Patch 9.16 notes
Hey Humans or Dancer. It's patch 9.16! The One Where Pantheon Falls From The Skies.
The Mantheon himself comes back to us in the form of Atreus and is ready to rock and roll with his trusty spear and shield. We're also making some smaller changes to some champions, which includes a lot of mid-laners like Corki, Azir, LeBlanc, Syndra, and others.
See ya, space cowboy!
Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo
Paul "Aether" Perscheid
Mid-Patch Change
16/8/2019 Pantheon Change
Reworked Pantheon's W stun was intentionally made to be dodgeable as a counterplay measure at very high skill play and sometimes, on low ping. However, it's happening much more than intended at all levels of play and at average ping. We're reverting this change so that the stun applies similarly to how it did with legacy Pantheon.
Pantheon
W - SHIELD VAULT CHANGE
Pantheon's stun range now matches legacy Pantheon's stun range (unavoidable with most dashes, Flashes, and blinks, but with some exceptions).
15/8/2019 Pantheon Balance Changes
While his main role is still in the top lane, Pantheon is still a champion that can flex his muscles (ha) in the jungle. He's not matching the expectations we had for him in that secondary role, so we're remedying that.
Pantheon
Q - COMET SPEAR DAMAGE REDUCTION AGAINST MONSTERS
15%
⇒
0%
E - AEGIS ASSAULT DAMAGE REDUCTION AGAINST NON-EPIC MONSTERS
33%
⇒
15%
14/8/2019 Kha'Zix Bugfix
Kha'Zix
EVOLVED ABILITIES BUGFIX
Kha'Zix now properly breaks his stealth when he uses his evolved Q, W, and E.
Patch Highlights
Dragon Oracle Udyr will be available on August 15, 2019.
Champions
Pantheon
The Unbreakable Spear
Pantheon crashes through the enemy frontline and causes havoc in their ranks starting in 9.16.
High-res versions of Pantheon's updated splash arts are available on League Displays!
Azir
Q cooldown increased late.
We're opening up late game windows of opportunity for Azir's enemies so he and his soldiers can't just chase them relentlessly.
Q - Conquering Sands
COOLDOWN
15/12.5/10/7.5/5 seconds
⇒
15/13/11/9/7 seconds
Corki
Base attack damage and attack damage growth decreased.
Corki's been too present in pro play due to his all-too-reliable damage, so we're nerfing him.
Base Stats
ATTACK DAMAGE
60
⇒
55
ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH
3
⇒
2.5
Dr. Mundo
W Tenacity flattened. E cooldown now scales.
With four patches worth of smaller changes already under his belt, the mad lad's been asking for something more substantial.
W - Burning Agony
TENACITY
10/15/20/25/30%
⇒
30% at all ranks
E - Masochism
COOLDOWN
6 seconds
⇒
6/5.5/5/4.5/4 seconds
Ekko
E bonus damage increased. R cooldown decreased late.
Ekko has room for more power in all areas of play.
E - Phase Dive
BONUS DAMAGE
40/65/90/115/140
⇒
50/75/100/125/150
R - Chronobreak
COOLDOWN
110/90/70 seconds
⇒
110/80/50 seconds
Ezreal
Q AP ratio decreased. E cooldown increased.
AP Ezreal's burst has made him a bit of a terror, so we're taking some power out of the build and hitting his early game safety.
Q - Mystic Shot
RATIO
0.3 ability power
⇒
0.15 ability power
E - Arcane Shift
COOLDOWN
19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds
⇒
25/22/19/16/13 seconds
Fiora
E cooldown decreased early; bonus attack speed now scales.
Giving Fiora more strength to capitalize on momentum she gets from a lead in lane.
E - Bladework
COOLDOWN
13/11/9/7/5 seconds
⇒
11/9.5/8/6.5/5 seconds
BONUS ATTACK SPEED
50% at all ranks
⇒
50/60/70/80/90%
Jax
Q cooldown decreased.
As a melee champion, Jax will benefit from having more opportunities to jump on the ranged enemies who otherwise steadily chip him down in lane.
Q - Leap Strike
COOLDOWN
10/9/8/7/6 seconds
⇒
8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds
Kassadin
W basic attack damage modifier increased.
Strengthening the aspects of Kassadin that can keep some of the shorter ranged mid laners in check, especially if they're champions he should naturally be good against anyways (AP assassins).
W - Nether Blade
EMPOWERED BASIC ATTACK DAMAGE
40/65/90/115/140 (+0.8 ability power)
⇒
70/95/120/145/170 (+0.8 ability power)
LeBlanc
Q AP ratio increased.
We're reverting the nerf LeBlanc received earlier this year since she can use more power in a way that average players can utilize.
Q - Sigil of Malice
RATIO
0.3 ability power
⇒
0.4 ability power
Lux
W shield increased late.
When we hit Lux's shield with nerfs in 9.14, we were mainly quelling the builds that took advantage of its safety. However, as a result we ended up hitting support Lux a lot harder than anticipated. We’re giving back some of that damage mitigation so she can still keep her partner meaningfully safe in the bot lane.
