# League of Legends 10.1 — Patch 10.1 Notes - Product: League of Legends (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends) - Vendor: Riot Games - Date: 2020-01-07 - Version: 10.1 - Original notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-10-1-notes/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends/releases/10.1 - Labels: Platforms: Windows, macOS What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Introduce Sett, a new champion - **changed** — Update Sylas with changes encouraging his role as a midlaner while maintaining his bruiser playstyle - **changed** — Provide quality of life changes for Vi, Kog'Maw, Kassadin, and Jax - **changed** — Tailor support item changes to encourage users to do more in the early game - **fixed** — Fix Aphelios' Infernum basic attacks splash damage to originate from where the primary target was hit and deal the proper amount of damage depending on his level - **changed** — Increase Sylas Passive Petricite Burst primary target damage from 1.1 attack damage to 1.3 attack damage - **changed** — Increase Sylas Passive Petricite Burst attack speed from 60% to 80% - **changed** — Increase Sylas Q Chain Lash detonation damage - **changed** — Decrease Sylas W Kingslayer cooldown - **changed** — Update Thresh visual effects to improve gameplay readability and bring VFX to modern standards - **changed** — Decrease Aphelios base movement speed from 330 to 325 - **changed** — Decrease Aphelios health from 530 to 500 - **changed** — Decrease Aphelios R Moonlight Vigil Infernum empowered AoE damage on secondary targets from 100% to 75% - **changed** — Decrease Aurelion Sol Passive Center of the Universe base star damage at early levels - **changed** — Increase Azir R Emperor's Divide base damage - **changed** — Increase Azir R Emperor's Divide wall duration from 3 seconds to 5 seconds - **changed** — Increase Corki R Missile Barrage base damage at later ranks - **changed** — Make Jax R Grandmaster's Might now gain effects from Guinsoo's Rageblade Welcome back, folks! Hope you had a wonderful holiday and are ready for more balance and League shenanigans in the big 2-0. We say hello to the big boss Sett this patch, as well as a huge update to Sylas, League's other resident bad boy. His changes mainly focus on encouraging his role as a midlaner, while making sure players don't lose out on that signature bruisery playstyle he's known for. Other than that, we have some QoL changes for Vi, Kog'Maw, Kassadin, and Jax, as well as some cautious buffs to champions that have proven to be menaces in pro play in the past. And finally, we're following up on our big support item changes during 9.23, tailoring them so that their users are encouraged to do more in the early game. Happy new year! Take this portal if you're looking for [TFT's patch notes](https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/teamfight-tactics-patch-101-notes)! Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo Back to top Mid-Patch Updates 1/8/2020 Aphelios Bugfixes, Sylas Balance Changes, Thresh VFX Update Aphelios BASIC ATTACK - INFERNUM SPLASH DAMAGE BUGFIX Aphelios' Infernum basic attacks' splash damage now properly originates from where the primary target was hit and deals the proper amount of damage depending on his level Sylas The nerfs to Sylas are on-target directionally, but we overshot bit in terms of magnitude and are pulling back as a result. PASSIVE - PETRICITE BURST PRIMARY TARGET DAMAGE 1.1 attack damage (+0.25 ability power) ⇒ 1.3 attack damage (+0.25 ability power) PASSIVE - PETRICITE BURST ATTACK SPEED 60% ⇒ 80% Q - CHAIN LASH DETONATION DAMAGE 60/105/150/195/240 (+0.8 ability power) ⇒ 60/115/170/225/280 (+0.8 ability power) W - KINGSLAYER COOLDOWN 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds ⇒ 13/11.5/10/8.5/7 seconds Thresh VFX These changes are aimed at improving gameplay readability, bringing up Thresh's VFXs to modern day standards, and improving his overall thematic feel. BASIC ATTACK Trails added with new hit effects PASSIVE - DAMNATION Updated souls' appearance and power-up visuals Q - DEATH SENTENCE Cleared up the hitbox, adjusted the hook's position, updated the hit and link break effects, and changed the wind-up effect. W - DARK PASSAGE Updated the Lantern's missile, edge, and AoE indicators to be more noticeable and in-theme. The Lantern will now also rotate much more fluidly. E - FLAY Added a circle indicator to show the actual hitbox IDLE EFFECTS Cleaned up and improved his idle effects overall to match his actual appearance ALL SKINS Generally cleaned up and matched with the base skin changes DEEP TERROR THRESH More bubbles! CHAMPIONSHIP THRESH New Championship themed particles and cleaned up BLOOD MOON THRESH Cleaned up with some thematic improvements Back to top Patch Highlights Freljord Sylas will be available on January 10, 2020. Sett and Mecha Kingdoms Sett will be available on January 14, 2020. Mecha Kingdoms Garen Prestige Edition, Draven, Garen, Leona, and Jax will be available on January 15, 2020. Back to top Season Start Ranked 2020 begins on January 10, 4:00 AM! Prepare yourself for another year of competition, salt, joyous victories, and soul-crushing losses. Back to top Champions [Sett](https://am-a.akamaihd.net/image?f=https://news-a.akamaihd.net/public/images/articles/2020/january/pn101/Sett.png?v=1) The Boss Sett comes to reign supreme in 10.1. - [Universe Hub](https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/sett/) High-res versions of Sett's splash arts are available on League Displays! [Aphelios](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/aphelios/) Base movement speed and health decreased. Infernum R AoE damage decreased on secondary targets. Infernum should be Aphelios’ best ultimate option when 3-5 enemies are standing on top of each other, but 'best' doesn't have to mean 1-shotting a whole team. We believe we can trim some damage and still retain its position as the best against stacked enemies, so we're doing just t _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-10-1-notes/]_