Every legend has a beginning, and we hope you’re enjoying Arcane’s. But there’s even more to the lore than just the show!
- The Council Archives: Can’t get enough of Arcane? Well, don’t worry, because there’s more! Dig into Jayce and Vi’s backstories by checking around the Council Archives in the League client to learn more about the characters.
- Ultimate Spellbook: IT’S BACK! The return of this summer’s popular rotating game mode is back with brand new Ult-ernate spells galore, many of which belong to the characters of Arcane. Check out the Ultimate Spellbook section for more details.
- League of Legends Avatar Creator: So maybe it’s not enough to know Arcane—maybe you want tobeArcane. You’re in luck: The League of Legends Avatar Creator is now up and running! Head over to the client oron the webto create your avatar to customize, save, and share.
- Summoner’s Rift Accents: Arcane has taken over Summoner’s Rift and Howling Abyss! Minions and turrets alike have gotten a makeover for RiotX Arcane. Maybe you’ve also noticed new Arcane-themed loading screens, quotes, and in-game music. These accents will last until December 9, 2021.
- Caitlyn ASU: Caitlyn’s also getting a major visual update this patch along with small upgrades for Jayce and Jinx, too. Talk about progress, huh? More details on that way, way below.
Objective Bounties are another way for losing teams to get back into the game, in addition to Champion Bounties. They grant extra gold rewards for taking objectives when a team is far behind, and are designed to be hard to claim—but not impossible! We still want the winning team’s leads to matter, so losing teams will have to capture
multipleobjectives in order to cash out, because a single bounty won’t pay out very much. We hope that Objective Bounties will allow you to execute big brain strats to equalize the game, rather than having to wait around to capitalize on your opponent’s mistakes.
Objective Bounties activate only when a team is sufficiently behind and objectives that’ll pay out bounties are highlighted on the minimap for both teams.If the losing team takes an objective with an active bounty, each of its members will receive Objective Bounty gold.
Objective Bounties are calculated in the background based on four factors: XP lead, Gold lead, Dragon lead, and Turret lead. When they activate, each objective available to the team that’s behind gains a bounty. Bounties start at the following, split evenly amongst all five team members.
BARON & ELDER DRAGON500 gold
DRAKES & RIFT HERALD500 gold
OUTER TURRET250 gold
INNER TURRET400 gold
BASE TURRET400 gold
As the losing team falls farther behind, these base amounts can increase up to an additional 60%. The exact bounty for each reward will be visible under the losing team’s objective icons in the tab-menu.
Blue team is behind; the additional gold they’ll get for taking an objective is listed below each objective’s icon
Objective Bounties activate 15 seconds after a team falls below the threshold and deactivate 15 seconds after they rise above it. This deactivation timer extends if the losing team remains in combat with an objective that has an active bounty.
We’re introducing two new dragons to Summoner’s Rift, complete with new buffs, souls, and terrain effects.The selection rate of Chemtech Rift and Hextech Rift terrains will be temporarily doubled during patch 11.23only so you can try out the new map changes and dragon souls more frequently during preseason.
NEW CHEMTECH DRAKE
Chemtech Drake is all about playing on the edge, taking calculated risks, and fighting for every scrap. The Chemtech Dragon Soul encourages you to go big or go home, and trade your life for high value plays.
CHEMTECH DRAKE BUFFGrants up to 5% bonus damage per stack against enemies with 340-1020 (your level 1-18) more current health than you
CHEMTECH DRAGON SOULWhen a team obtains the Chemtech Dragon Soul, they receive a buff that grants them a brief second life upon their next death. Champions revive with 80% of their base health + 50% of their bonus health and gain 75/30% (melee/ranged) decaying Move Speed. Revived champions take 40% less damage, deal 33% less damage, and take damage equal to an ever-increasing percent of their starting health every 0.25 seconds
You might notice that Chemtech Soul is similar to the Ruined Drake buff from Ultimate Spellbook this summer, and it is!
CHEMTECH RIFTGas zones emerge in four jungle locations that camouflage any champion within it. Champions within the zone deal up to 10% more damage to enemies who have more current health than them. Maximum damage is achieved when at 340-1020 (based on the attacker’s level) less health than them
CAMOUFLAGECamouflaged enemies are not revealed by regular vision wards, but are revealed by Control Wards, Scryer’s Blooms, and effects that reveal invisible units. They’re also revealed while you’re standing near them
NEW HEXTECH DRAKE
Hextech Drake is all about controlling the map, flanking your foes, and trapping the enemy team for a wombo combo. The Hextech Dragon Soul grants a unique lightning that slows down enemies, allowing you to control teamfights and chase down stragglers.
