[Patch 4.20] Blaze It ◯０o。(ー。ー)y~~

General Context

While we're aiming to improve the quality of life for many junglers in the preseason, the truth is some junglers are going to get more mileage out of these changes than others. While it might be weird to get "pre-emptive" nerfs based on systems that haven't been publically tested, these guys and gals (and mummies and rammii) just keep coming up in our internal playtests, and we don't want to be responsible for Amumu (just an example) becoming more of a solo-queue star than he currently is.



Second note - you're going to see a stat called "growth stat" in these champion patch notes rather than "per-level" stats. The reason is due to some complicated math we're rolling out regarding base stats and stats per level, all of which you can read about here..

Recommended Items

Stats Gained Per Level

Stat advantages through levels have been smoothed out. Honestly speaking, Leona + Graves will still beat the stuffing out of you at level 2, but level advantages should be more focused on ability ranks than raw stat gains. Mana regeneration has been normalized across mages and supports to account for the new mana regeneration item changes.

Basically we're trying to smooth out level advantages through stat gains. Given how strong basic attacks and ability levels are during the early game, flat stat per-level advantages only magnify early game snowballing - especially that level 2 power spike that laners use to punch their opponents in the face.


For the attack damage change, we saw an opportunity to lightly address the minor imbalance between ranged and melee in the solo lane, so ranged champions (and Jayce / Kayle) won't have their base AD modified by the base stat buff (which rounds out to +2 AD for melee champions). There's something to be said about loss aversion, but let's not go into that.

• Level 1: Immediately gain 0% of your growth statistic. All of your 'base stats' will be calculated off of this


• Level 2: Gain +72% of your growth statistic


• Level 3: Gain +75.5% of your growth statistic


• Level 4: Gain +79% of your growth statistic


• ... Gain +((Level*3.5 - 7) + 72)% of your growth statistic


• Level 18: Gain +128% of your growth statistic

Champion Mana Regeneration Changes

These mana regen changes are less related to stat gains and more to do with our modifications to mana regeneration items (specifically how they're now based off base stats rather than being flat values). There's a lot of math behind the curtain, but this also sets the foundation for any future work we do on differentiating champions through on mana regeneration. In other words: before this patch, mana regeneration was a little arbitrary, with each champion roughly balanced off their closest counterparts. Now if we do change champion base mana regen, it'll be for a very deliberate reason and you'll see clear groups of champs affected differently by mana regeneration items.

• The following mages / tank supports are being changed to have 6 base mana regeneration (mp5) and +0.8 mana regeneration (mp5) growth stat:


• Ahri, Alistar, Anivia, Annie, Azir, Blitzcrank, Braum, Cassiopeia, Diana, Elise, Fiddlesticks, Fizz, Galio, Gragas, Heimerdinger, Jayce, Karma, Karthus, Kassadin, Kayle, LeBlanc, Leona, Lulu, Lux, Malzahar, Morgana, Nidalee, Orianna, Ryze, Swain, Syndra, Taric, Thresh, Twisted Fate, Veigar, Vel'koz, Viktor, Xerath, Ziggs, Zilean, Zyra


• The following traditional supports are being changed to have 9 base mana regeneration (mp5) and +0.4 mana regeneration (mp5) growth stat:


• Janna, Nami, Sona, Soraka

Mass Texture Rebalance (Part 3)

After a brief intermission last patch, we're continuing our comprehensive pass at the game's older character textures. Our goal is to improve parity with newer releases and make sure everybody looks at home on the newly-updated Rift.

