Patch 8.2

Patch 8.2

Greetings, Summoners,

Welcome to 8.2, the one where we make a pretty big systemic change. For the history of LoL, minions have rushed to defend their allies against any champion who hit them with a basic attack, but those same minions merely watched on as Pantheon chucked spears or Cassiopeia sank Twin Fang after Twin Fang into you. After this patch, no more. Minions now understand that targeted spells are mean, and they'll respond just as if they were basic attacks. This is a pretty big change, so we're headlining it here, but a full list can be found below.

With that being said, there are a few junglers terrorizing the Rift recently, and we're taking the chance to knock them down a peg so that laners (and junglers) everywhere can feel a bit more safer. Some goes for marksmen, and the names probably won't catch you by surprise.

GLHF,

Paul "Aether" Perscheid
Mattias "Gentleman Gustaf" Lehman
Lucas "Liquizilla" Moutinho

Champions Items Support Items Twisted Treeline Runes Targeted Spells Healthbar Update Scoreboard Parties Champ Select Minion Items League Displays Bugfixes Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Mid-Patch Updates[]

1/25/2018 Balance Update[]

Nunu

We wanted Nunu something to do with his hands, but it turns out we gave him too much. Dialing that back so he can settle in a good place.

Q - Consume

On-hit DAMAGE :	[3/5/7/9/11]
⇒	1/2/3/4/5	(+5 per 100 ability power)

	Turret Durability Armor and magic resist increased early.
	We've added more and more ways to bust towers, and as a result, we're seeing the laning phase come to an end a bit earlier than we think is sufficient. Some early resistances should help extend the laning phase. This change went out at the beginning of the patch, it just didn't end up in patch notes.
		Base armor and magic resist : [40] ⇒ 55 scaling armor and magic resist : [+30] ⇒ +15 over 15 minutes

Champions[]

		Ekko Bonus Attack Speed at Level 1 added.
	Ekko's pretty close to being able to jungle effectively, and this small bump should help him get back on that path without pushing his solo laning out of line.
		Base stats BONUS ATTACK SPEED AT LEVEL 1 : [0%] ⇒ 10%

Evelynn
E damage decreased.

Evelynn's burst is too damn high.

E - Whiplash

UNEMPOWERED DAMAGE :	[4% (+2.5% per 100 AP)]
⇒	3% (+1.5% per 100 AP)	target's maximum health

EMPOWERED :	[6% (+3.5% per 100 AP)]
⇒	4% (+2.5% per 100 AP)	target's maximum health

Ezreal
Q damage decreased at early ranks.

Kleptomancy has dramatically shifted Ezreal's power curve, making it far easier for him to get his core of Sheen/Tear of the Goddess earlier. As a result, Ezreal's power spikes (especially Trinity Force/Muramana) show up earlier and control the game for longer. It doesn't really make sense for him to have a safe lane phase (even bullying some laners) while also having best-in-class midgame power, so we're tuning down his early game strength.

Q - Mystic Shot

BASE DAMAGE :	[35/55/75/95/115]
⇒	15/40/65/90/115

Jinx
Base attack damage decreased at early levels. Passive no longer stacks, but uncaps attack speed while Jinx is Excited. Minigun's attack speed no longer scales with level but scales harder with rank.

We want to accentuate Jinx's wildcard nature by toning down her early game safety but ramping up her ability to snowball. That means upping her ability to take towers or win duels when she picks up early kills, and giving her a unique teamfight high when she gets rolling within a teamfight.

Base stats

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE : [66] ⇒ 61

ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH STAT : [2.41] ⇒ 2.7

Passive - Get Excited!

TOO EXCITED Get Excited's attack speed no longer stacks

OVER 9000 Jinx's attack speed can exceed the cap while she is Excited

Q - Switcheroo!

MINIGUN ATTACK SPEED :	[30/40/50/60/70%]
⇒	30/55/80/105/130%

JINXED Minigun no longer gains attack speed based on Jinx's level

		Kha'Zix Passive scaling decreased. Q scaling increased.
	Kha'Zix is supposed to shine when he can isolate a target and chain his abilities on them. At the moment, the damage on his passive is a bit too high, allowing him to win nonisolated fights he probably shouldn't. As a result, we're shifting some power out of his passive and into his Q.
		Passive - Unseen Threat RATIO : [0.4] ⇒ 0.2 bonus attack damage Q - Taste Their Fear RATIO : [1.1] ⇒ 1.2 bonus attack damage

Malzahar
Q scaling decreased. R cooldown increased.

