League of Legends Patch 8.7 change list

It’s a smaller patch this week.

By Julia Lee@hardykiwis Apr 3, 2018, 2:05pm EDT

This week’s patch is one of the smaller ones, but that doesn’t mean that it’s lacking content! We’re seeing the big Irelia rework launch, as well as balance changes to champions, minion gold, and more.

Gragas, Elise, and Lux are all seeing buffs, whereas Swain, Olaf, and Sejuani are all getting hit with the nerf bat. The changes aren’t gigantic as they’re mostly ratio and cooldown changes, so don’t worry. If you’re the World’s Best Swain, these changes probably won’t make you drop from Challenger.

There are also the addition of the Masterwork Chests for Hextech Crafting. These chests will only include cosmetics (no champion shards) and will be available to buy from the shop starting this patch.

This patch also brings Lancer Status Wukong and Badlands Baron Rumble to the Rift! Both skins are available for 1350 RP. (We know that the Wukong skin is kind of like that Hecarim Hextech exclusive skin, but it’s not an exclusive this time. Thanks, Riot!)

As usual, you can check out Riot’s full patch notes here and our short and sweet version here.

Champions

Irelia

Irelia, the Blade Dancer, will be released later in patch 8.7!

Gragas

Q ability power ratio increased. W ability power ratio increased. W damage reduction scales with ability power. W damage reduction duration decreased.

Q - Barrel Roll

DAMAGE RATIO 0.6 ability power ⇒ 0.7 ability power

W - Drunken Rage

RATIO 0.3 ability power ⇒ 0.5 ability power

[NEW] FEEL NO PAIN Drunken Rage grants Gragas additional damage reduction equal to 4% per 100 ability power

Elise

Spider Q base damage increased. Human E cooldown decreased at early ranks.

Q - Venomous Bite

BASE DAMAGE 60/100/140/180/220 ⇒ 70/110/150/190/230

E - Cocoon

COOLDOWN 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds

Hecarim

W healing increased.

W - Spirit of Dread

HEAL 20% of damage taken by enemies ⇒ 30% of damage taken by enemies

Ivern

W cast range increased. Daisy acquires targets more aggressively. Daisy’s area of effect damage reduction now also applies to damage from epic monsters.

Q - Rootcaller

BUGFIX Dashing over walls to jungle monsters now works more consistently

W - Brushmaker

CAST RANGE 800 ⇒ 1000

R - Daisy!

DAISY! NOT DAISY Daisy more aggressively acquires enemies to attack

FLOWER POWER Daisy’s AoE damage reduction now also protects her from epic monsters

Karthus

Q base damage increased.

Q - Lay Waste

BASE DAMAGE 40/60/80/100/120 ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130

Kayn

Passive gains more points early, fewer points later.

Passive - The Darkin Scythe

HEAD START Increased the amount of points gained from interacting with enemy champions pre-10 minutes

IN THE PAST NOW Decreased the amount of points gained from interacting with enemy champions post-15 minutes

Q - Reaping Slash

ONE TWO SLASH Other abilities can now be queued up while casting Q

Leona

Leona’s attack reset makes attack damage pretty valuable for her, so we’re shifting that to being her default adaptive stat.

ONE SUN TWO STUN Leona defaults to attack damage as her default adaptive stat

Lux

R cooldown refund on kill increased at early ranks; also triggers on enemy champions who die shortly after being hit by Final Spark.

R - Final Spark

COOLDOWN REFUND ON KILL 10/30/50% ⇒ 30/40/50%

THE SPARK THAT LIGHTS THE FIRE Cooldown refund is granted if one or more enemy champions die to Final Spark ⇒ die within 1.75 seconds of being hit by Final Spark

Malphite

Attack damage growth increased. E ratio increased. R cooldown decreased.

