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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 LoL Patch NotesPCBrandBuff

Blaze

  • Damage per stack increased to 4% of target's maximum health from 2%.
Graves LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCAsheChange

Sherwood Forest and Woad

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

Jade Fang

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

Vorpal Spikes

  • Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer interrupt the basic attacks of enemy champions they hit.
Evelynn LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCGalioChange

Shield of Durand

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

Super Galaxy

  • Bug Fix: Transformation to and from Mega Gnar has been visually changed to remove a seizure risk.
Jinx LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCKog'MawChange

Hextech

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

Pool Party

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

Elementalist

  • Final Spark
  • Bug Fix: Water form VFX have been restored.
  • Light Binding
  • Bug Fix: Fire form VFX have been restored.
Maokai LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCNamiChange

River Spirit

  • Tidecaller's Blessing
  • Bug Fix: Orbs are no longer offset during rotation.
Nidalee LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCNunu & WillumpChange

Nunu Bot

  • Bug Fix: Arms are no longer missing electric VFX.
Ornn LoL Patch NotesPCOrnnChange

Bellows Breath

  • Bug Fix: Brittle proc no longer apply its effect if the attack that would apply it is blocked.
Syndra LoL 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 LoL Patch NotesPCUdyrChange

Spirit Guard

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

Tumble

  • Bug Fix: Her first Tumble attack out of Final Hour stealth can now correctly be heard/seen.
Zac LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL 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 LoL 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".