Malzahar's burst combo is a bit too consistent so we're lessening its frequency and overall damage.

Q - Call of the Void

RATIO : [0.8] ⇒ 0.65 ability power

R - Nether Grasp

COOLDOWN :	[120/100/80]
⇒	140/110/80	seconds

		Nunu Nunu now additionally does bonus magic damage on basic attacks. W now also increases ability power on both targets.
	Nunu just isn't very good right now.
		Q - Consume THESE HANDS Well Fed now additionally grants 3/5/7/9/11 (+5 per 100 AP)magic damage on basic attacks W - Blood Boil MAGIC FINGERS Now additionally increases ability power by 40% (max increase: 40/60/80/100/120) on both targets.

Ornn
Ornn is no longer unstoppable during W. R cooldown increased.

The usual counterplay to champions who stand still (or in Ornn's case, move slowly) while they churn out sustained damage is to displace them. Being unstoppable during Bellow's Breath just doesn't leave players with much gameplay against him. His ultimate cooldown also isn't leaving enemy teams with good windows to be aggressive, so we're tuning it up.

W - Bellows Breath

UNSTOPPABLE Ornn is no longer Unstoppable during this ability

R - Call of the Forge God

COOLDOWN :	[130/100/70]
⇒	140/120/100	seconds

		Pantheon
	We're changing the way targeted spells draw minion aggro, which has pretty significant implications for how Pantheon's passive functions.
		W - Aegis of Zeonia MINION AGGRO OP : No longer blocks or is consumed by siege minion attacks

Sona
Q mana cost decreased.

Our nerfs to Sona in response to the Runes overhaul went a little too far so we're restoring some power to her ability to poke in lane.

Q - Hymn of Valor

COST :	[60/65/70/75/80]
⇒	50/55/60/65/70	mana

Vayne
Attack speed per level decreased. R bonus attack damage decreased.

Vayne is just too strong right now. Fleet Footwork is giving her an easier path to the late game, and when she gets there, she's just rolling in stats. Rather than hit her laning phase (and put most of the pressure on her opposing bot laner), we're reducing her power in the late game.

Base stats

ATTACK SPEED GROWTH : [4%] ⇒ 3.3%

R - Final Hour

BONUS AD :	[30/50/70]
⇒	20/30/40

	Miss Fortune Skin Splash Updates Miss Fortune's oldest skins have received new splash art!
	Cowgirl Waterloo Secret Agent Candy Cane Road Warrior Mafia

Items[]

		Enchantment: Runic Echoes Proc mana restore increased.
	Most mage junglers struggle with mana—form-swappers are the main exception—so we're looking into giving those weaker mage junglers more consistency.
		MISSING MANA RESTORE : [15%] ⇒ 25%

Support Items[]

Supports spend a ton of gold—and slot space—on two items that exist largely for their role. We're merging those items together to give supports more autonomy in their itemization.

	Removed Items Removed Sightstone. Removed tier 3 support items.

		List of Removed Items Sightstone Ruby Sightstone Frost Queen's Claim Talisman of Ascension Face of the Mountain

Updated Items and Quests

Quests

WARD ITEM Completing a support item quest now grants Sightstone active, rather than the old quest rewards

GO TO BASE Quest completion will only grant one ward charge until returning to the fountain

LESS QUEST Quests now complete at 500 gold earned, not 750

Frostfang

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Eye of Frost, which can hold up to three ward charges

Nomad's Medallion

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Nomad's Eye, which can hold up to three ward charges

Targon's Brace

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Celestial Eye, which can hold up to three ward charges

Remnant of the Watchers

OLD NAME : Eye of the Watchers

BUILD PATH :	[Frostfang + Sightstone + 550 gold]
⇒	Frostfang (or Eye of Frost) + Ruby Crystal + 550 gold

ALL STATS : Unchanged from old Eye of the Watchers

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Eye of the Watchers and gain the Sightstone active

