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League of Legends Patch 8.8 was released on Apr 18, 2018. This update included changes to 44 champions, with 4 buffs, 9 nerfs, 31 adjustments.

Graves League of Legends Patch NotesPCGravesBuff

Stats

  • Health growth increased to 92 from 84.

Collateral Damage

  • Cooldown reduced to 110/85/60 seconds from 120/100/80.

Pool Party

  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on him and all of his chromas when on lower graphics settings.

Snow Day

  • Bug Fix: Eyes now properly follow his head's movement during all animations.
Lissandra League of Legends Patch NotesPCLissandraBuff

Ice Shard

  • Mana cost reduced to 75 from 85.

Frozen Tomb

  • Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 130/105/80.
Nautilus League of Legends Patch NotesPCNautilusBuff

Stats

  • Base mana increased to 400 from 334.
  • Base attack damage increased to 61 from 57.54.

Dredge Line

  • Cooldown reduced to 14/13/12/11/10 seconds from 18/16/14/12/10.

AstroNautilus

  • Titan's Wrath
  • Bug Fix: Helmet VFX no longer linger after it has expired.
Vi League of Legends Patch NotesPCViBuff

Stats

  • Base health increased to 585 from 582.8.
  • Base mana reduced to 295 from 295.6.
  • Base armor reduced to 30 from 35.
  • Armor growth increased to 4 from 3.5.
  • Base health regeneration increased to 10 from 9.
  • Health regeneration growth increased to 1 from 0.9.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 8 from 8.092.

Blast Shield

  • Cooldown reduced to 12 to 8 (based on level) seconds from 16 to 8 (based on level).

Vault Breaker

  • Cooldown reduced to 12/11/10/9/8 seconds from 16/14/12/10/8.

Excessive Force

  • Mana cost reduced to 26/32/38/44/50 from 40/45/50/55/60.
Azir League of Legends Patch NotesPCAzirNerf

Arise!

  • Damage to secondary targets reduced to 25%/50%/75%/100% (at level 1/6/11/16) from 40%/70%/100% (at level 1/6/11).
Braum League of Legends Patch NotesPCBraumNerf

Stats

  • Armor growth reduced to 4 from 4.5.

Stand Behind Me

  • Base resistances reduced to 10/14/18/22/26 from 17.5/20/22.5/25/27.5.
  • Bonus resistances are now applied more responsively.
Galio League of Legends Patch NotesPCGalioNerf

Hero's Entrance

  • Cooldown increased to 200/180/160 seconds from 180/150/120.
Janna League of Legends Patch NotesPCJannaNerf

Stats

  • Base movement speed reduced to 315 from 320.

Zephyr

  • Base damage reduced to 55/100/145/190/235 from 60/105/150/195/240.
Kai'Sa League of Legends Patch NotesPCKai'SaNerf

Stats

  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 6.2.
  • Health regeneration growth reduced to 0.55 from 0.75.

Icathian Rain

  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 35% bonus AD from 40%.
Ryze League of Legends Patch NotesPCRyzeNerf

Spell Flux

  • Mana cost increased to 60/70/80/90/100 from 40/55/70/85/100.

SKT T1

  • Bug Fix: Crowd cheers have been restored in his recall animation.
Tahm Kench League of Legends Patch NotesPCTahm KenchNerf

Devour

  • Removed: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% bonus movement speed with an ally in his belly when moving towards enemy champions.

Thick Skin

  • Health restored from grey health reduced to 15/20/25/30/35% from 25/30/35/40/45%.
Taliyah League of Legends Patch NotesPCTaliyahNerf

Stats

  • Base health reduced to 502 from 532.

Threaded Volley

  • Cooldown increased to 11/9/7/5/3 seconds from 9/7.5/6/4.5/3.

Freljord

  • Bug Fix: Once again has basic attack on-hit VFX when hitting structures and jungle monsters.
Xayah League of Legends Patch NotesPCXayahNerf

Stats

  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5 from 6.

Clean Cuts

  • Pass through damage reduced to 30%/40%/50% (at level 1/7/13) from 50% at all levels.
Ahri League of Legends Patch NotesPCAhriChange

Vastayan Grace

  • Renamed Vastayan Grace from Essence Theft.
  • New Innate: Whenever Ahri lands 2 spell hits against a champion within 1.5 seconds, she gain 20% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds (9 second cooldown).
  • Removed Innate: Whenever Ahri hits an enemy with one of her abilities, she gains a charge of Essence Theft, and can gain up to 3 charges per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 charges, her next ability heals her for 3/5/9/18 (at level 1/6/11/16) (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit.

Orb of Deception

  • Removed: Granting 300/240/180/120/80 (at level 0/0.25/0.5/0.75/1) (based on time) bonus movement speed.
  • New Effect: Whenever Ahri hits an enemy with one of her abilities, she gains a charge of Essence Theft, and can gain up to 3 charges per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 charges, her next Orb of Deception that lands heals her for 3/5/9/18 (at level 1/6/11/16) (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit.

