LoL Patch 13.22 Patch Notes: All Buffs, Nerfs & Skins

LoL Patch 13.22 is going to be one of the last patches of Season 13. Riot is going to be making some big changes to the way Ranked splits are played out, with the preseason only getting added to live servers with the start of LoL Season 14, but there will still be some key adjustments.

We've seen all the changes Riot has made to the jungle, as well as some key champions like Seraphine or even K'Sante, and now they'll be adding more changes in LoL Patch 13.22.

LoL Patch 13.22: Champion Changes

Champion Buffs

Riot is going to be buffing mages as a whole. The balance team has noticed that most mage players usually pick some form of attack speed rune, which made them realize that the current attack speed of most mages is lacking.

Therefore, most mages will be getting attack speed buffs, though some like Karthus and Cassiopeia will also receive buffs they won't be as prominent as for other champions.

Along with the mage attack speed buffs two champion will be receiving some love from Riot:

Dr. Mundo

• E - Blunt Force Trauma
  • Passive Bonus Attack Damage: 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3% ⇒ 2/2.35/2.7/3.05/3.4%

Rammus

• W - Defensive Ball Curl
  • Bonus Armor: 30 (+35/45/55/65/75% total armor) ⇒ 40 (+35/45/55/65/75% total armor)

Mage Basic Attack Buffs

Ahri

• Attack windup: 20.1% ⇒ 20%
• Attack Speed Ratio: 0.668 ⇒ 0.625
• Base Attack Speed: 0.668 (unchanged)
• Attack Speed Growth: 2% ⇒ 2.2%

Anivia

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Annie

• Base Attack Speed: 0.579 ⇒ 0.61
• Attack Speed Ratio: 0.579 ⇒ 0.625
• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1200 ⇒ 1500

Cassiopeia

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1200 ⇒ 1500

Heimerdinger

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658
• Attack windup: 20.1% ⇒ 20%

Ivern

• Attack windup: 23% ⇒ 20%
• Attack Animations: Restored an alternate attack animation which will be used 25% of the time for regular attacks and every time for critical attacks

Karthus

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1200 ⇒ 1500

LeBlanc

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658
• Attack Speed Ratio: 0.4 ⇒ 0.625
• Attack Speed Growth: 2.2% ⇒ 1.5%

Lissandra

• Attack Speed Growth: 1.36% ⇒ 1.5%

Neeko

• Attack windup: 21.5% ⇒ 20%

Orianna

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1450 ⇒ 1500

Rumble

• Attack windup: 22.9% ⇒ 20%

Singed

• Base Attack Speed: 0.613 ⇒ 0.625
• Attack Speed Ratio: 0.613 ⇒ 0.625
• Attack windup: 23.6% ⇒ 20%

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Syndra

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Taliyah

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Teemo

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1300 ⇒ 1500
• Attack windup: 21.6% ⇒ 20%

Twisted Fate

• Attack windup: 24.4% ⇒ 20%

Veigar

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1100 ⇒ 1500

Vel'Koz

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.643 (23-25th digits of pi)
• Attack Speed Growth:1.36% ⇒ 1.59% (4-6th digits of pi)

Xerath

• Basic Attack Frame: 25.1% ⇒ 20%
• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658
• Attack Animations: Now uses both attack animations equally instead of 75/25%

Ziggs

• Basic Attack Frame: 20.8% ⇒ 20%

Zilean

• Basic Attack Missile Speed: 1200 ⇒ 1500
• Basic Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Zoe

• Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Champion Nerfs

Gragas

Gragas has become a pretty popular pick thanks to the infamous 'impregnator Gragas' build which content creator SloppyWalrus has perfected and popularized. It's a troll build that focuses on getting as much Ability Haste as possible to spam his E and keep opponents permanently stuck.

This is pretty funny to watch, but for those who are stuck being perma-CC'd for a good 20 seconds – or however long Gragas has mana for – it really isn't fun to play the game, hence why Riot will be nerfing this build.

