League of Legends Patch 12.17 Preview

With over a week to go for Patch 12.17, we got a first look at what the planned changes are.

There is still over a week of play left for League of Legends’ current patch of 12.16. But as tradition continues, we get some updates and a first look at the changes planned for the upcoming patch 12.17. The changes, as always, were posted on Twitter by Matt ‘Froxzone’ Leung-Harrison, the head of Riot’s Summoner’s Rift design team.

The patch looks a lot heavier than the previous two, and includes a number of major Champion adjustments. The current highlight of the patch are major changes to Maokai, with the aim of bringing him back to his top lane origins, while he has long been stuck as an AP support. There are also several nerfs for pro-play major champions, with many champions seeing some amateurs as they were absent from the meta.

As always, preview notes are subject to change and no plans are set in stone until a full patch note is released.

12.17 Full Preview. Things are still subject to change, but we’re looking at fine tuning and testing on a few selections here to make sure we’re not swinging up/down too hard. One generally doesn’t want to heavily disrupt the meta on which teams have qualified. pic.twitter.com/yJcusAkTKx

— Matt Leung-Harrison (@RiotPhroxzon) 30 August 2022

Patch 12.17 Preview

champion buff

bad luck

• double up (0)
  • Physical Damage: 20/60/100 (+100% AD) (+35% AP) » 20/45/70/95/120 (+100% AD) (+35% AP)
  • Cast Time 0.25s » Matches Basic Attack Time
• strut (w)
  • Mana cost: 45 » 35
  • Attack Speed: 40/S5/70/W100% » 50/65/80/95/110%
• make it rain (e)
  • Cooldown 18/16/14/12/10 » 18/17/16/15/14
  • Full damage (8-ticks): 80/115/150/185/220 (+80% AP) » 70/100/130/160/190 (+100% AP)
  • Slow: 60/45/50/55/60% » 50% (+4% per 100 AP)
• bullet time (r)
  • Bonus Critical Chance Damage: 20% » 30% of each Waves damage

twisted Fate

• Q AP Ratio: 70% » 80%
• W mind: 40-100 » 30-70

Kassadin

• Q CD:11-9S » 10-8S
• Cue Mind: 70-90 » 60-80

Rayleigh

• W Dismount MS: 250 » 280
• E CD:18-11s > 15s

grave

• R Loss: 250-550 » 275-575
• Q CD:12-8s » 13-7s

nocturne

• AS Ratio: 0.668 » 0.721
• PC CD:14s » 13s

ezriel

Camille

• P% HP Shield: 17% » 20%
• E Bonus AD Ratio: 75% » 90%

block

• WAD Ratio: 20% per 100 BAD » 25% per 100 BAD
• E Slow: 50% » 70%

Champion Nerfs

famous

• (Electrocut) e only counts as 1 damage instance

Date

• Base MR: 32 » 28
• E CD:15-11s »16-12s

azero

• W AP Ratio: 60% » 50%
• E CD:19-15s » 22-16s

ahiri

• Base HP: 570 » 550
• E Duration:1.4-2s » 1.2-2s

silas

• Base HP: 595 » 595
• 0 cd:10-6s » 11-7s

trundle

• W CD:15-11s » 18-14s
• WukongBase AS: 0.711 » 0.68
• Base MS: 345 » 340

siviri

• Eddie Growth: 3 » 2.8
• WAD Ratio: 30-50% TAD » 25-45% TAD

renekton

• Q Damage: 65-205 (+80% Bonus AD) » 60-180 (+100% Bonus AD)
• Q Emp Damage: 100-300 (+120% Bonus AD) » 90-260 (+140% Bonus AD)

champion adjustment

maokai

• (p) Sap Magic
  • [New] Cooldown reduced by getting hit by large jungle monsters: 1s per auto
• (Q) Bramble Smash
  • [Adjust] Base Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+40% AP) » 65/110/155/200/245 (+40% AP)
  • [New] % Max Health Damage: 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3%
  • [New] Now deals 20/35/50/65/80 bonus damage to monsters.
• (e) Sapling Toss
  • [removed] % max health damage
  • [Adjust] Base Damage Total: 20-120 » 45-185 (+40% AP +3% THP)
  • [Adjust] Brush Damage Total: 40-240 » 75-315 (+80% AP +6% THP)
  • [New] Strong damage doesn’t affect minion
  • [Buff] Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 » 45/55/65/75/85
  • [Buff] Slow amount: 35% » 45%
  • [New] Strong Brush Slow Amount: 55%
• (0) Understanding of Nature
  • [Buff] Initial speed of missile: 50 » 100
  • [Buff] Missile max speed: 650 » 750
  • [Buff] Missile acceleration: 250 » 300
  • [New] Increase speed on champion hit: 40-60% MS 20 . loss of more than

hekarim

• stampede (q)
  • Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% Bonus AD) » 60/85/110/135/160 (+95% Bonus AD)
  • Damage per stack: 2% (+3% per 100 Bonus AD) » 4% (+6% per Bonus 100AD)
  • Q Cooldown per stack: 1 » 0.75s
  • Maximum number of stacks: 2 » 3
  • Stack falloff: at the end of all periods » 1 stack per second at the end of the period
  • Mana cost: 28/31/34/37/40 » 30
• Spirit of Fear (W)
  • [NEW] Hekarim gains 15/20/25/30/35 armor and magic resistance while Spirit of Dread is active
• destructive charge (E)
  • Minimum Damage: 30/45/60/75/90 (+55% Bonus AD) » 30/45/60/75/90 (+50% Bonus AD)
  • Max Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+110% Bonus AD) » 60/90/120/150/180 (+100% Bonus AD)
  • Minimum Knockback: 250 » 150
  • Max Knockback: 450 » 350
  • Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16 » 17 on all ranks
• Shadow Attack (R)
  • Duration of fear: 0.75-2s depending on distance » 0.75-1.5s depending on distance traveled

system buff

seeker’s armguard

system nerfs

watch stopwatch

system adjustment

Jhonya’s hourglass

• Cost: 2600 » 3000
• AP: 65 » 80
• AH:10 » 15

guardian angel

• Cost: 2800 » 3000
• AD: 40 » 45