The wait is finally over – 2XKO is heading to consoles. With the release of Season 1 tomorrow, Riot’s fighting game will arrive on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
The release patch contains lots of changes, additions, and tweaks. This is the biggest 2XKO patch to date, and it’s not a big surprise. Many treat this as the game’s official launch, despite it being available to play for several months.
Table of contents
When does the Patch 1.1.1 release?
2XKO doesn’t really have a set update schedule yet, unlike League of Legends, where updates are usually released on Wednesdays every two weeks. Season 1 will likely give us some clues into what the balance and update cadence for the future will be, but for now, we only have the date for the current patch. Update 1.1.1 will be released on January 20-21, depending on the region:
- 6:00pm PT, January 20
- 9:00pm ET, January 20
- 2:00am GMT, January 21
- 3:00am CET, January 21
- 11:00am KR, January 21
New champion – Caitlyn
The most notable addition is the newest champion, Caitlyn. The Sheriff of Piltover will join her fellow Arcane castmates Jinx, Vi, Ekko, and Warwick.
She can be bought with premium currency, a character token, or within a battle pass bundle. She’ll also be obtainable through a quest event for three weeks, after which you’ll be able to purchase her with in-game currency of 10,000 credits.
Patch notes are very long, so let’s get into it.
Console-specific updates:
- 2XKO Trophies (PlayStation 5) and Achievements (Xbox Series X|S) are now live.
- With PlayStation Plus, you can now earn a special chroma, avatar item, and Battle Pass level skips.
- The chroma and avatar item can also be purchased for Credits via the in-game Collections tab.
2XKO on Console – FAQ
Q: Will I be able to get content from PC Early Access?
A: Yes! We’re bringing back some of the content that was available during Early Access. Details to come in later patches.
Q: Is crossplay enabled?
A: Yes. No matter what platform you log in on, you can play with any of your friends on PC, Xbox Series X|S, or PlayStation 5.
Q: I’ve already played on PC. Can I use the same account on console?
A: Yes. Just link your Riot account with your console account by signing into your Riot account on the console of your choice. Be extra careful to link the correct Riot account!
Q: Do I need to pay to play 2XKO on console?
A: No. The game is completely free to play, so no subscription is required to get online. As mentioned above, PlayStation Plus subscribers can earn a few in-game cosmetics. Non-subscribers can purchase them with Credits.
Core gameplay changes
Projectiles
Projectiles have long been quite powerful in 2XKO, so Riot Games decided to decrease their overall power and increase the readability of the outcomes.
Projectiles now disappear under these conditions:
- When the champion that fired the projectile is hit by an attack.
- When the Point champion is hit.
- When a throw tech occurs.
- The following moves are not impacted by this change:
- All Ultimates.
- Jinx: P’Choo Bang Pew Pew Boom Boom (S1 Super), Zaaaapp! (S2 Super).
- Braum: Glacial Fissure (S1 Super), Shattering Spires (Unbreakable 2S2), Glacial Fissure Assist (2T), Leap, Little One (6S1).
- Teemo: Noxious Sweeper Assist (2T). Noxious Surprise (S2 Super) will explode on contact.
- Illaoi: all tentacle attacks.
- Projectile attacks that are chargeable now fire automatically when performing a Handshake Tag.
- Charging a projectile and handshake tagging was particularly hard to interact with. Compared to physical strikes where parry or active hitboxes are a viable option, often your only decision was to drop your combo to avoid the projectile.
- Hitting a champion during the recovery frames of firing a mid-air projectile will cause an interrupt.
- Interrupts result in more damage, hit stun, and Break meter.
- If an Assist fires multiple projectiles, hitting the Point champion will prevent more projectiles from firing.
- Notable moves include: Jinx Tons of Fishbones Assist (2T), Teemo Darts Assist (4T, Ahri Foxfire Rain Assist (6T).
Backdash and forward dash adjustments
Backdashes in 2XKO had much faster startup frames than wind-down ones. Now, dashes will become even across the board. This will overall slow their chaining down a bit, but the distance will remain the same.
- Slowed backdash on faster champions: Ahri, Ekko, Warwick, Vi, and Yasuo.
- Movement has been distributed more evenly across the dash animation
- Sped up forward dash and chain dash on slower champions: Blitzcrank and Braum.
Universal L
Illaoi, Braum, Darius, and Blitzcrank received a 1-frame buff to their universal light attack.
- L startup is now 7 frames for champions that had an 8-frame L: Illaoi, Braum, Darius, and Blitzcrank.
Assists
Switching out now became riskier to combat the run-away strat.
- Hitting an Assist now causes a 4-second cooldown.
- This also applies to hitting a Super Assists and Sidekick Assists
- When an Assist is parried, they now lose collision.
- This coupled with the previous full screen parry adjustment will allow you to more consistently punish the opponent when you Parry their assist.
- Assist UI now appears faster when performing an Assist.
- On average, this happens 5 frames faster.