Amumu

• Base, Almost Prom King, Emumu, Little Knight, Pharaoh, Re-Gifted, Vancouver
  

Caitlyn

• Base, Arctic Warfare, Officer, Resistance, Safari, Sheriff
  

Ezreal

• Base, Explorer, Frosted, Nottingham, Striker
  

Fizz

• Base, Atlantean, Fisherman, Tundra, Void
  

Gragas

• Base, Gragas Esq., Hillbilly, Santa, Scuba
  

Jax

• Base, Angler, Jaximus, PAX, The Mighty Jax
  

Kog'Maw

• Base, Caterpillar, Deep Sea, Jurassic, Monarch, Reindeer, Sonoran
  

Mordekaiser

• Base, Dragon Knight (for now)
  

Riven

• Base, Battle Bunny, Crimson Elite, Redeemed
  

Talon

• Base, Crimson Elite, Dragonblade, Renegade
  

Udyr

• Base, Black Belt, Primal
  

Urgot

• Base, Battlecast, Butcher, Giant Enemy Crabgot
  

Vladimir

• Base, Blood Lord, Count, Marquis, Nosferatu, Vandal
  

Zilean

• Base, Groovy, Old Saint, Shurima Desert, Time Machine
  

Early Game Kill & Assist Bonuses

Don't feel so bad about getting those early kills. Unless you're getting assists. But then maybe you should have just stolen the kill.

With the above growth stat changes to address early snowball advantages, we decided to revert the unpopular early game gold reductions we made in the 2014 preseason. Just try not to feed two kills to Lee Sin before the laning phase even begins...

Fountain Regeneration

It's scientifically proven that a more responsive fountain heal leads to higher overall champion happiness. It's just science, man.

Death Timers

This change isn't extremely noticeable in real-time application, but we wanted to create more opportunities for teams who are behind to fight back. The math here gets complicated.

General Context

With strategic diversity being our big goal for the 2015 preseason, there are a number of ways we're tackling the challenge. In the case of objectives, we wanted to create incomparable rewards to better differentiate between map objectives.



So... what's that mean?



Basically with each map objective on Summoner's Rift becoming more unique (both in terms of the rewards they give and how you take them), we can make it so that every path to victory in League can be uniquely different as well. So rather than most strategies boiling down to who can get the most gold (which is important, don't get us wrong), we wanted to amp up the number of interesting and meaningful choices a team can make throughout a game. Should we be prioritizing dragon buffs? What if we just fast push to the nexus? Can we do that with proper map rotations? IS THAT A LASER!?


All very pertinent questions for the 2015 preseason.

Inhibitor & Nexus Turrets

Maybe think twice before diving that dude under the turret. All base turrets now fire lasers that ramp up in damage while also slowing movement speed and reducing the damage you deal. Seriously though, they hurt.

I'm sure we've all had the unfortunate task of trying to single-handedly stop a split-pushing Jax (or Tryndamere, or Zed, or... you get the point), only to get murdered under an inhibitor tower we thought was safe. These changes are focused on creating "generalized defenses" against split-pushing - they're not direct counters (because really, if that Jax is fed enough and he wants to kill you, he's gonna do it) but are more like basic deterrents to help out in close games. This way, teams that didn't pick a strong duelist to counteract an enemy split-pusher aren't completely out of luck when that champ gets even slightly ahead.

Inner Turrets

Taking an inner turret usually requires: a) precise movement (rotations!), b) strategically risky turret dives, or c) a poke-heavy team that whittles down their opponents before clamping down from all angles like a Yordle Snap Trap. In the case of situations a and b, there are clear strategic counters available to all teams, but situation c is pretty much decided at champ select. Either you have a team that can counter a poke team, or you don't. While we're also looking to create offensive answers like Righteous Glory, these regenerating turret shields once again fall into the "generalized defenses" category, where the shield makes it a little easier to withstand (and combat) poke compositions without completely invalidating their strengths.

Inhibitor Respawn Time

At the beginning of the 2014 season we shortened the respawn time of inhibitors. Now, with our LASER-BUFFED BASE TURRETS (shouting is mandatory here), we can put inhibitor respawns back to their original timing so that attacking teams have a better window to capitalize on their achievements.

Turret & Minion Defense Adjustments

Not the most exciting patch note, but we're making some standardized changes to streamline and clarify how minions / turrets scale in the game. If you like clarity, these will be exciting. We like clarity.

