Witch of the Woods | 7.4 Update Notes

1.8 Movement Speed – Diminishing Returns on Slows

Just as Movement Speed is subject to diminishing returns, slows are also subject to them to stop them turning multiple slows into a root.

For any slow below or equal to 40%, no DR is applied to them. After this, any slows are subject to the following formula:

100 ∗ Slow Slow + 60 (5) For example, if you have a 50% slow, substituting Slow=50:

(100 ∗ 50) (50 + 60) = 1000 / 110 = 45.45%

If you have slows from multiple sources, then to work out the pre-DR value you add the slow% together then calculate with the formula as normal.

Another example: an 80% slow or two 40% slows stacked or 4 20% slows stacked, before diminishing returns. Substituting Slow=80:

8000 140 = 57.142%

Slows cannot take you below the MS floor of 150 and are calculated off of the maximum ground speed of the target at the time (without any slows, after diminishing returns).

Item slows follow a slow stacking rule in which only the strongest slow is applied to a target. So if you have a Poisoned Star and Frostbound Hammer, only the Frostbound Hammer slow would be applied. Item slows can stack with Relic and god ability slows, but Relic slows cannot stack with themselves.

From this, we can establish how to correctly calculate your movement speed. First, you take the initial ground speed of the character, then apply MS DR if the value is above the initial threshold for DR(from above, 457). After that, then apply any slows the character is suffering from, making sure that if the total slow % is above 40, to make use of the Slow DR formula. Then, after all this, if the character’s ground speed is now below 150, push it back up to 150, unless the character is rooted.