Base Stats

ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH 3.375 ⇒ 4

E - Ground Slam

RATIO 0.20 ability power ⇒ 0.60 ability power

R - Unstoppable Force

COOLDOWN 130/115/100 ⇒ 130/105/80

Nocturne

Bonus attack damage while on Q trail increased.

Q - Duskbringer

BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE ON TRAIL 15/25/35/45/55 ⇒ 20/30/40/50/60

Olaf

R initial movement speed buff decreased.

R - Ragnarok

HASTE TOWARDS ENEMY CHAMPIONS 50/60/70% ⇒ 20/45/70%

Quinn

Fixed several bugs related to R.

R - Behind Enemy Lines/Skystrike

BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Quinn’s R - Skystrike would fail to activate when cast after respawning

BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Quinn’s R - Behind Enemy Lines could not be cast until she respawned or returned to the summoning platform if she got interrupted during her E - Vault dash

BUGFIX Fixed a bug where Quinn’s Q - Blinding Assault would visually pass through targets if cast during R - Behind Enemy Lines

Rengar

Base attack damage increased. Rengar’s Q no longer causes him to sometimes cancel his actions.

Base Stats

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE 65 ⇒ 68

DISTRACTED CAT Fixed a number of cases where Rengar would stop attacking and stand still after using Q on an enemy champion

Rumble

Q damage increased at early ranks; damage to minions adjusted to be roughly unchanged.

Q - Flamespitter

BASE DAMAGE 135/180/225/270/315 ⇒ 175/210/245/280/315

DAMAGE TO MINIONS 75% ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80%

Sejuani

Health growth decreased. E stun duration decreased at later ranks.

Base stats

HEALTH GROWTH 95 ⇒ 88

E - Permafrost

STUN DURATION 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds ⇒ 1/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4 seconds

Shaco

Q bonus damage ratio reduced; window to proc bonus damage and cooldown reduction effect reduced.

Q - Deceive

BE SNEAKIER Shaco’s next basic attack within 2.5 seconds ⇒ 0.25 seconds of exiting invisibility deals bonus damage and reduces Deceive’s cooldown (cooldown reduction on proc still 2.5 seconds)

EMPOWERED ATTACK RATIO 0.7 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.4 bonus attack damage

Swain

Q cooldown increased at early ranks. Q base damage decreased.

Passive - Ravenous Flock

THE FLOCK GATHERS Ravenous Flock’s icon can now be pinged to show allies the remaining cooldown on the pull

Q - Death’s Hand

COOLDOWN 5.5/4.75/4/3.25/2.5 seconds ⇒ 7.5/6.25/5/3.75/2.5 seconds

BASE DAMAGE 65/85/105/125/145 ⇒ 55/75/95/115/135

Warwick

Warwick’s Q no longer sometimes deals damage twice.

Q - Jaws of the Beast

BUGFIX Fixed a bug where sometimes Warwick’s Q would deal damage twice

Zed

Q damage falloff to units beyond first decreased.

Q - Razor Shuriken

DAMAGE TO UNITS BEYOND FIRST 50% ⇒ 60%

Items

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

Costs more.

COST 3000 gold ⇒ 3300 gold

Locket of the Iron Solari

Shield base and per-level scaling decreased; bonus health ratio increased early, decreased late. Shield cooldown increased; shield stacking penalties are harsher.

BASE SHIELD 38 ⇒ 30

SHIELD PER TARGET’S LEVEL 22 ⇒ 15

BONUS HEALTH RATIO 2-36% (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 20%

COOLDOWN 90 seconds ⇒ 120 seconds

MULTIPLE SHIELD REDUCTION AMOUNT 50% ⇒ 75%

MULTIPLE SHIELD REDUCTION DURATION 8 seconds ⇒ 20 seconds

Ninja Tabi

Armor decreased. Basic attack damage reduction increased.

ARMOR 30 ⇒ 20

BASIC ATTACK DAMAGE REDUCTION 10% ⇒ 12%

Aura Items

Large champions no longer become bigger than their item auras.

