Patch 13.5

Overview

Patch 13.5

What’s up cool cats! It’s patch 13.5 and the cat’s out of the bag!

In this week’s patch we have Yuumi’s much anticipated rework, several adjustments to Azir to help address his Pro skew, some buffs to roaming mid laners, and some buffs to counter jungling. In other news, we have some changes to ARAM including removing tower rubble, an update on the champion pricing changes, and an announcement about the depreciation of our 32-bit client.

As always, thanks for reading and see you on the Rift!

Official Patch Notes Link

Lilu "Riot Riru" Cabreros

Mid-Patch Updates Patch Highlights Champions Jungle Adjustments Items Runes ARAM Adjustments Clash - Bilgewater Cup Champion Pricing Update Behavioral Systems 32 Bit Client Depreciation Competitive Bugfixes & QoL Changes Mythic Shop Rotation Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Mid-Patch Updates[]

3/10/2023 Yuumi Adjustments and Bugfix

Yuumi

Q - Prowling Projectile Enhanced Damage: 80/140/200/260/320/380 (+35% AP) ⇒ 80/135/190/245/300/355 (+30% AP)
Q - Prowling Projectile Enhanced Slow: 55/60/65/70/75/80% ⇒ 50/53/56/59/62/65%
Tail of Two Tears: Fixed a bug where if Yuumi used her W on an allied champion, both Yuumi and her ally would receive Tear of the Goddess stacks if they had the item in their inventory.

Patch Highlights[]

Broken Covenant Cho'Gath, Broken Covenant Miss Fortune, Broken Covenant Nocturne, Broken Covenant Rakan, Broken Covenant Riven, Broken Covenant Vladimir, Broken Covenant Xayah, and Prestige Broken Covenant Miss Fortune will be available March 9, 2023.

Champions[]

Yuumi
Yuumi rework, all abilities adjusted.

Yuumi's rework is arriving in 13.5 with a few new spells, some cuddly VFX, and aims to address some core frustrations that have plagued our feline friend. The biggest change is to her Passive, Feline Friendship, which now builds a special bond with her teammates until one becomes her BEST FRIEND. This new bestie will then enhance Yuumi's abilities as long as she’s attached to them. Our goal is to make laning matter much more for Yuumi, especially if she is going to scale just as well as other enchanters while being untargetable. We've kept it as a dynamically growing bond because.... well, that's what cats do, but also in case something goes furociously wrong you should feel free to swap and not be hindered the entire game.

Beyond her Passive, we've made a few more swaps to Yuumi’s abilities, such as making her healing more combat-based and her enchantments more Marksmen skewed. These should abate some of the high frustration moments when Yuumi can abandon her lane partner and follow powerful bruisers.

While we're not pawsitive that this completely solves every problem for Yuumi, we hope this puts her in a better place for most players while making her less dominant in Pro environments.

Base Stats

Health Growth: 84 ⇒ 69
Base Mana: 400 ⇒ 440

Passive - Feline Friendship

NEW Base Armor: When Yuumi's spells or attacks affect champions, she heals herself and charges a heal for her allies. If she attaches within the next 4 seconds, she brings the heal to her ally as well. While attached, this effect automatically occurs.
NEW Making Friends: While attached, Yuumi builds Friendship whenever her Ally kills enemy champions and minions. Each ally has their own unique Friendship score. While attached to her Best Friend, Yuumi’s abilities gain bonus effects.
Cooldown: 20-10 seconds (levels 1-11)
Heal Amount: 25-110 (+15% AP) (levels 1-18)
Pouncing Passive: While Yuumi’s passive is ready her auto attack range is increased by 50

Q - Prowling Projectile

Ability Description: Yuumi fires a missile that slows the first enemy hit. If cast while attached, Yuumi can control the missile for a short period before it becomes empowered, greatly accelerating and slowing enemies by an increased amount.
Best Friend Bonus: This ability’s slow will always be empowered and hitting enemy champions also grants 10/12/14/16/18/20 (+10% AP) on-hit damage to her ally for 5 seconds. This damage is increased by up to 75% based on her ally's Critical Strike Chance.
Cooldown: 7.5/7.25/7.0/6.75/6.5/6.25 seconds
Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70/75
Damage: 60/90/120/150/180/210 (+20% AP)
Slow: 20% for 1 second
Best Friend Empowered Damage: 80/140/200/260/320/380 (+35% AP)
Best Friend Empowered Slow: 55/60/65/70/75/80% decaying over 2 seconds to 20%
Projectile Missile Width: 65 ⇒ 60
NEW Eyes like a Cat: Hitting an enemy with Yuumi’s Q now reveals them. (Note: this will not reveal stealthed enemies.)

