Patch 1.11 Notes

We love all the different decks and directions players have experimented with using Aurelion Sol. We definitely want him to be game ending, but we do want to give players slightly more room to interact with Aurelion Sol, particularly since his Spellshield prevents most traditional forms of interaction.

A triggered Radiant Guardian can shut down games and be too deterministic in the outcome of certain matchups, and we want there to be more wiggle room for opponents to beat the card beyond just playing around its condition. We’re preserving Radiant Guardian’s staying power while reducing her attack (and Lifesteal potential), which will allow opposing units and champions (Darius, Hecarim) to make more profitable attacks when she’s on the board.

Aggressive Ionian strategies haven’t been able to make great use of Inspiring Mentor since we last adjusted it. With this change and the one to Pix below, we're looking to give Ionian aggro decks a bit more early power.

We want Pix to be more resilient and create more opportunities for support decks to do their thing.

Jack the Winner's health made him too effective at slowing down games and taking full advantage of the inevitability created through Sleep with the Fishes, while also making him generally difficult to remove.

This is a revert to a change we made several months ago, since Petty Officer is currently offering just too much raw stat power given its versatility. It was a bit too powerful in both controlling and aggressive Bilgewater strategies, so we’re reining in some of the baseline value it offers while preserving its overall flexibility.

This sizable buff is intended to both position Bastion as a core card within Targon and provide a boost to Targon buff decks. The new design should also work much better with Taric or other decks that benefit from proactively casting spells.

The mana refund on Cosmic Inspiration circumvented many of the costs associated with Invoking, and could feel too polarizing in certain slower matchups.

Grandfather Rumul hasn’t been matching up well against other expensive followers, so we’re doubling down on his Play ability.

Hush is a card that the live design team has spent a lot of time evaluating. Its ability to silence even champions for a round was meant to add to LoR’s interactivity—allowing previously unavailable counterplay to certain strategies and combinations. However, Hush’s repeated fleeting design is also contributing to the opposite, by excessively punishing certain strategies and itself shutting down counterplay opportunities.

Initially, we locked in the change you see here for Patch 1.11 to make it more difficult for a single Hush to apply multiple silences. However, since then we’ve continued to discuss the card and listen to your feedback. Ultimately, the ability to silence champions is a core strength we want to preserve in Targon. On the other hand, repeatable / aoe access to silence is difficult to justify in a Region that we also want to have a general weakness against wide boards in combat.

For that reason, we’ve decided to ready another change for next patch (1.12) as well—where we’ll remove Hush’s repeatable aspect entirely and reduce its cost. This change should focus Hush on its core intended function and generally reduce frustration when playing against it. We’re also incorporating our learnings into design work for future Targon cards.

This is a general usability buff aimed at letting Mountain Goat both provide more consistent access to Gems and act as a better potential target for buff-heavy decks.