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League of Legends Patch 8.1 was released on Jan 10, 2018. This update included changes to 27 champions, with 4 buffs, 2 nerfs, 21 adjustments.

Brand League of Legends Patch NotesPCBrandBuff

Blaze

  • Damage per stack increased to 4% of target's maximum health from 2%.
Graves League of Legends Patch NotesPCGravesBuff

End of the Line

  • Mana cost reduced to 60/65/70/75/80 from 60/70/90/90/100.
  • Cooldown reduced to 13/12/11/10/9 seconds from 14/13/12/11/10.

Smoke Screen

  • Slow increased to 50% at all ranks from 15/20/25/30/35%.
  • Slow duration reduced to 0.5 seconds from 1.5.
Skarner League of Legends Patch NotesPCSkarnerBuff

Stats

  • Base mana increased to 320 from 272.2.

Fracture

  • Bonus physical damage increased to 30/50/70/90/110 from 25/35/45/55/65.
  • Stun duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.
Zoe League of Legends Patch NotesPCZoeBuff

Paddle Star!

  • Now takes longer to register her new position (for purposes of calculating damage) when casting Portal Jump.

Spell Thief

  • Minions can no longer drop shards for Hextech Gunblade.

Sleepy Trouble Bubble

  • Trap arm time increased to 0.8 seconds from 0.6.

Portal Jump

  • Portal delay reduced to 0 seconds from 0.1.

H-28Q Apex Turret

  • Beam base damage reduced to 100/140/180 from 200/270/340.
Kayle League of Legends Patch NotesPCKayleNerf

Stats

  • Attack damage growth reduced to 2.2 from 2.8.
  • Bonus attack speed at level 1 reduced to 10% from 15%.

Righteous Fury

  • Cooldown changed to 18/17/16/15/14 seconds from 16 at all ranks.
Ashe League of Legends Patch NotesPCAsheChange

Sherwood Forest and Woad

  • Ranger's Focus
  • Bug Fix: Now have appropriately themed bolts when using Runaan's Hurricane.
Cassiopeia League of Legends Patch NotesPCCassiopeiaChange

Jade Fang

  • Petrifying Gaze
  • Bug Fix: Overlay is no longer overwritten by Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
Cho'Gath League of Legends Patch NotesPCCho'GathChange

Vorpal Spikes

  • Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer interrupt the basic attacks of enemy champions they hit.
Evelynn League of Legends Patch NotesPCEvelynnChange

Whiplash

  • Bug fix: No longer goes on cooldown if it fizzles due to her losing vision of her target during its cast time.
Galio League of Legends Patch NotesPCGalioChange

Shield of Durand

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where his shield would expire, rather than refresh 12 seconds after taking damage.
Gangplank League of Legends Patch NotesPCGangplankChange

Parrrley

  • Bug Fix: Now correctly goes on cooldown on cast start instead of cast end.

Cannon Barrage

  • Bug Fix: Cooldown will no longer reset when buying the Raise Morale upgrade.
Gnar League of Legends Patch NotesPCGnarChange

Super Galaxy

  • Bug Fix: Transformation to and from Mega Gnar has been visually changed to remove a seizure risk.
Jinx League of Legends Patch NotesPCJinxChange

Ambitious Elf

  • General
  • Bug Fix: Hair no longer stretches unnaturally during several animations.
  • Zap!
  • Bug Fix: Trail no longer appears in front of the candy projectile.
Kog'Maw League of Legends Patch NotesPCKog'MawChange

Hextech

  • Void Ooze
  • Bug Fix: VFX around the spit blob projectile no longer disappear beneath elevated terrain.
Lulu League of Legends Patch NotesPCLuluChange

Pool Party

  • Wild Growth
  • Bug Fix: Ground VFX no longer slowly pulse on low and very low settings.
Lux League of Legends Patch NotesPCLuxChange

Elementalist

  • Final Spark
  • Bug Fix: Water form VFX have been restored.
  • Light Binding
  • Bug Fix: Fire form VFX have been restored.
Maokai League of Legends Patch NotesPCMaokaiChange

Twisted Advance

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where chaining certain dashes together would cause the second dash to last for the same duration as the first. This is why Twisted Advance took so long to reach a target after exiting Abyssal Voyage.
Nami League of Legends Patch NotesPCNamiChange

River Spirit

  • Tidecaller's Blessing
  • Bug Fix: Orbs are no longer offset during rotation.
Nidalee League of Legends Patch NotesPCNidaleeChange

Takedown

  • Bug Fix: No longer damages enemies if its empowered attack is dodged.

Bewitching

  • Takedown
  • Bug Fix: Bat VFX have been restored when jumping towards hunted targets.
Nunu & Willump League of Legends Patch NotesPCNunu & WillumpChange

Nunu Bot

  • Bug Fix: Arms are no longer missing electric VFX.
Ornn League of Legends Patch NotesPCOrnnChange

Bellows Breath

  • Bug Fix: Brittle proc no longer apply its effect if the attack that would apply it is blocked.
Syndra League of Legends Patch NotesPCSyndraChange

Unleashed Power

  • All Dark Sphere now consistently fly at Unleashed Power's target, even if the target dies or goes invulnerable.
  • The three spheres orbiting her now properly materialize even if Unleashed Power's target dies as the ability is cast.
  • Syndra's movement no longer becomes funky for a few seconds if Unleashed Power's target dies before all spheres have fired.
  • Dark Sphere that didn't damage Unleashed Power's target now properly interact with her other abilities.
  • Dark Sphere that didn't damage Unleashed Power's target no longer move erratically when affected by her other abilities.
  • Dark Sphere created shortly after Unleashed Power ends no longer move erratically when affected by her other abilities.
Udyr League of Legends Patch NotesPCUdyrChange

Spirit Guard

  • Turtle Stance
  • Bug Fix: Animal VFX dance have been restored when he's in rank five Turtle Stance.
Vayne League of Legends Patch NotesPCVayneChange

Tumble

  • Bug Fix: Her first Tumble attack out of Final Hour stealth can now correctly be heard/seen.
Zac League of Legends Patch NotesPCZacChange

Let's Bounce!

  • Bug Fix: Zac will no longer get stuck in his Let's Bounce! animation continuously if he revives with Guardian Angel after during the cast animation.
Zyra League of Legends Patch NotesPCZyraChange

Grasping Roots

  • Bug Fix: Fixed very rare instances where canceling an auto attack could also cause an in-flight projectile to disappear.

Items

Archangel's Staff League of Legends ItemPCArchangel's StaffChange

General

  • Mana Charge tooltip updated to "for each mana expenditure" from "for each spell cast or mana expenditure".
  • Mana Charge no longer trigger on abilities without a mana cost.
Manamune League of Legends ItemPCManamuneChange

General

  • Mana Charge tooltip updated to "for each basic attack or mana expenditure" from "for each basic attack, spell cast or mana expenditure".
  • Mana Charge no longer trigger on abilities without a mana cost.
Tear of the Goddess League of Legends ItemPCTear of the GoddessChange

General

  • Mana Charge no longer triggers on abilities without a mana cost.
  • Mana Charge tooltip updated to "for each mana expenditure" from "for each spell cast or mana expenditure".