W - You and Me!

REMOVED Adaptive Force Bonus: Yuumi and her attached ally will no longer receive adaptive force bonus stats
REMOVED Was UnfAery: Yuumi’s W no longer counts as a “Positive Boon” for Summon Aery
Best Friend Bonus: Yuumi gains an additional 10-20% heal and shield power (based on Ally level) and her Best Friend gains 3/5/7/9/11 (+4% AP) on-hit healing. This is affected by Yuumi's heal and shield power.

E - Zoomies

NEW Trading Heals for Shields: Now shields allies instead of healing
Cooldown: 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
Mana Cost: 80/90/100/110/120
Shield Strength: 90/120/150/180/210 (+30% AP)
Movement Speed Bonus: Allies receive a 20% movement speed bonus while Yuumi’s E shield persists (until shield is broken or decays after 3 seconds)
Attack Speed Bonus: 35% (+8% per 100 AP)
Anchor Mana Restoration: Yuumi restores 20/24/28/32/36 Mana to her Anchor (not herself), increased by up to 100% based on their missing Mana (30% to 80% missing mana).
A Helping Paw: E - Zoomies! does not have a Best Friend bonus because Yuumi should be able to save all her allies

R - Final Chapter

Ability Description: For 3.5 seconds, Yuumi fires 5 magical waves that affect enemies and allies. If cast while attached, Yuumi can steer the waves to follow her mouse. For ally champions, the waves heal. The heal is increased by 130% on her Best Friend. All excess healing is converted to a shield, lasting 3 seconds after the ability ends. For all enemies, the waves deal damage and apply a stacking slow.
Cooldown: 110/100/90 seconds ⇒ 120/110/100 seconds
Magic Damage per Wave: 60/80/100 (+20% AP) ⇒ 75/100/125 (+20% AP)
Heal per Wave: 35/50/65 (+15% AP)
Slow Duration: 1.25 seconds
Slow Amount: 10% + 10% additive per wave hit (maximum of 50% slow)
Best Friend Bonus: Waves also grant Yuumi's Best Friend 20/40/60 (+10% AP) Armor and Magic Resistance for the duration of the spell.

Aatrox
W cooldown decreased late, slow now increases with rank. R bonus AD granted increased later.

Aatrox was slightly overnerfed as a reaction to his dominance last season. We felt that his Q and E were relatively capped on power and didn't want to put strength back into those skills, so instead we opted to make his W scale into the late game better. As an important tool for catching enemies, the slow needs to be more powerful to pull enemies later in the game when movement options are faster and more plentiful. The R buff is another way to give some scaling power back into his kit as well.

W - Infernal Chains

Cooldown: 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds ⇒ 20/18/16/14/12 seconds
Slow: 25% at all ranks ⇒ 25/27.5/30/32.5/35%

R - World Ender

Bonus AD: 20/30/40% AD ⇒ 20/32.5/45% AD

Ashe
Q mana cost decreased, empowered duration increased. W base damage decreased. R cooldown increased early, decreased late.

Ashe is a cool (ha) champion for solo queue and she's balanced in both ADC and support, even across MMRs. However, she's completely reigning supreme over all support picks in Pro play right now and her ban rate is rapidly climbing in solo queue as well. So here are some nerfs focused on Support Ashe with some compensation buffs aimed at ADC.

Q - Ranger’s Focus

Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 30
Empowered Duration: 4 seconds ⇒ 6 seconds

W - Volley

Physical Damage: 20/35/50/65/80 (+ 100% AD) ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70 (+ 100% AD)

R - Enchanted Crystal Arrow

Cooldown: 80/70/60 ⇒ 100/80/60

Aurelion Sol
Health growth and armor growth decreased. Q burst proc AP ratio decreased.

Aurelion Sol’s made quite the impact with his CGU and we’re glad that so many of you have been excited to try him out! While he’s sitting at a relatively healthy spot in higher level play, his performance at lower skill levels is a bit too powerful. These nerfs should help curb his power just a bit to help address this skill skew.

Base Stats

Health Growth: 100 ⇒ 95
Armor Growth: 4.6 ⇒ 4.3

Q - Breath of Light

Burst Proc Damage: 20 - 40 (based on level) (+ 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80) (+ 40% AP) (+ (0.031% Stardust stacks) of target maximum health ⇒ 20 - 40 (based on level) (+ 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80) (+ 35% AP) (+ (0.031% Stardust stacks) of target maximum health

Azir
Base stats, passive, Q, W, and E all adjusted.

