League of Legends Patch 12.21 Preview

Time Stamp: October 28, 2022 12:09 AM

Here is a sneak peek of patch 12.21 changes that will go live next week.

With Preseason 13 just around the corner and pro play still on patch 12.18, the regular patches are getting smaller and smaller. The upcoming patch 12.21 is not an exception either. Riot’s Summoner’s Rift design team lead, Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison, tweeted the planned 12.21 changes on his Twitter today, and there is only a few small champion buff and nerfs in the patch.

Patch 12.21 is the first patch in the last three or so ones that we won’t have any item changes. This should be the norm as the new season will bring many new items or adjustments to existing ones. So the current balancing will stay relatively the same for the foreseeable future.

As mentioned, the actual changes are relatively small as well. There are nerfs to Blitzcrank and Bel’veth. Blitz has gained much popularity in recent patches as Riot tried to push him into the jungle. He’s been stronger than usual, so the nerfs aren’t unexpected. The Bel’veth nerfs, as she has been one of the best junglers in the game for some time now. The nerfs shouldn’t be too hard, as she usually doesn’t use more than one E in a fight.

The buffs in the patch are mainly focused around mid lane. Ahri will get some buffs back, as she was nerfed mid-season after spending a lot of time as an S-tier pick. There is also a quality of life change for Malzahar, which gives him an execute to help with waveclear. Malzahar is already in a good spot, so maybe more players will give him a shot, especially in lower elos.

When does LOL patch 12.21 go live?

Patch 12.21 will go live on October 26.

The first region that the patch will drop is the Oceania servers at 10 AM AEDT. The rest of the servers will follow suit in the morning hours of their respective regions. Here are the timings for most servers:

  • 3 AM PT (NA)
  • 5 AM GMT (EUW)
  • 3 AM CET (EUNE)
  • 8 AM KST (Korea)

LOL patch 12.21 preview

Champion Buffs

Ahri

  • [Q] Orb of Deception buffs
  • Mana cost reduced: 60/70/80/90/100 ⇒ 55/65/75/85/95
  • AP ratio per pass increased: 40% ⇒ 45%

Corki

  • HP per level increased: 101 ⇒ 105
  • AD per level increased: 2.5 ⇒ 2.8

Malzahar

  • [E] Malefic Visions now executes minions below 15-45 HP (scaling with levels 1-11)

Xin Zhao

  • [P] Determination buffs
  • Damage AD ratio increased: 15/25/35/45% ⇒ 15/30/45/60% (levels 1/6/11/16)
  • Heal AP ratio increased: 55% ⇒ 65%
  • [E] Audacious Charge cooldown reduced: 12 ⇒ 11 seconds

Rumble

  • Buffs removed from patch.

Champion Nerfs

Blitzcrank

  • Base HP reduced: 653 ⇒ 635
  • Base MR reduced: 32 ⇒ 28 (the post says Armor but he has 40 Base Armor at the moment)
  • [W] Overdrive bonus attack speed reduced: 40/53/66/79/92% ⇒ 30/43/56/69/82%

Bel’Veth

  • [E] Royal Maelstrom cooldown increased: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 ⇒ 24/22.5/21/19.5/18 seconds
  • [R-Enhanced Void Coral Bonus: True Form] Endless Banquet voidling health reduced from 50/60/70% ⇒ 40/50/60% of minion health

Miss Fortune

  • [E] Make It Rain changes
  • Slow adjusted: 50% (+4% per 100 AP) ⇒ 40% (+6% per 100 AP)
  • Damage AP ratio increased: 100% ⇒ 120%
  • [R] Bullet Time AP ratio per wave increased: 20% ⇒ 25%

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