- Dead champions should ruin less Happy Birthdays.
- Dead champions often contributed to Happy Birthdays dropping at unintended timings. Now, they will disappear as soon as they are hit. No more spoiling the party.
Break
- Activating Break will now put your Assist on a 2 second cooldown. You still have a small window to Handshake Tag while your Assist is still on the screen before the cooldown starts.
- Previously, this only applied when using Freestyle Fuse.
Juggernaut Fuse buffs
- Base health has been increased.
- Juggernaut Fuse’s maximum health bonus has been increased by 10%. It was 120% base health and is now 130% base health.
- Break meter gain per unblocked hit has been increased for the Juggernaut player.
- Break meter gain has been increased by .01 per unblocked hit. It was .01 and is now .02.
- Eject power has been increased.
- If the juggernaut player has recoverable health, a successful Eject hit will now heal 50 more health. It used to recover 50 health, and it now recovers 100.
- Now gains Break meter on successful clean hit.
- Advantage on hit has increased.
- Can now pass through an opponent in the corner.
Input changes
- Level 1 Supers can no longer be kara canceled into level 3 Supers.
Training mode
- “Guard Action” settings: when set to “Push Block,” push block timing for bots now accounts for hitstop.
- You can now lab real-world pushblock scenarios.
- “Bot Position” settings: when set to “Crouch,” bots will now perform a Retreating Guard reversal action.
Bug fixes
Being a game fresh out of the beta, it’s understandable that it had a hefty amount of leftover bugs. Thankfully, Riot Games managed to fix a sizeable portion of them before the game’s console release.
- Fixed various input bugs that resulted in a neutral jump instead of a forward jump.
- Fixed a bug where players couldn’t go back after locking in their champions while their opponent(s) had the Controls menu open in Local Versus.
- Fixed a bug that reverted some core gameplay adjustments when launching the game in Offline Mode.
- Fixed a bug that occasionally caused champions to jump in the wrong direction while turning around.
- Fixed a bug that caused champions to jump in the wrong direction after being hit by Break in very specific circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where champions were able to perform a Push Assist into an Assist while using 2X Assist Fuse.
- Fixed a bug where hitting an Assist with a sweep at high hit stun would cause the Assist to fall indefinitely.
- Point champions will no longer warp to unexpected locations after a Limit Strike wall bounce while their Assist champion was onscreen.
- Double Down Fuse: fixed a bug that would occasionally cause Double Down to not activate.
- Sidekick Fuse: can no longer perform two Supers for the cost of one.
- A variety of Training mode bugs have been fixed.
- Across all bot settings: setting bot to “Random” no longer performs the same action when loading a save state.
- Ultimates no longer mess up “Counter Hit” settings for bots.
- Fixed a bug that prevented bots from being interrupted while performing wakeup reversals.
- Fixed a bug where Tag Launcher didn’t display active frames in the frame bar when hitting an opponent.
- Fixed a bug where bot reversal actions after block didn’t work correctly.
- Fixed a bug where setting a bot’s “Counter Hit” setting to “Always” would stop working correctly after a ground tech.
Champion balance updates
2XKO doesn’t have a huge character pool for now, so every champion that stands out for being too strong ot too weak can shape the entire meta around itself. The Season 1 release patch is aimed at bringing down the overall power of Ahri, Ekko, Teemo, and Yasuo, while buffing underperformers like Blitzcrank, Darius, Braum, Jinx, and Vi.
Ahri
Projectile adjustments
- Mid-air Foxfire Blast (6S1, 2S11) now has a custom hurtbox.
- Mid-air Foxfire Blast (6S1, 2S11) and Foxfire Leap ( > ) are now in an interrupted state during recovery frames.
- Foxfire Rain Assist (4T) is affected by the projectile rules adjustment, and can now be interrupted more easily.
Buffs
- Spirit Rush Assist (6T) is no longer considered an aerial attack, and can no longer be anti-aired.
Nerfs
- Backdash speed has been decreased.
- M range has been slightly decreased.
- Performing mid-air Foxfire Blast (6S1, 2S1) no longer refreshes Ahri’s air dash.
- Always having an air dash after Foxfire Blast made it difficult for Ahri to make mistakes while running away. Engaging Ahri was significantly more taxing than running away as Ahri.
- This change encourages more thoughtful decision making on runaway patterns, without a get-out-of-jail free card.
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Bounce! (2S2) is now considered airborne on frame 10.
- It was previously considered airborne on frame 1, which caused unexpected air hit reactions.
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Spirit Rush Assist (6T) hurtbox height has been increased.
- Spirit Rush Assist can now be hit by more standing attacks.
Adjustments
- Up-forward Spirit Rush (9S2) changes:
- Hit stun has been increased by 2 frames. It was 36 frames and is now 38 frames.
- Now has more hit stun scaling applied in combos.
