Syndra Mid-Scope Update, Off-Meta Build Changes

The complete change list for LOL patch 12.19 is finally out.

While pro-play will stay on the current 12.18 patch, the main portion of the player base will continue with the regularly scheduled patches. The 12.19 will come with a heavy focus on off-meta builds as it’s not constrained by the pro-play requirements.

Crit Garen, AP Rakan and more

When we talk about off-meta builds, it’s not like things that don’t make sense but builds that are already viable if not very optimal. Some of the examples are Garen getting some critical strike buffs when he already builds some with Mortal Reminder and Rakan who is getting AP buffs when he’s always loved AP items like Zhonya’s Hourglass. Of course, this doesn’t mean there aren’t any crazier changes. You can now try to go Blitz jungle or you can give Attack Speed Blitz top a chance in patch 12.19.

On a more serious note, we have some buffs to underperforming champions like Fizz and Ryze. Both of these champions are not seeing much play neither in high nor in lower elos. And both champions are only getting AP ratio buffs to their main abilities, which is always good, but not their main problem so not sure if these buffs will bring them into the meta.

Then there are the jungle nerfs to Master Yi and Rek’Sai, the only two nerfs in patch 12.19. Deservedly so as these champions have been really dominant in their ranks, Master Yi in lower and Rek’Sai in higher elos. Yi is getting some AD ratio nerfs to his Wuju Style (E), which makes it hard to itemize against him currently, and Rek’Sai is getting some base AD nerfs so her early game shouldn’t be as terrorizing as it is now.

Syndra mid-scope update

Finally, the Syndra mid-scope update is out. If you haven’t had the chance to try her out in PBE, the new Syndra doesn’t have different abilities but her ability upgrades are what changed. Before Syndra was getting an ability upgraded when she leveled her ability to max five points, now she will collect Splinters via poke or level ups. This is very similar to Viktor changes, who used to upgrade his abilities via gold and now does by minion and champion kills.

These kinds of changes usually tend to be healthier as they encourage players to interact with their opponents rather than look to farm. Plus, the breakpoints are the same so you will get a similar upgrade time for your main ability, Dark Sphere (Q), but it will be faster for other ones. This means Syndra will scale faster, and with the changes to her abilities, she will scale better.

When does LOL patch 12.19 go live?

Patch 12.18 will go live on October 5.

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 12.19 complete changes

Champion Buffs

Blitzcrank

• Base Stats
  • Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.65
  • Speed Ratio: 0.625 ⇒ 0.7
• W – Overdrive
  • Mana Cost: 75 ⇒ 85
  • Bonus Attack Speed: 30/38/46/54/62% ⇒ 40/53/66/79/92%
  • [NEW]Magical Punch: Attacks during W deal an additional 1% of target’s maximum HP in magic damage. Against non-champions, this damage is increased by an extra 60-180 (based on level) damage.
• E – Power Fist
  • Mana Cost: 25 ⇒ 40
  • Knock Up Duration: 0.9 seconds ⇒ 1 second
  • Empowered Auto Attack Damage: 200% total AD ⇒ 200% total AD (+ 25% AP)
  • [NEW] No One is Safe: Against non-champions, Blitzcrank’s E empowered auto attacks will deal a bonus 150% total AD (+ 125% AP) damage
• R – Static Field
  • Maximum Stacks from Passive: 3 ⇒ Unlimited
• Magic Damage from Stacks On-Hit: 50/100/150 (+ 30% AP) ⇒ 50/100/150 (+ 30/40/50% AP)
  • Magic Damage: 275/400/525 (+ 100% AP) ⇒ 275/400/525 (+ 125% AP)
• Bugfixes
  • New Brakes: Fixed a bug where Blitzcrank’s W movement speed would decay inconsistently or too quickly

Ekko

• Passive – Z-Drive Resonance
  • Third Proc Damage: 30-140 (based on level) (+ 80% AP) ⇒ 30-140 (based on level) (+ 90% AP)
• R – Chronobreak
  • Magic Damage: 150/300/450 (+ 150% AP) ⇒ 150/325/500 (+ 175% AP)

Fizz

• E – Playful/Trickster
  • Magic Damage: 70/120/170/220/270(+ 75% AP) ⇒ 70/120/170/220/270 (+ 90% AP)

Garen

• E – Judgment
  • Critical Strike Damage: 58% (+ 1% per 1% bonus critical strike damage) ⇒ 75% (+ 1% per 1% bonus critical strike damage

Jinx

• Base Stats
  • Base Attack Damage: 57 ⇒ 59
• R – Super Mega Death Rocket!
  • Base Damage to Primary Target: 250/400/550 ⇒ 300/450/600

