While Worlds is going full force with the Semi Finals teams spot being locked down (T1 vs JDG is going to be a banger), Patch 13.22 continues the new trend of changes following up the Anti-Snowball and Jungling changes from 13.20.
In this patch, the biggest changes are going to be to Janna's mini-rework and the attack speed buffs to Mages. Apart from these, there are a few nerfs to most OP champions (Graves and Briar) and minor buffs.
There's a lot to be unpacked so without further ado let's jump into the changes.
Top
The nerfs and buffs from the last patch are being reversed: Dr. Mundo and Tahm Kench.
Unleashed Kench did not last much
Tahm Kench's last patch buff made him way stronger than expected. To push him down a bit his An Acquited Taste (Passive) bonus health ratio is decreasing from 5% to 4%.
Dr. Mundo's nerfs from the last patch were too harsh so in this one, he is getting some of its power back.
Blunt Force Trauma (E) bonus AD from Max HP is increasing from 2-3% to 2-3.4%. No big deal.
Bot (ADC and Supports)
Hexbombs were destroying the bot lane champions (And mental…) way too much so Ziggs is receiving a nerf to his base armor (This won’t do much, maybe against Pyke?).
Senna is destroying the KR ladder
One support that was dominating the bot lane, especially high elo, was Senna (With her Lethality Setup).
She’s receiving only changes to her Piercing Darkness (Q), tuning down both the base damage and healing.
Lastly, on the bot lane changes, Nilah is receiving a massive nerf despite not being a popular pick.
Apparently, her scaling and damage was too OP in the lower ranks so both her Formless Blade (Q) and Apotheosis (Ultimate) are receiving small nerfs.
- [Q] Formless Blade Attack Speed reduced 10-60% >>> 10-50% (based on levels 1-18)
- [R] Apotheosis damage over time bAD ratio reduced 28% >>> 20% (base and burst damage unchanged)
Jungle
Graves is too tanky
The extra Pet AD ratio buffs were a move that helped champions like Master Yi to be viable in the new jungle after changes in Patch 13.20.
However, these slight changes turned Briar and Graves into God tier picks.
Acting accordingly, Riot is nerfing both of them to make things fairer in the Jungle.
Briar nerfs are mainly to reduce her power in the lethality builds, and part of her kits that made her way too strong in lower brackets of play.
- [Q] Head Rush
- Base damage reduced 60/100/140/180/220 >>> 60/95/130/165/200
- Target's armor reduction reduced 10/14/18/22/26% >>> 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%
- [R] Certain Death explosion damage reduced 150/325/500 (+110% bAD) >>> 150/300/450 (+75% bAD)
Graves is the other way, instead of damage he was too tanky while being an amazing duelist. His armor is getting nerfed this time.
- [E] Quickdraw True Grit bonus Armor reduced 4/7/10/13/16 >>> 2/5/8/11/14
Lastly, Rammus buffs were an overreaction to the new meta to compensate the armordillo players he’s receiving a neat buff to his Defensive Ball Curl (W) bonus armor.
Mid
Rift Walking out of the meta
In a world where the game pace is way slower, champions that scale take over 3x amount of games so Riot is nerfing them. Aurelion Sol got the hammer in the last patch, now is the turn for Kassadin.
- [E] Force Pulse AP ratio reduced 85% >>> 80%
- [R] Riftwalk AP ratio reduced 60% >>> 50%
These aren't as big but will for sure impact the performance of Kassadin in the highest brackets of play (Diamond+).
Moving over to the largest changes in Patch. Mage Basic Attacks speed.
According to Riot Phroxzon, this is a quality-of-life upgrade for mid lane champions who relied on using the Attack speed shard to feel "good".
Shiv LB may comeback
Champions being targetted with these changes:
- Rumble
- Singed
- Heimerdinger
- Ziggs
- Xerath
- Ivern
- Neeko
- Ahri
- Twisted Fate
- Teemo
- Karthus
- Cassiopeia
- Annie
- Veigar
- Orianna
- Singed
- Heimerdinger
- Vel'Koz
- Lissandra
- Zilean
- Anivia
- Zoe
- Ryze
- Syndra
- Taliyah
- Leblanc
At the end, there's the complete list of changes.
Champion Adjustments
Wrapping this up with all the adjustments, Janna's is a big one.
More players are trying out Jungle Brand, and is lowkey broken!