- The increased hit stun on up-forward Spirit Rush (9S2) allows it to combo against Warwick more easily in Ahri’s core combos. In exchange, we’re applying more hit stun scaling to up-forward Spirit Rush, so that combos after the launch will have similar hit stun.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug where Ahri was able to recover quickly from Break if she used it while in Spirit Rush (any direction + S2).
- Mid-air forward Spirit Rush (6S2) now consistently passes through Warwick on hit.
Blitzcrank
Major adjustments
- L startup has been decreased by 1 frame. It was 8 and is now 7.
- Increased forward movement speed.
Hurtbox improvements
- Hurtboxes on Blitzcrank’s hands have been removed on most grounded attacks.
- Hurtboxes on Blitzcrank’s legs have been removed on mid-air M and H.
Consistency improvements
- First hit of 2M hitbox is now slightly taller.
- First hit of 2M hit stun has been increased by 3 frames.
- On airborne opponents, 2L will now combo into 2M more consistently, and the first hit of 2M will now combo into H more consistently.
- With previous tuning, it was difficult to pressure with lows, since lows wouldn’t blockstring consistently against airborne opponents.
- Blitzcrank is now pushed less far back when performing Wrecking Ball (S2) on grounded opponents in the corner.
Buffs
- For a grappler, Blitzcrank had weak standing normals. We’re improving their standing normals to improve their neutral presence.
- M hitbox is now larger.
- H now travels farther.
- This opens up additional pressure strings, helps improve Blitzcrank’s conversion game, and makes this move usable in neutral.
- Rear Compression (H while running) now goes over lows.
- improvements:
- 4H hitbox now hits farther behind Blitzcrank.
- 4H air hit stun has been increased by 5 frames. It was 27 frames and is now 32 frames.
- 4H ground hit stun has been increased by 2 frames. It was 30 frames and is now 32 frames.
- 4H launch height against airborne opponents has been lowered to help with followups.
- 4H was not an incredibly useful button. While we don’t expect this move to be used often, we do want it to properly reward you if you connect with it.
- Air Purifier (2S1) active frames have been increased by 4 to match its animation better.
- Spinning Turbine (6S2) damage per hit has been increased by 5.
- Mid-air Garbage Collection (2S2) now generates 25 Steam on hit, if not at full Steam.
- Mid-air Garbage Collection is underused compared to mid-air Air Purifier (2S1). We’re adding Steam generation to mid-air Garbage Collection to encourage more decisionmaking.
Pulse Combo
- Removed mid-air M from Blitzcrank’s L Pulse Combo to improve consistency.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where mid-air Rocket Grab (S1) followups would sometimes fail when hitting multiple champions.
- Blitzcrank no longer has a hurtbox on their extended arm while performing Steamed Rocket Grab (S1).
- Fixed a bug where some of Blitzcrank’s moves weren’t progressing the “Precisely” Champion Mastery challenge correctly.
Braum
Major adjustments
- L startup has been decreased by 1 frame. It was 8 frames and is now 7 frames.
- Increased forward movement speed.
- Using The Heart of the Freljord (S2 Super) while Unbreakable no longer removes Unbreakable.
- Previously, losing Unbreakable wasn’t worth the additional damage. With this change, spending that meter should feel better.
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Stand Behind Me Assist (4T) has a new animation. Braum now walks forward, and its duration has been increased by 24 frames. It was 26 frames and is now 60 frames.
- Braum’s shield is what makes Braum special, and Stand Behind Me Assist did not feel very special. This change is both an improvement for the Assist and thematic for his character.
Consistency improvements
- Braum now faces the opponent when performing It’s Easy, See? (2H > 2H)
- It’s easy, see? often whiffed, so we’re having Braum turn around when he connects with the back side of 2H.
- Unbreakable Iceborn Smash (2S2) icicle hitboxes are now bigger.
- Unbreakable should no longer drop on Happy Birthdays.
- Charged Battering Ram (S2) no longer has a projectile destruction dead zone between the charge and release of the attack.
- Charged Battering Ram (S2) now makes Braum’s hand and arm immune to projectiles during the attack.
Hitbox and hurtbox improvements
- Mid-air M hitbox has been improved. The lower part of mid-air M will now hit opponents closer to Braum.
- Revolving Door (6H), charged Revolving Door, and Revolving Door > One More (6H > H) hurtboxes have been reduced.
- 2H and It Is Easy, See? (2H > 2H) hitboxes are larger.
- Tag Launcher hitbox has been adjusted to match its animation better.
Damage improvements
- Revolving Door (6H) damage has been increased by 10. It was 60 damage and is now 70 damage.
- Revolving Door > One More (6H > 6H) damage has been increased by 5. It was 65 damage and is now 70 damage.
- Shattering Spires (Unbreakable 2S2) damage has been increased by 5. It was 145 damage and is now 150 damage.
Normal improvements
- Standing L recovery has been decreased by 2 frames.
- 2L recovery has been decreased by 2 frames.
