LoL Patch 13.2 Patch Notes | Multiple Changes Pushed Back…

LoL Patch 13.2 was supposed to release on January 25, 2023. Because of the cyberattack, much of the content has been pushed back to the next patch or been revealed as part of a hotfix patch 13.1b. Let's go over the patch notes to see what is releasing wehn.

Nightbringer Lillia — Lillia is getting some buffs guys! | © Riot Games

LoL Patch 13.2 is not going to release as planned. Instead, much of the content will be released in LoL Patch 13.3, the next patch, while other things can be fixed in an upcoming hotfix patch 13.1b. So let's check out what content meant for this patch will hit live servers when.

Sadly the Ahri ASU will be pushed back. Thanks hackers... you're really pushing the buttons of the Ahri community right now with your actions...

LoL Patch 13.1b | All Buffs, Nerfs & Balance Changes

League of Legends Patch 13.2 Patch Notes: Changes Coming in Hotfix Patch 13.1b

ADC Buffs Releasing in Hotfix Patch

Riot Phreak, former LCS caster, has been hard at work to improve the bot lane. This means that not only bot lane champions will get some love, but also their main items. Let's go over all the changes Riot has planned for the bot lane in the patch.

Champion Changes in LoL Patch 13.1b

Champions	Changes in LoL Patch 13.1b
Ashe	Mana Growth: 32 ⇒ 35 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.4 ⇒ 0.65
Caitlyn	Mana Growth: 35 ⇒ 40 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.55 ⇒ 0.7
Ezreal	Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.65 ⇒ 1
Jhin	W - Deadly Flourish Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70 E - Captive Audience Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 ⇒ 30 at all ranks
Jinx	Base Mana: 245 ⇒ 260 Mana Growth: 45 ⇒ 50 W - Zap! Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
Kai'Sa	Base Mana: 344.88 ⇒ 345 Mana Growth: 38 ⇒ 40 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.45 ⇒ 0.7
Miss Fortune	Mana Growth: 35 ⇒ 40 Mana Regeneration: 8.05 ⇒ 8 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.65 ⇒ 0.8
Senna	Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.4 ⇒ 0.7
Sivir	Mana Growth: 40 ⇒ 45 W - Ricochet Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 ⇒ 60 at all ranks
Twitch	Base Mana: 287.2 ⇒ 300 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.45 ⇒ 0.7
Xayah	Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.75 ⇒ 0.8

These changes, along with some other system updates, should improve the state of the bot lane, but we are going to have to check whether Riot have overdone it with these updates and if ADC's are going to be OP.

Item Changes in LoL Patch 13.1b

As mentioned, it isn't just the champions themselves getting some love from Riot, but some of their core items are also getting buffed to improve the quality of life for those of you playing in the bot lane.

Bloodthirster

Life Steal: 18% ⇒ 15%
Shield: 50-320 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 180-450 (levels 9-18)
Total Cost: 3400 ⇒ 3200

Navori Quickblades

Passive – Transcendence Required Critical Strike Chance: 60% ⇒ 40%

Infinity Edge

Passive – Perfection Required Critical Strike Chance: 60% ⇒ 40%

Overheal was also going to be getting some changes, but it seems that those are not a part of LoL Patch 13.1b, which could mean that they'll be added in the upcoming LoL Patch 13.3 instead.

Fighter Item Adjustments In Hotfix Patch 13.1b

Crime City Nightmare Darius — Some Fighter Item changes will also go live in LoL Patch 13.1b. | © Riot Games

We are also going to be getting some major updates to the fighter system, with this class having too much sustain as well as haste to spam abilities. Therefore, Riot is updating items to make players choose between either haste or sustain.

Item	Adjustments
Eclipse	[REMOVED] Omnivamp: 7% ⇒ 0% [NEW] Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15 [NEW] Shield Cooldown: 8 seconds for melee champions/16 seconds for ranged champions ⇒ 6 seconds for melee champions/12 seconds for ranged champions [NEW] Item Recipe Update: Serrated Dirk + Long Sword + Vampiric Scepter ⇒ Serrated Dirk + Caulfield’s Warhammer (Note: total cost unchanged)
Syzygy (Ornn Upgraded Eclipse)	[REMOVED] Omnivamp: 8% ⇒ 0% [NEW] Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 20
Goredrinker	[REMOVED] Mythic Passive: 7 Ability Haste ⇒ 50 Health + 3 Ability Haste
Ravenous Hydra	[UPDATED] Picky Eater: 10% Omnivamp ⇒ 10% Lifesteal Ability Haste: 20 ⇒ 25 [NEW] Big Appetite: Cleave damage will now trigger Lifesteal
Maw of Malmortius	[UPDATED] Lifeline Omnivamp: 10% Omnivamp ⇒ 12% Lifesteal Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 65 Ability Haste: 20 ⇒ 0 [NEW] Item Recipe Update: Hexdrinker + Caulfield’s Warhammer ⇒ Hexdrinker + Pickaxe + Long Sword (Note: total cost unchanged)
Death's Dance	Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 65 Armor: 45 ⇒ 50 [REMOVED] Ability Haste: 15 ⇒ 0 Defy Healing on Takedown: 120% bonus AD ⇒ 50% bonus AD [NEW] Item Recipe Update: Chain Vest + Caulfield’s Warhammer + Pickaxe ⇒ Chain Vest + Pickaxe + Pickaxe (Note: total cost unchanged)
Black Cleaver	Attack Damage: 45 ⇒ 50 Health: 350 ⇒ 400

