Neeko has been the protagonist of some of the most controversial changes of League of Legends in the last weeks. The character can now transform into almost any item or minion on Summoner’s Rift; In this way, he becomes the perfect spy to take the enemy team by surprise.
For this reason, Riot Games will be tweaking some elements of his abilities in patch 13.9. They admit in the most recent blog that it is not a very heavy update because they are preparing for version 13.10, which will be one of the most important at the start of the season.
“This week’s patch will be a bit lighter as we prepare for patch 13.10, which will be the biggest patch since the start of the season. The star of this patch will be the Neeko extension, but we’ve also got some functionality improvements and tweaks for some champions that aren’t performing as well as we’d like.”, details the developer company about the update.
Patch Notes 13.9
NEEKO
PASSIVE – CHAMELEON ILLUSION
- Sho’Ma for Neeko!: If Neeko is near a non-epic monster, minion, trap, ward, or plant for two seconds, she stores her Sho’Ma. You can then click on its bar to transform into that unit. Clicking on Neeko’s face will return her to her original form. Clicking on the small “X” will discard the current Sho’Ma. Only one unit can be stored at a time.
- Neeko and her costume!: Disguise is no longer lost when taking damage, only when dying while disguised or being crowd controlled.
- REMOVEDNeeko For Speed: Neeko no longer receives base attack speed/movement speed from disguised targets if the target’s stats are higher than hers.
- Cooling: 25-10 seconds (based on level) ⇒ 2 seconds
Q – FLOWER BLAST
- Secondary/Tertiary Burst Damage: 40/65/90/115/140 (+20% ability power) ⇒ 35/60/85/110/135 (+25% ability power)
- effect area size: 225 ⇒ 250 (Note: Stuck in E’s max range should now always be able to be hit by Q)
- NEW Tomato to the jungle: Q now deals 30/40/50/60/70 bonus damage to monsters
- NEW improved bursts: If Q is cast beyond its maximum range, it will now cast the ability at maximum range instead of making Neeko walk to the position to cast it.
W – ESSENCE DIVISION
- NEWNeeko moves Neeko: After casting, Neeko can reactivate the ability to send the clone to a new location
- NEWLaughing Neeko!: Clone now performs all Q/E/Dance/Taunt/Taunt/Recall/Laughter animations and sounds and survives for its duration
- Neeko jungle!: Empowered attacks deal 50 extra damage to monsters
- Neeko, let’s be one: Neeko’s clone spawns 100 units in front of her ⇒ Neeko’s clone spawns directly above her
E: TANGLED SPIRAL
- magic damage: 80/115/150/185/220 (+60% ability power) ⇒ 70/105/140/175/210 (+65% ability power)
A: WILD DETONATION
- Adjusted Ultimate: After channeling for 1.25 seconds, Neeko leaps, knocking all nearby enemies into the air for 0.6 seconds. He then slams all enemies into the air, dealing magic damage and stunning them for 0.75 seconds.
