PBE Updated and a New Skin

The Public Beta Environment has been updated with new content including Diana and a skin for Cho'Gath!

Diana the Scorn of the Moon is available on PBE and playable. Her skin, Dark Valkyrie Diana,which includes dark purple particle effects, is also purchaseable. Battlemech Cho seems like it is going to be a legendary skin since it has a different voiceover(don't forget the awesome particles). We'll see what the cost is in a few days.

Anyways that's it for now. There will be a video showcasing both Diana and Cho's skin!
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Catching up: Diana Revealed, Some Eve "buffs" and the upcoming PBE update

I apologize for the delay of any posts here in the blog but we've been busy. I was out of town and unable to post but these are just personal details. Let's get right into the action.... of announcing the hot news!

First off, Diana the Scorn of the Moon!
She's a lady with a crescent blade using the power of the Moon and If you still haven't figured it out she's related to Leona ( Sun chick and Moon chick) They both seem to apply a buff which benefits them in a way (respectively Sunlight and Moonlight). But let's go straight to her kit and ignore the backstory and her relation to Leona ( Which is similar to Kayle and Morgana although IronStylus, the lovely parrot, said that they are NOT sisters)

So there you go here's her kit which seems pretty neat:

• Moonsilver Blade (Passive): Diana has increased Attack Speed. Every third strike cleaves nearby enemies for additional magic damage.
• Crescent Strike: Diana swings her blade to unleash a bolt of lunar energy, afflicting enemies with Moonlight and dealing damage in an arc before exploding.
• Pale Cascade: Diana creates three orbiting spheres that detonate on contact with enemies to deal damage in an area. She also gains a temporary shield that absorbs damage. This shield is refreshed if all three spheres detonate.
• Moonfall: Diana draws in and slows all nearby enemies.
• Lunar Rush (Ultimate): Diana teleports to an enemy and deals magic damage. Lunar Rush has no cooldown when used to teleport to a target afflicted with Moonlight.

Secondly, the recently reworked Evelynn is getting some tweaks! Statikk hinted us what the buffs are going to be, I'll "summarize" his post
1. Her passive, Shadow Walk will require less time to restealth you which will make Evelynn  even stealthier. This would also mean that you'll regenerate more mana when walking from one jungle camp to another!
2. Her ultimate, Agony's Embrace will have a lower cooldown simply because it is her main teamfight tool as you need to hit multiple enemies in order to get beefier.

Finally, there's an update on PBE that's probably going to be released really soon (hopefully with Diana and I really hope that there are cool new skins) Get the latest news about it by checking this thread.

Infernal Alister , Rageborn Mundo & Panda Teemo

Morning~(in the afternoon . . .) Now we'll discuss a bit about three new skins.

First off , Panda Teemo ...I know it's been released already so i  won't go much into details.

Second skin would be Rageborn Mundo



   Isn't he beautiful? Reminds me of those sexy Fel orcs... pull one, another 10 come just like kittens to milk.
  I would totally buy mundo just for this skin.

Third, and my favorite Infernal Alistar

   Rageborn Mundo was cool but this, this is something you'd play even if you sucked big time with Alistar. Notice how the "tamed bull" turned into an infernal beast? Also reminds me of a Tauren but this has more potential.

Mid-July patch finally here with some neat changes

After the 3 day delay of the Mid-July patch I can only say IT'S FINALLY HERE. (Although Riot are taking their time with it on the EUW platform)


I will have to disappoint you though because Zyra, Rise of  the Thorns is NOT going to be available for play immediately after the patch. The reason for this is probably the additional time Riot need to fix some bugs or change some of her ratios.

Before we go to the Patch notes I'd like to tell you that Ardo,  the creator of this awesome blog, has released new videos. One of them is a tutorial on how to use the Recommended Item Changer. It's really easy to use and the example he used ( Vayne ) is perfect since her recommended items are wrong ( In my opinion at least) I mean who starts with a regrowth pendant on an AD carry especially with the current "Buy Flat AD and get boots 3 pots" meta. Check out the video by clicking here and get rid of all the recommended items you don't use now !

