League of Legends Patch 12.5
League of Legends Patch 12.5 was released on Mar 1, 2022. This update included changes to 30 champions, with 6 buffs, 5 nerfs, 19 adjustments.
Changes (19)
Items
Nerfs (2)
Champions
W full stack bonus damage on basic attacks increased.
Electrical Surge
- •On-hit base damage increased to 35/45/55/65/75 from 20/30/40/50/60.
- •On-hit AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 25% AP.
- •On-hit bonus AD ratio increased to 80/90/100/110/120% bonus AD from 60/70/80/90/100%.
Stats
- •Attack damage growth increased to 2.9 from 2.3.
Lightslinger
- •Vigilance AD ratio increased to 20% AD from 10% AD.
W passive movespeed on respawn increased.
Strut
- •New Effect: Now gains the increased bonus movement speed upon respawning.
Health growth and armor growth increased. R cooldown decreased.
Stats
- •Health growth increased to 94 from 88.
- •Armor growth increased to 3.5 from 3.
Inferno Trigger
- •Static cooldown reduced to 5 seconds from 8.
Blighted Quiver
- •On-hit base damage increased to 7/10.5/14/17.5/21 from 7/9/11/13/15.
Chain of Corruption
- •Base damage increased to 150/250/350 from 150/200/250.
W base damage decreased; mana cost increased. E mana cost increased.
Passive damage against monsters decreased. E bonus attack range decreased.
A Thousand Cuts
- •Maximum AP ratio against monsters reduced to 15% AP from 25% AP.
Skip 'n Slash
- •Bonus attack range reduced to 50 from 100.
Switcheroo!
- •Fishbones mana cost increased to 20 at all ranks from 16/17/18/19/20.
- •Fisbones bonus attack ranged reduced to 80/110/140/170/200 from 100/125/150/175/200.
E cooldown increased. R invulnerability duration decreased.
Audacious Charge
- •Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 11.
Crescent Guard
- •Duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
Volley
- •Mana cost changed to 75/70/65/60/55 from 70 at all ranks.
Enchanted Crystal Arrow
- •Cooldown reduced to 80/70/60 seconds from 100/80/60.
Piltover Peacemaker
- •Bug Fix: Now properly deals damage even if the caster had a spell shield via Banshee's Veil or Edge of Night.
General
- •Updated visual effects.
Original
- •Complete overhaul.
Death Blossom, Victorious, Blood Moon, SKT T1
- •Same as new base.
Super Galaxy
- •Minor changes.
- •Rappel
- •New VFX.
Bewitching
- •Minor changes.
Withered Rose
- •Minimal tweaks.
Rappel
- •Bug Fix: Can no longer be cast globally.
- •Bug Fix: Now only descends if the second cast is on a target within the ability's range.
Friend of the Forest
- •Undocumented/Bug Fix: Jungle buffs gifted to allies now have the proper 120 seconds duration rather than the 90 seconds duration from before the V6.24 change.
- •Ivern himself already gained the proper buff duration whether he freed the buff monster himself or picked up the gift.
General
- •Bug Fix: Can no longer bypass the spawn boundaries before 15 seconds into the game on Summoner's Rift after a certain condition.
Q damage and bonus crit damage decreased; each mark now applies on-hit effects; on-hit cooldown reduction now scales with Ability Haste. E and R now pause during his Q and both can now be activated during Q. E base damage decreased late.
Alpha Strike
- •Base damage changed to 30/60/90/120/150 from 25/60/95/130/165.
- •AD ratio reduced to 60% AD from 90% AD.
- •Bonus critical damage modifier reduced to 50% from 60%.
- •Primary critical damage reduced to 137.5% (+ Infinity Edge) from 145% (+ Infinity Edge).
- •New Effect: Cooldown reduction per basic attack now scales down with ability haste.
- •New Effect: Now applies on-hit effects, reduced to 25% for subsequent hits.
- •Does not apply Alpha Strike cooldown reduction or stack Double Strike.
- •AD ratio reduced to 50% AD from 60% AD.
- •Bonus critical damage modifier reduced to 35% from 50%.
- •Primary critical damage reduced to 126.25% (+ Infinity Edge) from 137.5% (+ Infinity Edge).
- •On-hit modifier reduced to 75% from 100%.
- •Subsequent hit on-hit modifier reduced to 18.75% from 25%.
Wuju Style
- •Base bonus true damage reduced to 30/38/46/54/62 from 30/40/50/60/70.
- •New Effect: Duration is now paused during Alpha Strike.
- •New Effect: Can now be cast during Alpha Strike.
- •Base bonus true damage reduced to 30/37/44/51/58 from 30/38/46/54/62.
- •Base bonus true damage increased to 30/38/46/54/62 from 30/37/44/51/58.
Highlander
- •New Effect: Duration is now paused during Alpha Strike.
- •New Effect: Can now be cast during Alpha Strike.
- •Cooldown changed to 100/90/80 seconds from 85 at all ranks.
- •Cooldown changed to 85 seconds at all ranks from 100/90/80.
Stats
- •Base health reduced to 550 from 599.
- •Base health increased to 599 from 550.
Living Forge
- •Bug Fix: Now is properly able to upgrade items for an allied Viego, even if he had possessed an enemy champion with Sovereign's Domination at one point.