- M and 2M hit stun has been increased by 2 frames on grounded opponents. It was 20 frames, and is now 22 frames.
- Both 2M and.M now combo into 6H on grounded opponents.
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Two-Step (3H) forward translation has been adjusted. It now travels farther on first hit, and less far on second hit.
- The overall distance traveled is the same. This change helps Braum catch Retreating Guards more easily.
Buffs
- Poros now have additional projectile durability.
- Poros will now remove most standard projectiles, like Ekko’s Timewinder and Jinx’s rockets.
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Fight, Mighty One (2S1) hitbox now goes slightly farther, and hits farther inside Braum.
- This helps catch rolls and crossup attacks more reliably, and slightly improves the power of Fight, Mighty One.
- The Great Swing (mid-air S2) while not in Unbreakable can now cause a tumble reaction on grounded opponents, matching its behavior while Unbreakable.
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Iceborn Smash (2S2) recovery has been decreased by 2 frames.
- Braum can now continue pressure after hitting a grounded opponent with 2S2, and is at slightly more advantage when performing 2S2 on block.
Bug fixes
- Blocking Leap, Little One (6S1) in the corner no longer pushes Braum backwards.
- Stand Behind Me (4S2) will always have the same exit behavior when Handshake Tagging during hitstop.
- Assists inside Braum’s shield will now more consistently be defended against opponent’s attacks.
- Fixed Braum’s weird neck during his intro.
Known issue
In Braum’s command list, The Heart of the Freljord (S2 Super) description says it removes Unbreakable, but it does not.
Darius
Major adjustments
- L startup has been decreased by 1 frame. It was 8 and is now 7.
Neutral improvements
Salted Earth (2S2) was undertuned across the board, and its use was limited. The changes to this move will make it more usable in neutral and in combos.
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Salted Earth (2S2) changes:
- Can now be performed sooner after the projectile is erased.
- Startup has been decreased by 2 frames.
- Recovery has been decreased by 2 frames.
- Hit stun has been increased by 3 frames.
- Launch arc has been adjusted.
- H hurtbox size has been decreased.
Offense improvements
- L range has been slightly improved.
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Apprehend (S1) can now be charged.
- When charged, Apprehend does not allow for followups, but is plus on block.
- This will let Darius mix up his timing and prevent parry from always being an answer to Apprehend.
Combo improvements
- Final hit of Break the Line > Thin Their Ranks (6S2 > 6S2) now causes the opponent to fall slightly slower.
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Apprehend > Sunder (S1 > M) knockdown duration has been increased when hitting a grounded opponent.
- This behavior now matches the aerial version.
Damage improvements
Darius isn’t lacking in damage, so we’re being gentle in our buffs here. We’re adding additional benefits to S1 > M on blocking opponents, and generally improving his damage on S1 followups.
- S1 > L damage has been increased by 5. It was 85 damage and is now 90.
- S1 > M damage to Bleeding opponents has been increased by 10. It was 120 damage and is now 130.
- S1 > M meter gain on Bleeding opponents has been increased by 2. It was 12 and is now 14.
- S1 > M now deals 30 chip damage to Bleeding opponents.
- S2 > S2 meter gain on Bleeding opponents has been increased by 2. It was 6 and is now 8.
Nerfs
- Decimate > Lacerate (S2 > S2) chip damage to Bleeding opponents has been decreased by 5 damage. It was 35 damage and is now 30 damage.
Bug fixes
Fixed a bug where Noxian Might (S2 Super) wasn’t destroying projectiles.
Ekko
Buffs
- Heel Tap (3L) hit stun has been increased by 2 frames. It was 13 frames and is now 15 frames.
- Heel Tap (3L) now pushes opponents less far on hit.
- Step Up (H while running) now increments combo scaling by 1 instead of by 3.
Nerfs
- Can no longer Replay (S2 with Afterimage) out of a failed throw attempt.
- We found that the on-block pressure this gave Ekko was problematic, and having a no-commitment strike-throw didn’t align with Ekko’s champion fantasy. For both reasons, we’re cutting this interaction.
- M range has been slightly decreased.
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Flip It (3M) hit stun has been decreased on interrupt.
- This move can now only combo into L on interrupt.
- First hit of Mega Timewinder (S1 Super) now causes damage scaling.
- This will reduce Ekko’s overall damage off stray hits.
- Attempt #37 (Ultimate) block stun has been decreased by 6 frames. It was -22 frames and is now -28 frames.
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Attempt #37 (Ultimate) pushback on air block against mid-air opponents has been decreased.
- This move was difficult to punish on air block. It’s now a bit easier.
- Chronobreak (2S2 with Volatile Afterimage) and mid-air Chronobreak meter gain has been decreased by 2. It was 10 and is now 8.
Pulse Combo
- Removed mid-air M from Ekko’s L Pulse Combo to improve consistency.
Bug fixes
- Mega Timewinder (S1 Super) now continues traveling when parried.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ekko to dash away in the wrong direction when his Tangled Timeline (S2 Super) install dissipated while crossing an enemy.