Here are the highly anticipated Patch notes for the Mid-July patch:

New Skins in the Store

• Mythic Cassiopeia
• Muay Thai Lee Sin

PvP.net v1.63

• New Matchmaking Upgrades
  • Players who are under Level 30 are far less likely to face Level 30s
  • Greatly improved matchmaking for premade groups of 4
  • Matchmaking improved for highly skilled players trying to queue with lower skilled friends
  • Matchmaking in Ranked Solo/Duo Queue now restricts the number of duo queue pairings on each team to 1 per team
• Improved initial seeding for Ranked Teams composed of skilled Ranked Solo/Duo players
• Summoner Profiles now display the highest Ranked Team rating, instead of Arranged Team ratings

League of Legends v1.0.0.143
Zyra, Rise of the Thorns

• Pending the completion of some further testing on PBE, Zyra will be released at a future date.

Akali

• Fixed: Mark of the Assassin's tooltip now states the correct Energy return amount

Amumu

• Fixed: Despair now displays a range indicator when hovered over

Corki

• Fixed: Valkyrie's targeting indicator now scales with distance from Corki

Evelynn (Remade)

• Shadow Walk (Passive)
  • Evelynn fades away into the shadows. She can only be seen by nearby enemy Champions or true sight
  • While in stealth, Evelynn regenerates 1% of her max Mana every second
  • Casting spells, taking damage, or dealing damage unstealths Evelynn for 8 seconds
• Hate Spike
  • 19/23/27/31/35 Mana, 1.5 second Cooldown
  • Evelynn fires a line of spikes through a nearby enemy, dealing 40/60/80/100/120 (+0.45 Ability Power) (+0.4 bonus Attack Damage) magic damage to all enemies in its path
  • Hate Spike prioritizes what Evelynn has attacked recently
• Dark Frenzy
  • No Cost, 20 second Cooldown
  • Passive: Evelynn's spell hits on enemy Champions grant her 4/8/12/16/20 Movement Speed for 3 seconds (effect stacks up to 4 times)
  • Active: Evelynn removes all slows affecting her and gains 30/40/50/60/70% Movement Speed for 3 seconds
  • Champion kills and assists refresh Dark Frenzy's cooldown
• Ravage
  • 50/55/60/65/70 Mana, 9 second Cooldown
  • Evelynn slashes a target enemy 2 times, dealing 35/60/85/110/135 (+0.5 Ability Power) (+0.4 bonus Attack Damage) magic damage with each strike
  • Evelynn then gains 60/75/90/105/120% Attack Speed for 3 seconds
• Agony's Embrace
  • 100 Mana, 150/120/90 second Cooldown
  • Evelynn impales all enemies in the targeted area, dealing 15/20/25% (+1% per 50 Ability Power) of their maximum Health in magic damage and slowing their Movement Speed by 30/50/70% for 2 seconds
  • Evelynn siphons their pain, gaining a 150/225/300 health shield for each enemy Champion hit which lasts up to 6 seconds

Gangplank

• Parrrley
  • Now refunds half the mana cost if Parrrley kills the target

Garen

• Perseverance
  • Added a buff timer to show when Perseverance will reactivate

Gragas

• Fixed: Body Slam no longer stops when encountering created terrain (ex: Anivia's Crystallize)

Graves

• Smokescreen
  • Sight reduction range reduced to 675 from 800

Jax

• Fixed: Counter Strike's dodge component now works properly against Shen

Kassadin

• Riftwalk
  • Damage reduced to 60/70/80 from 60/90/120
  • Ability Power ratio increased to 0.8 from 0.5

Malphite

• Ground Slam
  • Armor ratio reduced to 30% from 50%
  • Now has a 0.2 Ability Power ratio
  • Attack Speed reduction duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4