Kai’Sa

• Passive – Second Skin
  • 5th Stack Proc Damage: 15% (+ 5% per 100 AP) of target’s missing health ⇒ 15% (+ 6% per 100 AP) of target’s missing health

Malphite

• W – Thunderclap
  • Cone AoE Physical Damage: 15/25/35/45/55 (+ 20% AP) (+ 15% armor) ⇒ 15/25/35/45/55 (+ 30% AP) (+ 15% armor)
• R – Unstoppable Force
  • Magic Damage: 200/300/400 (+ 80% AP) ⇒ 200/300/400 (+ 90% AP)

Nasus

• Q – Siphoning Strike
  • Empowered Basic Attack Range: 150 (25 bonus range) ⇒ 175 (50 bonus range)
• W – Wither
  • Attack Speed Slow: 50% of movement speed slow (23.5/29.5/35.5/41.5/47.5%) ⇒ 75% of movement speed slow (new attack speed slow values: 35.25/44.25/53.25/62.25/71.25%)
• R – Fury of the Sands
  • Increased Size: +30% Size ⇒ +30/35/40% Size (levels 6/11/16)
  • [NEW] Big Pupper: AoE radius of Nasus’ damage now increases based on his size
  • Damage Tick Rate: Every 1 second ⇒ Every 0.5 second (note: overall damage is unchanged)
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed a bug where Nasus’ damage over time text was not stacking

Nunu

• R – Absolute Zero
  • Magic Damage: 625/950/1275 (+ 250% AP) ⇒ 625/950/1275 (+ 300% AP)

Rakan

• Passive – Fey Feathers
  • Shield Strength: 30-225 (based on level) (+ 85% AP) ⇒ 30-225 (based on level) (+ 95% AP)
• Q – Gleaming Quill
  • Magic Damage: 70/115/160/205/250 (+ 60% AP) ⇒ 70/115/160/205/250 (+ 70% AP)

Ryze

• Q – Overload
  • Magic Damage: 70/90/110/130/150 (+ 50% AP) (+ 2% bonus mana) ⇒ 70/90/110/130/150 (+ 55% AP) (+ 2% bonus mana)
• W – Rune Prison
  • Magic Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+ 60% AP) (+ 4% bonus mana) ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+ 70% AP) (+ 4% bonus mana)

Shyvana

• W – Burnout
  • Magic Damage per Tick: 10/16.25/22.5/28.75/35 (+ 10% bonus AD) ⇒ 10/16.25/22.5/28.75/35 (+ 15% bonus AD)
  • Bonus On-Hit Magic Damage: 5/8.125/11.25/14.375/17.5 (+ 5% bonus AD) ⇒ 5/8.125/11.25/14.375/17.5 (+ 7.5% bonus AD)
• E – Flame Breath
  • Auto Attacks Against Marked Enemies Damage: 3.75% of target’s maximum health ⇒ 3.5% of target’s maximum health
  • Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+30% AD) (+70% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% AD) (+90% AP)
  • Dragon Form Extra Damage: Additional 100-160 (based on level) (+30% AD) (+30% AP) ⇒ Additional 75-135 (based on level) (+30% AD) (+30% AP) (Note: this is in addition to the E base damage)

Sona

• Q – Hymn of Valor
  • Base Damage: 40/70/100/130/160 ⇒ 50/80/110/140/170
• E – Song of Celerity
  • Power Chord Slow: 40% (+ 4% per 100 AP) ⇒ 50% (+ 4% per 100 AP)

Tahm Kench

• Q – Tongue Lash
  • Magic Damage: 80/130/180/230/280 (+ 70% AP) (+ An Acquired Taste proc 8-60 (based on level)) (+ 3% bonus health) ⇒ 80/130/180/230/280 (+ 90% AP) (+ An Acquired Taste proc 8-60 (based on level)) (+ 3% bonus health)
• W – Abyssal Dive
  • Damage Per Stack: 100/135/170/205/240 (+ 100% AP) ⇒ 100/135/170/205/240 (+ 125% AP)

Twitch

• Passive – Deadly Venom
  • Damage Per Stack: 1/2/3/4/5 (based on level) (+ 2.5% AP) ⇒ 1/2/3/4/5 (based on level) (+ 3% AP)
• E – Contaminate
  • Magic Damage per Stack: 35/50/65/80/95 (+ 35% bonus AD) (+ 33% AP) AP ⇒ 35/50/65/80/95 (+ 35% bonus AD) (+ 35% AP)

Udyr

• Q – Wilding Claw
  • [NEW] Minions Beware: Awakened Wilding Claw will now deal a minimum of 40-160 damage based on current level per strike of lightning

