League of Legends: Swain Patch History and Ability Updates
A comprehensive patch history for Swain in League of Legends, detailing significant changes and updates over time:
Recent Changes (Latest Patch)
- Demonic Ascension: Fixed healing reduction against Voidmites
- Ravenous Flock: Now displays bonus health from Soul Fragments in tooltip
- Death's Hand:
- Base damage increased to 65/85/105/125/145
- Maximum base damage increased to 125/185/245/305/365
- AP ratio increased to 40% (from 38%)
Major Updates
Stats Adjustments:
- Base mana increased to 468 (from 374)
- Health growth increased to 99 (from 85)
- Base movement speed increased to 330 (from 325)
- Base armor increased to 26 (from 23)
Ability Reworks:
- Death's Hand: Now pierces through minions and stops on champions
- Vision of Empire: Range increased to 5500-7500 units based on rank
- Nevermove: Radius increased, fixed targeting bugs
- Demonic Ascension: New energy system, automatic Demonflare cast
Visual Updates:
- Complete visual overhaul across all skins
- New splash art for base and several skins
- New voice over and updated lore
- Title changed to "Noxian Grand General"
Key Balance Changes:
- Healing and damage values adjusted across abilities
- Mana costs reduced on several abilities
- Cooldown adjustments for better ability flow
- Soul Fragment system reworked for better scaling
Quality of Life:
- Improved targeting priority
- Better visual clarity on abilities
- Fixed various animation and sound bugs
- Updated recommended items
These changes have shaped Swain into a more coherent battle mage while maintaining his strategic identity.
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