Patch 2.4b

Patch Information

Release Date:

2021-09-01

Highlights

Brand
Nunu & Willump
Balance Changes

Chronology

Patch 2.4a

Patch 2.4c

Welcome to Patch 2.4b where the Frost and Flame event brings two new champions to the Rift and inspires a host of brisk and broiling balance updates.
Alex Huang, Savannah Ho, Mike Breese
(Patch 2.4b)

The Frost and Flame event is here along with two new champions that embody the rival elements. Cool off with Nunu & Willump or heat things up with Brand! Prepare for both frosty and fiery balance updates for champions and items alike. Welcome to Patch 2.4b – it’s a steamy one.

Reminder: content will be released throughout the patch.

Features

Skins

Releasing September 2 @ 00:01 UTC:
- Jade Dragon Wukong
- Gatekeeper Galio
- Popstar Ahri
Releasing September 9 @ 00:01 UTC:
- Arclight Brand
- Spirit Fire Brand
- Grungy Nunu & Willump
- Zombie Slayer Nunu & Willump

Goodies

Bauble: Dumpster Fire, I’m Just Warming Up
Icons: Branded, Yeti of the Tales
Recalls: Fire and Ice
Icon Borders: Elemental Differences
Emotes: Proud of Myself, Wakey Wakey

Events

Frost and Flame

Two sons of the Freljord—one who befriended a monster, and one who became a monster. Two powerful elements—the first used to create, the second to destroy. Complete daily missions to earn tokens that can be used in the event shop for sizzling and chilling rewards!

The Frost and Flame event begins September 9 at 00:01 UTC.

New Champions

New Champion: Brand

Once a tribesman of the icy Freljord named Kegan Rodhe, the creature known as Brand is a lesson in the temptation of greater power. Seeking one of the legendary World Runes, Kegan betrayed his companions and seized it for himself—and, in an instant, the man was no more. His soul burned away, his body a vessel of living flame, Brand now roams Valoran in search of other Runes, swearing revenge for wrongs he could not have suffered in a dozen mortal lifetimes.

Brand will be released on September 9 at 00:01 UTC.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

New Champion: Nunu & Willump

Once upon a time, there was a boy who wanted to prove he was a hero by slaying a fearsome monster—only to discover that the beast, a lonely and magical yeti, merely needed a friend. Bound together by ancient power and a shared love of snowballs, Nunu and Willump now ramble wildly across the Freljord, breathing life into imagined adventures. They hope that somewhere out there, they will find Nunu’s mother. If they can save her, maybe they will be heroes after all…

Nunu & Willump will be released on September 9 at 00:01 UTC.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Champions

Ahri

The Ninetailed Fox is getting a small bugfix that will affect her power levels slightly, but don’t get your tails in a bunch. We don’t expect her to need compensation due to some other items being shifted.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Fox-Fire
- Movement speed will now properly decay over time.

Akali

Akali is performing too well in the Baron lane. We’re taking some of the power out of her passive to make it more difficult for her to secure a lead in the laning phase, and harder for her to chase down enemies later in the game. A ninja should be challenged.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Passive - Assassin's Mark
- Movement speed reduced from 50% to 30%.
- Base damage reduced from 40-180 to 28-140.

Akshan

Akshan is currently all bark and no bite, particularly with crit builds. We’re bringing up his baseline damage output and giving him some crit scaling to help out his late game.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

1 - Avengerang
- Base damage increased from 5/30/55/80 to 5/35/65/95.
3 - Heroic Swing
- Shots can now critically strike for 150% damage.
Ultimate - Comeuppance
- Damage per tick is increased by crit chance, up to 50% at 100% crit: (20/25/30 + 12.5% AD) x (1 + 50% Critical Rate) - (80/100/120 + 50% AD) x (1 + 50% Critical Rate).

Gragas

Gragas is causing too much of a ruckus on the Rift, particularly at the highest levels of play. We’re toning down some of the utility and power that he has in abundance, giving his opponents some windows to play around.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Armor per level reduced from 4.7 to 4.3 (106 at level 15 → 101 at level 15).
1 - Barrel Roll
- Base damage reduced from 80/130/180/230 to 65/120/175/230.
- Slow reduced from 40/45/50/55% to 30/35/40/45%.
2 - Drunken Rage
- Cooldown increased from 4.5s to 5s.

Katarina

Katarina’s ability to shrug off damage coupled with her reliable mobility and strong damage output has been a source of frustration for opposing midlaners. We’re reducing her base health to make the Sinister Blade more vulnerable in the early laning phase.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Base health reduced from 650 to 570.

Kennen

The Heart of the Tempest is too soft and in need of a jolt. We’re giving him a few small bonuses to charge up his laning power. This should electrify Kennen’s presence in the Baron lane.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

1 - Thundering Shuriken
- Base damage increased from 75/130/185/240 to 85/140/195/250.
2 - Electrical Surge
- On-hit bonus damage increased from 10/20/30/40 (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 20% AP) to 25/35/45/55 (+ 70/80/90/100% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP)
3 - Lightning Rush
- Bonus attack speed increased from 40/50/60/70% to 50/60/70/80%.

