As we get closer to MSI, there’s a new round of League of Legends patch notes to literally sink your teeth into, as MOBA’s beloved line of Cats vs Dogs skins are back after the April 1st. If she chooses the Nidalee skin, she’s likely taking the opportunity to put it to good use, as meta junglers Lee Sin, Sejuani, and Vi all take the nerf hammer to the face in 13.7.
Lee Sin, Sejuani and Vi are all nerfed
I would be lying if I said that writing this does not give me terrible satisfaction. The three junglers have dominated the metagame, especially in professional gaming, and are slipping slightly ahead of MSI as a result.
Lee Sin’s base attack damage and armor have been reduced by a few points each, and Vi has gone AD to negate his tanky but heavy damage-dealing build items.
Sejuani’s Arctic Assault (Q) and Glacial Prison (R) now also have longer cooldowns, and her passive’s damage cap has been lowered to prevent her from easily hitting epic mobs like dragons and the baron.
League of Legends Patch Notes: Update 13.7
Below are League of Legends patch 13.7 champion changes, along with a list of upcoming skins and chromas.
Champion Adjustments
Kha’Zix
Q – Taste their fear
- Isolation Range: 425 ⇒ 375
W – Empty Peak
- Slow Evolved: 60% ⇒ 40%
- Slow Evolution against isolated targets: 90% ⇒ 75%
R – Void Assault
- Buff duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
trills
Q – Death sentence
- Cooldown refunded on hit: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
champion improvements
enlist
basic statistics
- Base Armor: 44 ⇒ 47
- Base health: 670 ⇒ 685
Azure
basic statistics
- Base Armor: 19 ⇒ 22
- Attack Speed Growth: 5% ⇒ 6%
Passive: Shurima’s Legacy
- Duration: 30 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds
- Cast range: 500 ⇒ 700
Q – Conquer the sands
- Mana cost: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110
- Hit range: 370 ⇒ 325
W-Get up!
- magic damage: 0−110 (based on level) (+50/60/70/80/90) (+55% AP) ⇒ 0−92 (based on level) (+50/67/84/101/118) (+55% AP
- (Note: Assuming W max, this is a damage per hit buff that scales from +0 to +10 at level 11, then stays there.)
- mana cost: 40 at all ranks ⇒ 40/35/30/25/20
Various
- (NEW) Recommended Ability Order: The game will now recommend maxing W first.
fallen down
Passive – New Destiny
- Crit bonus per pellet: 20% ⇒ 30%
R – Collateral damage
- Cooldown: 120/90/60 seconds ⇒ 100/80/60 seconds
Kalista
basic statistics
- Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 3.75
Passive – Bond under oath
- Oath ceremony duration: 12 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds (Note: This begins when Kalista activates her Black Speak.)
- (NEW) Ride Together, Channel Together: Kalista is now forced to channel into Black Spear while her Oathsworn revives.
katarina
Passive – Greedy
- Sinister Steel Dagger Magic Damage: 68−240 (based on level) (+60% bonus AD) (+65/75/85/95% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) ⇒ 68 −240 (level based) (+60% bonus AD) (+70/80/90/100% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP)
R – Lotus of Death
- Physical damage per dagger: 18% (+30% per 100% AS bonus) Bonus AD ⇒ 16% (+50% per 100% AS bonus) Bonus AD
yasuo
Passive – Way of the Wanderer
- Shield Amount: 100/105/110/115/120/130/140/150/160/170/180/200/220/250/290/350/410/475 ⇒ 100/105/110/115/125/ 135 /145/160/175/195/220/250/275/325/375/425/500/575
E – Sweep Blade
- Damage increased per stack: 25% of E base damage ⇒ 15-25% of E total damage (linear scale, levels 1-18)
- Maximum number of stacks: 2 ⇒ 4
nerf champions
annie
E – Molten Shield
- Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
- Shield Amount: 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200 (+40% AP)
lee sin
basic statistics
- Basic Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66
- Base Armor: 36 ⇒ 34
Olaf
Passive – Berserker’s Rage
- Attack Speed: 60-100% (based on level) ⇒ 50-100% (based on level)
Q – Hangover
- Physical Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD)
Ramon
W – Defensive Ball Loop
- Armor bonus: 35 (+40/55/70/85/100% total armor) ⇒ 35 (+40/50/60/70/80% total armor)
Sejuani
Passive – Fury of the North
- Damage cap against epic mobs: 300 ⇒ 250
Q – Arctic Assault
- Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds ⇒ 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds
R – Glacial Prison
- Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds
Weighs
Q – Fateful Strike
- AP Ratio: 60% at all ranks ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65%
W – Dark Matter
- AP Ratio: 100% at all ranks ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110%
E – event horizon
- Sneaky Stuns: Veigar can no longer hide his E VFX from enemies by placing him inside certain walls.
R – Primal Burst
- AP Ratio: 75% at all ranks ⇒ 65/70/75%
vi
Q – Safe Destroyer
- Minimum physical damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+70% bonus AD) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+80% bonus AD)
- Max Physical Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+140% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/140/190/240/290 (+160% bonus AD)
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E – Relentless Force
- Physical Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+110% AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 5/20/35/50/65 (+120% AD) (+100% AP)
wukong
basic statistics
W – Cunning Warrior
- Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds ⇒ 22/20/18/16/14 seconds
E – Nimbus Gulf
- Bonus attack speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55%
What
basic statistics
- Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 100
Passive – Living Drums
- Shield Absorption: 60% damage dealt ⇒ 45% damage dealt
R – Flash Shock
- Magic Damage: 175/275/375 (+100% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 175/275/375 (+85% bonus AD) (+110% AP)
(/*)
League of Legends Update 13.7 Skins
The following skins and chromas will be released in this patch:
- Croquettes-cabeza Kled
- Kittalee
- shiba yumi
- Wow and lamb shanks
The full patch notes can be found on the League of Legends website, but they’re quite lengthy, so be prepared to read them.
While Cat vs Dog skins aren’t for me, I hope I don’t have to check how much I spent on League of Legends this month, these jungle changes (especially Lee Sin’s ) are. Hopefully this will knock some of the more meta junglers out of the League of Legends tier list a bit and allow some new faces to rise to the top, especially Evelynn. I love Evelyn.