League of Legends Patch 8.12 Rundown

The latest patch for League of Legends is bringing quite a few changes. With the pros of the LCS getting ready to kick things off once again, let’s take a look at what’s changed with patch 8.12.

Champions:

Elise

Base Stats

HUMAN FORM MOVEMENT SPEED 325 ⇒ 330

SPIDER FORM MOVEMENT SPEED 350 ⇒ 355

W - Volatile Spiderling

BASE DAMAGE 55/95/135/175/215 ⇒ 60/105/150/195/240

Ezreal

Base Stats

ARMOR 25 ⇒ 22

Mid-Patch 8.11 Updates

These went live last patch.

ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH 3.11 ⇒ 2.5

PASSIVE - RISING SPELL FORCE ATTACK SPEED 10/12/14% per stack ⇒ 10% per stack at all levels

Kindred

Base Stats

ATTACK SPEED GROWTH 2.5% ⇒ 3.5%

Q - Dance of Arrows

BONUS ATTACK SPEED BUFF 10% ⇒ 25%

E - Mounting Dread

BASE DAMAGE 65/85/105/125/145 ⇒ 80/100/120/140/160

Lee Sin

W - Safeguard / Iron Will

COOLDOWN 14 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds

E - Tempest

BASE DAMAGE 70/105/140/175/210 ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240

Poppy

Passive - Iron Ambassador

COOLDOWN 16/13/10 seconds (at levels 1/7/13) ⇒ 16/12/8 seconds (at levels 1/7/13)

Q - Hammer Shock

COOLDOWN 9/8/7/6/5 seconds ⇒ 8/7/6/5/4 seconds

RATIO 0.8 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.9 bonus attack damage (reminder: applies on both cast and detonation)

Rumble

W - Scrap Shield

BASE SHIELD 80/110/140/170/200 ⇒ 100/130/160/190/220

SHIELD RATIO 0.4 ability power ⇒ 0.5 ability power

R - The Equalizer

MAX DAMAGE 650/925/1200 (+1.5 ability power) over 5 seconds ⇒ 700/1050/1400 (+1.75 ability power) over 5 seconds

Sejuani

Passive - Fury of the North

ICEBREAKER DAMAGE VS MONSTERS 400 flat ⇒ 10-20% target’s max health (max 300 against epic monsters), matching damage vs other targets

ICEBREAKER TARGETS Enemy champions and epic/large monsters ⇒ Enemy champions, epic/large/medium monsters, super minions, and siege minions (see Permafrost below)

W - Winter’s Wrath

COST 80 mana ⇒ 65 mana

[NEW] FIRST SWING AP RATIO 0.2 ability power

[NEW] SECOND SWING AP RATIO 0.6 ability power

E - Permafrost

FREEZABLE TARGETS Enemy champions and epic/large monsters ⇒ Enemy champions, epic/large/medium monsters, super minions, and siege minions

[REMOVED] NON-CHAMPION COOLDOWN 10/9/8 second per-unit cooldown against non-champions

DAMAGE 20/30/40/50/60 ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90

RATIO 0.3 ability power ⇒ 0.6 ability power

Taliyah

Q - Threaded Volley

CHAMPION DAMAGE 60% for rocks beyond the first ⇒ 50% for rocks beyond the first

Mid-Patch 8.11 Updates

These went live last patch.

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE 56 ⇒ 58

Q - THREADED VOLLEY DAMAGE VS CHAMPIONS 40% for rocks beyond the first ⇒ 60% for rocks beyond the first (it’s now 50%—see above)

E - UNRAVELED EARTH DASH DAMAGE 35/45/55/65/75 (+0.2 ability power) ⇒ 50/60/70/80/90 (+0.3 ability power)

Yorick

Q - Last Rites

COOLDOWN 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds ⇒ 7/6.25/5.5/4.75/4 seconds

Jhin

BUGFIX Jhin's fourth Passive - Whisper shot now overrides Stormrazor's guaranteed-crit damage modifier

Mid-Patch 8.11 Updates

Kai'Sa

PLASMA BASE ON-HIT DAMAGE 7-12 at levels 1-16 ⇒ 4-10 at levels 1-16

PLASMA PER-STACK DAMAGE 1-9 at levels 1-17 ⇒ 1-5 at levels 1-17

PLASMA AP RATIO 0.2/0.25/0.3/0.35/0.4 (for stacks 1-5) ⇒ 0.1/0.125/0.15/0.175/0.2 (for stacks 1-5)

W - VOID SEEKER RATIO 0.45 ability power ⇒ 0.6 ability power

Pyke

BASE HEALTH REGEN 5 health per 5 seconds ⇒ 7 health per 5 seconds

BASE MANA 380 ⇒ 415

BASE ARMOR 42 ⇒ 45

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE 60 ⇒ 62

Yasuo

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE 60 ⇒ 63

Q - STEEL TEMPEST CRIT DAMAGE 150% ⇒ 180%

BUGFIX The combination of Brawler's Gloves and Infinity Edge now properly grants Yasuo 40% critical strike chance

Riot is also making some generalised changes that are targeting Allied Shield Abilities and Items, so specific champions that provide shields have been modified. These are technically nerfs for the champions, but should be considered as a whole, rather than as targeted nerfs for specific champions.

Janna

E - Eye Of The Storm

NEW DECAY Eye of the Storm's shield now decays over its duration after a 0.75 grace period

Karma

E - Inspire

SHIELD DURATION 4 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds (also applies to Mantra'd E - Defiance)

Lulu

E - Help, Pix!

SHIELD DURATION 6 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds

PIX ALLY ATTACHMENT DURATION 6 seconds (unchanged)

Orianna

E - Command: Protect

SHIELD DURATION 4 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds

Forbidden Idol

COOLDOWN REDUCTION 10% ⇒ 5%

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER 8% ⇒ 5%

Ardent Censer

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER 10% ⇒ 8%

Mikael’s Crucible

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER 20% ⇒ 15%

Redemption

HEAL AND SHIELD POWER 10% ⇒ 8%

Athene’s Unholy Grail

DAMAGE-TO-BLOOD RATIO 25% pre-mitigation damage ⇒ 35% pre-mitigation damage

There are a few changes being made to items as well, including a big ticket item getting removed completely.

Sterak’s Gage

GIANT'S STRENGTH Grants 50% of base attack damage as additional base attack damage ⇒ bonus attack damage

Maw of Malmortius

BUGFIX Maw's shield now properly lasts the full 5 seconds again

Banner of Command

Removed from the game while it is evaluated.

For the rest of the patch notes regarding rune changes, and other items including skins and emotes, check out the full release notes, here. for more League of Legends news, check out the roster changes made by Cloud9 in the lead-up to the NA LCS Summer Split, here.