Fox-Fire

  • Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50.
  • New Effect: Now prioritizes any enemy champion affected by Charm damage amp and the target Ahri most recently basic-attacked within the past 3 seconds.
  • New Effect: Range against priority targets increased to 725 from 700.
  • Initial delay against non-prioritised targets increased to 0.4 seconds from 0.25.

Charm

  • Base damage reduced to 60/90/120/150/180 from 60/95/130/165/200.
  • AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 60% AP.
  • New Effect: If Charm hits an enemy, Ahri's abilities deal 20% bonus damage to them for 5 seconds.

Spirit Rush

  • Base damage reduced to 60/90/120 from 70/110/150.
  • AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 25% AP.
Aurelion Sol League of Legends Patch NotesPCAurelion SolChange

Ashen Lord

  • Bug Fix: Shiny VFX are no longer missing on his sunglasses during his joke animation.
Blitzcrank League of Legends Patch NotesPCBlitzcrankChange

Lancer Paragon and Lancer Rogue

  • Bug Fix: Recall is no longer missing lightning effects VFX.
Darius League of Legends Patch NotesPCDariusChange

General

  • Bug Fix: Texture compression is now more consistent across his chroma pack.

Dreadnova

  • Bug Fix: Idle VFX have been restored.

Woad King and Dunkmaster

  • Bug Fix: Particles during critical attacks are no longer misplaced.
Draven League of Legends Patch NotesPCDravenChange

Santa

  • Spinning Axe
  • Bug Fix: Landing location's particles are no longer overlapped by on-ground area of effect abilities' particles.
Ekko League of Legends Patch NotesPCEkkoChange

Sandstorm

  • Bug Fix: Hourglass and Chrono Blade are now better attached to his model during all of his animations.

SKT T1

  • Bug Fix: Is no longer missing VFX during his joke, taunt, dance, and death.
Garen League of Legends Patch NotesPCGarenChange

Steel Legion

  • Demacian Justice
  • Bug Fix: Villain mark is now at the same height when comparing it to enemy and ally perspectives.
Irelia League of Legends Patch NotesPCIreliaChange

Stats

  • Base armor increased to 34 from 31.

Bladesurge

  • Bonus damage to minions increased to 70% from 60%.

Flawless Duet

  • Bug Fix: No longer credits her for several minion kills with each cast.

Vanguard's Edge

  • Cooldown increased to 140/120/100 seconds from 120/105/90.
  • Missile base damage reduced to 125/225/325 from 150/275/400.
  • Wall base damage reduced to 75/125/175 from 125/200/275.
Karma League of Legends Patch NotesPCKarmaChange

Conqueror

  • Bug Fix: Unique particles have been restored for all of her spells
Kassadin League of Legends Patch NotesPCKassadinChange

Cosmic Reaver

  • Nether Blade
  • Bug Fix: Unique particles have been restored for his auto attack on-hits and Nether Blade.
LeBlanc League of Legends Patch NotesPCLeBlancChange

Mirror Image - Reintroduced

  • Removed: Sigil of Malice.
  • Innate: When LeBlanc falls below 40% maximum health, she periodically becomes invisibility for 1 second and creates a controllable clone of herself with 70 to 359 (based on level) less health, which lasts for 8 seconds or until killed.
  • Static Cooldown: 60 seconds.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where an attack launched by the clone from Mirror Image could deal damage if the clone died before that basic attack landed. We had this bugfix ready to go when we initially reworked LeBlanc, but there was no need to ship it because that ability no longer existed. So now we're finally shipping it!

Sigil of Malice - Reintroduced

  • Removed: Shatter Orb.
  • Active: LeBlanc projects an orb towards the target enemy, dealing 55/80/105/130/155 (+ 40% AP) magic damage and marking them for 3.5 seconds.
  • The mark will be consumed once LeBlanc damages the marked target with any other ability, dealing the same magic damage again.
  • Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90
  • Cooldown: 6 seconds

Distortion

  • Base damage increased to 85/125/165/205/245 from 40/55/70/85/100.
  • AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 20% AP.
  • Mana cost changed to 60/75/90/105/120 from 70/80/90/100/110.
  • Cooldown reduced to 14/13/12/11/10 seconds from 18/16/14/12/10.
  • Dash speed reduced to 1450 from 1600.
  • Snapback lock-out duration changed to (0.2 seconds from finishing dash) from (0.85 seconds from starting dash).

Ethereal Chains

  • Initial AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 50% AP.
  • Root base damage increased to 60/90/120/150/180 from 40/60/80/100/120.
  • Root AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 50% AP.
  • Mana cost increased to 70 from 40.
  • Tether range reduced to 865 from 885.

