The MSI patch is here.
The Mid-Season Invitational begins on May 2 and the League of Legends devs have come out with patch 13.8 ahead of the first LAN of the year. This will give the players enough time to test the waters before going to battle in London in a few short weeks.
Some of the changes in patch 13.8 include plenty of buffs to some of this season's meta picks like Nidalee, Lillia, and Ezreal to name a few. In total, 14 different champions would receive some changes with nine getting buffed while the rest got nerfed.
The Cosmic Drive legendary item also gets a slight buff with a new passive while Riot is also introducing a new mythic shop rotation with new Prestige skins alongside new Inkshadow skins.
Champions - Buffs
Ezreal
Base Stats
- Base Attack Damage:
60⇒ 62
Garen
Base Stats
- Base Attack Damage:
66⇒ 69 - Base Armor:
36⇒ 38
Janna
W - Zephyr
- Magic Damage:
70/100/130/160/190 (+50% AP)⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+60% AP)
E - Eye of the Storm
- Shield Decay Timer:
1.25 seconds⇒ 2.5 seconds
Kha'Zix
Q - Taste their Fear
- Physical Damage:
60/85/110/135/160 (+115% bonus AD)⇒ 70/95/120/145/170 (+ 115% bonus AD)
Kogmaw
Passive - Icathian Surprise
- (NEW) Run Kog, Run!: Kog’Maw is now Ghosted while in his passive form
- True Damage:
125-550 (based on level)⇒ 140-650 (based on level)
Q - Caustic Spittle
- Cooldown:
8 seconds⇒ 7 seconds
E - Void Ooze
- Mana Cost:
60/70/80/90/100⇒ 40/55/70/85/100 - Slow:
20/28/36/44/52%⇒ 30/35/40/45/50%
Leona
W - Eclipse
- Bonus Armour:
15/20/25/30/35 (+20% Bonus Armor)⇒ 20/25/30/35/40 (+20% Bonus Armor) - Bonus Magic Resistance:
15/20/25/30/35 (+20% Bonus Magic Resistance)⇒ 20/25/30/35/40 (+20% Bonus Magic Resistance) - Magic Damage:
45/80/115/150/185 (+ 40% AP)⇒ 55/90/125/160/195 (+ 40% AP)
Lillia
Passive - Dream-laden Bough
- Monster Damage Cap:
50-150 (based on level)⇒ 70-150 (based on level) (Note: This is up to 40% more damage at level 1 against monsters with over 1328 HP, tapering to 0% more at less than 949 HP. Raptor has 1100, while Red, Blue, Gromp, Krug, and Wolf all hit the new max HP cap.) - Healing Against Monsters:
24-75 (based on level) (+5.4% AP)⇒ 39-54 (based on level) (+15% AP) - Healing Against Champions:
6-120 (based on level) (+18% AP)⇒ 6-90 (based on level) (+30% AP)
Nidalee
Base Stats
- Base Armor:
28⇒ 32 - Armor Growth:
4.7⇒ 5
Poppy
Q - Hammer Shock
- Target Health Damage:
8%⇒ 9%
W - Steadfast Presence
- Bonus Resistances:
10%⇒12% (Note: this will be doubled to 24% while Poppy is below 40% maximum health.)