• Turrets no longer gain armor or magic resistance over time
  


• Turret armor / magic resistance has been standardized to +100 armor / magic resistance (50% damage reduction)
  


• Turret backdoor defense bonuses have been increased to +200 armor / magic resistance (75% damage reduction)
  

• Outer Turrets: 2000
  


• Inner Turrets: 2000
  


• Inhibitor Turrets: 2500
  


• Nexus Turrets: 2500
  

• Minions no longer gain armor or magic resistance over time
  


• Cannon minions no longer have base armor
  


• All minion health gain over time has been increased to be roughly as durable as when they had resistances
  

Cannon Minions

MORE CANNON MINIONS! EARLIER!

When we looked at how games were progressing, we realized cannon minion spawns weren't keeping up with the cadence of a normal game, so we cranked up the cannon-minion-making-machines.

Baron Spawn Timer

Baron wanted a later call-time.

With Baron appearing at the same time cannon minions ramp up their spawn times (or vice-versa), we can create more consistency around what 'mid-game' looks like for game pacing.

Baron Rewards

Baron buff no longer gives regeneration to the buffed team, but provides a minion promote aura that amps up sieging power. By a lot.

Baron buff was always intended to be the siege-breaker; the ultimate answer to a team turtling and refusing to die. That's not to say that the present day Baron buff doesn't accomplish this goal, but it currently does so in a low-impact swirl of purple stats (and not much else). As such, our objective with the 2015 Baron buff is to trim power that doesn't feel impactful while adding it back in a way that says, "GO FORTH AND BUST DOWN THEIR WALLS." Hopefully that is now all you hear when you take down Baron.

• All Minions:
  


• Now match 90% of average movement speed of nearby champions, up to a limit of 500 movement speed
  


• Are resistant to slow effects
  


• Non-super minions have 75% damage reduction versus area of effect, damage over time, and persistent effects
  


• Melee Minions:
  


• Gain +50% movement speed when within 800 units of enemy minions or turrets
  


• Size is increased
  


• +75 attack range
  


• 75% damage reduction versus champions and minions
  


• 30% damage reduction versus turrets (similar to cannon minions)
  


• Ranged Minions:
  


• +20 attack damage
  


• +50% missile speed
  


• +100 attack range
  


• Cannon Minions:
  


• +600 Attack Range
  


• +50 Attack Damage, but Attack Speed is halved
  


• Attacks are now Area of Effect (200 range) and deal 2x damage to Turrets.
  


• Super Minions:
  


• +25% Attack Speed.
  


• Gain +50% Movement Speed when within 800 units of enemy minion or Turret.
  

• Baron buff reduces recall channel by 4 seconds.
  


• A successful recall heals 50% a champion's maximum health / mana
  


• A successful recall grants +50% movement speed for 8 seconds
  

Dragon Rewards

Dragon's global gold and experience have been transformed into a series of stacking "Dragon Slayer" buffs. Each time your team takes down Dragon, they get a permanent stacking buff. At 5 stacks, your team gets super-bonuses for 180 seconds.

In the 2014 season, it was tough to tell the difference between taking down Dragon or a turret - at least if you were only looking at rewards. Granted, downing a turret does open up the map for your team, but unless you're constantly taking advantage of that opening, the gains from taking multiple Dragons or turrets just means one team has more gold / experience in a fight.



So.



In line with our philosophy of incomparable objective rewards, Dragon poses a much larger late-game threat for teams that take the time to invest in his stacking buffs. This means players will grow to understand the tradeoffs they're making as they ponder whether it's worth giving the enemy team a fourth Dragon in exchange for the top inner turret. And unless the plan is to never lose a Dragon again, there are very real risks associated with making that decision. Look at these meaningful choices!

