League of Legends Patch 10.6 - Release Date, Continued Wukong Rework Testing and More

League of Legends Patch 10.6 hits live servers today, bringing a finalized version of the Wukong rework, alongside new skins and champion changes.

According to Riot’s own patch schedule, Patch 10.6’s release date is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, which is when the entire League of Legends player base will get to play around with these changes.

League of Legends Update 10.6 Patch Notes

After several rounds of testing, the Wukong rework is making its way into League of Legends as part of Patch 10.6, which also treats players to eight new skins.

The legendary Cosmic Lux and Dark Cosmic Lux skins will be available for 1820 RP, while Dark Star Malphite, Dark Star Mordekaiser, Dark Star Xerath, Talon Blackwood, Taric Luminshield and Twitch Shadowfoot will set you back 1350 RP.

Here are all the changes introduced to League of Legends in Patch 10.6:

Wukong - Changed

Stats:

• Base health decreased to 540 from 577.8
• Mana increased to 300 from 265.84
• Mana per level increased to 45 from 38
• MP5 decreased to 8 from 8.042
• Base MR decreased to 28 from 32.1

Stone Skin (Passive):

• Armor changed to 5-11 (level 1-18) from [4/6/8 per nearby champion]
• Magic resistance now removed
• New: This ability now grants 0.5% maximum health regeneration per 5 seconds
• Now reads: These bonuses are increased by 62.5% for 5 seconds every time he or his clones hit an enemy Champion or monster with an attack or spell, stacking up to 8 times (up to [30-66] armor and 3% max health per 5 seconds)

Crushing Blow (Q):

• Bonus damage changed to [30/55/80/105/130 (+50% bAD)] from [10/15/20/25/30 (+0-40% AD)]
• Bonus range changed to 75/100/125/150/175 from 125
• New: Whenever Wukong or his clone deal damage with basic attacks or spells, Q's cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds
• Cooldown increased to 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 from 9/8/7/6/5
• Cast time now scales with attack speed
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  Warrior Trickster (W):

  • New: Added a 300 range dash
  • Stealth duration decreased to 1 second from 1.5 seconds
  • No longer deals area of effect damage on despawning
  • Cooldown increased to 20/19/18/17/16 from 18/16/14/12/10
  • Mana cost changed to 60 at all ranks from 50/55/60/65/70
  • Wukong’s clone now mimics his attacks (and ultimate) but does 50/55/60/65/70% damage
  • Wukong’s clone will now try to attack with basic attacks enemies recently attacked by Wukong
  • Q empowers the clone’s next attack
  • E gives the clone the attack speed buff
  • R makes the clone begin to spin, knocking up enemies that haven’t previously been already knocked up
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  Nimbus Strike (E):

  • Damage changed from [80/120/160/200/240 (+80% AP) Magic] from [65-205 (+80% bAD) physical]
  • Attack speed buff duration increased to 5 from 4
  • Attack speed increased to 40/45/50/55/60% from 30/35/40/45/50%
  • Cooldown changed to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 from 8
  • Mana cost decreased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 40/45/50/55/60
  • Offset distance from the unit Wukong’s dashed to changed to 75 from 0

  Cyclone (R):

  • Wukong is able to cast R for a second time within 8 seconds from his first cast. The second cast will not be able to knock up enemies struck by the first
  • Knockup duration decreased to 0.75 seconds from from 1 second
  • Spin duration decreased to 2 seconds from 4 seconds
  • Damage per second changed to 4-8% maximum health (+1.1 total attack damage) from 20-200 (+1.1 total attack damage)
  • Spinning movespeed changed to 20% from 5-40% based on spin duration
  • Lockout duration in between casts of R decreased to 0.5 second from 1 seconds
  • Tick rate decreased to 0.25 seconds from 0.5 seconds
  • Each tick of damage applies Conqueror
  • Spinning attack range decreased to 50 from 175
  • Wukong can now cast other spells to cancel R and stop the spin
  • Wukong's bonus attack speed duration from E - Nimbus Strike is refreshed while spinning
  • New: Nincludes a buff timer to the spell icon, tracking how much spinning time is left

