Happy April Fool’s Day and welcome N.U.R.F. 2015! Riot Games decided to celebrate today by releasing the highly anticipated New Ultra Rapid Fire mode at midnight today. This new game mode focuses on turning our dearly beloved tactical strategy MOBA even more ridiculous…ly slow. You can now play League of Legends like never before with features like:
- +100% mana and energy cost on all abilities
- +200% cooldown inflation on abilities, items and summoner spells
- +225 movement speed reduction
- +200% delay between basic attacks
- Critical strikes deal 50% of base AD
- Units critically strike on 150% of attacks
At least this is what was previously leaked from Riot. In actuality, Riot released the “Awesome Buff of Awesomely Awesome Buffing”, which granted players:
- Removed Mana and Enerygy costs (Everything is free)
- Health Costs reduced by 50% but is back to 100% by 25 minutes
- +80% Cooldown Reduction on Abilities, Activated Items, and Summoner Spells
- +25% Tenacity
- +60% Movement Speed
- Attack Speed Bonuses increased by 50% (100% for Ranged Champions)
- Critical Strikes deal 225% base damage
- This unit deals tons of damage
- Gain 500% the normal amount of Gold on Summoner’s Rift
Certain champion abilities also had to actually be nurfed such as Hecarim’s Rampage ability, Brand’s permastun, and various champions’ shield abilities due to the massive cooldown reduction the game mode offers. All of these buffs and nurfs can be read about here.
