Xerath Patch History

Base health: 596 575

Base damage: 75 – 235 70 – 230

Cooldown reduction per kill: 2.5 3.5 seconds

Base damage: 70 – 230 75 – 235

AP ratio: 85% AP 90% AP

Base damage: 60 – 200 50 – 190

Center base damage: 60*1.667 – 200*1.667 50*1.667 – 190*1.667

AP ratio: 60% AP 65% AP

Center AP ratio: 60*1.667% AP 65*1.667% AP

Base damage: 80 – 200 70 – 190

Base damage: 180 – 280 3 170 – 270 3

AP ratio: 40% AP 45% AP

Bugfix Resolved VO audio being too low in certain languages due to the audio filter.

Selection radius: 88.8889007568359 120 units

Bugfix No longer reference to his long-deprecated ammo system.

Bugfix Vision bubble is no longer inconsistent inside terrain, causing some targets to remain undetected in its radius.

Adjusted splash artwork for Guardian of the Sands Xerath.

The two basic attack animations now have a 50% chance to play instead of 75% for the first and 25% for the second.

Base attack speed: 0.625 0.658

Attack windup: 25.074% 20%

Base mana regeneration: 8 6.85

Cooldown refund: 2 2.5 seconds

Mana cost: 70 – 110 80 – 120

Bugfix Stacking damage buff is now properly applied to the last recast.

Base mana: 459 400

Cooldown: 12 16 seconds

New Cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds per unit killed.

New Now triggers against structures.

Number of recasts: 3 – 5 3 4 – 6 3

Base damage: 200 – 300 3 180 – 280 3

AP ratio: 45% AP 40% AP

New Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to 4 – 6 3 times. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage by 20 – 30 3 (+ 5% AP).

Bugfix Emote SFX no longer continue to play even after the animation was interrupted halfway.

[Undocumented] Now fizzles if Xerath dies after releasing the charge.

Bugfix Range indicator when the ability is hovered in the HUD with the cursor is no longer unintentionally removed.

Bugfix Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.

Base health: 526 596

Health growth: 92 106

Armor growth: 3.5 4.7

Magic resistance growth: 0.5 1.3

Stun duration: 0.5 to 2 for 11 0.75 to 2.25 for 11

Bugfix Can no longer redirect the damage of the missiles before they land.

Base damage: 80 – 240 70 – 230

AP ratio: 75% AP 85% AP

Base damage: 60 – 180 60 – 200

Maximum base damage: 60*1.667 – 180*1.667 60*1.667 – 200*1.667

Base attack damage: 54.7 55

Base armor: 21.88 22

New voice lines from Ascension added.

Recommended items updated.

Bonus damage: 50% 66.7%

Base damage: 200 – 280 3 200 – 300 3

AP ratio: 43% AP 45% AP

Bugfix No longer causes small hitches to characters on or sometimes off-screen when cast.

Target range: 3200 – 5600 3 5000 at all ranks

New Can now ping whether the ability is within range or not.

Base mana: 366.96 459

Mana growth: 44 22

Base mana regeneration: 6 8

Base health regeneration: 5.424 5.5

Base health: 514.4 526

Health growth: 80 92

Bugfix Fixed a bug where only half of the particles were displayed on cast.

Bugfix Slow now correctly decays from 25% to 13% once, not twice.

Slow: 10% 25%

Base damage: 200 / 230 / 260 200 / 240 / 280

Magic resistance growth: 0 0.5

Bugfix Re-fixed a bug preventing Rite of the Arcane from damaging Baron Nashor if cast from too far away.

Bugfix No longer fires in weird directions when cast while the cursor is hovering over the minimap.

Width: 150 145

Warning indicator now better matches the damage zone.

Stun duration: 0.75-1.75 0.5-2 seconds

Number of barrages: 3 at all ranks 3 / 4 / 5

Base damage: 190 / 245 / 300 200 / 230 / 260

Total damage: 570 / 735 / 900 (+ 129% AP) 600 / 920 / 1300 (+ 129 / 172 / 215% AP)

Range: 3200 / 4400 / 5600 3520 / 4840 / 6160

Impact radius: 190 200

Delay between shots: 0.6 0.8 seconds

New Camera now zooms out a bit when casting this spell.

