League of Legends

9/12/2022 Mid-Patch Update

Bugfix

• Fixed a bug that caused Gragas’ E and R to make targets Airborne for longer than intended.

9/8/2022 Mid-Patch Update

Miss Fortune

King Viego, Zenith Games Blitzcrank, Zenith Games Jayce, and Zenith Games Lee Sin will be available September 9, 2022.

Ahri

Charm duration decreased early.

Ahri has been charming pros across the globe with her safe playstyle and strong ability to set up plays. We're bringing these strengths down just a tad so that playing into Ahri isn't such a tail order and that players can’t just rely on her charm as a singular strength.

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E - Charm

Azir

W AP scaling decreased, cooldown increased early. E cooldown increased.

The Emperor of the Sands can quickly become the Emperor of the Mid Lane in Pro play when he's too powerful. We're reducing the safety of his laning phase and bringing down his late game scaling so that he maintains his identity as a hyper scaler, but without scaling too hard.

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W - Arise!

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E - Shifting Sands

Camille

Passive shields increased. E damage increased.

Camille is currently a cut below other prominent picks in the top lane. We’re giving her a little extra engage and trading power so that she has an opportunity to shine when the conditions are right, but will still be kept in check by champions that counter her.

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Passive - Adaptive Defenses

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E - Hookshot/Wall Dive

Ezreal

E cooldown decreased.

Ezreal's lost his place in pro play and solo queue recently (maybe because of his distaste for maps), so we're shifting him into a stronger place by buffing his E to create more windows for clutch defensive or offensive plays.

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E - Arcane Shift

Graves

Q cooldown decreased. R base damage increased.

The current jungle meta favors engage-style fighters that bring a lot of CC and utility to help their teams and Graves hasn’t been able to compete with these picks. So we're giving Graves a bit more power and clear speed to help him find his niche in the jungle once again.

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Q - End of the Line

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R - Collateral Damage

Hecarim

All abilities adjusted.

Hecarim hasn’t been the most stable champion for the past few seasons, either being a dominant Pro jungler or underwhelming in solo queue. He's also been horsing around with a variety of builds ranging from tank, to assassin, to fighter. We believe a Hecarim that's more bruiser/fighter focused is both more rewarding to play and will be less Pro skewed. To that end, we’re saddling Hecarim with some Q and W adjustments that should help his synergies with fighter items. We’re also lowering his base utility power and damage to reduce his strengths as a pure tank. These changes should lead to more damage-oriented Hecarim builds.

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Base Stats

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Q - Rampage

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W - Spirit of Dread

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E - Devastating Charge

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R - Onslaught of Shadows

Kassadin

Q cooldown decreased, mana cost decreased.

Kassadin has typically found play as a counter pick into mages, so we want to lean into that by giving him some additional power going into those tough matchups. Now he should be able to find some success and get those Kassawins.

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Q - Null Sphere

Maokai

Passive, Q, E, and R adjusted.

Maokai has been all bark and no bite for quite some time now. We’re helping this tree rediscover his roots in both the top lane and jungle without removing his ability to be a support.

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Passive - Sap Magic

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Q - Bramble Smash

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E - Sapling Toss

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R - Nature’s Grasp

Miss Fortune

Q base damage increased late, cast time adjusted. W mana cost decreased, attack speed bonus increased. E cooldown increased, base damage decreased, AP scaling increased, slow now scales with AP.

Miss Fortune has always been able to flex into either crit/attack speed or Lethality builds. Recently, her crit builds have been a bit weak while her Lethality builds opt into spamming E in lane instead of utilizing her Double Up. We’re looking to make MF’s crit/attack speed builds hit a bit harder while incentivizing Lethality builds to use Q as her preferred harass tool.

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Q - Double Up

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W - Strut

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E - Make It Rain

Nami

E electrocute interaction removed.

Electrocute Nami has been Lucian’s best friend given that they could quickly proc Nami’s Electrocute with Lucian’s Q double auto combo. We’re changing how Nami’s E counts toward Electrocute to be more in line with similar abilities. This should also make Nami viable with other pairings. Besides, fish and electrocutions together never go swimmingly.

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E - Tidecaller's Blessing

Nocturne

Base attack speed increased. Passive cooldown decreased.

Nocturne’s been left out in the dark recently, which, while on-point for his theme, hasn’t been as great for his performance in-game. We’re giving him some buffs which should help out his attack speed itemization synergies and increase his clear speed a tad.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Umbra Blades

Rell

W dismounted movement speed increased. E cooldown now flat.

Rell has been out of the spotlight for quite some time now so we’re giving her some small quality of life buffs to help her get back on her iron steed.

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W - Ferromancy: Crash Down

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E - Attract and Repel

Renekton

Q base damage decreased, AD scaling increased.

Renekton is back to his old ways of being a dominant, blind pickable champion in the top lane. Not only can he go head-to-head with the strongest melee champions, but he can also dominate ranged opponents. We’re decreasing his damage output (especially when not itemizing AD) to give other champions some space to play.

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Q - Cull the Meek

Sett

W AD ratio increased. E slow increased.

Sett hasn't been getting much face time in the top lane, especially given the amount of tanks we're seeing that he should be a strong matchup into. We're increasing his damage and reliable CC to help this boss beat down his opponents more effectively.

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W - Haymaker

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E - Facebreaker

Sivir

AD growth decreased. W bounce AD ratio decreased.

Sivir's midscope update has succeeded in making her the premiere AOE damage marksman in the game. However, her damage output is currently a bit too reliable. We're pulling a bit of power out of her AOE damage so that she isn't always shoving in her lane opponents and hitting the jackpot come late-game teamfights.

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Base Stats

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W - Ricochet

Sylas

Base health decreased. Q cooldown increased.

Sylas is currently too reliable of a pick between the waveclear provided by his Q max builds and safety/engage options his E provides him in Pro play. We're looking to bring down his laning phase power with some targeted nerfs at his early waveclear and durability.

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Base Stats

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Q - Chain Lash

Taric

Base magic resist decreased. E cooldown increased.

Taric has been a little too dazzling in the bot lane recently, excelling at healing and CC in addition to being too durable. We're making him a bit less stunning by reducing the uptime on his... er.... stuns and making him a bit more susceptible to poke in losing matchups.

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Base Stats

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E - Dazzle

Trundle

W cooldown increased at all ranks.

The Troll King has been expanding his domain into the jungle. While we don’t want to kick him out, we are tapping down his W to hinder his clear speed slightly and reduce the effectiveness of his problematic 100% uptime, early W max builds.

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W - Frozen Domain

Twisted Fate

Q AP ratio increased. W mana cost decreased.

Despite having an entire deck of cards (okay, only 3 but still), Twisted Fate is forced into drawing blue cards a bit more often than we'd like. In order to help him diversify his draws, we're relaxing his current mana restrictions so players can feel more free to play around his harder hitting red and yellow cards.

Q - Wild Card

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W - Pick A Card

Wukong

Base attack speed decreased. Base move speed decreased.

As opposed to the king of monkeys, Wukong has been the king of the jungle in Pro play for quite some time. We’re looking to dethrone him by bringing his early clear down a few pegs and reducing his ability to move around the map as effectively.

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Base Stats

Stopwatch

Since its introduction Stopwatch has been a powerful item, not only in solo queue, but especially in Pro play with extremely low ping. We’re increasing its purchase price so that if it's bought as a one-time-use item it sets players back more in the gold department.

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Guardian Angel

Now that Stopwatch is moving up in price, so is Guardian Angel. With stasis being more expensive, players should feel as though they need to deliberately itemize Stopwatch and its corresponding items as opposed to them feeling like auto-buys just because you purchased a Stopwatch.

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Seeker’s Armguard

Seeker’s Armguard has been a relatively weak component for some time now. We don’t want it to turn into an early anti-assassin item that discourages aggression from opponents in lane, so we’re opting to increase its AP stats so it’s more comparable to other Zhonya’s components.

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Zhonya’s Hourglass

On the same note, due to the Stopwatch price increase Zhonya’s will also be getting a price hike. Hourglass has remained a cheap defensive option with a value defined by its ability to provide Stasis to its users since Season 10. We’re moving the item up to a higher price point so that its offensive capabilities have an opportunity to stand out more.

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Champion Buffs

Champion Nerfs

ONE FOR ALL-TIMATE SPELLBOOK

• We’ve adjusted the chances so it should be more likely for this special game mode to happen!

ULTIMATE UPDATES

The following ultimates have been updated to match their original champion’s functionality.

• Caitlyn R
• Kai’Sa R
• Maokai R

BUGFIXES

• Fixed several missing translations in Ult-ernate Summoner Spell tooltips
• Mordekaiser R will now properly remove the champion icon of an enemy next to your health bar when they have respawned.
• All Ult-ernate Summoner Spells will now consistently trigger the champions channeling animation rather than sometimes using their normal ultimate animation (this would be confusing on certain champions like Wukong)
• Fixed several spell status icons that were previously missing

Over the last 8 months since we released our new feeding detection model, we have gained the confidence that allows us to make significant adjustments to what we detect as intentional feeding. We expect an increase in detections and punishments of over 2x. (Reminder that punishments for intentional feeding are a 14-day ban for the first transgression, and a permanent ban for the second.)

Chat restrictions will be visible on the lobbies screen for yourself and any party members, as well as on individual profile pages.

Honor restrictions applied to your account will be visible on your profile page with a lock icon and tooltip.

Summoner’s Rift Ranked queue matchmaking will now focus more on player’s MMR and less on their visible rank (e.g. Silver or Gold).

Team formation for the second weekend of the Noxus Cup starts on September 12, and the tournament days are on September 17 and 18.

Global Defense System has been added! (Have a control ward in the enemy jungle for 65+% of the game.)

QOL UPDATES

• Addressed some high variation between the milestones for some Starter Series Eternals (e.g. the “Epic Monsters Killed” milestone 1 would require Amumu to kill 9, Diana to kill 3, and Fiddlesticks to kill 2). Values to reach this and other milestones have been updated to be more uniform across champions. (Note: this was updated in patch 12.16, but was not included in the patch notes.)
• Updated tooltips on champions that can swap between melee and ranged forms (e.g. Jayce or Nidalee) so that they now dynamically update values based on whether they are in melee or ranged form.

BUGFIXES

• Fixed a bug that would cause the cursor to move erratically when using smart pings.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Ancient Grudge Buff (which reduces damage done to subsequent drakes) to not grant damage reduction for every Drake slain if the Drakes were Hextech ones.
• Fixed a bug that caused Draven’s R execute passive to still execute enemies through spellshields.
• Fixed a bug where Rift Herald’s spawn animation would interrupt the knockback from Poppy’s R.
• Fixed a bug that caused Ornn’s item upgrades to be lost if the teammate he was upgrading died during the channel.
• Fixed a bug that caused Sejuani’s E to proc Tear of the Goddess stacks when a melee champion would walk near her.
• Fixed a bug that removed Fizz’s E range indicator to not show after his VFX update.
• Fixed a bug that caused Zeri’s Q animation to leave vision for longer than intended when last hitting minions.
• Fixed a bug that caused Pyke’ R to go on cooldown if the enemy was killed by another ally.
• Fixed a bug where champions could cast Flash while Charmed if they casted Heal or Ghost.
• Fixed a bug where the Treasure Hunter rune would play Draven’s passive sound effects if there was a Draven present in the game.
• Fixed a bug where executing to the Fountain or minions would progress the “Free Ticket to Base” challenge.
• Fixed a bug where Sion’s Zombie form would count as an additional kill or assist for certain challenges.
• Fixed a bug where Sett’s ultimate would disable opponent’s Hexflash and Flash for the remainder of the game.
• Fixed a bug that would cause Unleashed Teleport’s cooldown to display incorrectly on the scoreboard once it has transformed.
• Fixed a bug where using certain abilities after casting Flash would disable Hexflash and Flash.
• Fixed a bug that gave Elder Dragon the normal Drake roar as opposed to his own, special, Elder roar.