Mimic

  • Removed: Shadow of the Rose.
  • New Active: LeBlanc casts a mimicked version of her most recently used basic ability, applying the same effects and dealing modified magic damage.
  • Cooldown: 60/45/30 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: No mana cost.
  • Mimic Sigil of Malice
  • Deals 70/140/210 (+ 40% AP) magic damage, and the mark deals 140/280/420 (+ 80% AP).
  • Mimic Distortion
  • Deals 150/300/450 (+ 75% AP) magic damage.
  • Mimic Ethereal Chains
  • Deals 70/140/210 (+ 40% AP) magic damage, plus an additional 140/280/420 (+ 80% AP) magic damage upon rooting.
Leona League of Legends Patch NotesPCLeonaChange

Iron Solari

  • Solar Flare
  • Bug Fix: Decal will no longer be improperly rotated on lower graphics settings.
Lulu League of Legends Patch NotesPCLuluChange

Pool Party

  • Pix, Faerie Companion
  • Bug Fix: Pix attack projectiles are no longer missing their trail particles.
Lux League of Legends Patch NotesPCLuxChange

Elementalist

  • Light Binding
  • Bug Fix: No longer fade out prematurely when compared to other Lux skins.
Malzahar League of Legends Patch NotesPCMalzaharChange

Battle Boss

  • Bug Fix: Recall VFX have been restored.
Maokai League of Legends Patch NotesPCMaokaiChange

Meowkai

  • Bug Fix: The catling that he holds in his hand has been found and safely returned to him.
Miss Fortune League of Legends Patch NotesPCMiss FortuneChange

Arcade

  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on her chromas when on lower graphics settings.
Nami League of Legends Patch NotesPCNamiChange

General

  • Bug Fix: Laugh VFX once again play properly when emote is used.
Poppy League of Legends Patch NotesPCPoppyChange

Snow Fawn

  • Bug Fix: Recall and spell SFX have been restored and no longer use base SFX.
Rek'Sai League of Legends Patch NotesPCRek'SaiChange

Fury of the Xer'Sai

  • Bug Fix: Fury no longer decays from being out of combat while she is consuming it for burrowed regeneration.
  • Bug Fix: Out of combat fury decay now begins precisely at 8 seconds (as opposed to 8-9 seconds).
Renekton League of Legends Patch NotesPCRenektonChange

Renektoy

  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on his chromas when on lower graphics settings.
Sion League of Legends Patch NotesPCSionChange

Decimating Smash

  • Base damage increased to 30/47.5/65/82.5/100 from 20/40/60/80/100.
  • AD ratio reduced to 45/50/55/60/65% AD from 65% AD at all ranks.
  • Maximum AD ratio reduced to 135/150/165/180/195% AD from 195% AD at all ranks.
Soraka League of Legends Patch NotesPCSorakaChange

Reaper

  • Bug Fix: The orb during her recall has been restored.

Star Guardian

  • Bug Fix: Homeguard VFX once again properly overlay the champion's model.
Swain League of Legends Patch NotesPCSwainChange

Nevermove

  • Bug Fix: Now only gives one stack for Phase Rush purposes.
Twisted Fate League of Legends Patch NotesPCTwisted FateChange

Blood Moon

  • Bug Fix: Recall animation no longer has missing pixels.
Varus League of Legends Patch NotesPCVarusChange

Living Vengeance

  • Bonus attack speed ratio on champion takedown reduced to 30% bonus attack speed from non-growth sources from 50%.
  • Bonus attack speed ratio on minion or monster kill reduced to 15% bonus attack speed from non-growth sources from 25%.

Blighted Quiver

  • On-hit base damage reduced to 5/9/13/17/21 from 10/14/18/22/26.
  • New Active:
  • Varus' next Piercing Arrow deals 6/7/8/9/10% (at level 1/4/7/10/13) of the target's missing health bonus magic damage, increased by 0 to 50% (based on Piercing Arrow's charge time) for a maximum of 9/10.5/12/13.5/15% (at level 1/4/7/10/13) of the target's missing health. This damage is capped at 360 against monsters.
  • Cooldown: 40 seconds.
  • This damage is dealt after the damage of Piercing Arrow.
Veigar League of Legends Patch NotesPCVeigarChange

Leprechaun

  • Dark Matter
  • Bug Fix: VFX once again have rainbows.
Volibear League of Legends Patch NotesPCVolibearChange

Majestic Roar

  • Bug Fix: Clones can now correctly be feared by Majestic Roar.
Warwick League of Legends Patch NotesPCWarwickChange

Jaws of the Beast

  • Bug Fix: Fixed another way where it could double-cast.
Xin Zhao League of Legends Patch NotesPCXin ZhaoChange

Secret Agent

  • Bug Fix: Recall SFX have been restored.
Yasuo League of Legends Patch NotesPCYasuoChange

Nightbringer and PROJECT

  • Steel Tempest
  • Bug Fix: Ground particle no longer clips into the ground on elevation change.

Items

Oracle Lens League of Legends ItemPCOracle LensNEW

General

  • Renamed Oracle Lens from Oracle Alteration.
  • New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.
  • Now available at level 1 from level 9.
  • Cooldown changed to 90 to 60 (based on level) seconds from 76 to 60 (based on level).
  • Range increased to 750 at all levels from 660/690/720/750 (at level 8/11/14/17).

General

  • New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.
Warding Totem League of Legends ItemPCWarding TotemBuff

General

  • New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.

General

  • Awe conversion reduced to 1% of maximum mana from 3%. Does not affect Seraph's Embrace.
Sweeping Lens League of Legends ItemPCSweeping LensRemoved

General

  • Removed from the game.
Tiamat League of Legends ItemPCTiamatChange

General

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it counted towards procs for Electrocute or Phase Rush.