Kha'Zix

The Void Reaver is too dominant of a predator. Besides his high damage, he’s too healthy when it comes time to gank his prey. We’re reducing Kha'zix's healing and bringing down (1) Taste Their Fear's damage. These changes should make his ganks slightly riskier and even the playing field for his victims.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Base health regen reduced from 9 to 7.5.
1 - Taste Their Fear
- Base damage reduced from 60/95/130/165 to 50/85/120/155.
2 - Void Spike
- Healing reduced from 55/90/125/160 to 40/75/110/145.

Master Yi

Master Yi has been overperforming with his recent buffs and his synergy with new items (like Navori Quickblades) is too strong. We’re pulling back on some of the power he gained from Patch 2.4a to ensure the Wuju Blademaster fights fairly.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Health per level reduced from 115 to 105.
3 - Wuju Style
- Bonus true damage reduced from 25/40/55/70 to 22/34/46/58.
Ultimate - Highlander
- Cooldown increased from 75/60/45s to 80/70/60s.

Rakan

Rakan and Xayah are truly a power couple in the Dragon Lane; however, the Charmer’s (3) Battle Dance has been providing Xayah with too much safety. To reduce frustration around this interaction, we’re lowering the bonus shield multiplier on Battle Dance when cast on Xayah and giving Rakan some buffs to keep him in line with other supports.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

2 - Grand Entrance
- Base damage increased from 70/140/210/280 to 80/150/220/290.
3 - Battle Dance
- Bonus shield amount when cast on Xayah reduced from 200% to 125%.
Ultimate - The Quickness
- Movement speed reduced from 50% to 60%.

Soraka

The Starchild interfered with too many mortal affairs since her recent buff without risking enough. We’re tuning her down a bit so she thinks twice about rushing in to save her allies.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

1 - Starcall
- Rejuvenation buff duration on self reduced from 4s to 2s.
- Rejuvenation total heal reduced from 72/90/108/126 (+ 45% AP) to 50/70/90/110 (+ 35% AP).
2 - Astral Infusion
- Rejuvenation buff duration for ally reduced from 4s to 2s.

Thresh

While Thresh is a high-skill cap champion, his power levels upon release left something to be desired. We’re increasing the base soul drop rate and reducing (3) Flay's charge time to compensate for Wild Rift's faster pace and shorter gametime.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Base health increased from 570 to 610.
- Base health regen increased from 7.5 to 11.
Passive - Damnation
- Base soul drop rate increased from 33% to 40% (Bad luck protection unchanged).
2 - Dark Passage
- Shield strength changed from 55/110/165/220 to 65/115/165/215.
3 - Flay
- Passive charge time reduced from 10s to 6s.

Wukong

Despite being a formidable jungler, Wukong is still struggling to find his place in the Baron lane. We’re removing the healing reduction modifier from (1) Golden Staff when he uses the skill against minions. This way, the Monkey King can better sustain himself during the laning phase.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

1 - Golden Staff
- 80% healing reduction modifier when attacking minions.

Xin Zhao

The Seneschal of Demacia has been dominating the jungle in high level play. In order to reduce some of his early game strength, we’re tuning some of Xin Zhao’s base stats.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Base Stats
- Base armor reduced from 40 to 35.
- Base health reduced from 650 to 610.

Gameplay Changes

Item Adjustments

Solari Chargeblade

While True Damage was exciting, it meant that Chargeblade was too universal in killing tanks, fighters and squishies alike. We’re sharpening it to be less optimal in the general situation and more optimal when the enemy team has a lot of squishier targets to burst down.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Ability haste reduced from 25 to 15.
Base damage changed from 26 - 40 true damage to 24 - 52 magic damage.
Max damage changed from 65 - 100 true damage to 60 - 130 magic damage.

Warmog's Armor

Following the lead of our PC friends, we’re making Warmog’s Armor’s unique passive trigger off of bonus health instead of max health. This way, players must opt into other health items to access its power.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Warmog’s Heart trigger condition changed from 2500 maximum health to 950 bonus health.

Mage Items

We found a few notable balance opportunities when examining mage items. Liandry’s Torment is still too prevalent of a buy on all-AP users, and players who rush Luden's Echo or Awakened Soulstealer have been underperforming heavily compared to rushing other items. Additionally, the traditional users of Liandry's Torment were overperforming by a considerable amount. We hope to balance out this pattern with the following changes to the mentioned items:
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Awakened Soulstealer

AP increased from 65 to 70.

Haunting Guise

Madness: max damage amplification reduced from 10% to 6%.
- Damage amplification per second reduced from 2% to 1.2%.

Liandry's Torment

Madness: max damage amplification reduced from 10% to 6%.
- Damage amplification per second reduced from 2% to 1.2%.

Luden's Echo

Ability haste increased from 10 to 20.
AP increased from 80 to 85.

Runes

Font of Life

Font of Life has been a tad strong with high AP builds, so we’re toning it down a bit. This should keep it as a strong choice for support players, while bringing it more in line in the late game for players building high AP.
Riot (Patch 2.4b)

Allied healing AP ratio reduced from 40% to 30%.
Self healing AP ratio reduced from 20% to 10%.

Free-to-Play Champion Rotation

September 2 - September 8: Akali, Draven, Jax, Kha'Zix, Miss Fortune, Orianna, Rakan, Senna, Shyvana, Singed

September 9 - September 15: Amumu, Braum, Dr. Mundo, Lucian, Nami, Rengar,Teemo, Xayah, Yasuo, Ziggs

Additional Content

2.4b Patch Notes

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