PTR Update - Friday 8/13/2010

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Champions

Akali

* Twin Disciplines (Passive)
      o Will now gain 1% spell vamp for every 5 additional attack damage, up from 1% for every 10 additional attack damage.

Anivia

* Flash Frost
      o The pass through damage will now break spell shields.

Karthus

* Requiem
      o Mana cost reduced to 150/175/200 from 200/300/400

Kennen

* Electrical Surge
      o Ability Power ratio increased to 0.55 from 0.45.
* Lightning Rush
      o Energy cost reduced to 100 from 110.
      o Can no longer be slowed during Lightning Rush.
      o Now provides 10/20/30/40/50 Magic Resistance and Armor for 4 seconds.
* Slicing Maelstrom
      o Ability Power ratio increased to 0.4 from 0.33.
      o Number of bolts increased to 6/10/15 from 6/8/10 (still retains the cap of 3 hits per target).
      o Removed the cap of applying only 1 Mark of The Storm per target.

Kog'Maw

* Caustic Spittle
      o Spell Remade. Now grants:
            + Passive: Increase Attack Speed by 10/15/20/25/30%.
            + Active: Deals 60/110/160/210/260 damage and reduces the target's armor by 5/10/15/20/25 for 4 seconds.'
* Bio-Arcane Barrage
      o Cooldown reduced to 15 from 20.
      o AP ratio removed.
* Void Ooze
      o Cooldown reduced to 12 from 13.
* Living Artillery
      o Now has a 0.5 AD ratio in addition to the AP ratio.

Malphite

* Seismic Shard
      o Reduced the cooldown to 10 seconds from 12 seconds.
      o Reduced the duration of the slow to 4 seconds from 5 seconds.
      o Reduced the mana cost to 70/75/80/85/90 from 80/90/100/110/120.
* Brutal Strikes
      o Changed the active effect to increase Malphite's armor and damage by 20/25/30/35/40% instead of increasing his damage by 30/40/50/60/70%.
      o Reduced the cooldown to 16 seconds from 20 seconds.
      o Fixed a bug where the cleave percent would double dip on bonus attack damage.
      o Increased the passive cleave percent to 30/38/46/54/62% from 30/35/40/45/50%.
      o The cleave passive will no longer proc while hitting towers.
* Ground Slam
      o Reduced the mana cost at all ranks to 60 from 60/70/80/90/100.
      o Updated the tooltip to display how much bonus damage Ground Slam gains from armor.
* Unstoppable Force
      o Malphite should no longer be subject to CC's while charging with his ultimate.
* Granite Shield
      o The shield now recharges after 8 seconds instead of 10 seconds.
      o The shield will now automatically restore to full after 8 seconds of not being hit. Previously it would not replenish until a new shield activated.
      o Fixed a bug where the particle would not appear for a second after the shield activated.
      o Fixed a bug where the shield strength would not update after buying a health item until a new shield activated.
* Updated his recommended items.

Nidalee

* Fixed a typo in Javelin Toss.

Nunu

* Base attack speed increased to .613 from .558. (This will increase his attack speed scaling as well.)

[edit] Pantheon

* Fixed a typo in the lore.

Poppy

* Devastating Blow is now undodgeable.

Nasus

* Siphoning Strike is now undodgeable.

Shaco

* Deceive
      o Stealth duration decreased to 4 seconds from 4.5 seconds.

Shen

* Feint
      o Increased duration to 2.5 seconds from 1.5 seconds.
* Stand United
      o No longer shields Shen.

Soraka

* Starcall
      o Mana cost reduced to 32/44/56/68/80 from 42/54/66/78/90
* Astral Blessing
      o Mana cost increased to 90/110/130/150/170 from 80/100/120/140/160
* Infuse
      o Changed to infuse half value to the target, and half value to self. (Double value on self cast).

Vladimir

* Transfusion
      o Cast range decreased to 600 from 650.
* Tides of Blood
      o Self Buff (Ramping cost/damage/healing) duration increased to 10 from 8.
      o Cast range increased to 620 from 570.

NOTE: PTR has not patched yet. These notes are being posted early for tester visibility (So you can plan what you want to test for the PTR event).