• Dragon's Might (1 stack): +8% total attack damage and ability power
  


• Dragon's Dominance (2 stacks): +15% damage to minions and monsters
  


• Dragon's Flight (3 stacks): +5% movement speed
  


• Dragon's Wrath (4 stacks): +15% damage to turrets and buildings
  


• Aspect of the Dragon (5 stacks, repeatable): Doubles all other bonuses and your attacks burn enemies for 150 true damage over 5 seconds. Lasts 180 seconds.
  

Crest of Cinders

While blue buff is pretty broad in the power it gives (sustain, wave clear, siege power, etc), red buff has always been focused on its in-combat strengths. We wanted to shift a bit of that to extended sieges so we can give more rewards for controlling the map before a siege.

Crest of Insight

When a blue buff is picked up early on - especially when two people on the same team have it - things can lead to some pretty obnoxious siege scenarios. Rather than reducing the power of blue buff, we felt we could just reduce its duration to shorten the oppressiveness of extended sieges.

General Context

In older iterations of the jungle, we've always reacted to the problems of the previous season, which ends up leaving us on the back foot for the year of Lee Sins to come (it's like the joke writes itself). This preseason, rather than trying to kick the best champions back in line, we instead focused on taking bigger steps to bring strategic diversity back to the jungle. If we can build a jungle that empowers and reacts to the many different actions junglers can take, then we can create an ecosystem where it's almost impossible to distill an "optimal" jungler at any point. That's a bit of a muddy concept, so we'll explain: in the 2014 season, the jungle was a fairly 'solved' position, where optimal routes were established, sustain was easy to come by, and monsters were just piles of gold waiting to be picked up. Because of this, the 'best' junglers were quickly discovered to be those who could heavily influence lanes while still keeping up in their farm; in other words, gank / damage focused champs (oh, hello Lee) who don't make many tradeoffs for their superior dueling strengths.



This season we're introducing a lot more decision points to the jungle - more than can be made in any single game! By introducing so many variables, jungling becomes a combination of adaptation and preference rather than just making small optimizations as one Kha'Zix among many. This also gives us far more 'tuning levers' (aka things to balance) within the jungle, rather than just going after that single dominant jungler. If slow, safe junglers start getting crushed by the Evelynns, Kha'Zii, Elises, and Lee Sins of the world, then we have more to investigate rather than constantly whittling down their strength.



Ultimately, you can think of this new jungle as more of a chess match between you and the enemy jungler. How do you react to your enemies' actions? When will you need the right jungle buff? Should you invest in a more aggressive Smite or do you think a farm-centric approach would be better in this game?



Whatever your answer, be sure to Smite Teemo whenever you can.

Rift Scuttler (NEW)

A new crabby objective that offers a unique reward in the form of vision and a speed shrine for movement through the river.

Last year we introduced a new jungle camp (the Gromp now!) because we wanted to balance out neutral camps on both sides of the map. This year, our goal with the Rift Scuttler is to create a new objective that not only behaves differently but also rewards players in new and unique ways. So rather than being another Gromp for the river, this scuttling crustacean offers a lot of strategic choice for junglers and their teammates. Take out the crab before your opponents show up for Dragon, and you'll have guaranteed vision to poke them out. Alternatively, if your mid lane wants to push and roam in the early to mid game, it might be worth securing the crab to further augment their ganks. There are a lot of different ways to leverage - and waste! - the Rift Scuttler's reward, so we'll be watching closely to see how he plays into the 2015 preseason.

Smite Rewards

Smite a camp, get a reward. Simple!

Smite is a pretty unique resource for a jungler, but the choices they make with this spell are pretty basic ("is it off cooldown?"). By giving camps unique rewards, we can offer more ways for a jungler to react to a situation while giving great junglers the chance to differentiate themselves from the good junglers. Sorry, I'll rephrase that: "we can separate the good junglers from the great junglers."

Monster Stat & Reward Changes

The jungle is harder, but rewards have been increased as well. Just don't die to the Brambleback.