The Brand Jungle changes were a huge success, but not enough so they are buffing him even more.
- [P] Blaze Ablaze monster damage ratio increased 220% >>> 230%
- [E] Conflagration damage adjusted 65/90/115/140/165 (+55% AP) >>> 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)
Gragas in the late game is a Body Slam (E) machine. This gameplay is frustrating for champions who want to fight close so Gragas's E is receiving a nerf.
To compensate, Gragas Body Slam (E) cooldown is better early and his Explosive Cask (Ultimate) travel time is reduced.
Seraphine bot lane was still a thing even after changes from the last patch. Because Riot wants her to be played more on the Mid lane and as a Support, she's getting further adjustments.
- [P] Stage Presence damage adjusted 4/8/14/25 (+7% AP) >>> 5/10/18/30 (based on level 1/6/11/16) (+5% AP) (breaks-even at 50/100/200/250 AP)
- [Q] High Note increased damage threshold increased 5% per 7.5% (capped at 75%) >>> 5% per 8.5% target's missing HP (capped at 85%)
- [W] Surround Sound shield AP ratio reduced 25% >>> 20% AP
Janna Mini Rework
According to Phroxzon, Janna's play experience has gotten less satisfying over time so they are reverting her previous changes and switching things up for her.
Zephyr damage is going to be busted!
Instead of all the power focused on hitting your channeled Howling Gale (Q), Janna now has more damage on her Zephyr (W) along with adjustments to her Eye of the Storm (E) shield (No longer decays, less duration, etc).
Lastly, she's getting tweaked numbers in a lot of her base stats, the most relevant one is her Attack range increased to 550 from 500.
Passive Tailwind now deals bonus Move speed magic damage on basic attacks and Zephyr (W).
Overall, these changes are both buffs and nerf to the Storm's Fury. How this will impact her performance in the bot lane? We shall wait for Patch 13.22 to go live on November 8th.
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List of Changes
Champion Changes
Briar
- [Q] Head Rush:
- Base damage reduced 60/100/140/180/220 >>> 60/95/130/165/200
- Target's armor reduction reduced 10/14/18/22/26% >>> 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%
- -[R] Certain Death-explosion damage reduced 150/325/500 (+110% bAD) >>> 150/300/450 (+75% bAD)
Dr. Mundo
- [E] Blunt Force Trauma bAD max HP ratio increased 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3% >>> 2/2.35/2.7/3.05/3.4%
Graves
- [E] Quickdraw True Grit bonus Armor reduced 4/7/10/13/16 >>> 2/5/8/11/14
Kassadin
- [E] Force Pulse AP ratio reduced 85% >>> 80%
- [R] Riftwalk AP ratio reduced 60% >>> 50%
Nilah
- [Q] Formless Blade Attack Speed reduced 10-60% >>> 10-50% (based on levels 1-18)
- [R] Apotheosis damage over time bAD ratio reduced 28% >>> 20% (base and burst damage unchanged)
Rammus
- [W] Defensive Ball Curl base bonus Armor increased 30 >>> 40
Senna
- [Q] Piercing Darkness
- Base damage reduced 30/65/100/135/170 >>> 30/60/90/120/150
- Base heal reduced 40/55/70/85/100 >>> 40/50/60/70/80
Tahm Kench
- [P] An Acquired Taste bHP ratio reduced 5% >>> 4%
Ziggs
- Base Armor reduced 22 >>> 18
Champion Adjustments
Brand
- [P] Blaze Ablaze monster damage ratio increased 220% >>> 230%
- [E] Conflagration damage adjusted 65/90/115/140/165 (+55% AP) >>> 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)
Gragas
- [E] Body Slam cooldown refund changed 3 seconds >>> 40% of cooldown (buff before 70 AH)
- [R] Explosive Cask travel time reduced 0.55 >>> 0.5 seconds
Janna
- HP per level increased 84 >>> 90
- Armor per level reduced 5 >>> 4.5
- Base mana increased 350 >>> 360
- Mana per level reduced 64 >>> 50
- Base AD reduced 52 >>> 47
- AD per level reduced 3 >>> 2.5
- Attack range increased 500 >>> 550
- Attack windup reduced 22% >>> 20%
- [P] Tailwind changes:
- No longer grants Janna Move Speed towards allied champions (still grants allied champions Move Speed towards Janna)
