Twitch | |
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General Information | |
Title | The Plague Rat |
Pronouns | He/Him |
Release Date | May 1, 2009 |
Cost | 3150 790 |
Primary | Marksman |
Secondary | Assassin |
Statistics | |
HP | 630 (+ 104) |
HPR | 3.75 (+ 0.6) |
MP | 300 (+ 40) |
MPR | 7.26 (+ 0.7) |
MS | 330 |
AD | 59 (+ 3.11) |
AS | 0.679 (+ 3.38%) |
RNG | 550 |
AR | 27 (+ 4.2) |
MR | 30 (+ 1.3) |
Developer Info | |
DDragon Key | Twitch |
Integer Key | 29 |
External Links | |
Universe | universe.leagueoflegends.com |
Game Info Wiki | leagueoflegends.fandom.com |
Twitch is a champion in League of Legends.
Lore[]
- For outdated and now non-canon lore entries, click here.
- Biography
- Story #1
- Story #2
A plague rat by birth, a connoisseur of filth by passion, Twitch is a paranoid and mutated rat that walks upright and roots through the dregs of Zaun for treasures only he truly values. Armed with a chem-powered crossbow, Twitch is not afraid to get his paws dirty as he builds a throne of refuse in his kingdom of filth, endlessly plotting the downfall of humanity. | |
"They threw this away? But it’s so shiny!" |
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TO "H.I.V.E. Incident Report" Code Violation: Industrial Homicide Casefile Status: Unsolved Investigating Agent: Rol, P.
Team responded to report of suspicious character, criminal activity; proceeded to Sump Works, Sector 90TZ. Sector 90TZ notably absent. In its place: sinkhole, smoke, noxious fumes. Interviews with private security indicate urgent need for better private security. Response team entered sinkhole. Toxic runoff had melted away building wreckage. Two survivors located, one partially liquefied and dripping off catwalk. Six deceased bodies found among wreckage, three of them partial; two appear to predate incident. Suspect seems to have removed jewelry, accessories, and dental implants, then sorted them into piles by color. Causes of death include acute deceleration, caustic liquidation, and/or fatal crossbow wounds. Unclear if lab's destruction was itself the perpetrator's motive or an attempt to cover tracks. Survivor #1 (Ra Qintava, facility researcher) brought up for interview, but unable to provide statement due to 1) post-traumatic stress and 2) liquefaction of tongue and lower jaw. Awaiting toxin screen and prosthesis fitting. Search-and-rescue discovered apparent shantytown constructed from refuse. Recovered items include:
Survivor #2 (Valori Olant, Sludge Analyst) in recovery; regained lucidity following prolonged therapeutic electrocution. Statement transcript excerpt follows:
End transcript. At this point victim began screaming; has yet to stop. [UPDATE: Qintava, Written Testimony] Suspect summary, as reported:
H.I.V.E - "Enforcing Progress!" |
The Sewer Men - Volume 58, Issue 12
"Yeah, we’d all tell Twitch stories down there, but he weren’t the only bogeyman we’d talk about. Twitch, the Screamers, Hunch, the Wilton twins... all fings we’d chinwag over to keep our spirits fair while we're knee-deep in slop. But this... this was ‘im! Knew me, it did. Knew me name, whispered it from the shadows. I all but messed me pants, but then Jimmy shows up an’ the whisperin’ stops. Must be me ‘ead, I says, so I carry on workin’, only then it ‘appens again. See, few minutes later, Jimmy an’ me ‘ave made our way down to the drain we’ve come to unclog, an’ I’m there, elbows in, when I sees it proper. Came at me, it did, hissed at me, told me to leave ‘is fings alone, only I was jus’ uncloggin’ this soddin’ drain. Woulda killed me if I’d stayed, sure of it, but soon as I saw it dartin’ after me, I was out of there fast as a flash. Ran quick as me legs would carry, but Jimmy weren’t nearly as nippy, not wiv the bag of rot ov’r his shoulder. Told ‘im to drop it, but ‘e weren’t listenin’. Face as pale as the moon, was Jimmy’s, so I turned and ran faster still. Heard the monster chasin’, heard it scratching the walls, heard Jimmy screamin’ for me... but I ran.” “An’ that’s how you escaped?” “Yeah. Tore straight up through the closest shaft and near shattered the sewer cover, so eager was I to unfasten the fing. Only went down later that evenin’ to find Jimmy. Took three sec-men with me. Armed to the teeth, we was.” “An’ you found him.” “Aye. Dead as a doornail. Lyin’ in a pool of grime an’ with a round of bolts buried in his back. Funny thing was though, Jimmy’s stuff was all on ‘im still. Still ‘ad his gear, still ‘ad his clothes, still ‘ad his rations. All Twitch took was the bag o’ rot. Don’t understand it. Don’t understand it one bit.” |
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Patch History[]
The marksman class has major durability problems, especially in the early laning phase where their power feels heavily reliant on their supports. This has been causing issues in gameplay satisfaction since a marksman's strength relies on the length of time they're alive. By increasing their mobility (via items) and base health, we feel that ADCs won't be punished so aggressively when they fail and will still have a chance to bounce back and unlock their power in fights. That being said, we've heard your concerns about the bot lane marksman champions that can also solo lane like Lucian and Vayne. We're giving them a separate set of changes which you can find more details on below. We’ve also omitted Corki, Kindred, Quinn, Senna, and Graves due to having their primary playrate in other lanes, with the understanding that Senna may be considered for similar changes in the coming patches.