HEXTECH DRAKE BUFFGrants 5 Ability Haste and 5% attack speed per stack
HEXTECH DRAGON SOULWhen a team obtains the Hextech Drake Soul, they gain a chain lightning slow on their next basic attack or ability that deals 25-75 true damage (based on champion level 1-18), bounces to 3 additional targets, and slows units hit by 45/35% (melee/ranged) (+5% per 1000 bonus health, +1% per 100 AP, +3% per 100 bonus AD) for 2 seconds (8 second cooldown)
HEXTECH RIFTPairs of Hex-gates appear across the map which allow champions to quickly travel from one location to its paired counterpart. Hex-gates are activated with a brief channel that can be interrupted by immobilizes or damage. Each pair of Hex-gates has a 30 second individual cooldown per champion
CLOUD DRAKE
The Cloud Drake buff wasn’t getting much love this year, despite being very powerful. It was hard to tune because it needed to give a lot of ultimate Ability Haste to be a powerful reward, but not so powerful that it’d completely warp the game. So we’re making some adjustments. Run like the wind!(Cloud Dragon SoulandCloud Riftare unchanged.)
CLOUD DRAKE BUFF12 Ultimate Ability Haste⇒+3.5% out-of-combat Move Speed, +3.5% slow resistance
RIFT SCUTTLER
The first Rift Scuttler spawn has been too impactful in deciding the outcome of the early game, so we’re reducing its importance with lessened XP. Now that it’s squishier (and tinier), you can defeat it more easily and scuttle back to safety sooner.
BABY BUGThe first Rift Scuttler will now have 35% reduced health, grants 80% reduced XP, and has been slightly reduced in size to match its lower value.(Note: The 80% reduced XP does not impact the bonus XP granted by theHuntsmanpassive on jungle starter items.)
We’re adding some new items for mages, tanks, bruisers, and assassins, who have all been lacking meaningful options since the item system update last preseason.
CROWN OF THE SHATTERED QUEEN
Mages have often felt at the mercy of their bursty foes with little else to do but hide on the far side of teamfights or hope their Stopwatch is enough to survive. This new Mythic lets them sacrifice some early damage for the chance to live longer—especially in the early game, when a completed Zhonya’s may not be a good option.
TOTAL COST2800 gold
BUILD PATHLost Chapter + Kindlegem + Amplifying Tome + 265 gold
ABILITY POWER70
HEALTH250
MANA600
ABILITY HASTE20
SAFEGUARD (PASSIVE)You areSafeguarded, reducing incoming champion damage by 75%.Safeguardpersists for 1.5 seconds after taking champion damage (40 second cooldown, restarts upon taking damage from an enemy champion)
POISE (PASSIVE)WhileSafeguardedand for 3 seconds after it’s broken, gain 10-40 (based on your champion’s level) ability power
MYTHIC PASSIVEGrants all other Legendary items 1% Move Speed and 8 ability power
EVENSHROUD
Tanky supports felt pigeonholed into one Mythic (Locket of the Iron Solari) which was a purely defensive tool. We’re adding another Mythic for those who want to focus more on engaging offensively instead of relying on Locket’s anti-burst.
TOTAL COST2500 gold
BUILD PATHKindlegem + Aegis of the Legion + 300 gold
HEALTH200
ABILITY HASTE20
ARMOR30
MAGIC RESIST30
CORUSCATIONAfter immobilizing champions or being immobilized, cause that target and all nearby enemies toRepent, increasing the damage they take by 12% for 5 seconds
MYTHIC PASSIVEGrants all other Legendary items 5 armor and 5 magic resist
AXIOM ARC
Prior to the Youmuu’s Ghostblade buffs in patch 11.17, there weren’t many options for assassins to pick up Ability Haste. Axiom Arc is a new Legendary item designed to be the Ability Haste pick-up while also allowing ability-focused assassins to snowball a lead.
TOTAL COST3000 gold
BUILD PATHSerrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 800 gold
ATTACK DAMAGE55
ABILITY HASTE25
LETHALITY10
FLUX (PASSIVE)Whenever an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds after you’ve damaged them, refund 25% of your ultimate’s total cooldown
SHADOWFLAME
Offensive options for mages have been quite narrow, especially for those who wanted Legendary items to simply deal more damage. Shadowflame should let you blow up your opponents and will be extra spicy against those who stop your damage with shields on shields on shields.
TOTAL COST3000 gold
BUILD PATHHextech Alternator + Needlessly Large Rod + 700 gold
ABILITY POWER100
HEALTH200
CINDERBLOOM (PASSIVE)Damage to champions benefits from 10-20 magic penetration based on the target’s current health. (Maximum value at 1000 or less health, minimum value at 2500 or more health.) Gains the maximum magic penetration if the target was recently affected by shields
WINTER’S APPROACH
Tanks who need mana can really struggle during teamfights as they slowly grind through their mana bars. Let the spell spamming commence. (Thanks, Wild Rift!)