Remnant of the Ascended

OLD NAME : Eye of the Oasis

BUILD PATH :	[Nomad's Medallion + Sightstone + 550 gold]
⇒	Nomad's Medallion (or Nomad's Eye) + Ruby Crystal + 550 gold

ALL STATS : Unchanged from old Eye of the Oasis

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Eye of Ascension and gain the Sightstone active

Remnant of the Aspect

OLD NAME : Eye of the Equinox

BUILD PATH :	[Targon's Brace + Sightstone + 550 gold]
⇒	Targon's Brace (or Celestial Eye) + Ruby Crystal + 550 gold

ALL STATS : Unchanged from old Eye of the Equinox

THE NEW MODEL Upon quest completion, item will upgrade into Eye of the Aspect

	Line Balance Spellthief's Edge lockout on minion/monster kill increased. Relic shield healing decreased when proc'd by ranged champion.

		Spellthief's Edge Line NOT A JUNGLE ITEM Spellthief's Edge line's recharge penalty now also applies on non-epic monster kill LOCKOUT ON MINION/MONSTER KILL : [8] ⇒ 12 seconds Relic Shield Line SPOILS OF WAR Proc healing is reduced by 50% if the item's owner is ranged

Twisted Treeline[]

The old support items (without wards) will remain on Twisted Treeline.

Runes[]

	Rune Features & Bugfixes

		AND STAY OUT Using the "hide preset" option on the Inventory page will now also hide your preset pages in champ select REORDER You can now drag and drop your rune pages to rearrange them in both the Inventory and Dropdown PAY ATTENTION Champions who take the Aftershock keystone but lack the hard crowd control to activate it will have their keystone swapped to Grasp of the Undying

Resolve[]

Aftershock
Base damage decreased. Damage health scaling decreased but now scales with bonus attack damage and ability power. Flat resistances increased but no longer amplifies resistances by a percentage.

Aftershock's base damage is a bit too high, and it's letting champions like Alistar or Leona run wild in early duels against marksmen. Having one mastery be so good for both durability and damage is warping interactions between tanks and squishier champions, so we're shifting the item profile to be less about damage and more about durability. While we're at it, we're shifting the resistances gain from percent to flat so that divers can get in on the fun, too.

HEALTH SCALING DAMAGE : [3.5%] ⇒ 3% maximum health

DAMAGE :	[40-140]
⇒	10-120	(at level 1-18)

DAMAGE AD RATIO 0.15 bonus attack damage

ABILITY POWER RATIO 0.1 ability power

FLAT RESISTANCES : [20] ⇒ 70-120 (at level 1-18)

PERCENT RESISTANCES AMP No longer increases resistances by 30%

		Grasp of the Undying Ranged penalties in healing, damage, and health gain decreased.
	Taking advantage of Grasp of the Undying is way easier if you're ranged, so we wanted to make sure it was less impactful on ranged champions. However, it seems like we went too far; even champions like Gnar and Urgot don't perform well with it.
		RANGED HEALING AND DAMAGE REDUCTION : [50%] ⇒ 40% RANGED PERMANENT HEALTH PER PROC : [2] ⇒ 3

Guardian
Cooldown increased at early levels, decreased at late levels. Shield base value and ratios increased.

Guardian is the newest in "hidden power" mechanics: Like Bond of Stone or Aegis of the Legion's old aura, players are getting a lot of power from it, but they often don't feel it. We want to make Guardian a little weaker (it's overperforming), but also more noticeable (it's underappreciated).

COOLDOWN : [45] ⇒ 70-40 (at level 1-18)

BASE SHIELD :	[60-150]
⇒	70-150	(at level 1-18)

SHIELD AP RATIO : [0.20] ⇒ 0.25 ability power

SHIELD HEALTH RATIO : [10%] ⇒ 12% bonus health

Inspiration[]

Glacial Augment
Slow amount increased.

Glacial Augment is underperforming (there is only one champion who performs best with it, and it's Aurelion Sol), so we're buffing it up.

