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Extensive Sylas Changes Headline League of Legends Patch 10.1 Champion Adjustments

By Noam Radcliffe

Sylas received major changes in League of Legends Patch 10.1
Sylas received major changes in League of Legends Patch 10.1 / Riot Games

League of Legends Patch 10.1 arrives Wednesday, bringing balance changes for 17 champions, chief among them Sylas.

Riot Games has struggled to balance Sylas since the champion's release January 2019, leading the League of Legends developer to take more drastic measures in this patch. Rather than shuffle around numbers on his abilities, Riot Games has weakened his early game laning ability and pushed him toward a role in the mid lane. The developer has also scrapped his Abscond/Abduct (E) into Chain Lash (Q) combo and slowed his basic attack pattern.

The other champions changed in Patch 10.1 include Aphelois, Aurelion Sol, Azir, Corki, Jax, Jayce, Kalista, Kassadin, Kog'Maw, Mordekaiser, Nami, Sejuani, Shyvana, Varus, Vi and Zyra. See the full list of changes below.

League of Legends Patch 10.1 Champion Changes

Sylas

Base Stats

  • Health decreased from 585 to 525
  • Health growth increased from 95 to 115
  • Armor decreased from 35 to 27
  • Armor growth increased from three to four
  • Magic resistance decreased from 39 to 32
  • Magic resistance growth increased from 1.25 to 1.75

Petricite Burst (Passive)

  • Primary target damage ratio increased from 1.1 total attack damage (plus 0.2 ability power) to 1.1 total attack damage (plus 0.25 ability power)
  • Radius range decreased from 400 to 300
  • Now grants Sylas 60% attack speed when available
  • Stacks increased from two to three
  • Now executes secondary target minions below 25 health

Chain Lash (Q)

  • Cooldown increased from 9/8/7/6/5 seconds to 10/9/8/7/6 seconds
  • Chain damage decreased from 40/70/95/120/145 (plus 0.6 ability power) to 40/55/70/85/100 (plus 0.4 ability power)
  • Detonation damage increased from 45/70/95/120/145 (plus 0.6 ability power) to 60/105/150/195/240 (plus 0.8 ability power)
  • Detonation minion damage reduction increased from 45% to 60%
  • No longer slows enemies hit for two seconds
  • Can no longer be cast during Abduct (E)

Kingslayer (W)

  • No longer resets Sylas' basic attack
  • Damage increased from 65/100/135/170/205 (plus 0.65 ability power) to 65/100/135/170/205 (plus 0.85 ability power)
  • Cooldown decreased from 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds to 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds
  • No longer deals 50% increased damage to targets below 40% health
    Heals more based on Sylas' health, up to 100% more at 40% health
  • Mana cost increased from 40 mana to 70/80/90/100/110 mana

Abscond/Abduct (E)

  • No longer resets Sylas' basic attack
  • Second cast damage increased from 70/85/100/115/130 (plus 0.2 ability power) to 80/130/180/230/280 (plus 1.0 ability power)
  • No longer gains a magic damage shield for 2 seconds
  • Cooldown decreased from 14 seconds to 14/13/12/11/10 seconds
  • Lockout decreased from 0.2 seconds when moving if Abduct hits to 0.05 seconds when moving after Abduct

Hijack (R)

  • No longer resets Sylas' basic attack

Aphelios

Base Stats

  • Movement speed decreased from 330 to 325
  • Health decreased from 530 to 500

Moonlight Vigil (R)

  • Infernum empowered area of effect damage decreased from 100% on secondary targets to 75% on secondary targets

Aurelion Sol

Center of the Universe (Passive)

  • Base star damage decreased from 16-120 (levels 1-18) to 12-120 (levels 1-18)

Azir

Emperor's Divide (R)

  • Base damage increased from 150/250/450 to 175/325/475
  • Wall duration increased from three seconds to five

Corki

Missile Barrage (R)

  • Base damage increased from 90/115/140 to 90/125/160

Jax

Grandmaster's Might (R)

  • Now gains effects from Guinsoo's Rageblade

Jayce

Shock Blast (Q)

  • Base damage increased from 55/105/155/205/255/305 to 55/110/165/220/275/330

Kalista

Base Stats

  • Health growth increased from 89 to 100
  • Armor growth increased from 3.5 to 4

Kassadin

Base Stats

  • Movement speed decreased from 340 to 335

Riftwalk (R)

  • Kassadin's mana debuff duration now displays on R's border

Kog'Maw

Living Artillery (R)

  • Kog'Maw's mana debuff duration now displays on R's border

Mordekaiser

Darkness Rise (Passive)

  • Duration decreased from five seconds to four
  • Movement speed decreased from 3/6/9% (levels 1/6/11) to 3% (levels 1-18)

Nami

Tidecaller's Blessing (E)

  • Now empowers the target's next 3 basic attacks and abilities (area of effect spells empowered by Tidecaller's Blessing deal 33-66% less damage to non-champions)

Sejuani

Base Stats

  • Health growth increased from 95 to 100

Fury of the North (Passive)

  • Frost armor increased from 10 (plus 0.35 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (plus 0.35 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance to 10 (plus 0.5 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (plus 0.5 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance

Permafrost (E)

  • Base damage increased from 40/80/120/160/200 to 40/90/140/190/240

Shyvana

Fury of the Dragonborn (Passive)

  • Shyvana now gains five permanent bonus armor and bonus magic resistance for every elemental drake and Elder Dragon her team slays
  • Cloud Drake now increased Shyvana's Fury gains by 10/20/30/40% because her ultimate does not have a cooldown

Flame Breath (E)

  • Marked target damage ratio increased from 3.25% of target's maximum health to 3.75%
  • Marked monster damage cap increased from 100 to 150

Varus

Piercing Arrow (Q)

  • Cooldown decreased from 20/18/16/14/12 seconds to 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
  • Blight cooldown refund decreased from four seconds to three seconds

Vi

Assault and Battery (R)

  • Vi remains Unstoppable for the duration of her uppercut.

Zyra

Grasping Roots (E)

  • Vine lasher slow changed from 30%, not stacking, to 25%, stacking up to two times, but only once per plant