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The League of Legends patch 12.15 features 16 champions getting various nerfs and buffs.
For this bi-monthly patch update, The devs over at Riot Games have decided to buff energy-based champions while some get a few tweaks and adjustments added. All in all, patch 12.15 focuses on 16 champions in total with six receiving nerfs and another 10 getting some much-needed buffs.
The likes of Lee Sin, Leona, and Thresh are just some of the champions that could make an appearance in the meta leading up to the world championship. The First Strike rune, as well as the Divine Sunderer mythic item to name a few, will also be nerfed to ensure they aren’t too overpowered. Be sure to scroll on down to check out all the changes brought to League of Legends patch 12.15.
Champions
Buff
Akali
W – Twilight Shroud
- Energy restoration: 80 ⇒ 100
- Max energy increase: 80 ⇒ 100
Kennen
W – Electrical Surge
- Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6 ⇒ 13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6
- Magic damage: 60/85/110/135/160 ⇒ 70/95/120/145/170
R – Slicing Maelstrom
- Magic damage per bolt: 40/75/110 (+20% AP) ⇒ 40/75/110 (+22.5% AP)
Lee Sin
Q – Sonic Wave/Resonating Strike
- Resonating Strike energy cost: 30 ⇒ 25
W – Safeguard/Iron Will
- Iron Will energy cost: 30 ⇒ 25
E – Tempest/Cripple
- Cripple energy cost: 30 ⇒ 25
Leona
Q – Shield of Daybreak
- Mana cost: 45/50/55/60/65 ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55
R – Solar Flare
- Stun and slow duration: 1.5 ⇒ 1.75 seconds
Lillia
Passive: Dream-laden Dough
- Monster damage cap: 40-100 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 50-150 (levels 1-18)
Rammus
R – Soaring Slam
- Cooldown: 110/95/80 ⇒ 90 at all ranks
- Base cast range: 600 ⇒ 800
- Dash range growth: 1.3 ⇒ 1.5 (note: this is how much the range will scale with movespeed)
- Minimum dash speed: 700 ⇒ 900
- Maximum dash speed: 1800 ⇒ 2000
Shen
E – Shadow Dash
- Energy refunded upon dealing damage with passive or E: 30/35/40 ⇒ 30/40/50
Singed
Passive – Noxious Slipstream
- Bonus movement speed: 20% ⇒ 25%
- Per-target cooldown: 10 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
R – Insanity Potion
- Bonus stats: 20/60/100 ⇒ 30/65/100
Thresh
Q – Death Sentence
- Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12 ⇒ 19/17/15/13/11
- Magic damage: 80/120/160/200/240 ⇒ 100/140/180/220/260
Zed
W – Living Shadow
- Shadow spell mimic range: 2000 ⇒ No Limit
E – Shadow Slash
- Energy cost: 50 ⇒ 40
Nerfs
Gwen
Q – Snip Snip!
- True damage in centre: 75% ⇒ 50% of damage dealt is converted to True Damage
Kalista
Base Stats
- Base attack damage: 69 ⇒ 66
Master Yi
E – Wuju Style
- Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14 ⇒ 18 seconds at all ranks
Qiyana
Passive – Royal Privilege
- Damage: 15-83 (levels 1-18)(+45% bonus AD)(+30%AP) ⇒ 15-83 (levels 1-18)(+30% bonus AD)(+30%AP)
Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug where Qiyana could apply an extra proc of her passive with First Strike equipped.
Sivir
Base Stats
- Attack damage growth: 3.3 ⇒ 3
E – Spell Shield
- Cooldown: 22/20/18/16/14 ⇒ 24/22.5/21/19.5/18
R – On the Hunt
- Cooldown: 100/85/70 ⇒ 120/100/80
Taliyah
E – Unraveled Earth
- Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds
R – Weaver’s Wall
- Wall duration: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
Items
Divine Sunderer
- Spellblade heal: 65% ⇒ 55% of premitigation damage (+(4.8% melee/2.4% ranged) of target’s maximum health) (+100% base AD)
Mercurial Scimitar
- Magic resistance: 30 ⇒ 40
- Quicksilver active duration: 1 second ⇒ 1.5 seconds
Silvermere Dawn
- Magic resistance: 35 ⇒ 40
- Quicksilver active bonus stats: 40% Tenacity and 40% slow resist ⇒ 50% Tenacity and 50% slow resist
Runes
First Strike
- Bonus true damage: 10% ⇒ 9%
Bugfixes & QoL Changes
- Fixed a bug where Yuumi would be unable to use swapped summoner spells from Unsealed Spellbook after using Teleport
- Fixed a bug where Viego would look like a polymorphed champion if he killed and possessed a champion under the effects of Polymorph
- Fixed a bug where Bel’Veth’s E – Royal Maelstrom would not cancel when casting her R – Endless Banquet on an out-of-range Void Coral
- Fixed a bug that caused Nilah’s Passive – Perfect Synergy to be audible from the Fog of War
- Fixed a bug that caused Nilah’s Passive – Perfect Synergy to trigger with Ocean Drake’s buff
- Fixed a bug where Leblanc’s W – Distortion was doing slightly less damage at rank 3 than intended
- Fixed a bug where Evelynn’s stealth would break after a target she killed entered a Zombie Form and then died again (e.g. Sion’s Passive)
- Fixed a bug where single target range indicators would sometimes follow enemies through the Fog of War
- Fixed a bug where Rakan would automatically cast his second E – Battle Dance to an ally after using Flash
- Fixed a bug where Yone could activate abilities while in his Spirit Form while locked in the blast cone knockback cc
- Fixed a bug where Liandry’s Lament’s burn effect was not working correctly
- Fixed a bug where Blade of the Ruined King was doing less damage if it was purchased after other items
- Fixed a bug where Swain’s second E – Nevermove could pull targets that were in Stasis
- Fixed a bug where Rift Herald would not charge at towers if it spawned next to them