W - Prismatic Barrier
SHIELD
50/65/80/95/110
⇒
50/75/100/125/150
MAX SHIELD
100/130/160/190/220
⇒
100/150/200/250/300
Nocturne
Base armor increased. W bonus attack speed increased.
Nocturne has been overshadowed by other junglers as a competitively viable option, so we're buffing him.
Base Stats
Rounded out some stats!
ARMOR
36
⇒
38
HEALTH
582.8
⇒
585
MANA
273.8
⇒
275
MANA REGEN
6.756
⇒
7
W - Shroud of Darkness
BONUS ATTACK SPEED
20/25/30/35/40%
⇒
30/35/40/45/50%
Riven
Q cooldown flattened.
We're reverting the scaling cooldown change to Riven's Q from 9.10. The cooldown increase on her E from that patch didn't offset the strength of the Q buff in higher levels of solo queue games, and our intent wasn't to buff her in that patch.
Q - Broken Wings
COOLDOWN
12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
⇒
12 seconds at all ranks
Sejuani
Frost Armor base armor and magic resistance decreased, ratio increased. Q cooldown increased.
Sejuani has been a dominant force in pro play for awhile, despite receiving some recent nerfs. Taking a more substantial swing at her power.
Passive - Fury of the North
FROST ARMOR
20 (+0.25 bonus armor) bonus armor and 20 (+0.25 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance
⇒
10 (+0.35 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (+0.35 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance
Q - Arctic Assault
COOLDOWN
17/15.5/14/12.5/11 seconds
⇒
20/18/16/14/12 seconds
Shen
Q empowered damage ratio increased. E base damage increased.
Shen could use a little more power when split-pushing in the mid-to-late game.
Q - Twilight Assault
EMPOWERED CHAMPION DAMAGE RATIO
4/4.5/5/5.5/6% of target's maximum health
⇒
5/5.5/6/6.5/7% of target's maximum health
E - Shadow Dash
BASE PHYSICAL DAMAGE
50/75/100/125/150
⇒
60/85/110/135/160
Singed
Base mana increased. R bonus stats increased late.
Giving Singed a little extra oomph so his Insanity can lead him to some more wins if he makes it to the late game.
Base Stats
Rounded out some stats!
MANA
290.6
⇒
330
ATTACK DAMAGE
62.32
⇒
63
MANA REGEN
7.524
⇒
7.5
ATTACK SPEED GROWTH
1.81%
⇒
1.9%
R - Insanity Potion
BONUS STATS
30/55/80
⇒
30/60/90
Sion
Base mana increased. Q base min and max damage increased; removed damage reduction on monsters.
Smoothing out some of Sion's rougher edges, like rounding out his base stats and removing a mechanic that no longer seems needed. Overall, he'll have more chances to brawl with his opponents in the top lane, especially with other fighters.
Base Stats
Rounded out some stats!
MANA
325.6
⇒
330
HEALTH
542.64
⇒
545
MANA REGEN
8.0008
⇒
8
Q - Decimating Smash
BASE MINIMUM DAMAGE
20/40/60/80/100
⇒
30/50/70/90/110
BASE MAXIMUM DAMAGE
60/120/180/240/300
⇒
70/135/200/265/330
removedREDUCED DAMAGE ON MONSTERS
Decimating Smash no longer deals 80% damage against monsters
Sivir
W AD ratio decreased early.
Sivir is strong. When coupled with Yuumi, she's ESPECIALLY strong. The cat is getting nerfed (spoiler alert if you haven't gotten to her section yet), but we think Sivir could use nerfs too to quell her early game wave clear and give opponents a chance to put her on the back foot.
W - Ricochet
RATIO
50/55/60/65/70% attack damage
⇒
30/40/50/60/70% attack damage
Sylas
Q2 damage reduction now applies to minions and monsters.
Sylas has been thriving in the jungle after his latest set of changes. Following up on those by toning down his clear speed a bit.
Q - Chain Lash
DETONATION DAMAGE
45% reduced damage against minions
⇒
against minions and monsters
R - Hijack
BUGFIX
Sylas now properly heals himself when casting a Hijacked R - Mantra empowered W - Renewal from Karma
Syndra
Q bonus damage against champions increased. E base damage increased.
Syndra's weak in all levels of play at the moment so we're giving her some general power.
Q - Dark Sphere
TRANSCENDENT
15% bonus damage against champions
⇒
25% bonus damage against champions
E - Scatter the Weak
BASE DAMAGE
70/115/160/205/250
⇒
85/130/175/220/265
Tahm Kench
Base movement speed decreased. E shield duration decreased.
We're making Tahm Kench more vulnerable to ganks as a countermeasure to the safety he brings his already-safe bot lane buddies (like Ezreal).
Base Stats
MOVEMENT SPEED
345
⇒
335
E - Thick Skin
SHIELD DURATION
3 seconds
⇒
2 seconds
Yuumi
Q empowered damage decreased late; slow decreased; slow duration flattened; cooldown increased early.
Yuumi's damage is too high for how reliable it is, especially when coupled with other high-damage bot lane partners.