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

8/30/2022 Mid-Patch Update

Zeri

• Fixed a bug where Zeri could accumulate movement speed stacks from her ultimate after her ultimate ended and went on cooldown.

8/26/2022 Mid-Patch Update

Udyr

8/24/2022 Mid-Patch Update

Yuumi

Armored Titan Nasus, Cyber Halo Janna, Prestige Cyber Halo Janna, Strike Commander Camille, and Strike Paladin Lucian will be available August 25, 2022.

Udyr

Commune with spirits as you walk the wilds of the Freljord with Udyr's VGU releasing this patch!

• Udyr Abilities Rundown
• Udyr Champion Bio
• Udyr Champion Trailer
• Udyr Champion Theme

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Spirit Guard Udyr icons

We're introducing a set of five new icons to match Spirit Guard Udyr's new look. The original icons will no longer be obtainable, but they'll stick around in your inventory if you've got 'em. You'll get the new ones automatically when you buy Spirit Guard Udyr, and if you already own him you can pick them up in the store for 5 RP.

Caitlyn

Passive AD ratio increased. R now has bonus damage that scales with critical strike chance.

Caitlyn is a step behind other current top tier marksmen, especially when compared to those that scale heavily with attack speed. We want to emphasize the more unique parts of her crit-heavy builds, so we’re giving her more crit synergies to help her hit a little harder.

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Passive - Headshot

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R - Ace in the Hole

Diana

Passive cleave damage decreased. E AP scaling increased.

Diana has been finding success with tanky builds recently. While AP bruisers should be able to flex into more durable itemizations, we want to make sure they’re still rewarded when opting for riskier, full damage builds. We’re shifting her numbers so that her tank builds do a bit less damage and her AP-heavy builds do a bit more.

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Passive - Moonsilver Blade

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E - Lunar Rush

Draven

Q base damage decreased.

Draven has been an axe juggling terror in Elite brackets of play since his post-Durability Update buffs in patch 12.10. We’re rolling back the base damage portion of these buffs which helped him reach dominance in the bot lane.

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Q - Spinning Axe

Irelia

Base magic resist increased, armor per level increased.

Irelia is a tad weaker than her skirmisher friends in both the top and mid lane. We’re giving her a small power-up so that she has a better chance to succeed in a meta focused around safe, scaling laners.

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Jayce

Hammer form Q damage increased. Hammer form E damage based on target’s maximum health increased.

Jayce’s melee form hasn’t been the shining innovation of Piltover (or his kit) it once was. We’re putting some more Hextech power into his hammer by increasing its damage output so that it remains a viable tool for Jayce, even in later stages of the game.

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Q (Hammer Form) - To the Skies!

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E (Hammer Form) - Thundering Blow

Kai'Sa

Passive on-hit damage increased. Q AP scaling increased. R AP scaling increased.

Kai’Sa has been struggling recently, particularly when it comes to her more attack speed or AP-oriented build paths. We’re giving her some scaling power, but in a way that should avoid buffing her problematic full-AP-W-hits-for-half-my-health builds.

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Passive - Second Skin

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Q - Icathian Rain

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R - Killer Instinct

Malphite

Passive cooldown decreased early. W cooldown now decreases with rank.

Malphite’s currently stuck between himself and a hard place in the top lane. We’re giving him some more early game durability by bringing down his passive cooldowns and giving him some rock solid damage gains in the mid and late game in the form of more Thunderclaps.

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Passive - Granite Shield

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W - Thunderclap

Poppy

Q damage to minions and monsters decreased.

Poppy has been the shining hero of the jungle in Professional play to the point where she’s starting to look more like a villain. In order not to nerf her in top lane, we’re giving her some jungle specific nerfs to slightly reduce her current clear speed.

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Q - Hammer Shock

Tristana

Q bonus attack speed increased.

The Yordle Gunner hasn’t been seeing much love recently, so we’re making her Rapid Fire a little more rapid in the hopes she’ll be a more appealing pick in the bot (and possibly mid) lane.

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Q - Rapid Fire

Yuumi

E bonus move speed scales less with AP, cooldown increased late game.

Yuumi has had a very high pick rate in Professional play recently given that she synergizes well with a lot of the current meta picks and has strong scaling into the late game. We’re taking a little bit of the zoom out of her Zoomies so that her friends are a little less unkillable.

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E - Zoomies

Zeri

Q AD scaling decreased. W AD and AP scaling decreased.

Zeri has remained at the top of the Professional meta despite repeated changes over the past several patches. We’re nerfing her for now so we can reassess her state and path forward after Worlds. We’re also taking this opportunity to nerf the AP ratio on her W, as this play pattern has gameplay issues similar to AP Kai'Sa.

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Q - Burst Fire

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W - Ultrashock Laser

Zoe

W adjusted. E base damage increased, AP scaling increased, pop damage increased.

Like other burst mages, Zoe hasn't been having the most fun after the Durability Update. We’re adding a little boost in damage when she hits her Trouble Bubble and helping her grab a few more spells in mid-to-late game for teamfights.

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W - Spell Thief

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E - Sleepy Trouble Bubble

Zyra

E adjusted.

We’re making an adjustment to Zyra’s animation lock after she casts her E so it’s now more consistent when used. This should result in a small buff for more skilled Zyra players.

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E - Grasping Roots

Evenshroud

Enchanters are still overshadowing other support classes, so we’re looking to put some more power into tank supports to even the playing field. So we’re buffing Evenshroud’s damage amplification systems which took a small hit with the Durability Update.

(Note: These same changes will apply to the Ornn Masterwork item, Equinox)

CHAMPION BUFFS

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CHAMPION NERFS

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ITEM CHANGES

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CHAMPION ADJUSTMENTS

ONE FOR ALL-TIMATE SPELLBOOK

• Each game of Ultimate Spellbook will have a small chance for a particularly silly type of game to occur. When it does it’s weighted in favor of having a particularly large impact on the game that we can’t wait for you to FEAST your eyes on!

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BUGFIXES

• Annie R and Viktor R no longer trigger Nimbus Cloak when repositioning their ultimate
• Cannon minions were actually giving too much gold! They will now hand out 3 less gold from the first cannon wave, and cap out at 101 gold around 12 minutes into the game.
• Akshan no longer fires attacks during Heroic Swing while casting Lucian R
• Aphelios no longer gets stuck in T-pose after casting certain ultimates

• When All Chat is disabled, all players on the enemy team are muted during the end of game screen
• A setting to toggle All Chat in-game is now available in the League Client

Team formation for the first weekend of the Noxus Cup starts on August 29, and the tournament days are on September 3 and 4.

• Banner skins that reflect a player’s past rank will be enabled in patch 12.16. Click on the Summoner Icon in the upper right hand corner of the client and you can equip your banner skin from there.

The Mythic Shop rotates this patch! This is a small rotation, meaning only the unvaulted Prestige skins and new Mythic Chroma are rotating. The next large rotation will be in patch 12.18.

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NOW AVAILABLE

• Prestige Battle Academia Lux (150 ME, available until Patch 12.18)
• Prestige PROJECT Zed (125 ME, available until Patch 12.18)
• Battle Academia Ezreal Mythic Chroma + Icon (40 ME, available until Patch 12.18)

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LEAVING THE MYTHIC SHOP

• Prestige Blood Moon Aatrox
• Prestige Dark Star Malphite
• Star Guardian Jinx Mythic Chroma + Icon

Fizz

We have some VFX updates for Fizz’s base and older skins coming this patch!

• Base: Complete overhaul
• Atlantean Fizz: Same as base, but with a custom R and W
• Tundra Fizz: Same as base, but with a custom R and W
• Fisherman Fizz: Same as base, but with a custom R and W
• Void Fizz: Complete overhaul
• Cottontail Fizz: Complete overhaul
• Super Galaxy Fizz: Complete overhaul
• Omega Squad Fizz: Changes on Q and R mirroring new base, new W passive marker
• Fuzz Fizz: Changes on Q and R mirroring new base, new W passive marker
• Prestige Fuzz Fizz: Changes on Q and R mirroring new base, new W passive marker
• Little Devil Fizz: Changes on Q and R mirroring new base, new W passive marker

• Fixed a bug where Unleashed Teleport’s cooldown upon transformation would factor its cooldown based on Ability Haste and not Summoner Spell Haste.
• Fixed a bug that caused Rune and Stat panel preferences to not save between games.
• Fixed a bug where allies could undo Ornn’s item upgrades if they were upgraded inside of the fountain.
• Fixed a bug that cause Gangplank’s Barrel expiration timers to not display correctly.
• Fixed a bug that would allow Sion’s R to turn more sharply than intended.
• Fixed a bug where Rell’s buff icons would not correctly display upon casting her W.
• Fixed a bug where Teemo’s tooltips did not reflect his recent mana cost changes.
• Updated Trundle’s E so that the visuals now more closely match the abilities hitbox duration.
• Fixed a bug where Zac could revive with his passive, even if his bloblets died, if he had Mountain Drake soul.
• Fixed a bug that was causing the End of Game progress meter to not correctly display the amount of progress earned.
• Fixed a bug where the “Perfectionist” challenge would not correctly display progress towards the challenge.
• Fixed a bug where the “Bad Medicine” challenge would not progress if completed using the ARAM health relic.
• Fixed a bug where Blade of the Ruined King would do less damage if purchased after another damage dealing item.
• Fixed a bug where Nimbus Cloak would activate when Unleashed Teleport started casting as opposed to when the channel was completed.
• Fixed a bug that would cause ability icons to not show as casting despite currently casting.
• Fixed a bug where Sett’s joke voice line would not play.
• Fixed a bug where the “CC Immune” text would not show over character’s health bars when using abilities like Olaf’s Ragnarok.
• Fixed a bug where Aphelios could root Sivir with his Gravitum despite her Spell Shield being active.
• Fixed a visual bug that would occur when Sylas would Hijack Star Guardian and Prestige Star Guardian Ekko’s Chronobreak.
• Fixed a bug where Yorick’s E would draw minion aggro when Ghouls dealt bonus damage.
• Fixed a bug that caused Flash to become non-functional if a player had the Hextech Flashtraption run and Flash’s cooldown ended slightly before exiting a Hexgate.
• Fixed a bug where Rell’s E could stack Tear of the Goddess by swapping it between allies.
• Fixed a bug where Monster Tamer Lulu would progress the “Vintage Look” challenge despite not being a limited skin.

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

8/22/2022 Mid-Patch Updates

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Unleashed Teleport’s cooldown upon transformation would factor its cooldown based on Ability Haste and not Summoner Spell Haste.

8/10/2022 Mid-Patch Updates

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Turret damage would not increase with each consecutive shot
• Fixed a bug where Taliyah would not gain stacks on Tear of the Goddess if her W and E were used but did not hit an enemy

Monster Tamer Lulu, Monster Tamer Veigar, and Zap'Maw will be available August 11, 2022.

Akali

W energy restoration and maximum energy bonus increased.

As a system, energy is intended to give champions spikes of power that fall off with extended combat times. Given the current state of the game and more extended fights, champions that use energy as a resource have found it more difficult to find success before their energy depletes (note: this section is repeated for energy users in this patch). In Akali’s case, we’re slightly increasing the amount of energy she gains from her shroud to help her squeeze in an additional ability or two per fight.

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W - Twilight Shroud

Gwen

Q true damage conversion decreased.

