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League of Legends patch 12.9 notes: Olaf & Taliyah reworks, Pyke nerfs, more

League of Legends patch 12.9 is coming, with two reworks for Olaf & Taliyah, controversial Pyke changes, and more: Here's the patch notes.

Posted on 06th May, 2022 03:30 AM
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League of Legends patch 12.9 notes: Olaf & Taliyah reworks, Pyke nerfs, more Image

League of Legends patch 12.9 is coming, and Riot is ramping up the changes post-MSI. Two new “mid-scope updates” are launching for Olaf and Taliyah, as well as a support-centric change for Pyke. Another dozen champions are on the developer’s hit list ⁠— here’s the full patch notes.

Damage stored near multiple enemies: 40% ⇒ 45%

Q: Bone Skewer

Mana: 50/55/60/65/70 ⇒ 74/78/82/86/90

R: Death From Below

Cooldown: 120/120/100 seconds ⇒ 115/100/85 seconds
No longer gives Pyke “Your Cut” in addition to kill gold from successful executes
No longer gives Pyke an extra “Your Cut” from when allies kill enemy champions within X.

Renata Glasc

Base stats

Armor: 29 ⇒ 27

Passive: Leverage

Damage: 1-3.5% (level 1-13) (+1% AP) ⇒ 1-2% (level 1-9) (+2% AP)

Renekton

Changes TBA.

Rengar

W: Battle Roar

Bonus monster damage: 85-150 (based on level) ⇒ 65-130 (based on level)

Sion

Passive: Glory in Death

Zombie damage to structures: 100% ⇒ 40%

Taliyah

Base stats

Armor: 20 ⇒ 18
Health: 531 ⇒ 500
Mana regen: 9.34 + 0.85/level ⇒ 8 + 0.8/level
Mana: 425 ⇒ 470

Passive: Rock Surfing

Out of combat movement speed: 20-45% (linear scaling) ⇒ 10/20/35/55% (levels 1/9/12/15)
Time before passive falls off away from walls: 1 second ⇒ 2.5 seconds
Fixed a bug where Taliyah could lose her passive permanently if she had a spell shield.

Q: Threaded Volley

Now deals damage in a 175 radius AOE
Damage: 70/95/120/145/170 (+45% AP) ⇒ 38/61/84/107/130 (+50% AP)
Extra rock damage reduction: 50% ⇒ 60%
Max Q damage: 210/285/360/435/510 (+135% AP) ⇒ 98.8/158.6/218.4/278.2/338 (+130% AP)
Extra rock damage reduction on jungle monsters: 25% ⇒ 60%
Threaded Volley now deals 150% damage to monsters
Cooldown: 7/6/5/4/3 seconds ⇒ 6.5/5.5/4.5/3.5/2.5 seconds
Mana: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80
Threaded Volley will now continue to cast while Taliyah is in stasis

Worked Ground changes

Worked Ground cast is a single hit boulder, hits in a 225 radius AOE, deals 100% bonus damage (76/122/168/214/260 (+100% AP)) to the primary target, and slows everything hit by 30/35/40/45/50% for two seconds
Worked Ground cast has new VFX, SFX, animation, and icons
Worked Ground mana: 1 ⇒ 30
Worked Ground minimum cooldown: 1 second ⇒ 0.75 seconds
Casting on Worked Ground consumes the Worked Ground
Worked Ground radius: 300 ⇒ 400
Worked Ground duration: 25 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
Worked Ground size on Howling Abyss is now the same as Summoner’s Rift
Fixed a bug where Worked Ground Q would sometimes now get the reduced cooldown

W: Seismic Shove

Damage: 60/80/100/120/140 (+40% AP) ⇒ 0
Delay before knockup: 0.8 seconds ⇒ 0.65 seconds
AOE radius: 200 ⇒ 225
Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds ⇒ 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds
Mana: 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 60/45/30/15/0

E: Unraveled Earth

Up front damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/105/150/195/240 (+60% AP)
Damage after four seconds: 50/75/100/125/150 (+40% AP) ⇒ 0
Detonation damage: 50/60/70/80/90 (+30% AP) ⇒ 25/45/65/85/105 (+30% AP)
Damage reduction per mine: 15% ⇒ 25%
Maximum detonation damage: 155/186/217/248/279 (+93% AP) ⇒ 62.5/112.5/162.5/212.5/262.5 (+75% AP)
Mines now stun enemies that dash through them for 1 second
Cooldown: 16/14/12/10/8 seconds ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
Number of rows: 4 ⇒ 6
Mines per row: 6 ⇒ 4
Mine spawn delay between roes: 0.1 seconds ⇒ 0.17 seconds
Delay after cast time before first mine spawns: 0.1 seconds ⇒ 0 seconds
Field duration: 4 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds

R: Weaver’s Wall

Range: 3000/4500/600 ⇒ 2500/4500/6500
Damage no longer knocks Taliyah off her wall
Cannot cast within 3 seconds of taking damage from an enemy champion or structure
Dismounting: Moving jumps off the wall perpendicular to the direction of channel ⇒ Moving causes Taliyah to dash to the location she clicked, up to a maximum dash range
Jump off dash range: 400 ⇒ 700
Jump off dash speed: 1000 ⇒ 1200
Jump off dash now has more forgiveness when attempting to dash though a wall

Varus

Passive: Living Vengeance

Minion attack speed bonus: 10/15/20% (+15% bonus attack speed) ⇒ 10/15/20% (+20% bonus attack speed)
Champion attack speed bonus: 40% (+30% bonus attack speed) ⇒ 40% (+40% bonus attack speed)

W: Blighted Quiver