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Patch 8.16 is here and it’s not bringing any champion reworks, but that doesn’t mean it’s not bursting at the seams with new content. (Nunu & Willump will be next patch, ya’ll.)
We’re getting a whopping five new skins, including Cosmic skins for Ashe, Lulu and Xin Zhao, as well as Mecha Aurelion Sol skin and a Mafia Braum skin. It’s quite the haul.
This patch also will bring about the Nexus Blitz alpha test. If all goes well, this could be League’s new permanent game mode to join the roster. I can personally attest that this game mode is very fun, so definitely check it out. It’s chaotic, but it’ll get some laughs out of you.
In addition to all those fun stuff, tanks have been buffed, burst runes have been nerfed and Zoe’s passive has finally been toned down. Thanks, Riot!
As usual, you can check out Riot’s full notes here and our tl;dr here.
Nexus Blitz Alpha Test
We’ll be kicking off a four-week alpha playtest of Nexus Blitz, a new experimental game mode, soon after the patch. Head to the alpha announcement for all the info!
Champions
Aatrox
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E passive healing against non-champions decreased. Charges granted on learning E decreased. R cooldown increased at early ranks.
E - Umbral Dash
PASSIVE HEALING AGAINST NON-CHAMPIONS 33% ⇒ 15%
CHARGES WHEN LEARNED 2 ⇒ 1
R - World Ender
COOLDOWN 140/130/120 seconds ⇒ 160/140/120 seconds
Fizz
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W damage ratio decreased. R damage ratio decreased.
W - Seastone Trident
ACTIVE DAMAGE RATIO 0.6 ability power ⇒ 0.5 ability power
ON-HIT DAMAGE RATIO 0.4 ability power ⇒ 0.35 ability power
R - Chum the Waters
GUPPY DAMAGE RATIO 0.9 ability power ⇒ 0.8 ability power
CHOMPER DAMAGE RATIO 1.1 ability power ⇒ 1.0 ability power
GIGALODON DAMAGE RATIO 1.3 ability power ⇒ 1.2 ability power
Hecarim
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Q base damage increased at later ranks. Q damage ratio increased.
Q - Rampage
BASE DAMAGE 55/90/125/160/195 ⇒ 55/95/135/175/215
DAMAGE RATIO 0.6 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.7 bonus attack damage
Orianna
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Base magic resist decreased.
Base Stats
MAGIC RESIST 30 ⇒ 26
Quinn
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Attack damage growth decreased.
Base Stats
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH 3 ⇒ 2.4
Rakan
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Health and armor decreased.
Base Stats
HEALTH 510 ⇒ 480
ARMOR 36 ⇒ 33
Taliyah
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Movement speed decreased. W cooldown increased at early ranks. R wall no longer grants vision.
Base Stats
MOVEMENT SPEED 340 ⇒ 335
W - Seismic Shove
COOLDOWN 12 seconds ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
R - Weaver’s Wall
[REMOVED] VISION Wall no longer grants vision
Trundle
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Q base damage decreased at later ranks. Q damage ratio increased at later ranks. Q attack damage sap duration decreased.
Q - Troll Smash
BASE DAMAGE 20/40/60/80/100 ⇒ 20/30/40/50/60
DAMAGE RATIO 1.0/1.05/1.1/1.15/1.2 total attack damage ⇒ 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4 total attack damage
STOLEN ATTACK DAMAGE DURATION 8 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
Tryndamere
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E cooldown increased at later ranks.
E - Spinning Slash
COOLDOWN 13/11.5/10/8.5/7 seconds ⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds
Wukong
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Q base damage decreased. Q damage ratio decreased.
Q - Crushing Blow
BASE DAMAGE 30/60/90/120/150 ⇒ 10/40/70/100/130
DAMAGE RATIO 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 total attack damage ⇒ 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4 total attack damage
Zoe
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Passive damage decreased at all ranks. W damage ratio decreased.
Passive - More Sparkles!
BASE DAMAGE LEVELS 1-6 12/15/20/25/30/35 ⇒ 10/12/16/20/24/28
BASE DAMAGE LEVELS 7-10 48/53/67/73 ⇒ 34/40/46/52
BASE DAMAGE LEVELS 11-14 79/86/93/100 ⇒ 60/68/76/84
BASE DAMAGE LEVELS 15-18 109/117/126/135 ⇒ 94/104/114/124
DAMAGE RATIO 0.325 ability power ⇒ 0.2 ability power
W - Spell Thief
DAMAGE RATIO 0.55 ability power ⇒ 0.4 ability power
Tanks
Tanks haven’t been feeling so hot in recent patches, so we’re taking this opportunity to put more durability into their kits.
