Now that Patch 13.11 is on the live servers, let’s see what tweaks Riot will be making in the following LoL Patch 13.12.
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LoL Patch 13.12 Notes Overview
Patch 13.11 put the focus on nerfing and balancing out some of the most overpowered items and champions after the mid-season changes. Just like we expected, there were higher levels of volatility and imbalances across different roles, with some champions performing better than others.
Now that things should be more in line, we are going to have a big patch this time around. Lots of champion buffs and nerfs, with a few item adjustments as well. According to Riot Phroxzon, the goal is to nerf some of the solo queue overperformers and some pro-play staples.
Based on the changes, there are going to be some champions on the radar: one of them is Rell, who received her mid-scope update. She was weak at the beginning so Riot gave her a hotfix that pushed her up quite heavily. Now that she’s behaving really well, the devs are targeting her jungle clearing, lowering her damage to the camps, and tuning down some of her base numbers.
According to Riot Raptorr, their goal is to convert her multiplier on total damage to flat numbers, which should make balancing things easier, especially with AP, going forward. It should be a slight nerf early, with a bigger nerf in the mid-late game clear.
Zeri is also getting some nerfs considering her high presence across both professional play and solo queue with the latest Trinity Force build. Below you can find the number changes planned for her.
Update (June 2): Game designer Spideraxe has published the first two champion changes for the patch: Rumble and Lucian. The latter is getting some changes to his passive, while Rumble is getting major tweaks across his entire kit, including his Overheat passive which is expanding to 150. Below you can find all the tentative number changes.
Update (June 7): Added all the number changes announced by Riot. You can find them in the section below.
Read also: LoL Tier List (Patch 13.11)
How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?
Lots of changes have come in and most of them are going to impact professional play. Zeri is definitely one of the big losers of the patch and she will likely disappear from the meta. With Yuumi, Lulu, and Milio getting nerfed as well, we might see a meta shift toward other ADCs, with more aggressive choices.
Gragas top lane is also getting heavily nerfed with a 4-second increase on his passive, greatly decreasing his sustain at all stages of the game. His top lane version will lose value.
Patch 13.12 Tentative Changes
Ashe – Buff
- Passive – Frost Shot
- Bonus damage: 115% ⇒ 120%
- W – Volley
- Base damage: 10/25/40/55/70 ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80
- R – Enchanted Crystal Arrow
Gragas – Nerf
- Passive cooldown: 8 ⇒ 12 seconds
- Q mana cost: 80 ⇒ 80/75/70/65/60
Gangplank – Buff
- E – Powder Keg – recharge timer: 18 ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14
Kai’Sa – Buff
Kha’Zix – Nerf
Kog’Maw – Nerf
- W %HP Damage: 3.5/4.25/5/5.75/6.5% ⇒ 3/3.75/4.5/5.25/6%
K’Sante – Nerf
- E – Footwork – cooldown: 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 seconds ⇒ 10.5/10/9.5/9/8.5 seconds
Lucian
- When Lucian is empowered by another ally, his next 2 basic attacks will deal bonus magic damage ⇒ When Lucian is healed or shielded by an ally, or when a nearby enemy champion is immobilized, his next 2 basic attacks will deal bonus damage.
- Passive base magic damage: 14 ⇒ 10
- Passive magic AD ratio: 20% ⇒ 15%
Lulu – Nerf
- Armor: 29 ⇒ 26
- Passive damage: 15 – 117 ⇒ 9 – 111
- E shield: 75 – 215 ⇒ 75 – 235
Milio – Nerf
- Base armor: 28 ⇒ 26
- Armor growth: 4.9 ⇒ 4.6
- Passive AD ratio: 15% – 35% ⇒ 15% flat
Nasus – Buff
- Passive Lifesteal: 9/14/19% ⇒ 11/16/21%
- R cooldown: 120 seconds ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds
Orianna – Buff
- R AP Ratio: 90% ⇒ 95%
- R Base Damage: 250/350/450 ⇒ 250/400/550
Rell – Nerf
