Overview
We’re going to give you a quick rundown of key points from the latest patch. You can also see how these changes have affected the meta by looking at our Champion Statistics page, which highlights changes in Win Rate between patches.
This patch will mark the end of Season 2 of ranked play this year. The last day is August 26 at midnight (local server time) -- make sure you hit your ranked goals to get Victorious Fiora! Additionally, Clash ARAM will be available with this patch -- get your five stack ready!
For a full breakdown of exactly what has been changed, check out Riot’s official patch notes here.
Champions
Buffs
Brand (Passive damage to monsters increased. Q stun duration increased. R cooldown decreased.)
Gnar (Q cooldown decreased.)
Illaoi (Passive damage increased, cooldown decreased.)
Kalista (AD growth increased. E damage AP scaling increased.)
Master Yi (Q now stacks Kraken Slayer and Terminus.)
Nautilus (E damage to monsters increased.)
Nautilus jungle incoming?
Qiyana (Q damage increased. W bonus attack speed increased.)
Rek'Sai (Base AD increased. Bugfixes.)
Singed (Q refresh rate buffed. Power impacting bugfix.)
He was weaker on red side but that has been fixed.
Sion (Passive health loss decreased. E armor shred increased. R damage increased.)
Sylas (Passive now does bonus damage to monsters.)
Sylas jungler should see an uptick in play time
Zyra (E cooldown decreased. R damage increased.)
Nerfs
Jarvan IV (Armor growth decreased.)
Lulu (E cooldown increased, damage and shield decreased.)
Nocturne (Armor growth decreased. Q bonus AD decreased.)
Rell (W shield decreased.)
Shaco (Passive damage decreased. Q damage decreased, cooldown increased.)
Trundle (W attack speed decreased late, cooldown increased.)
Viego (Attack Speed growth decreased. Q nerfed against monsters and buffed against non-monsters.)
Warwick (Base AD increased. Passive damage decreased early.)
Xin Zhao (Base health decreased. Q damage decreased.)
Yuumi (Q damage decreased. W heal and shield power and on-hit heal decreased.)
Changed
Mordekaiser (Q AD ratio added.)
This opens up AD builds for Morde, which might actually be a nerf as people start to explore different builds on him.
Morgana (W damage adjusted.)
Damage range has been narrowed (higher minimum, lower maximum)
Rumble (Q damage decreased. Q and R QoL improvements, power impacting bugfixes.)
Fixed bugs that made him deal less damage on red side.
Varus (Q damage decreased. W damage increased late. E damage decreased. Bugfix.)
Lethality poke build nerfed, on-hit auto-attack build buffed