Malzahar

• Summon Voidling (Passive)
  • Voidlings prioritize enemies Malzahar is autoattacking if Malefic visions isn't present
  • Voidling pathing and general AI improved
  • Voidlings will now hide in brush and won't attack if Malzahar is in brush and not in combat
  • Voidling dance animation added
• Call of the Void
  • Delay is now consistent at 0.6 seconds
  • Now deals damage in a single hit - rather than two separate hits
  • Now grants vision along the entire line path - rather than only at the two end points
  • Now deals damage to units surrounding the end points
• Null Zone
  • Cast time removed - Malzahar may now cast this ability while moving
  • Damage now starts 0.25 seconds after casting the ability
• Nether Grasp
  • Malzahar ignores orders that would cancel his ultimate within the first 0.5 seconds of Nether Grasp
  • Voidlings prioritize champions immobilized in Nether Grasp above all other priorities

Mordekaiser

• Fixed: Children of the Grave's initial damage now correctly draws turret aggro

Morgana

• Black Shield
  • Cooldown increased at earlier ranks to 23/21/19/17/15 seconds from 15 at all ranks
  • Cast range increased to 750 from 600
  Soul Shackles
  • Leash range is now more accurate (now updates every 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds)

Nocturne

• Shroud of Darkness
  • Shield duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2
• Paranoia
  • Cooldown increased at earlier ranks to 180/140/100 seconds from 160/130/100
  • Updated Umbra Blades tooltip

Nunu

• Fixed: Visionary will now grant free cost spells even if spells were ranked up while the Visionary buff was already active

Orianna

• General
  • Fixed: Attack Range is now 525 at all times.
• Command: Attack
  • Ability Power ratio increased to 0.5 from 0.4
• Command: Shockwave
  • Fixed: Now stuns enemies that were in the middle of a movement skill.

Sejuani

• Fixed: Arctic Assault no longer stops when encountering created terrain (ex: Anivia's Crystallize)

Sona

• General
  • Basic attack and Power Chord missile speeds increased to 2000 from 1500
  • Aura persistence duration reduced to 1 second after deactivation from 2
  • Global cooldown reduced to 0.5 seconds from 2
• Power Chord
  • Power Chord now resets your attack timer so you can use it immediately
• Crescendo
  • Now deals all its damage instantly, rather than over time
  • Fixed: Opponents can no longer Cleanse the damage portion of Crescendo

Shen

• Ki Strike
  • Damage reduced to 4 + 4 per level from 4 + 6 per level

Teemo

• Camouflage (Passive)
  • Fixed: Teemo now gains the Attack Speed buff instantly after leaving invisibility

Tristana

• Explosive Shot
  • Fixed: Passive damage no longer activates from spell damage
  • Fixed: Tooltip now reflects the Ability Power ratio

Twitch (Remade)

• Stats
  • Attack Range increased to 550 from 500
  • Base Health increased to 389 from 356
  • Health per level increased to 81 from 78
  • Base Mana increased to 220 from 180
  • Mana per level increased to 40 from 35
  • Base Attack Damage reduced to 47 from 51.56
  • Attack Damage per level reduced to 3 from 3.3
  • Attack animation improved
• Deadly Venom (Passive)
  • Damage reduced to 12/24/36/48 per stack from 15/30/45/60
• Ambush
  • 60 Mana, 16 second Cooldown
  • After 1.25 seconds, Twitch becomes invisible for 4/5/6/7/8 seconds and gains 20% Movement Speed. Twitch gains 30/40/50/60/70% Attack Speed for 5 seconds after revealing himself
• Venom Cask
  • 50 Mana, 13/12/11/10/9 second Cooldown
  • Twitch hurls a cask full of venom to target area that slows targets by 25/30/35/40/45% for 3 seconds and adds 2 stacks of Deadly Venom
• Expunge
  • 70/75/80/85/90 Mana, 12/11/10/9/8 second Cooldown
  • Deals 20/35/50/65/80 plus 15/20/25/30/35 (+0.2 Ability Power) (+0.25 bonus Attack Damage) per stack of Deadly Venom as physical damage to all nearby enemies affected by Deadly Venom
  • No longer removes Deadly Venom stacks
• Spray and Pray
  • 100/125/150 Mana, 120/110/100 second Cooldown
  • Twitch's basic attacks become powerful piercing bolts with 300 bonus range, and Twitch gains 20/28/36 Attack Damage. Each bolt deals 20% less damage to subsequent targets down to a minimum of 40% damage. Lasts 7 seconds.