Champion Nerfs

Master Yi

• Base Stats
  • Attack Damage Growth: 2.5 ⇒ 2.2
• E – Wuju Style
  • Bonus True Damage: 30/35/40/45/50 (+35% bonus AD) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 (+30% bonus AD)

Rek’Sai

• Base Stats
  • Base Attack Damage: 64 ⇒ 61

Champion Adjustments

Syndra

• Base Stats
• Passive – Transcendent
  • Updated Passive: Syndra collects up to 120 Splinters of Wrath via damaging enemy champions and gaining levels. Splinters of Wrath enhance Syndra and her abilities.
  • Mana from Splinters: Syndra restores 20-215 (based on levels 1-18) mana whenever she collects a Splinter from an enemy
  • Transcended: At 120 Splinters, Syndra gains 15% Total AP
  • Syndra can gain Splinters of Wrath from the following methods:
    • Damaging an enemy champion with 2 abilities within 4 seconds grants (1/2/3 at levels 1/11/18) Splinters (8 second cooldown per target)
    • Syndra will receive 5 Splinters of Wrath when she levels up
    • Killing a Cannon minion grants 1 Splinter of Wrath
  • [NEW] New Look: When Syndra fully upgrades an ability she will receive a new, upgraded ability icon

• Q – Dark Sphere
  • Cooldown: 4 seconds ⇒ 7 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 40/50/60/70/80 ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60
  • Magic Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+ 65% AP) ⇒ 70/105/140/175/210 (+ 70% AP)
  • [NEW] Transcended Dark Sphere: Upon gathering 40 Splinters of Wrath, Q will be able to store up to 2 charges (Note: 1.25 second cooldown between casts)

• W – Force of Will
  • Sphere Pickup Detection Radius: 400 units ⇒ 500 units
  • [NEW] Run, Playthings: Non-Sphere units that Syndra picks up will now be unable to die while under Syndra’s control. There was previously a very small amount of time units could die while being picked up which has been removed.
  • [NEW] Transcended Force of Will: Upon gathering 60 Splinters of Wrath, W will deal an additional 15% (+1.5% per 100 AP) true damage

• E – Scatter the Weak
  • Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/15 seconds ⇒ 15 seconds at all ranks
  • Stun Duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 1.25 seconds
  • Magic Damage: 85/130/175/220/265 (+ 60% AP) ⇒ 75/115/155/195/235 (+ 55% AP)
  • Scatter Angle: 34 degrees ⇒ 56 degrees
  • [NEW] Personal Space: Reduced the likelihood of Q not stunning targets at close range
  • [REMOVED] Fire Away: Dark Spheres spawned after casting Scatter the Weak are no longer fired as missiles
  • [NEW] Transcended Scatter the Weak: Upon gathering 80 Splinters of Wrath, Scatter the Weak’s cone is increased (56 degrees ⇒ 84 degrees) and also slows enemies by 70% for 1.25 seconds (applied after initial CC)

• R – Unleashed Power
  • Damage per Sphere: 90/140/190 (+ 20% AP) ⇒ 90/130/170 (+ 17% AP)
  • [NEW] New Passive: Unleashed Power will now grant Q – Dark Sphere an additional 10/20/30 Ability Haste
  • [NEW] Transcended Unleashed Power: Upon gathering 100 Splinters of Wrath, Unleashed Power will execute champions below 15% max health

Item Changes

Eclipse

• Bonus Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
• Lethality: 18 ⇒ 12

VFX Updates

• Added a new visual indicator to Janna’s Q that will show allies which direction it will go in
• Base Janna: Complete overhaul
• Tempest Janna: Same as base
• Hextech Janna: Complete overhaul
• Frost Queen Janna: Complete overhaul
• Victorious Janna: Complete overhaul
• Forecast Janna: Complete overhaul
• Fnatic Janna: Same as base, but with a custom W
• Star Guardian Janna: Adding impact effect to Q and Tornado small update, new healing VFX on R
• Sacred Sword Janna: Adding impact effect to Q and Tornado small update, new healing VFX on R
• Bewitching Janna: Adding impact effect to Q and Tornado small update, new healing VFX on R
• Guardian of the Sands Janna: Adding impact effect to Q and Tornado small update, new healing VFX on R
• Battle Queen Janna: Adding impact effect to Q, new healing VFX on R
• Crystal Rose Janna: Adding impact effect to Q, new healing VFX on R
• Cyber Halo Janna: Adding impact effect to Q, new healing VFX on R
• Prestige Cyber Halo Janna: Adding impact effect to Q, new healing VFX on R