League of Legends Patch 12.1: Welcome to the League of Legends Season 2022. Riot Games are kicking off the new Ranked season with a soft reset, changes to decay, and some visual updates. Riot also has a few champion and item balances, changes to Teleport, plus a couple of beautiful new Elderwood skins. Well, let’s get right on to it…
League of Legends Patch 12.1: Elderwood Gnar and Elderwood Rek’Sai will be available January 6, 2022.
League of Legends Patch 12.1: CHAMPIONS
DIANA-Passive AP ratio and monster damage ratio increased.
- PASSIVE – MOONSILVER BLADE
- AP RATIO 40% ⇒ 50%
- MONSTER DAMAGE RATIO 250% ⇒ 300%
GANGPLANK– Q mana cost and cooldown reduced.
- Q – PARRRLEY
- MANA COST 60/55/50/45/40 ⇒ 55/50/45/40/35
- COOLDOWN 5 seconds ⇒ 4.5 seconds
REK’SAI- Unburrowed E base damage adjusted. Burrowed E cooldown increased late.
- E – FURIOUS BITE
- PHYSICAL DAMAGE 50/60/70/80/90 (+85% bonus AD) ⇒ 55/60/65/70/75 (+85% bonus AD)
- E – TUNNEL
- COOLDOWN 26/23/20/17/14 seconds ⇒ 26/24/22/20/18 seconds
SONA- Armor growth reduced. E cooldown increased.
- BASE STATS
- ARMOR GROWTH 3.3 ⇒ 3
- E – SONG OF CELERITY
- COOLDOWN 12 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS 12.1: ITEMS
ECLIPSE-
Despite being weak overall, Eclipse was the strongest lethality Mythic before preseason. We overdid its buffs a bit in 11.23, so we’re partially reverting those. (This change also applies to its Ornn Masterwork item, Syzygy.)
Force of Nature’s payout was a bit too hard to reach due to the stack duration. It’s also been a bit weaker than its counterpart, Spirit Visage, so, naturally, we’re adding more force to make it the heavy magic resist item.
Immortal Shieldbow has made some marksmen and fighters a bit too, um, immortal. We’re bringing it down a bit so that there are larger tradeoffs to consider when comparing it to other marksman Mythics. (Its Ornn Masterwork Item, Bloodward, will now have 65 AD and the same changes to Lifeline.)
Wit’s End has been powerful as an early defensive and offensive option for attack speed champions. However, considering its threat as a DPS item, its build path and stats counter magic damage a bit too much, too early.
Teleport also tends to crowd out other summoner spells because, when wielded properly, it flexibly offers both safety and a high level of game influence. Today, you can use it to quickly get back to your own lane and farm, but you can also use it to intervene in other lanes. In an effort to bring back some balance, we’re reshaping the spell by tempering its offensive capabilities early, and then upgrading it later on to retain its exciting mid-to-late game impact.
