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League of Legends Patch 12.3 was released on Feb 1, 2022. This update included changes to 20 champions, with 5 buffs, 5 nerfs, 10 adjustments.

Brand LoL Patch NotesPCBrandBuff

QoL changes on passive and R.

Blaze

  • New Effect: Mana restore now occurs if the ability kills the target.

Pyroclasm

  • Now prioritizes bouncing to nearby targets before bouncing to Brand.
Corki LoL Patch NotesPCCorkiBuff

First package delayed and restock cooldown increased.

Hextech Munitions

  • Package spawn time increased to 10:00 from 8:00.
  • Package respawn timer increased to 300 seconds from 240.
Lillia LoL Patch NotesPCLilliaBuff

R sleep duration increased early.

Lilting Lullaby

  • Sleep duration increased to 2/2.25/2.5 seconds from 1.5/2/2.5.
Nami LoL Patch NotesPCNamiBuff

Passive initial bonus move speed increased and now decays over duration. E on-hit base damage reduced.

Surging Tides

  • Base bonus movement speed increased to 90 from 45.
  • Base bonus movement speed granted by Tidal Wave increased to 180 from 90.
  • New Effect: Bonus movement speed now decays over the duration.

Tidecaller's Blessing

  • Base damage per hit reduced to 20/35/50/65/80 from 25/40/55/70/85.
Quinn LoL Patch NotesPCQuinnBuff

W passive attack speed bonus increased early. R damage ratio increased.

Heightened Senses

  • Bonus attack speed increased to 28/36/44/52/60% from 20/30/40/50/60%.

Skystrike

  • AD ratio increased to 70% AD from 40% AD.
Akshan LoL Patch NotesPCAkshanNerf

Passive damage decreased.

Dirty Fighting

  • Base bonus movement speed reduced to 20 to 75 (based on level) from 35 to 75 (based on level).
  • Base damage reduced to 10 to 120 to 165 for (based on level) from 20 to 130 to 175 for (based on level).
Caitlyn LoL Patch NotesPCCaitlynNerf

AD growth decreased. Q damage reduced.

Stats

  • Attack damage growth reduced to 3.4 from 3.8.

Piltover Peacemaker

  • Damage against secondary targets reduced to 50% from 60%.

Ace in the Hole

  • Bug Fix: Channel no longer improperly starts when fear during the cast time, thus refunding the ability's cooldown despite not being cancelled.
LeBlanc LoL Patch NotesPCLeBlancNerf

W damage decreased late.

Distortion

  • Base damage reduced to 75/110/145/180/215 from 75/115/155/195/235.
Senna LoL Patch NotesPCSennaNerf

Passive soul drop rate for Senna's farm reduced.

Absolution

  • Mist Wraith spawn rate on minions she kills reduced to 2.7% from 10%.
Zeri LoL Patch NotesPCZeriNerf

Base move speed reduced. Fully charged basic attack damage decreased. R chain lightning damage decreased and can now critically strike.

General

  • Bug Fix: Several VFX now properly display correctly upon reconnecting to a game.

Stats

  • Base movement speed reduced to 325 from 330.

Basic Attack

  • Health ratio reduced to 3 to 15.0003% (based on level) of target's maximum health from 3 to 20% (based on level)

Burst Fire

  • Bug Fix: Runaan's Hurricane Winds Fury now triggers even if she is facing away from the target when the rounds hit.

Spark Surge

  • Bug Fix: Now properly vaults over Crystallize and Pillar of Ice instead of dashing over them.

Lightning Crash

  • Chain lightning base damage reduced to 10/15/20 from 10/20/30.
  • New Effect: Chain lightning magic damage can now critically strike.
Ahri LoL Patch NotesPCAhriChange

Champion refreshed. Base stats and all skills updated.

Stats

  • Base health reduced to 500 from 526.
  • Health growth reduced to 82 from 92.
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 2.5 from 5.5.
  • Base armor reduced to 18 from 21.

Essence Theft

  • New Innate Effect: Ahri gains 1 Essence Fragment whenever she kills a minion or monster. After obtaining 9 fragments, she consumes them to heal herself for 40 to 120 (based on level) (+ 25% AP).
  • Old Innate Effect: Ahri's abilities grant a stack of Essence Theft for each enemy hit, up to 3 stacks per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 stacks, Ahri's next ability heals her for 3/5/9/18 (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit and consumes the stacks if at least one enemy is hit.
  • New Innate Effect: When Ahri scores a takedown against an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, she consumes their essence to heal herself for 80 to 200 (based on level) (+ 35% AP).
  • VFX and SFX have been updated for all skins.

