League of Legends patch 9.12 change list

League of Legends patch 9.12 is here with all kinds of changes, and even a couple of reworks thrown on top.

With a full rework for Mordekaiser arriving in this patch, it’s clear that he’s the one with the biggest changes here. His new kit totally changes his theme, turning in him more into a vengeful spirit than the heavy-metal mage he used to be. He still has a few similarities, but now rather than bringing someone back to life to fight by his side with his ultimate Mordekaiser will now drag someone down to a spirit realm where he and his enemy will face off. If Mordekaiser wins, he’ll get to keep half of his enemies stats until that player respawns.

Also getting a slight rework this time around is Ryze. The shield on his Q and the root on his W are moving around a bit. His extra Q damage will now come from a passive on his ultimate that levels up as he upgrades the ability, and the root will now only work on targets that Ryze uses W on that are already effected by Flux.

Finally, this skin is bringing back the Dark Star skin line, and even giving one to Shaco, who hasn’t had a new skin in over four years.

As usual, you can check out the full notes here and our tl;dr here.

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Champions

Mordekaiser

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The Iron Revenant

The unstoppable juggernaut is back from the afterworld and ready to conquer the land of the living in patch 9.12!

Ryze

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Q spell ranks decreased, shield removed, damage bonus now dependent on R. W now slows; Spell Flux bonus converts slow to root.

Base Stats

MANA :: 400 >>> 300

MANA REGEN :: 6 >>> 8

Q - Overload

RANKS :: 6 >>> 5

DAMAGE :: 60/85/110/135/160/185 >>> 80/105/130/155/180

[REM] SHIELD :: No longer grants a shield after consuming 2 Runes

[UPD] SPELL DAMAGE BONUS :: 40/50/60/70/80% (based on Spell Flux’s rank) >>> 10/40/70/100% (based on Realm Warp’s rank)

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED :: 25/28/31/34/37/40% >>> 20/25/30/35/40%

W - Rune Prison

RATIO :: 1% bonus mana >>> 4% bonus mana

COST :: 50/60/70/80/90 mana >>> 40/55/70/85/100 mana

BASE CROWD CONTROL :: Rooted for 0.75 seconds >>> Slowed by 35% for 1.5 seconds

SPELL FLUX BONUS :: Increased root duration >>> Converts Slow to Root

E - Spell Flux

DAMAGE :: 70/90/110/130/150 >>> 60/80/100/120/140

COST :: 60/70/80/90/100 mana >>> 40/55/70/85/100 mana

[NEW] BOUNCE HOUSE :: Now always bounces off the primary target

[REM] PING PONG PAIN :: Bounces no longer damage enemies

[REM] FLUX BOMB :: No longer spreads Flux to nearby enemies on unit kill

R - Realm Warp

RANKS :: 2 >>> 3

[NEW] WARP DAMAGE :: Overload damage bonus against targets with Flux increased to 40/70/100%

[NEW] CLOSE ENOUGH :: Immediately casts at max range when attempting to cast beyond that

MINIMUM CAST RANGE :: 730 >>> 1000

MAXIMUM CAST RANGE :: 1750/3000 >>> 3000

COOLDOWN :: 180 seconds >>> 210/180/150 seconds

Sylas

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Passive now stores up to 2 charges; base damage increased; AoE damage less effective against minions. Q detonation damage and AoE range decreased on minions. W heal increased. E shield adjusted and cooldown increased later.

Passive - Petricite Burst

[NEW] CHARGES :: Now stores up to 2 charges which will be consumed on subsequent basic attacks

BASE DAMAGE :: 5-47.5 (levels 1-18) >>> 9-60 (levels 1-18)

[NEW] MINIONS ARE FRIENDS :: Deals 70% less damage to minions

Q - Chain Lash

DETONATION DAMAGE :: 45/70/95/120/145 (+0.60 ability power) >>> 40/60/80/100/120 (+0.40 ability power)

DETONATION AOE :: 200 range on minions >>> 180 range on minions

W - Kingslayer

HEAL :: 60/80/100/120/140 (+0.4 ability power) >>> 70/90/110/130/150 (+0.50 ability power)

E - Abscond/Abduct

[REM] ABSCOND SHIELD :: No longer shields himself for 2 seconds on first cast

COOLDOWN :: 18/16/14/12/10 seconds >>> 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

[NEW] ABDUCT SHIELD :: Grants a 80/115/150/185/220 (+1.0 ability power) shield on enemy champion or monster hit for 2 seconds

Yuumi

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Base health increased. Passive mana refund decreased early; shield decreased. W shared adaptive force adjusted; dash now interruptible by all CC.

Base Stats

HEALTH :: 432.36 >>> 480

Passive - Bop N’ Block

MANA REFUND :: 40-160 (level 1-18) >>> 30-160 (level 1-18)

SHIELD :: 80-360 (+0.40 ability power) >>> 80-300 (+0.30 ability power)

Q - Prowling Projectile

BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where the missile would not spawn towards the cursor as intended

W - You and Me!