v8.14
Base health increased. Health growth decreased.
Part of the reason marksmen (notably the immobile, late-scaling ones) are struggling is low lane durability against the new aggressive champions they face.
Base Stats
v8.13
E damage ratio increased.
E - Contaminate
v8.5
E base damage increased.
We went a bit too hard on Twitch last patch and are half-reverting Contaminate's nerf.
E - Contaminate
BASE DAMAGE : | [20/25/30/35/40] | |
⇒ | 20/30/40/50/60 |
v8.4
E base damage decreased.
Twitch is one of the strongest users of Press the Attack, despite it not actually being the rune most players take on him. With the power increase PtA is getting (see below), League's dirtiest rat needs to lose some base power.
E - Expunge
BASE DAMAGE : | [20/35/50/65/80] | |
⇒ | 20/25/30/35/40 |
v6.24
Passive damage decreased. W mana cost increased.
Like other hypercarries, Twitch’s natural enemy is the lane bully marksman (Lucian, Draven, MF). With pre-season’s shift from flat armor penetration to lethality, those lane bullies have lost a lot of early strength. Combined with the strength Twitch himself gained from the stealth update, the Plague Rat’s quickly risen to the top of bot-lane’s food chain. We’re trimming some of his early power so enemies once again have a chance to stall out his late-game scaling.
Passive - Deadly Venom
W - Venom Cask
v6.22
Ambush now Camouflages Twitch. W leaves a gas cloud.
With the pre-season’s changes to stealth, it was only natural that we involved Twitch. Well-known for his powerful ambushing and late-game scaling, Twitch’s stealth is a uniquely aggressive trait among marksmen who typically favor range and safety. Where Twitch’s pattern breaks down is when he’s able to amass so much damage that popping out by enemies isn’t an actual drawback (since they’ll be dead anyways). Changing Twitch to use camouflage means the dirty rat gets to retain his razor-edge stealth plays, but also gives opponents a chance to catch him before he retreats into the shadows.
Q - Ambush
W - Venom Cask
Twitch hurls a cask that adds a stack of Deadly Venom to all enemies struck, leaving behind a cloud of toxic gas. Enemies that remain in the cloud are slowed and gain Deadly Venom stacks over time.
R - Spray and Pray
Skin splash updates
v6.19
Q attack speed down.
While not much has changed in recent history for Twitch himself, the game around him has become more favorable to the Plague Rat across the season. As a result, he’s steadily snuck his way to the top of the charts. Given how powerful Twitch’s assassination potential is when he ults out of stealth (Q attack speed times R bonus damage equals murder!) we’re giving opponents a bit more ground to stand on when Twitch doesn’t have Rat-ta-tat-tat to amplify his damage.
Q - Ambush
v6.13
Q doesn’t accidentally drop Twitch into stealth instantly.
While it wasn’t the easiest to trigger, ‘instantly stealthing Twitch’ was as nightmarish as it sounds. It was also entirely unintended. Bugfixed.
Q - Ambush
v5.22
Q now resets whenever poisoned champions die.
The sneakiest marksman of the bunch, we're incentivizing Twitch to take risks and embrace his assassin-side by giving him the ability to get in and get out (rather than 'get in and get flattened').
General
Q - Ambush
R - Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat
v5.18
Twitch stealths faster while in combat.
The landscape of the game’s changed quite a bit since Twitch was last a staple pick, but looking at his hyper-carry competition, the rat’s primed for a big comeback. Already seeing spot play for the unique assassination he brings from the bottom lane, these changes pair with 5.16’s Ambush tweaks to ease the pains of setting up (or escaping) sticky situations.
v5.16
Q mana cost down. R damage up at later ranks.
We're not aiming to raise the rat's power level massively this patch (as we tend to believe he's not incredibly far-off), but with marksmen as a class feeling unloved as of late, we're continuing to look at playing up the unique aspects of each. Loosening the restriction on Twitch's ability to ambush should force respect from opponents while letting him embrace his stealthy side more often.