Q - Prowling Projectile
EMPOWERED DAMAGE
50/95/140/185/230/275
⇒
50/85/120/155/190/225
SLOW
40/48/56/64/72/80%
⇒
20/32/44/56/68/80%
SLOW DURATION
1.25/1.35/1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 seconds
⇒
1.5 seconds
COOLDOWN
11/10/9/8/7/6 seconds
⇒
13.5/12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds
Ziggs
W AP ratio increased; cooldown decreased early. R cooldown decreased late.
Ziggs isn't doing so hot right now, so we're buffing up one of his less potent abilities and letting him access his ultimate more frequently.
W - Satchel Charge
RATIO
0.35 ability power
⇒
0.5 ability power
COOLDOWN
24/21/18/15/12 seconds
⇒
20/18/16/14/12 seconds
R - Mega Inferno Bomb
COOLDOWN
120/105/90 seconds
⇒
120/95/70 seconds
Runes
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuits delivered decreased; delivery intervals adjusted. Health and mana per biscuit decreased. Healing duration decreased. Permanent mana per biscuit increased.
These biscuits are too fresh, giving too much sustain to its holders during laning phase. Many of these changes are to the rune itself, but the ones that affect the Biscuits directly will also apply to the Biscuits occasionally acquired through Kleptomancy.
BISCUITS DELIVERED
4
⇒
3
DELIVERY INTERVAL
3:00, 6:00, 9:00, 12:00
⇒
2:00, 4:00, 6:00
HEALTH PER BISCUIT
15% of missing health
⇒
10% of missing health
HEALTH PER BISCUIT (MANALESS CHAMPIONS)
20% of missing health
⇒
12% of missing health
MANA PER BISCUIT
15% of missing mana
⇒
10% of missing mana
HEALING DURATION
15 seconds
⇒
5 seconds
PERMANENT MAXIMUM MANA INCREASE
40 mana per biscuit consumption
⇒
50 mana per biscuit consumption
ARAM Balance Changes
9.16 Nerfs
Swain
-5% damage dealt
⇒
-6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken
9.16 Buffs
Morgana
-6% damage dealt & +6% damage taken
⇒
-6% damage dealt
Volibear
+5% damage taken
⇒
Unchanged
Yorick
-5% damage dealt & +5% damage taken
⇒
-5% damage dealt
Honor 5 Rewards
New Honor 5 chroma rewards debut in 9.16!
YOU DID IT
Your Honor 5 capsule will contain a random emote or ward skin, as well as an Honor 5 token you can redeem for Medieval Twitch, Grey Warwick, or one of the two new chromas shown above if you already own the base skin. You don't need to own both skins before being able to pick a chroma for a skin you own.
BUT ACTUALLY
This season only, your Honor 5 capsule will contain two Honor 5 tokens because we promised you two chromas this season, not one.
BELATED ELATED
If you hit Honor 5 before 9.16 and already owned both Medieval Twitch and Grey Warwick prior to getting your capsule, we'll add your two Honor 5 tokens directly to your account during patch 9.16. (It'll take a little bit to get to everyone. Stop being so honorable. Actually, don't.)
Ranked
We're unifying Challenger and Grandmaster's 0 LP demotion rules with Master's existing rules. This is mainly an edge-case change since losing LP over a few days or weeks naturally demotes players into Master before they reach 0 LP, though in smaller servers it'll also address situations where it was near-impossible to demote out of Challenger.
LADDER DOWN
Losing a game at 0 LP in Grandmaster or Challenger demotes you to
Master, 0 LP
⇒
Diamond 1 with 75, 50, or 0 LP based on whether your MMR is higher than the Master cutoff, between the Master and Diamond 1 cutoffs, or lower than the Diamond 1 cutoff
Bugfixes
- Gnar can no longer change the direction of E - Hop after transforming through R - GNAR! before bouncing on a minion
- Allies with Orianna's E - Command: Protect on them will now see an indicator centered on her
- Malzahar's R - Nether Grasp now adds a Revealed marker to the target (including stealthed targets)
- Xayah's Passive - Clean Cuts basic attacks now properly spawn feathers behind her target and not around her
- Master Yi's basic attack immediately following his Q - Alpha Strike now properly grants an additional stack of Conqueror or Electrocute
- Darius' Passive - Hemorrhage no longer incorrectly displays a ranged indicator
- If Katarina drops a dagger near a wall and then casts E - Shunpo so that she can blink to the other side of the wall, she now properly gets a reset on the ability
- Nautilus' W - Titan's Wrath will now properly proc Electrocute instead of granting only one stack while active
- Lee Sin's hitbox will no longer warp across the map when casting Q - Resonating Strike
- Twitch is no longer able to cast Q - Ambush without consuming any mana 3 seconds after its cooldown resets when an enemy champion dies from his Passive - Deadly Venom
- Selling any stacking consumable item will no longer sell two of them at a time if there are more than one
- Karma's W - Focused Resolve now properly lowers R - Mantra's cooldown while damaging enemy champions
- Phase Rush and Electrocute activates properly when Poppy casts E - Heroic Charge in specific combos
Upcoming Skins
The following skins will be released this patch. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splash art!