• E - Body Slam
  • Cooldown Refund on Hit: 3 ⇒ 40% of remaining cooldown
    • We did the math for you: 3 ⇒ 5.6/5.4/5.2/5/4.8, scaling with ability haste
• R - Explosive Cask
  • Travel Time: 0.55 seconds ⇒ 0.5 seconds

By changing the cooldown refund to a percentage, it will mean that at later levels, Gragas' E won't be giving as much cooldown refund, meaning players won't be able to achieve a 0 cooldown on their E. This does mean however that it is stronger in the early game.

Along with Gragas a bunch of other champions will also be nerfed this patch:

Briar

• Q - Head Rush
  • Physical Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+80% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200 (+80% bonus AD)
  • \Armor Reduction: 10/14/18/22/26% ⇒ 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%
• R - Certain Death
  • Physical Damage: 150/325/500 (+110% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 150/300/450 (+75% bonus AD) (+110% bonus AP)

Graves

• E - Quickdraw
  • Bonus Armor per stack: 4/7/10/13/16 ⇒ 2/5/8/11/14

Kassadin

• E - Force Pulse
  • Magic Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+85% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% AP)
• R - Riftwalk
  • Zero-Stack Magic Damage: 70/90/110 (+60% AP) (+2% maximum mana) ⇒ 70/90/110 (+50% AP) (+2% maximum mana)

Nilah

• Q - Formless Blade
  • Bonus Attack Speed: 10-60% (based on level) ⇒ 10-50% (based on level)
• R - Apotheosis
  • Damage Over Time: 60/120/180 (+112% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/120/180 (+80% bonus AD)
  • Maximum Total Damage: 185/345/505 (+232% Bonus AD) ⇒ 185/345/505 (+200% bonus AD)

Senna

• Q - Piercing Darkness
  • Damage: 30/65/100/135/170 (+50% bonus AD) ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150 (+50% bonus AD)
  • Healing: 40/55/70/85/100 (+30% bonus AD) (+40% AP) (+1.6 per 1 Lethality) ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80 (+30% bonus AD) (+40% AP) (+1.6 per 1 Lethality)

Tahm Kench

• Passive - An Acquired Taste
  • Bonus Magic Damage: 6-48 (based on level) (+2% AP per 100 bonus health) (+5% of his bonus health) ⇒ 6-48 (based on level) (+2% AP per 100 bonus health) (+4% of his bonus health)

Ziggs

• Base Stats
  • Base Armor: 22 ⇒ 18

Champion Adjustments

Janna

Janna is looking to get quite a lot of adjustments this patch which should make her a fun champion in the mid lane again as well. These look to be some pretty decent buffs for the champion.

• Base Stats
  • Attack Range: 500 ⇒ 550
  • Base Mana: 350 ⇒ 360
  • Mana Growth: 64 ⇒ 50
  • Health Growth: 84 ⇒ 90
  • Armor Growth: 5 ⇒ 4.5
  • Base Attack Damage: 52 ⇒ 47
  • Attack Damage Growth: 3 ⇒ 2.5
  • Attack Windup: 22% ⇒ 20%
• P - Tailwind
  • [Removed] Janna no longer gains bonus move speed while facing allied champions
  • [New] Janna's basic attacks and W deal bonus magic damage equal to 20/25/30/35% (1/6/11/16) of her bonus Move Speed
• Q - Howling Gale
  • Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 ⇒ 90/95/100/105/110
  • Cooldown: 12 ⇒ 14
  • Minimum Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 (+35% AP) ⇒ 55/90/125/160/195 (+50% AP)
  • Maximum Bonus Damage: 45/60/75/90/105 (+30% AP) ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90 (+30% AP)
• W - Zephyr
  • Cooldown: 12 ⇒ 9/8.5/8/7.5/7
  • Mana: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
  • Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+60% AP) ⇒ 55/90/125/160/195 (+60% AP) (+ Tailwind Bonus Damage)
  • Slow Duration: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds
  • [New] Zephyr passive move speed is no longer removed while on cooldown
• E - Eye of the Storm
  • Cooldown: 15/13.5/12/10.5/9 ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12
  • Mana: 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90
  • Shield: 75/100/125/150/175 (+55%AP) ⇒ 80/115/150/185/220 (+55% AP)
  • Shield Duration: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
  • [Removed] Shield no longer decays
  • [Removed] Janna no longer gains heal and shield power on CC
  • [New] Reduce cooldown by 20% remaining cooldown on slow/knockup. Max once per spell.

