Here’s where we’ll explain everything that’s changing and being added with League of Legends Patch 13.2.
LoL patch 13.2 is now available on the PBE, where it will stay for the next two weeks, giving players an opportunity to test upcoming changes. A look at its patch notes reveals its release date alongside Ahri’s art and sustainability update as well as various other changes.
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 13.2 release date is slated for January 25, which is when the changes that make it through testing get pushed to live servers.
League of Legends Patch 13.2
On the PBE, players can try out Ahris’ art and sustainability update, which aims to update the champion’s visuals, bringing them more in line with current standards. In addition, the work put into it should also translate to more fluid development for future skins.
The LoL 13.2 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.
Lead Designer Matt Leung-Harrison has given us a glimpse at a few things Riot Games is looking at introducing with League of Legends patch 13.2. The situational durability of AD carry champions will be tweaked as will fighters’ haste & sustain, among others.
League 13.2 will give Annie a set of much-needed balance changes meant to “give her buffs in ways that mitigate pain points around spending mana to generate passive, Tibbers lifetime, and E usability,” according to Gameplay Analyst Ray Williams.
A set of item tweaks are also on the way, alongside multiple changes to AD carries.
Jax’s update launched with missing animation details alongside visual and sound effects. These issues will be addressed when League 13.2 goes live.
We now also have our first look at the League of Legends patch 13.2 preview. Buffs for champions like Orianna and Zoe are on the way, as are nerfs for Kindred, Nami, and others.
League 13.2’s release date might be impacted by a social engineering attack that targeted Riot Games’ development environment systems. The developer claims that “there is no indication that player data or personal information was obtained,” but expects the attack to “impact our upcoming patch cadence across multiple games.”
For League of Legends specifically, this will push patch 13.2’s release date to January 26, when a hotfix “that will include a lot of the content” goes live.
The hotfix is labeled 13.1b and still comes with a fair share of item and champion changes.
Ahri’s art and sustainability update alongside a handful of other unnamed features have been moved to patch 13.3, which is slated to go live on February 8.
LoL 13.2 Champion Balance Changes
Gangplank - Nerfed
Stats:
- AD growth decrease to 3.7 from 4
Powder Keg (E):
- Bonus damage on critical strikes decreased to 5% from 10%
Heimerdinger - Nerfed
H-28G Evolution Turret (Q):
- Turret health decreased to 130-640 (based on level) (+5%-45% (based on level) AP) from 175-700 (based on level) (+5%-40% (based on level) AP)
Hextech Micro-Rockets (W):
- Initial magic damage decreased to 40/65/90/115/140 (+55% AP) from 50/75/100/125/150 (+45% AP)
Kassadin - Nerfed
Force Pulse (E):
- Cooldown decreased to 21/20/19/18/17 seconds from 21/19/17/15/13 seconds
Kindred - Nerfed
Dance of Arrows (Q):
- Physical damage decreased to 50/75/100/125/150 (+75% Bonus AD) from 60/85/110/135/160 (+75% Bonus AD)
Lillia - Buffed
Dream-Laden Bough (Passive):
- Magic damage 5% (+1.2% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 5% (+1.5% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health
Blooming Blows (Q):
- Magic damage increased to 35/45/55/65/75 (+45% AP) from 35/45/55/65/75 (+40% AP)
- Outer Edge true damage increased to 35/45/55/65/75 (+45% AP) from 35/45/55/65/75 (+40% AP)
Swirlseed (E):
- Magic damage increased to 70/95/120/145/170 (+60% AP) from 70/95/120/145/170 (+45% AP)
- Cooldown decreased to 14 seconds from 16 seconds at all ranks ⇒
Maokai - Nerfed
Bramble Smash (Q):
- Bonus damage to monsters decreased to 100/120/140/160/180 from 120/140/160/180/200
Sapling Toss (E):
- Magic damage decreased to 55/80/105/130/155 (+5% bonus health) (+35% AP) from 55/80/105/130/155 (+6% bonus health) (+40% AP)
- Empowered Sapling magic damage decreased to 110/160/210/260/310 (+10% bonus health) (+70% AP) from 110/160/210/260/310 (+12% bonus health) (+80% AP)
Nami - Nerfed
Ebb and Flow (W):
- Magic Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+55% AP)
Tidecaller’s Blessing (E):
- Bonus magic damage per hit decreased to 20/35/50/65/80 (+20% AP) from 25/40/55/70/85 (+20% AP)
Orianna - Changed
Clockwork Windup (Passive):
- Tik Tok changed to 10-50 (levels 1-18)(Note: Damage is unchanged) from 10-50 (levels 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 16)
Command: Attack (Q):
- Pass through damage reduction changed to The ball deals 100% damage to the first target hit and damage afterwards is reduced to 70% to all enemies hit after the first from The ball deals 100% damage to the first target hit and damage afterwards is reduced by 10% per enemy hit
Command: Dissonance (W):
- Mana cost decreased to 70/75/ 80/85/90 from 70/80/90/100/110
Command: Shockwave (R):
- Magic damage increased to 250/350/450 (+90% AP) from 200/275/350 (+80% AP)
Ryze - Nerfed
Stats:
- Magic resistance decreased to 32 from 36
Arcane Mastery (Passive):
- Increased maximum mana decreased to 6% per 100 AP from 10% per 100 AP
Udyr - Changed
Wilding Claw (Q):
- Bonus physical damage decreased to 3/4/5/6/7/8% (+4% per 100 bonus AD) from 3/4/5/6/7/8% (+5% per 100 bonus AD)
- Bonus attack speed increased to 20/32/44/56/68/80% from 20/30/40/50/60/70%
Wingborne Storm (R):
- Base damage per tick decreased to 10/19/28/37/46/55 from 10/20/30/40/50/60
Yuumi - Changed
Stats:
- Attack range decreased to 425 from 500
- Base attack damage decreased to 49 from 55
- Base health decreased to 500 from 550
- Base health regeneration decreased to 5 from 7
Passive - Bop ‘n’ Block:
- New: When Bop ‘n’ Block is ready Yuumi will gain 25 bonus range for that attack only.