Azir is a pretty nifty champion and is exciting to watch. However, the vast majority of players, even in Challenger, don’t find appropriate success with him. Here's the rationale behind these changes: First, weaken his early game and give him compensation in the late game. Second, push him away from early Q poke and awkward soldier spam and raise his overall DPS otherwise. Third, update his base stats to bring back Nashor's Tooth as a viable option. Fourth, buff tools that especially help fledgling Azir players: more auto-attack damage in case his soldiers aren't in range and a stronger passive turret that's up more frequently so that Shurima's Legacy itself can protect him.

Base Stats

Base Health: 622 ⇒ 550
Armor Growth: 4.2 ⇒ 5
Base Mana: 380 ⇒ 320
Mana Growth: 36 ⇒ 40
Attack Damage Growth: 2.8 ⇒ 3.5
Base Attack Speed: 0.625 (Note: Unchanged)
Attack Speed Ratio: 0.625 ⇒ 0.694
Attack Speed Growth: 3% ⇒ 5%

Passive - Shurima's Legacy

Duration: 60 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
Damage: 150 (+4 per minute) (+15% AP) physical damage ⇒ 230-410 (based on level) (+40% AP) magic damage
Bonus Damage to Champions: 37.5% bonus damage ⇒ 0% bonus damage
Spell-cial Effects: Azir’s Sun Disc will now apply Azir’s spell effects as a single-target spell
Sun Disc Health: 2550 ⇒ 3000
Sun Disc Armor: 60 (+1 per minute) ⇒ 30-90 (based on level)
Sun Disc Magic Resist: 100 (+1 per minute) ⇒ 30-90 (based on level)
Sun Disc Debuff: Loses 100 armor while Azir is far away or dead ⇒ Loses 100 armor and magic resist while Azir is far away or dead
Cooldown: 180 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds (Note: Cooldown begins after the Sun Disc falls.)
Bugfix: Azir’s Sun Disc will no longer lose Armor and Magic Resist while Azir is untargetable

Q - Conquering Sands

Magic Damage: 70/90/110/130/150 (+30% AP) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+35% AP) (Note: this will be a buff at 200 AP and above.)
Mana Cost : 55 ⇒ 65/70/75/80/85

W - Arise!

Slower Soldiers: 15/25/35/45/55% passive attack speed ⇒ 50/60/70/80/90 additional magic damage
Total Magic Damage: 50-150 (based on level) (+55% AP) ⇒ 50-200 (based on level and W rank) (+55% AP)
Three’s NOT a Party: Bonus attack speed granted while Azir has 3 soldiers spawned has been removed

E - Shifting Sands

Magic Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+ 55% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+ 40% AP)

		Caitlyn Base armor decreased, base attack damage decreased.
	It doesn't take an ace detective to see that Caitlyn is the queen of ADCs in Pro play right now. As the wielder of a sniper rifle, she's entitled to her long range and punchy auto-attacks, but only while they’re within reason. After these changes she'll be a bit easier to kill when caught and you’ll have a bit more time to find that opening.
		Base Stats Base Armor: 28 ⇒ 27 Base Attack Damage: 62 ⇒ 60

Fizz
W mana restoration increased. E - Playful damage adjusted, mana cost decreased.

Fizz still hasn't found his land legs this season. While he performs adequately against most immobile mages, his more common AD matchups are having a field day bullying him. In these tough matchups, Fizz finds himself having to choose between using spells to dodge abilities or kill minions, but their enormous mana costs make each choice feel like a lose-lose. We’ll be increasing his mana in lane so that Fizz will have a few more casts of E - Playful/Trickster in lane, but he will still need to weigh the costs of wave clearing versus having kill pressure.

W - Seastone Trident

Mana Restored: 20/28/36/44/52 ⇒ 30/40/50/60/70 (note: this is 100% of mana cost)

E - Playful/Trickster

Magic Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+90% AP) ⇒ 80/130/180/230/280 (+90% AP)
Mana Cost: 90/95/100/105/110 ⇒ 75/80/85/90/95

Gangplank
Passive damage decreased. E now shows all players how many kegs Gangplank has, keg recharge rate increased.

Gangplank is currently in the top 25% of champions for "Win rate loss due to low-mastery players trying and failing." Thus, a balanced Gangplank is likely one who rests below 50% win rate until that trend changes. So let's talk tactics: Gangplank has armed himself with the newly buffed Essence Reaver and Navori Quickblades. Suddenly, he has very short cooldowns and no mana cost concerns. Accepting that these items are his core build now, he still needs to have appropriate downtime. In addition, now that he builds substantial AD and Critical Strike Chance, Trial by Fire is just dealing too much damage.