TOTAL COST2600 gold
BUILD PATHTear of the Goddess + Kindlegem + Ruby Crystal + 1000 gold
HEALTH400
MANA500
ABILITY HASTE15
AWE (PASSIVE)Gain bonus health equal to 8% mana
MANA CHARGE (PASSIVE)Strike a target with an ability or auto attack to consume a charge and gain 3 bonus mana, doubled if the target is a champion. Grants a maximum of 360 mana at which point this item transforms intoFimbulwinter
FIMBULWINTER
BUILD PATHThis item upgrades from Winter’s Approach upon reachingMana Charge‘s maximum bonus 360 mana.
HEALTH400
MANA860
ABILITY HASTE15
AWE (PASSIVE)Gain bonus health equal to 8% mana
EVERLASTING (PASSIVE)Slowing (melee only) or immobilizing an enemy champion consumes 3% of current mana and grants a shield for 3 seconds, absorbing 100-200 (+5% current mana) damage (8 second cooldown). The shield is increased by 80% if more than one enemy is nearby
Tank Mythics sort of feel like reskins of each other right now, and the choices aren’t very cool or satisfying—just a bunch of different ways to burn people. These updates should create more distinction while still giving you the durability you need to succeed. We also gave the tank Mythic passives a bit more health so your stats progress better throughout the game.Tank Legendaries had a different issue where the MR options felt really light aside from Spirit Visage, so we’re heightening the fantasies of other choices like Force of Nature and Abyssal Mask.
BAMI’S CINDER
Immolate was meant to help with waveclear but would instead often throw off your CSing because your own minions would steal the last hits. We’re adding a small QoL helper to help you miss fewer of them. This update takes effect on all items that have the passive.
UPDATEDIMMOLATE (PASSIVE)Now also executes minions that would be killed by one more tick ofImmolate
FROSTFIRE GAUNTLET
In order to differentiate theImmolatetank Mythics, we’ve shifted some of Frostfire’s power into its “signature” effect—the Snowbind AoE passive. This chunky hit should make chasing down and debilitating enemies much more satisfying. Caution: Icy surface ahead!
UPDATEDSNOWBIND (PASSIVE)Basic attacks a create frost field that slows enemies.⇒Basic attacks create a frost field for 1.5 seconds thatdeals 20-100 (+0.5% max health) magic damageto all enemies in the area. Enemies that move across the field are slowed(slow rate and cooldowns unchanged)
IMMOLATE (PASSIVE)Unchanged
MYTHIC PASSIVEUnchanged
TURBO CHEMTANK
Turbo Chemtank’sImmolateeffect often felt more like a requirement for jungle clear rather than an interesting passive. We’re shifting the item’s power into one big explosion, which should make it the go-to option for gankers and initiators that just gotta go fast.
SUPERCHARGED (ACTIVE)Unchanged
NEWREFUEL (PASSIVE)Moving and dealing damage fills up the Chemtank. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack deals 40-120 (+1% max health, +3% Move Speed) magic damage to all nearby enemies (increased by 25% against minions and 175% against jungle monsters).
REMOVEDIMMOLATE (PASSIVE)Deals magic damage to nearby enemies upon taking or dealing damage
UPDATEDMYTHIC PASSIVEEmpowers each of your other Legendary items with 5 Ability Hasteand 50 health
SUNFIRE AEGIS
Sunfire Aegis is the most expensive tank Mythic, yet its stats are a bit underwhelming. We’re buffing up its durability to match its cost.
TOTAL COST3200 gold(unchanged)
HEALTH350(unchanged)
ABILITY HASTE20(unchanged)
ARMOR30⇒35
MAGIC RESIST30⇒35
FLAMETOUCH (PASSIVE)Unchanged
IMMOLATE (PASSIVE)Unchanged
UPDATEDMYTHIC PASSIVEEmpowers each of your other Legendary items with 5% slow resist, 5% tenacity,and 50 health
ABYSSAL MASK
Last season’s Abyssal Mask was powerful for champs who could use its Immobilize effect, and pretty much those champsonly. We’ve reshaped it to be more of a hybrid offense/defense tool that shines against magic damage comps or large teamfights. It should also be an exciting choice for some AP bruisers and battlemages!
TOTAL COST2700(unchanged)
BUILD PATHGiant’s Belt + Negatron Cloak + 900 gold⇒Kindlegem + Spectre’s Cowl + 650 gold
HEALTH400⇒450
NEWABILITY HASTE10
MAGIC RESIST60⇒30
UPDATEDUNMAKE (PASSIVE)Immobilizing enemy champions increases the damage they take by 15% for 5 seconds⇒Curse nearby enemy champions, reducing their magic resist by 5 + 1% bonus health (max 20). For each cursed enemy, gain 7 magic resist
FORCE OF NATURE
Force of Nature was meant to fill the void Adaptive Helm left behind, but its value straddles between stacking resistances and movement speed. We’ve condensed and buffed its effects a bit; it should now be the go-to option when facing heavy magic damage comps or high-DPS mages like Ryze or Cassiopeia.
