League of Legends 9.23 patch notes: the pre-season is here

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Patch 9.23 kicks off the pre-season with an absolutely gigantic update.

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9.22 Champion Changes

Senna

Senna escapes from the lantern on November 10!

Ashe

W - Volley

  • Cost: 50 mana ⇒ 70 mana

Blitzcrank

Q - Rocket Grab

  • Base Damage: 80/135/190/245/300 ⇒ 70/120/170/220/270

Ivern

Q - Rootcaller

  • Leave Room For Daisy: Ivern will now always dash into melee range of the target
  • Three's A Crowd: Fixed a bug where Ivern would land inside some jungle camps when dashing with his Q
  • Abra-Kadabra-Alakazam: Fixed a bug where allies would teleport to unexpected locations when Ivern would dash to a rooted target

Kai'Sa

Q - Icathian Rain

  • Non-Minion Multi-Hit Missile Damage: E30% ⇒ 25%

Kalista

W - Sentinel

  • Bonus Damage On Marked Targets: 5/7.5/10/12.5/15% of target's maximum health ⇒ 10/12/14/16/18% of target's maximum health
  • Mark Duration: 3 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

Kayle

Q - Radiant Blast

  • Base Damage: 70/115/160/205/250 ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220

W - Celestial Blessing

  • Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 mana ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110 mana

Malphite

R - Unstoppable Force

  • Ratio: 1.0 ability power ⇒ 0.8 ability power

Nautilus

R - Depth Charge

  • Primary Target Base Damage: 200/325/450 ⇒ 150/275/400

Pantheon

Q - Comet Spear

  • Minion Damage Reduction: 20% ⇒ 30%
  • Execute Threshold: 25% of target's maximum health ⇒ 20% of target's maximum health

W - Shield Vault

  • Removed No Longer Walking All Over You: Pantheon's dash speed is no longer increased from boots

Sejuani

Base Stats

  • Attack Damage: 64 ⇒ 66
  • Health Regen Growth: 0.85 ⇒ 1
  • Attack Speed Growth: 3% ⇒ 3.5%

Q - Arctic Assault

  • Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.4 ability power) ⇒ 80/130/180/230/280 (+0.6 ability power)

E - Permafrost

  • Bugfix: Passive now properly resets its debuff duration when reapplying at max stacks

Sylas

Base Stats

  • Health Regen: 7 ⇒ 9
  • Health Regen Growth: 1 ⇒ 0.9
  • Magic Resist: 36.1 ⇒ 39

W - Kingslayer

  • Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 mana ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60 mana

Xayah

W - Deadly Plumage

  • Bonus Attack Speed: 40/47.5/55/62.5/70% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55%

9.22 Bug Fixes

  • If her target dies before Caitlyn's Energized (via items like Rapid Firecannon and Statikk Shiv) Passive - Headshot hits them, Caitlyn will no longer be damaged in their stead
  • Ornn's second R - Call of the Forge God activation now properly knocks up enemies close to it
  • Gangplank's E - Powder Keg's barrels no longer trigger Teemo's R - Noxious Trap's shrooms
  • Game invites will no longer disappear if the game owner changes modes
  • Fizz's Q - Urchin Strike now properly breaks spell shields
  • Twisted Fate's R - Destiny will no longer block projectiles (like turret or dragon attacks) if it is interrupted
  • If Taric casts R - Cosmic Radiance and dies during the cast window, the cooldown will now reflect the proper time and not reflect his W - Bastion cooldown
  • Rek'Sai's R - Void Rush refund now properly and consistently works when enemy champions die during the cast and dash of the ability
  • Syndra's R - Unleashed Power HUD icon now properly shows how many Dark Spheres are available to use on cast
  • Nidalee's Q - Takedown's empowered basic attacks now properly deals damage to traps
  • When Sion casts R - Unstoppable Onslaught out of its range, the ability will now properly cast immediately instead of after he walks into cast range
  • When Q - Twin Bite is on cooldown, Shyvana's basic attacks on structures now properly reduce the ability's cooldown
  • Rift Herald's summon trinket now properly has the 1 second lockout period that all trinkets have to prevent accidental usage

9.22 Skins and Chromas

Skins

Chromas

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