- Beginner Combo Trial 7 now displays the correct input.
Illaoi
Major adjustments
- L startup has been decreased by 1 frame. It was 8 and is now 7.
Consistency improvements
- Second hitbox of charged 2[H] has been slightly improved, so it always combos off the first hit of charged 2[H].
- Tidal Swing (2S1) hitstop on interrupt has been increased.
- Tidal Swing (2S1) now causes soft launch flip on interrupt.
- Tentacles no longer use hitstop when accounting for spawn timings. Tentacles will now spawn at consistent timings when Handshake Tagging, or when hitstop is otherwise interrupted.
- This was most common when performing Guiding Hand Assist (6T) into a Handshake Tag.
Tentacle behavior updates
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Faith in Motion (mid-air S2) block stun and tentacle spawn timings have been adjusted to account for the new tentacle hitstop rule.
- This is now a true block string.
Damage buffs
Charged [H] and Illaoi’s just frame tentacle were woefully underused, and have been significantly improved as combo starters. This will improve Illaoi’s corner combos, and create more of a reason to go for her more difficult routes.
- Charged [H] no longer causes damage scaling on the second hit.
- Charged Harsh Lesson (6[S2]) damage has been increased by 20. It was 130 damage and is now 150.
- Harsh Lesson (6S2) damage has been increased by 10. It was 110 and is now 120.
- Just frame tentacle damage has been increased by 20. It was 90 damage and is now 110
- Just frame meter gain has been increased by 3. It was 14 and is now 17.
Damage nerfs
- Standing M, crouching M, and mid-air M damage has been decreased by 5. It was 65 damage and is now 60 damage.
- Serpent’s Tongue (mid-air S1) tentacle stab meter gain has been decreased by 1. It was 5 and is now 4.
Ultimate nerfs
- Test of Spirit (Ultimate) startup has been increased by 4 frames. It was 5 frames and is now 9 frames.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused Illaoi to fly away after KOing the opponent.
Jinx
Trap improvements
Jinx often chose to use other projectiles over Flame Chompers! (4S1) in neutral. We’re improving recovery on Flame Chompers! and Fly Clappy, Fly! (6S1) so Jinx can throw out projectiles more readily and get some more setups off of throws and knockdowns.
- Charged Flame Chompers! (6[S1]) changes:
- Total move duration has been decreased by 8 frames. It was 63 frames and is now 55 frames.
- Chompers no longer causes damage scaling when first attached. This applies to both charged and uncharged Flame Chompers! (6S1).
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Flame Chompers! (6S1) changes:
- Startup and recovery have both been decreased by 2 frames, so total duration has been decreased by 4 frames. It was 55 frames and is now 51 frames.
- Chompers no longer causes damage scaling when first attached. This applies to both charged and uncharged Flame Chompers! (6S1).
- Now does more damage when it connects in neutral and in combos. This applies to Flame Chompers Assist (T) as well.
- Fly Clappy, Fly! (2S1) recovery has been decreased by 3 frames. It was 50 frames and is now 47 frames.
Buffs
Pow Pow Up-Up! (4S1) was undertuned. Since it scaled damage on each bullet, anti-airing with it didn’t deal much, and it was hard to follow up. Pow Pow Up-Up! is now significantly more rewarding on hit, and has more uses in combos.
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Pow Pow Up-Up! (4S1) changes:
- Now knocks opponents into the air on ground hit, and has adjusted launch arcs.
- Hit stun has been increased by 4 frames. It was 42 frames and is now 46 frames.
- No longer causes damage scaling on each bullet. Damage now scales the combo on the middle and final bullet
- Can now only be cancelled into Fishbones! (S2) or Zap! (4S2) after the sixth bullet fires.
- Bullets that cause damage scaling now deal 10 more damage. It was 20 damage and is now 30 damage. Their meter gain has also been increased—it was 2 and is now 3.
- H recovery has been decreased by 2 frames. It was -11 on block and is now -9..
- H is no longer punished by Ultimates or Yasuo’s Storm Breaker (S1 Super) on block.
- H hitbox has been lowered to hit crouchers more consistently.
- M into H was whiffing on crouchers at long ranges. This is now much more consistent, and has the benefit of hitting grounded Flame Chompers! (6S1).
Nerfs
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Super Mega Death Rocket Monkey Cannon! (Ultimate) explosion chip damage has been decreased by 40%.
- This is the only Ultimate that gets its entire damage on block, so the chip damage was overtuned on this move.
- Tons of Fishbones Assist (2T) does not fire additional projectiles if any projectile is interrupted.
- Jinx’s crouching hurtbox is now larger.
Damage adjustments
We’re normalizing Jinx’s grounded and aerial damage to be equal.
- M damage has been increased by 5. It was 55 damage and is now 60.
- First hit of 2M damage has been increased by 10. It was 30 damage and is now 40.