Passive - Trial by Fire

Bonus True Damage: 55-310 (+ 100% bonus AD) (+ 0-200 based on critical chance) ⇒ 50-250 (+ 100% bonus AD) (+ 0-200 based on critical chance)

E - Powder Keg

NEW Kegs Ahoy!: All players will now be able to see the number of kegs Gangplank has available beneath his mana bar.
Keg Recharge Rate: 18/17/16/15/14 seconds ⇒ 18 seconds at all ranks

Jinx
Attack speed growth increased. W mana cost decreased, slow increased. R damage cap to monsters increased.

Jinx hasn’t been popping off thanks to the IE or Navori second purchase changes, and her power isn’t quite up to par with her marksmen peers, so we’re comfortable giving her a little more oomph. These changes should help W feel more effective with only one point in it while the R changes are to help Jinx have a shot at those sweet cross map Baron steals.

Base Stats

Attack Speed Growth: 1% ⇒ 1.36%

W - Zap!

Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60
Slow: 30/40/50/60/70% ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80%

R - Super Mega Death Rocket!

Damage Cap Against Monsters: 800 ⇒ 1200

Kennen
Q cooldown decreased, magic damage increased. W range indicator for marked targets added. E damage to minions increased.

Kennen has been lacking an exciting mage feeling for a while now. Additionally, his farming, especially under turret, makes the champion difficult for players to pick up and find success. We also wanted to give Kennen players a range indicator on W to help clarify the range at which Kennen can hit enemy champions when they're marked, which should be especially useful when fighting near minions.

Q - Thundering Shuriken

Cooldown: 8/7/6/5/4 seconds ⇒ 7/6.25/5.5/4.75/4 seconds
Magic Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+ 75% AP) ⇒ 75/125/175/225/275 (+ 85% AP)

W - Electrical Surge

NEW Shock Zone: A range indicator will be visible to Kennen when an enemy champion becomes marked.

E - Lightning Rush

Damage to Minions Modifier: 50% ⇒ 65%

LeBlanc
Q now refunds 100% of mana and 30% of cooldown upon killing a unit, now deals bonus damage to minions. R bonus damage to minions is replicated on R > Q cast.

LeBlanc's always struggled with a balancing act between clearing waves and assassination power. In solo queue, she boasts one of the highest average kills, but also has some of the lowest average minions killed. That means that players that can perfectly last hit with auto attacks and save their W for trading, get a much larger jump in power compared to other champions. This has resulted in LeBlanc being… well, not the strongest champion. We're aiming to smooth out her power curve so that if LeBlanc players want to guarantee some last hits, they're sacrificing a small cooldown without completely losing out on their Mana pool and lane pressure.

Q - Sigil of Malice

NEW Mana for Magic Tricks: Killing a unit with either part of Sigil of Malice restores 100% of the Mana Cost and 30% of the spell's remaining cooldown.
NEW Minions, Disappear!: Sigil of Malice now deals an additional 10-146 (levels 1-18) damage to minions.

R - Mimic

NEW Mimic - Sigil of Malice: R > Q will now mimic the bonus damage to minions of the original ability.

Pantheon
Base health regeneration decreased, attack speed increased. Q cooldown decreased early, mana cost decreased, Q tap windup time decreased. E cooldown increased late.

Pantheon has been underperforming in the top lane lately, and his mid lane power has performed even worse. While we do support Pantheon’s ability to flex into mid, this round of buffs is intended to help his performance in top lane more. We’re also addressing some game health concerns around how much Pantheon can access his E in the late game when speccing into Ability Haste builds.

Base Stats

Base Health Regeneration per 5 Seconds: 7.5 ⇒ 6
Attack Speed: 0.644 ⇒ 0.658

Q - Comet Spear

Cooldown: 13/11.75/10.5/9.25/8 seconds ⇒ 11/10.25/9.5/8.75/8 seconds
Mana Cost: 30 ⇒ 25
Q Tap Windup Time: 0.25 seconds ⇒ 0.2 seconds

E - Aegis Assault

Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds ⇒ 22/21/20/19/18 seconds

Qiyana
Q base damage increased. E cooldown decreased

Qiyana, like other roaming mid laners, has been struggling to find success recently. We’re introducing a bit more damage into her kit and some cooldown on her mobility spell so she’s able to move around the map a bit more.

Q - Edge of Ixtal

Physical Damage: 50/80/110/140/170 (+75% bonus AD)⇒ 50/85/120/155/190 (+75% bonus AD)

E - Audacity

Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds

Rammus
Attack damage growth decreased. Q base damage decreased.

Rammus is still powerful after everything has shaken out in the jungle. We’re tapping down a bit of his damage so he's a little less of a murderadillo but still able to keep his core strengths intact.