HEALTH350(unchanged)
MAGIC RESIST60⇒70
MOVE SPEED5%(unchanged)
UPDATEDABSORBTaking ability damage grants bonus Move Speed and magic resist, stacking up to 5 times. Each unique ability gives 1 stack⇒Taking magic damage from enemy champions grants a stack ofSteadfast(max 6) for 5 seconds. Enemy immobilizing effects grant an additional 2 stacks
NEWDISSIPATEWhile at 6 stacks ofSteadfast, take 20% reduced magic damage and gain 10% increased Move Speed
KNIGHT’S VOW
Knight’s Vow was unpopular despite being powerful all year. We’ve returned the ally heal so that Pledge feels more like a mutual partnership rather than a selfless sacrifice. We’ve also sharpened the damage reduction to work better against burst damage, and removed the movement speed boost.
HEALTH400(unchanged)
BASE HEALTH REGEN300%⇒150%
ABILITY HASTE10(unchanged)
PLEDGE (ACTIVE)Unchanged
UPDATEDSACRIFICE (PASSIVE)While yourWorthyally is nearby and you are above 30% of your maximum health, redirect 15% of the damage they take to you. If they are below 50% of their maximum health, gain 35% bonus Move Speed towards them⇒While yourWorthyally is nearby, redirect 10% of damage they take to you and heal for 8% of the damage they deal to champions. If they have less than 30% health, redirect 20% of damage they take to you instead
AEGIS OF THE LEGION
We’re dropping the price of Aegis to make it more accessible in tank builds, especially for supports. Sunfire Aegis and Locket of the Iron Solari are still strong, so their total costs are unchanged. Gargoyle Stoneplate is relatively weak compared to others though, so it’s inheriting the discount.
TOTAL COST1500 gold⇒1400 gold
GARGOYLE STONEPLATE
TOTAL COST3300 gold⇒3200 gold
LOCKET OF THE IRON SOLARI
COMBINE COST200 gold⇒300 gold(total cost unchanged)
Mage item choices have been pretty limited this season, especially for AP bruisers and some battlemages. We’re making a few options less generic but otherwise opening up items to appeal toall AP users.
EVERFROST
We want to offer a cheaper tier of Mythics for AP mana users who don’t need “luxury” damage options right away, so we’re bringing Everfrost’s price down to match the new mage Mythic, Crown of the Shattered Queen. This way, mana users can opt into cheaper items if they need an earlier spike.
TOTAL COST3200 gold⇒2800 gold
BUILD PATHKindlegem + Lost Chapter + Blasting Wand + 250 gold⇒Kindlegem + Lost Chapter +Amplifying Tome+265 gold
ABILITY POWER80⇒70
HEALTH250(unchanged)
MANA600(unchanged)
ABILITY HASTE20(unchanged)
GLACIATE (ACTIVE)Unchanged
UPDATEDMYTHIC PASSIVE Grants all other Legendary items15 ability power⇒10 ability power
DEMONIC EMBRACE
Demonic Embrace should be a core item for AP bruisers, battlemages, and tanks who want more damage. It wasn’t fulfilling that role very well, so we’re removing its stacking resistance, boosting it for melees, and giving it a new passive that will make those tanky AP builds shine.
ABILITY POWER70⇒60
HEALTH350⇒450
UPDATEDAZAKANA GAZE (PASSIVE)Dealing ability damage burns enemies for (2% for melee / 1.2% for ranged) max health magic damage every second for 4 seconds.No longer grants bonus resistances while enemies burn
NEWDARK PACT (PASSIVE)Gain 2% of your bonus health as ability power
ARCHANGEL’S STAFF
Archangel’s and Seraph’s were basically just big powerful sticks of AP and mana this year. We’re pushing them to better fit spell-slinging battlemage and bruiser playstyles.