SORRY, CHO The following item auras now increase in size if their users increase in size:

Bami’s Cinder, Sunfire Cape, Forgefire Cape, and Enchantment: Cinderhulk
Abyssal Mask and Infernal Mask
Righteous Glory’s proximity check

Relic Shield Line

Passive gold generation down.

Relic Shield

GOLD PER 10 2 ⇒ 1

Targon’s Brace

GOLD PER 10 4 ⇒ 1

Remnant of the Aspect

GOLD PER 10 4 ⇒ 1

Runes

Resolve Tree

Path bonus grants lower health early; more late.

RESOLVE PRIMARY 65 health ⇒ 15-135 (at levels 1-18)

RESOLVE + INSPIRATION 130 health ⇒ 30-270 health (at levels 1-18)

INSPIRATION + RESOLVE 140 health ⇒ 35-300 health (at levels 1-18)

[UPDATED] Manaflow Band

Hitting enemy champions with spells grants maximum mana, up to 10 times. Once max stacks have been reached, Manaflow Band restores missing mana every 5 seconds.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Hitting enemy champions with a spell grants 25 maximum mana, up to 250 mana

COOLDOWN 15 seconds

MASTER Upon earning 250 mana, Manaflow Band restores 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds

[UPDATED] Presence of Mind

Enemy takedowns restore 20% of your maximum mana and refund 10% of your ultimate’s cooldown.

THE ULTIMATE MANA REFUND Enemy champion takedowns restore 20% of your maximum mana and refund 10% of your ultimate’s cooldown

Legend: Tenacity

Underpicked and underperforming.

TENACITY 5% + 1.5% per stack ⇒ 5% + 2.5% per stack

MAX TENACITY 20% at 10 stacks ⇒ 30% at 10 stacks

Cut Down

We’re looking to up the damage this brings against full-durability champions.

DAMAGE MULTIPLIER 4-10% (at 150-2000 max health difference) ⇒ 4-12% (at 150-2000 max health difference)

Zombie Ward

Zombie Ward’s double vision whammy, providing vision when you’ve just taken it away, is too good when its users get ahead.

ZOMBIE WARD DURATION 60-180 seconds (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 30 seconds at levels 1-4; 36-120 seconds at levels 5-18

Approach Velocity

Currently being outperformed by other competing runes.

MOVEMENT SPEED 10% ⇒ 15%

Absolute Focus

BUGFIX Now lists how much it gives in the description at level 1.

Minions

Melee minions and cannons worth more gold. Caster minions worth less gold.

Melee Minions

BASE GOLD 20 ⇒ 21

GOLD GROWTH EVERY 3 WAVES 0.125 ⇒ 0

Caster Minions

BASE GOLD 17 ⇒ 14

GOLD GROWTH EVERY 3 WAVES 0.125 ⇒ 0

Siege Minions

BASE GOLD 45 ⇒ 60

GOLD GROWTH EVERY 3 WAVES 0.35 ⇒ 3

BASE HEALTH 828 ⇒ 900

HEALTH GROWTH EVERY 3 WAVES 23, increased to 32 for waves 16 onward ⇒ 50, increased to 60 for waves 16 onward

Super Minions

Keeping super minion gold equal to siege minions.

BASE GOLD 45 ⇒ 60

GOLD GROWTH PER 90 SECONDS 0.35 ⇒ 3

Crest of Cinders

The amount of damage red buff adds to a jungler’s ability to push a tower after a successful gank is pretty high, and that can make the difference between a tower killed and a tower at half health. There’s not much gameplay around this distinction; it was just sometimes escalating how quickly towers fell, so we’re removing it.

STONE CAN’T BURN Crest of Cinders’ burn effect no longer damages turrets

Voice Chat

With voice chat out in the wild, we’re doing some quality of life buffs based on your feedback. And no, not your mic feedback.

