Updated on Aug 3, 11:54 a.m. (GMT+8): Added detailed changes posted by game designer Spideraxe and Riot Phroxzon on Twitter.
Summoner’s Rift Lead Designer Matt “Riot Phroxzon” Leung-Harrison is back with the next patch 12.15 preview.
All energy champions, namely Zed, Lee Sin, Akali, Kennen, and Shen, will receive buffs in the next update.
“These are mainly champions whose energy costs haven’t kept up with the game post durability,” wrote Riot Phroxzon. “We like where Kennen’s energy costs are, so we’re buffing something else instead.”
Surprisingly, a handful of tanks are also slated for buffs. Unsurprisingly, strong meta AD carries Kalista and reworked Sivir will likely get nerfed. Despite the patch 12.13 hotfix, it seems Riot Games still wants to take Master Yi down a notch.
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League of Legends patch 12.15 preview includes buffs to all energy champions
Champion buffs
- Lillia jungle
- Singed
- Rammus
- Leona
- Thresh
- Energy champions Zed, Lee Sin, Akali, Kennen, and Shen
Lillia jungle
- Passive monster damage cap increased from 40-100 to 50-150
Singed
- Passive movement speed increased from 20% to 25%
- Passive per target CD decreased from 10 to 8 seconds
- R bonus stats increased from 20/60/100 to 30/65/100
Rammus
- E taunt/attack speed duration increased from 1.2-2 seconds to 1.25 to 2.25
- R cooldown changed from 110-80 seconds to 90 flat
- R base dash range increased from 600 units to 800
- R dash range growth increased from 1.3 to 1.5
- R min dash speed increased from 700 to 900
- R max dash speed increased from 1800 to 2000
Leona
- Q mana cost reduced from 45-65 to 35-55
- R stun/slow duration increased from 1.5 to 1.75
Thresh
- Q cooldown reduced from 20-12 seconds to 19-11
- Q base damage increased from 80-240 to 100-260
Zed
- E energy cost reduced from 50 to 40
Lee Sin
- Q2 energy cost reduced from 30 to 25
- W2 energy cost reduced from 30 to 25
- E2 energy cost reduced from 30 to 25
- Q1, W1, E1 energy costs are all unchanged at 50
Akali
- W bonus energy/energy restore increased from 80 to 100
Shen
- E energy restore increased from 30-40 to 30-50
Kennen
- W cooldown reduced from 14-6 to 12-6 seconds
- W active base damage increased from 60-160 to 70-170
- R AP ratio increased from 20% to 22.5
Champion nerfs
- Master Yi
- Qiyana
- Sivir
- Gwen
- Taliyah
- Kalista
Qiyana
- Passive bonus AD ratio reduced from 45% to 30%
Sivir
- AD growth reduced from 3.3 to 3
- E cooldown increased from 22-14 seconds to 24-18
- R cooldown increased from 100-70 seconds to 120-80
Gwen
- Q true damage conversion reduced from 75% to 50%
Taliyah
- E cooldown increased from 16/15/14/13/12 to 18/17/16/15/14
- R wall duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds
- Q mana cost bug fix
Kalista
- Base AD reduced from 69 to 66
Item buffs
Mercurial Scimitar
- Magic resist increased from 30 to 40
- Movement speed duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
Silvermere Dawn
- Magic resist increased from 30 to 40
- Slow resist/Tenacity increased from 40% to 50%
- Health increased from 300 to 350
Rune nerfs
First Strike
- Bonus damage reduced from 10% to 8%
Divine Sunderer
- Healing reduced from 65% to 55%, still pre-mitigation
Among the energy champions, Zed and Shen still hold a positive win rate in high Elo solo queue at rank Platinum and above. Top lane Shen in particular, has a 52.34% win rate in patch 12.14 with a decent 4.9% pick rate according to U.GG. With these buffs, his win rate and popularity will only increase.
Akali and Kennen have been struggling since the patch 12.10 Durability Update, but the biggest loser is Lee Sin, who currently holds a 45.62% win rate in solo queue. Even before the Durability Update, he received a series of nerfs to all his abilities since patch 11.11 last season. Only in patch 12.11 did he get some buffs to his base attack damage, Sonic Wave, and Resonating Strike, but clearly they haven’t been enough.
Riot Phroxzon’s Twitter post about the LoL patch 12.14 preview can be found here.
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