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League of Legends Patch 6.8

League of Legends Patch 6.8 was released on Apr 20, 2016. This update included changes to 9 champions, with 2 buffs, 1 nerf, 6 adjustments.

Champions

Galio League of Legends Patch NotesPCGalioBuff

Righteous Gust

  • Mana cost reduced to 60/65/70/75/80 from 70/75/80/85/90.
  • Movement speed changed to 30/35/40/45/50% from 20/28/36/44/52%.
Olaf League of Legends Patch NotesPCOlafBuff

Vicious Strikes

  • Life steal increased to 14/16/18/20/22% from 9/12/15/18/21%.

Ragnarok

  • Passive armor and magic resist increased to 20/30/40 from 10/20/30.
Graves League of Legends Patch NotesPCGravesNerf

New Destiny

  • First pellet damage reduced to 70-100% AD from 75-110% AD.
  • Subsequent pellets damage reduced to 23-33% AD from 24-36% AD.
  • Critical strike pellets reduced to 6 from 8.
  • Critical strike pellets spread angle reduced to 15 degrees from 18 degrees.
  • Removed: Bonus critical damage grants additional pellets.
  • New Effect: Critical strike pellets deal 40%x(1 + bonus critical damage) AD bonus damage.
Ekko League of Legends Patch NotesPCEkkoChange

Parallel Convergence

  • Base damage reduced to 3% of the target's missing health from 5% of the target's missing health.
  • AP ratio increased to 1% per 33 AP from 1% per 50 AP .
  • New Effect: Deals a minimum of 15 damage to minions and monsters.

Phase Dive

  • Base damage reduced to 40/65/90/115/140 from 50/80/110/140/170.
  • AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 20% AP.
Kog'Maw League of Legends Patch NotesPCKog'MawChange

Caustic Spittle

  • Resistance reduction increased to 20/22/24/26/28% from 12/16/20/24/28%.

Bio-Arcane Barrage

  • Base damage reduced to 4/8/12/16/20 from 10/15/20/25/30.
Master Yi League of Legends Patch NotesPCMaster YiChange

Highlander

  • Cooldown increased to 85 seconds at all ranks from 75.
  • Duration reduced to 7 seconds from 10.
  • Kills and assists time extension increased to 7 seconds from 4.
Miss Fortune League of Legends Patch NotesPCMiss FortuneChange

Strut

  • Attack speed duration increased to 4 seconds from 3.
  • Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 8.
  • New Effect: Cooldown begins on cast rather than when the buff expires.
  • Removed: Love Tap extends the duration.
  • New Effect: While Strut is on cooldown, applying Love Tap reduces the remaining cooldown by 2 - 1.1 seconds.
Rumble League of Legends Patch NotesPCRumbleChange

Flamespitter

  • Removed: 50% damage penalty against minions.

The Equalizer

  • Cooldown reduced to 110/100/90 seconds from 120/110/100.
Taric League of Legends Patch NotesPCTaricChange

General

  • Visual upgrade across all skins.
  • New splash artwork for all skins.
  • Original
  • Emerald
  • Armor of the Fifth Age
  • Bloodstone
  • New voice over.
  • New lore.
  • New ability icons.
  • Title changed to the Shield of Valoran from the Gem Knight.

Stats

  • Attack range increased to 150 from 125.
  • Base health reduced to 575 from 619.2.
  • Base health regen reduced to 6 from 7.94.
  • Base mana reduced to 250 from 349.08.
  • Mana growth increased to 75 from 56.
  • Base mana regen reduced to 5 from 8.5.
  • Mana regen growth increased to 1 from 0.8.
  • Base armor reduced to 25 from 25.876.
  • Armor growth reduced to 3.4 from 3.7.
  • Base attack damage reduced to 55 from 57.88.

Gemcraft (Innate)

  • Renamed Bravado.
  • Number of empowered attacks increased to 2 from 1.
  • Damage adjusted to 22 to 90 (based on level) (+ 15% bonus Armor) from 20% total armor.
  • On-hit cooldown reduction reduced to 1 - 0.55 second from 2.
  • Removed: On-hit cooldown reduction reducing his ultimate.
  • New Effect: On-hit cooldown reduction is increased to 6 - 3.3 seconds toward his Starlight's Touch cooldown.
  • New Effect: Taric gains 100% total attack speed for the two attacks.

Starlight's Touch (Q)

  • New Active: Taric expends all his current charges to heal himself and surrounding allied champion, as well as those surrounding his Bastion-protected champion, for 20/30/40/50/60 (+ 20% AP) (+ 1.5% bonus Health) per charge. Taric can store up to 3 charges, for a maximum heal of 60/90/120/150/180 (+ 60% AP) (+ 4.5% bonus Health).
  • Cost: 60/80/100/120/140 mana
  • Recharge time: 15 seconds

Bastion (W)

  • New Passive: Taric's and Bastion-protected champion's armor are increased by 10/12.5/15/17.5/20 % of Taric's total Armor.
  • New Active: Taric shields himself and the target allied champion for 8/9/10/11/12% of their maximum health for 2.5 seconds and grant them Bastion, which lasts so long as they remain in range or Taric selects a new champion. Taric's abilities will also cast from nearby ally protected by Bastion, but the effects do not stack.
  • Taric can target himself to gain a shield, which will remove his current Bastion.
  • Cost: 60 mana
  • Cooldown: 15 seconds

Dazzle (E)

  • New Active: Taric and his Bastion-protected champion project beams of starlight toward the target location, which persists in the given direction for the next 1 second. After that time, the beams erupt dealing 60/105/150/195/240 (+ 50% AP) (+ 30% bonus Armor) magic damage to enemies hit and stunning them for 1/1.125/1.25/1.375/1.5 seconds.
  • Cost: 60 mana
  • Cooldown: 15 seconds

Cosmic Radiance (R)

  • New Active: After a 2.5 second delay, cosmic energy radiates outward from Taric and his Bastion, granting invulnerability to all allied champions hit for 2.5 seconds.
  • Cost: 100 mana
  • Cooldown: 160/130/100 seconds

Items

General

  • Health restore per half-second reduced to 5.20 from 6.25.
  • Total health restore reduced to 125 from 150.
  • Mana restore per half-second increased to 3.125 from 2.08.
  • Total mana restore increased to 75 from 50.
Iceborn Gauntlet League of Legends ItemPCIceborn GauntletNerf

Unique Passive - Spellblade

  • AD ratio reduced to 100% base AD from 125% base AD.
Mercurial Scimitar League of Legends ItemPCMercurial ScimitarChange

General

  • AD reduced to 65 from 75.
  • Combine cost reduced to 525 gold from 625 gold.
  • Total cost reduced to 3600 gold from 3700 gold.

League of Legends Patch 6.8 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 6.8 release?
League of Legends Patch 6.8 was released on Apr 20, 2016.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 6.8?
Patch 6.8 included changes to 9 champions (2 buffs, 1 nerf, 6 adjustments), plus 3 item updates. See the full breakdown above.
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 6.8?
The previous League of Legends patch was 6.7.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 6.8?
The next League of Legends patch is 6.9.