Urgot

• Acid Hunter
  • Damage adjusted to 50/80/110/140/170 (+1.2 bonus Attack Damage) from 10/40/70/100/130 (+0.85 total Attack Damage)
  • Lock-on missile cast range reduced to 1200 from 1500
  • Fixed: Rank 1 range is no longer higher than the other ranks
• Noxian Corrosive Charge
  • Cooldown increased to 15/14/13/12/11 seconds from 11 at all ranks
  • Cast range reduced to 900 from 950
• Hyper-Kinetic Position Reverser
  • Cast range reduced to 550/700/850 from 700/775/850

Vladimir

• Sanguine Pool
  • Movement Speed bonus now decays over time

Xerath

• Arcane Barrage
  • Reduced the delay between casting the spell and the impact to 0.5 seconds from 0.875 seconds
  • The visual indicator for the ultimate will appear at the start of the cast bar instead of at the end

Xin Zhao (Remade)

• Stats
  • Base Attack Speed increased to 0.672 from 0.658
  • Attack Speed per level increased to 2.7% from 2.5%
  Challenge (Passive)
  • Xin Zhao challenges his target with his basic attacks and Audacious Charge, reducing their Armor by 15% for 3 seconds. Only one target can be challenged at a time.
• Three Talon Strikes
  • Now reduces his other ability cooldowns by 1 second with each strike
  • Attack Damage ratio increased to 1.2 from 1.0
  • Cooldown reduced to 9/8/7/6/5 seconds from 10
• Battle Cry
  • Passive: Heals Xin Zhao for 26/32/38/44/50 (+0.7 Ability Power) every third basic attack
  • Active no longer reduces other abilities' cooldowns
  • Cooldown reduced to 16/15/14/13/12 seconds from 24/22/20/18/16
  • Mana Cost increased to 40 from 35
• Audacious Charge
  • Now challenges the target
  • Damage increased to 70/115/160/205/250 (+0.6 Ability Power) from 70/110/150/190/230 (+0.4 Ability Power)
  • Slow increased to 25/30/35/40/45% from 20/25/30/35/40%
  • Slow duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5
  • Range reduced to 600 from 650
  • Cooldown reduced to 13/12/11/10/9 seconds from 16/15/14/13/12
• Crescent Sweep
  • Now knocks all unchallenged targets back
  • Now has a 1.0 bonus Attack Damage ratio
  • Cooldown increased to 100/90/80 seconds from 75
  • Armor and Magic Resist bonus adjusted to 15/20/25 per champion hit from 25 + 7/10/13 per champion hit
  • Now has a new particle

Yorick

• Fixed: Unholy Covenant (Passive) no longer reduces true damage

Ziggs

• Satchel Charge
  • Cooldown reduced at earlier ranks to 26/24/22/20/18 seconds from 30/27/24/21/18

Summoner's Rift

• Outer turret vision range increased to 1095 from 800

Twisted Treeline

• The Dragon on Twisted Treeline now has the same chat kill announcement as the Dragon on Summoner's Rift

Items

• Heart of Gold
  • Health reduced to 200 from 250
• Ionic Spark
  • Added a counter to show when Ionic Spark will be charged
• Philosopher's Stone
  • Health Regen per 5 seconds reduced to 15 from 18
• Avarice Blade, Heart of Gold, Kage's Lucky Pick, and Philospher's Stone now have counters in their tooltip to indicate how much gold the item has generated over the course of the game

