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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.
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
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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