- Default adaptive force: AP ⇒ AD
- Q – Shattering Strike
- Cast time: 0.5 seconds ⇒ 0.4 seconds
- Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 + 60% AP ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 + 60% AP
- Jungle damage from 300% of base ⇒ 150/220/290/360/450 bonus damage to monsters (roughly -0/10/20/30/40/50 from live + AP is no longer tripled)
- W – Crash Down (first part of W)
- Damage: 70/100/130/160/190 + 60% AP ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 + 60% AP
- Jungle damage from 300% of base ⇒ 150/200/250/300/350 bonus damage to monsters (roughly -0/10/20/30/40/50 from live + AP is no longer tripled)
- W – Mount Up (second part of W)
- Jungle damage from 300% of base ⇒ 20/50/80/110/140 bonus damage to monsters (roughly same as live)
- E – Full Tilt
- Damage: 35/50/65/80/95 + 4% Max HP ⇒ 25/35/45/55/65 + 3% Max HP
- Percent damage Cap: 150 vs monsters (only affecting epic monsters)
- Jungle damage from 250% of base ⇒ 100/145/190/235/280 bonus damage to monsters (roughly even with live, but the percent health damage is going from 10% with the multiplier to 3%)
Rumble
- Base health: 659 ⇒ 650 ⇒ 625 (changed twice)
- Health growth: 99 ⇒ 105
- Maximum heat: 100 ⇒ 150 (Overheat now at 150) – Danger zone still at 50
- Overheat duration: 5.25 seconds ⇒ 4
- P bonus attack speed: 20% – 80% linear ⇒ 50% – 130% level growth
- P monster damage cap: 80 flat ⇒ 50 – 150 ⇒ 65 – 150
- Q base damage: 180 – 340 ⇒ 135 – 195
- Q now deals 6% – 10% max HP, capped at 60 – 300 against monsters ⇒ 65 – 300 against monsters
- Q minion damage: 60% – 80% ⇒ 55% – 75%
- W shield: 60 – 180 + 45% AP ⇒ 10 – 50 + 30% AP ⇒ 25 – 145 + 25% AP
- W shield now scales with 6% max HP ⇒ 4% max HP
- E heat: 10 ⇒ 20
- R cooldown: 100 – 70 ⇒ 130 – 80
- R AP ratio: 35% ⇒ 40% ⇒ 35% (reverted)
Ryze – Buff
- Passive AP Ratio: 6% ⇒ 10%
- E AP Ratio: 45% ⇒ 50%
- E Missile Speed: 3500 ⇒ 4000
Sivir – Buff
- AD growth: 2.8 ⇒ 2.5
- W AD ratio: 25/30/35/40/45% ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50%
Viktor – Buff (pulled from patch)
Yuumi – Nerf
- E attack speed buff: 35% (+8% per 100 AP) ⇒ 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% (+8% per 100 AP)
- R Heal per hit: 35/50/65 (+15% AP) ⇒ 25/40/55 (+15% AP)
Zeri – Nerf
- Base MS: 330 ⇒ 335
- Passive – Living Battery
- 45% Shield steal and 10% MS buff for 2 seconds when shielded ⇒ removed
- Q passive becomes Zeri’s passive (Basic attacks are abilities, charged attacks deal burst magic damage)
- Fully charged Basic attacks now activate sheen (like an ability)
- Q – Burst Fire
- Basic attack passive moved to passive
- No longer activates sheen (like an attack)
- E – Spark Surge
- On-hit crit scaling: 65% ⇒ 85%
System changes
Ardent Censer – Nerf
- On-hit damage: 15 – 30 ⇒ 15 flat
Bloodthirster – Nerf
Buskblade – Bugfix (interaction with Katarina and Samira R) – pushed to Patch 13.13
Galeforce – Nerf
- AD reduced from 55 ⇒ 50 (70 ⇒ 65 for Ornn version)
- Active now scales with 45% bonus AD instead of 200% critical strike chance
Immortal Shieldbow – Buff
Imperial Mandate – Nerf
- – Mark damage: 35 – 75 ⇒ 40 – 60
- Detonation damage: 70 – 150 ⇒ 60 – 120
- MS: 20% ⇒ 25%
Midlane Gold – Buff
- Mid lane minions no longer give 1 less gold before 14 minutes
Moonstone Renewer – Buff
- Echo heal: 20 – 40% (1-18 ally level scaling) ⇒ 35%
- Echo shield: 30 – 40% (1-18 ally level scaling) ⇒ 40%
- Same target heal bonus: 15 – 30% (1-18 ally level scaling) ⇒ 25%
- Same target shield bonus: 20 – 30% (1-18 ally level scaling) ⇒ 30%
- Mythic passive: 5 ability haste ⇒ 5 Heal & Shield Power
Overheal – Nerf
- Shield: 20 – 300 ⇒ 11% max HP (overall nerf on ADC users)
Phantom Dancer – Buff
Rapid Firecannon – Nerf
- Damage: 60 – 140 ⇒ 60 flat
Red Buff – Nerf
- Damage: 6 + 6*Level (12-114) ⇒ 6 + 4*Level (10-78)
- Slow: 10/15/25 ⇒ 10/15/20 (halved for ranged champions)
- Health regen: 1/3/9% of max HP ⇒ 1/3/5%
Statikk Shiv – Buff
- Damage: 80 – 190 ⇒ 100 – 180 (item doesn’t scale linearly)
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