Riot Games have released the patch notes for the latest update of the game. This patch includes a new champion, the much awaited Summoner's Rift graphics update and a new item, Athene's Unholy Grail. As usual, there are also many balancing changes applied to champions' kits and general bug fixes. You can read the full notes below:

New Skins In The Store

• • Lord Darius
• • Blackthorn Morgana
• • Tyrant Swain

PvP.net v1.60

• • Normal Draft Mode
  • • Normal draft has changed so that premade groups are not prioritized over solo players
    • • Solo players have a 20% chance of being the team captain with banning powers and first pick, regardless of the premade status of the rest of the team
    • • If a solo player is not team captain, the player will be given a random slot in the pick order
    • • If players group up before a game, their host absorbs all of their chances, i.e. the host of a 4-man premade has an 80% chance to be captain
• • Ranked Solo/Duo Queue
  • • The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue
  • • Unlocked Champions that appear on the Free to Play rotation will still be playable
• • You may now rename your buddy groups by double-clicking the name of the group
• • Fixed a bug where some buddies would appear to be level 0 with no information
• • Fixed a bug where the sound at the end of Champion select would play too loudly
• • Fixed a bug where swap offers in Champion select would persist into your next game

League of Legends v1.0.0.140

Darius, the Hand of Noxus

• • Hemorrhage (Passive) - Darius aims his attacks strategically, causing his target to bleed. This effect stacks up to five times.
• • Decimate - Darius swings his axe in a wide circle. Enemies struck by the blade take more damage than those struck by the shaft.
• • Crippling Strike - Darius's next attack severs a crucial artery. As the target bleeds out, their movement and attack speeds are slowed. Crippling Strike's cooldown is lower the more bloodied the target.
• • Apprehend - Darius hones his axe, granting him passive armor penetration. When activated, Darius sweeps up his enemies with his axe's hook and pulls them to him.
• • Noxian Guillotine (Ultimate) - Darius leaps to an enemy Champion and strikes a lethal blow, dealing true damage. This damage increases for each stack of Hemorrhage on the target. If Noxian Guillotine is a killing blow, its cooldown is refreshed.

Ashe

• • Ashe's art update
  • • New model for Classic Ashe
  • • Updated and improved models for Woad Ashe, Shewood Ashe, Frelijord Ashe and Queen Ashe
  • • All new animations and updated VFX for base and skins
  • • Updated splash art
• • Hawkshot now displays total gold retrieved by the skill in the tooltip
• • Adjusted Frost Shot's projectile speed to match the basic attack projectile speed
• • Fixed a bug where Frost Shot's attack frame was slower than the basic attack

Caitlyn

• • Fixed a bug where Caitlyn would appear to attack during Ace in the Hole

Cho'Gath

• • Rupture
  • • Added red/green rings to indicate which targets will be affected
  • • Launch delay reduced to 0.65 seconds from 0.7 seconds

Dr. Mundo

• • Sadism now returns 40/50/60% of Mundo's health instead of 40/55/70%

Fiddlesticks

• • Dark Wind now deals 50% increased damage to minions

Fizz

• • Fixed a bug where Playful / Trickster would prevent Fizz from casting spells for longer than intended

Gangplank

• • Parrrley now displays total gold earned by the skill in the tooltip

Hecarim

• • Rampage damage to minions increased to 66% from 50%
• • Devastating Charge now requires less distance traveled to get the full effect

Lulu

• Glitterlance
  • • Damage adjusted to 80/125/170/215/260 from 80/130/180/230/280
  • • Ability power ratio reduced to 0.5 from 0.6

Malphite

• • Health per level increased to 90 from 82
• • Increased Malphite's travel speed during Unstoppable Force

Morgana

• • Soul Siphon Spell Vamp reduced to 10/15/20% from 10/20/30%

Nautilus

• • Fixed a bug where Riptide would continue to deal full damage on subsequent hits to slow immune targets

Renekton

• • Cull the Meek's fury-enhanced swipe trail is now properly red

Twisted Fate

• • Loaded Dice will now show total gold earned by the skill on a per-unit basis on the buff tooltip

Xin Zhao

• • Fixed a bug where Three Talon Strike did not take Critical Damage modifiers into account

Items

• • New item: Athene's Unholy Grail
  • • 80 Ability Power
  • • 36 Magic Resist
  • • 15 mana regeneration per 5 seconds
  • • 15% cooldown reduction
  • • Unique Passive: Restores 12% of your max mana on kill/assist and increases your mana regeneration by 1% per 1% mana missing
• • Phantom Dancer movement speed reduced to 12% from 15%
• • Zeal movement speed reduced to 6% from 8%

Summoner's Rift Graphics Updated:

• • New textures across the entirety of Summoner’s Rift
• • Changes to the color palette to differentiate the upper and lower jungles from one another
• • A new shopkeeper has arrived to service all your Champion’s item purchases
• • New animations on many monsters including the Ancient Golem, the Lizard Elder, and Baron Nashor
• • HUD now displays the number of creeps you have killed
• • Minimap has improved so that map icons and player icons display more clearly
• • Significantly improved game performance on low end machines and at lower quality settings
• • Improved the visual quality of the in-game HUD

Co-op vs. AI

• • Bots will no longer kill themselves by chasing enemies onto the summoning platform
• • Fixed a bug where Shen Bot did not learn all of his abilities
• • Fixed a bug where Ashe Bot would occasionally get stuck toggling Frost Shot repeatedly
• • Fixed a bug where Bots would use Cleanse on knockup, and knockback abilities

Spectator Mode

• • Spectators can now view the spectator UI and use Timeshift controls after the game has ended
• • Spectator Mode will now run at full speed when alt tabbed in windowed or borderless mode
• • The mouse cursor will now hide in spectator mode after a period of inactivity
• • The spectator HUD will now remember chat visibility settings between games
• • Significantly reduced CPU usage of the Featured Games module
• • Improved the algorithm for selecting Featured Games to include more Normal and Ranked Team games with extremely skilled players
• • Fixed a bug that caused Featured Games to occasionally show completed games
• • Fixed a bug where fast forwarding up to live could break spectator mode
• • Fixed a bug that could cause Directed Camera to miss kills in some situations

General

• • Towers will now alert you with a tone and a particle when you are being targeted
• • Added a confirmation dialog for the quit button in champion select for Custom Games
• • All spells attempted to be cast while crowd controlled (stunned, snared, etc) will now cast immediately at the end of the effect
• • Improved particle scaling on characters like Dragon or Baron Nashor
• • Fixed a bug where players could not spam emotes to their heart's content
• • Fixed a bug where units would remain highlighted after death
• • Fixed a bug where inputs made while the shop is open would translate onto the battlefield (unintentional pings, pathing, etc)

Source : LeagueofLegends.com