TOTAL COST3000 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHTear of the Goddess + Amplifying Tome + Needlessly Large Rod + 915 gold⇒Tear of the Goddess +Kindlegem+Blasting Wand+950 gold
ABILITY POWER65⇒60
NEWHEALTH200
MANA500(unchanged)
UPDATEDAWE (PASSIVE)Grants ability power equal to 3% bonus mana⇒Gain Ability Haste equal to 0.5% bonus mana
MANA CHARGE (PASSIVE)Unchanged
SERAPH’S EMBRACE
BUILD PATHThis item upgrades from Archangel’s Staff upon reaching the maximum 360 bonus mana
ABILITY POWER65⇒80
NEWHEALTH250
MANA860(unchanged)
UPDATEDAWE (PASSIVE)Gain ability power equal to 3% bonus mana⇒Gain Ability Haste equal to 1.3% bonus mana
UPDATEDEMPYREAN (PASSIVE)Increase your maximum mana by 5% (+ 2.5% per 100 AP)⇒Restore health equal to 40% of mana spent, up to 25-50 +10% ability power per cast. Toggles can restore the same amount per 1 second
COSMIC DRIVE
Cosmic Drive was strong throughout the season… but not very exciting. We’re amping up the fantasy of this move-fast-cast-fast item and making its passive available way sooner.
TOTAL COST3000 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHFiendish Codex + Kindlegem + Ruby Crystal + 865 gold⇒Fiendish Codex +Aether Wisp+ Ruby Crystal +850 gold
ABILITY POWER80⇒75
HEALTH200⇒250
ABILITY HASTE20⇒30
NEWMOVE SPEED5%
UPDATEDSPELLDANCE (PASSIVE)If you have at least 160 ability power, gain 20 Ability Haste and 20 bonus Move Speed⇒Damaging a champion with 3 separate attacks or spells grants 20% Move Speed (decaying to 10%) and 40 ability power until leaving combat
HORIZON FOCUS
Horizon Focus was a pretty niche, glass-cannon item that essentially gave long-range mages alotof bonus damage. We’re broadening its use case so that more champs feel happy picking it up.
TOTAL COST3000 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHHextech Alternator + Needlessly Large Rod + 700g⇒Hextech Alternator +Fiendish Codex + 1050 gold
ABILITY POWER115⇒85
NEWHEALTH150
NEWABILITY HASTE15
UPDATEDHYPERSHOT (PASSIVE)Now also appliesHypershotto slowed enemy champions
VOID STAFF
Void Staff was a very powerful but generic purchase for amping up your APandmelting through MR. We’re shifting some of its power to its magic penetration so it’s not a one-stop-shop for mages who buy it.
TOTAL COST2700 gold⇒2800 gold
BUILD PATHBlighting Jewel + Blasting Wand + 700 gold⇒Blighting Jewel + Blasting Wand +800 gold
ABILITY POWER70⇒65
MAGIC PENETRATION40%⇒45%
DORAN’S RING
We’re adding an incentive to Doran’s Ring for champions who want to get aggressive in lane. We still want champions to have access to mana in tough matchups, so we’re keeping the base mana regeneration relatively high—now there’s just a bonus treat for dueling.
FOCUS (PASSIVE)Unchanged
UPDATEDDRAIN (PASSIVE)Killing a unit restores 6 mana. If you can’t gain mana, restore 3 health instead⇒Restore 0.75 mana every second. Damaging an enemy champion increases this amount to 1.25 mana every second for 10 seconds. If you can’t gain mana, restore 50% of the value as health instead
HEXTECH ALTERNATOR
Hextech Alternator was one of many AP damage items that were a bittooglass cannon-y. We’re trading some of its AP for durability. This change affects Horizon Focus and the next three items, all of which build from Hextech Alternator.
TOTAL COST1050 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHAmplifying Tome + Amplifying Tome + 180 gold⇒Amplifying Tome +Ruby Crystal+215 gold
ABILITY POWER40⇒25
NEWHEALTH150
REVVED (PASSIVE)Unchanged
HEXTECH ROCKETBELT
TOTAL COST3200 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHRuby Crystal + Hextech Alternator + Blasting Wand + 900 gold⇒Amplifying Tome+ Hextech Alternator + Blasting Wand +865 gold
NIGHT HARVESTER
TOTAL COST3200 gold(unchanged)
BUILD PATHRuby Crystal + Hextech Alternator + Blasting Wand + 900 gold⇒Amplifying Tome+ Hextech Alternator + Blasting Wand +865 gold
While assassins were strong, their Mythics felt lackluster. Many assassins were opting into Mythics like Goredrinker or Stridebreaker, and some rushed Legendaries like Youmuu’s before their Mythic. We’re not opposed to flexing into unique builds, but building a Lethality Mythic first was almost always the weaker option. We’re reducing the gap between Mythics and Youmuu’s for melee Lethality users, while ranged Lethality users should be relatively unaffected.
