Patch 9.11 is going live tomorrow, on May 30 and the official patch notes are now available on the League of Legends website. While there are a lot of things to cover, we’ll focus in this article on all the balance changes to champions.
Nerfed Champions
Akali
- Passive – Assassin’s Mark: ENERGY REFUND is decreased 10/15/20 (from 10/20/30)
- DAMAGE RATIO is now decreased: 0.6 bonus attack damage and 0.5 ability power (from 0.9 bonus attack damage and 0.7 ability power)
Amumu
- Passive – Cursed Touch
- BONUS TRUE DAMAGE ON CURSED TARGETS decreased to 10% (from 13%)
Jayce
- Q – Shock Blast
BASE DAMAGE lowered to 70/115/160/205/250/295 (from 70/120/170/220/270/320)
DAMAGE RATIO lowered to 1.0 bonus attack damage (1.2 bonus attack damage)
Karthus
- R – Requiem
DAMAGE lowered to 200/350/500 (+0.65 ability power) – (from250/400/550 (+0.75 ability power))
Master Yi
- Base Stats
REMOVED: BONUS ATTACK SPEED AT LVL 1 -> No longer receives 8% bonus attack speed at level 1
- Q – Alpha Strike
DAMAGE ON SAME TARGET decreased to 15% attack damage per additional strike (from 25% attack damage per additional strike)
Rammus
- Passive – Spiked Shell
BASIC ATTACK DAMAGE is now 10 at all levels (changed from 8-20 (based on level))
- R – Tremors
DAMAGE PER SECOND is decreased to 30/60/90 (from 40/80/120)
BUFFED Champions
Gragas
- Base Stats increased
HEALTH is now 600 (from 583.5)
HEALTH GROWTH is now 95 (from 89)
ATTACK DAMAGE is now 64 (from 61.4)
Warwick
- Q – Jaws of the Beast
HEALING increased to 30/45/60/75/90% of damage dealt (from 30/40/50/60/70% of damage dealt)
Yuumi
Among many quality of changes and bugfixes, the most important change is to her W and E:
- W – You and Me!
I’M HELPING: “Now gives assists on champion takedowns from her teammates when she first attaches to a participating ally”
- E – Zoomies
UPDATED – ZOOM ZOOM: “Flattened Yuumi’s movement speed decay to herself and to the ally she’s attached to based on ability power”
Zac
His W and R get reverted, and he also gets some other changes:
- Q – Stretching Strikes
SLOW is decreased to 40% (60% )
COOLDOWN lowered to 13/11.5/10/8.5/7 seconds (from 13/12/11/10/9 seconds)
- W – Unstable Matter
NEW: “DAMAGE RATIO 2% target’s max health per 100 ability power”
- UPDATED R – Let’s Bounce!
- REMOVED – NOT SQUISHY: “Zac no longer squishes himself down while charging for up to 2.5 seconds, becoming unstoppable and slowing enemies standing on top of him”
- REMOVED – NO LONGER ICE CREAM: “Zac no longer knocks back enemies and deals magic damage when quickly releasing R, and no longer scoops up enemies, damaging and carrying them to a target location when releasing R after charging”
- NEW – FLUBBER: “Zac now bounces 4 times on cast, with a 1 second delay between each bounce”
- NEW – DAMAGE: “Each bounce does 140/210/280 (+0.4 ability power) magic damage and knocks up enemies for 1 second. Subsequent bounces on the same targets do 50% magic damage and do not knock them up.”
- NEW – FLUID SLIME: “Zac can move during Let’s Bounce and gains ramping movement speed over the duration, up to 50%”
Balanced Champions
The following champions are receiving both buffs and nerfs.
Galio
- W – Shield of Durand
MINIMUM DAMAGE is now lowered, but the AP ratio is increased – 10/20/30/40/50 (+0.3 ability power) – (from 20/30/40/50/60 (+0.2 ability power))
MAXIMUM DAMAGE is now lowered, but the AP ratio is increased – 30/60/90/120/150 (+0.9 ability power) – (from 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.6 ability power))
- E – Justice Punch
DAMAGE is now smaller in early game – 80/120/160/200/240 (from 100/135/170/205/240)
Janna
- W – Zephyr
COOLDOWN is now different at every level 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds (from 8 seconds)
BASE DAMAGE lowered in late game – 55/90/125/160/195 (from 55/100/145/190/235)
- E – Eye Of The Storm
NEW PASSIVE “Each ability that slows or knocks back an enemy champion reduces Eye of the Storm’s cooldown by 20%”
COOLDOWN is lower in late game – 16/15/14/13/12 seconds (from 18/16/14/12/10 seconds)
SHIELD increased by 10 in all levels – to 80/115/150/185/220 (70/105/140/175/210)
These are all the balance changes in the Patch 9.11 on League of Legends, which will be available in the early hours of May 30 -> the schedule can be seen HERE. Don’t forget to check out the entire patch notes on the official League of Legends website, where it also teases Little Demon Tristana and a few more goodies for the challengers!
Sonia Theo has been writing for more than 15 years, first starting with fantasy stories. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and German, and one in Arts and Design. In the past years, her interests in gaming and tech news grew, so she started writing articles, guides and reviews for players. In her spare time, you’ll see Sonia playing WoW, crafting decorations and jewelry, or walking her dog. For Digital Overload, Sonia Theo will cover all things tech and gaming, delivering fresh updates on your favorite games.