The 2014 jungle was just too soft. 5 minutes into a game, sustain no longer became an issue as junglers mauled their way through camps while recovering via Spirit Stone's recovery mechanic. This meant that junglers who specialized in sustain got overshadowed by junglers who could clear faster because, really, there's no way you can sustain past full health. This bears repeating: as a result of sustain being so easy to access, 'optimal' junglers become ones who can hit that low sustain cap while doubling up on their gank power (Lee Sin, Kha'Zix, Elise, Evelynn, or Rengar come to mind).



Part of our big answer for this preseason is to increase the difficulty of the jungle. By doing so, we can better differentiate between the junglers who clear fast versus those who can stay healthy. This puts a higher premium on that mitigation-focused jungler who can still gank after clearing a camp, while a high-damage jungler might be more effective at ganking but will have a tougher time keeping up. Combine these changes with our below jungle itemization changes (and Smite reward changes above!), and you've got a pretty diverse jungle that caters to a number of different styles.

• Small jungle camps now respawn every 50 seconds ⇒ 100 seconds
  
  


• Base health, attack damage, gold, and experience of small jungle camps have been increased by 20%
  


• Greatly increased the attack damage scaling of small jungle camps throughout the game
  


• Increased the health scaling of small jungle camps up to level 12
  

• Large Raptor
  


• EXPERIENCE 120 ⇒ 140
  
  


• DAMAGE 40 ⇒ 55
  
  


• MOVEMENT SPEED 320 ⇒ 350
  
  


• Small Raptor
  


• EXPERIENCE 10 ⇒ 20
  
  


• DAMAGE 14 ⇒ 20
  
  


• MOVEMENT SPEED 320 ⇒ 350
  
  

• BASE HEALTH 1500 ⇒ 2000
  
  


• DAMAGE 60 ⇒ 73
  
  

• BASE HEALTH 1500 ⇒ 1800
  
  


• DAMAGE 60 ⇒ 80
  
  

Blue Sentinel / Red Brambleback Camp Rewards

We're trying to make it a little less painful to "donate" buffs to allies.

Remember to thank your jungler for the help when he or she donates their buff to you. Some of you might argue that blue / red buff is a "team" thing and therefore you don't need to thank anyone, but that's not a very collaborative mindset.



Lessons on manners aside, this change means junglers have more control over how much experience / gold they give up when they donate their buffs to a friendly ally.

• Blue Sentinel & Red Brambleback
  


• EXPERIENCE 260 ⇒ 100
  
  


• GOLD 60 ⇒ 42
  
  


• Small Monsters
  


• EXPERIENCE 20 ⇒ 50
  
  


• GOLD 7 ⇒ 22
  
  

Jungle Experience Pacing

This is just a small tuning change we're adding, as junglers who just sit and powerfarm in the jungle all day can potentially run rampant over the map. Sometimes you need to get out of the jungle. Go see your friends. Catch up over coffee and a gank.

Embarrassing Deaths in the Jungle

Less embarrassing.

Dying to a jungle camp is pretty embarrassing, but it's even more embarrassing when you realize how hard it is to come back without your red or blue buff. Then you fall further behind and you don't want to admit that it's because you accidentally died to the red buff and things just go downhill from there. Hopefully this change mitigates that by a bit.

General Context

Customize your Smite...

High-level philosophy: previous iterations of jungle items just reinforced the jungle hierarchy. When items were focused on specific jungle roles or archetypes, the best junglers ended up directly tied to the best performing items on the market. We saw this really flare up with our mid-season changes to Wriggle's Lantern (which we subsequently nerfed) and the brief, meteoric rise of the farm-carry jungler. Creating new jungle items lets us re-focus their benefits on diversity of jungler action (I bet you thought I was going to say strategy) rather than jungler stats. By doing so, junglers can react more fluidly to the state of the game (rather than racing to whoever can finish their item first) and we have the balancing points to support a wide array of jungler strategies (there it is).

General Context

... then customize your Machete. Fulfill your end-game machete fantasy.

