| Baron Nashor | |
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| Bounty | |
| Gold Gain | 25 gold to the killer + 300 gold per player (including killer) |
| Experience Gain | 600 per player + 800 (shared between nearby allies in 2000 radius) |
| Creep Score | 4 |
| Statistics | |
HP | 11,400 (+180 per minute from match start) |
HPR | 15 (+0.375 per minute from match start) |
AD | 350 on spawn (+10 per minute) capped at 520 AD |
AS | 0.625 |
RNG | 955 |
AR | 120 |
MR | 70 |
| Timers | |
| Initial | 20:00 |
| Respawn | 6:00 |
| ExternalLinks | |
| Game Info Wiki | leagueoflegends.fandom.com |
Overview[]
Baron Nashor is the most powerful neutral monster on Summoner's Rift. He is described in game as follows: "This is a very powerful hostile monster, approach with caution! Killing this monster will yield great monetary and magical rewards to the team, but it should not be confronted alone." Baron Nashor's name is an anagram of "Roshan", a neutral monster in Defense of the Ancients that fulfills a similar role.
Killing Baron Nashor grants the 
Hand of Baron buff to all living champions on the team lasting a maximum of 3 minutes. This buff gives massively increased attack damage and ability power as well as an aura that promotes nearby minions and a recall time decrease.
Spawn[]
- Rift Entrance: When the spawn timer for the Baron Nashor is at 20 seconds, he appears from the furthest point of the camp and wriggles under the bot-side river and toward his pit in the top-side river.
- Corrupted Rift: When Baron Nashor arrives on the map for the first time, parts of terrain on the map become purple and fissured, matching the corrupted likeness of the Void. In addition, newly-spawned or live non-Draconic
Blue Sentinel, 
Red Brambleback and 
Rift Scuttler monsters become permanently corrupted. Corrupted monsters gain increased durability and greatly improved effects when slain. The Blue Sentinel and Red Brambleback also lose their Draconic effects with the Corrupted monsters' respawn. - Voidborn: Baron Nashor will spawn in one of three different forms for the remainer of the game, determined randomly: Hunting, Territorial, and All-Seeing. The Territorial and All-Seeing forms cause the terrain around the baron pit to permanently shift; the former adds a small wall in front of the pit, while the latter creates a long tunnel laterally. Each form also has a special ability that occurs 6 attacks after using Acid Pool.
Abilities[]
The new Baron Nashor has a different set of abilities. The following table shows a known set of abilities that Baron performs. While they are not revealed in-game on a death screen, their debuffs and animations are visible and distinctive.
| Crowd Control Immunity | (Innate) Baron Nashor is rendered immune to any form of crowd control. |
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| Void Corruption | (Innate) Baron Nashor is surrounded by an aura of destruction. If angered, he deals 70 + (20% total attack damage) bonus magic damage every basic attack and spike attack, (these occur every 0.75 seconds). Baron corruption attack is also represented with different visual particles now to make the difference more clear. (Champions gain corruption by being hit by his basic attacks). |
| Voracious Corrosion | Applies a stacking debuff that reduces target's armor and magic resist by 0.5. Stacks upto 100 times for a total of 50 armor and magic resist reduction. |
| Sweeping Blow | Knocks all champions away from the Baron by 600 range. This range is equivalent to the distance between the Baron and the entrance to his locale. |
| Tentacle Knockup | Similar to  Cho'Gath's  Rupture which knocks up the target high in the air, approximately the height of Baron himself. A small circle appears which seems to have a tentacle charging power up to unleash and knock all those who stand in the AoE.