- 2M is underused, so we’re improving its overall damage to encourage its use in blockstrings and in routing.
- Mid-air M damage has been decreased by 5. It was 65 damage and is now 60.
Pulse Combo
- Removed mid-air M from Jinx’s L Pulse Combo to improve consistency.
Bug fixes
- Warwick’s Infinite Duress (S1 Super) will now properly track a Jinx performing Fishbones, Hop! (2S2), on the ground and mid-air.
Teemo
Buffs
- L > L and L > L > L recovery has been decreased by 3 frames. It was 32 frames and is now 29 frames.
- L > L and L > L > L now have the same recovery as L.
Nerfs
- M block stun has been decreased by 4 frames. It was 22 frames and is now 18 frames.
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Axe-cidental Damage (H > H) recovery has been increased by 5 frames. It was -4 on block and is now -9 on block.
- Teemo’s M and H > H had frame data that didn’t align with other champions.
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Bandle Sky Patrol (S1 Super) changes:
- Number of darts fired has been decreased by 1. It was 9 darts and is now 8 darts.
- Damage per dart has been increased by 4. It was 26 damage per dart and is now 30 damage per dart.
- We’re reducing this move’s overall duration to make it less frustrating.
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Retreat! () is now invulnerable frame 4, instead of invulnerable frame 2.
- Our non-Ultimate invulnerable moves generally gain invulnerability frame 4, and Teemo was an outlier here. This is now in-line with other invulnerable moves in our game.
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Noxious Sweeper Assist (2S2) changes:
- Duration has been decreased by 33 frames. It was 220 frames and is now 187 frames.
- Now throws fewer mushrooms.
- Bushfire duration while not making contact with opponents has been decreased by 2 seconds. It was 4 seconds and is now 2 seconds.
- Bushfire lasted too long in neutral and shut down the opponent’s ability to interact with Teemo for too long.
Badge nerfs
- Slingshot badge requirement has been increased by 1. It was 5 and is now 6.
- Mushroom badge requirement has been increased by 2. It was 10 and is now 12.
- Dart badge requirement has been increased by 3. It was 12 and is now 15.
Hurtbox adjustments
- Standing hurtbox size in front of Teemo has been increased.
- Champions can now combo standing Teemo properly.
Vi
Buffs
- Hook (Footwork > L) on interrupt now has the properties of a fully charged Hook.
- Charged mid-air Vault Breaker (S1) damage has been increased by 5. It was 135 damage and is now 140.
- Charged Knuckle Down (Footwork > H) can now be canceled into S1 specials.
- Vi will now be properly rewarded for making the opponent block this move, and she’ll be able to continue pressure more effectively than before. This also opens up combo routes that emphasize her Footwork suite.
- During the throw animation of One Girl Wrecking Crew (6S1 > MH), opponents can now be hit earlier.
- This allows your Assist champ to land attacks while the opponent is still airborne.
- Mid-air and grounded Crater Maker (mid-air S2 and 2S2) damage has been increased by 5. It was 105 damage and is now 110.
- Mid-air and grounded Crater Maker (mid-air S2 and 2S2) are now more advantageous when opponents air block. Changes:
- Air block stun has been increased by 9 frames. It was 26 frames and is now 35 frames.
- Now launches opponents higher.
- Recovery has been decreased by 4 frames. It was 39 and is now 35.
- Crater Maker didn’t lead to advantage for Vi on air block. Now when Vi connects with Crater Maker on an air-blocking opponent, she won’t be at disadvantage.
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Fastball Assist (2T) now OTGs when Vi pulls up the rock.
- We’re okay with some champions having weaker Super Assists than others. However, this move was difficult to use. It now OTGs the opponent so it can be used in combos, similar to how Vi uses Crater Maker Assist (4T).
- Increased projectile durability of Fastball Assist (2T). It will now beat common projectiles.
Nerfs
- Vi will now be lower when performing Knuckle Down (Footwork/6S1 > H), and will now have a hitbox that allows L to hit her during the charge.
- With the buff to charged Knuckle Down, we want to ensure it has proper counterplay.
- Denting Blows (S2) now causes 2 hits of damage scaling.
- Fastball Assist (2T) vertical hitbox has been decreased to match its animation better.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented followup actions out of Footwork (6S1).
- Fixed a bug that made Vi side-swap with opponents while performing One Girl Wrecking Crew (6S1 > M + H) in the corner.
Warwick
Consistency improvements – normals
- L hit stun has been increased by 1 frame. It was 13 frames and is now 14 frames.
- L can now combo into mid-air L.
- M now launches aerial opponents farther.
- H and charged [H] hitbox sizes have been increased vertically.
- Both M launch distance and H changes improve Warwick’s ability to combo airborne opponents while grounded.
- 2H hit stun has been increased by 1 frame. It was 24 frames and is now 25 frames.
- Charged mid-air H charge time has been increased by 1 frame. It was 12 frames and is now 13 frames.