Base Stats

Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 2.75

Q - Powerball

Magic Damage: 100/130/160/190/220 (+100% AP) ⇒ 100/125/150/175/200 (+100% AP)

		Rumble E magic resist shred increased, total shred on two hits increased.
	Rumble is very sad and definitely not overheating, especially in his primary role of top lane. He's historically been an early spiking champion whose entire power budget is wrapped up in his ability to win the first few team fights. This time we’re giving him some tools aimed at scrapping it out in the late game.
		E - Electro Harpoon Magic Resist Shred on One Harpoon Hit: 10% ⇒ 12/14/16/18/20% Magic Resist Shred on Two Harpoons Hit: 20% ⇒ 24/28/32/36/40%

		Samira Passive movement speed per stack increased.
	Samira was nerfed in patch 13.4 as a way to address her early game snowballing and drain tanking. However, this nerf went too far and made her weak when she was supposed to be balanced. These changes simply walk back the severity of some of those nerfs. You still shouldn't have to ban her, but now Samira players should be able to enjoy playing Samira.
		Passive - Daredevil Impulse Movement Speed per Stack: 1/2/3/4% per stack (maxed out at 6-24%) ⇒ 2/2.5/3/3.5% per stack (maxed out at 12-21%)

		Tryndamere Health growth and AD growth increased.
	Tryndamere has fallen a bit behind in terms of his power levels, but rather than buffing his early game, these buffs should help Tryndamere to scale better into the match with a bit more survivability and some harder hitting auto attacks.
		Base Stats Health Growth: 112 ⇒ 115 Attack Damage Growth: 3.7 ⇒ 4

		Twitch E AP ratio decreased.
	Oh, AP Twitch. You're one of my favorite champions. You're also overpowered. You're also INCREDIBLY frustrating to play against if you don't have to actually lane, since you can be anywhere at any time. At least Evelynn has to wait until level 6. That's the worst part of it, honestly. Back off of Evelynn's niche, you jerk. I'd say you stink, but you'd probably like that.
		E - Contaminate Magic Damage per Stack: 35% AP ⇒ 30% AP

		Xayah E base damage decreased, cooldown increased.
	Xayah’s buffs in patch 13.1 ended up going a bit too far, bumping her into the upper echelons of AD carries. Players are finally catching on to her soaring power levels, so she needs to be addressed. We’re happy with her higher attack speed, but she’s simply dealing too much damage right now.
		R - Bladecaller Physical Damage: 55/65/75/85/95 (+60% bonus AD) ⇒ 50/60/70/80/90 (+60% bonus AD) Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds ⇒ 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds

		Yorick Bonus damage from Ghouls decreased
	This patch we’ll be nerfing Yorick's uninteractive blast-you-with-ghouls playstyle so that being caught by one E with lethality builds doesn't end your life. This should bring down the overall power of this frustrating playstyle, but we’ll be keeping an eye out to make sure Yorick isn’t completely underground after these changes.
		E - Mourning Mist Ghoul Bonus Damage: 40% ⇒ 30% (Note: this is applied up to 8 times per Ghoul).

Zed
Base magic resist decreased. E cooldown decreased late.

In 12.23's hotfix, we hit Zed's late game E - Shadow Slash cooldown along with a few other nerfs to bring down his winrate and ban rate. These succeeded, but left Zed's late-game combos feeling pretty awkward and eliminated some of his cooler shadow shenanigans. We think his winrate is in a pretty good spot for a quick, combo-centric assassin, so we're adding a small nerf in exchange for reverting the original cooldown change.

Base Stats

Magic Resist: 32 ⇒ 29

E - Shadow Slash

Cooldown: 5/4.75/4.5/4.25/4 seconds ⇒ 5/4.5/4/3.5/3 seconds

Jungle Adjustments[]

Counter Jungling

We experimented with junglers having advantages in their own jungle for clearing camps to disincentivize early counter jungling and keep newer jungle players from getting dominated from minute one. Early invades and steals are among the more miserable experiences in the role and a major contributor to players not opting into jungle.

That being said, the costs to the rest of the game with respect to early ganking safety and some higher level strategy have seemed too high, so we're pulling this mechanic back. We’re glad we've explored this and we always believe it's worth trying changes that we think can help rather than being afraid of the potential downsides.

