v6.1
Damage reduction increased, but no longer doubles.
If you've played even a handful of games on patch 5.24, you probably learned the same thing we did - 8-10 Thunderlord's Decree per game is probably too many. Yet, no Thunderlord's changes. What gives?
While Thunderlord's Decree is the go-to mastery when you're looking to dominate your lane, we're leaving it as-is for a few reasons. First, we're looking to it as a 'goalpost' from which we balance the other keystones around. It's something you can easily play around, has a good amount of impact, and synergizes well with certain champion kits. Additionally, we're avoiding playing 'whack-a-mole' with the Keystones (ie: just nerfing whichever is best at any given moment). By recognizing TD's strength and matching others to it, we build a better ecosystem for Keystones where you're free to adapt your builds, rather than just playing champions that abuse the best mastery.
So how are we tipping the scales? Injecting some strength back into Ferocity's Keystones while reverting buffs to Precision should help balance things out, no matter how you seek to deal your damage. Toss in a pretty spicy update to Stormraider's Surge and you have a wealth of options at your disposal. It's still possible that Thunderlords is over-tuned after all this, but bringing the others more in line with the leader should help us gauge how big the discrepancy is, rather than just cutting down the top over and over again.
Bond of Stone
DAMAGE REDUCTION : [3%] ⇒ 4%
WORD IS BOND Damage reduction no longer doubles when near an ally
v5.24
Less armor and magic resist, less health, and less bonds of stone.
The most robust of the new trees, Resolve’s multiplicative scaling for tanks is simply too high across the board. We’re reducing the effectiveness of the class at the mastery level while adding flat-health options for squishies who actually want some defense, even if they’re not stacking it.
Bond of Stone
DAMAGE REDUCTION WHILE ALONE : [2%] ⇒ 3%
DAMAGE REDUCTION WITH AN ALLY : [8%] ⇒ 6%
ALLY BLOCK TURNS OFF AT : [15%] ⇒ 5%
v5.23
Bond of Stone gives less damage reduction. Thunderlord's cooldown lowered.
Bond of Stone's purpose is to reward defenders for sticking with their buddies, but was giving too much damage reduction solo to just make it the default choice for people who wanted to take less damage in all situations. As for Thunderlords, it was on too high of a cooldown to really facilitate the 'in-and-out' burst pattern it's meant for, especially when compared to Deathfire Touch's efficiency as a damage multiplier.
Bond of Stone
DAMAGE REDUCTION WHILE ALONE : [4%] ⇒ 2%
v5.22
We're updating the mastery system to offer focused, high-impact choices rather than a slew of nuanced micro-math optimizations. Each tier of decisions now successively grows in importance, ending in your final 'keystone mastery' which fundamentally impacts how you play your champion.
Resolve's the tree that's the least changed in terms of why you'd want to take it - it's for the immovable objects out there that want to be in the middle of a fight and stay there for a good long while. If you're someone that values staying alive for multiple rotations of crowd control or initiation, Resolve's the tree for you.
Bond of Stone
DAMAGE REDUCTION : 4%, doubling to 8% when near at least one allied champion
IN THIS TOGETHER : 8% of the damage that the nearest allied champion would take is dealt to you instead. This can't bring you below 15% health.
Bond of Stone