Gwen’s changes in 12.13 achieved our goals of making it easier for players to lane with her and execute her combos, but they were a bit too effective at the highest levels of play. We intend to keep her identity as a powerful scaler, but we’re trimming just a bit of damage from her late game.

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Q - Snip Snip!

Kalista

Base attack damage decreased.

Kalista has been dominating the bot lane in professional play recently as a powerful early game pick. We’re bringing down her damage a tad in order to make her a little less oppressive in the very early stages of the game.

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Base Stats

Kennen

W cooldown decreased early, magic damage increased. R ability power scaling increased.

Our electric yordle doesn’t have the same energy issues as other champions being adjusted this patch, but has been struggling for entirely different reasons. Shocker. With more durable targets Kennen has found it difficult to establish himself as either a lane bully or a teamfight winner. We’re putting some more power into his teamfighting identity by increasing his ability to win fights with a slight boost to his W and R damage.

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W - Electrical Surge

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R - Slicing Maelstrom

Lee Sin

Q, W, and E reactivation energy costs decreased.

As a system, energy is intended to give champions spikes of power that fall off with extended combat times. Given the current state of the game and more extended fights, champions that use energy as a resource have found it more difficult to find success before their energy depletes (note: this section is repeated for energy users in this patch). In Lee Sin’s case, we’re slightly decreasing the energy he needs so that he has a bit more leeway to recast his spells during combos.

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Q - Sonic Wave/Resonating Strike

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W - Safeguard/Iron Will

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E - Tempest/Cripple

Leona

Q mana cost decreased at all ranks. R crowd control duration increased.

Engage supports are currently a bit weaker than where we’d like them to be post-Durability Update. Now that enemies are more likely to survive her engages, we’re giving her a little more power in extended fights and when she can successfully land her skill shots.

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Q - Shield of Daybreak

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R - Solar Flare

Lillia

Passive damage cap against monsters increased.

Lillia’s been a bit weak in the jungle at all skill brackets. We’re giving her some jungle-oriented buffs that should help with her clear speed without her becoming a nightmare in the top lane.

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Passive - Dream-Laden Bough

Master Yi

E cooldown no longer decreases with rank.

Master Yi has been doing pretty well with the last set of changes, achieving a relatively equal win rate across various skill levels of play. He’s still a bit stronger than we’d like him to be so we’re taking down his access to his E and true damage, especially in cases where Yi is opting to max E first.

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E - Wuju Style

Qiyana

Passive bonus attack damage scaling decreased. First Strike bug removed.

Qiyana’s been the empress of the Rift lately, partly due to a bug which allowed her to proc her passive twice with First Strike. We’ve removed that bug and are nerfing First Strike which should result in an overall nerf, but also taking a little bit of power out of her passive so that she’s a bit less oppressive.

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Passive - Royal Privilege

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Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Qiyana could apply an extra proc of her passive with First Strike equipped

Rammus

R cooldown adjusted, base cast range increased, dash range growth increased, minimum and maximum dash speed increased.

With the 12.14 changes to tank items, Rammus hasn’t been rollin’ around with the enthusiasm he once had. We’re opting to return some power to his kit with a few quality of life adjustments to his ultimate to which Rammus would respond by saying “OK.”

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R - Soaring Slam

Shen

E passive energy refund increased late.

As a system, energy is intended to give champions spikes of power that fall off with extended combat times. Given the current state of the game and more extended fights, champions that use energy as a resource have found it more difficult to find success before their energy depletes (note: this section is repeated for energy users in this patch). Shen is doing relatively okay in terms of energy efficiency, so we’re just giving him a tiny buff to help him in the late game.

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E - Shadow Dash

Singed

Passive bonus movement speed increased, per-target cooldown decreased. R bonus stats increased early.

Now that the days of predator Singed mid are behind us, we’re reverting some changes we made to decrease his durability in patch 12.12 and buffing up his passive so that it feels better in teamfights. Now he’ll be able to zip around and flip his enemies to his Chem-infused heart’s content.

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Passive - Noxious Slipstream

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R - Insanity Potion

Sivir

Attack damage growth decreased. E cooldown increased at all ranks. R cooldown increased at all ranks.

Continuing work on Sivir’s midscope update, she’s successfully found her spot as a hyper-scaling AOE marksman on the roster. With this set of changes we’re looking to take away a little bit of her late game power and create more windows of opportunity for her opponents to challenge her.

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Base Stats

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E - Spell Shield

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R - On The Hunt

Taliyah

E cooldown increased at all ranks. R wall duration decreased.

Taliyah’s Unraveled Earth is a great tool for stalling teamfights and creating a danger zone to scare off opponents. However, it’s currently creating a bit too much time for herself and allies. We’re taking down her ability to cast it quite as frequently, but she should still be able to use it twice or more in late game fights.

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E - Unraveled Earth

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R - Weaver’s Wall

Thresh

Q cooldown decreased at all ranks, magic damage increased at all ranks.

Like other engage supports, Thresh has been struggling to capitalize on his ability to start fights which really takes the death out of Death Sentence. We’re lowering the cooldown and increasing the damage so that his hooks are a bit deadlier.

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Q - Death Sentence

Zed

E energy cost decreased.

As a system, energy is intended to give champions spikes of power that fall off with extended combat times. Given the current state of the game and more extended fights, champions that use energy as a resource have found it more difficult to find success before their energy depletes (note: this section is repeated for energy users in this patch). In Zed’s case, we’re lowering the energy cost on his E and giving his shadow a little freedom so it doesn’t always need to walk beside him.

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W - Living Shadow

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E - Shadow Slash

Divine Sunderer

Now that the dust has settled from the Divine Sunderer changes on patch 12.13 it’s still performing a bit stronger than we’d like it to. We’re opting to decrease the amount of healing this item provides to bring it more in line with other mythic options.

Mercurial Scimitar

Mercurial Scimitar hasn’t been as appealing recently given its role as an important itemization option that provides magic resist, critical strike chance, and a built-in cc removal effect. We’re increasing the benefits that come with this item to make it a little more tempting of an option compared to the other sword items carries can opt for.

Silvermere Dawn

While it’s not quite as weak as Mercurial Scimitar, Silvermere Dawn is also underperforming as a whole. We’re opting to increase its defensive capabilities as well, but not quite as much as its counterpart.

First Strike

First strike has risen to prominence as the go-to choice for burst champions in the current meta. We’re reining in a bit of its burst potential which should also decrease the amount of gold this Rune can generate.

Team formation for the second weekend of the Zaun Cup Clash starts on August 15, and the tournament days are on August 20 and 21.

The Star Guardian event may be ending, but Ultimate Spellbook is sticking around for a little while longer!

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Champion Buffs

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Champion Nerfs

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Ult-ernate Summoner Spells Buffs

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Ult-ernate Summoner Spells Nerfs

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The following Ult-ernate Summoner Spells have been updated to match their original champion's functionality:

• Annie R
• Ashe R
• Taliyah R

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Added Star Guardian themed particles for the following Ult-ernate Summoner Spells:

• Jhin R
• Orianna R (also updated to match her latest VFX update)
• Janna R
• Miss Fortune R
• Soraka R

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Bugfixes

• Akali R indicator will now correctly show as on cooldown after R2 cast
• Kaisa R now correctly functions by applying the Plasma indicator on your own auto attacks, or any of your team's Immobilizing effects. Updated tooltip to match its usage.
• Urgot R no longer disables spell slots incorrectly when locked by other sources
• Neeko R no longer turns the owner invisible when dying before the cast finishes
• Ahri R no longer makes Q or W permanently free to cast
• Fix Sylas incorrectly getting permanently stuck with Yone or Kha’Zix ultimates after stealing them
• Annie R no longer immediately triggers Darius’s passive
• Fix a visual issue when a transformed Kayn uses Morgana R
• Fix Morgana R missing VFX
• Taliyah R indicator will show as on cooldown after recast or time expiration
• Taliyah R no longer causes a recast indicator on certain champion spells
• Fixed missing translations in tooltips for several Ult-ernate Summoner Spells

As a reminder, starting on August 19 Pacific Time, RP and TFT coin prices will increase in most Riot regions. For more information about the price increase check out our full article here.

Having a premade duo is a slight advantage, and while current Apex Tier (Masters, Grandmaster, and Challenger) players aren’t able to duo with anyone, the system only works off current rank. With this change, we’re tightening up the Apex Tier restriction to apply to MMR as well.

The goal of this is to prevent climbing smurfs from being able to duo queue into Apex Tier. That said, decayed Apex Tier players and the highest skilled Diamond I players may also be impacted by this change.

Up until now these players could duo and reliably get into Apex Tier games, which isn't fair when the people they're playing against can't duo. If this change works as expected, we'll evaluate shipping it to the rest of the world with plans to re-evaluate before Season Start.

We first rolled out this change back in patch 12.10 on the NA and KR servers as a trial and the results have been positive, so we’re rolling it out to the rest of the world. From now on, players with an MMR correlating to Master or above will no longer be able to duo queue in Ranked Solo/Duo, even if their rank is not Master or higher.

• Fixed a bug where Yuumi would be unable to use swapped summoner spells from Unsealed Spellbook after using Teleport
• Fixed a bug where Viego would look like a polymorphed champion if he killed and possessed a champion under the effects of Polymorph
• Fixed a bug where Bel’Veth’s E - Royal Maelstrom would not cancel when casting her R - Endless Banquet on an out-of-range Void Coral
• Fixed a bug that caused Nilah’s Passive - Joy Unending to be audible from the Fog of War
• Fixed a bug that caused Nilah’s Passive - Joy Unending to trigger with Ocean Drake’s buff
• Fixed a bug where Leblanc’s W - Distortion was doing slightly less damage at rank 3 than intended
• Fixed a bug where Evelynn’s stealth would break after a target she killed entered a Zombie Form and then died again (e.g. Sion’s Passive)
• Fixed a bug where single target range indicators would sometimes follow enemies through the Fog of War
• Fixed a bug where Rakan would automatically cast his second E - Battle Dance to an ally after using Flash
• Fixed a bug where Yone could activate abilities while in his Spirit Form while locked in the blast cone knockback cc
• Fixed a bug where Liandry’s Lament’s burn effect was not working correctly
• Fixed a bug where Blade of the Ruined King was doing less damage if it was purchased after other items
• Fixed a bug where Swain’s second E - Nevermove could pull targets that were in Stasis
• Fixed a bug where Rift Herald would not charge at towers if it spawned next to them

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Star Guardian Akali, Star Guardian Quinn, Star Guardian Rell, Star Guardian Taliyah, Star Nemesis Morgana, and Prestige Star Guardian Syndra will be available July 28, 2022.

Aatrox

Health growth increased. E’s healing passive decreased late. R bonus healing decreased late.

With the Grievous Wounds nerf in patch 12.11 Aatrox’s life-stealing drain tanking has gotten a bit out of hand. We're shifting his power a bit by bringing down his overall healing in favor of increasing the Darkin's baseline durability.

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E - Umbral Dash

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R - World Ender

Alistar

Q mana cost decreased at all ranks, cooldown decreased at all ranks.

Compared to other melee supports, Alistar has been falling behind the herd. We're looking to increase the uptime of his Q - Pulverize so he can more often use a second Pulverize in fights—especially when he has his ultimate going.

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Q - Pulverize

Gangplank

Base health and base armor decreased, health growth increased. Passive now scales with crit chance. Q base damage decreased early, increased late. E slow reduced, slow now scales with crit chance, bonus physical damage decreased early and increased late, bonus damage on crits reduced.