Counter Jungling Damage: Junglers deal 20% increased damage to their own camps and scuttle ⇒ ALL CAMPS

Jungle Camp Gold

We introduced the jungle treat system in Preseason, which was a large influx of gold into the jungle and pulled a fair bit of gold away from individual camps. This swung the meta heavily toward gankers, so we're compensating some gold back into camps now that we've drained some from treats

Blue Sentinel: 80 ⇒ 90 gold
Gromp: 70 ⇒ 80 gold
Krugs (Medium): 5 ⇒ 10 gold
Krugs (Small): 13 ⇒ 14 gold
Greater Murk Wolf: 50 ⇒ 55 gold
Crimson Raptor (Large): 30 ⇒ 35 gold
Raptors (Small): 7 ⇒ 8 gold
Red Brambleback: 80 ⇒ 90 gold

Jungler Lane Experience

Junglers can get very ahead of their enemies by sapping early lane experience on ganks or when catching waves for dead allies. We think junglers who commit to early ganks should fall behind in experience to an enemy who is regularly farming, so this change should help reinforce that.

Jungler Lane Experience: 75% of total experience ⇒ 40-75% (scaling from 0-14 minutes)

		Sweeping Lens
	Sweeping lens was a very powerful tool for clearing out vision and forcing enemies to play safe or risk dying to the enemy jungler. While this nerf will be felt more in the early game, it should also help tune down vision denial throughout the game as a whole. Cooldown: 90-60 seconds ⇒ 120-60 seconds (based on average level)

Items[]

		Cosmic Drive
	Cosmic Drive has been niche and unpopular for a while now. This stat change aims to make this item a more attractive purchase for damage-focused mages.
		Ability Power: Fiendish Codex + Aether Wisp + Ruby Crystal + 850 gold ⇒ Fiendish Codex + Aether Wisp + Amplifying Tome + 815g REMOVED Health Given: 200 health ⇒ 0 health Ability Power: 65 AP ⇒ 90

		Plated Steelcaps
	Plated Steelcaps will now check for a much wider range of auto attacks so that when you bonk someone with a staff it really will be protected by Steelcaps.
		NEW An Auto’s an Auto, No Matter the Code: Steelcaps now looks for all auto attacks for its damage reduction rather than auto attacks tagged with just auto attack and nothing else.

		Seraph's Embrace
	Seraph's got a breath of new (old?) life with the return of its shield and Ability Power, quickly becoming one of the most powerful mage items. As a result, most of the current meta mid-laners are those who can purchase Archangel's and use it to the fullest. We're doing a small efficiency nerf here to bring the outlier down a bit. However, our longer term goal is to increase mage item satisfaction and the overall power of the class by trimming some power from it’s stronger itemization options while simultaneously buffing its weaker ones.
		Ability Power: 80 AP ⇒ 70 AP Health: 250 ⇒ 200

		Archangel's Staff
	Ability Power: 80 AP ⇒ 70 AP

Runes[]

		Grasp of the Undying
	Healing from runes has crept up over time due to the durability patch last year and other system buffs like the updated tank items from preseason. These changes aim to slightly lower that "invisible" healing not coming from items. Grasp of the Undying has been benefitting fighters more than tanks with the power of its heal, and this change aims to lower the overall power of the heal component and increase the stacking tank stats to make the change feel less painful for its tank users.
		REMOVED Percent of Maximum Health Healing: 1.7% (melee champions)/1.02% (ranged champions) ⇒ 1.2% + 3 (melee champions)/0.72% +1.8 (ranged champions) Maximum Health Gained: 5 (melee champions)/3 (ranged champions) ⇒ 7 (melee champions)/4 (ranged champions)

		Triumph
	This Triumph change is meant to be a net nerf that flattens the extremes of the rune leading to slightly more healing when it matters less (high hp) and slightly less healing when it matters more (low hp) with an even breakpoint around the 35% hp mark.
		Heal on Takedowns: 10% of missing health ⇒ 2.5% of maximum health (+5% of missing health)

ARAM Adjustments[]

As a follow up to our /dev: State of Modes post, we’ll be making a few adjustments to ARAM this patch. In case you haven’t already, make sure to check out the full article here.

First things first, we’re starting by removing the tower rubble from the Howling Abyss. Ultimately, we’re making this call because the rubble didn’t meet player expectations for what ARAM should be—a series of chaotic teamfights with non-stop action. Unfortunately, the rubble alongside the vision games it brought with it were just too much to be a healthy addition to ARAM, but we appreciate your patience as we tested it out!

REMOVED Ta-ta Towers: Tower rubble has been removed from the game.

We’re also doing some work this patch to make Howling Abyss turrets a bit more lethal in the mid and late game as they haven’t been much of a threat recently. We’re also adding a defensive Inhibitor Turret buff which should help teams protect themselves against enemies taking two towers in quick succession.