Amumu
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E passive now scales with bonus armor and magic resist.
E - Tantrum
[NEW] BONUS DAMAGE REDUCTION 3% bonus armor + 3% magic resist
BASE DAMAGE REDUCTION 2/4/6/8/10 (unchanged)
Leona
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W cooldown decreased at later ranks.
W - Eclipse
COOLDOWN 14 seconds ⇒ 14/13/13/11/10 seconds
Nautilus
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W base shield decreased slightly early, increased at later ranks. W maximum health scaling decreased at later ranks. W duration and cooldown decreased.
W - Titan’s Wrath
BASE SHIELD 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100
SHIELD SCALING 9/11/13/15/17% maximum health ⇒ 9/10/11/12/13% maximum health
DURATION 10 seconds ⇒ 6 seconds
COOLDOWN 18 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
Rammus
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W bonus resists increased.
W - Defensive Ball Curl
BONUS ARMOR 50/60/70/80/90% ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100%
BONUS MAGIC RESIST 25/30/35/40/45% ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50%
Sion
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W health gain increased.
W - Soul Furnace
MAXIMUM HEALTH GAIN FROM ENEMIES 3 ⇒ 4
MAXIMUM HEALTH GAIN FROM LARGE ENEMIES 10 ⇒ 15
Tahm Kench
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Q slow duration and cooldown decreased. W duration increased at later ranks. W cooldown significantly increased. W mana cost decreased. W cooldown now halved on enemy Devour.
Q - Tongue Lash
SLOW DURATION 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds
COOLDOWN 6 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
W - Devour/Regurgitate
DEVOUR DURATION 4/4.5/5/5.5/6 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
ENEMY CHAMPION DURATION Half ally duration (unchanged)
COOLDOWN 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 28/25/22/19/16 seconds
[NEW] YUMMY Cooldown is halved on enemy cast
COST 90 mana ⇒ 60 mana
Runes
Burst Runes
The high burst damage present in the rune systems has overall warped lethality and game pacing, so we’re pulling damage out of the worst offenders.
Summon Aery
Base damage decreased at early levels. Base shielding increased at early levels.
BASE DAMAGE 15-40 (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 10-40 (at levels 1-18)
BASE SHIELDING 30-80 (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 35-80 (at levels 1-18)
Electrocute
Base damage decreased. Damage ratio decreased.
BASE DAMAGE 50-220 (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 30-180 (at levels 1-18)
DAMAGE RATIO (AD) 0.5 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.4 bonus attack damage
DAMAGE RATIO (AP) 0.3 ability power ⇒ 0.25 ability power
COOLDOWN 50-25 seconds (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 25-20 seconds (at levels 1-18)
Celerity
Movement speed conversion into adaptive stat decreased.
ATTACK DAMAGE 9.6% bonus movement speed ⇒ 6% bonus movement speed
ABILITY POWER 16% bonus movement speed ⇒ 10% bonus movement speed
Cheap Shot
Base damage decreased at early levels.
BASE DAMAGE 15-40 ⇒ 8-40
Sudden Impact
Lethality and magic penetration decreased.
LETHALITY 10 ⇒ 7
MAGIC PENETRATION 8 ⇒ 6
Scorch
Base damage decreased. Cooldown decreased.
BASE DAMAGE 20-60 ⇒ 10-30
COOLDOWN 20 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds
Summoner Spells
Heal
Cooldown decreased.
In patch 8.6, Heal was crowding out other options in mid lane, so we lengthened its cooldown. This pushed both marksmen and mid laners onto teleport (which has had a much more notable impact on the meta), so we’re reverting the Heal nerf.
COOLDOWN 270 seconds ⇒ 240 seconds
Summoner Level
You can now show off your summoner level and borders on banners in game lobbies.
End of game lobby
BRB BATHROOM When playing with a premade group, the status of each player will display above the “Play Again” button
Bugfixes
- Players are no longer blocked from creating custom games if they have dodged from champ select.
Upcoming Skins & Chromas
The following skins will be released this patch. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splash!
- Mecha Aurelion Sol
- Mafia Braum
- Cosmic Enchantress Lulu
- Cosmic Defender Xin Zhao
- Cosmic Queen Ashe
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The following chromas will be released this patch:
- Mecha Aurelion Sol
- Mafia Braum
- Cosmic Enchantress Lulu
- Cosmic Defender Xin Zhao
- Cosmic Queen Ashe
Your Shop Returns!
Personalized discounts are back from August 16, 2018, at 11:AM PT – August 30, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. PT.