One of Gangplank's most defining features is his ability to turn the tides of a fight with late game barrel chains and critical strikes. However, getting to those late game power spikes shouldn't be smooth sailing. We're opting to weaken his laning phase by reducing his harass strength and making him a bit squishier early while maintaining incentives for him to itemize crit.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Trial by Fire

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Q - Parrrley

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E - Powder Keg

Gnar

Base health decreased, health regeneration growth decreased.

Mini Gnar hasn't been quite as vulnerable during his laning phase as we'd like. We're looking to reduce his base health and health regeneration growth so that he's a bit more punishable at close range, similar to other ranged top laners.

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Janna

E base shield amount increased at all ranks, bonus heal and shield power decreased. R heal per second increased at all ranks, AP scaling increased.

In this patch one of our objectives is to nerf overtuned healing and shielding champions and items. In an effort to bring healing systems back in line, we needed to take a little bit of the wind out of Janna’s sails since her shield and heal power stood out compared to the other item stats we’re updating this patch. Shifting her power more into her base heals and shield should help keep her more in line with her enchanter friends.

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E - Eye Of The Storm

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R - Monsoon

Jarvan IV

Q AD scaling increased. E cooldown now decreases with rank.

Jarvan IV has been struggling in a world of extended combat duration and our last round of buffs in patch 12.12 didn’t aid the King as much as we had hoped. This time around we’re increasing his ability to make plays by increasing the uptime of his flag and drag combo.

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Q - Dragon Strike

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E - Demacian Standard

Kayn

Health growth increased. Passive Rhaast healing based on damage dealt decreased.

Red Kayn/Rhaast has been running rampant due to the Grievous Wounds nerfs in 12.11 leaving his healing unchecked. Like Aatrox, we're shifting his power by reducing his healing and increasing his base durability.

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Base Stats

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Passive - The Darkin Scythe

LeBlanc

Base mana and mana growth increased. W base damage increased late.

LeBlanc has taken quite a hit after the Durability Update, unable to keep up with everyone's increased stats. We're looking to snap her back into reality by relaxing her ability's mana constraints and giving her more mana to poke her opponents down into her kill range.

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Base Stats

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W - Distortion

Nocturne

Passive adjusted.

We’re giving Nocturne a small quality of life update so that he isn't punished by his passive when trying to tax last hit minions.

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Passive - Umbra Blades

Pantheon

Q damage to monsters increased.

Despite recent efforts to strengthen Pantheon in solo lanes he hasn’t been able to pick up much traction. Given that we’re in a slower, low kill meta, we’re reverting the changes made in patch 11.3 to help Pantheon make a grand starfall re-entrance into the jungle to help spice up the early game.

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Q - Comet Spear

Renata Glasc

Base health and base AD decreased.

Renata's corporate takeover of the bot lane has come to fruition recently, solidifying her place as a top support. That said, nothing lasts forever. We're taking Renata down a notch by lowering her base stats so she has to be a little more calculated when picking trades in the early game.

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Seraphine

W shield and heal AP scaling decreased.

Seraphine's taken center stage as a result of the Champion Durability Update and her recent buffs in 12.12. While she shines brightest as a bot carry, her mid and support performances are also extraordinary. In order to help tone her down we're reducing how effectively she can support allies when itemizing AP by decreasing her AP ratios.

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W - Surround Sound

Sivir

Q bugfix. W damage to minions decreased, now executes minions below a certain threshold.

Sivir hit the jackpot with her mid-scope update and landed in a pretty strong spot, particularly in the waveclear department. We’re looking to tone down her ability to waveclear so effectively by reducing the amount of damage her W does to high health minions, but adding an execute so that she can still haul in the gold by last hitting effectively.

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Q - Boomerang Blade

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W - Ricochet

Teemo

Mana growth increased. R range increased early, AP scaling increased, mana cost now scales down with rank.

After the Durability Update Teemo’s shrooms haven’t been hitting as hard as they once did. To help out the Swift Scout, we’re buffing his mushroom power and increasing his placement range in the early stages of the game. We’re also relaxing some of his mana restrictions, so that he’s gated by R’s cooldown instead of mana issues.

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R - Noxious Trap

Varus

Base AD increased.

Varus hasn't been hitting the mark in either Pro Play or Solo Queue, so we're giving him a straightforward buff that should help, regardless of whatever build he opts for.

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Wukong

Base health regeneration increased. Passive health regeneration per stack decreased.

With the value of healing having gone up in the Durability Update, the value of Wukong's passive has gone up as well, especially in the later stages of the game. We're putting a stop to this monkey business by shifting his health regen from his passive to his base stats. This should result in his laning phase feeling roughly the same, but reduce his scaling regeneration a bit.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Stone Skin

Yuumi

E AP scaling decreased.

Yuumi’s been having as much fun as a cat with a ball of yarn since the Durability Update. As one of League’s premier enchanters we’re dampening the amount of healing she can output to bring her more in line with other supports.

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E - Zoomies

Zeri

Q Passive adjusted. R bonus magic damage decreased.

Zeri's ability to win duels and wavepush due to her increased damage to low health enemies has made her unfair-y to her opponents. We're opting to preserve this mechanic as a tool to help her last hit minions, but eliminating its strengths when it comes to dealing with low health enemies more broadly.

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Q - Burst Fire

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R - Lightning Crash

Chempunk Chainsword

With our changes in patch 12.11, Chempunk Chainsword became an incredibly gold efficient item, even with its reduced Grievous Wounds effects. Instead of nerfing the item’s stats we’re opting to increase its cost to bring it more in line with other Legendary Fighter item options.

Enchanter Items

Enchanters as a whole were the big winners of the Durability Update, even after the systematic nerfs we did to heal and shield power in 12.10. They’re harder to kill early, are buffing more durable targets, and benefit from weaker Grievous Wounds. We think there are a lot of beneficial aspects to having enchanters be more durable, but they’re currently much too effective at keeping allies and themselves alive come mid to late game. We’re nerfing all of their common items so that there are more opportunities to kill that out-of-position carry with an enchanter behind them.

Sunfire Aegis

Sunfire Aegis has started to emerge as a powerful second item for DPS champions. While Fighters have dipped into other Tank items before, Sunfire offers the most stats and potent damage compared to other options. We're adjusting Sunfire so its damage output is more strongly tied to health stacking.

After the Durability Update we’ve seen kills in the early game decrease substantially, especially in professional play.

Overall, we believe that the amount of damage post-laning phase is in a good spot. However, it’s currently too difficult to create meaningful leads in lane due to the amount of strong defensive runes and potions. We’re opting to nerf these sustain options so that getting early advantages is a bit more achievable.

Potions

Biscuit Delivery

Bone Plating

Conditioning

Guardian

Scorch

Second Wind

Sudden Impact

Time Warp Tonic

Unflinching

Challenging Smite

With champions being more durable, the damage reduction aspect of Challenging Smite isn’t as necessary as it once was. Now that we’re giving junglers a bit more early game influence with the objective changes we’re looking to pull a bit of power out of this summoner spell.

Exhaust

Exhaust has become a common summoner spell for marksmen recently, making it a bit too hard to all in and kill enchanter supports in the bot lane. We’re toning down its power to make it a bit less exhausting to play against.

As mentioned above, early game is currently becoming much slower which has led to a meta shift focusing on scaling team comps. Players have become more comfortable conceding early objectives in order to reach their late game win conditions.

In order to increase the priority of early game objectives we’re going to be increasing the reward for early drake and Rift Herald takes. Individual drake buffs are currently too low impact as players will more likely prioritize them due to the threat of soul and less for the individual buffs themselves. In order to make drake buffs more meaningful, we’ll be increasing the buff values of each by roughly 50% (and even more for Cloud Drake). In addition, we’ll be decreasing the damage output of drakes across the board in exchange for more durability so that teams have more time to contest drakes as a coordinated group. In a similar vein, we’re now increasing the value of Rift Herald by making Shelly drop local gold. We’re also increasing the amount of health on the second Herald to increase its value and priority relative to the first so that it's ignored less often.

Drakes

Changes to All Drakes

Cloud Drake

Hextech Drake

Infernal Drake

Mountain Drake

Ocean Drake

Elder Dragon

Rift Herald

NEW ULT-ERNATE SUMMONER SPELLS

• Nilah R is now available
• Annie R is re-enabled

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ULT-ERNATE SUMMONER SPELL NERFS

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UPDATES

The following Ult-ernate Summoner Spells have been updated to match their original champion's functionality:

• Soraka R
• Kindred R
• Jinx R

Team formation for the first weekend of the Zaun Cup Clash starts on August 1, and the tournament days are on August 6 and 7.

• The Summoner’s Rift Ranked Split 2 rolls into Split 3 on Friday, July 29th @ 11:59 PM local time. The exclusive rewards for Split 3 are: a Bel'Veth summoner icon, Bel'Veth emotes, 1 Bel'Veth Champion permanent, and a Series 1 Eternals Capsule.

• You will now be able to see which teammates honored you if you hover over the honor icon in the end of game screen.

The Mythic Shop rotates this patch! This is a small rotation, meaning only the unvaulted Prestige skins and new Mythic Chroma are rotating. The next large rotation will be in patch 12.18.

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NOW AVAILABLE

• Prestige Blood Moon Aatrox (150 ME, available until Patch 12.16)
• Prestige Dark Star Malphite (125 ME, available until Patch 12.16)
• Star Guardian Jinx Mythic Chroma + Icon (40 ME, available until Patch 12.16)

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LEAVING THE MYTHIC SHOP

• Prestige K/DA Evelynn
• Prestige Pulsefire Lucian
• Final Boss Veigar Mythic Chroma + Icon

CHALLENGES

• The “Challenges Are Here” introduction tooltip has been removed. We felt that you had been made sufficiently aware
• You can now change the order that your Challenge Tokens are displayed in. Open the Identity Customizer, select the token slot you wish to change, and select the token you want displayed there

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SION BUGFIX BUNDLE

• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to sharply turn the direction of Sion’s ultimate
• Fixed a bug where Sion’s basic attacks would sometimes automatically cancel while in combat
• Fixed a bug where Sion’s Q would prematurely end its charge if it was cast immediately after E
• Fixed a bug where W would not be castable immediately after completing a Q cast
• Fixed a bug where Sion could animation cancel his R into Q combo that made the stun duration of point blank ultimates longer than intended

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OTHER BUGFIXES

• Fixed a bug where clone champions (e.g. Shaco, LeBlanc, Neeko) would not properly display Mythic and Ornn Mythic item borders in their clone’s inventory
• Fixed a bug where opponent summoner spell’s tooltips would display certain values as 0 if viewed before said champion is seen in game
• Fixed a bug where Yone could no longer return to his body after using his E - Soul Unbound while under effects like Camille’s R - Hextech Ultimatum or Mordekaiser’s R - Death Realm
• Fixed a bug where the visual effects of Yone’s third Q - Mortal Steel would disappear earlier than intended
• Fixed a bug where Qiyana’s Q > W > Q combo would deal less damage than intended
• Fixed a bug where Bel’Veth’s E - Royal Maelstrom would temporarily have global range when Berserked by Renata’s R - Hostile Takeover
• Fixed a bug where casting Rek’Sai’s R - Void Rush on an enemy vessel created by Illaoi’s E - Test of Spirit would cause Rek’Sai to stop rendering
• Fixed a bug where part of Varus’ Q - Piercing Arrow visual effects would stop rendering after casting his E - Hail of Arrows
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s Passive - Joy Unending was unintentionally proccing Fimbulwinter’s passive
• Fixed a bug where Akali’s Passive - Weapon Mark weapon spin animation would be delayed when issuing a movement command
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s Q - Formless Blade empowered basic auto attack would last longer than intended if used during her E - Slipstream
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s Q - Formless Blade empowered basic auto attacks would damage Nilah when Berserked by Renata’s R - Hostile Takeover
• Fixed a bug where boots would override mythic item passive move speed if placed in a lower item slot than the mythic item
• Fixed a bug where Black Cleaver’s bonus damage tracker was not correctly tracking damage against shields
• Fixed a bug where Lethality mythic items were not properly tracking damage
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s Champ Select lock in sound effects were playing too loudly
• Fixed a bug where Sejuani’s Q - Bristle Arctic Assault’s visual effects were not properly showing
• Fixed a bug where Singed’s R - Insanity Potion visual effects were not properly showing
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s W - Jubilant Veil would not gray out to reflect it is unable to be cast during her R - Apotheosis
• Fixed a bug where Nilah’s Q - Formless Blade empowered auto attacks’ visual effects would not properly display
• Fixed a bug where Eclipse’s damage tracker was not working correctly
• Fixed a bug where Poro Snax in ARAM were not correctly displaying their beautiful flavor text
• Fixed a bug where Luden’s effect missiles would sometimes affect other items’ tooltip damage trackers
• Fixed a bug where the Identity Customizer would open to the wrong section on subsequent views.
• Fixed a bug where stunned and knockup animations were not correctly playing for several champions
• Updated the tooltip on Jarvan IV’s W so that it now displays the correct information

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

7/15/2022 Ultimate Spellbook Updates + Game Mode Information

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Champion Buffs

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Champion Nerfs

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Ult-ernate Summoner Spells Buffs

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Ult-ernate Summoner Spells Nerfs

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Ultimate Spellbook Changes

Note that all of these changes went live with the launch of Patch 12.13, but we’re capturing all of the update here for visivility.