Enchantments provide a consistent set of bonus stats, regardless of which jungle item you choose. This way, junglers can focus on the play patterns they opted into (through their upgraded Hunter's Machete) rather than being forced into the item that best fits their end-game build.

General Context

Elixirs + Strategic Value = 2015 Preseason! Old elixirs have been replaced with 4 new (more expensive) elixirs that are focused on enabling plays rather than giving tons of stats (although they still give a ton of stats...). You're restricted to one elixir at a time (but they can overwrite each other), so don't try to stack them up!

Our current elixirs are good for a late game power boost, but they don't actually enable you to make "serious plays" when you need to (as opposed to the less serious play of "buy an elixir, beat people up"). These new 2015 preseason elixirs were designed with a heavier focus on the strategic powers you need to win - especially in the late game.

General Context

Regeneration items are now based off of your base health regeneration stat.

Flat regeneration has always been a difficult stat to balance, as it tends to fall into one of two categories: balanced in the early game, or balanced in the late game. There is no way to have both. Either an item is useful and impactful in the early game but then becomes unnoticeable in the late game (when health pools are 3x-4x what they were), or an item is impactful in the late game but super obnoxious as a first item in the early to mid game. The goal of our changes are to create scaling, meaningful benefits for regeneration at all stages of the game while also being able to tune regeneration more effectively on a champion-by-champion basis. A Mundo who picks up tons of health regeneration will benefit very differently than, say... Riven (she gets a low-cooldown shield, c'mon).

General Context

WARNING: This is going to get complicated.



Unlike Tear of the Goddess, Chalice 'turns on' (ie: accesses a majority of its power) very early as a purchase, giving both defensive stats and piles of mana regeneration to safely push / farm. As a result, most mid-laners who don't want to deal with mana problems (or interacting with their opponent) can just rush a Chalice before figuring out the rest of their items. While these changes are definitely a nerf to Chalice (particularly when it's rushed), our goal is to reduce its value as a "one-stop shop" for mana regeneration while also increasing the amount of time it takes for a player to fully tap its strength.

General Context

Our objective with items is the same as our overarching 2015 preseason goal: strategic diversity. Is it possible - through items - for your team to be able to opt into different strategies? Could we do it in a way that makes these strategies accessible for all teams, and not just the ones with the right champions? These were the questions that lead us to focus on macro-level items (like pre-fight, out of combat, or strategic purchases) over creating new micro-level items (tactical combat stats, etc). It's not to say we don't like items that give passive stats, just that we didn't we have a large suite of strategic level items so that was a logical place to start. In short, our aim is to provide the right tools for strategic innovation to prosper in League of Legends.



... we use the term "strategic" or some variation of it 6 times in the previous paragraph. That's how you know we're serious.

General Context

Chain Vest builds out of Cloth Armor.

We want basic defensive items to be about reacting to the situation, which means streamlining those purchases down to their basic components (as opposed to getting accidentally 'trapped' when buying the wrong item). Now if you need defensive armor or magic resistance, buying a basic item is never a "wrong" choice.

General Context

Negatron Cloak has been removed. All items that used Negatron Cloak now use Null-Magic Mantle.

Copying from above:



We want basic defensive items to be about reacting to the situation, which means streamlining those purchases down to their basic components (as opposed to getting accidentally 'trapped' when buying the wrong item). Now if you need defensive armor or magic resistance, buying a basic item is never a "wrong" choice.

General Context

For the gambler in all of us. The two snowballing items now start with 5 stacks, but lose half their stacks when killed.

We see Mejai's Soulstealer and Sword of the Occult as high-stakes gambling items. By upgrading into them, you're throwing away a substantial amount of gold (and thus advantage) with the hopes of 'doubling down' on your control of the game. Go big or go home.

We've set some items free.

We realized in the case of each of these items that 'supporting' them or allowing them to continue to exist would simply cause more harm for game health than actual benefits. Either being abusable in edge cases (hello Sword of the Divine Rengar), or being 'trap' items that are rarely (if ever) the correct strategic purchase. Some may return at a later date!

