League of Legends Patch 8.1 Champion Balance Changes

The first League of Legends patch of the year is here, and although it’s relatively light in [...]

By Tanner Dedmon

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The first League of Legends patch of the year is here, and although it's relatively light in terms of changes, it does include a few buffs and nerfs to take note of.

Changes in Patch 8.1 that should be rolling out soon shouldn't come as much of a surprise since they've been on the PBE for a while now after being locked in before the holidays. Because of that timing, while some of the more contested champions like Ornn and others will be looked at in Patch 8.2, this next patch doesn't include many changes for champions like the blacksmith and others. Zoe does have a few tweaks scheduled in the patch, though they're probably not the nerfs that players have been calling for.

Below are all the champions that'll be changed in the next patch along with details on their buffs, nerfs, and bugfixes.

Brand

  • Passive - Blaze
    • DAMAGE PER STACK: 2% target's maximum health ⇒4% target's maximum health

Evelynn

  • E - Whiplash
    • BUFF-FIX: Whiplash no longer goes on cooldown if it fizzles due to Evelynn losing vision of her target during its cast time.

Graves

  • Q - End of the Line
    • COST: 60/70/80/90/100 mana ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80 mana
    • COOLDOWN: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds
  • W - Smoke Screen
    • SLOW STRENGTH: 15/20/25/30/35% ⇒ 50% at all ranks
    • SLOW DURATION: 1.5 seconds ⇒5 seconds

Heimerdinger

  • R - UPGRADE!!!'d Q - H-28G Evolution Turret
    • BEAM BASE DAMAGE: 200/270/340 ⇒ 100/140/180 (0.7 ability power ratio unchanged)

Kayle

  • Base stats
    • ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH: 2.8 ⇒2
    • INNATE BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 15% ⇒ 10%
  • E - Righteous Fury
    • COOLDOWN: 16 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

Skarner

  • Base stats
    • BASE MANA: 272.2 ⇒ 320
  • E - Fracture
    • PROC DAMAGE: 25/35/45/55/65 ⇒ 30/50/70/90/110
    • PROC STUN DURATION: 1 second ⇒5 seconds

Syndra

  • R - Unleashed Power
    • OVERKILL: All Dark Spheres now consistently fly at Unleashed Power's target, even if the target dies or goes invulnerable
    • THREE IN THE CHAMBER: The three spheres orbiting Syndra now properly materialize even if Unleashed Power's target dies as the ability is cast
    • DON'T YOU TAKE ME TO: Syndra's movement no longer becomes funky for a few seconds if Unleashed Power's target dies before all spheres have fired
    • BALLS ON THE FIELD: Dark Spheres that didn't damage Unleashed Power's target now properly interact with Syndra's other abilities
    • BALLDERDASH: Dark Spheres that didn't damage Unleashed Power's target no longer move erratically when affected by Syndra's other abilities
    • STEADY HANDS: Dark Spheres created shortly after Unleashed Power ends no longer move erratically when affected by Syndra's other abilities

Zoe

  • Q - Paddle Star
    • UPDATED: Now takes longer to register Zoe's new position (for purposes of calculating damage) when casting R - Portal Jump
  • E - Sleepy Trouble Bubble
    • DELAY BEFORE TRAP IS CREATED: 0.6s ⇒8s
  • R - Portal Jump
    • DELAY BEFORE EXIT PORTAL APPEARS: 0.1s ⇒ 0s

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