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Riot Games has just unveiled the most anticipated League of Legends reworks of the past decade: Kayle and Morgana. The heavenly sisters haven't had a visual upgrade or VFX change since the early days of Summoner's Rift and the time has come for them to rise once more. A gameplay trailer of the two sisters born from "the Aspects of Justice" has just been released by Riot for fans to slobber over. News of their arrival has been teased for months, so it's great to finally see them in action.
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Morgana now has wings that don't look like cardboard and is more a mischievous imp than evil incarnate. Her abilities remain exactly the same, with major updates to all of her classic spells. Chains shoot out of her back when she casts her ultimate and her shield isn't just a purple-hued disco ball. This update will hopefully fix Morgana's biggest problem: the janky hitbox on Dark Binding.
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Kayle has been a major eyesore and competitive bore since Season three. All she has been able to do is walk up to enemies, throw a ball of energy that slowed and then thwack them to death with her sword. The gameplay was fairly bland and players chose to wield tower-destroying bruisers like Jax instead. She had always filled a unique niche: a magic-wielding angel that could deal DPS that could make Malzahar jealous.
The rework gives Kayle a whole new set of abilities to play around with. Though we still don't know what her full kit is, the gameplay video does give us enough to work with. Her auto attacks slow those she is trying to catch and an ability can be activated that slices the air in front of her, summoning a giant arc of damage. This gives her an ability to kite fast enemies around the map while destroying in one versus one duels. Her ultimate summons a giant ball of energy around her, with swords circling around her position. After a certain amount of time they struck the ground, dealing damage to those caught in her aura.
Update: The splash arts for Kayle and Morgana have been revealed, alongside their new abilities.
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Here is Kayle's new kit, straight from the Riot Games website:
PASSIVE: Divine Ascent
Kayle ascends through four forms before reaching her divine state.
Zealous (level 1): Kayle's attacks grant stacking attack speed. At max stacks, Kayle becomes Exalted and gains movement speed towards enemies.
Aflame (level 6): When Kayle is Exalted, her attacks launch flaming waves dealing bonus magic damage.
Arisen (level 11): Kayle evolves into a fully ranged champion.
Transcendent (level 16): Kayle takes on her final form becoming permanently Exalted. Her flaming waves deal true damage.
Q: Radiant Blast
Kayle conjures a portal which shoots a flaming blade at an enemy, shredding armor and magic resist and slowing her target. This attack explodes to damage enemies next to the target as well.
The Kayle and Morgana reworks should be coming to the PBE this week and will be added to the full League of Legends game in the next couple of patches.
W: Celestial Blessing
Kayle heals herself and a target ally, giving both a significant burst of movement speed.
E: Starfire Spellblade
Passive: Kayle's basic attacks deal bonus damage which scales with both her ability power and attack damage.
Active: Kayle's next basic attack is ranged and deals a portion of the target's missing health as bonus magic damage. After ascending to Aflame , this attack damages enemies next to the target as well.
R: Divine Judgement
Kayle bestows invulnerability on herself or a target ally for a few seconds. While invulnerable, purifying swords fall in a circle around her target, damaging enemies in the area.
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