Defence. Anaesthesia. Authorise. Doughnut. Pyjamas.

Along with Smite getting super complex, we figured we could re-assess the Summoner Spell level requirements.

• LEVEL 1 :: Clarity, Ghost, Heal, and Revive
  


• LEVEL 2 :: Cleanse
  


• LEVEL 3 :: Smite
  


• LEVEL 4 :: Garrison
  


• LEVEL 6 :: Barrier and Teleport
  


• LEVEL 8 :: Exhaust and Ignite
  


• LEVEL 10 :: Clairvoyance
  


• LEVEL 12 :: Flash
  

• LEVEL 1 :: Clarity, Garrison, Ghost, Heal and Revive
  


• LEVEL 4 :: Barrier and Exhaust
  


• LEVEL 6 :: Cleanse and Teleport
  


• LEVEL 8 :: Clairvoyance and Flash
  


• LEVEL 10 :: Smite and Ignite (\m/)
  

We've given active items a more impactful UI treatment by adding their ability icons to the space above the center HUD. No more excuses if you forget to pop Zhonya's! We've also split buffs into two categories with different UI spaces to prioritize information that feeds into your moment-to-moment decision making. Together, these updates should cement the center ability bar as your tactical command center. These changes are...for clarity!

• Active item hotkeys and cooldowns are now displayed in the space above your Summoner spells. In this new display, cooldowns are tracked by both the blue "sweep" and their numeric values
  


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  • Active item tracking in the inventory is unchanged (no numeric cooldowns)
    
  
  


• Buffs have been split into two categories: ability trackers and ambient buffs
  


• 
  
  • Ability trackers (stacks toward an ability proc, remaining charges of an ability, remaining duration of an ability effect, etc.) retain their spot above the center HUD
    
  
  
  • Ambient buffs (persistent buffs, stance indicators, auras, etc.) have been moved to a second buff bar above your champion portrait. Debuffs have been moved to this space as well.
    
  
  

• A volume slider and mute button have been added to the patcher to control the recently-added "Launch" and "Patching Complete" sounds
  


• Clicking ticker notifications in the patcher will now take you to the Service Status page for more information
  

End of Game Gifting

End of Game Gifting is a new way for players to gift fellow Summoners via the post-game lobby. We'll be launching in waves starting in the weeks following the launch of Patch 4.20 and extending into the next patch. Launching the feature in stages keeps us light on our feet during the rollout period, leading to the best experience possible for everyone once we're fully activated!


Soon, whether you want to thank a friendly player or reward someone's first Pentakill, you'll be able to show your appreciation after the match! Here are the details:

• You do NOT have to be friends to send a gift
  


• You can send gifts to players on both teams
  


• At launch, you'll be able to choose from Mystery Skins, Mystery Champions, the champion the recipient played (if unowned), and available skins for that champion
  


• The prices will be the same as in the store
  


• Gifts will count towards the daily gifting limit. In other words, you can only send/receive up to five gifts each day (For example, sending three mystery skins from the store and two end of game gifts hits your limit)
  


• Available in all queues except for custom games
  


• 
  Check out the full FAQ here!
  

Store Improvements

• Ward Skins have been added to the options in the store's Gifting Center! Standard gifting rules apply.
  


• Expanding on the icon changes made last patch, we've updated the icons for IP and XP boosts
  

• Fixed a Mac compatibility issue that caused the cursor to drop to the bottom of the screen (sometimes becoming completely stuck) when attempting to Smart Ping
  


• Various buff icons that went missing in 4.19 should have reappeared via the new Active Item & Buff UI changes
  


• Fixed a bug where Tryndamere's E - Spinning Slash was dealing double damage in rare cases
  

The following skins will be released at various times during Patch 4.20:

Constable Trundle

Captain Volibear

Safecracker Evelynn

Pickpocket Twitch

Battlecast Alpha Skarner

Battlecast Kog'Maw

Blood Moon Kalista