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Riot Games is always good about keeping League of Legends up to date, adding new modes and characters, as well as balancing items and current combatants. Today is no different with a rather significant patch to the game. It's nothing as big as the Dominion patch, but balancing is done, a new character is added, four limited-edition Halloween skins are introduced, and Dominion has been altered.

The biggest addition is the western-style, double-barrel shotgun-toting bounty hunter Graves. He's a ranged fighter whose skills emphasize getting up close for short periods of time. I've seen him around in a few matches throughout the day, and he seems like he's a very fun champ to use. The shotgun is fitting for him.

In Dominion, there are a number of changes to how personal score is tallied, to help show proper rewarding for defensive actions. In addition, the global buff is being tweaked to emphasize the early game fighting in that mode. The item Hextech Gunblade is also getting some stat reductions to prevent people from becoming overpowered by stacking multiples of them. 

Topping it all off are character balances. Notable changes include Skarner and Corki. Corki's Gatling Gun move is getting some base damage to make it less hit or miss. Skarner is getting attack speed buffs, as well as buffs to the duration of his ultimate move. You can read the in-depth patch notes on the League of Legends website.








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Firo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2011 23:12
Firo
so trundle, combined with a miss fortune, combined with a gangplank
Fire's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2011 23:34
Fire
:D
 38's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2011 23:39
38
post more lol stuff,awsome game :D
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/19/2011 23:41
Havoc Fang
"I once saw Graves chop down a tree with his beard, tame a bear with his rugged good looks, and fix my car, all while eating a rhino."
-FeralPony, designer of Graves.
DanielCampbell's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 00:26
DanielCampbell
I've been a LoL player for a while now but Riot kind of pissed me off. I haven't played in about two weeks...TWO WEEKS and I get an email saying they are going to delete my inactive account...WTF?!?!
Bradfms's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 01:01
Bradfms
Daniel its cause they are purging old accounts, all you have to do is log in and maybe play one, read this:

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/reclaiming-inactive-summoner-names
boomfasa's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 01:29
boomfasa
This patch is hardly worth an update over.
Gorescream's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 03:35
Gorescream
@DanielCampbell

Obvious Scam roflmao
Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 04:05
Buster
for the record, graves is a fugitive, not a bounty hunter
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 05:23
Chris Carter
The game is still pretty fun, but I gave up playing ranked solo queue for a long while. Even though I'm 5-1, the risk is just too high to get just one extremely bad person on your team that ruins your fun for an hour and a half. The devs say it's a "50-50 shot" whether you'll get someone like that - enh.

As for the Graves patch, the only real big change is Hextech.
Xeo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 06:23
Xeo
Been kicking ass and taking names with Graves all damn day. With a little bit of Teemo thrown in when I felt like being a bastard to the enemy team.

I agree with the Hextech nerf, it needed it honestly.

And good golly molly, SKARNER BUFFS! Good ones too!
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 08:23
Chris Carter
I'm just bitter about Hextech because my old favorite, Morde, is even more nerfed further into the void than his previous patch.
Lydeck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 08:51
Lydeck
Am I the only one that thinks Riot sucks?
thebill's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 08:54
thebill
@Lydeck.


Yup.
SOSMarche's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 09:19
SOSMarche
Next patch: balance Graves
ran24's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 11:48
ran24
What is with Destructoid's obsession with LoL? This is an unnecessary post, which adds nothing to the normal patch notes.
Amnesiac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 11:58
Amnesiac
Yeah, this patch wasn't big at all.
Sherwood513's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 13:10
Sherwood513
Not that I mind, but are you going to post an article over every patch?
tomdan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2011 18:18
tomdan
Didn't try Graves yet but I'm sure he's OP like every new champ. BTW, Akali should get nerfed.
JoeTheProYaKnow's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2011 03:05
JoeTheProYaKnow
I am no pro at LoL, but Akali is easily shut down with oracle. Just focus her and keep track of her location on the map. As soon as she disappears, prepare for a gank and tower hug.
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