Co-op vs. AI

• Changed the way bots evaluate towers to better take into account minions and enemies
• Changed return to base logic for bots to make them more likely to heal and purchase items
• Dominion bots should now properly ignore invisible units when deciding to defend capture points
• Beginner bots are now less likely to assist each other during kill and retreat situations
• Fixed: Bot assist logic now works during the laning phase
• Updated Ashe Bot's item build
• Master Yi Bot should now properly purchase Sanguine Blade on Dominion instead of The Bloodthirster

General

• Added character portraits to the Spectator-mode Dragon and Baron kill announcements
• Fixed: Spectator no longer occasionally causes floating text announcements to be permanently displayed throughout the game
• Fixed: When using time controls, gold numbers will no longer get stuck on the screen for some users
• Fixed several issues that occur when reconnecting, including ghost minions, invisible champions, untargetable towers, and strange store behavior
• When disconnected, the game will now attempt to reconnect automatically

Zyra - Rise of the Thorns

We are all waiting impatiently for the new champion, Zyra, to be released. The release date has still not been clarified and we are waiting on updates about it.

          Zyra is a dying plant that transferred her consciousness in a sorceress' body. That would explain why a human grows thorns from her thighs right? (Better not hug)
          Her abilities are more or less related to plants but by the sound of it some pretty bad ass plants.- If there will be fans out there you can try them yourself in your garden...Trust me, i'm a gardener. -  They sound like this:

•   Queen of Thorns (Passive): Upon dying, Zyra transforms into a vengeful plant that fires one last shot before expiring.
• Deadly Bloom: Zyra grows a bud at target location. After a brief delay it explodes, launching damaging thorns at all nearby enemies. If cast on a seed, Deadly Bloom grows a Thorn Spitter plant, which fires at enemies from afar.
• Rampant Growth: Zyra plants a seed, granting vision of an area for up to 30 seconds. Other spells cast on seeds will turn them into plants who fight for Zyra.
• Grasping Roots: Zyra sends forth vines through the ground to ensnare her target, dealing damage and rooting enemies they come across. If cast on a seed, Grasping Roots grows a Vine Lasher, whose short range attacks reduce enemy Movement Speed.
• Stranglethorns (Ultimate): Zyra summons a twisted thicket at her target location, dealing damage to enemies as it expands and knocking them airborne as it contracts. Plants in the area are enraged, increasing their Attack Speed.

  Sounds pretty OP to me.  There is no official Zyra Champion Spotlight video yet but as soon as it comes out we will post it here along with any other update on this topic.

Cassiopeia updates and Turret love

As you probably know we're going to have a new Cassiopeia skin along with the League of Legends release in Greek! The skin sure is nice looking but many Summoners were quite disappointed due to the fact that it had no skin specific particles similar to other recent skins. Because of this, Riot decided it's the perfect opportunity to revisit Cassiopeia and redo her particles.

Here's the video by LoLeaks






Along with the Cassiopeia particle changes, the 3 reworks and the new skins there's some love for turrets too! (As if they're not op already heh) Riot have already hinted on the forums about upcoming turret stealth detection radius increase. Looks like they are planning to throw that on the Live server along with the stealth remakes so they can "balance" fights near turrets.

Soraka Visual Rework

Soraka Visual Rework News + New Skin

Together with Xin Zhao,Twitch and Evelynn`s reworks,Riot are about to make us happier! Looks like they`ve decided to take everything that the community finds unsatisfying and make it better,but lets cut to the chaise - What else should  we expect with the upcoming patches?

Soraka and Katarina visual reworks.According to Morello`s information Soraka visual rework was planned a little after Ashe`s -

Originally Posted by Morello  Ashe will probably be out before Soraka, but I think Soraka is shortly after Ashe. What I've seen so far there is pretty beast.

The reworked Soraka will be coming along with a new skin -

Originally Posted by Morello  The current plan is to release the model rework with a new skin

Despite that,information from the Forums tells that Reworked Soraka will be realised around the
end of the summer -

Stay tuned to the blog to be on of the first to find out leaked informations about the League,we`re currently working on an article about Katarina`s rework and .... something about Janna!

Among with these news,we have conformation on the forums from ohmikegoodness that all skins will be updated!


Ardo