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League of Legends Patch 8.16
League of Legends Patch 8.16 was released on Aug 15, 2018. This update included changes to 17 champions, with 5 buffs, 9 nerfs, 3 adjustments. The patch also changed 2 game systems: Summoner Spells, Turrets & Structures. It also changed 6 runes: Celerity, Cheap Shot, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Scorch and 1 more.
Changes (3)
Systems
Buffs (1)
Changes (1)
Runes
Changes (2)
Champions
Tantrum
- •New Effect: Reduced physical damage now scales with 3% bonus armor and 3% bonus magic resistance.
Rampage
- •Base damage increased to 55/95/135/175/215 from 55/90/125/160/195.
- •Bonus AD ratio increased to 70% bonus AD from 60%.
Defensive Ball Curl
- •Armor ratio increased to 60/70/80/90/100% armor from 50/60/70/80/90%.
- •Magic resistance ratio increased to 30/35/40/45/50% magic resistance from 25/30/35/40/45%.
Soul Furnace
- •Bonus health on enemy kill increased to 4 from 3.
- •Bonus health on large-enemies and champion takedowns increased to 15 from 10.
Umbral Dash
- •Healing effectiveness against non-champions reduced to 15% from 33%.
- •Charges gained when first learning the ability reduced to 1 from 2.
World Ender
- •Cooldown increased to 160/140/120 seconds from 140/130/120.
Seastone Trident
- •Active AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.
- •On-hit magic damage AP ratio reduced to 35% AP from 40% AP.
Chum the Waters
- •Guppy AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 90% AP.
- •Chomper AP ratio reduced to 100% AP from 110% AP.
- •Gigalodon AP ratio reduced to 120% AP from 130% AP.
Stats
- •Base movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
Seismic Shove
- •Cooldown increased to 16/15/14/13/12 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
Weaver's Wall
- •Removed: The wall no longer grants vision.
Spinning Slash
- •Cooldown increased to 13/12/11/10/9 seconds from 13/11.5/10/8.5/7.
Crushing Blow
- •Base damage reduced to 10/40/70/100/130 from 30/60/90/120/150.
- •AD ratio reduced to 0/10/20/30/40% AD from 10/20/30/40/50% AD.
More Sparkles!
- •Base damage reduced to 10 to 124 (based on level) from 12 to 135 (based on level).
- •AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 32.5% AP.
Spell Thief
- •AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 55% AP.
Titan's Wrath
- •Base shield strength changed to 60/70/80/90/100 from 65/70/75/80/85.
- •Shield health ratio reduced to 9/10/11/12/13% maximum health from 9/11/13/15/17%.
- •Duration reduced to 6 seconds from 10.
- •Cooldown reduced to 12 seconds from 18.
Tongue Lash
- •Slow duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.
- •Cooldown reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
Devour
- •Devour duration reduced to 4 seconds at all ranks from 4/4.5/5/5.5/6.
- •Enemy devour duration reduced to 2 seconds at all ranks from 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3.
- •Cooldown increased to 28/25/22/19/16 seconds from 14/13/12/11/10.
- •New Effect: Refunds 50% of its cooldown if cast against an enemy.
- •Mana cost reduced to 60 from 90.
Chomp
- •Base damage reduced to 20/30/40/50/60 from 20/40/60/80/100.
- •AD ratio increased to 0/10/20/30/40% AD from 0/5/10/15/20% AD.
- •Bonus attack damage duration reduced to 5 seconds from 8.
Runes
General
- •Bonus movement speed conversion into AP reduced to 10% from 16%.
- •Bonus movement speed conversion into AD reduced to 6% from 9.6%.
General
- •Damage reduced to 8 to 40 (based on level) from 15 to 40 (based on level).
General
- •Base damage reduced to 30 to 180 (based on level) from 50 to 220 (based on level).
- •Bonus AD ratio reduced to 40% bonus AD from 50%.
- •AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 30% AP.
- •Cooldown reduced to 25 to 20 (based on level) seconds from 50 to 25 (based on level).
General
- •Lethality reduced to 7 from 10.
- •Magic penetration reduced to 6 from 8.
General
- •Damage reduced to 10 to 30 (based on level) from 20 to 60 (based on level).
- •Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 20.
General
- •Base damage reduced to 10 to 40 (based on level) from 15 to 40 (based on level).
- •Base shield strength increased to 35 to 80 (based on level) from 30 to 80 (based on level).
System Changes
Heal
- •Cooldown reduced to 240 seconds from 270.
Exclusive items:
Nexus Blitz
- •New experimental game mode, open for alpha playtesting.
- •Features a new map, new in-game events, double jungling.
- •Doran's Lost Shield
- •Doran's Lost Blade
- •Doran's Lost Ring
- •Doran's Lost Idol
- •Philosopher's Medallion
- •Heart of Targon
- •Pridestalker's Blade
- •Wriggle's Lantern
- •Zephyr
- •Ghostwalkers
- •Lifeline
- •Spectral Cutlass
- •Bloodletter's Veil
- •Deathfire Grasp
- •Spear of Shojin
- •Atma's Reckoning
- •Force of Nature
League of Legends Patch 8.16 FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- When did League of Legends Patch 8.16 release?
- League of Legends Patch 8.16 was released on Aug 15, 2018.
- What changed in League of Legends Patch 8.16?
- Patch 8.16 included changes to 17 champions (5 buffs, 9 nerfs, 3 adjustments), plus 6 rune changes and 2 game system updates. See the full breakdown above.
- What was the previous League of Legends patch before 8.16?
- The previous League of Legends patch was 8.15.
- What is the next League of Legends patch after 8.16?
- The next League of Legends patch is 8.17.