- Now deals 20/25/30/35% (based on levels 1/6/11/16) bonus Move Speed magic damage on basic attack and [W] Zephyr
- [Q] Howling Gale adjustments:
- Damage adjusted 60/85/110/135/160 (+35% AP) (+15/20/25/30/35 per second channelled) >>> 55/90/125/160/195 (+50% AP) (+10/15/20/25/30 per second channelled)
- Cooldown increased 12 >>> 14 seconds
- Mana cost 60/70/80/90/100 >>> 90/95/100/105/110
- [W] Zephyr changes:
- [W-P] Move Speed and Ghost are no longer lost while Zephyr is on cooldown
- [P-W] Now applies bonus damage from Tailwind
- Base damage reduced 80/110/140/170/200 >>> 55/90/125/160/195
- Slow duration reduced 3 >>> 2 seconds
- Cooldown reduced 12 flat >>> 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds
- Mana cost reduced 50/60/70/80/90 >>> 50/55/60/65/70
- [E] Eye of the Storm changes:
- [E-P] Removed, Janna no longer gains 15% Heal/Shield Power when slowing or knocking up enemy champions
- Shield duration reduced 5 >>> 4 seconds
- Shield no longer decays
- Base shield increased 75/100/125/150/175 >>> 80/115/150/185/220
- Cooldown increased 15/13.5/12/10.5/9 >>> 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
- Slowing or knocking up enemy champions refunds 20% cooldown
- Mana cost reduced 70/80/90/100/110 >>> 70/75/80/85/90
Seraphine
- [P] Stage Presence damage adjusted 4/8/14/25 (+7% AP) >>> 5/10/18/30 (based on level 1/6/11/16) (+5% AP) (breaks-even at 50/100/200/250 AP)
- [Q] High Note increased damage threshold increased 5% per 7.5% (capped at 75%) >>> 5% per 8.5% target's missing HP (capped at 85%)
- [W] Surround Sound shield AP ratio reduced 25% >>> 20% AP
Mage Basic Attack Changes (Numbers are not final)
Ahri:
- Attack Speed Ratio reduced 0.668 >>> 0.625
- Attack Speed per level increased 2% >>> 2.2%
- Attack windup reduced 20.0535% >>> 20.0% (1/40th of a frame base)
Anivia:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
Annie:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.579 >>> 0.61
- Attack Speed ratio increased 0.579 >>> 0.625
- Attack missile speed increased 1200 >>> 1500
Cassiopeia:
- Attack missile speed increased 1200 >>> 1500
Heimerdinger:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
- Attack windup reduced 20.078125% >>> 20.0% (1/25th of a frame base)
Ivern:
- Attack windup reduced 23% >>> 20% (11 >>> 10 frames base)
Karthus:
- Attack missile speed increased 1200 >>> 1500
LeBlanc:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
- Attack Speed ratio increased 0.4 >>> 0.625
- Attack Speed per level reduced 2.2% >>> 1.5%
Lissandra:
- Attack Speed per level increased 1.36% >>> 1.5%
Neeko:
- Attack windup reduced 21.48387% >>> 20% (11 >>> 10 frames base)
Orianna:
- Attack missile speed increased 1450 >>> 1500
Rumble:
- Attack windup reduced 22.916667% >>> 20% (currently 29% on the PBE, likely error)
Singed:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.613 >>> 0.625
- Attack Speed ratio increased 0.613 >>> 0.625
- Attack windup reduced 23.614873% >>> 20% (12 >>> 10 frames base)
Syndra:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
Taliyah:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
Teemo:
- Attack windup reduced 21.57434% >>> 20% (10 >>> 9 frames base)
- Attack missile speed increased 1300 >>> 1500
Twisted Fate:
- Attack windup reduced 24.403562% >>> 20% (12 >>> 10 frames base)
Veigar
- Attack missile speed increased 1100 >>> 1500
Vel'Koz
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.643
- Attack Speed per level reduced 1.36% >>> 1.59% (appreciated pi joke)
Xerath
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
- Attack windup reduced 25.074% >>> 20% (13 >>> 10 frames base)
Ziggs:
- Attack windup reduced 20.833333% >>> 20% (1/2 a frame base)
Zilean:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
- Attack missile speed increased 1200 >>> 1500
Zoe:
- Base Attack Speed increased 0.625 >>> 0.658