We're also cleaning up the numbers on his ultimate, because 36 attack damage is weird to look at. #cleannumbers
Q - Ambush
R - Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat
- "This was a notorious bug that kept particularly sneaky players from taking full advantage of their ability to ambush unsuspecting base structures. Shout-outs to the community for helping sniff this one out!"
v5.6
Passive damage up.
- "A pungent late-game threat, Twitch combines damage, subterfuge and foul stenches to put teams on his back...given that you don't exterminate him before he scales up. Even with a weaker early-game than most other marksmen, we're adding some punch back to his poison to encourage and reward the smart trades so necessary to his success."
- Passive - Deadly Venom
- DAMAGE PER STACK :
1/2/3/4/5/6 true damage (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16)⇒ 2/3/4/5/6 true damage (at levels 1/5/9/13/17
- DAMAGE PER STACK :
v4.10
Twitch's passive does less damage per second. Twitch can now be delayed from entering stealth (through damage) for much longer than before.
"We think Twitch has awesome lategame power, but he's also got a offensively strong early game on top of having a lot of safety throughout. To focus on that safety aspect, Ambush's stealth often let Twitch make an escape even when already caught out by enemies. We do think the new AD itemization changes will benefit the smelly rat, but the focus here is (mostly) to provide some additional counterplay for preventing stealth (hit him in the face!).
We think Twitch has awesome lategame power, but he's also got a offensively strong early game on top of having a lot of safety throughout. To focus on that safety aspect, Ambush's stealth often let Twitch make an escape even when already caught out by enemies. We do think the new AD itemization changes will benefit the smelly rat, but the focus here is (mostly) to provide some additional counterplay for preventing stealth (hit him in the face!). "
- General
- BASE DAMAGE:
52⇒ 49
- BASE DAMAGE:
- Passive - Deadly Venom
- TRUE DAMAGE
2/4/6/8 (at levels 1/6/11/16)⇒ 1/2/3/4/5/6 (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16)
- TRUE DAMAGE
- Q - Ambush
- STEALTH TIMING: Time to stealth without taking damage now
1.25 seconds⇒ 1.5 seconds - STEALTH TIMING WHILE BEING HIT IN THE FACE: Maximum time to stealth while taking damage now
3 seconds⇒ 6 seconds
- STEALTH TIMING: Time to stealth without taking damage now
v4.6
Twitch has received a visual update. And legs. Check out the full details here! We've also bundled a few quality of life improvements and ability name changes for skills that've mutated past their original designs over the years.
- General
- ICONS: As part of his visual update, Twitch has received all-new ability icons
- Q - Ambush
- NEW UTILITY: Added new particles and sounds for the moment Twitch enters stealth
- E - Contaminate
- NAME:
Expunge⇒ Contaminate - NEW UTILITY: Added a range indicator
- VISUALS: Particles now shoot from Twitch to his victims
- NAME:
- R - Rat-ta-tat-tat
- NAME:
Spray and Pray⇒ Rat-ta-tat-tat
- NAME:
- VISUALS: Particles now better indicate when secondary targets are hit by splash damage
v3.10a
Summary: Twitch’s Expunge now deals less damage at early to mid levels.
Context: Currently Twitch's laning phase trades are too strong, even when he’s forced to pop Expunge before reaching full stacks of Deadly Venom. These changes should balance out the Plague Rat’s early game power without affecting his team fight potential.
- Expunge
- Base damage reduced to 20/35/50/65/80 (from 40/50/60/70/80)
- Ambush
- Fixed a bug where Twitch could revive in stealth when Guardian Angel or Chrono Shift was active on him
- Base Movement Speed increased by 25.
- Deadly Venom now has a new particle for maximum stacks
- Ambush tooltip now describes the correct behavior in regards to delay before entering invisibility
- Expunge
- Base damage increased to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80
- Mana cost reduced to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90
- Spray and Pray cast frame reduced to make his attacks more responsive
- Base attack damage increased to 52 from 50
- Venom Cask missile speed increased to 1,400 from 1,300
- Attack Range increased to 550 from 500
- Base Health increased to 389 from 356
- Health per level increased to 81 from 78
- Base Mana increased to 220 from 180
- Mana per level increased to 40 from 35
- Base Attack Damage reduced to 47 from 51.56
- Attack Damage per level reduced to 3 from 3.3
- Attack animation improved
- Deadly Venom
- Damage reduced to 12/24/36/48 per stack from 15/30/45/60
- Ambush
- 60 Mana, 16 second Cooldown
- After 1.25 seconds, Twitch becomes invisible for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds and gains 20% Movement Speed. Twitch gains 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% Attack Speed for 5 seconds after revealing himself
- Venom Cask
- 50 Mana, 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 second Cooldown
- Twitch hurls a cask full of venom to target area that slows targets by 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% for 3 seconds and adds 2 stacks of Deadly Venom
- Expunge
- 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 Mana, 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 second Cooldown
- Deals 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 plus 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+0.2 Ability Power) (+0.25 bonus Attack Damage) per stack of Deadly Venom as physical damage to all nearby enemies affected by Deadly Venom
- No longer removes Deadly Venom stacks
- Spray and Pray
- 100 / 125 / 150 Mana, 120 / 110 / 100 second Cooldown
- Twitch's basic attacks become powerful piercing bolts with 300 bonus range, and Twitch gains 20 / 28 / 36 Attack Damage. Each bolt deals 20% less damage to subsequent targets down to a minimum of 40% damage. Lasts 7 seconds.