KILL THE CAT :: Enemies now gain an assist on Yuumi when damaging the ally Yuumi is attached to

[UPD] SHARED ADAPTIVE FORCE :: 5/9/13/17/21% of her attached ally’s adaptive force >>> 5/7/9/11/13 flat adaptive force (+4/7/10/13/16% of her attached ally’s adaptive force)

AND I OOP :: Yuumi’s dash can be interrupted by knock-ups and knockbacks >>> Yuumi’s dash can be interrupted by any immobilizing CC

BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where Yuumi would detach unintentionally when trying to attach to another champion outside of her range

Quality of Life Changes

SPECTATOR MODE :: Range rings for Yuumi’s Q, W, and R no longer show on Spectator Mode

SNEAKY SNEAKS :: Yuumi now gains the same stealth screen overlay and fade on her model when attached to a champion in stealth

SADAKO’S JEWELRY :: The ally that Yuumi’s attached to now has a ring around them that only Yuumi can see

Simple Champion Changes

Aatrox

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Passive cooldown now scales based on level. R healing bonus now only applies to self-healing.

Passive - Deathbringer Stance

COOLDOWN :: 15 seconds >>> 24-12 (level 1-18) seconds

R - World Ender

HEALING BONUS :: All incoming healing >>> Self-healing only

Ashe

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W cooldown decreased.

W - Volley

COOLDOWN :: 15/12.5/10/7.5/5 seconds >>> 14/11.5/9/6.5/4 seconds

Caitlyn

Base attack damage increased.

Base Stats

ATTACK DAMAGE :: 58 >>> 60

Irelia

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E cooldown increased; range decreased.

E - Flawless Duet

COOLDOWN :: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds >>> 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds

RANGE :: 850 >>> 775

Karma

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Q slow increased. E cost decreased; movement speed duration increased to match shield duration.

Q - Inner Flame

SLOW :: 25% >>> 35%

E - Inspire

COST :: 60/65/70/75/80 mana >>> 50/55/60/65/70 mana

MOVEMENT SPEED DURATION :: 1.5 seconds >>> 2.5 seconds (now matches shield duration)

Lulu

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VFX on all abilities updated. E shield increased; cost decreased later.

VFX Updates

BASIC ATTACK :: New purple-ier missiles and hit effects

ALL SKINS :: Cleaned up to match the new effects on the base skin

DRAGON TRAINER LULU :: Pix now shoots out small pink fireballs

Passive - Pix, Faerie Companion

VFX :: Cleaned up Pix’s bolts

Q - Glitterlance

VFX :: New purple-ier missiles and hit effects

W - Whimsy

VFX :: Cleaned up buff effect (for allies) and missiles/hit effects (on enemies)

E - Help, Pix!

SHIELD :: 70/105/140/175/210 >>> 80/115/150/185/220

COST :: 60/70/80/90/100 mana >>> 60/65/70/75/80 mana

VFX :: Cleaned up shield (on allies) and improved Pix’s teleport and hit effects (on enemies)

R - Wild Growth

VFX :: Fairy dust, an entirely new and pretty AoE, and cleaned up enemy hit and slow effects

Master Yi

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Q base damage decreased early.

Passive - Double Strike

BUGFIX :: Fixed a bug where Master Yi’s Double Strike stacks were lasting 3 seconds instead of 4

Nautilus

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Q base damage decreased early.

Q - Dredge Line

BASE DAMAGE :: 100/145/190/235/280 >>> 80/130/180/230/280

Zac

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W base damage increased. R knockback distance and chunk spawn adjusted.

W - Unstable Matter

BASE DAMAGE :: 15/30/45/60/75 >>> 25/40/55/70/85

R - Let’s Bounce!

KNOCKBACK DISTANCE :: 400 units away from Zac >>> 250 units from where target is hit

CELL DIVISION CHUNK SPAWN :: Each enemy champion spawns a chunk the first time they’re hit by a bounce (subsequent bounces on the same enemy won’t spawn additional chunks) >>> Each bounce that hits one or more enemy champions spawns a chunk (hitting the same enemy still spawns a chunk)

Items

Corrupting Potion

Bonus magic damage flattened.