New

• New Thematics
• Star Guardian themed summoner ult particles
• Spawn in theme music
• Star Guardian Minions
• Star Guardian Ahri VO

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Ultimate Usage Visibility

The health bar icon displaying a player's selected UltBook Ulternate Summoner now changes based on the status of the ultimate.

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Attack-Smite Clarity

Attack-Smite users now receive an Attack-Smite Objective upon leaving the fountain to help inform players of the differences between normal Smite and Attack-Smite.

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Attack-Smite indicator now appears above valid Attack-Smite targets

Health Threshold indicator now appears on valid Attack-Smite targets displaying how low a monster’s health has to be for Attack-Smite to trigger

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All the Dragons

Ultimate Spellbook now contains ALL the dragons you’d find on the Rift

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Ultimate Changes

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New Ults

• Annie
• Gangplank
• Garen
• Gnar
• Kaisa
• Neeko
• Quinn
• Rakan
• Renata
• Senna
• Syndra
• Taliyah
• Tristana
• Varus
• Vel'Koz
• Xayah

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Re-added Ults

• Janna
• Rell
• Rakan

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Updated Ults

• Miss Fortune
• Neeko
• Fixed a bug where Chronobreak (Ekko R) would occasionally fail to work

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Removed Ults

• Olaf
• Rengar

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Stat Boosts

Some Ulternate Summoners will now have a Stat Boost!

This will show up in the selection and within the tooltip of the spell. When you select a spell with a stat boost, the first time that spell comes off cooldown you will gain a bonus to your Adaptive Force, Magic Resistance, AND Armor. For all three stats, the amount gained is from 6 + 2 per level.

Ulternate Summoner Spells with this Stat Boost:

• Bard
• Janna
• Rell
• Taliyah
• Zoe

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Other Changes

7/14/2022 Mid-Patch Updates

Nilah

7/13/2022 Mid-Patch Updates

Gwen

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Master Yi

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Sivir

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Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where boots would override Movement Speed gained from Mythic item passives if they were placed in an item slot lower than the Mythic item

Nilah, “the Joy Unbound”, will be hitting the Rift on July 13!

Star Guardian Ekko, Star Guardian Kai'Sa, Star Guardian Nilah, Star Guardian Sona, Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks, and Prestige Star Guardian Ekko will be available July 14, 2022.

newNilah

The Joy Unbound

Slip, slide, slash, and make a splash with Nilah on July 13!

• Nilah Abilities Rundown
• Nilah Champion Bio
• Nilah Champion Trailer
• Nilah Champion Insights

Sivir

Mid-scope update, all abilities adjusted.

Sivir has been dethroned as the queen of late-game teamfights. Her short range meant she had to work twice as hard as other ADCs to do damage, which led to her opting for lethality builds instead of crit. While other marksmen have gained attack range over time, we are giving Sivir new tools that lean into her strengths as a close range, AoE DPS hyper carry that reward her for playing on the edge of danger.

With this mid-scope update, we’re setting Sivir up to have the strongest AoE DPS output of all the marksmen—so long as she can stay alive to use it. We’re hoping Sivir players find that her damage potential is now much higher and more consistent due to the adjustments we’ve made to her Ricochet and signature Boomerang Blade. Ultimately, these should help shift Sivir's identity from a chauffeur for her teammates to a high damage AoE marksman with the added ability to help clean up winning fights.

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Passive - Fleet of Foot

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Q - Boomerang Blade

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W - Ricochet

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E - Spell Shield

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R - On The Hunt

Corki

E AD scaling increased. R base damage decreased, AP scaling decreased.

The Daring Bombardier doesn’t look up-to-snuff when launching missiles from a screen away. His long-ranged poke has made him a menace in Pro Play given how consistent and powerful it is. We’re toning down his missiles and upgrading his Gatling Gun so Corki has a bigger reason to enter close quarters combat.

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E - Gatling Gun

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R - Missile Barrage

Elise

Base health, health growth, and base armor increased. Human Form Q damage increased.

Elise is still building her web, trying to find a spot on the Rift post-Durability Update. We’re adding some more damage to her Q to help her assassinate slightly more durable targets and buffing up her base stats to bring her in line with other junglers.

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Base Stats

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Q - Neurotoxin (Human Form)

Evelynn

Passive heal increased. W magic resistance reduction increased. R now decreases the timer to reenter passive camouflage.

Evelynn hasn’t been seen much since the Durability Update, and not because she’s been using her camouflage. We’re (al)luring players into playing her again by giving her several quality of life buffs and increasing the reward for when she successfully charms her targets.

Passive - Demon Shade

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W - Allure

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R - Last Caress

Fiddlesticks

Q fear duration increased. R damage increased.

For the living embodiment of fear, Fiddlesticks hasn’t been very scary as of late. We’re turning up the spook-factor by giving it some additional utility and damage to be a tad more terrifying.

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Q - Terrify

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R - Crowstorm

Galio

Q damage increased.

Galio’s tornadoes have been feeling more like a light breeze recently, but we don’t want to make him a full blown AP assassin. We’re putting some more wind beneath his wings to help him poke down opponents without fully committing in hopes he’ll take off soon.

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Q - Winds of War

Gwen

Health regen growth increased. Q snip damage increased, center snip true damage decreased, now deals reduced damage against minions, but bonus damage against low health minions. W bonus armor and MR increased, duration decreased. E bonus on-hit magic damage increased, bonus attack range increased, cooldown increased, cooldown refunded on first basic attack increased. R damage per needle increased, recast conditions adjusted.

Gwen has been one of the premiere top laners since MSI, and the Durability Update only increased her strengths. Even after her nerfs in 12.11, she’s still a cut above the competition, especially when it comes to Pro Play. We’re snipping some power out of her Pro-skewed abilities like her E and W to patchwork it into some more accessible parts of her kit. These should net out in a nerf to Pro Gwen and a buff to her in Average and Skilled levels of play.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Thousand Cuts

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Q - Snip Snip!

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W - Hallowed Mist

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E - Skip 'n Slash

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R - Needlework

Karthus

Base armor and health growth increased.

Karthus has been struggling to live up to his battlemage fantasy recently, so we’re giving him some additional durability to clear camps more safely. This should also let him play a bit closer to fights so he can get the most out of his kit. Just not too close or you’ll be getting the most out of your passive.

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Kled

Q AD scaling increased. W cooldown decreased at all ranks.

Kled’s been fulfilling his role as a lane bully quite well, but he hasn’t been able to capitalize on his advantages to be a terror outside of top. We’re buffing the Cantankerous Cavalier to help make him a bit more of a dangerous presence in the later stages of the game.

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Q - Bear Trap on a Rope (Mounted)

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W - Violent Tendencies

Master Yi

Attack range increased. Q adjusted. W cooldown reduced, mana cost adjusted, damage reduction increased, lingering damage reduction adjusted.

Master Yi has always been a champ that is strong at lower levels of play, but not-so-great in higher skill brackets. We’ve been keeping our eyes on Yi after our last set of nerfs and now feel like we can give him some power back in a way that helps reduce this skew. Since Yi is pretty dependent on being durable in higher brackets of play, we’re giving him more ways to increase his survivability in fights.

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Q - Alpha Strike

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W - Meditate

Olaf

Base health regen and health regen growth decreased. Passive max bonus attack speed increased early. Q mana cost increased.

Olaf’s mid-scope update helped him establish his place in the top lane, but he hasn’t been as powerful in the jungle. We’re giving him some additional buffs that should help strengthen his jungler roots.

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Base Stats

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Passive - Berserker Rage

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Q - Undertow

Renekton

R damage now scales with AD.

With recent updates, it's been harder than ever for Renekton to scale into the mid and late game. His ultimate’s AoE damage in particular doesn’t feel as impactful, so we’re giving it an AD ratio to help this crocodile with his scale-ing.

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R - Dominus

Taliyah

Q damage increased, mana cost decreased, bonus damage to monsters decreased; boulders now stun jungle monsters. R adjusted.

Taliyah hasn’t been as strong as we’d hoped after her previous tectonic power shifts from patch 12.11. We’re increasing the damage output on her Q to help both her overall laning and jungling in lower brackets of play plus giving her some quality of life buffs.

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Passive - Rock Surfing

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Q - Threaded Volley

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R - Weaver’s Wall

Vex

Q cooldown decreased at all ranks, AP ratio increased.

Vex has been feeling extra gloomy now that she can’t burst opponents as easily. We’re adding some power back into her Mistral Bolt so she'll feel a little bit happier when she bursts her enemies (but she’d never tell anyone about it).

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Q - Mistral Bolt

Volibear

Q bonus movement speed decreased, base damage decreased. W base damage decreased, scaling with bonus health decreased. E damage based on target’s max health decreased, damage cap against non-champions decreased.

Volibear has been much too strong recently, especially in the jungle. We’re pulling power away from some of his stronger jungling tools, like his reliable ganks and extra damage against high-health objectives like Baron and Dragon. We’re also lowering his damage across the board so he doesn’t do quite as much when he opts to itemize tank.

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Q - Thundering Smash

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W - Frenzied Maul

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E - Skysplitter

Divine Sunderer

Divine Sunderer is currently doing its job a bit too well. Not only is it helping fighters play into tanks, it’s also helping them play better into everyone in general. With this update, we’re looking to shift Sunderer’s power away from shredding tanks and into a comparatively lower damage/higher sustain option for fighters.

Demonic Embrace

We’re making some updates to the way the passive of Demonic Embrace and Liandry’s Anguish stack when applied by multiple users.

Liandry’s Anguish

Duskblade of Draktharr

Assassins are currently doing a balanced amount of damage with lethality items, but the class overall is just a tad weaker than we’d like. We’re taking a non-traditional approach to buffing assassins by adding bonus move speed to their Mythic iItems which should also help discourage bruiser or tank itemizations.

Eclipse

Prowler’s Claw

We’re updating objective bounties to help make them feel more fair to players, whether they’re behind or ahead.

When we created objective bounties the intention was for teams that are behind to be able to catch up in a difficult but not impossible way. However, when teams that are only a little behind claimed multiple bounties, they catapulted into the lead. We’re hoping these changes make claiming bounties as the lead starts closing more fair for both teams.

