Introduction
Stay updated with the latest mid-patch changes in the 9/27/2021 URF Balance Patch 2. Discover the URF champion buffs and nerfs, including adjustments to Aatrox, Fiddlesticks, Ornn, Udyr, Kai'Sa, Malzahar, Orianna, Syndra, Volibear, Xayah, and more. Also, find out about Vex's adjustments and other exciting updates in the League of Legends world.MID-PATCH UPDATES
9/27/2021 URF Balance Patch 2
URF Champ Buffs
URF Champ Nerfs
9/24/2021 Vex Adjustments & URF Balance Patch
Vex
URF Champ Buffs
URF Champ Nerfs
9/23/2021 ARAM Healing Bugfix
PATCH HIGHLIGHTS
CHAMPIONS
AKALI
Base health regen increased.
In a rare flip of events, Akali has room for some power at all levels of play. We're taking this opportunity to make her missteps a bit more forgiving in a way that doesn't win her more fights, but instead helps her subtly throughout her games.
BASE STATS
FIZZ
Passive damage reduction against basic attacks removed. W damage reduced. E cooldown decreased late. R damage increased.
The 11.18 changes were an unintentional nerf to Fizz. We overestimated the Passive and W buffs and underestimated the R nerf. Rather than trying to fine tune those changes, we're reverting them entirely and doing a simpler buff instead. Go fish!
PASSIVE - NIMBLE FIGHTER
W - SEASTONE TRIDENT
E - PLAYFUL / TRICKSTER
R - CHUM THE WATERS
GRAGAS
W damage AP scaling increased.
Gragas didn't benefit much from the Predator changes last patch, so he's still pretty weak. We're helping his various AP builds pack more of a punch and speed up his mid-game clear. However, please remember to always drink responsibly.
W - DRUNKEN RAGE
MORDEKAISER
E cooldown decreased early.
Mordekaiser's bummed that he’s been falling behind his peers. We don’t want the god of metal to be the butt of jokes, so we’re buffing him for skilled players by granting him more access to his most flexible spell.
E - DEATH'S GRASP
POPPY
Passive cooldown decreased.
Poppy hasn't been looking too heroic lately, especially in top lane. We're enhancing her early lane power so that she can take greater advantage of favorable matchups, which should also make her more appealing as a Pro pick in specific situations.
PASSIVE - IRON AMBASSADOR
QIYANA
E+Q combo targeting on dashing targets adjusted. Q bonus damage against monsters increased.
Before 11.18, Qiyana's E+Q auto aim combo used to be undodgeable. We changed her E+Q targeting mechanism last patch so that enemies could escape by dashing or flashing away. However, that version of the combo generously treated every enemy dash as an attempt to dodge Qiyana's combo, and it turns out this isn't always the case. A dashing enemy might be headed towards the same direction or even the exact same location as Qiyana's E. So in scenarios where the dashing enemy ends up still within Qiyana's default attack range, she'll maintain her auto aim. Lastly, Qiyana jungle is not quite playable yet, so we're bumping that up to give her a fair shot.
Q - EDGE OF IXTAL
RENEKTON
Base health and health growth increased. W self-lockout duration decreased and empowered animation sped up.
We over swung on Renekton's nerf last patch. We still believe reducing the stun on his empowered W was a step in the right direction to mitigate his Pro dominance, so we're improving its look and feel. We're also giving him more chances to start fights and increasing his tankiness.
BASE STATS
W - RUTHLESS PREDATOR
RYZE
Q AP ratio reduced. E cooldown increased.
Ryze has risen above the other mid laners in most regions. We're nerfing his overall output to ensure he doesn't completely dominate at Worlds.
Q - OVERLOAD
E - SPELL FLUX
SEJUANI
Q cooldown decreased and damage increased.
Sejuani has been a bit of a boar lately. We’re slightly boosting her damage and giving her more access to her Q so she can stir up some more action!
Q - ARCTIC ASSAULT
SONA
Base armor reduced. Passive damage bug fixed. Q can no longer target hidden enemies. Power Chord E bug fixed.
Sona's songs have been a bit too powerful, especially in Skilled play. In addition to a few bugfixes, we're nerfing her base defenses a bit, all of which should add up to an appropriate nerf for the virtuoso.
BASE STATS
PASSIVE - POWER CHORD
Q - HYMN OF VALOR
E - SONG OF CELERITY
SORAKA
R healing decreased.
Soraka got a bit too powerful with her new ability to cleanse Grievous Wounds before applying her buffed ult's heal. We still think this strategy works to help her against heal reduction, so we're just tapping down the numbers.
R - WISH
SYLAS
Base mana and mana regen increased.
Our 11.15 nerfs to Sylas's Q and W restrained him more than intended. We're offering him back some power by easing up on his mana constraints in lane, allowing him to be more proactive with his spells earlier in the game.
BASE STATS
VARUS
Q cooldown increased.
Varus' last nerf missed the mark, so we're going a bit harder with a pointed focus on his Lethality builds, which are more reliant on his Q. (As a reminder, his Q cooldown can get partial refunds with stacks from W - Blighted Quiver's passive.)
