Ziggs

Ziggs

Ziggs moves slower and his bombs got skinnier. Froggen - Gragas vs Lissandra

Right now we see Ziggs as having a unique strategic fit in the game (stalling out to let his teammates ramp up in strength), but he's a little too safe in lane and still has a lot of explosive power to carry his team to a win when he gets ahead. Adding on these strengths, Ziggs is also a well-rounded, consistent champion who can do a lot of things at once, so we're looking for ways to add more risk or unreliability to his kit.

General

MOVEMENT SPEED : 330 ⇒ 325

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Q - Bouncing Bomb

EXPLOSION TRIGGER DETECTION RADIUS : 180 ⇒ 150

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Zac

Zac

Like Nautilus, when we were making the Ancient Golem and Quill Coat changes for tanky support junglers, we knew there were a few who needed some extra help to succeed in the modern game. For Zac, it was a simple matter of bouncing up his Froggen - Ahri vs Nidalee- Mid early clear speeds while also giving his sustained damage an elastic stretch in the right direction.

W - Unstable Matter

NEWUNSTABLER MATTER : Picking up a chunklet reduces the cooldown of Unstable Matter by 1 second

NEWUNSTABLEST MATTER : Whenever Zac hits a jungle Froggen - Ahri monster with Unstable Matter, he can walk through the monster (to pick up chunklets)

COOLDOWN : 4 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds

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Skarner

Skarner

When we made changes to Skarner back in patch 4.10, we had to tune down some of his offensive power in favor of his sticky Skarner-ness. Now that the loneliest scorpion has made his way to the live game, we're seeing he's still doing a lot of damage on top of his disruptive play so we're dialing him back just a bit. Froggen - Orianna vs Kayle

Q - Crystal Slash

PHYSICAL DAMAGE : 20/32/44/56/68 ⇒ 18/28/38/48/58

BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE : 20/32/44/56/68 ⇒ 18/28/38/48/58

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED : +3/4/5/6/7% per stack of Crystal Energy ⇒+2/3/4/5/6% per stack of Crystal Energy

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R - Impale

SKARNERFIX : Fixed a bug where Skarner could occasionally throw out basic attacks while impaling a target Orianna vs Kayle

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Patch Updates

07/03/2014

We fixed a few bugs that slipped out with 4.11 and cleaned up some issues with Quill Coat and the new Spirit of the Ancient Golem. Both are taking a break from some maps (for the short term), but we're shooting for a better solution in 4.12.Froggen Lee Sin

General

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where a few champions were causing game crashes

Rengar

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where Savagery (Q) was applying on-hit effects twice

Heimerdinger

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade (E) wasn't properly stunning enemies if Heimer didn't have ranks in H-28G Evolution Turret (Q) Froggen Lee Sin Pentakill

Nidalee

BUGFIX : Fixed a bug where Swipe (E) was dropping aggro on enemy turrets, minions, and pets.

Quill Coat

ALTERNATE MAPS : Quill Coat has been temporarily removed from Howling Abyss, Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar

TOOLTIPS : Quill Coat is now consistently labeled across all in-game tooltips

Spirit of the Ancient Golem

ALTERNATE MAPS : Spirit of the Ancient Golem has been temporarily removed from Howling Abyss, Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar

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4.11 Patch Notes

Posted by Chris "Pwyff" Tom:

Hey Summoners,

Welcome to Patch 4.11! Our big story for this patch is to bring some equality back to the jungle. In the 2014 season, popular junglers have been heavily skewed in favor of high-pressure damage Froggen - Anivia vs Karma dealing champions like Lee Sin, Pantheon, Kha'Zix, Evelynn, Elise, etc, and it was these dominant picks that knocked most supportive tanky junglers right out of the park. On deeper analysis, we quickly realized the problem was less about buffing tanky junglers to keep up and more that we lacked a strong item path for utility junglers to pick up. As a result, patch 4.11 will be introducing one new and one might-as-well-be-new item in the form of Quill Coat and Spirit of the Ancient Golem, both of which should cater heavily to the tanky utility-focused junglers in the game. We also went through and brought a few champions we felt needed additional love up to speed, as well as one mini-renovation for Maokai so that he could feel better about being back in the spotlight.

With the League of Legends World Championships on the horizon, we've also begun looking at high-level competitive changes we can make, like turret modifications and some reductions in dominant champion power. Froggen - Anivia One champion you might be expecting to see in this category but isn't (Lucian) is still in the garage as we're thinking about the best approach to take. I'm telling you now because we want you to know that we know he's particularly strong as a well-rounded marksman (especially in competitive play), but we want to make sure we can highlight a meaningful weakness (and strength) in Lucian before moving forward.

And that's it for today's foreword! Check out the patch notes below, and remember that you can now navigate through the notes via a handy floating table of contents on the right side (desktop / laptop viewers only!). Time to dust off my Sejuani!Froggen - Anivia vs Karma - Mid

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