The fixes are: Better audio notifications when players join your party or unmute themselves, decoupled voice controls from the scoreboard, and an auto-mute when you are afk.

BEEP BOOP Audio notifications for when a player joins your party and voice chat now work more consistently across the client

BOOP BEEP Audio notifications now play when a party member reconnects to voice

CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING In settings, you can now separate the in-game voice control panel from the scoreboard

MUTE AFTER 10 If you’re away from the client, (that’s 10 minutes without touching anything), your mic will auto-mute. Your mic sparks back up once you’re back.

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where Circlet of the Iron Solari (Ornn’s Locket of the Iron Solari upgrade) would not grant shields to units affected by a recent cast of Locket or Circlet of the Iron Solari
Birdio no longer has redundant white trail VFX after using E- Justice Punch
Birdio’s Q - Winds of War fade out VFX are no longer misplaced when ability is cast from lower to higher elevation change
Cassiopeia now correctly plays the on-hit VFX for her basic attacks
Blood Lord Vladimir’s idle blood orb VFX have been restored
Night Hunter Rengar’s player screen once again has a blue overlay when R - Thrill of the Hunt is active
SKT Nami’s recall signature has been restored
Star Guardian Ahri’s base joke no longer plays if there’s an enemy Ahri on the opposite team
DJ Sona’s Concussive form VO lines are no longer cut off when played
Uncle Ryze’s eagle screech can once again be heard when he uses R - Realm Warp
Classic, Spellthief, Sorceress, Commando, and Imperial Lux skins once again have their shiny staff VFX!
Dreadnova Darius’ recall VFX have been restored
Gun Goddess Miss Fortune’s leg no longer stretches during several animations
Gun Goddess Miss Fortune’s arms are no longer weighted improperly during her dance animation
Pizza Delivery Sivir no longer uses classic VFX and SFX when using her auto attacks
Pizza Delivery Sivir’s auto attack projectile is no longer misaligned
Sweetheart Rakan and base Rakan’s R - Grand Entrance has been optimized, which will eliminated reported frame drops
The chain anchors in Hextech Alistar’s recall animation no longer change positions if Passive - Triumphant Roar is triggered while recalling
Lunar Empress Lux once again has her light VFX on death
When in a mirror match, the opposing Singed no longer steals Beekeeper Singed’s E - Fling VFX
Battlecast Prime Cho’Gath’s maw is no longer rigged improperly when using his emotes
Bard no longer T-poses when laughing
Snow Day Bard and Elderwood Bard no longer use base VFX when placing W - Caretaker’s Shrine
Bard and Bard Bard are no longer missing approach lines when clicking on E - Magical Journey to enter the portal
Sir Kled’s weapon textures are no longer misaligned on his blade
The back side of Wildfire Zyra’s Thorn Spitters’ leaves are now fully textured
Seam lines have been minimized on Cottontail Teemo, Urf Kench, Worldbreaker Nasus, Oktoberfest Gragas, Perseus Pantheon, and Viscero Xin Zhao
Weighting has been adjusted on Meowkai’s chin to avoid a weird texture break
Lord Darius’ loincloth texture is now more consistent across various graphics settings
Radiant Wukong no longer keeps a stone overlay once reviving
Radiant Wukong’s homeguard animation has been restored
Snow Day Graves’ W - Smoke Screen on-ground indicator now properly renders over elevation change
Riot Graves’ visor is now fully opaque

Upcoming Skins & Emotes

The following skins will be released in patch 8.7:

Badlands Baron Rumble
Lancer Stratus Wukong

The following emotes will be released in patch 8.7:

Everything is Okay
Little Camper
Deal with Grit

Hextech Crafting

Masterwork Chest

New “cosmetics only” chests (225 RP each, 1125 RP for a bundle of 5 (plus bonus essence), or 2250 RP for a bundle of 10 (plus bonus essence) will be made available in the store.