After Patch 10.17 turned out to be rather small, Riot Games is making big changes to some champs again with Patch 10.18. Ahri and Kayle get mini-reworks and there are also some changes on the bot lane. We have all the buffs and nerfs for you.

League of Legends is heading towards the Worlds and Riot Games is putting the final touches on the meta – everything has to be fancy for the big event. In order to make the champion pool as large as possible, Riot Games has especially improved less played champs like Rumble, Twitch and Xin Zhao in patch 10.18. Many frequently picked champs, especially in the LEC/LCS, such as Sett and Ashe, have had to take a few cuts in return.

The Buffs

Ahri

BASIC VALUES

• Life generation: 6.5 ⇒ 5.5

PASSIVE – VASTAYAN GRACE

• New: “Essence Thief”: Ahri gains an increase of “Essence Thief” for each enemy she hits with one of her abilities (maximum 3 per activation), and she can store up to 9 increases at a time. At 9 increases of Essence Thief, Ahri’s next ability uses up the increases and heals Ahri by 3/5/9/18 (level 1/6/11/16) for each enemy she hits (+0.09 ability power).
• REMOVED: VASTAYAN ANMUT: Ahri no longer gains 20% additional movement speed for 3 seconds when she scores 2 ability hits on a champion within 1.5 seconds.

Q – BALL OF DECEPTION

• “Essence Thief” has been removed: “Essence Thief” is now their passive.

W – FUZZY FEET

• NEW: “SOFT FEET” Now grants 40% running speed for a short time, dropping over 1.5 seconds when activated.
• NEW: VASAL FIRE now deals 200% damage to minions with less than 20% health.
• Minion targeting improved: Targeting now prioritizes low life minions that can be killed with Foxfire after champions (Charmed champions are still prioritized by Foxfire).
• Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds.
• COST: 40 mana ⇒ 55 mana

JARVAN IV.

Q – DRAGON STRIKE

• BASIC DAMAGE: 80/120/160/200/240 ⇒ 90/130/170/210/250

Kayle

Q – RADIANT FORCE

• REMOVED: “MANA RECOVERY” No longer recovers 50% of the mana cost for each enemy champion hit.

W – HEAVENLY BLESSING

• COST: 70/80/90/100/110 mana ⇒ 90/100/110/120/130 mana.

E – STARFIRE MAGIC BLADE

• COST: 50/55/60/65/70 mana ⇒ No cost.
• BULLET SPEED: 2,000 ⇒ 5,000

Miss Fortune

BASIC VALUES

• ATTACK SPEED INCREASE: 2.25% ⇒ 3%.

W – LANDING

• MAXIMUM ADDITIONAL RUNNING SPEED: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 55/65/75/85/95

Rumble

Q – FLAMMENSPEIER

• GESAMTSCHADEN: 175/210/245/280/315 ⇒ 180/220/260/300/340

Xin Zhao

“Xin Zhao is no longer the early-game threat he once was, so we’re improving his damage and his ability to wipe out minion waves.” – Riot

W – WIND TO LIGHTNING

• DAMAGE: 30/65/100/135 /170 (+ 0.75 attack damage) ⇒ 40/75/110/145 /180 (+ 0.80 attack damage).

Twitch

“We seem to have forgotten the rat in the sewers, and now it’s itching to return to the metagame. We’re making Twitch’s ult more powerful and giving his E a little more oomph. Now he’s got an ability you can really feel!” – Riot

E – CONTAMINATE

• Scaling of additional damage per increase: 0.2 ability power (maximum 1.2 ability power) ⇒ 0.333 ability power (maximum 2.0 ability power).

R – FIRE AND PRAY!

• Bolt damage reduction per enemy hit: -20% from previous hit (minimum damage 40%) ⇒ -5% per unit hit (minimum damage 70%).

The nerfs

Sett

PASSIVE – BELLIGERENT

• RIGHT FIST PUNCH: scaling of additional damage 0.15 total attack damage ⇒ 0.5 additional attack damage

Q – ON YOUR OWN

• ADDITIONAL DAMAGE: 10/20/30/40/50 (+1/2/3/4/5% of target’s max life) (+0.01 per 100 total attack damage) ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50 (+0.01 of target’s max life) (+1/1.5/2/2.5/3% per 100 total attack damage).

Shen

PASSIVE – KI BARRIER

• SHIELD: 70-121 (level 1-18) ⇒ 60-111 (level 1-18)

Galio

Q – WINDS OF WAR

• BASIC DAMAGE: 80/115/150/185/220 ⇒ 70/105/140/175/210

Kog’Maw

BASIC VALUES

• LIFE INCREASE: 90 ⇒ 85
• ARMOR INCREASE: 3.5 ⇒ 3.25

Ashe

“Ashe remains one of the most popular shooters in the pro game, so we’ll take away some more of her strength.” – Riot

BASIC VALUES

• ATTACK DAMAGE: 61 ⇒ 59

Patch 10.18 tries to expand the diversity on the ADC position again and therefore strengthens Miss Fortune and Twitch and nerfs the meta picks Ashe and Kog’Maw. Shen and Sett were also frequently picked in Pro Play and therefore now have to take a nerf. Rumbles buff is a reaction to his poor winrate, the champ was almost not played at all, because he is just too weak at the moment.

With patch 10.18, the new PsyOps skins have also been added to the game:

In addition, Riot Games has made some VFX updates for Malzahar, Nocturne and Viktor with Patch 10.18.

We already have a very large champion pool for the Worlds and we are excited to see which champions the pros will use. Have any of your favorites been generated or even buffed? Tell us about it on Facebook.

For more from the LoL universe and the latest news from gaming and esports, check out EarlyGame, for example here:

• The first trailer for League of Legends Tellstones: King’s Gambit.
• LoL: Will Seraphine and K/DA sing the Worlds 2020 song?

Patch Schedule – League of Legends 

League of Legends releases bug fixes, improvements and new content at regular intervals. Below you can find the patch schedule for 2022. Note: Patch dates are subject to change at any time and for a variety of reasons. We recommend that you visit this page one to two days before a scheduled patch to see if it has been rescheduled. If a patch is postponed up to 48 hours before its release, we will post a warning at the top of this page. 

PATCH SCHEDULED DATE

• 12.1 Wednesday, January 5, 2022 
• 12.2 Thursday, January 20, 2022 
• 12.3 Wednesday, February 2, 2022 
• 12.4 Wednesday, February 16, 2022 
• 12.5 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 
• 12.6 Wednesday, March 30, 2022 
• 12.7 Wednesday, April 13, 2022 
• 12.8 Wednesday, April 27, 2022 
• 12.9 Wednesday, May 11, 2022 
• 12.10 Wednesday, May 25, 2022 
• 12.11 Wednesday, June 8, 2022 
• 12.12 Thursday, June 23, 2022 
• 12.13 Wednesday, July 13, 2022 
• 12.14 Wednesday, July 27, 2022 
• 12.15 Wednesday, August 10, 2022
• 12.16 Wednesday, August 24, 2022
• 12.17 Thursday, September 8, 2022
• 12.18 Wednesday, September 21, 2022
• 12.19 Wednesday, October 5, 2022
• 12.20 Wednesday, October 19, 2022
• 12.21 Wednesday, November 2, 2022
• 12.22 Wednesday, November 16, 2022
• 12.23 Wednesday, December 7, 2022