Wild Rift Patch 3.5a Update: Chrome Crash Event, Skins, Aatrox Nerf and More

The Wild Rift Patch 3.5a update has been revealed featuring new exclusive skins and cosmetics. The patch update is quite small and mainly contains balance changes for champions with some additional content. Three new skins named Chrome Crash will be released in this patch update for the champions Jinx, Samira, and Ekko. An event featuring the said skins will also be released on 8th December. A ton of balance changes for various champions have also been implemented, including the recently released champions Aatrox and Kayn. The limited-time One For All game mode will also end within this patch update.

New Content

One For All

The One For All game mode will soon end on 14th December at 12:01 AM (UTC). However, the game may return at some time in the future.

Chrome Crash Event

A new event featuring the Wild Rift exclusive skins Chrome Crash will be released on 9th December at 12:01 AM (UTC). Fans will have to keep their eyes peeled for more updates in the future.

Accessories

Players can earn or purchase the following skins from different sources.

• Baubles: Fumin’; Tagged! 

• Emotes: <3; Painted by Ekko; Vibing 

• Icons: Chroma Crash Ekko; Poro Paint Party; Chroma Tagged; Just My Style; Chroma Queen; Color Me Chaotic

• Recalls: Splatter!

• Homeguard Trails: With Flying Colors

The new accessories will be released throughout the Wild Rift Patch 3.5a Update.

New Skins

These new skins will be released on 8th December at 12:01 AM (UTC).

• Chrome Crash Samira

• Chrome Crash Ekko

• Chrome Crash Jinx

Champion Balance Changes

Aatrox

Base Stats

• Attack Speed per level: 2.2% → 1.2%

Deathbringer Stance

• Maximum monster damage: 100 → 50

The Darkin Blade

• Sweet spot damage bonus: 60% → 50%

• Cooldown: 12/10/8/6s → 13.5/11/8.5/6s

Umbral Dash

• Base healing ratio: 21/24/27/30% → 19/21/23/25%

• Enhanced healing ratio: 29/36/43/50% → 24/31/38/45%

Darius

Hemorrhage 

• Deals 200% dmg to monsters

Diana

Base Stats

• Base health: 570 → 600

Lunar Rush

• Cooldown: 22/20/18/16s → 18/16/14/12s

Fizz

Playful / Trickster

• Base damage: 75/140/205/270 → 80/150/220/290

Graves

End of the Line

• Cooldown: 11/10/9/8s → 13/11/9/7s

• Attack Damage ratio: 70% → 80%

• Monster mod: 120% → 90%

Collateral Damage

• Hit damage: 250/400/550 → 275/425/575

Gwen

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 64 → 58

Skip ‘n Slash

• Cooldown: 12/11/10/9s → 16.5/14/11.5/9s

• Cooldown refund: 35/40/45/50% → 50%

Irelia

Ionian Fervor

• Monster mod: 50% → 0%

• Base damage: 10~66 → 14~70

Kayn

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 66 → 70

The Darkin Scythe

• Passive gain amount: Game time² +15 → Game time² +25

• Note: This is a complex mechanic, but this is a strict buff to the rate at which Kayn passively fills his resource bars. This change increases the amount of resource that Kayn gets passively over time.

Reaping Slash

• Bonus Attack Damage ratio: 65% → 60/65/70/75%

• Darkin Attack Damage ratio: 65% → 60/65/70/75%

Shadow Step

• Shadow Assassin cooldown: 9s → 8s

• Shadow Assassin bonus movement speed: 65% → 75%

Umbral Trespass

• Darkin base damage: 10% Target's maximum health → 15% Target's maximum health

• Darkin base heal: 7% Target's maximum health → 10% Target's maximum health

Kha’Zix

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 58 → 54

Taste Their Fear

• Cooldown: 4s → 5/4.5/4/3.5s

Olaf

Undertow

• Base Damage: 70/130/190/250 → 60/120/180/240

• Inflict 20% armor reduction for 4 seconds on enemy champions.

Reckless Swing

• Deal 50% damage to monsters

Rammus

Soaring Slam

• Slow per hit: 12/14/16% → 10/12/14%

• Maximum slow: 60/70/80% → 50/60/70%

• Base damage: 100/175/250 → 75/150/225

Rengar

Battle Roar

• Base damage: 50/90/130/170 → 60/100/140/180

• Damage taken as healing: 50% → 60%

• Empowered damage taken as healing: 50% → 60%

Shen

Twilight Assault

• Deals 200% damage to monsters

• Monster Cap: 125/150/175/200 → 250

Soraka

Base Stats

• Health per level: 115 → 104

Thresh

Flay

• Cooldown: 10.5/10/9.5/9s → 12/11/10/9s

Varus

Living Vengeance

• Champion kill or assist Attack Speed increase: 40% → 60%

• Non-Champion kill Attack Speed increase: 20% → 30%

Hail of Arrows

• Bonus Attack Damage ratio: 60% → 90%

Veigar

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 52 → 58

• Base mana regeneration: 12 → 16

Warwick

Infinite Duress

• Width: 100 → 150

• Bugfix: Warwick will now only heal for 100% of damage dealt by his ultimate, not 100% of all damage dealt during his ultimate

Gameplay Changes

Navori Quickblades

• Cost: 2800g → 3000g

Free-to-Play Champion Rotation

• 1st Dec - 7th Dec: Aatrox, Braum, Evelynn, Kai’Sa, Katarina, Kayn, Morgana, Teemo, Varus, Yasuo

• 8th Dec - 14th Dec: Amumu, Aurelion Sol, Camille, Draven, Galio, Janna, Lee Sin, Senna, Sett, Tristana