  Twisted Fate - Buffed

  

  Pick a Card (W):

  • AP ratio of Blue Card increased to 90% from 50%
  • AP ratio of Red Card increased to 60% from 50%

  Anivia - Changed

  

  Glacial Storm (R):

  • Iced duration increased to 3 seconds from 2 seconds

  Brand - Changed

  

  Blaze (Passive):

  • New: Ablaze now deals 120% damage to monsters.

  Senna - Buffed

  

  Absolution (Passive):

  • Attack damage per soul decreased to 0.75 from 1
  • Weakened souls cooldown per target changed to 6/5/4 for levels 1/6/11 from 4 seconds</ul>

    Morgana - Changed

    

    Stats:

    • Movement speed increased to 335 from 330

    Black Shield (E):

    • Shield amount increased to 80/135/190/245/300 from 60/120/180/240/300

    Teemo - Changed

    

    Blinding Dart (Q):

    • New: Teemo blinds minions and monsters for 200% of his blind’s base duration

    Toxic Shot (E):

    • New: Toxic Shot’s poison does 150% damage to monsters

    Yorick - Changed

    

    Shepherd of Souls (Passive):

    • New: Large monsters now always leave a grave
    • New: Yorick’s Ghouls take 50% less damage from monsters

    Zyra - Changed

    

    Garden of Thorns (Passive):

    • New: Zyra’s plants deal 150% damage to non-epic monsters

    Aphelios - Changed

    

    Severum:

    • Lifesteal decreased to 3-20% of damage dealt from 8-25% of damage dealt

    Infernum:

    • Minion damage decreased to 30% from 45%

    Mini Chakram:

    • Damage decreased to 24-164% tAD from 30-173% tAD

    Darius - Nerfed

    

    Crippling Strike (W):

    • Bonus damage decreased to 40/45/50/55/60% tAD from 50/55/60/65/70% tAD
    • Mana cost increased to 40 from 30

    Apprehend (E):

    • Mana cost changed to 70/60/50/40/30 from 45

    Draven - Buffed

    

    Blood Rush (W):

    • Movement speed increased to 50/55/60/65/70% from 40/45/50/55/60%

    Garen - Nerfed

    

    Stats:

    • MR per level decreased to 0.75 from 1.25

    Judgment (E):

    • Crit scaling decreased to 33% from 50%

    Hecarim - Changed

    
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    Onslaught of Shadows (R):

    • Fear duration increased to 0.75-2 seconds based on distance from 0.75-1.5 seconds based on distance

    Kayn - Buffed

    

    The Darkin Scythe (Passive)

    • At 10-13 minutes into the game, Kayn will increase his orb gain speed by 15%, rising throughout the duration

    Kindred - Buffed

    

    Stats:

    • AD per level increased to 2.5 from 2.26
    • Mana regen increased to 7 from 6.972</ul>

      Wolf’s Frenzy (W):

      • The amount of missing health restored increased to 49-100 (levels 1-18) based on her missing health from 32-100 (levels 1-18) based on her missing health

      Lamb’s Respite (R):

      • Healing increased to 250/325/400 from 200/250/300

      Ryze - Buffed

      

      Stats:

      • Mana regeneration per level increased to 1 from 0.8

      Rune Prison (W):

      • Damage increased to 80/110/140/170/200 from 80/100/120/140/160

      Shaco - Nerfed

      

      Hallucinate (R):

      • Clone auto attack damage decreased to 60% tAD from 75% tAD

      Shen - Buffed

      

      Twilight Assault (Q):

      • Maximum damage dealt to monsters increased to 120/140/160/180/200 from 75/100/125/150/175

      Soraka - Buffed

      