- Shield strength decreased to 45-300 (based on level) from 60-380 (based on level)
You and Me! (W):
- Adaptive force decreased to 12-20 (+6-10% of bonus) from 12-20 (+12-20% of bonus)
Zoomies (E):
- Movement speed decreased to 20% from 20% (+2% per 100 AP)
Zoe - Changed
Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E):
- Putting the Trouble in the Bubble: Enemies inflicted with sleep from Zoe’s Sleepy Trouble Bubble now have their Magic Resist reduced by 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%. (Note: This debuff disappears when the target is woken up.)
AD Carry System Changes
Overheal:
- Shield value changed to 20-300 based on champion level from 10 + 9% max HP
Ashe - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana scaling increased to 35 from 32
- Mana regen scaling increased to 0.65 from 0.4
Caitlyn - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana scaling increased to 40 from 35
- Mana regen scaling increased to 0.7 from 0.55
Ezreal - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana regen scaling increased to 1 from 0.65
Jhin - Buffed
Deadly Flourish (W):
- Mana cost decreased to 50-70 from 50-90
Captive Audience (E):
- Mana cost decreased to 30 from 30-50
Jinx - Buffed
Stats:
- Base mana increased to 260 from 245
- Mana growth increased to 50 from 45
Zap! (W):
- Mana cost decreased to 50-70 from 50-90
Kai'Sa - Buffed
Stats:
- Base mana increased to 345 from 344.8
- Mana scaling increased to 40 from 38
- Mana regen scaling increased to 0.7 from 0.45
Lucian - Changed
Stats:
- Base mana decreased to 340 from 349
- Mana growth increased to 45 from 38
- Base mana regen decreased to 8 from 8.18
- Mana regen growth increased to 0.85 from 0.7
Miss Fortune - Changed
Stats:
- Mana growth increased to 40 from 35
- Nana regen decreased to 8 from 8.05
- Mana regen growth increased to 0.8 from 0.65
Senna - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana regen growth increased to 0.7 from 0.4
Sivir - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana scaling increased to 45 from 40
Ricochet (W):
- Mana cost decreased to 60 from 60-80
Twitch - Buffed
Stats:
- Base mana increased to 300 from 287.2
- Mana regen scaling increased to 0.7 from 0.45
Xayah - Buffed
Stats:
- Mana regen scaling increased to 0.8 from 0.75
LoL 13.2 Item Balance Changes
Blade of the Ruined King
- Siphon bonus magic damage changed to 40-103 (levels 9-18) from 40-150 (levels 1-18)
- Ranged on-hit damage increased to 9% from 8%
- Cooldown increased to 30 seconds from 20 seconds
Black Cleaver
- Attack damage increased to 50 from 45
- Health increased to 400 from 350
Bloodthirster
- Life steal decreased to 15% from 18%
- Shield changed to 180-459 scaling from level 9 to 50-320 scaling from level 1
- Total cost decreased to 3200 from 3400
Death's Dance
- Attack damage increased to 65 from 55
- Armor increased to 50 from 45
- Ability haste decreased to 0 from 15
- Takedown healing decreased to 50% bonus AD from 120% bonus AD
- Pickaxe replaces Caulfield's in build path
Eclipse
- Omnivamp decreased to 0% from 7%
- Ability Haste increased to 15 from 0
- Shield cooldown decreased to 6/12 seconds from 8/16 seconds
- Caulfield's Hammer replaces Vamp Scepter/Long Sword
Goredrinker
- Mythic Passive increased to 50 health + 3 ability haste from 7 ability haste
Infinity Edge
- Required crit chance decreased to 40% from 60%
Maw of Malmortius
- Lifeline effect changed to 12% lifesteal from 10% omnivamp
- Attack damage increased to 65 from 55
- Ability haste decreased to 0 from 20
- Pickaxe + Long Sword replaces Caulfield's in build path
Navori Quickblades
- Required crit chance decreased to 40% from 60%
Ravenous Hydra
- Vamp changed to 10% lifesteal from 10% omnivamp
- Ability haste increased to 25 from 20
- Cleave damage also triggers lifesteal
Syzygy
- Omnivamp decreased to 0% from 8%
- Ability haste increased to 80 from 0
More changes are bound to be revealed over the coming days and weeks. Be sure to check back regularly to see if you main might be next in line for buffs or nerfs.
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