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League of Legends Patch 9.6

League of Legends Patch 9.6 was released on Mar 20, 2019. This update included changes to 49 champions, with 35 buffs, 6 nerfs, 8 adjustments. It also updated 10 items. The patch also changed 3 game systems: Gold & Experience, Gameplay & Mechanics, Map & Terrain. It also changed 3 runes: Minion Dematerializer, Overheal, Summon Aery.

Champions

Alistar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Alistar Buff

Trample

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Anivia League of Legends Patch NotesPC Anivia Buff

Glacial Storm

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Annie League of Legends Patch NotesPC Annie Buff

Summon Tibbers

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). It is also classified as basic attacks. The fire aura is classified as an ability hit and an AoE effect.
Caitlyn League of Legends Patch NotesPC Caitlyn Buff

Ace in the Hole

  • •Base damage increased to 300/525/750 from 250/475/700.
Elise League of Legends Patch NotesPC Elise Buff

Spider Queen

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects).
Fiddlesticks League of Legends Patch NotesPC Fiddlesticks Buff

Crowstorm

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Gnar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Gnar Buff

Wallop

  • •Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds at all ranks from 15/13/11/9/7.
Hecarim League of Legends Patch NotesPC Hecarim Buff

Rampage

  • •New Effect: Now deals 10% increased damage per stack.
  • •Bug Fix: Recall no longer uses the base skin's recall audio.
Heimerdinger League of Legends Patch NotesPC Heimerdinger Buff

H-28G Evolution Turret

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). Turret lasers, ult turrets shots, and ult turret lasers are classified as AoE effects, too.
Ivern League of Legends Patch NotesPC Ivern Buff

Brushmaker

  • •New Efefct: Now more quickly empowers his attacks when he enters brush.

Daisy!

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). It is also classified as basic attacks. The big slam is classified as an ability hit and an AoE effect.
Katarina League of Legends Patch NotesPC Katarina Buff

Death Lotus

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Kennen League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kennen Buff

Slicing Maelstrom

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Lucian League of Legends Patch NotesPC Lucian Buff

Ardent Blaze

  • •Bug Fix: Fixed the tooltip to mention that marked targets are briefly revealed.

The Culling

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Malzahar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Malzahar Buff

Void Swarm

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). It is also classified as basic attacks.
Miss Fortune League of Legends Patch NotesPC Miss Fortune Buff

Bullet Time

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Mordekaiser League of Legends Patch NotesPC Mordekaiser Buff

Harvester of Sorrow

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.

Children of the Grave

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). It is also classified as an AoE effect.
Morgana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Morgana Buff

Tormented Shadow

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Nasus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nasus Buff

Fury of the Sands

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Nautilus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nautilus Buff

Stats

  • •Base armor increased to 39 from 35.46.

Staggering Blow

  • •On target cooldown reduced to 6 seconds at all levels from 9/8/7/6.
Neeko League of Legends Patch NotesPC Neeko Buff

Stats

  • •Attack speed growth increased to 2.5% from 1.5%.

Shapesplitter

  • •Bug Fix: No longer triggers twice in a row at very high attack speeds.
Ornn League of Legends Patch NotesPC Ornn Buff

General

  • •Updated recommended items.

Living Forge

  • •Bug Fix: Can no longer upgrade ally items mid-dash during Searing Charge and Call of the Forge God, canceling the dash.

Volcanic Rupture

  • •Bug Fix: If a pillar is about to expire when he casts Searing Charge, it now lasts until his dash completes.

Bellows Breath

  • •Cooldown reduced to 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
Rammus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rammus Buff

Tremors

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Renekton League of Legends Patch NotesPC Renekton Buff

Ruthless Predator

  • •Bug Fix: Animation no longer breaks when he casts it while not on full Conqueror stacks.
  • •Bug Fix: Can once again use abilities quickly after Ruthless Predator, cancelling their animation.

Dominus

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Rumble League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rumble Buff

The Equalizer

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Shaco League of Legends Patch NotesPC Shaco Buff

Jack in the Box

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects).
Shen League of Legends Patch NotesPC Shen Buff

Twilight Assault

  • •Base damage increased to 10 to 40 (based on level) from 5 to 30 (based on level).

Stand United

  • •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he was not saying his signature wind-up voiceover when casting the ability.
Shyvana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Shyvana Buff

Burnout

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Trundle League of Legends Patch NotesPC Trundle Buff

Frozen Domain

  • •Bonus attack speed increased to 30/47.5/65/82.5/100% from 20/40/60/80/100%.
Vel'Koz League of Legends Patch NotesPC Vel'Koz Buff

Life Form Disintegration Ray

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Viktor League of Legends Patch NotesPC Viktor Buff

Siphon Power

  • •New Effect: Empowered attack portion now activates on-ability-hit procs.
Wukong League of Legends Patch NotesPC Wukong Buff

Cyclone

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Xayah League of Legends Patch NotesPC Xayah Buff