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| Acid Shot | Baron spits acid in a straight line, capable of leaving the pit. This deals magic damage and adds a large number of corrosion stacks to each target hit. |
| Rear attacks | Baron does not like being hit in the back. People standing behind Baron and outside the pit are hit by an AOE spike attack that deals physical damage to all targets hit and stuns them for 1 second. |
| Acid Pool | Baron spits out 3 green round pools in a cone front of him. This deals magic damage to all targets hit and creates slowing field. |
| Form Ability | Hunting Baron: Creates a pillar of lightning over all champions that strikes their location after 0.7 seconds for the first target and every 0.1 seconds thereafter for each next target. Each strike deals 20% of target's current health magic damage to champions hit, reduced by 50% for each subsequent hit in succession. |
| Territorial Baron: Leans forward with his limbs over 0.5 seconds, targeting the closest champion, then after 1 second pulls all units in a cone toward him over 0.33 seconds for 300 units, dealing 300 magic damage to all champions pulled. | |
| All-Seeing Baron: Channels his eye to conjure a void rift toward the direction of the two furthest visible champions within 2200 units. Each rift lasts for 3 seconds and deals 1000 magic damage over the duration. | |
| Baron's Gaze/Damage reduction | Baron reduces all damage to him by 50% from the champion he attacks. This debuff lasts for 15 seconds, thus enabling this debuff |
Strategy[]
- Baron Nashor is often a key objective in games because of its massive gold bonus and global buff as well as a powerful buff that enables teams to crack the base.
- Baron is immune to all forms of Crowd Control. However, any damage with the Crowd Control is dealt.
- While soloing Baron is possible on some champions, it is not recommended. The key to soloing Baron is to have a high amount of damage per second, along with lifesteal(or similar sustain).
- Killing Baron is simplest with the help of a whole team. Baron will usually attack the target closest to him, so players may trade off on tanking by moving closer or further to/from him.
- It is common for teams to put a ward in the Baron pit or in the river near Baron. Before attempting to kill Baron, it is recommended to either place a Vision Ward or use an Sweeping Lens to kill the enemy wards.
- Because the Hand of Baron buff is given to the team that deals the killing blow on Baron, it is possible for players to steal the kill after the enemy team deals most of the damage. While it is easiest to steal Baron using the Smite summoner spell, some champions can steal it with abilities like Cho'Gath's Feast or
Graves' Collateral Damage. - When Baron dies, the Hand of Baron buff is only granted to those team members who are currently alive. Dead team members will respawn without the buff. Unlike the Ancient Golem and Lizard Elder buffs, the buff will not transfer when a player with the buff is killed.
- Unlike it's predecessor, Exalted with Baron Nashor, the effectiveness of Hand of Baron is not as reduced by killing memebers who have the buff. As long as one member has the buff, minions will be buffed.
Patch History[]
Baron got a big visual overhaul earlier this year, but his damage hasn't been quite as scary as his new appearance. Due to this, we're buffing Baron's attacks to make them more apparent while ensuring they don't deal too much damage. This should encourage players to more frequently reposition around Baron's abilities so that contesting it is just as intense as his music.
- Acid Pool Magic Damage: 10% AD ⇒ 200 (+10% AD)
- Acid Pool Slow: 50% ⇒ 60%
- Territorial Baron Pull Magic Damage: 75 ⇒ 300
- Hunting Baron Lightning Magic Damage: 15% of target's current health ⇒ 20% of target's current health
- Acid Shot Magic Damage: 20% AD ⇒ 200 (+50% AD)
- Tentacle Knock Up Magic Damage: 25% AD ⇒ 200 (+25% AD)
Would it really be a set of Void-related changes without Baron Nashor himself? It’s been quite a while since Baron last received a visual update, let alone one with three new, terrifying forms! Introducing them from left to right, we have the All-Seeing Baron, Hunting Baron, and finally the Territorial Baron. The Baron dance is one as old as time, but over the years, the Baron fight has gotten somewhat stale with players hyper optimizing every aspect of it. It's also not aged well as our premier epic monster, the kind of monster that makes you say “Wow that’s an epic monster.” Our goal here is to update Baron's visuals while freshening up his fight a bit using new terrain and spells so that it takes a bit of new mastery and adaptability game to game. Each form of Baron Nashor will have a unique move at their disposal, so make sure to prepare accordingly!
- Hunting Baron: Baron calls a pillar of lightning over every nearby enemy. After 0.7 seconds they begin to strike, delayed by 0.1 second per strike. These deal 15% of the target’s current health.