ACTIVE ITEM SLOW : [50%] ⇒ 60%

MELEE SLOW :	[40-50%]
⇒	45-55%	(at level 1-18)

RANGED SLOW :	[20-40%]
⇒	30-40%	(at level 1-18)

		Kleptomancy Gold value of pilfered items decreased.
	The gameplay of getting a lot of small, mini-use active items is cool, but too often it's optimal to just sell everything and accelerate builds. We want to make sure that there's a reasonable tradeoff between using those items and just cashing them in. Since Kleptomancy is also overperforming, we're also bringing the drop rate down, especially early game and on ranged champions.
		LESS LOOT Drop rate significantly decreased in the first 15 minutes of the game LESS LESS LOOT After 15 minutes, drop rate slightly decreased for melee, significantly decreased for ranged BUYER'S MARKET Sell values about 20% lower

Precision[]

Precision

A few precision runes are pulling a bit too much power for non-keystone slots.

Combat

Coup de Grace

DAMAGE AMP : [9%] ⇒ 7%

Last Stand

MAX DAMAGE AMP : [12%] ⇒ 11%

Heroism
Triumph

GOLD ON KILL : [25] ⇒ 20 gold

Domination[]

		Zombie Ward Duration down at early levels.
	An early sweeper already has the potential to give snowballing junglers too much impact; Zombie Ward's early power is only worsening that problem.
		DURATION : [180 seconds] ⇒ 60-180 seconds (at level 1-18) ZOMBIE BY PROXY When a Zombie Ward user reveals a ward via sweeper, control ward, or scrying bloom, they no longer have to actually hit the ward to spawn a Zombie Ward (if the ward then dies).

		Ghost Poro Vision radius up
	Ghost poros are cute; who doesn't want to see more people taking that rune?
		VISION RADIUS : [350] ⇒ 450

Targeted Spells[]

Targeted damaging spells draw minion aggro.

Champions with spammable targeted spells, like Pantheon and Cassiopeia, put opposing laners in an awkward position: fight back and draw minion aggro, or just take the punishment they hand out. Changing this mechanic will make those champions a lot more intuitive to play against, as well as easier to balance.

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AKALI : Q - Mark of the Assassin & R - Shadow Dance

ALISTAR : W - Headbutt

ANIVIA : E - Frostbite

ANNIE : Q - Disintegrate

BRAND : E - Conflagration & R - Pyroclasm

CAITLYN : R - Ace in the Hole

CASSIOPEIA : E - Twin Fang

CHO'GATH : R - Feast

DARIUS : R - Noxian Guillotine

DIANA : R - Lunar Rush

ELISE (HUMAN & SPIDER FORM) : Q - Neurotoxin/Venomous Bite

EVELYNN : E - Whiplash

FIDDLESTICKS : W - Drain & E - Dark Wind

GAREN : R - Demacian Justice

IRELIA : E - Equilibrium Strike

JANNA : W - Zephyr

JARVAN IV : R - Cataclysm

JAX : Q - Leap Strike

JAYCE (HAMMER FORM : Q - To The Skies & E - Thundering Blow

JHIN : Q - Dancing Grenade

KARMA : W - Focused Resolve

KASSADIN : Q - Null Sphere

KATARINA : Q - Bouncing Blade & E - Shunpo

KAYLE : Q - Reckoning

KHA'ZIX : Q - Taste Their Fear

LEBLANC : Q - Shatter Orb

LEE SIN : R - Dragon's Rage

LISSANDRA : R - Frozen Tomb

LULU ENEMY : E - Help, Pix!

MALPHITE : Q - Seismic Shard

MALZAHAR : E - Malefic Visions & R - Nether Grasp

MAOKAI : W - Twisted Advance

MORDEKAISER : R - Children of the Grave

NAMI : W - Ebb and Flow

NOCTURNE : E - Unspeakable Horror & R - Paranoia (second cast)