Outer Turrets

Turret Damage: 185 base, scaling to 233 over 8 minutes ⇒ 185 base, scaling to 293 over 12 minutes
Turret Armor: 70 base, scaling to 78 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes
Turret Magic Resist: 75 base, scaling to 83 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes
NEW Defenses Down: Once the game has reached 12 minutes, Outer Turret Armor and Magic Resist will be set to 40

Inhibitor Turrets

NEW Fortification Buff: When your team’s outer turret falls, this turret receives 30% Damage Reduction for 60 seconds.
Turret Damage: 195 base, scaling to 243 over 8 minutes ⇒ 195 base, scaling to 375 over 15 minutes
Turret Armor: 70 base, scaling to 78 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes
Turret Magic Resist: 75 base, scaling to 83 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes

Nexus Turrets

Turret Damage: 175 base, scaling to 223 over 8 minutes ⇒ 195 base, scaling to 375 over 15 minutes
Turret Armor: 70 base, scaling to 78 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes
Turret Magic Resist: 75 base, scaling to 83 over 8 minutes ⇒ 75 base, scaling to 96 over 8 minutes

Brush Changes

Perfectly Balanced: Adjusted the placement of the 3 brushes in the center of the bridge to be exactly equidistant so Blue team no longer has a half-Teemo’s worth of distance advantage when running to their brush.

Balance Adjustments - Buffs

Hecarim: Damage Dealt: 100% ⇒ 105%

Balance Adjustments - Nerfs

Annie: Damage Dealt: 100% ⇒ 95%; Shielding Modifier: 100% ⇒ 80%
Ryze: Damage Dealt: 110% ⇒ 105%
Udyr: Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%

Clash - Bilgewater Cup[]

A quick reminder that the first Clash tournament of the year is upon us! Here’s a look at the upcoming Bilgewater Cup dates:

Weekend 1 Registration Begins: March 6 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
Weekend 1 Tournament Days: March 11 and 12 (~4-7 PM Local, varies by region)
Weekend 2 Registration Begins: March 20 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
Weekend 2 Tournament Dates: March 25 and 26 (~4-7 PM Local, varies by region)

Champion Pricing Update[]

In case you missed it, we announced that we’ll be altering our champion pricing structure this patch—you can read more details behind this change in the announcement post here. This update is scheduled to go into effect during patch 13.7, so plan accordingly!

TL;DR: New champions will still be released at 7800 BE and 975 RP, and after a week they’ll be dropped to 6300 BE and 975 RP, and after seeing 2 seasons of play they will be dropped into one of the corresponding price tiers:

450 BE / 260 RP: Champions that are awesome for new players. These have a strong fantasy and an approachable kit that our data suggests helps folks find success early. Examples include Malphite, Miss Fortune, and Yuumi.
1350 BE / 585 RP: Champions that are a bit more complex than the lower tier, but still approachable for interested folks. These will have more nuanced skill checks in their play patterns, but maintain reasonable skill floors and have proven to be fan favorites. Examples include Yasuo, Lucian, and Sett.
3150 BE / 790 RP: Champions that have a larger degree of difficulty or specialization in their play. These will often have steeper learning curves to climb before one sees consistent success with them. Examples include LeBlanc, Shaco, and Yorick.
4444 BE / 880 RP: Only perfection and beauty are allowed at this tier. HAHAHAHA.
4800 BE / 880 RP: The majority of the roster will live here.
6300 BE / 975 RP: Champions that have come out in the past two seasons, after which they will move to the tier above after the next season starts.
7800 BE / 975 RP: Champions that have come out in the past week.

Behavioral Systems[]

AFKs are a common problem in League games, but our data shows us that most players who leave games do so infrequently enough that they don’t ever get a penalty. We know that sometimes disconnects happen, but we still want to ensure we still provide a reminder that leaving games always hurts your teammates. For more information on how leaverbuster works check out this article. We are continually updating and revising our systems to improve your experience in-game, so we’ll be keeping an eye on this addition as it rolls out.

AFK Timeout: There will now be a 1-minute queue delay penalty for all players that AFK or leave games.
No More Immunity: Fixed a bug where sometimes frequent leavers would not get a penalty.

32 Bit Client Depreciation[]

Support for 32-bit Windows OS will be deprecated on April 4, 2023. After this date a 64-bit version of Windows will be required to play League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. For more details, please see our minimum spec requirements.