- 2H will now combo into aerial normals more consistently.
Consistency improvements – specials
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Primal Leap (2S1) and Claws of the Beast > Primal LeapCancel (S1 > up) jump height has been increased.
- Primal Leap > Tear (2S1 > M) will now combo more consistently when performing a Primal Leap Cancel mid-combo.
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Primal Leap > Pursuit (S21 > L) now launches opponents less high. Does not apply to the Primal Climb ( near corner) version.
- This change keeps opponents lower when performing Primal Leap > Pursuit (2S1 > L), which makes followups more consistent.
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Savage Slashes (S2) followup strikes are now more stable.
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Savage Slashes (S2) often dropped at unexpected moments. We made a bunch of different adjustments to change this:
- Increased hitbox size of all of Warwick’s swipes.
- Increased hit stun so followups can be delayed to adjust routes.
- Launching swipe will now launch the opponent higher or lower depending on their position.
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Savage Slashes (S2) often dropped at unexpected moments. We made a bunch of different adjustments to change this:
- First hit of Spinning Slicer (mid-air S2) launch height has been increased.
- First hit of Spinning Slicer (mid-air S2) hit stun has been increased by 6 frames. It was 18 frames and is now 24 frames.
- These changes allow Spinning Slicer > Infinite Duress (mid-air S2 > S1 Super) to connect if you cancel on the first hit of Spinning Slicer.
- Final hit of Blood Seeker (2S2) while in Bloodlust now launches the opponent farther.
- Blood Seeker (2S2) > Primal Leap Cancel > Spinning Slicer (mid-air S2) is now more consistent.
- Second-to-last hit of No Escape (S2 Super) launches the opponent farther.
- This improves the move’s combo stability.
Hurtbox improvements
- Claws of the Beast (S1) and Rage of the Beast (6S1) no longer have a hurtbox on Warwick’s back foot.
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Rage of the Beast (6S1) while in Bloodlust no longer has a hurtbox on Warwick’s inner arm.
- This change was made to prevent opponents from hitting Warwick while crossing up the opponent.
Buffs
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Ankle Swipe (3H) changes:
- Block stun has been increased by 3. It was -11 and is now -8 on block.
- Now has a slightly longer range.
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Climb Rend (Primal Climb near corner) changes:
- Block stun has been increased by 6 frames. It was 18 frames and is now 24 frames.
- Hitbox size has been increased.
- Climb Rend was often worse than its Primal Leap > Tear (2S1 > M) variant. It now has more advantages, and has a hitbox that lets it combo more consistently against airborne opponents.
- Claws of the Beast (S1) while in Bloodlust now makes Warwick run 30% faster.
- Wrath of the Beast (6S1) now travels 15% farther.
- Wrath of the Beast (Bloodlust 6S1) pushes the opponent farther on block.
- The second, third, and fourth hits of Savage Slashes (S2) push opponents 20% less far on block.
- Savage Slashes followups will no longer whiff on blocking opponents without the opponent performing a Retreating Guard.
- Feral Feast (Bloodlust 6S2) was -8 frames and is now -5 frames. Frame data now matches Feral Bite (6S2) on block.
- Landing recovery of Spinning Slicer’s (mid-air S2) final hit has been reduced by 4 frames. It was 24 frames and is now 20 frames. Also, Warwick’s fall speed after performing the move has been increased.
- Spinning Slicer’s final hit was not particularly useful, and was difficult to combo with teammates. We’re making its recovery faster so that Warwick can continue pressure and enable additional Assist partners.
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No Escape (S2 Super) startup has been reduced by 2 frames. It was 15 frames and is now 13 frames.
- We’re increasing the speed of No Escape (S2 Super) to make Savage Slashes () into No Escape more consistent.
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Blood Hunt (Ultimate) startup has been reduced by 4 frames. It was 16 frames and is now 12 frames.
- Blood Hunt was slow enough to allow champions to attack and block in time. This is no longer the case.
Nerfs
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Claws of the Beast (S1) block stun has been reduced by 2 frames. It was -6 frames and is now -8 frames on block.
- Punishing Warwick’s low and overhead options was not equally accessible to the entire cast. We’re uniting both his committal high and committal low to make the punishment easy to understand and equitable across all champions.
- First hit of Savage Slashes (S2) now travels 12.5% less far.
- Savage Slashes was traveling far enough to where it would often cross under opponents after M or H.
- We’re reducing the range to help with stability. As a result, Savage Slashes will be a less useful tool in neutral and at round start.
Bug fixes
- Infinite Duress (S1 Super) will now properly track a Warwick performing Primal Climb (2 near corner) and a Jinx performing Fishbones, Hop! (2S2) or mid-air Fishbones, Hop!.
- Fixed a bug where Infinite Duress (S1 Super) would not always reach the opponent.
- Final hit of Blood Seeker (2S2) now hits both sides while in Bloodlust.
