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League of Legends Patch 8.1
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.
Nerfs (2)
Changes (21)
Items
Changes (3)
Champions
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sherwood Forest and Woad
- •Ranger's Focus
- •Bug Fix: Now have appropriately themed bolts when using Runaan's Hurricane.
Jade Fang
- •Petrifying Gaze
- •Bug Fix: Overlay is no longer overwritten by Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
Vorpal Spikes
- •Bug Fix: Empowered attacks no longer interrupt the basic attacks of enemy champions they hit.
Whiplash
- •Bug fix: No longer goes on cooldown if it fizzles due to her losing vision of her target during its cast time.
Shield of Durand
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where his shield would expire, rather than refresh 12 seconds after taking damage.
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.
Super Galaxy
- •Bug Fix: Transformation to and from Mega Gnar has been visually changed to remove a seizure risk.
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.
Hextech
- •Void Ooze
- •Bug Fix: VFX around the spit blob projectile no longer disappear beneath elevated terrain.
Pool Party
- •Wild Growth
- •Bug Fix: Ground VFX no longer slowly pulse on low and very low settings.
Elementalist
- •Final Spark
- •Bug Fix: Water form VFX have been restored.
- •Light Binding
- •Bug Fix: Fire form VFX have been restored.
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.
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 Bot
- •Bug Fix: Arms are no longer missing electric VFX.
Bellows Breath
- •Bug Fix: Brittle proc no longer apply its effect if the attack that would apply it is blocked.
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.
Spirit Guard
- •Turtle Stance
- •Bug Fix: Animal VFX dance have been restored when he's in rank five Turtle Stance.
Tumble
- •Bug Fix: Her first Tumble attack out of Final Hour stealth can now correctly be heard/seen.
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.
Grasping Roots
- •Bug Fix: Fixed very rare instances where canceling an auto attack could also cause an in-flight projectile to disappear.
Items
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.
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.
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".
League of Legends Patch 8.1 FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- When did League of Legends Patch 8.1 release?
- League of Legends Patch 8.1 was released on Jan 10, 2018.
- What changed in League of Legends Patch 8.1?
- Patch 8.1 included changes to 27 champions (4 buffs, 2 nerfs, 21 adjustments), plus 3 item updates. See the full breakdown above.
- What was the previous League of Legends patch before 8.1?
- The previous League of Legends patch was 7.24b.
- What is the next League of Legends patch after 8.1?
- The next League of Legends patch is 8.2.