DUSKBLADE OF DRAKTHARR
TOTAL COST3200 gold⇒3100 gold
BUILD PATHSerrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 1000 gold⇒Serrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer +900 gold
UPDATEDNIGHTSTALKER (ACTIVE) Bonus AD on next basic attack against an enemy champion deals65 (+25% bonus AD)⇒75 (+30% bonus AD) for melee / 55 (+25% bonus AD) for ranged(all else unchanged)
ECLIPSE
TOTAL COST3200 gold⇒3100 gold
BUILD PATHSerrated Dirk + Long Sword + Vampiric Scepter + 850 gold⇒Serrated Dirk + Long Sword + Vampiric Scepter +750 gold
UPDATEDEVER RISING MOON (PASSIVE) Cooldown for melee champions reduced from8 seconds⇒6 seconds(all else unchanged)
PROWLER’S CLAW
TOTAL COST3200 gold⇒3100 gold
BUILD PATHSerrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 1000 gold⇒Serrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer +900 gold
UPDATEDSANDSWIPE (ACTIVE) The dash deals65 (+25% bonus AD)⇒75 (+30% bonus AD physical damage(all else unchanged)
YOUMUU’S GHOSTBLADE
TOTAL COST2900 gold⇒3000 gold
NEW FIRST STRIKE
First Strike is a new Inspiration keystone that gives you a huge damage and gold boost when you strike an enemy champion first, but nothing if they hit you first.
FIRST STRIKE (PASSIVE)Basic attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25 seconds of entering champion combat grants 5 gold andFirst Strikefor 3 seconds, causing you to deal 10% extra damage against champions, and granting 100% (70% for ranged champions) ofbonusdamage dealt as gold. 25-15 second cooldown (levels 1-18)
NOT SECOND STRIKEIf an enemy strikes you first, First Strike still goes on cooldown without providing any of its bonuses. (Unlike Banshee’s Veil, subsequent damage won’t keep restarting the cooldown)
REMOVEDPROTOTYPE: OMNISTONE
With the introduction of First Strike, it’s also time we say goodbye to Prototype: Omnistone, a keystone that never really found a place in most players’ hearts. Its rules were too complex, and tinkering with it risked making it even harder to master. This left us in a tough spot where we couldn’t safely buff it because of its potential to warp gameplay in ways we weren’t comfortable with.
REMOVEDPROTOTYPE: OMNISTONE (PASSIVE)Periodically grants a single use of another random keystone. After a keystone is used or has expired, another random keystone is granted
GLACIAL AUGMENT
Some champions were using Glacial Augment’sFreeze Rayto CC enemies before casting skillshots to guarantee a wombo combo, which—though clever—wasn’t the intended design. This updated version should appeal to tanks and some enchanters without removing skill expression. We think it’ll be particularly useful to defend allies or amplify huge engages.
UPDATEDGLACIAL AUGMENT (PASSIVE)Basic attacks on-hit periodically slow enemy champions⇒Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you and other nearby champions, creating frozen lines for a few seconds that slow enemies for 35% (+5% per 10% heal and shield power) (+2% per 100 AP) (+2% per 100 bonus AD) and reduce their damage by 15% against your allies (not including yourself). The frozen lines last for 3 (+100% of the final duration of the immobilizing effect) seconds
REMOVEDFREEZE RAY (PASSIVE)Slowing an enemy champion with an item active creates a frozen line that slows all enemies within
LETHAL TEMPO
The keystones available for marksmen felt a little flat. Hail of Blades offered a burst of instant attack speed, Lethal Tempo a delayed burst of attack speed, and Press the Attack a delayed burst of damage. Lethal Tempo stood out as the least popular of the bunch despite having a similar win rate. This meant it was either more niche, less satisfying, or both. We’re clarifying Lethal Tempo’s identity as the best ramping option for long term value and adding attack range to make it more unique.
REMOVEDLETHAL TEMPO (PASSIVE)After 1.5 seconds upon damaging an enemy champion, you gain bonus attack speed and your attack speed cap is increased for 3 seconds. Attacking a champion while the effect is active extends the duration to 6 seconds
UPDATEDLETHAL TEMPO (PASSIVE)Gain (15% for melee/5% for ranged) attack speedfor 6 secondswhen striking at least one enemy champion with each auto attack.This effect stacks up to 6 times.While this effect is at its cap,also gain (50 for melee/100 for ranged) attack range and increase your attack speed cap from 2.5 to 10
We’ve added several new ultimates to the pool of Ult-ernate Summoner Spells, champion select bans, a new auto-smite feature for junglers, and special interactions with the new Chemtech and Hextech Drakes! Ultimate Spellbook will incorporate all of preseason’s content upon release (except for Objective Bounties) and will be available from November 18, 2021 to January 10, 2022.
Removed Ult-ernate Summoner Spells
Ult-ernate Summoner Spell Balance Adjustments
As a catch-all note, any changes that have been made to champion ults since patch 11.14 (the last run of Ultimate Spellbook) have also been applied to their Ult-ernate versions in this mode. The only exception is the following bonus Ability Haste reduction on Ashe’s R.
