Riot Games kicks the New Year off with a Big Bang as they release the highly anticipated comprehensive gameplay update (CGU) for the champion Aurelion Sol, who has had low pick rates in League of Legends.

The update was first mentioned in the April 2022 Champion Roadmap and further details were provided in July 2022 by Rob “KingCobra” Rosa. In August, Ryan “Reav3” Mireles shared the updated ability kit for Aurelion Sol. This news is exciting for Aurelion Sol mains as their favourite Star Forger may finally become meta once again.

The most noticeable change is that Aurelion Sol no longer has three orbiting stars around him. The SkinSpotlights video examined each of the new abilities in his kit and they are as follows:

COSMIC CREATOR – Passive

Aurelion Sol’s damaging abilities grant Stardust, permanently improving his abilities. Each ability’s bonus is listed in its respective section.

BREATH OF LIGHT – Q

Channel toward the cursor for a few seconds, damaging the first enemy hit and splashing reduced damage on nearby enemies. Each time an enemy takes 1 cumulative second of channelling, Breath of Light deals an additional burst of damage. Bursts against champions grant Stardust.

Breath of Light deals increased damage to champions and its range increases with Aurelion Sol’s level.

Stardust increases the burst’s damage.

ASTRAL FLIGHT – W

Aurelion Sol flies over terrain toward the target location but is revealed through Fog of War to nearby enemies while flying. Aurelion Sol can cast other abilities while flying. During this time, Breath of Light has no cooldown or maximum channel duration and deals increased damage.

Astral Flight’s remaining cooldown is reduced whenever an enemy champion Aurelion Sol recently damaged dies.

Stardust increases Astral Flight’s max range.

SINGULARITY – E

Summon a black hole for a few seconds, damaging enemies and slowly pulling them toward the centre. Singularity grants Stardust per second for each enemy champion in the black hole.

The centre of the black hole executes enemies below a percentage of their maximum health, granting Stardust based on the type of enemy executed.

Stardust increases Singularity’s size (including the centre zone) and execute threshold.

FALLING STAR / The Skies Descend – R

Falling Star: Crash a star into the earth, dealing magic damage and stunning enemies hit. Falling Star grants Stardust for each enemy champion hit.

Stardust increases Falling Star’s size. Gathering 75 Stardust transforms Aurelion Sol’s next Falling Star into The Skies Descend.

The Skies Descend: Drag a giant star down from the heavens, significantly increasing the size of the impact zone, increasing damage dealt, and knocking enemies up rather than stunning them. A massive shockwave spreads from the edge of the impact zone, damaging and slowing champions hit.

Stardust increases the size of the impact zone.

Alongside all of this, the Star Forger will have an all-new kit of abilities to accompany the same splash art, model, and sassy voiceover.