Of course, all these changes could also impact specific champions more heavily than others, which is why Riot has stated that they're going to be keeping a close eye on specific champs to make sure none fall behind too much in light of these item changes.

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Grievous Wounds Adjustments Shipped in LoL Patch 13.1b

It isn't just fighter items and ADC items that are getting updated, but also items with Grievous Wounds. Healing and anti-healing has been an issue in League of Legends for a while now, with devs just not getting the balance of 'too much heal' and 'too much GW' right.

That's why Riot said that early in LoL Season 13 they would tackle the issue of Grievous Wounds and healing. Are these the right steps to take?

Item	Adjustments
Oblivion Orb	Ability Power: 35 ⇒ 30 Grievous Wounds: 25% ⇒ 40%
Chemtech Putrifier	Build Path: Oblivion Orb + Bandleglass Mirror + 550 gold (total cost 2500 gold) ⇒ Oblivion Orb + Forbidden Idol + 700 gold (total cost 2300 gold) Ability Power: 60 ⇒ 40 Ability Haste: 20 ⇒ 15 Increase Healing and Shielding Strength: 0% ⇒ 8% [UPDATED] Grievous Wounds Application: Application reworked, now causes 40% Grievous Wounds on any damage application. (Note: the ability to apply Grievous Wounds by buffing allies has been removed)
Morellonomicon	Health: 300 ⇒ 200 Magic Penetration: 0 ⇒ 10 Grievous Wounds: 25% (increased to 40% if the target has below 50% health) ⇒ 40% (Note: There is no longer any extra reward for hitting low health targets.)
Executioner's Calling	Attack Damage: 20 ⇒ 15 Grievous Wounds: 25% ⇒ 40%
Chempunk Chainsword	Attack Damage: 20 ⇒ 15 Grievous Wounds: 25% (increased to 40% if the target has below 50% health) ⇒ 40% (Note: There is no longer any extra reward for hitting low health targets.)
Mortal Reminder	Build Path: Executioner's Calling + Zeal + 750 gold(total cost 2600) ⇒ Executioner's Calling + Last Whisper + Cloak of Agility + 150 gold (total cost 3000 gold) Attack Speed: 20% ⇒ 0% Armor Penetration: 0% ⇒ 30% Movement Speed: 7% ⇒ 0% Grievous Wounds: 25% (increased to 40% after hitting the same target 3 times) ⇒ 40% (Note: There is no longer any extra reward for hitting the same target 3 times.)
Lord Dominik's Regards	Attack Damage: 30 ⇒ 35
Bramble Vest	Magic Damage Reflected to Attackers: 4 ⇒ 6 Grievous Wounds: 25% ⇒ 40%
Thornmail	Magic Damage Reflected to Attackers: 10 (+20% bonus armor) ⇒ 10 (+25% bonus armor) Grievous Wounds: 25% on taking damage, 40% on immobilizing enemies ⇒ 40% on taking damage. (Note: There is no longer any Grievous Wounds application when applying crowd control.)

Champion Adjustments in LoL Patch 13.1b

Champion Buffs

Along with the upcoming changes to ADC's, Riot has some other buffs planned which will ship with the League of Legends b-patch. These are all the champion changes:

