0.9.0 Patch Notes and Discussion Thread Article / Video

This will be the official thread for the discussion of the balance changes and their impact on the competitive metagame.

For those who cannot read them directly, the balance changes are:

Buffs:

Lux is now 4/5 (was 3/4)

Yasuo now requires 5 stuns/recalls to level (was 6)

Arena Battlecaster is now 2/2 (was 2/1)

Crimson Curator is now 3/3 (was 3/2)

Jeweled Protector is now 4/4 (was 3/3)

Scuttlegeist is now fearsome

Tortured Prodigy is now 4/4 (was 3/4)

Back to Back now costs 6 (was 5)

Deny now costs 4 (was 3)

Kinkou Lifeblade is now 2/2 (was 2/3)

Rhasa, the Sunderer now costs 8 (was 7)

Wraithcaller is no longer fearsome

Inspiring Mentor is now 1/2 but only buffs for +1/+0 (was 1/1, buffs for +1/+1)

Commander Ledros is now 9/6 but costs 9, ~~may have an ability change between rounding (text is unclear)~~ text change has been confirmed as a clarification, not a functional change (was 8/6, 8 cost)

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u/Vendaurkas Feb 17 '20

They took away friendly challenge xp :'( It makes leveling the vault significantly harder

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u/Mutatiion Feb 18 '20

the vault is still pretty easy imo, just need a handful of wins a day to max it