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League of Legends Patch 9.8
League of Legends Patch 9.8 was released on Apr 17, 2019. This update included changes to 27 champions, with 13 buffs, 2 nerfs, 12 adjustments.
Items
Champions
Cursed Touch
- •Bonus true damage increased to 13% from 10%.
Bandage Toss
- •Cooldown to reduced to 12/11/10/9/8 seconds from 16/14/12/10/8.
- •New Effect: Now follows his target for up to 2000 units from where he cast Bandage Toss, in case targets get out of the stun before he arrives.
Twin Fang
- •Mana cost reduced to 40/45/50/55/60 from 40/50/60/70/80.
Deadly Flourish
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Captive Audience
- •Trap duration increased to 180 seconds from 120.
- •Recharge time to reduced to 28/25/22/19/16 seconds from 28/27/26/25/24.
Curtain Call
- •Damage multiplier increased to 0 to 300% (based on target's missing health) from 0 to 250% (based on target's missing health).
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the level-up tooltip was displaying incorrect values.
Shadow Step
- •New Effect: Shadow Assassin form sets the cooldown to 8 seconds at all ranks.
Highlander
- •New Effect: While active, Master Yi is now ghosted.
Staggering Blow
- •Root duration increased to 0.75/1/1.25/1.5 seconds from 0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5 (at level 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/18).
Dredge Line
- •Base damage increased to 100/145/190/235/280 from 80/120/160/200/240.
- •AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 75% AP.
Stats
- •Base health increased to 575 from 572.16.
- •Attack speed growth increased to 2.75% from 2.65%.
- •Base armor increased to 4 from 3.8.
Cull the Meek
- •Base healing against champions increased to 12/18/24/30/36 from 9/13.5/18/22.5/27.
- •Base fury-enhanced champion healing increased to 36/54/72/90/108 from 27/40.5/54/67.5/81.
- •Fury-enhanced healing cap increased to 200/300/400/500/600 from 150/225/300/375/450.
- •Healing against champions AD ratio increased to 16% bonus AD from 12%
- •Fury-enhanced champion healing AD ratio increased to 48% bonus AD from 36%.
Winter's Wrath
- •First hit health ratio increased to 2% of her maximum health from 1.5%.
- •Second hit health ratio increased to 6% of her maximum health from 4.5%.
Stats
- •Base health regeneration increased to 9.5 from 8.
Mega Adhesive
- •Slow strength increased to 60% from 40%.
Fling
- •Mana cost reduced to 60/70/80/90/100 to 80/95/110/125/140.
Stats
- •Base attack damage reduced to 50 from 52.
- •Base armor reduced to 26 from 28.
- •Attack speed ratio reduced to 0.667 from 0.695.
Divine Ascent
- •New Effect: Ascensions are now based on level and skill points.
Razor Shuriken
- •Base damage reduced to 80/115/150/185/220 from 90/125/160/195/230.
Living Shadow
- •Cooldown increased to 22/20/18/16/14 seconds from 20/18.5/17/15.5/14.
Pale Cascade
- •Bug Fix: No longer deals more than double the damage when using Lunar Rush at close range.
To the Skies!
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Thundering Blow
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Battlecast
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Blinding Dart did not correctly display on this skin.
Piercing Light
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Pajama Guardian
- •Bug Fix: Right wing is no longer pointing in a different direction during her Homeguard animation.
Double Up
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Heroic Charge
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Spell Flux
- •Bug Fix: Range/cast indicator now appears correctly.
Blinding Dart
- •Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the blind did not correctly display on Battlecast.
Items
General
- •Grievous Wounds duration increased to 3 seconds from 1.
General
- •Armor increased to 100 from 90.
- •Health increased to 750 from 625.
General
- •Armor increased to 125 from 95.
General
- •Combine cost reduced to 750 gold from 850 gold.
- •Total cost unchanged.
General
- •Magic resistance increased to 100 from 90.
- •Health increased to 750 from 550.
General
- •Grievous Wounds duration increased to 3 seconds from 1.
General
- •Total cost increased to 1600 gold from 1500 gold.
- •Combine cost increased to 350 gold from 250 gold.
General
- •Total cost increased to 3300 gold from 3200 gold.
- •Combine cost unchanged.
General
- •New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
General
- •New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
General
- •New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
General
- •New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
General
- •Energized amplification increased to 35% from 30%.
- •Slow decay duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.
General
- •New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
League of Legends Patch 9.8 FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- When did League of Legends Patch 9.8 release?
- League of Legends Patch 9.8 was released on Apr 17, 2019.
- What changed in League of Legends Patch 9.8?
- Patch 9.8 included changes to 27 champions (13 buffs, 2 nerfs, 12 adjustments), plus 14 item updates. See the full breakdown above.
- What was the previous League of Legends patch before 9.8?
- The previous League of Legends patch was 9.7.
- What is the next League of Legends patch after 9.8?
- The next League of Legends patch is 9.9.
