
  • Active: Calls down a ground-targeted blast of energy, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 60% AP) magic damage to all enemies caught within the blast and slowing them by 10%. Enemies caught in the middle of the blast instead take 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 (+ 90% AP) magic damage and are slowed by 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% instead.
  • Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds
  • Mana cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
  • Range: 1000
• Shocking Orb (E)
  • Active: Xerath fires a orb of energy forward in a line that detonates on striking an enemy, dealing magic damage and stunning them for between 0.75 and 2 seconds. The stun duration is longer the further the Shocking Orb has travelled.
  • Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds
  • Mana cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
  • Range: 1000
• Rite of the Arcane (Ultimate)
  • Active: Xerath roots himself in place and gains three shots of Arcane Barrage, a very long range magic artillery that does 190 / 245 / 300 (+43% AP) magic damage to all enemies hit. Xerath can cancel this effect early. Half of the cooldown is refunded if no shots of Arcane Barrage were used.
  • Cooldown: 130 / 115 / 100 seconds
  • Mana cost: 100 at all ranks
  • Range: 3200 / 4400 / 5600

Release version

V3.12

• General
  • New splash artwork for Original Xerath.

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 340 from 315.

V1.0.0.147b

• Locus of Power
  • Can now be cast while rooted.

V1.0.0.143

• Arcane Barrage
  • Reduced the delay between casting the spell and the impact to 0.5 seconds from 0.875.
  • The visual indicator for the ultimate will appear at the start of the cast bar instead of at the end.

V1.0.0.142

• Locus of Power
  • Magic penetration bonus increased to 16 / 22 / 28 / 34 / 40% from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%.
• Mage Chains
  • Missile speed increased to 2100 from 1700.
  • Ability power ratio increased to (+ 80% AP) from (+ 70% AP).

V1.0.0.134

• Arcane Barrage
  • Allied ultimate HUD indicator will now remain green until all 3 spell casts are used.

V1.0.0.132

• Mage Chains
  • Fixed a bug where it could sometimes stun the target for 2 seconds instead of 1.5.

V1.0.0.126 - Added

• General
  • Splash artwork and in-game models for Runeborn Xerath and Battlecast Xerath changed. This was due to them having similar colors to Original Xerath.
  • Ascended Form (Innate)
    • Xerath feeds on arcane power, making him increasingly resilient to physical harm. He converts a percentage of his ability power into armor.
  • Arcanopulse (Q)
    • Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.
  • Locus of Power (W)
    • Xerath anchors himself to a source of magical power, increasing the range of all spells and granting him bonus % magic penetration. Although he is immobilized while Locus of Power is active, his movement speed increases upon disabling the ability.
  • Mage Chains (E)
    • Deals magic damage to an enemy and marks them with Unstable Magic. The next spell Xerath strikes this enemy with stuns them.
  • Arcane Barrage (Ultimate)
    • Calls down a blast of arcane energy, dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. May be cast up to three times before going on cooldown.

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions