The latest League of Legends patch is now available in the live servers, bringing a brand new champion, Briar along with changes to several competitive champions. Get ready for a major buff to Bard and Senna as well as nerfs to Rell and Jarvan, two picks that dominated the ranked play since the last patch. Continue reading to see the full LoL 13.18 Patch Notes.
CHAMPIONS – LoL 13.18 Patch Notes
BARD
PASSIVE – TRAVELER’S CALL
- Maximum Chime Stacks: 5 ⇒ 10
- Chime Stack Duration: 7 seconds ⇒ 20 seconds
W – CARETAKER’S SHRINE
- Stacking Shrines: Caretaker’s Shrine now accumulates charges over time up to a maximum of 2 charges.
- Cooldown/Stack Charge Time: 14 seconds ⇒ 18 seconds
- Shrine Charge Time to Full Heal: 10 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
- Shrine Movement Speed Bonus: 30% decaying over 1.5 seconds ⇒ 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% (+0.05% AP) decaying over 1.5 seconds
GWEN
BASE STATS
- Health Growth: 109 ⇒ 115
PASSIVE – THOUSAND CUTS
- Magic Damage to Monsters: 6 (+10% AP) ⇒ 10 (+15% AP)
IRELIA
R – VANGUARD’S EDGE
- Cooldown: 140/120/100 seconds ⇒ 125/105/85 seconds
JARVAN IV
PASSIVE – MARTIAL CADENCE
- Additional Physical Damage on Basic Attacks: 8% of target’s current health ⇒ 6% of target’s current health
KASSADIN
R – RIFTWALK
- Magic Damage: 70/90/110 (+40% AP) (+2% maximum mana) ⇒ 70/90/110 (+60% AP) (+2% maximum mana)
KAYN
PASSIVE – THE DARKIN SCYTHE
- Darkin Bonus: Rhaast – Healing: 20-30% (based on level) of physical damage dealt to champions ⇒ 25% of physical damage dealt to champions
R – UMBRAL TRESPASS
- Darkin Version Damage Dealt: 15% (+13% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 15% (+10% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s maximum health (Note: still heals for 65% of the tooltip damage)
KENNEN
E – LIGHTNING RUSH
- Energy Cost: 100/95/90/85/80 ⇒ 80 at all ranks
R – SLICING MAELSTROM
- Cooldown: 120 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds
RELL
E – FULL TILT
- Bonus Movement Speed (Away from Enemies): 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% ⇒ 12/14/16/18/20%
- Bonus Movement Speed (Towards Enemies): 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 24/28/32/36/40%
SENNA
PASSIVE – ABSOLUTION
- Critical Strike Ratio Reduction: No longer reduces critical strike damage by 8.5%
W – LAST EMBRACE
- Area of Effect Effect: Enemies hit with Last Embrace’s AoE snare are now afflicted with a stack of Mist from Senna’s passive.
THRESH
W – DARK PASSAGE
- Shield Strength: 50/70/90/110/130 (+1.5 per soul) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+2 per soul)
TRYNDAMERE
BASE STATS
- Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 108
- Base Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66
XAYAH
BASE STATS
- Base Health: 660 ⇒ 630
- Health Growth: 102 ⇒ 107
E – BLADECALLER
- Cooldown: 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds ⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds
ITEMS – LoL Patch 13.18 notes
CROWN OF THE SHATTERED QUEEN
- Ability Power: 70 ⇒ 85
- Safeguard: 75% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds ⇒ 40% damage reduction for 2.5 seconds
- REMOVEDPoise Break: Crown will no longer provide 10-40 AP while the shield holds
SPEAR OF SHOJIN
- Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 55
STATIKK SHIV
- Attack Damage: 45 ⇒ 50
- Electroshock Minion Damage: 250-350 ⇒ 200
STORMRAZOR
- Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 55
CLASH–IXTAL CUP
The Ixtal Cup is here! Here’s a look at the upcoming Ixtal Cup dates:
- Registration Begins: September 11 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
- Tournament Days: September 16 and 17 (~4-7 PM Local, varies by region)
CHAMPION ABILITY ICON UPDATES
- Blitzcrank
- Graves
- Janna
- Jarvan IV
- Jayce
- Lee Sin
- Leona
- Malphite
- Nami
- Olaf
- Orianna
- Varus
- Vayne
- Zed
BUGFIXES & QOL CHANGES
- Fixed a bug that caused Orianna’s auto attacks to cancel when her ball snaps back to her location.
- Fixed a bug that caused Drakes to ignore damage from Ivern.
- Fixed a bug where Naafiri’s W could target enemy Little Legends on Howling Abyss. Normally we’re okay with champs fighting it out, but NO ONE hurts my lil extra spicy Pengu.
- Fixed a bug that was causing Janna’s new ability icons’ buffs and debuffs to appear properly.
- Fixed a bug that would cause Kog’Maw to have 2.5x attack speed while dead.
- Fixed a bug that caused Jarvan IV’s R – Cataclysm to stop unstoppable units.
- Fixed a bug that would allow champions to buy Mythic components/items when they already had a Catalyst of Aeons in their inventory.
- Fixed a bug that caused K’Sante’s R – All Out to not correctly convert percentage bonus resists into attack damage.
- Fixed a bug that caused Zoe’s W – Spell Thief to not be able to use Stridebreaker and Goredrinker.
- Fixed a bug that caused Aphelios to twitch during his weapon’s idle animations.
- Fixed a bug that caused Rift Herald to be leashable for a longer range than intended.
- Fixed a bug that caused Hextech and Chemtech Drake’s sound effects to be audible through the Fog of War.
- Fixed a bug that caused Hextech Dragon Soul’s sound effects to be audible through the Fog of War.
- Fixed a bug that caused Lucian’s R – Culling to not proc his W – Ardent Blaze’s movement speed bonus.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ezreal’s W – Essence Flux to not proc when non-attack spells are used against a dodge.
- Fixed a bug that allowed Udyr’s E – Blazing Stampede to be able to be immediately reapplied to a target if the attack was spellshielded.
- Fixed a bug that was causing Drake’s knock back to be attributed to a specific team which would result in situations like Fiora being unable to W – Parry it.
- Fixed a bug that caused Neeko’s KDA to change based on the unit she was disguised as.
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