“What does this mean?”, “Do I need to do anything?!”
Well for those who are already on 64-bit operating systems and hardware (which is 99.9% of players) you won’t notice a difference when we stop supporting 32-bit and you won’t need to do anything. However, for those that are playing on a 32-bit operating system, starting in 13.7 you’ll start to get a message in the client telling you that the client may stop working in the future for you. We’re giving some time to message this heads up before we fully stop supporting 32-bit operating systems both in the patch notes and in the launcher, but in the future you’ll need to be playing on 64-bit capable hardware, and 64-bit operating systems in order to keep playing League.

Why is the League team doing this?

As with other decisions we’ve made in the past like deprecating XP and Vista, continuing to release new content while maintaining older hardware requires significant investment both from a development and a testing standpoint. By removing some of these barriers, we can continue to push the boundaries of new features while delivering engaging player experiences. While we don’t have any direct targeted improvements to communicate to you just yet regarding this migration, it will be something that leads into our continued investments in the future of League.

Competitive[]

Dodge penalties are increasing proportionally to the LP increases in patch 13.4.

First dodge: -3 LP ⇒ -5 LP
Subsequent dodges: -10LP ⇒ -15 LP

Bugfixes & QoL Changes[]

Champion Select QoL Changes

Role and text filters will clear when you lock in a ban or champion, as well as when you exit champion select or dodge.
Chroma selection for a skin will no longer reset when switching between different skins.

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that caused Watchful Wardstone’s wards to not display the ward placement preview.
Fixed a bug that caused Rift Herald’s icon to persist throughout the game if killed at a specific time.
Fixed a bug that caused Rakan’s E - Battle Dance’s VFX to persist after the shield it gave was broken.
Fixed a bug that caused Ravenous Hydra’s cleave to not proc correctly.
Fixed a bug that caused the player’s HP bar to be displayed over certain parts of the HUD.
Fixed a bug that caused Aurelion Sol’s Q - Breath of Light to not account for mana regeneration and discontinue the cast when at max rank.
Fixed a bug that caused Azir’s range indicator to display incorrectly while controlling Sand Soldiers to attack.
Fixed a bug that caused Kalista’s bonded champion to not see her R - Fate’s Call VFX on their screen while they were ulted.
Fixed a bug that caused Draven to cash out his passive if an enemy was executed by Aurelion Sol’s E execute.
Fixed a bug that caused Azir and Sivir’s interaction VO’s to not play.
Fixed a bug that caused enemies ulted by Lee Sin’s R - Dragon Rage to sometimes not knock up their allies.
Fixed a bug that caused Viego’s Q and E range indicators to mimic Aurelion Sol’s Q after his possession of Aurelion Sol ended.
Fixed a bug that caused Aurelion Sol’s R - Falling Star VFX to not been seen if cast inside of terrain.
Fixed a bug that caused Viego to be unable to enter Mordekaiser’s R - Death Realm after he had possessed Malzahar.
Fixed a bug that caused Fiora’s W to not prevent damage from Zeri’s Q passive.
Fixed a bug that caused Annie’s E - Molten Shield’s reflect damage to not proc Spellthief.
Fixed a bug that caused K’Sante ulting an enemy exactly as they die to cause his ultimate to go on cooldown.
Fixed a bug that caused Akali’s E - Shuriken Flip to let her escape Mordekaiser’s R - Death Realm.
Fixed a bug that caused Caitlyn’s Passive - Headshot to cancel the empowered basic attack if the basic attack was issued outside of her attack range.
Fixed a bug that caused the Rod of Ages icon to not disappear from player’s inventories if the item was purchased and refunded.
Fixed a bug that caused Ezreal’s W to be able to be proc’d by Q - Mystic Shot while blocked by Shen’s W - Spirits Refuge.
Fixed a bug that caused Nunu’s W - Biggest Snowball Ever to get stuck in place if he released it exactly as he appeared outside the Fog of War.
Fixed a bug that caused Tahm Kench’s ultimate to sometimes not correctly interact with Radiant Virtue.
Fixed a bug that caused R - Daisy to not despawn following Ivern’s death.
Fixed a bug that caused Aurelion Sol’s Q to not last an infinite amount of time when fully maxed.
Fixed a bug that caused Mundo to not immediately gain base health from his R - Maximum Dosage.
Fixed a bug that caused base Veigar’s evil laugh to not play upon getting a kill with his R - Primordial Burst.
Fixed a bug that caused Kindred’s VO’s when buying jungle items to not play correctly.

Skin Fixes

Mythmaker Garen now has separate SFX when attacking turrets.
Updated Store/Champion Select/Collections images for the following chroma sets: Battle Bunny Miss Fortune, Astronaut Ivern & K/DA ALL OUT Ahri BADDEST.
Arcana Rakan: His arm no longer moves in unnatural way during certain idle animations.
Star Guardian Rakan: His body no longer remains visible after dying.