Currently, if you dash or blink into a jungle monster or ward’s visible range, there’s a very brief delay before you gain vision of them. This can lead to some frustrating moments, so we’re changing that to be instantaneous. (On the other hand, losing vision of monsters and wards will continue to have a slight delay.)

Ultimate Spellbook makes a return, but this time it’s Star Guardian themed. This iteration of Spellbook will include Star Guardian minions and Ahri as an announcer!

We’ve also made some other non-Star Guardian related updates to this game mode:

• Players can now choose from 4 ultimate abilities instead of 3
• The pool of ultimates to choose from has been updated with new abilities
• All of the dragons from traditional Summoner’s Rift have made their way into Spellbook

Team formation for the second weekend of Shadow Isles Clash starts on July 18, and the tournament days are on July 23 and 24.

Adding Regional Transfer Rank Preservation. If you transfer your account out of a region and back to that region within two weeks, your account’s ranked state upon returning to your original region will be restored to what it was when you left. This is intended to curb some region-transfer rank abuse we’ve been seeing and also means you won’t have to re-do your ranked climb if you take your League account with you on a quick vacation.

QoL Changes

• Kayle now slightly increases in size when she reaches level 11
• Bel’Veth is now slightly smaller when in her True Form
• Bel’Veth’s resource bar has been updated to reflect the duration of her True Form
• Goredrinker’s healing tracker now tracks healing from all targets hit, not just once per cast
• Black Cleaver now displays the bonus damage caused by its armor shred passive
• Umbral Glaive now displays the number of wards killed while you have the item
• EDG Zoe’s sleep status effect is now more visible, especially in the river

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where in-game ping indicators displayed latency as 7ms higher than actual ping for all players
• Fixed a bug where Pantheon’s Q length and width were incorrectly reverted to their pre-12.7 values
• Fixed a bug where Bel’Veth’s ranged Voidlings were not correctly receiving Baron buff
• Fixed a bug where Bel’Veth’s Void Corals could form inside of Morderkaiser’s R - Death Realm if an enemy was killed outside in the same area
• Fixed a bug where Samira’s E - Wild Rush would reset upon taking down an enemy clone
• Fixed a bug where Ornn could immediately recast Call of the Forge God if it was used in the direction of an ally
• Fixed a bug where Draven’s Passive minion streak would reset if his support executed a minion with Spoils of War from Relic Shield/Steel Shoulderguards
• Fixed a bug where Sivir’s attack bounces from W - Ricochet would do 0 damage to Zyra’s plants
• Fixed a bug where Volibear could clip through red side’s spawn gate with his E - Sky Splitter
• Fixed a bug where Shadowflame's bonus damage tracker was displaying the incorrect amount of bonus damage
• Fixed a bug where Kayn would gain transformation progress from First Strike’s bonus damage
• Fixed a bug where Maokai’s E - Sapling Toss saplings would do damage through spell shields
• Fixed a bug where Shaco’s R - Hallucinate clone would be unable to proc Lich Bane
• Fixed a bug where Goredrinker’s healing tracking was only tracking damage by cast, not total damage
• Fixed a bug where Viego’s Lord of the Mist and Harrowed Path buff icons were not correctly appearing upon entering his Black Mist
• Fixed a bug where Rell’s animations would momentarily freeze after using her E - Attract and Repel
• Fixed a bug where Ornn’s progress bar when using his Passive - Living Forge would display incorrect ability names
• Fixed a bug where players could ping Hullbreaker and receive the message “I’m hunting alone” if they had a Yuumi attached to them. Yes, Yuumi does count as a champion.
• Fixed a bug where Hullbreaker’s bonus resistances when hunting alone would immediately disappear when allies got too close instead of after a 3 second delay
• Fixed a bug so that stat shard selections now show up when hovering over the icon in the runes panel
• Fixed a bug where aura buff icons (like Skarner’s Passive or Viego’s E) would constantly refresh on the buff bar instead of remaining constant
• Fixed a bug where Thresh’s Passive - Damnation would show up on his buff bar as a temporary effect
• Fixed a bug where Vladmir’s Q - Transfusion would show up on his buff bar as a temporary effect
• Fixed a bug where Ivern’s tooltip for his R - Daisy! was not showing the correct formula
• Fixed a bug where Anathema's Chains could not be cast while dead
• Fixed a bug where Anathema's Chains would reveal its user on cast
• Fixed a bug where First Strike would reveal its user upon proccing the rune
• Fixed a bug where Luden’s Tempest would reveal its user when procced
• Fixed a bug where the sound effects from Scuttle’s movement speed buff did not match the buff duration
• Fixed a bug where Goredrinker’s healing tracking would be lower than intended when hitting more than one champion
• Fixed a bug where disabling all sounds in game would not carry over to future games
• Fixed a bug where the Treasure Hunter rune was not being counted accurately in the End of Game screen

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

6/30/2022 Mid-Patch 12.12 Balances

We're doing a handful of balance adjustments in observance of the longer-than-usual patch.

Bel'Veth

Caitlyn

Katarina

Leona

Senna

Seraphine

Shaco

Tahm Kench

Wukong

Yuumi

Zeri

Snow Moon Caitlyn, Snow Moon Illaoi, and Snow Moon Kayn will be available June 23, 2022. Ashen Knight Pantheon will be available June 23, 2022.

Amumu

Q mana cost decreased, now increases with rank. R base damage increased.

Amumu support has all but disappeared after the heavy nerfs to his mana costs last season. We're reverting those and giving his ult more early power to help him find some friends in bot lane again.

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Q - Bandage Toss

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R - Curse of the Sad Mummy

Annie

Q AP ratio increased. Tibbers base health, armor, and MR increased.

Annie's burst builds have fallen off since the Durability Update, especially at higher levels of play. We're making her combos a little more fire and giving Tibbers his own CDU (Cuddly Durability Update).

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Q - Disintegrate

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R - Summon: Tibbers

Bel'Veth

Basic attack range increased; base health regen and growth decreased. Passive stack value increased early and now reaches maximum at level 13; large minions now grant 1 stack. E base damage decreased, life steal decreased late. R bonus attack range and explosion damage based on enemy's missing health no longer increase with rank; Void Remora health decreased early and now increases with rank.

The Empress of the Void is reigning with a bit too much terror in lower and average skill brackets. These nerfs should reduce her strength in lower levels of play to a more stable win rate across the board. A few visual updates have also been made to Bel'Veth's true form based on player feedback!

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Passive - Death in Lavender

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E - Royal Maelstrom

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R - Endless Banquet

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Bugfixes & Updates

• Bel'Veth's true form E - Royal Maelstrom animation has been tweaked at higher attack speeds
• Bel'Veth's true form basic attack animation has been adjusted to swing slightly less at slower attack speeds
• Sheen will no longer proc if Bel'Veth attempts to cast Q - Void Surge in a direction that is on cooldown
• Bel'Veth's Q - Void Surge no longer deals double the intended true damage from R - Endless Banquet's passive
• Fixed a bug where, if she was already in her true form, Bel'Veth would lose her health bonus upon consuming Void Coral
• Fixed a bug where, if Bel'Veth's Void Remora attacked an undead Sion, Void Coral would spawn when his passive expired
• Fixed a bug where Bel'Veth's true form duration sometimes failed to properly refresh upon consuming Void Coral
• Fixed a bug where Bel'Veth's basic attack SFX were sometimes audible to enemies through Fog of War

Blitzcrank

Q base damage increased. R active base damage increased.

Blitzcrank's engage capabilities have gathered some rust since the Durability Update. We’re making his hooks hurt more so they feel as rewarding to land as they should.

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Q - Rocket Grab

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R - Static Field

Dr. Mundo

Passive health regen decreased. R increased base health decreased.

Mundo's malpractice was already doing well, but now that Grievous Wound is weaker, it's time we check his medical license. We're nerfing him overall by lowering his healing, but the larger chunk of health missing should make his fantasy really come alive when he injects his maximum dosage.

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Passive - Goes Where He Pleases

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R - Maximum Dosage

Fiora

Passive AD ratio decreased.

Since the Durability Update, Fiora has become extra punishing in Elite play where players who can consistently strike Vitals deal massive max health true damage. We're toning her passive down as a result, which will also reduce her ult's power.

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Passive - Duelist's Dance

Heimerdinger

Q standard turret base health and damage increased. E cooldown decreased.

Heimerdinger's inventions have fallen short lately. Boosting his turrets' health and firepower to match the Durability Update is sure to be a formula for success!

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Q - H-28G Evolution Turret

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E - CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade

Ivern

Passive health and mana costs reduced. E base shield increased. Daisy base health, armor, and MR increased.

The Durability Update wasn't so friendly to our friend of the forest. These buffs should return some of his early gank power by a lot. Oh, and Daisy gets a base stat gift, too!

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Passive - Friend of the Forest

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E - Triggerseed

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R - Daisy!

Janna

W bonus move speed and slow decreased. E shield decreased.

Janna is still too strong across the board. Her biggest vulnerability should be when she gets caught, so we're nerfing her wind speed and defensive spells to make her easier to punish.

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W - Zephyr

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E - Eye Of The Storm

Jarvan IV

Mana growth increased. Passive cooldown now decreases with levels.

Jarvan IV wasn't the hardest hit by the Durability update, but his sustained damage output hasn't been left unscathed. We're letting him get a few more rotations in now that bursting enemies has gotten much harder,

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Passive - Martial Cadence

Katarina

Passive AD ratio decreased. E base damage increased, AD ratio decreased. R attack speed ratio increased, on-hit effectiveness increased.

Bruiser and tank builds shouldn't work well on someone like Katarina, a hyper-mobile resetting assassin. We're making some slight adjustments to discourage only those itemizations.

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Passive - Voracity

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E - Shunpo

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R - Death Lotus

Lucian

Base AD decreased. Q base damage decreased late.

Lucian's been shining in Pro bot lanes since before MSI and has continued to do so, even after the Durability Update. We're tapping down his strong early damage so the Sentinel of Light isn’t so blinding in lane.

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Q - Piercing Light

Seraphine

E cooldown reduced early and no longer decreases with rank. Slow/stun duration increased.

Seraphine hasn't been making soundwaves, so we're boosting her CC to help her captivate her enemies.

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E - Beat Drop

Shaco

Base health growth and armor growth decreased. Q AD ratio increased. W AP ratio increased. E AD and AP ratios increased.

Shaco's been struggling in a world with more durable playthings, especially with his traditional burstier builds. He already has quite a bit of survivability with his tricks, so we're trading some of his durability for more burst. This should open up those high-risk, high-reward builds once again, adding to his diverse itemization options. (As a reminder, his Q and E can deal additional damage with his Passive - Backstab bonus.)

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Q - Deceive

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W - Jack In The Box

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E - Two-Shiv Poison

Singed

W slow decreased early, increased late, and now increases with rank. R bonus stats decreased early and increased late.

Singed mid has always been quite strong, but the recent systemic changes have thrown him just over the edge into OP territory. We're nerfing his early run-at-you power so his squishier lane opponents have a chance to escape (or at least fight back).

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W - Mega-Adhesive

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R - Insanity Potion

Soraka

R base heal increased, but no longer removes Grievous Wounds.

We buffed Soraka's ult back in 11.18, letting it remove Grievous Wounds to give her some hope against the 60% reduced healing effect. Now that GW is weaker, we're okay with letting it serve its original purpose.

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R - Wish

Viego

Passive heal decreased. W while casting E no longer instantly stealths. R damage against most wounded or closest enemy decreased.

Viego's been sitting on the jungle throne for a little too long, especially in Pro play. We're curbing the king's reset potential and giving laners more opportunity to react to his ganks.