Orb of Deception

  • Mana cost changed to 60/70/80/90/100 from 65/70/75/80/85.
  • AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 35% AP.

Fox-Fire

  • Base damage increased to 60/85/110/135/160 from 40/65/90/115/140.
  • Mana cost reduced to 25 from 45.
  • Flame duration reduced to 2.5 seconds from 5.
  • Bonus movement speed duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5.
  • Improved missile targeting and last hitting logic.
  • Cleaned up VFX and enhanced missile movement.

Charm

  • Base damage increased to 80/110/140/170/200 from 60/90/120/150/180.
  • AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 40% AP.
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 from 70.
  • Removed: Hitting an enemy with Charm no longer renders them vulnerable for 3 seconds, making them take 20% bonus damage from her abilities, including the Charm that triggered it.

Spirit Rush

  • Recast duration increased to 15 seconds from 10.
  • New Effect: Cooldown now begins after the first cast, rather than after the effect ends.
  • New Effect: Consuming a champion's essence with Essence Theft while active extends the ability's recast duration by and up to 10 seconds and grants an additional recast, storing up to 3 recasts.
  • Recast duration now persists after using all recasts.
  • Cleaned up VFX and new ammo bar icons have been added to indicate the number of stored casts.
Amumu LoL Patch NotesPCAmumuChange

Base armor decreased. E passive's damage reduction now capped per instance.

General

  • Base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer, cleaner, and smoother.

Stats

  • Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.5.

Tantrum

  • New Effect: Damage reduction is now capped at 50% of the damage instance.
Darius LoL Patch NotesPCDariusChange

General

  • Base voice lines have been remastered to sound clearer, cleaner, and smoother.
Kled LoL Patch NotesPCKledChange

Dismounted Skaarl the Cowardly Lizard

  • Bug Fix: Courage bar now properly displays correct values when Skaarl is lost.

Violent Tendencies

  • Bug Fix: Fourth attack now properly deals its bonus damage if the ability was learned while winding up the basic attack.
Samira LoL Patch NotesPCSamiraChange

Daredevil Impulse

  • Bug Fix: No longer grants an additional Style stack from executing an enemy champion with The Collector Death and Taxes.
Skarner LoL Patch NotesPCSkarnerChange

Battlecast Alpha

  • Bug Fix: SFX of marking a minion with Crystal Venom by hitting Fracture and gaining Crystal Spires from triggering Crystal Venom now properly play correctly.
Talon LoL Patch NotesPCTalonChange

Shadow Assault

  • Bug Fix: Blades no longer briefly disappear for a frame on cast of the VFX.
Twisted Fate LoL Patch NotesPCTwisted FateChange

Q damage ratio increased; base damage decreased late. E bonus attack speed decreased early.

Wild Cards

  • Base damage reduced to 60/100/140/180/220 from 60/105/150/195/240.
  • AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 65% AP.

Stacked Deck

  • Bonus attack speed reduced to 10/17.5/25/32.5/40% from 20/25/30/35/40%.
Varus LoL Patch NotesPCVarusChange

Piercing Arrow

  • Bug Fix: Charge cancellation VFX has been restored for all skins.
Vel'Koz LoL Patch NotesPCVel'KozChange

General

  • Updated visual effects.

Original

  • Complete overhaul and adjusted hitbox indicators.

Battlecast

  • Some cleanup.

Arclight

  • Cleanup and new E indicator.

Infernal

  • Minor tweaks and new E indicator.

Blackfrost

  • Minor tweaks and new E indicator.

Items

Hearthbound Axe LoL ItemPCHearthbound AxeBuff

General

  • Total cost reduced to 1000 gold from 1100 gold.
  • Combine cost reduced to 350 gold from 450 gold.
Ravenous Hydra LoL ItemPCRavenous HydraBuff

General

  • Attack damage increased to 70 from 65.
Turbo Chemtank LoL ItemPCTurbo ChemtankBuff

Our changes to Turbo Chemtank in patch 12.2 were a bandaid to bring the item back in line on dash-y champs (like Akali and Irelia) while we looked for better solutions. We're further adjusting its stacking mechanics to make Turbo Chemtank better suited for "tanking" rather than for "turbo charging" at enemies. Emphasis on the tank, not the turbo. (These changes also apply to its Ornn Masterwork item, Turbocharged Hexperiment.)

