League of Legends Patch 10.6 featuring an extensive change to Wukong and a huge buff to Anivia is now live on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) along with many small changes, new cosmetics and skins for champions which has been a long time coming.
Riot’s patch schedules states that the patch is supposed to hit the LOL servers by March 18.
Patch Notes 10.6
The patch features an extensive iteration of the revamped Wukong’s testing while also showcasing eight new skins to the roster. The legendary Dark Cosmic Lux and Cosmic Lux are out to be bought for 1820 RP, while Dark Star Malphite, Dark Star Xerath, Talon Blackwood, Dark Star Mordekaiser and the cutest of them all the Twitch Shadowfoot which gives a glowing hulk of cheese to wield is available for 1350 RP.
Champion Changes–
WUKONG- FULL REWORK
Stats:
- Base health cut down from 577.8 to 540
- Mana increased from 265.84 to 00
- Mana per level increased to 45 from 38
- Mana Regeneration per 5 seconds (MP5) decreased to 8 from 8.042
- Base MR decreased to 28 from 32.1
Stone Skin (Passive):
- Armor changed to [5 + 0.33~per level] from [4/6/8 per nearby champion]
- Magic resistance removed
- New! This ability now grants 0.5% maximum health regeneration per 5 seconds
- “These bonuses are increased by 62.5% for 5 seconds every time he or his clones hit an enemy Champion or monster with an attack or spell, stacking up to 8 times (up to [30-66] armor and 3% max health per 5 seconds)
- Enemy checks increased to once every 0.25 seconds from every 1 second
Crushing Blow (Q):
- Bonus damage changed to [30/55/80/105/130 (+50% bAD)] from [10/15/20/25/30 (+0-40% AD)]
- Bonus range changed to 75/100/125/150/175 from 125
- New! This ability’s cooldown is reduced by half a second each time Wukong’s (or one of his clones’) basic attacks or spells deal damage
- Cooldown increased to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 from 9/8/7/6/5
- This ability’s cast time now scales alongside attack speed
Warrior Trickster (W):
- New! This ability’s now got a dash (with a range of 300) that can overcome small walls
- Duration of stealth decreased to 1 second from 1.5 seconds
- This ability no longer deals AoE damage on despawning
- Cooldown increased to 20/19/18/17/16 from 18/16/14/12/10
- Mana cost changed to 60 at all ranks from 50/55/60/65/70
- New! Changes to Wukong’s clone include:
- Wukong’s clone now mimics his attacks (and ultimate) but does 50/55/60/65/70% damage
- For basic attacks, Wukong’s clone will now try to attack enemies the Champion’s recently hit
- For Q, the clone’s next attack gets empowered
- For E, the attack speed buff is gained by the clone
- For R, the clone will begin to spin, knocking up enemies that haven’t previously been struck
- Wukong’s clone copies his animation state on spawning Tower attacks kill the clone instantly
Nimbus Strike (E):
- Damage changed from [80/120/160/200/240 (+80% AP) Magic] from [65-205 (+80% bAD) physical]
- Duration of attack speed buff increased to 5 from 4
- Cooldown changed to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 from 8
- Mana cost decreased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 45/50/55/60/65
- The offset distance from the unit Wukong’s dashed to is changed to 75 from 0
- Attack speed increased to 40/45/50/55/60% from 30/35/40/45/50%
Cyclone (R):
- Wukong can now cast R for a second time in a 9 second window. The second cast will not be able to knock up enemies struck by the first cast, however
- Duration of spin decreased to 2 seconds from 4 seconds
- Damage per second changed to [110% tAD +4/6/8% max HP (+1.1% per 100 tAD)] from [20/110/200 (+110% tAD)]
- Spinning movespeed changed to [20%] from [5-40% based on time]
- Duration of lockout in between casts of R increased to 1 second from 0.5 seconds
- Tick rate decreased to 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds
- Conqueror now gets applied for each tick of damage
- Spinning attack range decreased to 50 from 175, helping Wukong close in on his target
- Duration of attack speed now gets refreshed while Wukong spins
- New! This ability now includes a buff timer to the spell icon, indicating how much spinning time Wukong has remaining
Twisted Fate-Buffed
Pick a Card (W):
- AP ratio of Blue Card increased to 90% from 50%
- AP ratio of Red Card increased to 60% from 50%
Senna – nerfed
Absolution (Passive):
- Mist stack AD decreased to 0.8 from 1
Anivia – changed-
Anivia remained almost untouched in the past patches and with the buzz created around the hero due to the update has interested many players to try out the mid champion.
You are going to see Anivia a lot in the upcoming pub games as one of the biggest problem in the champion was that you had to very carefully use the ultimate but now that the ultimate can no longer be canceled, a drawn out battle against Anivia would be very difficult. The Frostbite duration has also increased, these changes amount to making a comeback for Anivia in the PRO scene.
Tactical advantage with playing Anivia where she blocks the minions pathing them into the jungle has always been prevalent in pub games but now that she is more reliant because of her changes this tactic can be scene in professional games as soon as April. The patch changes takes about 2 months to reach pro scene because players need time to practice the changes. It will take some time and testing to see if the Anivia we see in PBE will join the main game or not.
this is too op xD?
— Henrik Hansen (@Froggen) March 7, 2020
Glacial Storm (R):
Anivia’s ultimate is no longer cancelled by CC (of any type)
The ultimate’s Frostbite now lasts for the same amount of time as the Q’s Frostbite
Item Changes- Death’s Dance-
Recipe:
- New! This item’s recipe is now: [Aegis of the Legion + Vampiric Scepter + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 500g]
Cost:
- Total cost increased to 3600 from 3500
Effects:
- AD decreased to 50 from 80
- New! +30 armor
- New! +30 magic resist
Unique Passive:
- New! 20% of damage taken will now apply as a bleed effect for ranged Champ players
Besides the champion, cosmetic and item changes there is another cool thing that RIOT decided to re-introduce in this patch.
One for All hits back-
An arcade-y game mode that makes a surprise return to legends. The mode is a 5v5 battle where the players select the same champion and go into a classic battle royale- the game mode has been missing for two years and is back on the PBE for testing for a limited time.
One For All is now active on PBE!
There are a bunch of new faces to see and new combos to try, from Sett's bounce-house to the Yuumi mothership! We're also experimenting with a number of changes to make games quicker and smoother.
Hop in and let us know what you think ♥️ pic.twitter.com/3soEl7graj
— Geoff Marsi (@glmarsi) March 4, 2020