Ashe
R BONUS ABILITY HASTE35⇒20
Auto-Smite
Jungle mains around the world, rejoice! We’re introducing a special feature called Auto-Smite so that junglers can still pick a Summoner Spell other than Smite in this mode.
Junglers will be locked into taking Auto-Smite instead of a Placeholder Ult-ernate Summoner Spell during champ select. Auto-Smite gets replaced by the Ult-ernate that you select at the beginning of the game, granting you a buff that is also called Auto-Smite.
AUTO-SMITE BUFFWhen fighting Epic Monsters, Rift Scuttlers, orAlliedBuff Monsters, Auto-Smite automatically executes the monster once it reaches the threshold health at which a regular Smite would last-hit them
We’re also introducing a new jungle starter item called Obsidian Edge that will only be available on Ultimate Spellbook. It has the same stats as the other two jungle items, but with a different completion criteria just for Auto-Smite and without Chilling or Challenging Smite’s effects against champs (since you can’t Auto-Smite a champion).
OBSIDIAN EDGE – STATS & EFFECTSGrants the same stats as Hailblade and Emberknife, except for…
OBSIDIAN EDGE – AUTO PATH (PASSIVE)Triggering Auto-Smite 5 times consumes this item, granting all of the item’s effects permanently as well as increasing Auto-Smite’s threshold and damage to 900
Lastly, Ivern’s Auto-Smite works a little differently because, well, Ivern.
BE FREE, MY FRIENDWhen Ivern takes Auto-Smite, he will not be able to use it to bypassPassive – Friend of the Forest‘s grove maturation timer. However, freeing a qualifying jungle camp (Epic Monsters, Rift Scuttlers, or Allied Buff Monsters) will trigger Auto-Smite, granting him the heal and jungle starter item stack that a regular Smite would
Dragons & Terrain
The only dragons that will spawn in this mode are the new Hextech and Chemtech Drakes! Any time your team slays one of these dragons in Ultimate Spellbook, your team will also gain a stack of theEchoes of Ruinationbuff.
ECHOES OF RUINATIONYour attacks against enemy turrets applyEchoes of Ruination, dealing 0.3% of the turret’s health as damage per second
In order to streamline Caitlyn’s future visuals, skins, and overall development, we’ve given the Sheriff of Piltover an Art and Sustainability Update (ASU)! In-game models, voiceovers (VO), sound effects (SFX), and visual effects (VFX) for Caitlyn and eight of her skins have been modernized. All of her splashes have also been updated, and some have been completely redone.Jayce and Jinx have also been modernized for clarity and thematic purposes.
Caitlyn ASU
During this ASU, Caitlyn’s Headshots were re-coded as empowered attacks rather than abilities. This removed several cases where Caitlyn was able to Headshot while her basic attack was on cooldown since Headshots now use her basic attack timer. We’re monitoring Caitlyn’s performance—especially at high skill levels—to ensure this doesn’t unintentionally nerf her.
The following changes apply to Base, Arcade, Prestige Arcade, Headhunter, Lunar Wraith, Officer, Pool Party, and Safari Caitlyn, except for the new VO. VFXs, SFXs, splash arts, and in-game models for these skins have been updated to varying degrees.
VOICEOVERBase Caitlyn has new VO
BASIC ATTACKAdded ejected bullet when reloading her rifle
PASSIVE – HEADSHOT“Passive Ready” SFX adjusted for more of a Hextech feel. Added SFX that plays when Caitlyn’s Headshot is ready for use.
Q – PILTOVER PEACEMAKERNew meshes and particles made to look more Hextech. Initial on-hit SFX are now more impactful than subsequent hits.
W – YORDLE SNAP TRAPAdded indicator on traps and their activation VFXs. Trap SFXs adjusted to match new animation timing.
E – 90 CALIBER NETNew range indicator. On-hit SFX are now more impactful
R – ACE IN THE HOLENew laser and Hextech imagery. On-cast SFX are now more impactful and have additional Hextech elements.
Jayce VFX & SFX
The following updates apply to base and Debonair Jayce only (except for the VO). VFX and in-game models for Debonair, Forsaken, Full Metal, Jayce Brighthammer, and Resistance Jayce have also been updated to varying degrees.
VOICEOVERBase Jayce’s voice lines have been remastered for clarity and quality
BASIC ATTACKMissiles and hits are now unique between ranged and melee stances. Added new critical hit VFX.
PASSIVE – HEXTECH CAPACITORModernized visuals for reduced noise and clarity
Q (MERCURY HAMMER) – TO THE SKIES!Modernized visuals. Added clarity to match AoE size.
Q (MERCURY CANNON) – SHOCK BLASTNew projectiles and explosions. Added burst when projectile supercharges.