Champions	Buffs in LoL Patch 13.1b
Lillia	Passive – Dream-Laden Bough Magic Damage: 5% (+1.2% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 5% (+1.5% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health Q – Blooming Blows Magic Damage: 35/45/55/65/75 (+40% AP) ⇒ 35/45/55/65/75 (+45% AP) Outer Edge True Damage: 35/45/55/65/75 (+40% AP) ⇒ 35/45/55/65/75 (+45% AP) W – Swirlseed Magic Damage: 70/95/120/145/170 (+45% AP) ⇒ 70/95/120/145/170 (+60% AP) Magic Damage: 16 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds
Orianna	Passive – Clockwork Windup [UPDATED] Tik Tok: 10-50 (levels 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 16) ⇒ 10-50 (levels 1-18)(Note: Damage is unchanged) Q – Command: Attack Pass Through Damage Reduction: The ball deals 100% damage to the first target hit and damage afterwards is reduced by 10% per enemy hit ⇒ The ball deals 100% damage to the first target hit and damage afterwards is reduced to 70% to all enemies hit after the first W – Command: Dissonance Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 70/75/ 80/85/90 R – Command: Shockwave Magic Damage: 200/275/350 (+80% AP) ⇒ 250/350/450 (+90% AP)
Zoe	Base Stats [NEW] Putting the Trouble in the Bubble: Enemies inflicted with sleep from Zoe’s Sleepy Trouble Bubble now have their Magic Resist reduced by 20/22.5/25/27.5/30%. (Note: This debuff disappears when the target is woken up.)

Yuumi Patch 11 20 Bewitching skin — She's cute... but she has to go. | © Riot Games

Champion Nerfs

While the buff list might look small, it's important to note that the ADC adjustments can also be classified as buffs. But we're here to check out the upcoming nerfs as well and for all of you who are sick and tired of seeing the exact same bot lane meta, it's time to rejoice, because Riot is nerfing Yuumi. Hard.

Oh, and of course, Lucian and Nami are also getting nerfed. These changes should also ship in LoL Patch 13.1b.

Champion	Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.1b
Gangplank	Base Stats AD Growth: 4 ⇒ 3.7 E – Powder Keg Bonus Damage on Critical Strikes: 10% ⇒ 5%
Heimerdinger	Q – H-28G Evolution Turret Turret Health: 175-700 (based on level) (+5%-40% (based on level) AP) ⇒ 130-640 (based on level) (+5%-45% (based on level) AP) W – Hextech Micro-Rockets Initial Magic Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+45% AP) ⇒ 40/65/90/115/140 (+55% AP)
Kassadin	E – Force Pulse Cooldown: 21/19/17/15/13 seconds ⇒ 21/20/19/18/17 seconds
Kindred	Q – Dance of Arrows Physical Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 (+75% Bonus AD) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+75% Bonus AD)
Lucian	Base Stats Base Mana: 349 ⇒ 320 Mana Growth: 38 ⇒ 43 Base Mana Regeneration: 8.18 ⇒ 7 Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.7 ⇒ 0.8
Maokai	Q – Bramble Smash Bonus Damage to Monsters: 120/140/160/180/200 ⇒ 100/120/140/160/180 E – Sapling Toss Magic Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+6% bonus health) (+40% AP) ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155 (+5% bonus health) (+35% AP) Empowered Sapling Magic Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+12% bonus health) (+80% AP) ⇒ 110/160/210/260/310 (+10% bonus health) (+70% AP)
Nami	W – Ebb and Flow Magic Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+55% AP) E – Tidecaller's Blessing Bonus Magic Damage per Hit: 25/40/55/70/85 (+20% AP) ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80 (+20% AP)
Ryze	Base Stats Magic Resistance: 36 ⇒ 32 Passive – Arcane Mastery Increased Maximum Mana: 10% per 100 AP ⇒ 6% per 100 AP
Udyr	Q – Wilding Claw Bonus Physical Damage: 3/4/5/6/7/8% (+5% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 3/4/5/6/7/8% (+4% per 100 bonus AD) Bonus Attack Speed: 20/30/40/50/60/70% ⇒ 20/32/44/56/68/80% R – Wingborne Storm Base Damage per Tick: 10/20/30/40/50/60 ⇒ 10/19/28/37/46/55
Yuumi	Base Stats Attack Range: 500 ⇒ 425 Base Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 49 Base Health: 550 ⇒ 500 Base Health Regeneration: 7 ⇒ 5 Passive – Bop'n'Block [NEW] Attack Range: When Bop ‘n’ Block is ready Yuumi will gain 25 bonus range for that attack only. Shield Strength: 60-380 (based on level) ⇒ 45-300 (based on level) W – You and Me! Adaptive Force: 12-20 (+12-20% of bonus) ⇒ 12-20 (+6-10% of bonus) E – Zoomies [REMOVED] Movement Speed: 20% (+2% per 100 AP) ⇒ 20% (Note: AP ratio was removed)

Chemtech Drake Adjustments

The chemtech drake is the newest beast on the Rift. While this version is much better and healthier than the one that was released of her in 2022, she has felt a little weak, which is why Riot is tweaking her a bit in the hotfix patch and giving her some love.

