Everything we know about patch 8.12 in League of Legends

Big changes for the Meta game on the way with upcoming patch 8.12, according to the official patch note by Riot.

 

 

The best news of the patch is certainly the total removal of the Banner of Command. Or at least until the design team can give it a proper rework. That’s not the only change that will alter the Meta in a big way. Major shielding abilities on Lulu, Janna, Orianna, and Karma are being nerfed, opening the door for more kinds of supports too.

All changes with upcoming patch 8.12 is here below in this report:

Nerfs

Champions

Ezreal

• Base armor lowered by three points.

Taliyah

• Threaded Volley (Q): Champions will take 50 percent less damage from rocks after the first, up from 40 percent.

Janna

• Eye of the Storm (E): Shield now quickly decays after 0.75 seconds for its old duration.

Karma

• Inspire (E): Shield duration lowered from four seconds to 2.5 seconds (also applies to Mantra-boosted version).

Lulu

• Help, Pix! (E): Shield duration significantly lowered from six seconds to 2.5.

Orianna

• Command: Protect (E): Shield duration lowered from four to 2.5 seconds.

Items

Banner of Command

• Removed from game.

Forbidden Idol

• Cool down reduction halved from 10 percent to five.
• Heal and shield power boost lowered from eight percent to five.

Ardent Censer

• Heal and shield power boost lowered from 10 percent to eight.

Mikael’s Crucible

• Heal and shield power boost lowered from 20 to 15 percent.

Redemption

• Heal and shield power boost lowered from 10 percent to eight.

Runes

Celerity

• Bonus movement speed halved from three percent to 1.5.
• Damage conversion from bonus movement speed to AP and AD doubled.

Buffs

Champions

Elise

• Base movement speed raised by five in both forms.
• Volatile Spiderling (W): Base damage raised by 5-25 damage depending on rank.

Kindred

• Attack speed growth raised from 2.5 to 3.5 percent.
• Dance of Arrows (Q): Bonus attack speed raised from 10 to 25 percent.
• Mounting Dread (E): Base damage raised by 15 at all ranks.

Lee Sin

• Safeguard/Iron Will (W): Cool down lowered by two seconds.
• Tempest (E): Base damage raised by 10-30 depending on rank.

Poppy

• Iron Ambassador (P): Cool down lowered at levels seven and 13 by one second and two seconds respectively.
• Hammer Shock (Q): Cool down lowered by one second. Bonus AD scaling raised from 80 percent to 90.

Rumble

• Scrap Shield (W): Base shield increased by 20 at all ranks. AP scaling increased from 40 percent to 50.
• The Equalizer (R): Max base damage increased by 50-200 depending on rank and AP scaling raised from 150 percent to 175.

Yorick

• Yorick’s summons now update their stats when Yorick’s stats change.
• Last Rites (Q): Cool down lowered slightly at later ranks.

Items

Sterak’s Gage

• Now grants bonus AD equal to 50 percent of your base AD, rather than a 50 percent boost to your base AD.

Maw of Malmortius

• Shield now lasts five seconds.

Runes

Hail of Blades

• Bonus attack speed raised from 50-100 percent depending on level to 75-125.

Patch 8.12 set to be arrive this week to League of Legends.