Queen's Wrath
- •Bug Fix: Cast bar HUD now displays correctly.
Hostile Takeover
- •Bug Fix: Power Chord empowered basic attack is now properly consumed and applied when used against allied units while Berserk.
- •Bug Fix: Cheap Shot now properly triggers and deals its damage for Berserk champions.
- •Bug Fix: Caster of The Show Stopper no longer becomes locked out of their basic abilities they are performing the ability while Berserk and their target dies in the process.
- •Bug Fix: Several issues have been fixed where champions with certain items and runes would incorrectly receive kill credit and gold for killing their allies while Berserk.
Electro Harpoon
- •Bug Fix: Overheated state no longer visually disappears father than it should be if it was triggered by Electro Harpoon.
Arcane Mastery
- •AP ratio increased to 10% per 100 AP from 5% per 100 AP.
Overload
- •Base damage reduced to 70/90/110/130/150 from 75/100/125/150/175.
- •AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 40% AP.
W mana cost decreased late; cooldown increased early and decreased late; shield decreased and now scales with rank; ally shields now equal Seraphine's; heal scaling adjusted. E cooldown decreased early.
Surround Sound
- •Mana cost reduced to 50/60/70/80/90 from 50/70/90/110/130.
- •Cooldown changed to 28/26/24/22/20 seconds from 26/25/24/23/22.
- •Self base shield changed to 60/80/100/120/140 from 75 to 225 (based on level).
- •Self shield AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
- •Ally base shield changed to 60/80/100/120/140 from 50 to 150 (based on level).
- •Ally shield AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 30% AP.
- •Base heal increased to 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% missing health from 5% at all ranks.
- •Heal AP ratio reduced to 0.75% per 100 AP from 1.125% per 100 AP.
Beat Drop
- •Cooldown reduced to 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds from 13/12/11/10/9.
The Show Stopper
- •Bug Fix: Caster no longer becomes locked out of their basic abilities if they are performing The Show Stopper while Berserk and their target dies in the process.
Power Chord
- •Bug Fix: Empowered basic attack is now properly consumed and applied when used against allied units while Berserk.
Lifeform Disintegration Ray
- •Bug Fix: When it is cast in spectate mode, no longer causes the game replay to crash.
Doom 'n Gloom
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where marked enemies would sometimes fail to get feared by her Doom-empowered Looming Darkness.
Sovereign's Domination
- •Bug Fix: Magical Footwear no longer sometimes grants him duplicate Slightly Magical Boots.
- •Bug Fix: No longer permanently gains Rock Surfing after possessing Taliyah.
- •Bug Fix: Ornn is now properly able to forge items for him with Living Forge, even if an enemy champion was possessed at one point.
Eulogy of the Isles
- •Bug Fix: Maiden of the Mist now properly displays an icon on the minimap.
- •Bug Fix: Maiden of the Mist and Mist Walkers now properly disappear when the caster dies.
Stats
- •Base attack damage reduced to 53 from 58.
- •Health growth increased to 90 from 85.
- •Base armor reduced to 22 from 23.
- •Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.5.
Basic Attack
- •Health ratio reduced to 1 to 10% (based on level) of target's maximum health from 3 to 15.0003% (based on level).
Burst Fire
- •Total base damage increased to 10/15/20/25/30 from 9/13/17/21/25.
- •Base damage per hit increased to 1.43/2.14/2.86/3.57/4.29 from 1.29/1.86/2.43/3/3.57.
Spark Surge
- •Cooldown increased to 23 seconds at all ranks from 23/22/21/20/19.
Lightning Crash
- •Bonus movement speed per stack reduced to 1.5% from 2%.
- •Stack per champion hit increased to 4 from 3.
Items
Ranged Hullbreaker users have been taking over top lane, so we’re decreasing its benefits for them. Hullbreaker should still feel like an option for ranged champs, but without overshadowing melee users.
General
- •Boarding Party bonus resistances for ranged champions reduced to 10/12.2222/14.4444/16.6667/18.8889/21.1111/23.3333/25.5556/27.7778/30 (at level 1/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18) from 20/24.4444/28.8889/33.3333/37.7778/42.2222/46.6667/51.1111/55.5556/60 (at level 1/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18).
- •Boarding Party minion bonus resistances for ranged champions reduced to 30/36.6667/43.3333/50/56.6667/63.3333/70/76.6667/83.3333/90 (at level 1/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18) from 60/73.3333/86.6667/100/113.333/126.667/140/153.333/166.667/180 (at level 1/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18).
General
- •Devotion shield reduced to 200 to 365 (based on target's level) from 230 to 385 (based on target's level).
- •Consecrate bonus resistances reduced to 3 from 5.
League of Legends Patch 12.5 FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- When did League of Legends Patch 12.5 release?
- League of Legends Patch 12.5 was released on Mar 1, 2022.
- What changed in League of Legends Patch 12.5?
- Patch 12.5 included changes to 30 champions (6 buffs, 5 nerfs, 19 adjustments), plus 2 item updates. See the full breakdown above.
- What was the previous League of Legends patch before 12.5?
- The previous League of Legends patch was 12.4.
- What is the next League of Legends patch after 12.5?
- The next League of Legends patch is 12.6.
