There's a lot coming in 5.2, looking forward to that patch. Meanwhile. 5.1 is on the way, so here's what's going down this patch! Skins The following skins will be released this patch for 975 RP:
Challenger Ahri (LEGACY)
El Tigre Braum (EDIT: Price has been increased to 1350.)
Ward Skins The following Ward Skins will hit the store at 640 RP:
Dragonslayer Poro
Underworld / Shadow Isles Poro
Battlecast Poro
Summoner Icons The following 2015 LCS icons will be in the shop for 250 RP:
NA: Team SoloMid, Cloud 9, Team Impulse*, Team Liquid*, Team Dignitas, Counter Logic Gaming, Timberwolves*, Team 8, Team Coast
EU: Elements*, Fnatic, SK Gaming, Team Roccat, Gambit Gaming, Unicorns of Love, H2K Gaming, Giants, Copenhagen Wolves, Meet Your Makers
Champions - Visual Updates Alistar is receiving a VU! You can read more about it here.
Alistar is receiving NO gameplay changes, so you can still pull off those WQ combos.
Alistar's voiceover is not changing. Yet.
Champions - New Splash Art Ahri will be receiving a new splash art. Champions - Texture Rebalancing The following champions and some of their skins are receiving texture rebalances this patch:
Morgana
Volibear
Champions - General
Corki's Valkyrie's mana cost has been doubled.
Elise's latest buff sees the damage caps on her Neurotoxin and Venomous Bite increased by 25 at all ranks.
Evelynn now regenerates 2% of her maximum Mana while stealthed by Shadow Walk, which is double the previous value. In addition, Ravage now applies on-hit effects twice.
Gangplank's passive, Grog-Soaked Blade, now counts as poison damage (interacts with Twin Fang).
Gnar's Boomerang Toss now only gets its cooldown lowered by 40% whenever he catches it, as opposed to 60%. However, that increases by 5% for each rank in his ultimate, up to 60%.
Hecarim's Rampage mana cost has been shaved a bit, while the healing cap from Spirit of Dread has been increased at all ranks.
Janna's Howling Gale width has been reduced.
Jayce's Hyper Charge damage has been reduced at later ranks (down to 110% at rank 5 from 130%).
Nautilus's Titan's Wrath has been changed to work with his total health instead of his bonus health. The way the numbers work right now, this leaves his early game largely unchanged (if anything, a slight nerf) but this will make him pretty tanky come level 9.
Renekton is receiving numerous changes to his healing and Fury generation. Click here for the changes.
Rek'Sai is the big loser this patch. Many of her abilities have received significant damage nerfs.
Skarner got a couple of small buffs, most notably the mana cost on his Crystal Slash, and the cooldown on his Fracture (slow) at later ranks.
Sona's Power Chord received a small nerf; the bonus damage when combined with Hymn of Valor has been bumped a bit. In addition, her base Movement Speed has fallen to 325.
Syndra's Dark Sphere has lost 20 off its base damage at rank 1 (now scales from 50-230). In addition, Scatter the Weak's stun hitbox size has been reduced by a considerable amount.
Champions - Insignificant Stuff The following champios have received minor changes:
Azir
Braum
Kalista
Nidalee
Rumble
Sion
Xerath
THE GATES A gate have been installed into the walls of both bases on Summoner's Rift. These gates can be traveled through only by the defending team; for them, it works kinda like a brush, where neither team can see through it without warding on the other side.
Summoner Spells
Smite now works on a charge system. You gain one charge every 75 seconds (vs being able to cast it once every 60 seconds) and can hold up to two charges. There is a minimum 15 second static cooldown between casting Smites. Read below for how this affects Poacher's Knife and its cooldown reduction.Items - Jungle
Hunter's Machete grants more gold per monster kill (up to 15 from 10).
All tier 2 jungle items now grant 30 bonus gold on large monster kill, up from 20.
Poacher's Knife now grants half a charge of Smite (instead of reducing Smite's cooldown by 30s) upon Smiting a monster in the enemy jungle.
Stalker's Blade now steals 20% Movement Speed from the target instead of slowing it by 50%.
Items - Trinkets All tier 3 trinket items except Oracle's Lens cost 250 gold, down from 475. Items
Infinity Edge has lost 5% Critical Strike Chance (now at 20%).
Phantom Dancer has gained the 5% lost by IE (now at 35% CSC).
Morellonomicon is now 200G more expensive (added to recipe price).
Guardian Angel's recipe cost has dropped by 50G.
New item * void targets include Malzahar's voidlings as well as other Voidspawn. Summoner's Rift
Baron Nashor's base health and Attack Damage have been reduced.
Rift Scuttler is tankier but gives more gold.
Howling Abyss All healing effects on the map have now been reduced by 50%. (The debuff was initially 20%) That's it! This is what the game looks like going into the 2015 season. Have fun!