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Passive - Sovereign's Domination

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E - Harrowed Pass

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R - Heartbreaker

Yorick

Mist Walker base health and move speed increased. Maiden of the Mist base health increased; target range based on E decreased.

Yorick's Mist Walkers and Maiden of the Mist are also getting a slight base stat package to help them keep up with the Durability Update. We're also adding a few tweaks to make Yorick's spectral army a bit more ghastly when positioned correctly. Namely, the Maiden won't wander too far when moving toward marked targets.

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Passive - Shepherd of Souls

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R - Eulogy of the Isles

Yuumi

Passive shield increased. E base heal decreased, bonus move speed increased.

As this chapter of the Durability Update comes to an end, Yuumi's heals are still a bit too strong right meow. Her power level at large isn't crossing the line, so we're just shifting some of it around.

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Passive - Bop 'n' Block

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E - Zoomies

Zeri

Health regen growth increased. W base damage increased, AD and AP ratios decreased.

Zeri's W damage was a bit shocking with the crit multiplier, so we're nerfing that and compensating with a little regen boost.

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W - Ultrashock Laser

Night Harvester

We're adding some ability haste into Night Harvester's build path to match its buff last patch.

Serpent's Fang

Serpent's Fang was reducing shields by a lot more than intended thanks to a bug. We expect the fix will lead to a nontrivial nerf, so we're calling it out here instead.

Shadowflame

On the contrary, Shadowflame was underperforming due to a different bug that mitigated its damage based on the very magic resistance it was supposed to ignore. This fix should actually result in a slight buff for the item.

Predator

We're nerfing Predator's early power as it tends to really hurt some lanes before enemies get a reasonable chance at counterplay, and compensating its late game to even things out.

The Essence Emporium returns from June 28 to July 12. Head to the store to use Blue Essence to nab chromas, ward skins, emotes, icons, and more, including Emporium exclusives like the URFWick skin!

IMPORTANT: After this run, the Essence Emporium is going on hiatus while we rebuild it. Right now, running the Emporium is so inefficient it causes delays and feature cuts in other projects like events and missions. Beyond making the Emporium more efficient to run, we're also exploring navigation and usability improvements for when (not if) it returns. Be sure to spend all your Blue Essence during this Emporium!

To make up for this hiatus, we're shifting the three Gemstone icon bundles into a chain of three missions (matchmade SR or ARAM). This will be free for all players, granting 10 Mythic Essence each for a total of 30.

Mythic Chromas

We're adding a new type of content to the Mythic Shop: Mythic Chromas, available for 40 Mythic Essence! The first Mythic Chroma is for Final Boss Veigar, available during patches 12.12 through 12.13.

Mythic Chromas update a skin's VFX in addition to its model. They're launching for Legendary skins as well as Mythic skins like the Ashen Knights. (Ashen Knight Pyke and Ashen Knight Pantheon's Emberwoken chromas will receive updated VFX in patch 12.18.)

Mythic Shop Rotation

The Mythic Shop is rotating for the first time and we're settling into the normal rotation cadence:

Muting a player during Champ Select will now carry over to in-game and End of Game. (This also means that muting someone in-game will carry over to End of Game.) Additionally, individual players' mute status can now be viewed and toggled in the End of Game screen.

Team formation for the second weekend of Demacia Clash starts on June 20, and the tournaments are on June 25 and 26.

We've updated the way certain challenges detect which lane you play on Summoner’s Rift to be more accurate! We've also added the following new challenges.

• ARAM Legend: Go Legendary in ARAM games
• The Jukes!: Dodge five skillshots within eight seconds
• It was a... Near-Hit: Dodge skillshots in ARAM
• Legendary Legend: Become Legendary
• Who Needs 'Em: Win games despite an AFK teammate
• Shell Collecting: Take down Rift Heralds
• Right Under Their Noses: Recall while unseen by a nearby enemy champion
• Get On My Level: Get takedowns shortly after gaining a level advantage
• Nowhere is Safe: Take down enemy champions in their fountain
• Style: Earn Challenge Points from the Style capstone

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Bugfixes & Updates

• Re-enabled the “Farm Champs Not Camps” challenge
• Re-enabled the “Leading By Example” challenge
• Added Qiyana to the “Where’d They Go?” and “It Has ‘Ultimate’ In the Name!” challenges
• Added Renata Glasc to "Hold That Pose", "They Just... Don't... DIE!", "We Protec", and "It Has ‘Ultimate’ In the Name!" challenges
• “The Disrespect” challenge description has been updated for clarity
• Progress bars have been fixed and will properly display your progress on Challenges
• Fixed a bug where some challenge titles did not match their actual names
• Switching tabs in the Challenges Collection Page now scrolls you back to the top
• Challenge Leaderboards now properly abbreviate numbers
• Fixed a bug where the “Prodigy” challenge would sometimes fail to progress upon getting multi-kills at the same time

• Sona can no longer gain an additional Passive - Power Chord-empowered basic attack by casting an ability immediately after another empowered basic attack
• Doran's Ring's Drain passive has been restored and will properly regenerate health if you already have full mana
• Fixed a bug where, if Olaf hit a Blast Cone while his R - Ragnarok was active, he would not get knocked back by it
• Olaf's W - Tough It Out basic attack reset will interact with Hail of Blades properly (similar to Jax's W - Empower, allowing up to 4 basic attacks empowered by the rune) stacks
• Fixed a bug where Olaf's E - Reckless Swing could heal towers if he casted it on the same target that the tower was last hitting
• Fixed a bug where casting Lux's R - Final Spark as Sylas would incorrectly cost him mana
• Fixed a bug where Wukong's Q - Crushing Blow would not grant Tear of the Goddess stacks
• Champion-created clones can no longer apply the burn effect from Emberknife and Hailblade's Sear passive
• Fixed a bug where Evenshroud's Coruscation passive would incorrectly also count as a slow
• Fixed a bug where the VFX for Banshee's Veil and Edge of Night would sometimes not be visible
• Several VFX (Everfrost) and SFX (Ornn's E - Searing Charge, Crown of the Shattered Queen, Dead Man's Plate, Turbo Chemtank, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stopwatch) have been fixed and will no longer be visible or audible through Fog of War
• Fixed a bug where Sion, Karthus, and Kog'Maw's corpses would have active unit collision after their passives expired (i.e. could cause minion blocking)
• Fixed a bug where double digit KDAs would sometimes display incorrectly on the scoreboard
• Fixed a bug where error text would sometimes appear in party lobbies upon hitting the Find Match button
• Fixed a bug where the Season Split Start modal would incorrectly display Victorious Morgana
• Syndra, Rell, and Nautilus' Champion Select role tags have been fixed

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

6/9/2022 Balance Adjustments

Kog’Maw

W - Bio-Arcane Barrage

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Olaf

W - Tough It Out

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Ryze

Q - Overload

E - Spell Flux

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Zeri

Q - Burst Fire

E -Spark Surge

Bel'Veth, the Void Empress, will be hitting the Rift on June 9, 2022.

Battle Boss Bel'Veth, Ocean Song Ashe, Ocean Song Nidalee, Ocean Song Seraphine, Ocean Song Yone, and Ocean Song Zeri will be available June 9, 2022.

Prestige Ocean Song Seraphine will be available from June 9 until July 14, 2022.

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Bel’Veth

The Void Empress

Join the Lavender Sea on June 9!

• Bel’Veth Abilities Rundown
• Bel’Veth Champion Bio
• Bel’Veth Champion Trailer

Aphelios

Passive attack speed and Lethality with rank up increased.

Aphelios has been very weak this patch, and he didn’t get much help from the Durability Update. We're buffing up his passive to help add a little more fire moon power to his guns.

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Passive - The Hitman and the Seer

Brand

Passive percent health burn damage decreased.

Brand has been on fire since the Durability Update given that everyone having more HP increases the value of his abilities. We're partially extinguishing his ability to burn his enemies with percent max health damage.

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Passive - Blaze

Caitlyn

Q AD scaling decreased early and increased late, mana cost increased early and decreased late. E base damage increased and cooldown decreased.

Cait wasn't in a great place pre-12.10, and her lane bully reputation has only continued to suffer with the update. We're putting more power in her Piltover Peacemaker to help her procure her proper place pressuring preposterous people (lane opponents).

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Q - Piltover Peacemaker

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E - 90 Caliber Net

Fizz

Health growth decreased. Mana growth increased.

The Tidal Trickster has been keeping his head above water, but his big mana costs feel pretty bad in extended combat. We're giving him more to work with later in the game, but also bringing down his tankiness so he doesn't get too playful out there.

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Gragas

Q AP scaling increased, cooldown decreased. E cooldown decreased.

Gragas hasn't been keeping up with the extended fights that came with the Durability Update, so we're topping off his Graggy Ice by giving him some more drinking power and agility to help his rotations in longer skirmishes.

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Q - Barrel Roll

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E - Body Slam

Gwen

W cooldown increased, bonus armor/MR decreased early and now scales with ability rank. E cooldown refund from first basic attack decreased.

Gwen's been the most dominant top laner in Pro thanks to her high resilience, mobility, and damage. In particular, with longer fight durations, she's more often able to cast Hallowed Mist twice, so we're increasing the cooldown of her incredibly powerful teamfight tool. We're also reverting the E change from 12.7 which was giving her dash more uptime in fights than intended.

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W - Hallowed Mist

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E - Skip ‘n Slash

Irelia

Q healing increased. E cooldown decreased early.

The Durability Update didn't do our Blade Dancer any favors, greatly reducing her potential to get kills in the early game. While this was intended, she is a bit weaker than we’d like so we're giving her a small sustain boost and more opportunities to stun opponents to help her out in ways that aren’t burst damage. Better nerf buff Irelia.

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Q - Bladesurge

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E - Flawless Duet

Kayn

Q damage decreased in Darkin form.

Darkin Kayn has been reaping quite a lot of benefits from the Durability Update, with all these champions walking around with more health and whatnot. Pulling some power from his Q to help him find balance post-12.10.

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Q - Reaping Slash (Darkin Form)

Kog'Maw

Q armor and MR shred decreased, passive attack speed decreased. W percent max health damage on-hit decreased.

Our little Void puppy has started baring his fangs (oddly enough, they look a lot like Guinsoo's Rageblade). Given his knack for gnawing through his chew toys and enemies in longer team fights, we're head patting down his percent health damage and attack speed.

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Q - Caustic Spittle

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W - Bio-Arcane Barrage

Lee Sin

Base AD increased. Q damage increased.

Lee Sin has been struggling to consistently snowball his early leads since the Durability Update, so we're rolling back some nerfs implemented in 12.7 to help him find his footing again.

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Q - Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike

Lillia

Base health decreased. Passive damage decreased.

Much like Brand and Kayn, Lillia's abilities that deal percent max health damage were indirectly buffed by the Durability Update. We're toning down the areas that benefited most to make her a little less of a nightmare this patch.

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Passive - Dream-Laden Bough

Master Yi

HP growth decreased. E base true damage on-hit decreased.

It turns out that when a tanky champion can deal true damage, it's a little strong. We're taking down Yi's durability and true damage, which both greatly benefited from the Durability Update.

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E - Wuju Style

Nunu & Willump

Q healing against non-champions increased. E cooldown now decreases with ability rank.

Nunu has been a burst reliant tank, and his nerfs in patch 12.10 negatively affected both his burstiness and his tankiness. We like him being slightly less lethal, but in exchange we’re giving him some additional durability to offset the reduced damage. Also you can now throw more snowballs per game. Like a LOT more snowballs. Snowball fight anyone?

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Q - Consume

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E - Snowball Barrage

Olaf

Passive maximum Life Steal value threshold increased. Q damage increased, minimum recast time decreased. W cooldown increased late. R passive armor and MR decreased.