General

  • Removed: Dealing damage no longer grants Refuel stacks.
  • New Effect: Taking damage now grants Refuel stacks.
  • Distance per Refuel stack increased to 25 units from 15.
  • Refuel bonus monster damage increased to 200% from 175%.
  • Refuel bonus minion damage increased to 30% from 25%.
Stridebreaker LoL ItemPCStridebreakerNerf

General

  • Combine cost increased to 400 gold from 300 gold.
  • Total cost unchanged.
Wit's End LoL ItemPCWit's EndNerf

General

  • Combine cost increased to 775 gold from 675 gold.
  • Total cost unchanged.
Black Cleaver LoL ItemPCBlack CleaverChange

General

  • Attack damage increased to 45 from 40.
  • Ability haste increased to 30 from 25.
  • Health reduced to 350 from 450.

General

  • Total cost increased to 3300 gold from 3200 gold.
  • Combine cost increased to 525 gold from 425 gold.
  • Mist's Edge damage increased to 12% of target's current health from 10%.

General

  • Now builds into Divine Sunderer and Goredrinker.
Death's Dance LoL ItemPCDeath's DanceChange

General

  • Total cost increased to 3300 gold from 3100 gold.
  • Combine cost increased to 525 gold from 325 gold.
  • Ignore Pain damage stored reduced to 30% from 35%.
  • New Effect: Ignore Pain now also stores post-mitigation magic damage received.
  • New Effect: Ignore Pain now also stores damage received to shields.
  • Defy triggering condition changed to enemy champions dying within 3 seconds of damage from enemy champion takedown.
  • Defy heal changed to 175% bonus AD from 15% of your maximum health.
Divine Sunderer LoL ItemPCDivine SundererChange

General

  • New Recipe: Caulfield's Warhammer + Sheen + Kindlegem + 700 gold = 3300 gold.
  • Old Recipe: Phage + Sheen + Kindlegem + 700 gold = 3300 gold.
  • Attack damage increased to 40 from 35.
  • Health reduced to 300 from 400.
  • Deicide attack damage increased to 60 from 55.
  • Deicide health reduced to 450 from 550.
Goredrinker LoL ItemPCGoredrinkerChange

General

  • New Recipe: Ironspike Whip + Caulfield's Warhammer + Kindlegem + 300 gold = 3300 gold.
  • Old Recipe: Ironspike Whip + Phage + Kindlegem + 300 gold = 3300 gold
  • Attack damage increased to 55 from 45.
  • Health reduced to 300 from 450.
  • Ceaseless Hunger attack damage increased to 70 from 60.
  • Ceaseless Hunger health reduced to 450 from 600.
Hexdrinker LoL ItemPCHexdrinkerChange

General

  • Attack damage increased to 25 from 20.
  • Ranged shield reduced to 82.5 to 210 (based on level) from 110 to 280 (based on level).
Maw of Malmortius LoL ItemPCMaw of MalmortiusChange

General

  • Total cost increased to 2900 gold from 2800 gold.
  • Combine cost increased to 500 gold from 400 gold.
  • Attack damage increased to 55 from 50.
  • Ability haste increased to 20 from 15.
  • New Effect: Triggering Lifeline also grants 12% omnivamp until the end of combat (have not dealt or taken damage for at least 3 seconds).
  • Shield strength changed to 200 (+ 225% bonus AD) from 200 (+ 20% maximum health).
Phage LoL ItemPCPhageChange

General

  • No longer builds into Divine Sunderer and Goredrinker.
Runaan's Hurricane LoL ItemPCRunaan's HurricaneChange

General

  • Bug Fix: Wind's Fury now correctly triggers from Mystic Shot even when the missile travels a certain range.
Sterak's Gage LoL ItemPCSterak's GageChange

General

  • Attack damage reduced to 0 from 50.
  • New Unique Passive - The Claws that Catch: Gain 40% base AD as bonus attack damage.
  • Removed Unique Passive - Bloodlust: After dealing damage to or taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 2% of maximum health over 6 seconds. This stacks and refreshes per unique champion, up to 5 times, but every stack beyond the first is reduced by 50%, for a maximum of healing for 6% of maximum health over the duration.
  • Unique Passive - Lifeline:
  • New Effect: If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain a 75% of bonus health shield that decays over 3.75 seconds.
  • Old Effect: If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain a 100 shield for 4 seconds, increased by 8% maximum health per stack of Bloodlust, up to 40% maximum health at 5 Bloodlust stacks.
Trinity Force LoL ItemPCTrinity ForceChange

General

  • Combine cost increased to 833 gold from 733 gold.
  • Total cost unchanged.
  • Health increased to 300 from 200.
  • Threefold Strike base attack damage per stack reduced to 4% base AD from 6%.
  • Threefold Strike maximum base attack damage reduced to 20% base AD from 30%.
  • Infinity Force health increased to 400 from 300.