- All-Seeing Baron: Baron summons rifts toward the two furthest enemies he can see within 2200 units. These last for 3 seconds and deal 150 magic damage on the first hit, and 50 damage for every subsequent hit.
- Territorial Baron: Baron reaches out, after 1.5 seconds he grabs all enemies in a cone, pulling them 300 units and dealing 75 magic damage to them.
- Health: 11400 (+180 per minute from game start)
- Attack Damage: 350 (+ 10 per minute from spawn) (Note: AD will cap at 520)
- Attack Speed: 0.625
- Armor: 120
- Magic Resistance: 70
- Movement Speed: 300 lol
- Attack Range: 955
- Experience: 600 to all contributors plus 800 distributed among nearby allied teammates
- Gold Given on Takedown: 25 gold to killer, 300 per allied player
Baron is currently too reliable to take safely and too fast to burst down due to the increased damage and durability in the game. This gives the winning team access to a very decisive objective post-20 minutes, and increasing its health will prevent Baron from being bursted down quickly, making the objective more contestable for the other team.
- Base Health: 12600 ⇒ 15000 (Note: health scaling of +180 health per minute is unchanged)
v8.11
Attack speed decreased. Base corruption damage decreased. Special attacks no longer apply corruption
Baron definitely does too much damage after Patch 8.10's changes.
v8.9
Base damage decreased. Base health increased. Corruption damage increased.
Some team compositions—those without tanks—find Baron way too threatening. We're shifting Baron's damage to distribute more over the whole party (and not just one target). To make sure Baron is still contestable, we're upping its health, so it takes longer to bring down. With Baron requiring more time to kill and spreading its damage around the whole team, opposing teams should have more time to contest, and a bigger teamfight advantage if they do.
| BASE DAMAGE : | [400-550 (at minutes 20-40)] | |
| ⇒ | 285-435 (at minutes 20-40) |
v5.1 Baron Nashor does more reliable / automatic damage but does less with his dodgeable area-of-effect abilities. He also spawns with less health.
- "Right now we've noticed that Baron Nashor is just too tough of an objective in the early to mid game, especially if the enemy team can contest even lightly. While a lot of this might just be about basic tuning, we also saw that teams trying to take Baron while under pressure from enemies ended up having a lot more difficulty dodging his high-damage spells (obviously), so we're shifting some of that power around. Still, end goal? We'd like a weaker Baron so he'll be more enticing to take throughout the game."
- Attack Damage Stat Changes
- BASE ATTACK DAMAGE :
500⇒ 240 - ATTACK DAMAGE GAIN PER MINUTE :
0⇒ 8 (capped at +310 AD after 40 minutes). Note: This counts from the start of game, not from the time Baron Nashor spawns. So when Baron first appears at 20:00, he has accumulated 20 minutes of bonus attack damage. - TOTAL ATTACK DAMAGE AT SPAWN :
500⇒ 400
- BASE ATTACK DAMAGE :
- Health Stat Changes
- BASE HEALTH :
8800⇒ 6400 - HEALTH GAIN PER MINUTE :
140⇒ 180 Note: This counts from the start of the game, not from the time Baron Nashor spawns. So when Baron first appears at 20:00, he has accumulated 20 minutes of bonus health. - TOTAL HEALTH AT SPAWN :
11600⇒ 10000
- BASE HEALTH :
- Attack Changes
- MELEE ATTACK AREA-OF-EFFECT RADIUS :
350⇒ 175 - MELEE BASIC ATTACK RATIO :
1.3 total attack damage⇒ 1.0 total attack damage - SINGLE TARGET REAR ATTACK RATIO :
1.15 total attack damage⇒ 1.0 total attack damage - AREA-OF-EFFECT REAR ATTACK RATIO :
1.15 total attack damage⇒ 0.5 total attack damage
- MELEE ATTACK AREA-OF-EFFECT RADIUS :
- Spell Changes
- [NEW] VOID CORRUPTION AURA RATIO : Baron Nashor's Void Corruption aura now scales with
0.0 of his total attack damage⇒ 0.05 total attack damage - [NEW] SPELL CASTING : Baron Nashor now casts
1 spell after every 4 or 5 basic attacks⇒ 1 spell after 6 basic attacks (single target spit, melee area-of-effect, or single target rear spike) - ACID SHOT RATIO :
0.5 total attack damage⇒ 0.2 total attack damage - ACID SHOT BURN RATIO :
1.0 total attack damage⇒ 0.2 total attack damage - ACID POOL RATIO :
0.4 total attack damage⇒ 0.1 total attack damage - TENTACLE KNOCKUP RATIO :
0.75 total attack damage⇒ 0.25 total attack damage
- [NEW] VOID CORRUPTION AURA RATIO : Baron Nashor's Void Corruption aura now scales with
v4.20
Baron Spawn Timer
Baron wanted a later call-time.