Champions - Nerfs
Aurelion Sol
Base Stats
- Health Growth:
95⇒ 90 - Armour Growth:
4.3⇒ 4
Jarvan IV
Base Stats
- Attack Damage Growth: 3.4 ⇒ 3
Q - Dragon Strike
- Physical Damage:
90/130/170/210/250 (+140% bonus AD)⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+140% bonus AD)
Kayn
E - Shadow Step
- Shadow Assassin - Bonus Move Speed:
80%⇒ 70% - Shadow Assassin - Cooldown:
8 seconds⇒ 10 seconds
Malphite
W - Thunderclap
- Empowered Attack Damage:
30/45/60/75/90 (+20% AP)(+15% Armour)⇒ 30/40/50/60/70 (+20% AP)(+15% Armour) - Cleave Physical Damage:
15/25/35/45/55 (+ 30% AP) (+ 20% armour)⇒ 15/25/35/45/55 (+ 30% AP) (+ 15% armour)
Rakan
Base Stats
- Base Armour:
32⇒ 30 - Armor Growth:
5.1⇒ 4.9
Items
Cosmic Drive
- Ability Power:
90⇒ 100 - (NEW) Unique Passive - Spelldance: Damaging a champion (excluding damage over time) generates a stack of 2.5% Movement Speed every 1.5 seconds for the next 5 seconds up to 4 stacks (10% Movement Speed). At 4 stacks, gain an additional 10% Movement Speed (20% Movement Speed total). Dealing damage refreshes this effect. (Note: You only need to deal 1 instance of damage for it to start adding stacks on its own periodically. You then only need to hit them once again after a delay to fully stack it. You don't need to hit them 4 times 1.5 seconds apart. The intent here is that one spell does not fully stack the passive.)
Mythic Shop Rotation
Now Available
- Prestige True Damage Senna
- Prestige Nightbringer Kayn
- Mythic Chroma Dawnbringer Riven (Nightbringer)
Leaving the Mythic Shop
- Prestige Fuzz Fizz
- Prestige Ascended Pantheon
Bugfixes & QoL Changes
- Fixed a bug where Milio would sometimes cause games to crash if he was matched against an Ahri, Viego, or Sylas.
- Fixed a bug where Diana’s Q distance would be slightly shorter or longer if it was cast during Flash.
- Fixed bugs where using undo in the shop when Biscuit is owned reduced or increased your total mana by an amount more than what was granted by the item.
- Fixed a bug where Twitch’s R AoE would not inflict damage on himself and his enemies while under the influence of Renata’s Berserk.
- Fixed a bug where the end-of-game scoreboard would show neutral minion kills in both jungles but would not be calculated as income.
- Fixed a bug where Vel’Koz’s R could be recast to interrupt the ability if it was recast too early.
- Fixed a bug where a minion would receive Drake kill credit if Drake was killed by Shaco’s clone.
- Fixed a bug where Yuumi’s ally would get no friendship stacks when killing champions if Yuumi was attached.
- Fixed a bug where Yuumi’s Q expiration sound effects were audible in the Fog of War.
- Fixed a bug where getting snared would not stop recalls.
- Fixed a rare bug where Sona’s passive would be duplicated if specific inputs were made at the same time.
- Fixed a bug where Aurelion Sol’s enhanced R shockwave would not deal damage.
- Fixed a bug where Draven’s R could execute through spell shields like Sivir’s E. And I thought bounty hunters were good at avoiding axes… or were those pendulum axes only?
- Fixed a bug where Draven’s R would not execute enemies if they were near Draven when he initially cast the ability.
- Fixed a bug where Ornn’s E and R knock-ups were cleansable.
- Fixed a bug where some of Aurelion Sol’s glorious VO lines were missing.
- Fixed a bug where Xayah’s Q would no longer recalculate cast time if she sold an item while dead and the ability’s attack speed would be increased.
- Fixed a bug where Kai’Sa could sometimes use her R to escape Mordekaiser’s Realm of Death.
- Fixed a bug where Gargoyle’s Stoneplate’s Unbreakable effect would be shortened by heal and shield power.
- Fixed an exploit where Watchful Wardstone could be copied and repeatedly sold.
Skin Bugfixes
- Lunar Beast / Worlds 2021 Jarvan IV - Jarvan's hand now properly holds the spear during Dragon Strike (Q) animation
- Worlds 2021 Jarvan IV: Left pauldron no longer rotates unnaturally, after using Dragon Strike (Q) ability
- Fnatic Jarvan IV - Animation of the flag raising and falling has been restored during the cast of Demacian Standard (E)
Upcoming Skins and Chromas
- Dawnbringer Renekton
- Dawnbringer Vayne
- Nightbringer Jarvan IV
- Nightbringer Nasus