Updated particles.

Bugfix The cast range indicator for Rite of the Arcane has been shrunk to match the ability’s actual range.

Bugfix Rite of the Arcane no longer fails to deal damage to Baron Nashor at extreme ranges.

Base mana: 316.96 366.96

Mana growth: 47 44

Fixed a bug where Xerath could accidentally fire his first Arcane Barrage on top of himself if he pressed R too fast.

Maximum stun duration reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.75 seconds.

Tooltip updated to reflect the actual maximum stun duration of 2.25 seconds from incorrectly listing 2 seconds.

Texture updates to Classic, Battlecast, and Runeborn Xerath.

New lore.

Additional quotes, including special quotes for Ascension.

Spellthief's Edge, Frostfang and Frost Queen's Claim no longer proc twice when Xerath hits targets in the center of his spell.

The 0.6 second cooldown between casts no longer benefits from cooldown reduction.

Base armor: 12 16

Additional quotes, including special taunts for Syndra and Thresh.

Base mana: 250 to 238

Mana per level: 45 47

Base mana regeneration: 7 6

Mana regeneration per 5 per level: 0.6 0.65

Attack range: 550 525

Attack animation slightly shortened.

Every 12 seconds, Xerath's next basic attack will restore 30 - 195 mana. The amount of mana restored is doubled if the attack target is a champion

First Cast: Xerath starts charging, gradually increasing Arcanopulse's range from 700 to 1400 while slowing down movement speed by up to 50% over the next 1.5 seconds seconds. After 3 seconds, Arcanopulse cancels and half the mana cost is refunded.

Second Cast: After a brief cast time, Xerath fires a beam of energy in a line the deals magic damage to all enemies hit.

Base damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 60% AP) 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 75% AP)

Cooldown adjusted to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 from 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5.

Mana cost: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120

Active: Calls down a ground-targeted blast of energy, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 60% AP) magic damage to all enemies caught within the blast and slowing them by 10%. Enemies caught in the middle of the blast instead take 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 (+ 90% AP) magic damage and are slowed by 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% instead.

Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds

Mana cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110

Range: 1000

Active: Xerath fires a orb of energy forward in a line that detonates on striking an enemy, dealing magic damage and stunning them for between 0.75 and 2 seconds. The stun duration is longer the further the Shocking Orb has travelled.

Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds

Mana cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80

Range: 1000

Active: Xerath roots himself in place and gains three shots of Arcane Barrage, a very long range magic artillery that does 190 / 245 / 300 (+43% AP) magic damage to all enemies hit. Xerath can cancel this effect early. Half of the cooldown is refunded if no shots of Arcane Barrage were used.

Cooldown: 130 / 115 / 100 seconds

Mana cost: 100 at all ranks

Range: 3200 / 4400 / 5600

New splash artwork for Original Xerath.

Movement speed: 315 340

Can now be cast while rooted.

Reduced the delay between casting the spell and the impact to 0.5 seconds from 0.875.

The visual indicator for the ultimate will appear at the start of the cast bar instead of at the end.

Magic penetration bonus: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% 16 / 22 / 28 / 34 / 40%

Missile speed: 1700 2100

Ability power ratio: (+ 70% AP) (+ 80% AP)

Allied ultimate HUD indicator will now remain green until all 3 spell casts are used.

Fixed a bug where it could sometimes stun the target for 2 seconds instead of 1.5.

Splash artwork and in-game models for Runeborn Xerath and Battlecast Xerath changed. This was due to them having similar colors to Original Xerath.

Ascended Form (Innate)

Xerath feeds on arcane power, making him increasingly resilient to physical harm. He converts a percentage of his ability power into armor.

Arcanopulse (Q)

Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.

Locus of Power (W)

Xerath anchors himself to a source of magical power, increasing the range of all spells and granting him bonus % magic penetration. Although he is immobilized while Locus of Power is active, his movement speed increases upon disabling the ability.

Mage Chains (E)

Deals magic damage to an enemy and marks them with Unstable Magic. The next spell Xerath strikes this enemy with stuns them.

Arcane Barrage (Ultimate)

Calls down a blast of arcane energy, dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. May be cast up to three times before going on cooldown.