LoL Patch 26.12: Upcoming Teleport and Champion Changes

Riot Games has revealed a lot of the changes coming to League of Legends in LoL Patch 26.12.

As the last update before the eventual MSI patch (26.13), there are a lot of champion buffs and nerfs coming in LoL 26.12.

There is also going to be an update to the shield from the Teleport Summoner Spell, which could have an especially big impact on pro play.

Here is a preview of the projected changes for LoL Patch 26.12.

Teleport Update

• Toplane Teleport
  • Empowered Teleport (not just Unleashed): 30% max health shield for 30 seconds ⇒ 35% max health for 10s

Riot has been frustrated with pro players occasionally using Teleport a short distance in lane purely for a shield.

Due to this, the publisher is nerfing the duration of the shield but increasing its size slightly so it returns to being a tool for cross-map plays.

Increasing the side of that shield seemed counterintuitive at first, but the numbers now make sense; a decrease from 30 to 10 seconds is significant.

LoL Patch 26.12 Champion Buffs

There are a lot of champions getting buffed in LoL Patch 26.12, with Riot particularly hoping to increase top and mid lane diversity before MSI.

Lead gameplay designer Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison explained that Aatrox, Gwen, and Jax are all getting buffs so that the top lane meta will have “a few more fringe and counterpick options available.”

There are also going to be four different changes for Hwei as Riot feels his recent updates affected him too negatively.

“We’re adding a bit more power back into his utility aspects that allow him to be a jack of all trades, rather than just being a master of none,” says Phroxzon.

• Yuumi
  • P Heal AP Ratio: 25% ⇒ 30%
  • E Shield AP Ratio: 30% ⇒ 40%
• Jax
  • Q Mana: 65 ⇒ 50
  • E percent target max HP damage: 3.5% minimum / 7% maximum ⇒ 4% min / 8% max
• Gwen
  • Q base damage per mini-snip: 10-24 ⇒ 10-26
  • E bonus attack speed: 20-80% ⇒ 30-80%
• Aatrox
  • Q Sweetspot bonus Damage: 70% ⇒ 75%
• Hwei
  • QQ AP Ratio: 70% ⇒ 80%
  • QW AP Ratio: 25% – 87.5% ⇒ 30% – 105%
  • QE Slow: 30% ⇒ 35%
  • E CD: 13-11s ⇒ 12-10s
• Syndra
  • Q Damage: 80-220 (+65% AP) ⇒ 90-230 (+70% AP)
  • Base HP: 563 ⇒ 583
• Tristana
  • AD Growth: 2.9 ⇒ 3.4
  • Q Mana: 30-50 ⇒ 15-35
• Sylas
  • Q1 Damage: 40 – 120 +40% AP ⇒ 40-140 +45% AP
  • E Heal AP Ratio: 20% – 30% ⇒ 30% – 60%

LoL Patch 26.12 Champion Nerfs

There are also significant nerfs this patch, though there should have been even more.

Phroxzon has revealed that planned Cassiopeia nerfs have been pushed back to 26.13, stating:

“We still want to work on a changelist that preserves some of her strengths and the things that her players love about her.”

Though one midlaner that is getting nerfed is Ryze, another prominent pick in the current meta.

“Ryze is a bit too durable, especially in the early game and he often wins lanes/gets push by simply autoing champions and hitting them with guaranteed damage through W’s, E’s and autos,” Phroxzon added.

And Phroxzon also revealed that Riot is targeting lethality Varus in particular:

“We’re attempting to open up the meta a bit by moving more of his power budget into attacking builds and also nerfing the throughput of his Q poke in the AD heavy builds.”

• Xin Zhao
  • P Healing: 3-5% Max HP (+45-80% AP) ⇒ 2-5% Max HP (+40-70% AP)
  • W Mana Cost: 60-40 ⇒ 60
  • E Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 60
• Nocturne
  • Q damage: 65/110/155/200/245 ⇒ 65/105/145/185/225
• Lee Sin
  • AD growth: 3.7 ⇒ 3.4
  • Q1: 65/95/125/155/185 (+95% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% bonus AD)
  • Q2: 65/95/125/155/185 (+95% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% bonus AD)
• Orianna
  • Passive damage increase per stack: 20% ⇒ 15%
  • Base HP: 585 ⇒ 565
  • E resists: 6-30 ⇒ 5-25
  • E damage/shield ratios: 30% / 45% AP ⇒ 40% / 50% AP
  • R Damage: 250/400/550 (+95% AP) ⇒ 225/350/475 (+115% AP)
• Ryze
  • Base HP: 645 ⇒ 620
  • Base AD: 58 ⇒ 55
• Varus
  • P AD/AP On Non Champ Kill: 10% of Total AS ⇒ 11%
  • P AD/AP On Champ Takedown: 25% of Total AS ⇒ 33%
  • P AS On Champ Takedown: 50% ⇒ 30%
  • Q Bonus AD Ratio: 100% – 150% ⇒ 80% – 120%

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Meanwhile, Riot also introduced a huge ARAM Mayhem update and the return of Ranked 5s in the LoL Dev update.