Chemtech Drake Buff

5% Tenacity and Heal/Shield power ⇒ 6% Tenacity and Heal/Shield power

Chemtech Drake Soul

10% damage resistance and increased damage dealt when below 50% health ⇒ 11% damage resistance and increased damage dealt when below 50% health

LoL Patch 13.2 Changes Coming in LoL Patch 13.3

Ahri ASU Pushed Back to Patch 13.3

Ahri will be getting her art and sustainability update in LoL Patch 13.3, instead of 13.2. She was released back in 2011 and has since become one of the oldest champions in the game. Her model was not up-to-date anymore and while she has a lot of skins, most of them just didn't suit her outdated model.

Thanks to the art and sustainability update, Riot could change that though and her in-game art, model and abilities got cleaned up. Some major quality of life changes to her kit were also introduced to keep the champion easier to maintain in the future. Basically, her code was also updated. Oh, and all of her splash arts got tweaked or completely re-done as well.

While all of this was planned for LoL Patch 13.2, Riot has since revealed that the update is going to be pushed back to the next patch. This means we should be getting Ahri's ASU at the same time as Aurelion Sol's Comprehensive Gameplay Update (CGU).

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Annie Buffs Revealed

Annie has not been feeling great in recent times. She's even been struggling against champions she should be beating with ease, like melee champions, but she hasn't been a popular or good pick, which is why Riot is making some big changes to her kit and buffing her.

Annie's Abilities	Changes in LoL Patch 13.3
Pyromania (P)	Stun is now primed on game start and respawn
Incinerate (Q)	Mana Cost: 90-110 >>> 70-110
Molten Shield (E)	Shield Potency Buff (numbers not determined yet) Now can only reflect damage once per target, per shield Note: Tibbers duplicated shield counts as a new shield Damage Reflect: 20-60 (+20%AP) >>> 30-90 (+40%AP) Damage is reflected from all damage, not just auto attacks
Summon Tibbers (R)	Tibbers HP: 1300-3100 (+0%AP) >>> 1300-3100 (+75%AP) Tibbers Resists: 30-90 (+0%AP) >>> 30-90 (+5%AP)

Annie gets to keep her high AP ratio on her ultimate ability, but Tibbers will be a bit more durable and stronger, which means it'll be more impactful.

These changes have not been revealed for LoL Patch 13.1b, which means that they're likely going to be coming to live servers in LoL Patch 13.3. Sorry Annie mains, you'll have to be a bit more patient.

Early Surrender Changes in LoL Patch 13.3

Riot will be making some adjustment to early surrender, something which should have happened in LoL Patch 13.2, but will be pushed back. Since it was not mentioned in the 13.1b Patch notes, we do think it'll be released in Patch 13.3.

According to Riot Auberaun, the team is testing out some changes to allow for 4/5 for surrenders between the 15 and 20 minute mark, rather than a unanimous vote.

This will be implemented only in normal games (draft and blind), while the team looks at the data before deciding whether to implement this into ranked games as well.

Lunar Emperor Thresh — These are the upcoming skins! | © Riot Games

Upcoming League of Legends Skins

Lunar Gods Skins

We are going to be getting the Lunar God Skins in LoL Patch 13.1b. While the first part of the Lunar New Year celebration was kicked off with the Mythmaker skins and the second part will be brand-new Lunar Gods skins for five champions, along with an old skin from 2022 getting a Prestige version.

Champions Getting Lunar Gods Skins

Lunar Empress Ashe
Lunar Empress Qiyana
Lunar Emperor Thresh
Lunar Guardian Kha'Zix
Lunar Guardian Malphite

Malphite is probably the best skin of the whole bunch. Who would have thought someone would say that with both Qiyana and Ashe in the mix as well, eh? But this concept works so well with him and he looks incredible

Champions Getting Heartthrob & Heartache Skins

The new skins for LoL Patch 13.3 are going to be the Heartthrob & Heartache skins which Riot has revealed. This skins will go live with the next complete patch, just in time for Valentine's Day.

Heartache Vi
Heartache Caitlyn
Heartthrob Amumu

LoL Patch 13.1b & Patch 13.3 Release Dates

The hotfix patch is going to release a day after Patch 13.2 was supposed to go live. So prepare for the changes to hit live servers on Janaury 26, 2023. Whether you'll have to wait an extra day for the upcoming Lunar Gods skins remains to be seen, since skins usually go live a day after the patch drops.

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The next regular patch should be Patch 13.3, which is going to release as scheduled on February 8, 2023. The developers have expressed that they do think everything will be fixed by then, which means that LoL Patch 13.3 should release on time with the missing changes from 13.3.