      Starcall (Q):

      • Total healing increased to 50/60/70/80/90 from 40/50/60/70/80
      • Movement speed bonus increased to 15-25% from 10-20%

      Urgot - Buffed

      

      Corrosive Charge (Q):

      • Slow duration increased to 1.25 seconds from 1 second

      Disdain (E):

      • Stun duration increased to 1 second from 0.75 seconds

      Veigar - Buffed

      

      Stats:

      • Base AD increased to 52 from 50.71
      • AD per level increased to 2.7 from 2.625
      • Base armor increased to 23 from 22.55

      Baleful Strike (Q):

      • Damage increased to 80/120/160/200/240 from 70/110/150/190/230

      Xerath - Buffed

      

      Eye of Destruction (W):

      • Slow duration of enemies caught in the centre of the blast increased to 66.7% from 50%

      Rite of the Arcane (R):

      • Damage increased to 200/250/300 (+45% AP) from 200/240/280 (+43% AP)

      Item Changes

      Funnel Changes

      • Monster Hunter Penalty now additionally lowers minion XP by 50%
      • Items affected:
      • Hunter's Talisman
      • Hunter's Machete
      • Skirmisher's Sabre
      • Stalker's Blade
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      Death's Dance - Changed

      Recipe:

      • New: Aegis of the Legion + Vampiric Scepter + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 500g

      Effects:

      • AD decreased to 50 from 80
      • New: Added +30 armor
      • New: Added +30 magic resist
      • 10% cooldown reduction

      Unique Passive:

      • Stores 20% of all post-mitigation damage received for melee champions (30% for ranged champions) and takes it as damage over time true damage

      Summoner Spell Changes

      Teleport

      Effects:

      • Cooldown changed to 420-240 based on level from 360
      • New: Grants 3 seconds of 30-50% movement speed upon teleport completion based on character level (increased by 10% at levels 6 and 11)

      Bug Fixes

      • Modals in the LCU will now allow you to click outside of the modal in order to close it (instead of always having to click on the X-button)
      • Rek'Sai no longer gains CC immunity after R - Void Rush's leap on clones for 3 seconds
      • When attempting to cast Miss Fortune's E - Make It Rain, Syndra's Q - Dark Sphere, or Varus' E - Hail of Arrows outside of their max range immediately after Flashing, the ability's position will now properly update and cast at its post-Flash max range
      • Using a Summoner Spell to trigger Nimbus Cloak will no longer reset any ongoing basic attack animation
      • When suppressed by Sett's R - The Show Stopper, LeBlanc will not return to her W - Distortion marker, and it will last the appropriate amount of time
      • Gangplank will now properly gain bonus gold or Silver Serpents from Q - Parrrley if the energized lightning from Statikk Shiv kills a target
      • Mordekaiser's R - Realm of Death no longer deals an additional 10% of the target's maximum health in damage when cast on a target at full health
      • Omnivamp and Spellvamp effects now properly provide healing even if the targets are shielded
      • Manaflow Band now consistently procs when an enemy champion is hit by an ability
      • Graves now deals the proper amount of damage when attacking a target with a max range Energized basic attack (Energized from Rapid Fire Cannon)
      • Mastery Emote Upgrades from completing Eternals sets (hitting 15 milestones) should now be properly granted
      • Gangplank’s “Eternal Plunder” Eternal will now properly track gold earned from non-direct Q - Parrrley damage (e.g. chained barrel blasts)
      • Eternals milestone callouts will no longer immediately disappear if the player enters combat right as a milestone callout appears
      • Enemy Eternals milestone callouts should no longer display when “Self + Allies Only” is selected in the Milestone Display settings
      • Eternals Milestone Display settings should now persist between client sessions
      • Eternals Milestones will now properly display after the player exits combat if the action that increments the Eternal puts the player into combat
      • Eternals milestone progress made in-game should now be accurately reflected in the client