[Patch 4.18] Sion Reborn General Discussion

Champions

Sion
Sion, the Undead Juggernaut, will be released with the launch of 4.18. Check out his reveal for gameplay info, his insights article for a look at his development, or his teaser for a glimpse into his story.

Akali
No more bonus resistances when Akali is in her shroud, but now whenever she stealths she gets a significant movement speed boost.
W - Twilight Shroud
NEW: NOW WITH MORE NINJA Twilight Shroud now gives +20/40/60/80/100% movement speed each time Akali stealths, rapidly decaying over the course of 1 second
REMOVED: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE Akali no longer gains bonus armor and magic resistance while in Twilight Shroud

Anivia
Q - Flash Frost
NEW: STUNNING INDICATORS Flash Frost now has a cast indicator to show stun range
NEW: STUNNING CLARITY Flash Frost now has an icy cloud around its particle to show stun range (only the Anivia player can see this)

Azir
Passive - Shurima's Legacy
Fixed a bug where two Azirs were able to summon a Sun Disc from the same interactive clicker
Fixed a bug where other players were able to target the Sun Disc interactive clicker with abilities (e.g. Lee Sin's Safeguard) or were told they could click on it and then couldn't and then became sad.
Reduced the clickable size of the Sun Disc interactive clickers by 20%

Q - Conquering Sands
Fixed a bug where moving inactive soldiers into active combat range with Conquering Sands would fail to activate their attacks properly, leading to 0 damage attacks
Fixed a bug where Azir's sand soldiers would fail to cross a wall if they were just a little short of it

W - Arise!
Fixed a bug where multiple soldiers attacking multiple targets would often lead to soldiers incorrectly applying reduced damage. Reiterating here: this is a pretty big 'buff' fix.
Fixed a bug where dancing would break Azir's soldier's basic attacks

E - Shifting Sands
NEW: If Azir uses Shifting Sands on a soldier currently moving via Conquering Sands, he'll now join the soldier on a combined magical journey
Fixed a bug where Azir wouldn't shift to the correct soldier in certain situations
Fixed a bug where pressing E immediately after pressing W would occasionally not work. Feel free to W+E away now (or try W+Q+E for an even cooler combo)!

R - Emperor's Divide
Fixed many bugs with Emperor's Divide. This ability should no longer:
Deal damage multiple times
Multi-bounce targets
Pin targets to walls
Fail to bounce targets to the far side of the wall
Not break channels
Break spell shields and still knock enemies back
And more!

Ezreal
Passive - Rising Spell Force
BUFF DURATION 5 seconds ⇒ 6 seconds

Q - Mystic Shot
TOTAL ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO 1.0 ⇒ 1.1

Gangplank
R - Cannon Barrage: Cannonballs now fall in waves that damage the whole zone once per second. Individual cannonballs no longer have individual damage zones.
COOLDOWN 120/115/110 seconds ⇒ 125/110/95 seconds

Kha'Zix
W - Void Spike
DAMAGE 75/115/155/195/235 ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200

Lucian
E - Relentless Pursuit
COST 0 mana ⇒ 40/30/20/10/0 mana

Nunu
R - Absolute Zero
ABSOLUTE CLARITY Absolute Zero's tooltip now shows the minimum damage it will deal

Talon
E - Cutthroat
WHOOPS Cutthroat now properly grants assists

Tristana
Q - Rapid Fire
DURATION 7 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
BONUS ATTACK SPEED Now gives 30/45/60/75/90% attack speed ⇒ 30/50/70/90/110% attack speed

Viktor
Q - Siphon Power
SORRY AD VIKTOR The bonus Discharge magic damage can no longer critically strike
BUGFIX Viktor's shield will now properly break when Viktor takes small amounts of damage

Wukong
E - Nimbus Strike
WUJU STYLE? Nimbus Strike will no longer pick a secondary target if they're targetable but invisible due to Fog of War

Yasuo
BASE HEALTH 512 ⇒ 462
BASE MOVEMENT SPEED 350 ⇒ 340

Mass Texture Rebalance (Part 2)
The following textures have been updated:

Blitzcrank
Base, Boom Boom, Definitely Not Blitzcrank, Goalkeeper, Piltover, Rusty

Brand
Base, Apocalyptic, Cryocore, Vandal

Evelynn
Base, Masquerade, Shadow, Tango

Graves
Hired Gun

Nocturne
Base, Frozen, Haunting, Ravager, Void

Olaf
Base, Brolaf, Forsaken, Glacial


Splash Updates
The following champions have received updated base splashes (click the names for the full image!):
Cho'Gath
Kog'Maw
Lee Sin


Items
Randuin's Omen
WARNING: Due to a bug, this change is currently not in effect (the tooltip is simply wrong, it's still 10%). We'll be looking to hotfix this when we can and will update the patch notes accordingly. Sorry!

ATTACK SPEED REDUCTION 10% ⇒ 15%

Featured Game Modes
Our next featured game mode, Hexakill: Twisted Treeline, will be released later this patch!

In-Game Announcement Banners
CLARITY Announcements have been scaled down a bit and moved higher up on the screen
MORE CLARITY Increased the transparency of announcement background effects
EVEN MORE CLARITY Summoner names have been removed from some announcements for brevity. Killing spree callouts retain them for bragging purposes.

In-Game Options Menu
Added a new volume slider for pings
Added a new volume slider for ambience (ex. red buff's campfire and the wind on Howling Abyss)

In-Game Announcement Banners
Pando Media Booster has been removed from the installer and patcher
Players with Pando Media Booster on their computers will be prompted to remove it with a single click

Suggested Players
PREMADE FACILITATION The Suggested Players invite list in premade lobbies now recommends friends of friends who are currently online and available for a game

Bugfixes
(Fixed during 4.17) Resolved a significant source of crashes introduced last patch which predominantly affected Mac players. This won't solve every crash, but we remain committed to fixing as many issues as possible in every patch.
A lot of Azir fixes. Head back up to his section for the full list!
Garen's R - Demacian Justice will no longer cancel itself if the target enters the fog of war while Garen is mid-cast
Undoing a Ruby Sightstone purchase no longer interferes with Sightstone's ability to place wards
Abilities blocked by spell shields no longer proc life steal or spell vamp
Improved Soraka Bot's AI to better accommodate for her gameplay update
Soraka once again has recommended items on ARAM


Upcoming Skins
Dunkmaster Darius
Championship Shyvana
Ravenborn LeBlanc
Underworld Wukong