Deadly Plumage

  • •Bonus attack speed increased to 40/47.5/55/62.5/70% from 30/35/40/45/50%.
Yasuo League of Legends Patch NotesPC Yasuo Buff

Steel Tempest

  • •New Effect: Secondary targets hit are now accounted for by runes.
  • •New Effect: Sweeping Blade cast secondary targets hit are now accounted for by runes.
Yorick League of Legends Patch NotesPC Yorick Buff

Shepherd of Souls

  • •New Effect: Mist Walkers now trigger effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). Their attacks are also classified as basic attacks.
Zyra League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zyra Buff

Garden of Thorns

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects).
Jayce League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jayce Nerf

Stats

  • •Base health reduced to 560 from 576.
  • •Health growth reduced to 90 from 95.
  • •Base health regeneration reduced to 6 from 7.5.
  • •Health regeneration growth reduced to 0.6 from 0.8.

Lightning Field

  • •New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
Kayle League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kayle Nerf

General

  • •Now defaults to attack damage as her default adaptive stat, from ability power.
  • •Updated recommended items.

Stats

  • •Attack damage growth reduced to 2.5 from 3.
  • •Attack speed growth reduced to 1.5% from 2%.

Celestial Blessing

  • •Movement speed AP ratio reduced to 8% per 100 AP from 10% per 100 AP.
  • •New Effect: Bonus movement speed now begins on cast rather than after 0.25 seconds.
  • •Removed: No longer has a 1-second cancellable window.

Starfire Spellblade

  • •New Effect: Cast time is now identical to her basic attack windup, from 0.25 seconds.
  • •Bug Fix: The basic attack portion of Starfire Spellblade's attack can now properly critically strike.
  • •Updated VFX to be more wee-woo.
  • •Updated VFX to be more blue.
  • •Updated VFX to be less yellow.
  • •Updated VFX to be more spooky.
  • •New death animation.
  • •Removed robotic VO processing.
LeBlanc League of Legends Patch NotesPC LeBlanc Nerf

Sigil of Malice

  • •AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 40% AP.
Rek'Sai League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rek'Sai Nerf

Void Rush

  • •Cooldown increased to 100/90/80 seconds from 100/80/60.
  • •Bonus AD ratio reduced to 175% bonus AD from 200%.
  • •Bug Fix: No longer crashes the server if it hits unpassable terrain.
Sylas League of Legends Patch NotesPC Sylas Nerf

Kingslayer

  • •Heal AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
  • •Bonus healing at low-health reduced to 75% from 100%.

Hijack

  • •Bug Fix: No longer gains unlimited shrooms and missiles after using Hijack on Noxious Trap and Missile Barrage, respectively.
  • •Bug Fix: After stealing Noxious Trap, Hijack no longer goes on a 30-minute cooldown after casting his Abscond / Abduct and using up remaining shrooms.
Zoe League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zoe Nerf

Sleepy Trouble Bubble

  • •Cooldown increased to 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds from 16/15/14/13/12.
  • •Maximum slow strength reduced to 10/15/20/25/30% from 10/20/30/40/50%.
Aatrox League of Legends Patch NotesPC Aatrox Change

General

  • •Bug Fix: Buff icons on the buff/debuff bar no longer show up as blank boxes.

Infernal Chains

  • •Bug Fix: Now properly pulls targets even if they're untargetable.

World Ender

  • •Bug Fix: Passive is no longer removed when he's reviving.
Ashe League of Legends Patch NotesPC Ashe Change

Enchanted Crystal Arrow

  • •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it was missing its VFX.
Brand League of Legends Patch NotesPC Brand Change

General

  • •Bug Fix: Now appropriately opens his mouth when laughing or taunting.
Diana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Diana Change

Moonsilver Blade

  • •Bug Fix: Cleave effect no longer misses its target after dashes.

Moonfall

  • •Bug Fix: No longer draws nearby enemies in the wrong direction (away from her).
Karma League of Legends Patch NotesPC Karma Change

Inspire

  • •Bug Fix: Voiceover no longer uses her base skin's audio.
Urgot League of Legends Patch NotesPC Urgot Change

Stats

  • •Base mana increased to 340 from 300.
  • •Mana regeneration growth increased to 0.8 from 0.6.

Echoing Flames

  • •Removed: No longer deals 10% reduced damage to enemies damaged in the last 5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

Purge

  • •Removed: No longer grants a shield for 30/60/90/120/150 (+ 15% bonus health) for 4 seconds.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 40/30/20/10/0 from 65 at all ranks.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 12/9/6/3/0 seconds from 17/15/13/11/9.
  • •New Effect: At maximum rank, Purge can now last for an infinite duration, and becomes a toggled ability.
  • •Percentage of on-hit damage increased to 50% from 33.3%.