Q - PIERCING ARROW
ULTRA RAPID FIRE
Sharpen your spatulas, because URF returns with 11.19, just in time for Worlds! It's time to stretch those fingers and get ready to mash those keyboards. We've also made some important updates to URF below.Balance Reset
In this run of URF, we’re using a new balancing strategy for mode-specific champion adjustments. Historically, we've aimed for 50% ideal winrate without incorporating how champions were balanced on classic Summoner's Rift (SR). We realized it didn't quite make sense for us to be toiling at something that already has a great solution, so we're choosing to align closer to existing numbers in classic SR. Instead of aiming for 50% winrates for across the board, our new strategy is to adjust champions in URF (and future game modes) to be closer to their SR winrates. This better accommodates the varied circumstances for why champions don't sit at 50% on normal SR, such as low playrate or niche gameplay.
Since this direction can imply a number of changes, most* of the URF regular champion adjustments will be removed for the first couple of days of patch 11.19. This includes the percentage modifiers to damage dealt, damage received, healing, and shielding. Individual mechanical changes, like Aurelion Sol getting more than three stars, are staying in place. A mid-patch update will occur part of the way into 11.19 that will then balance champions on URF to our new targets.Shielding
In past versions of URF, we nerfed shielding only on champion ability shield ratios. To make sure we don’t miss new champions, champion VGUs, and heftier patch changes, we’re nerfing all shields across all champions consistently—just like we already do for healing.
Lane Minion Gold Values
When we last updated the gold values for minions on SR waaay back, URF was not adjusted to match. We’re fixing that and basing the new values on a simple percentage increase relative to SR. This'll make the differences easier to understand and less likely to diverge in the future while only slightly reducing the overall gold in URF in the early game.
WORLDS CLASH
- For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 1st - 7th place: (1) Random Championship Skin Permanent
- For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets) who finish 1st place: (1) Worlds Event Orb
- For Worlds Clash participants with Premium Tickets who finish between 8th - 15th place: (1) Championship Skin Shard
- For all Worlds Clash participants (Premium and Basic Tickets): (1) Dragonmancer Clash Icon
AFK PENALTIES
We're adding new AFK penalty tiers to take stronger action against serial AFKers and ensure a healthier game experience. Players who progress through AFK penalty tiers will now be subject to a new queue lockout penalty at higher tiers in addition to queue delays. Queue delays reset if an AFK is detected during any of the five queue-delayed games. These delays and lockouts apply to all queues except for Clash and TFT. Penalties will roll out in NA and LAS this patch for initial testing, and everywhere else next patch.Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug where some players' screens would freeze when viewing runes during Champ Select or in Collections
- Fixed a bug to significantly reduce the time spent "Waiting for Stats" after the end of a game
- The menu that appears upon right-clicking a friend's name in the Social Panel will correctly persist until you select an action or click out of it
- Sounds from the Social Panel (such as messages and clicks) will play consistently again
BUGFIXES & QOL CHANGES
- Fiora's base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer and more consistent
- Several Predator keystone tooltips have been corrected to reflect its changes in patch 11.18
- Nasus's Q - Siphoning Strike now triggers item effects that occur upon dealing ability damage (such as Luden's Tempest or Tear of the Goddess)
- Fixed a bug where Irelia's Q - Bladesurge would sometimes (though very rarely) deal double damage
- Fixed a bug where, if Akshan's E - Heroic Swing was cast and did not hook onto terrain while his Q - Avengerang was out, he would be able to cast another Q - Avengerang immediately
- Braum's E - Unbreakable will correctly block the damage dealt by Jayce's Q - Shock Blast if it’s the first instance of damage dealt by a champion on his shield
- Fixed a bug where Malzahar's Passive - Void Shift did not correctly reduce damage on attacks or abilities that trigger Night Harvester's Soulrend passive
- Fixed a bug where, when emerging from Fog of War, Aurelion Sol's Q - Starsurge visual effects would go out of sync and appear further away than it actually was
- Fixed a bug where, if Taliyah casted Q - Threaded Volley on Worked Ground without moving, she was unable to cast her Q again until her passive cooldown reset
- Eclipse no longer grants omnivamp against targetable champion-created objects such as Gangplank's barrels and Teemo's mushrooms
- Doran's Blade and Ravenous Hunter no longer grant physical vamp against wards
- Ornn's upgraded version of Riftmaker, Icathia’s Curse, now correctly grants 8 AP per Legendary item
- Fixed a bug where the bonus damage on Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe active would not trigger if used at too close of a range
- Fixed a bug where getting hit by Bard's R - Tempered Fate right before activating Prowler's Claw's Sandswipe active would make abilities uncastable once the stasis expires
- Fixed a bug where Night Harvester's Soulrend passive would not trigger against enemy champions who were in stasis when the item was purchased
- Fixed a bug where, if a champion purchased Frozen Heart while dead, its Winter's Caress passive would activate on champions who were recently hit by the purchaser
- Fixed a bug where Irelia's blades would not change color when she had 4 stacks of Passive - Ionian Fervor
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