W (MERCURY HAMMER) – LIGHTNING FIELDModernized visuals with better defined AoE edge. Reduced noise to match damage level.
W(MERCURY CANNON) – HYPER CHARGERemoved noise
E (MERCURY HAMMER) – THUNDERING BLOWModernized visuals; addded directionality on knockback
E (MERCURY CANNON) – ACCELERATION
GATEModernized visuals
RECALLNew SFX
Jinx VFX & SFX
The following updates apply to Base, Ambitious Elf, Crime City, Heartseeker, Firecracker, Odyssey, and Zombie Slayer Jinx. Crime City, Firecracker, and Zombie Slayer Jinx’s in-game models have been cleaned up to varying degrees.
BASIC ATTACKAdded glows to machine gun missiles. New rocket trails and explosions.
W – ZAP!Modernized ground telegraph, missile, and hit VFX
E – FLAME CHOMPERS!Modernized telegraph visuals
R – SUPER MEGA DEATH ROCKET!New missile and explosion. Modernized rocket animations to emphasize its movement boost
RECALLNew SFX
Based on initial results since we originally disabled /all chat in a few regions in patch 11.21, we’re continuing the disable where it’s already in effect but we’re not adding additional regions. From here on out, we’ll message any per-region changes to impacted regions only, unless we’ve got global updates to share.
Summoner’s Rift Ranked and Honor End of Season Rewards will be distributed starting this patch and will be completed by December 16 (Riot Regions and Garena only). Clash End of Season Rewards will be distributed starting this patch and will be completed by December 16 (Riot Regions only). Tencent will distribute Ranked and Clash rewards for players in China during lol patch 11.24.
Team formation for the first weekend of the Ixtal-themed Clash starts on November 15, and the tournament will be on November 20 and 21. Team formation for the second weekend will open on November 29, and the tournament will be on December 4 and 5.Ixtal Clash is not a part of the regular Clash season. You’ll still be able to earn Ixtal rewards, but your Clash VP track won’t be affected.
Loot Odds
Drop rates for content from Loot items, now called Loot Odds, will soon be displayed in the Store on the League client.
Loot Odds will roll out slowly all over the globe starting later in patch 11.23. Certain regions have additional regulations around Loot, so it may take additional time for Loot Odds to appear.
Tooltip Trackers
Numerous item and rune tooltips have been updated to include stat trackers so that players can evaluate the impact of them throughout their games.
Items
BLOODTHIRSTERNow tracks damage blocked by Blood Barrier
GARGOYLE’S STONEPLATENow tracks damage blocked by Monolith
GUARDIAN’S HORN (ARAM)Now tracks damage blocked by passive
LORD DOMINIK’S REGARDSNow tracks bonus damage from Giant’s Slayer
RAPID FIRECANNONNow tracks how many times extra range was utilized
SPIRIT VISAGENow tracks bonus healing and shielding from Boundless Vitality
STORMRAZORNow tracks champions slowed by Paralyze
Runes
AFTERSHOCKNow tracks damage mitigated
Bugfixes
- Fizz’s base voice lines have been remastered for clarity and quality
- The sound effects on Twitch’sE – Contaminatehave been restored for his base and Shadowfoot skins
- Clicking “Confirm” upon selecting an Ult-ernate Summoner Spell in Ultimate Spellbook will now play a sound
- Placing aPassive – A Harmless Scarecroweffigy as Fiddlesticks while channelingR – Crowstormwill no longer override his ultimate’s sound effects
- Fixed several Zed skins so that hisQ – Razor Shurikenon-hit sound effects play properly for all shurikens, even when they hit the same target
- Fixed a bug where Graves would receive full Fleet Footwork healing if he targets a champion with a basic attack that is blocked by minions
- Lord Dominik’s Regards’Giant Slayerpassive will no longer work against structures, monsters, and minions
- Fixed a bug with Vi’sQ – Vault Breakerso that it casts immediately after tapping the ability
- Fixed a bug where Tryndamere could get executed during hisR – Undying Rageupon healing from a KindredR – Lamb’s Respite
- Fixed a bug where Kai’Sa could not dash to marked targets withR – Killer Instinctunless she had learnedQ – Icathian Rain
- Fixed bug where Volibear’s next attack would sometimes fail to stun if he had casted hisR – Stormbringerduring hisQ – Thundering Smash
- Fixed a bug where Lee Sin’sPassive – Furywould sometimes not take effect if he had castedQ – Resonating StrikeorE – Crippleduring a basic attack
- Kayn’s current transformation status will properly display in team chat when he pings his own portrait
- Yorick’sE – Mourning Misttooltip now displays its AP ratio
- The sound effect on Vi’sQ – Vault Breakerdash has been restored
- Galio’s death animation where he turns into stone has been restored
