Live Patch Preview

Posted on at 2:42 PM by Moobeat

For those who might have missed it, a live version of the patch preview just aired on the Dreamhack stream. Lucky for you, I jotted it all down like a big nerd.

General

Ward Changes
- Not able to be targeted by most ablitiles ( i.e Lee Sin shield, Blitz grabs )

Gold / Xp on Champion Kills
Killing Streak caps at 500g ( from 1000g )
Exp gain increased and decreased based on relative level ( less for lower more for higher )

Gold Per 10 Items
Minor nerf to Philospher's Stone regen
Unique PER item ( one of each only )

Life steal / Spellvamp overhaul

Ignite and spirit visage effect the life steal / spell vamp.

Shields
Shields allow lifesteal, assists, and such. ( i.e lifestealing a morde on live gives no health back )

Nerfs!

Rumble 
Ultimate Changes: CD up, AP ratios down, Base damage on burn down

Vayne 
Lower damage percentage on her Q, 
E losing damage
R losing a little free damage

Vlad 
Q have more damage early ranks ( levels 1-4 )  
Cooldown increased for later ranks ( from 3 to 4 seconds was estimate )

Jarvan
Passive from 10% damage to 8%. 
Stats down a bit on flag toss ( 4 gain per rank to 3 )

Evelynn
Losing stun from stealth; it is now a slow.

Buffs

Gangplank
His Passive has 3 times stacking slow and damage ( 10% slow stacking to 30% ). Short duration ( from 10 seconds to 3 )

Fiddlesticks
Damage per rank on dark wind up 
ap ratio on crowstorm up 
Channel on crowstorm is down to 1.5 from 2


A ton of changes here! Be sure to catch the finals game starting up soon on the Official Riot Stream.