- Cooling: 90 seconds ⇒ 120/105/90 seconds
- magic damage: 200/425/650 (+130% ability power) ⇒ 150/350/550 (+100% ability power)
- REMOVED Neeko doesn’t need a shield!: Neeko no longer gains a shield when channeling her R
AATROX
PASSIVE: HERALD OF DESTRUCTION
- additional physical damage: 4-10% (based on level) of the target’s maximum health ⇒ 4-12% (based on level) of the target’s maximum health
R: WORLD DESTROYER
- bonus movement speed: 50/65/80% ⇒ 60/80/100%
AMUMU
W: HOPELESS
- Fixed magic damage per second: 12/16/20/24/28 ⇒ 20 at all ranks
- Percentage of health as magic damage per second: 1/1.15/1.3/1.45/1.6% ⇒ 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2%
BEL’VETH
BASIC STATS
- Attack Damage Growth: 1.7 ⇒ 1.5
Q – VOID STRIKE
- Monster Damage Modifier: 120% ⇒ 140%
JINX
BASIC STATS
- Attack Damage Growth: 3.4 ⇒ 3.15
KAYLE
E: HEAVENLY FIRE SWORD
- On-hit ability power ratio: 25% ability power ⇒ 20% ability power
- Passive wave damage (Divine Ascent): 15/20/25/30/35 (based on E rank) ⇒ 20-41 (based on champion level, levels 11-18)
A: DIVINE JUDGMENT
- launch time: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 0.5 seconds
- area of effect radius: 525 ⇒ 675/675/775
- REMOVED promoted: Kayle no longer reduces her range when ulting herself
- invulnerability duration: 2/2.5/3 ⇒ 2.5
- Delay until the sword falls: 1.5 ⇒ 2.5
- magic damage: 200/350/500 (+100% bonus ability power)(+80% ability power) ⇒ 200/300/400 (+100% bonus ability power)(+70% ability power)
ZION
PASSIVE: GLORY IN DEATH
- life decays: 2-19 (1 health per level) ⇒ 2.3-24.4 (1.3 per level)
SWAIN
Q: HAND OF DEATH
- magic damage: 60/80/100/120/140 (+38% ability power) ⇒ 65/85/105/125/145 (+40% ability power)
- Extra damage per projectile: 12/22/32/42/52 (+8% ability power) ⇒ 15/25/35/45/55 (+10% ability power)
- max magic damage: 108/168/228/288/348 (+70% ability power) ⇒ 125/185/245/305/365 (+80% ability power)
TALIYAH
R: WALL OF THE WEAVER
- launch lock: When Taliyah takes or deals damage ⇒ When Taliyah takes damage
TRUNDLE
BASIC STATS
- Basic Attack Speed: 0.6 ⇒ 0.67
- basic mana:281 ⇒ 340
VOLIBEAR
W – FRANTIC SLAW
- Physical damage: 5/30/55/80/105 (+100% attack damage) (+5% bonus health) ⇒ 5/30/55/80/105 (+100% attack damage) (+ 6% bonus Health)
- Heal rate based on missing health: 7/8.5/10/11.5/13% ⇒ 8/10/12/14/16%
ERROR CORRECTION
- Fixed a bug where Neeko’s jungle partner would not hide when transforming into an allied champion
- Fixed a bug where sound effects when fighting the Rift Herald could be heard through the Fog of War
- Fixed an issue where various Kayle animations and sound effects would not play
- Fixed a bug where various Kai’Sa voice lines would not play correctly
- Fixed a bug where Aether Wisp would sometimes not grant 5% Movement Speed on death
- Fixed a bug that allowed Samira’s passive to knock epic monsters into the air
- Fixed a bug where Zac’s E would distort the enemy Zac’s model when used near him
- Fixed a bug where Neeko’s W would not copy some debuffs
- Fixed a bug where Malzahar’s E would sometimes not spread even after killing a minion
- Fixed a very rare bug where jungle monsters would sometimes regain a bit of patience
- Fixed a bug where small jungle monsters would instantly reset when the larger monster died
- Fixed a bug where Vladimir’s Q would sometimes damage untargetable targets
- Fixed a bug where swapping the yellow trinket with the red trinket could stack up to 3 charges of the yellow trinket
- Fixed a bug where stealth sound effects would not play when entering stealth or becoming invisible
- Fixed a bug where Lee Sin’s W would sometimes fail to cast itself while having quickcast on
- Fixed a bug where Rift Herald would cancel its reset when preparing a charged attack
- Fixed a bug that caused jungle monsters to get stuck when receiving crowd control effects after losing their patience
- Fixed a bug where Warwick’s Q would heal more than intended when holding a Recurve Bow
- Fixed a bug where Blitzcrank’s E would apply Glacial Augment for longer than intended.
- Fixed a bug where Samira’s R animation could be unintentionally cancelled.
- Fixed a bug where Jarvan IV’s ability trigger voice line would play on recast, making it too dramatic when he lowered his walls.
- Fixed an issue that caused the on-screen keyboard to work incorrectly by not including all input in game chat.
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