With the combination of the Durability Update and his mid-scope, Olaf was living up to his berserker fantasy a little too much, especially up in top lane. We're pulling back on some of his bonus stats and making him less tanky late game in exchange for more jungle clear efficiency to give jungle Olafs some needed help.

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Passive - Berserker Rage

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Q - Undertow

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W - Tough It Out

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R - Ragnarok

Rakan

Q healing increased. W cooldown decreased. E mana cost decreased, shield strength increased.

Rakan was hit pretty hard by the Durability Update given his heavy use of shields and his reliance on getting takedowns with his CC (something much harder with more durable champs). We're giving him back what he lost plus a little more in hopes he can make a Grand Entrance back onto the Rift.

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Q - Gleaming Quill

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W - Grand Entrance

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E - Battle Dance

Rengar

Base health decreased. R cooldown increased late.

Rengar has been finding a lot of success with his lethality and fighter builds recently, especially in Elite tiers of play. We’re giving him some more generalized nerfs for now while we keep an eye on how his builds and itemization choices land this patch.

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Base Stats

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R - Thrill of the Hunt

Ryze

E AP ratio increased, mana cost decreased.

We're loosening up some of Ryze's mana restrictions so his spellcasting is a little more forgiving while he's scaling up. We understand that this isn’t going to resolve all of the issues he’s currently facing, but this should help make him a little less blue while we look into new ways to make Ryze feel good in solo queue without dominating pro play.

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E - Spell Flux

Samira

AD growth increased. Q AD scaling increased.

Since the Durability Update, Samira has been struggling to find those explosive leads and snowball opportunities. We're increasing her scaling a bit so she's got more potential to style on her enemies in later stages of the game.

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Base Stats

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Q - Flair

Senna

Passive Mist Wraith drop rate for Senna's minion kills increased. Q slow strength decreased; slow duration decreased early and now scales with rank.

Senna has been a bit too strong with the Durability Update, consistently winning lane and oppressing her opponents. We're taking down her power as a support and, in exchange, giving ADC Senna more chances to collect Mist Wraiths.

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Passive - Absolution

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Q - Piercing Darkness

Swain

Passive healing decreased. W magic damage and AP scaling decreased. R healing per tick decreased.

Turns out Swain's new empire was Patch 12.10, quickly rising to power in every lane. We're nerfing him across the board with particular attention to Top and Mid, making his healing and damage lower at later stages of the game.

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Passive - Ravenous Flock

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W - Vision of Empire

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R - Demonic Ascension

Sylas

W mana cost decreased, AP ratio for healing increased, cooldown decreased early. E cooldown decreased early.

With the Durability Update, Sylas has found himself unable to burst down opponents like he used to. While his burst has been nerfed, we actually aren’t planning on buffing it back to what it once was. Instead we want to give him back power in other meaningful ways. For now, we're buffing his versatility so he can find more ways to fight the system.

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W - Kingslayer

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E - Abscond / Abduct

Tahm Kench

Passive magic damage on-hit increased. Q heal increased. R shield strength increased.

UNBENCHED. UNLOADED. UNCLOGGED. The Durability Update wasn't particularly nice to Tahm in any of his roles, so we're granting this fish's wishes by giving him some compensatory buffs to his heals and shields which should help him stick around longer in extended fights.

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Passive - An Acquired Taste

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Q - Tongue Lash

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R - Devour

Taliyah

Base health decreased. Passive updated. Q damage decreased. E damage to monsters increased. R updated.

Taliyah's mid-scope update in Patch 12.9 was great for Taliyah players, especially those in Elite tiers of play. We're introducing some Elite-skewed nerfs that should erode some of her power as well as some QoL changes and bug fixes to help her out.

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Base Stats

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Q - Threaded Volley

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E - Unraveled Earth

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R - Weaver's Wall

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Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Taliyah would be unable to reactivate and destroy her wall if she took damage while the wall was up

Taric

Q healing increased, mana cost decreased and no longer increases with rank. E cooldown decreased, stun duration increased.

Taric hasn’t been the radiant gem he once was, so we’re giving him some large buffs that should help him thrive in extended combat situations to help him shine in the new meta.

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Q - Starlight's Touch

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E - Dazzle

Tryndamere

Q healing increased. R cooldown decreased.

Tryndamere took a big tumble in patch 12.10. His healing from Fury comes at a high cost so we're reverting the pre-emptive healing nerfs we gave him in patch 12.10 while giving his ultimate more up time in games.

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Q - Bloodlust

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R - Undying Rage

Veigar

Base armor decreased and armor growth increased. E cooldown increased.

We're targeting Veigar's level scaling by limiting access on his E. This should bring his team fight control back to reasonable heights, especially in late game after he gets some Ability Haste.

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Base Stats

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E - Event Horizon

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Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Veigar's Q - Baleful Strike tooltip incorrectly stated that bonus stacks could be obtained by last hitting champions (so don't save your Q to last hit champions)

Wukong

W cooldown increased early. E bonus damage to monsters decreased.

Wukong was already quite powerful before, and the durability update pushed him over the edge. We're looking to nerf his jungle role through clear speed and tap down top a bit as well through early mobility.

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W - Warrior Trickster

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E - Nimbus Strike

Xin Zhao

Passive healing AD ratio increased. W damage increased, mana cost now decreases with rank.

Xin Zhao doesn't pose as much of a threat to backline carries as he used to, so we're giving him a bit more damage on his fairest spell and returning some of his extended combat power.

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Passive - Determination

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W - Wind Becomes Lightning

Zeri

Q active damage increased, charged basic attack AP ratio and damage based on target's missing health increased, slow on charged basic attacks removed. W AD scaling increased, slow strength decreased, cooldown decreased. E cooldown decreased, cooldown reduction per basic attack and crit decreased. R cooldown decreased, move speed per stack decreased, stacks per champion hit with initial cast increased.

Zeri, Zeri, we've nerfed you so much you haven't been remotely scary. So this time around, we're giving you more damage to make you merry. That said, buffs come at a cost, and we're being wary, so we're lowering your utility and mobility, you electric carry.

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Q - Burst Fire

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W - Ultrashock Laser

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E - Spark Surge

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R - Lightning Crash

Grievous Wounds

Despite the systemic nerf last patch, Grievous Wounds is still too impactful in the game, forcing us to push healing to unreasonable levels. We think GW itself should be a conscious choice that really shines against enemies with overwhelming amounts of healing, not just moderate amounts, since that detracts from more exciting items you can buy. So, we're nerfing GW itself a little bit more, but also compensating the items that apply it to keep them at roughly the same power level.

These changes apply to all Grievous Wounds items below, as well as Grievous Wounds applied by abilities (Katarina, Kled, Singed, Varus, and Ignite).

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Bramble Vest

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Thornmail

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Executioner's Calling

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Mortal Reminder

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Chempunk Chainsword

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Oblivion Orb

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Morellonomicon

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Chemtech Putrifier

Mage Items

We're tuning AP Mythics with a holistic approach to bring their power levels closer together. In particular, Liandry's and Riftmaker both went up with the Durability Update thanks to longer combat times, while Everfrost has been strong for quite some time. Crown has been underwhelming even before and has become even less desirable with lower burst in 12.10. Lastly, Night Harvester has been underpicked by AP assassins and needed a little love.

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Crown of the Shattered Queen

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Everfrost

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Liandry's Anguish

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Night Harvester

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Riftmaker

Tank Items

Tanks as a whole have been struggling after the Durability Update. Since everyone's gotten tankier, the tank class's main advantage has been nerfed (relatively speaking) whereas their already low damage is even less threatening than before. We're increasing the health on their Mythics to form the foundation for higher resists on their primary Legendaries, and buffing a few Legendaries as well.

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Bami's Cinder

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Frostfire Gauntlet

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Sunfire Aegis

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Turbo Chemtank

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Abyssal Mask

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Knight's Vow

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Randuin's Omen

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Spirit Visage

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Zeke's Convergence

Fighter Items

Death's Dance and Maw of Malmortius have been hot topics even before the Durability Update. We wanted to see where they would land post-update before touching them and, seeing that they're still too powerful, we're tapping down on them a bit. On the other hand, BoRK fell off a bit, though not quite as much as Sterak's, so they're receiving buffs accordingly. Lastly, Goredrinker needed a bit of a boost, so we're increasing its Ability Haste scaling to give it more power in extended combat.

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Death's Dance

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Blade of the Ruined King

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Maw of Malmortius

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Sterak's Gage

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Goredrinker

Kraken Slayer

Kraken Slayer has naturally gone up with extended combat times, so we're tapping down on its third-stack bonus, too.

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Umbral Glaive

Unrelated to the Durability Update, Umbral Glaive's been giving a bit too much vision control, so we're reverting half of the cooldown buff from 12.7.

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First towers kinda SLAP right now. We overshot some of the early game damage buffs to towers in the update by a little bit, which has deterred some proactive and aggressive plays in early lane phase. We're toning them down so they aren't such super-safe havens for the scaling champs who have been thriving on 12.10.

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Outer Turrets

Team formation for the Clash Demacia Cup began on June 6, and the tournament begins on June 11 and 12! Team formation for week 2 of the Cup will start on June 20 with the tournament days being June 25 and 26.

End of Game chat is now opt-in! You'll only see messages from other players in the post-game lobby if you click on the chat icon or enter a chat message. Clicking on the chat icon will turn on/off player messages.

• Fixed a bug where Qiyana’s Q - Edge of Ixtal would sometimes not deal damage to enemies moving toward her (*this bug should be resolved but due to the extremely low reproduction rate we cannot be 100% certain. We’ll be keeping a careful eye out for this bug going into patch 12.11)
• Fixed a bug where Sylas’ healing from Fiora’s stolen R - Grand Challenge would not properly scale with his AP
• Fixed a bug where Gnar would not receive the attack speed bonus from his E - Hop if his jump was interrupted by certain crowd control effects
• Fixed a bug where Viego would retain Janna’s Passive - Tailwind after his possession of her expired
• Fixed a bug where Viego’s E - Harrowed Path ability cooldown would be fully refreshed if he possessed another champion while an enemy champion was under the influence of possessed Swain’s E- Nevermove
• Fixed a bug where Nidalee’s E - Primal Surge would not grant bonus attack speed when cast on allies
• Fixed a bug where Graves’ runes would not swap off of Glacial Augment despite not being able to proc it (sorry Everfrost Graves mains)
• Fixed a bug where Akshan’s head would change directions if he walked away from an enemy while casting R - Comeuppance
• Fixed a bug where Kassadin’s W - Nether Blade would not display the on-hit VFX correctly
• Fixed a bug where Sivir’s Q - Boomerang Blade would sometimes not be audible to allies if the target was hit in Fog of War
• Fixed a bug where Sterak’s Gage would not accurately count the “Damage Blocked by Shields” tooltip counter
• Fixed a bug where outer Turret Health bars would not explode upon breaking
• Fixed a bug where Imperial Mandate’s debuff, Coordinated Fire, would not properly display its icon on the affected player’s debuff bar
• Fixed a visual bug surrounding Clash to accurately display why the player cannot join a Clash Team
• Fixed a visual bug where the last three players' report modals would be cropped in the End of Game screen
• Fixed a visual bug that occurred when hovering the Summoner Icon in the End of Game screen
• Fixed a bug where the Report Button in the scoreboard would get covered by longer names
• Fixed a bug where player's Summoner Icons were missing from the Challenges leaderboards

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch:

5/27/2022 ARAM & ARURF Balances

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ARAM Champion Buffs

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ARAM Champion Nerfs

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ARURF Champion Buffs

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ARURF Champion Nerfs