Here’s where we’ll explain everything that’s changing and being added with League of Legends Patch 12.20.
LoL patch 12.20 is now available on live servers, following the usual two-week round of testing. A look at its patch notes reveals its release date alongside the addition of new, spooky Bewitching skins, and more.
Riot Games pushes out regular updates for its popular MOBA, and having a patch schedule nearby is necessary to keep track of when the next one’s due out. The LoL patch 12.20 release date was set for Wednesday, October 19, which is when the changes that make it through testing hit live servers.
League of Legends Patch 12.20
On the PBE, players could try out the following 6 new skins: Bewitching Anivia (1350 RP), Bewitching Cassiopeia (1350 RP), Bewitching LeBlanc (1350 RP), Bewitching Neeko (1350 RP), Bewitching Senna (1350 RP), and Three Honors Malzahar (Honor 5 Reward).
The LoL 12.20 maintenance schedule is always revealed closer to launch. Usually, it takes about 3 hours for patches to be deployed across different regions. Checking our League of Legends server status article is a good way to keep yourself informed on server downtime caused by patch deployment or other reasons.
The League of Legends patch 12.20 preview has now been shared, revealing upcoming buffs to champions like Jayce and Gwen, while Sett, Aatrox, and Maokai are set to be nerfed.
With League 12.20’s PBE stay now concluded, here is the full list of changes, as detailed in the official patch notes.
LoL 12.20 Champion Balance Changes
Aatrox - Nerfed
Deathbringer Stance (Passive):
- Heal decreased to 80% of post-mitigation damage from 100% of post-mitigation damage
Akshan - Buffed
Heroic Swing (E):
- Swing duration increased to infinite from 3 seconds
Blitzcrank - Changed
Stats:
- Base AD decreased to 60 from 62
- Base attack speed decreased to 0.625 from 0.65
Mana Barrier (Passive):
- Shield changed to 15-45% of maximum mana (levels 1-18) from 30% of maximum mana
Overdrive (Q):
- Damage to monsters increased to 60-220 (levels 1-18) (note: no longer scales linearly, scaling is as follows: 60/80/100/120/140/160/165/170/175/180/185/190/195/200/205/210/215/220) from 60-180 (levels 1-18)
Power Fist (E):
- Empowered auto-attack damage against champions decreased to 175% total AD (+ 25% AP) from 200% total AD (+ 25% AP)
- Damage to non-champions unchanged
- New: Blitzcrank now has a chance to uppercut monsters to the moon when overkilling them
Elise - Changed
Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite (Q):
- Cast range decreased to 575 from 625
- Range detection changed to center of Elise to edge of target’s hitbox from Edge of Elise to center of target’s hitbox
Evelynn - Buffed
Hate Spike (Q):
- Marked bonus damage increased to 15/25/35/45/55 (+25% AP) from 10/20/30/40/50 (+25% AP)
Allure (W):
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Gwen - Buffed
Snip Snip! (Q):
- Damage per snip increased to 10/15/20/25/30 (+5% AP) from 10/14/18/22/26 (+5% AP)
- Final snip damage increased to 60/85/110/135/160 (+35% AP) from 60/80/100/120/140 (+35% AP)
Jayce - Buffed
Lightning Field (W):
- Mana restoration increased to 10/12/14/16/18/20 from 6/8/10/12/14/16
Transform Mercury Hammer (R):
- Bonus armor and magic resist increased to 5/15/25/35 (+ 7.5% bonus AD) from 5/15/25/35
Kennen - Buffed
Lightning Rush (E):
- After ending his E, Kennen’s bonus attack speed buff will now allow him to surpass the 2.5x attack speed limit
Maokai - Nerfed
Sap Magic (Passive):
- Healing based on maximum health decreased to +4% - 10% (based on level) maximum health (note: maximum health ratio will now be 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10% at levels 1, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 17) from + 4.5% - 12% (based on level) maximum health
Nature’s Grasp (R):
- Cooldown increased to 120/110/100 seconds from 120/100/80 seconds
Rammus - Changed
Defensive Ball Curl (W):
- Self-slow removed
Soaring Slam (R):
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Sett - Changed
Stats:
- Magic resist decreased to 28 from 32
Pit Grit (Passive):
- Health regen decreased to 0.15/0.5/1/2 from 0.25/0.5/1/2
- Right punch AD ratio increased to 55% bonus AD from 50% bonus AD
Wukong - Buffed
Cyclone (R):
- Physical damage per cast increased to 8/12/16% of target's maximum health (+ 275% AD) from 8/12/16% of target's maximum health (+ 220% AD)
Ziggs - Buffed
Bouncing Bomb (Q):
- Magic damage increased to 95/145/195/245/295 (+ 65% AP) from 85/135/185/235/285 (+ 65% AP)
LoL 12.20 Item Balance Changes
Demonic Embrace
- Health decreased to 350 from 450
- AP increased to 70 from 60
- Ranged burn damage per tick decreased to 0.8% max health from 1% max health
Frozen Heart
- Total cost increased to 2700 from 2500
- Combine cost increased to 800 from 600
- Armor increased to 90 from 80
- Rock Solid damage reduction decreased to 5 (+ 3.5 per 1000 health) from 7 (+ 3.5 per 1000 health)
Mortal Reminder
- Total cost increased to 2600 from 2500
- Attack damage increased to 35 from 25
- Attack speed decreased to 20% from 25%
Sterak's Gage
- The Claws that Catch bonus AD increased to 50% base AD from 45% base AD
- Lifeline shield amount increased to 80% Bonus Health decaying over 4.5 seconds from 75% Bonus Health decaying over 3.75 seconds
LoL 12.20 Rune Balance Changes
Lethal Tempo
- Bonus auto-attack range changed to 50 for melee and ranged champions from 50 for melee champions, 75 for ranged
LoL 12.20 Bugfixes & QoL Changes
QoL Updates
- Searching for a champion by typing their name in champion select will automatically clear any currently selected role filters
Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug that was causing HP bar visual issues on champions like Kled or Galio to only show the top half of the bonus/shielded health
- Fixed a bug that was causing Gragas’ ultimate airborne effect to last for a shorter duration than intended
- Fixed a bugged interaction with Fiora’s W and Darius' Passive that caused the bleed to deal 1 true damage at the end of the duration of Fiora’s W despite being properly parried
- Fixed a bug that caused Syndra to not gain Splinters of Wrath when getting minion credit from an ally’s support item
- Fixed a bug that was causing Viego’s empowered auto attacks to be audible from the Fog of War
- Fixed a bug that was causing players to not receive the “Wave Goodbye” challenge after killing 20 minions within 3 seconds
- Fix a bug that was causing “The Jukes” Challenge to not progress when dodging 5 skillshots quickly
- Fixed a bug that was causing “The Disrespect” Challenge to behave incorrectly when players used champions with clone abilities
- Fixed a bug that was causing Rekindled Eternals’ personal best appear as locked when it was hovered over
- Fixed a bug that was causing Mythic Item borders to appear on other items if the items were moved around within players’ inventories
- Fixed a bug where clicking on the “X” button while search is open in the shop would only close the search function and not the entire shop interface
- Updated the Challenges token menu to sort correctly by rarity under the Identity Customization menu when using filters
- Updated the Challenges title menu to sort correctly by time earned under the Identity Customization menu when using filters
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