BONUS MAGIC DAMAGE :: 15-30 (level 1-18) over 3 seconds >>> 15 at all levels over 3 seconds

ARAM Balance Changes

Nerfs

• Fiora :: +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken >>> No changes compared to other modes
• Jhin :: -5% damage dealt >>> -8% damage dealt
• Kassadin :: +10% damage dealt & -5% damage taken >>> -5% damage taken
• Katarina :: +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Lux :: -10% damage dealt & +8% damage taken >>> -10% damage dealt & +10% damage taken
• Nidalee :: +15% damage dealt >>> +12% damage dealt
• Quinn :: +10% damage dealt & -10% damage taken >>> +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken
• Rek’Sai :: +18% damage dealt & -10% damage taken >>> +12% damage dealt & -10% damage taken
• Sejuani :: -10% damage taken >>> -8% damage taken
• Sona :: -10% damage dealt & -15% healing done & -15% shielding done & +12% damage taken >>> -15% damage dealt & -18% healing done & -18% shielding done & +15% damage taken
• Tahm Kench :: +8% damage dealt & -8% damage taken >>> -5% damage taken
• Talon :: +10% damage dealt & -5% damage taken >>> -5% damage taken
• Trundle :: Normal >>> +5% damage taken
• Mordekaiser :: +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken >>> No changes compared to other modes

Buffs

• Corki :: Normal >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Elise :: +5% damage dealt >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Fizz :: +5% damage dealt >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Galio :: +5% damage taken >>> No changes compared to other modes
• Illaoi :: +5% damage taken >>> No changes compared to other modes
• Jarvan IV :: Normal >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Karthus :: -8% damage dealt >>> -6% damage dealt
• Kled :: Normal >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Nocturne :: +5% damage dealt & -10% damage taken >>> +10% damage dealt & -12% damage taken
• Riven :: +5% damage dealt >>> +5% damage dealt & -5% damage taken
• Swain :: -6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken >>> -5% damage dealt
• Yorick :: -5% damage dealt & +8% damage taken >>> -5% damage dealt & +5% damage taken

VFX Updates

Amumu

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• BASIC ATTACK :: New hit effects
• PASSIVE - CURSED TOUCH :: Cleaned up existing effects
• Q - BANDAGE TOSS :: Added a subtle effect to show the width of his missile and brightened the tip of it
• W - DESPAIR :: Now displays a reflection and has a better representation of the hitbox. New, more condensed impact effect.
• E - TANTRUM :: New AoE, now with sand, and a better representation of the hitbox
• R - CURSE OF THE SAD MUMMY :: More sand and actual Shuriman runes
• ALL SKINS :: Cleaned up to match the new effects on the base skin
• SAD ROBOT AMUMU :: New, robot-y effects across all his abilities

Tryndamere

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• BASIC ATTACK :: New hit effects and adjusted weapon trails
• PASSIVE - BATTLE FURY :: New rage indicator effect
• Q - BLOODLUST :: More visible heal effect with reduced noise
• W - MOCKING SHOUT :: Added a cast effect that shows range
• E - SPINNING SLASH :: New effect that shows the actual width of the AoE
• R - UNDYING RAGE :: New activation and buff effects
• ALL SKINS :: Cleaned up to match the new effects on the base skin
• DEMONBLADE TRYNDAMERE :: New FI-YAHHHHHHHHHHHH-ERY effects

Ziggs

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• BASIC ATTACK :: New sparky missiles and hit effects
• PASSIVE - SHORT FUSE :: Empowered hits are more explode-y; missiles are more sparky
• Q - BOUNCING BOMB :: More sparks, new missile, and the explosion now leaves a crater that shows the size of the AoE
• W - SATCHEL CHARGE :: New explosion that leaves behind a crater; new upward movement to reinforce the knock-up feel; new hit effects; adjusted AoE indicators to match hitbox
• E - HEXPLOSIVE MINEFIELD :: Subtle trail on the missiles and range indicator on the mines. Also leave small craters on impact. And of course, more sparks!
• R - MEGA INFERNO BOMB :: MUSHROOM CLOUD AND MORE SPARKS! New cast, indicators, missile, AoE, and hit effects.
• MAD SCIENTIST ZIGGS :: Now with more bubbles and green goo
• POOL PARTY ZIGGS :: Cleaned up the noise on his abilities and adjusted to better match the rest of the skin line
• SNOW DAY ZIGGS :: Cleaned up the noise on his abilities and added some warmth to his missiles and explosions
• ARCANIST ZIGGS :: Added the crater in his ultimate and updated the indicator to match the base skin’s
• ODYSSEY ZIGGS :: Added the crater in his ultimate

Bug Fixes

• Warwick’s Q - Jaws of the Beast tooltip now lists the correct AP ratio
• Split rewards now display on Ranked Armor on the Loading Screen
• The “End-of-Vote” flash on the Surrender box no longer re-appears when the timer expires for those who have already voted
• The Surrender box can now be properly be moved around
• Headhunter Nidalee’s Q - Javelin Toss’s javelins have been adjusted for colorblind players to better see them
• Jhin’s Q - Dancing Grenade now properly bounces to other targets even after its damage is consumed by Sivir’s E - Spell Shield

Upcoming Skins and Chromas

• Dark Cosmic Jhin

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• Dark Star Karma

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• Dark Star Shaco

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The following chromas will be released this patch:

• Dark Star Shaco
• Dark Star Karma
• Dragonslayer Braum