- Updated splash art
- Base attack range increased to 500 from 475
- Ambush
- Duration reduced to 10 / 20 / 30 /40 / 50 seconds from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
- Attack speed bonus now reaches its maximum duration twice as fast
- Spray and Pray
- Now first a maximum of 5 / 6 / 7 shots
- Duration increased to 12 seconds from 6
- Now increases Twitch's attack damage by 15 / 25 /35 instead of providing 30 / 45 / 60% attack speed
- Spray and Pray duration reduced to 6 seconds from 7
- Base movement speed reduced to 305 from 310
- Debilitating Poison slow duration reduced to 2 / 2.6 / 3.2 / 3.8 / 4.4 seconds from 2.5 / 3.25 / 4 / 4.75 / 5.25
- Spray and Pray attack speed reduced to 30 / 45 / 60% from 40 / 60 / 80%
- Ambush attack speed reduced to 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% from 30 / 45 / 60 / 80 / 100%
- Debilitating Poison now has a range indicator
- Expunge now has a range indicator
- Deadly Venom duration reduced to 6 seconds from 8
- The first attack after breaking stealth will now benefit from the bonus attack speed of Ambush
- Ambush will now provide its attack speed bonus if you break stealth by casting a spell
- Spray and Pray buff no longer incorrectly states that he does reduced damage during Spray and Pray
- Ambush stealth is now removed when you actually attack, rather than when you begin your attack animation
- Base magic resistance increased to 30 from 25
- Fixed Ambush's tooltip to now show the correct attack speed buff value
- Debilitating Poison now slows for 30%+6% per Deadly Venom from 20%+10% per Deadly Venom
- Spray and Pray
- Missile range reduced to 1,100 from 1,300
- Bonus range reduced to 375 from 525
- Spray And Pray
- Cooldown increased to 105 / 90 / 75 from 90 / 75 / 60
- Attack speed bonus reduced to 40 / 60 / 80% from 60 / 100 / 140%
- Twitch has new updated particles
- Added listing as an Assassin, removed listing as a Fighter
- Increased acquisition range from 475 to 600
- Spray and Pray
- Increased projectile speed form 1600 to 2800
- Updated tooltip to properly state that all targets take 100% damage
- Made Spray and Pray more accurate
- Increased width from 50 to 60
- Ambush no longer costs mana to turn off
- Ambush
- Increased attack speed percent from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 to 30 / 45 / 60 / 80 / 100
- Increased stealth time from 12 / 18 / 24 / 30 / 36 to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60
- Debilitating Poison duration increased from 2.25 / 3 / 3.75 / 4.5 / 5.25 to 2.5 / 3.25 / 4 / 4.75 / 5.25
- Spary and Pray now does full damage to all targets that get hit
- Increased base damage from 50.9 to 52.4
- Reduced base attack range from 500 to 475
- Ambush selfslow reduced from 30% to 0%
- Ambush stealth can only be delayed by a maximum of 5 seconds
- Full Automatic now deals 100% to the first target it hits and 70% to all others
- Spray and Pray projectile speed increased from 1,400 to 1,600
- Spray and Pray projectile speed increased from 1,200 to 1,400
- Ambush slow percent reduced from 35 to 30
- Updated selection size and pathfinding radius
- Improved Twitch's ability to chase champions
- Ambush
- Increased stealth cooldown from 10 to 11 seconds
- Fixed a bug where the fade into stealth time was too long
- Deadly Poison
- Reduced poison damage from 3 / 5 / 7 to 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
- Fixed a bug where Debilitating Poison's slow debuff was not properly getting removed by Master Yi's Highlander
- Expunge range reduced
- Spray and Pray
- Improved hit particle
- Increased projectile speed
- Increased the collision size for spray and pray missiles from 25 to 40
- No longer procs on hit item effects
May 1, 2009 Patch
Twitch released
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- Twitch's Champion Page
- Universe of League of Legends Page
- Champion update: A New Breed of Plague Rat
- Ability Remake: Twitch, the Plague Rat
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