NUNU : E - Ice Blast

OLAF : E - Reckless Swing

PANTHEON : Q - Spear Shot & W - Aegis of Zeonia

POPPY : E - Heroic Charge

QUINN : E - Vault

REK'SAI : E - Tunnel

RYZE : W - Rune Prison & E - Spell Flux

SEJUANI : E - Permafrost

SHACO : E - Two-Shiv Poison

SINGED : E - Fling

SKARNER : R - Impale

SWAIN : E - Torment

SYNDRA : R - Unleashed Power

TALON : Q - Noxian Diplomacy

TEEMO : Q - Blinding Dart

TRISTANA : R - Buster Shot

TRUNDLE : R - Subjugate

VAYNE : E - Condemn

VEIGAR : R - Primordial Burst

VI : R - Assault And Battery

VIKTOR : Q - Siphon Power

VLADIMIR : Q - Transfusion

VOLIBEAR : W - Frenzy

WUKONG : E - Nimbus Strike

XIN ZHAO : E - Audacious Charge

YASUO : E - Sweeping Blade & R - Last Breath

ITEM ACTIVES : Bilgewater Cutlass, Blade of the Ruined King, and Hextech Gunblade Active

SUMMONER SPELLS : Smite, Ignite

Healthbar Update[]

Moment of death is now punctuated by a brief, team colored animation. This displays on players, epic objectives, and structures. Player healthbar animations can be toggled off in the options menu.

Ticks are more evenly spaced and readable for champions with super high health.

Scoreboard[]

Technically this feature came out in 7.3, but it has been bugged since. Now it's now back and functioning.

NAME-BRAND : Hovering over a player in the scoreboard now shows the name of the skin.

MY ULTIMATE IS CHARGING : You can now chat ping ultimate abilities for all players from the scoreboard— - though you’ll only be able to see timers for allies.

Parties[]

PARTY TIME : You can now invite any player to your party. Instead of restricting players from being invited from the lobby screen, there will now be a notification next to the Queue button indicating if every player can queue for that mode. Read more about this change on our Parties /dev blog.

Champ Select[]

This will be activated at some point during Patch 8.2.

ALLY SKIN PREVIEWS : You can now see your allies’ skin selections in the finalization phase of Champ Select. Build a full Star Guardian team for maximum skin-timidation!

Minion Items[]

Minions now have items in their inventories which explain previously hidden mechanics. No mechanics have been changed.

League Displays[]

Bugfixes and updates to League Displays.

Computer usernames not containing alphanumeric characters no longer cause League Displays to BugSplat on startup.
Fixed a bug that caused wallpapers on Windows 7 to rotate too rapidly.
Fixed an issue which caused images to load as a solid color instead of art.
Fixed an issue where power settings weren't functioning properly.
Removed the Default Screensavers collection from League Displays. Now if players do not select a screensaver or wallpaper, nothing will change.
Added a large amount of art, including updated splashes for champions like Evelynn and Twitch. We will continue to update the art selection.
For updates in the future, you can check out our FAQ here. If you have questions or suggestions please let us know!

Bugfixes[]

Janna's Monsoon no longer incorrectly knocks back champions who are protected by spell shields
Galio's Shield of Durand shield now correctly returns out of combat after falling off
Ashe's Hawkshot no longer procs spell shields when flying through champions out of Ashe's self-vision
Jayce's Thundering Blow no longer disables Flash and Hextech Flash when used on a champion with Hextech Flashtraption shortly after they have flashed
Fixed a bug where if Aftershock had already been triggered, the owning champion's death would cause the damage effect to apply early
Fixed a bug where if a champion with Aftershock immobilized a champion after their death, their corpse would trigger Aftershock as normal
Hard crowd control effects no longer incorrectly interrupt Anivia's Glacial Storm channel or Aurelion Sol's Celestial Expansion when the spell applying the crowd control had been blocked by a spell shield
Omega Squad Twitch's Ambush Camouflage VO lines have been restored
Santa Braum is no longer missing his purchase and champion-specific taunt VO
Star Guardian Lux's staff is no longer missing its glow
Ambitious Elf Jinx's Pow-Pow now uses skin-specific SFX, as opposed to base
Star Guardian Miss Fortune's beam VFX have been restored during her B - recall animation
Pentakill Olaf's Undertow once again makes a cymbal crash sound!
Headhunter Rengar's chromas Thrill of the Hunt True Sight SFX no longer persist on an enemy target
Battle Boss Malzahar's Void Swarm and Malefic Visions SFX have been toned down and are now less noisy

Upcoming Skins & Chromas[]

The following skins will be released in patch 8.2:

Arctic Ops Gragas