- Spinning Slicer > Spinning Slicer followup (mid-air S2 > S2) now does the same amount of damage regardless of where it hits.
- Fixed a rare visual bug on No Escape (S2 Super).
- Blood Hunt (Ultimate) can no longer be anti-aired.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Bloodlust animation to play at the start of the next round.
- Ahri’s up-forward Spirit Rush (9S2) should now consistently pass through Warwick on hit.
Yasuo
Buffs
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M now has an additional hitbox to hit crouchers more reliably.
- With the added recovery of M, this move whiffing on crouchers would have a devastating outcome for Yasuo.
- It will still hit standing opponents at a farther range than crouchers, but will whiff against crouchers far less often.
- 2H hitbox size has been increased.
- Sweeping Blade (6S1) hit stun on grounded opponents has been increased by 8 frames. It was 20 frames and is now 28 frames.
Nerfs
- M recovery has been increased by 6 frames. It was 18 frames and is now 24 frames.
- 2M recovery has been increased by 5 frames. It was 21 frames and is now 26 frames.
- Yasuo’s on-block pressure is particularly strong. To add clearer counterplay to M attacks, we want his whiffs to be more meaningful.
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Steel Tempest (S1) has a reduced hitbox close to Yasuo. It now hits farther away from Yasuo.
- Steel Tempest (S1) would occasionally catch champions who successfully jumped in on Yasuo. This should occur much less often.
- When performing Gale Blade > Returning Gale > Settling Gale (mid-air S1 > S1 > S2), the opponent now falls faster.
- Yasuo can no longer Storm Breaker (S1 Super) afterwards.
- This reduces overall frame advantage on the move.
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Gale Blade (mid-air S1) changes:
- Now is in counterhit recovery
- Increased size of throwable area. Is now easier to throw a Yasuo performing mid-air .
- Lower hitbox is now removed after 6 frames.
- Gale Blade > Settling Gale (mid-air S1 > S2) now pushes the opponent less far on block.
- Sweeping Blade Assist (6T) now has a hurtbox behind Yasuo.
Pulse Combo
- Removed mid-air M from Yasuo’s L: Pulse Combo to improve consistency.
Bug fixes
- Yasuo’s aerial collision pill now matches other champions.
- Combos will no longer drop specifically on Yasuo.
- Fixed a bug where Yasuo would be idling in Calm Stance if a champion died during the startup of Calm Stance.
- Fixed a bug where the first instance of damage of Storm Breaker ( S1Super) could not KO an opponent.
- Turbulent Wind (S2) will no longer slash the air multiple times if you perform a Handshake Tag at a specific timing.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Assist character’s Super Assist from coming out when using Storm Breaker (S1 Super) with Sidekick Fuse equipped.
Fixed a bug that prevented Yasuo from activating Last Breath (Ultimate) in Happy Birthdays.
Quality of Life updates
- A notification now displays when the game detects unsupported devices or devices that are known to cause input issues.
Audio
- Super meter sounds now play less frequently.
- Teemo’s bugle taunt sounds are now more glorious.
- Some in-game music themes have been updated to their final versions.
- Champions: Warwick, Darius.
- Stages: Annihilator’s Reach, The Brazen Hydra.
- Menus: Main Menu, Post-Match.
Lobbies
- Avatar sound effects like run, dash, and jump have been updated.
- Winstreaks now persist across lobbies.
- Casual lobby winstreaks will not transfer to the Ranked lobby.
- Winstreaks now reset daily.
- Winstreaks now end on joining or leaving a duo.
- Various optimizations have been made to lobby and spectating performance.
Player behavior
- Accounts that are banned for having an inappropriate Riot ID are now unable to change their Riot ID until the ban is over.
- Disconnection penalties are now applied more consistently.
Player profile
- Player profiles now display current Ranked Points alongside Ranked info, if placement matches have been completed.
- Unranked players are now marked as “Unranked” instead of “Aspirant.”
Settings
- In Settings > Accessibility, a volume slider has been added for the text-to-speech narrator.
- Text-to-speech narrator UI coverage has expanded to lobby chat, the social panel, and the store.
- There is now an option to change the input icons in First Fight, Tutorials, and Combo Trials. Choose between platform-specific controller inputs or the 2XKO buttons (L M H, etc.).
- If display options are changed, those settings will now save when leaving and re-entering First Fight, Tutorials, and Combo Trials.
- “Taunt” has been moved down in the list of keybinds.
Social
- Added a confirmation before removing a friend to help prevent accidental removals.
- Removed the countdown timer from invitation notifications.
- Expiring invites now have a progress bar animation in the social panel.
- Made various improvements to the social panel.
Store
- Added a confirmation that needs to be acknowledged before unlocking a Chroma Pack.
- All Starter Edition offers are now displayed on the purchase confirmation screen for Starter Editions.
In addition to balance changes, Riot also brought lots of new skins and customization items that you can either purchase directly or through the new battle pass.