These are pretty strong changes that could bring Janna back to the lane with Q max instead of E max which has some players pretty excited for the upcoming changes to her kit.

Brand

Riot wants to make Brand even more viable in other roles than the bot lane. So it's time to make some more adjustments to bring Brand jungle and mid lane Brand truly to life.

• Passive - Blaze
  • Monster modifier: 220% ⇒ 230%
• E - Conflagration
  • Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)

Seraphine

Seraphine has gained a huge boost with the changes to her kit in the previous patch, especially in the bot lane, so now Riot is trying to take some power from her farming tools without touching any of her support outputs.

• Passive - Stage Presence
  • Damage Per Note: : 4/8/14/25 (based on level) (+7% AP) ⇒ 5/10/18/30 (based on level) (+5% AP)
• Q - High Note
  • Cooldown : 9/8/7/6/5 ⇒ 10/8.75/7.5/6.25/5
• W - Surround Sound
  • Shield: 50/75/100/125/150 (+25% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+20% AP)

System Changes In LoL Patch 13.22

Out-Of-Vision Attack Changes

On the Public Beta Environment some more information regarding out-of-vision attacks have also been added which could mean that ranged top laners will have quite the advantage in the future.

• "Out Of Vision" Attacker Reveal:
  • Reveal Radius on attack: 400 ⇒ 300
  • Reveal circle duration: 4.5 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds

Players will have a smaller range of vision when they are being attacked from out of vision. The reveal of the enemy attacking them has also been shortened drastically.

This means that ranged top laners should have major advantages over melee champions in the top lane with these changes that should go live in LoL Patch 13.22.

ARAM Balance Changes In LoL Patch 13.22

Riot is also going to be making a few ARAM changes in this League of Legends patch. There aren't too many adjustments this time around, with the game modes team probably working on the upcoming Arena game mode once more.

ARAM Buffs

• Lillia: Damage Taken: 110% ⇒ 105%
• Aphelios: Damage Taken: 100% ⇒ 95%

ARAM Nerfs

• K'Sante: Damage Taken: 90% ⇒ 95%
• Tryndamere: Healing Done: 140% ⇒ 135%

Nexus Blitz Balance Changes In LoL Patch 13.22

There has been a lot of debate surrounding Nexus Blitz and the balance behind the game mode recently, with many players feeling like the mode wasn't balanced properly, hence why Riot is making some adjustments this time around.

One of the things Riot have changed is the Elder Dragon buff which was a reward for a team that won one of the mini games. This Aspect of the Dragon buff has been removed from the game mode for now, since it was a little too powerful.

Nexus Blitz Buffs

• Bard: Increased Chime Spawn Rate. First spawn at 30 seconds, spawns 2 new ones every 20 seconds
• Blitzcrank: Damage dealt +5%
• Rek'sai: Damage dealt +5%, Damage taken -10%
• Rod of Ages Stack Gain: 60 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds

Nexus Blitz Nerfs

• Brand: Damage Taken: +5% ⇒ 8%
• Morgana: Damage Dealt -5%
• Sion: Damage Taken: +5%
• Teemo: Damage Dealt -5%, Damage Taken +5%
• Zyra: Damage Taken: +5% ⇒ 8%

Nexus Blitz Adjustments

• Thresh: Doubled passive soul gain
• Thresh: Damage Dealt: +10% ⇒ 0%
• Thresh: Damage Taken: -10% ⇒ 0%

New LoL Skins In Patch 13.22 – Introducing HEARTSTEEL

The newest musical act from Riot has made their debut with their single 'Paranoia'. Tobi Lou, Baekhyun, ØZI and Cal Scruby bring K'Sante, Ezreal, Sett and Kayn to life with their voices. The group will be performing at the 2023 League of Legends World Championship Finals.

Heartsteel wouldn't be complete without their producer and DJ Yone and songwriter Aphelios though, with seven skins making their way to Summoner's Rift, as well as a prestige version for Yone.

This is the complete Heartsteel lineup:

LoL Patch 13.22 Release Date

This League of Legends patch is going to be hitting live servers on November 8, 2023. This is the third to last patch of the year so get ready as we near the end of LoL Season 13 with this patch as well.

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