Disdain

  • •New Effect: Urgot now shields himself for 60/80/100/120/140 (+ 150% bonus AD) (+ 15% bonus health) on cast for 4 seconds.
  • •Base damage changed to 90/120/150/180/210 from 60/100/140/180/220.
  • •AD ratio changed to 100% bonus AD from 50% total AD.
  • •Cooldown changed to 14 seconds at all ranks from 16/15/14/13/12.
  • •Mana cost increased to 50/60/70/80/90 from 50 at all ranks.

Fear Beyond Death

  • •Range increased to 2500 units from 1600.
  • •Cast time increased to 0.5 seconds from 0.4.
  • •Base damage increased to 125/250/375 from 50/175/300.
  • •AD ratio reduced to 50% bonus AD from 50% total AD.
Vi League of Legends Patch NotesPC Vi Change

Denting Blows

  • •Bug Fix: Proc glow no longer lingers on epic monsters.
Zed League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zed Change

Death Mark

  • •Bug Fix: "Unit will die to Death Mark" indicator is no longer miscalculated.

Items

Archangel's Staff League of Legends ItemPC Archangel's Staff Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
Brawler's Gloves League of Legends ItemPC Brawler's Gloves Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Critical strike chance is no longer Unique.
Manamune League of Legends ItemPC Manamune Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
Muramana League of Legends ItemPC Muramana Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
Seraph's Embrace League of Legends ItemPC Seraph's Embrace Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
Tear of the Goddess League of Legends ItemPC Tear of the Goddess Buff

General

  • •New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
Frostfang League of Legends ItemPC Frostfang Change

General

  • •Bug Fix: Tribute gold is no longer paused when minions are killed if the owner has completed the quest.
Remnant of the Watchers League of Legends ItemPC Remnant of the Watchers Change

General

  • •Bug Fix: Tribute gold is no longer paused when minions are killed if the owner has completed the quest.
Spellthief's Edge League of Legends ItemPC Spellthief's Edge Change

General

  • •Bug Fix: Tribute gold is no longer paused when minions are killed if the owner has completed the quest.

General

  • •Bug Fix: Tribute gold is no longer paused when minions are killed if the owner has completed the quest.

Runes

Minion Dematerializer League of Legends RunePC Minion Dematerializer Buff

General

  • •Number of Minion Dematerializer reduced to 3 from 6.
  • •Bonus damage to minions increased to 6% from 4%.
  • •Bonus damage against the same type of minion increased to 3% from 1%.
  • •Initial cooldown reduced to 180 seconds from 240.
Overheal League of Legends RunePC Overheal Nerf

General

  • •Healing conversion rate reduced to 20 to 100% (based on level) from 40 to 100% (based on level).
Summon Aery League of Legends RunePC Summon Aery Change

General

  • •Should now trigger consistently off everything except non-ability DoTs such as Corrupting Potion, Scorch, and other items, runes, and buffs.

System Changes

Gold & Experience League of Legends ChangesPC Gold & Experience Nerf

Kill Bounties

  • •Bounties from minions and monsters after the first 100 gold reduced to 50 gold per 200 gold of advantage from 50 gold per 150 gold of advantage.
  • •Bounties from minions and monsters decrease if your team's overall gold is surpassed by the enemies' overall gold.
  • •Support item gold now contributes to minion and monster gold bounties to accurately reflect when someone is farming and also using a support item.
  • •Average now takes into account gold earned from support items and divides gold earned from minions and monsters by 4.3 rather than 4.
  • •Scoreboard and chat bounty numbers now only display/announce the gold beyond the nominal champion bounty. The 300 base kill gold is now subtracted from these displays. This does not affect the actual dispensed bounty.
  • •Bug Fix: If First Blood has not occurred yet and a champion has earned enough gold to have any bounty above the base amount, no longer adds the First Blood gold to the scoreboard's display.
Gameplay & Mechanics League of Legends ChangesPC Gameplay & Mechanics Change

Pets

  • •Bug Fix: Pets now properly trigger Spellthief's Edge, Frostfang, and Remnant of the Watchers gold generation, Electrocute and Dark Harvest.
Map & Terrain League of Legends ChangesPC Map & Terrain Change

Summoner's Rift

  • •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where changing in game environment settings to medium or high would change Summoner's Rift to blue itself.

League of Legends Patch 9.6 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 9.6 release?
League of Legends Patch 9.6 was released on Mar 20, 2019.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 9.6?
Patch 9.6 included changes to 49 champions (35 buffs, 6 nerfs, 8 adjustments), plus 10 item updates, 3 rune changes and 3 game system updates. See the full breakdown above.
Which champions changed in League of Legends Patch 9.6?
League of Legends Patch 9.6 changed 49 champions. Buffed: Alistar, Anivia, Annie, Caitlyn, Elise, Fiddlesticks, Gnar, Hecarim, Heimerdinger, Ivern, Katarina and Kennen and 23 more. Nerfed: Jayce, Kayle, LeBlanc, Rek'Sai, Sylas and Zoe. Adjusted: Aatrox, Ashe, Brand, Diana, Karma, Urgot, Vi and Zed.
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 9.6?
The previous League of Legends patch was 9.5.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 9.6?
The next League of Legends patch is 9.7.