- "With Baron appearing at the same time cannon minions ramp up their spawn times (or vice-versa), we can create more consistency around what 'mid-game' looks like for game pacing. "
- SPAWN TIME :
15 minutes⇒ 20 minutes
Baron Rewards
Baron buff no longer gives regeneration to the buffed team, but provides a minion promote aura that amps up sieging power. By a lot.
- "Baron buff was always intended to be the siege-breaker; the ultimate answer to a team turtling and refusing to die. That's not to say that the present day Baron buff doesn't accomplish this goal, but it currently does so in a low-impact swirl of purple stats (and not much else). As such, our objective with the 2015 Baron buff is to trim power that doesn't feel impactful while adding it back in a way that says, "GO FORTH AND BUST DOWN THEIR WALLS." Hopefully that is now all you hear when you take down Baron. "
- NO FACTIONS HERE : Killing Baron Nashor grants a buff called
Exalted with Baron Nashor⇒ Hand of Baron - COMBAT BUFFS : Grants up to 40 attack power and ability power (scaling with game time)
- [NEW] MINION PROMOTE AURA : Hand of Baron grants an aura that empowers nearby minions:
- All Minions:
- Now match 90% of average movement speed of nearby champions, up to a limit of 500 movement speed
- Are resistant to slow effects
- Non-super minions have 75% damage reduction versus area of effect, damage over time, and persistent effects
- Gain +50% movement speed when within 800 units of enemy minions or turrets
- Size is increased
- +75 attack range
- 75% damage reduction versus champions and minions
- 30% damage reduction versus turrets (similar to cannon minions)
- Ranged Minions:
- +20 attack damage
- +50% missile speed
- +100 attack range
- Cannon Minions:
- +600 Attack Range
- +50 Attack Damage, but Attack Speed is halved
- Attacks are now Area of Effect (200 range) and deal 2x damage to Turrets.
- Super Minions:
- +25% Attack Speed.
- Gain +50% Movement Speed when within 800 units of enemy minion or Turret.
- All Minions:
- [NEW] EMPOWERED RECALL : Hand of Baron augments your Recall with new effects:
- Baron buff reduces recall channel by 4 seconds.
- A successful recall heals 50% a champion's maximum health / mana
- A successful recall grants +50% movement speed for 8 seconds
v3.10 Summary: Baron Nashor now takes less physical and magical damage from targets affected by Voracious Corrosion (the single target debuff he applies to whoever's tanking him) as opposed to directly reducing Attack Damage.
Context: Soloing Baron with sustained magic damage was too easy for a select few champions. This change makes things more consistent overall. A noted side effect is that teams who start fighting Baron will be at less of a disadvantage when engaged upon by the enemy team due to the fact that Voracious Corrosion no longer alters overall attack damage and instead only reduces damage directed at Baron Nashor. We'll continue to monitor this and act if it seems to be a significant problem.
- Voracious Corrosion
- No longer reduces the target's Attack Damage by 50%
- Now reduces the physical and magic damage the target deals to Nashor by 50%
- Dragon, Baron, Towers and Inhibitors now show assists
- Dragon and Baron kill callouts should now display assists
- Base Health increased to 8,800 from 8,000
- Health per minute increased to 140 from 125
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