Big Changes on League of Legends Patch 12.8 Notes

League of Legends patch notes 12.8 are here and bring huge amount of changes, especially on Swain with a mini but game-changing rework.

Champions 

Swain

Passive – Ravenous Flock
  • Healing from Soul Fragments: 4/5.5/7% of maximum health  4/5.5/7%/9% of maximum health (at levels 1/6/11)
  • Maximum Health Increase per Soul Fragment: 5  12
  • REMOVED: Pull-E Mechanisms:

    Swain can no longer use Passive – Ravenous Flock to pull and rip out Soul Fragments from immobilized enemies (see E – Nevermove)

Q – Death’s Hand 
  • Damage: 55/75/95/115/135 (+40% AP)  60/80/100/120/140 (+38% AP)
  • Bonus Damage per Additional Bolt: 8.25/15/23.75/34.5/47.25 (+6/8/10/12/14% AP)  12/22/32/42/52 (+8% AP)
  • Maximum Damage (5 BOLTS): 88/135/190/253/324 (+64/72/80/88/96% AP)  108/168/228/288/348 (+70% AP)
  • Cooldown: 9/7.5/6/4.5/3 seconds  7/6/5/4/3 seconds
  • Mana cost: 65/70/75/80/85  45/50/55/60/65
W – Vision of Empire
  • Mana Cost:  70/80/90/100/110  60/65/70/75/80
  • NEW: Pinging W – Vision of Empire nows display a list of visible enemies within range in team chat (similar to Twisted Fate and Nocturne ults)
E – Nevermove
  • NEW: Pitiful pawns can now be recast to pull all champions rooted by E – Nevermove, ripping out Soul Fragment from each of them
  • REMOVED: Swain’s pulls no longer deal damage
  • NEW: Now grants vision of all rooted targets
  • NEW: E – Nevermove‘s cooldown is reduced by 20% during R – Demonic Ascension
R-Demonic Ascension
  • Cooldown: 120 seconds  100/80/60 seconds
  • Drain Damage per Seconds: 35/50/65 (+14% AP)  20/40/60 (+10% AP)
  • Drain Heal per Second: 20/35/40 (+16% AP)  15/40/65 (+25%)
  • REMOVED: No longer grants Swain 125/200/275 bonus health
  • REMOVED: Active duration 12 seconds  Based on Demon Power
  • UPDATED: Activating Demonic Ascension grants Swain 50 Demon Power, which decreases at an initial rate of 10 per second. After 5 seconds of Demonic Ascension, Swain’s Demon Power decreases faster at a rate of 15 per second
  • NEW: Swain gains 20 Demon Power per second while draining enemy champions
  • UPDATED: After 2 seconds of Demonic Ascension, Swain can recast his ultimate as R – DemonflareR – Demonflare can only be cast once and does not end Demonic Ascension
R – Demonic Ascension
  • Damage: 100/150/200 (+50% AP)  150/225/300 (+60% AP)
  • NEW:  Demonflare now slows enemies by 60%, decaying over 1.5 seconds
  • REMOVED: Demonflare no longer deals additional damage based on health drained from enemies

Bard

Passive – Traveler’s Call

Bonus Magic Damage on Attack: 30 (+12 per 5 chimes) (+30% AP)  35 (+14 per 5 chimes) (+30% AP)

W – Caretaker’s Shrine 

Maximum Heal:  55/95/135/175/215 (+60% AP)  60/105/150/195/240 (+60% AP)

Ezreal

R – Trueshot Barrage 

Cooldown: 120 seconds at all ranks  120/105/90 seconds

Fiddlesticks

W- Bountiful Harvest 

Heal Percentage Against Champions: 30/35/40/45/50%  30/40/50/60/70% (still always 15% against minions)

Jhin

W – DEADLY FLOURISH
Root Duration: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds  1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25 seconds
REMOVED: Damage against monsters no longer reduced by 25% (damage against minions and summons unchanged)
E – CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
Trap Recharge Rate: 28/25/22/19/16 seconds  24/21.5/19/16.5/14 seconds
REMOVED: First Lotus Trap damage no longer reduced by 35% against monsters (damage against minions and summons unchanged)

Jinx

Base Stats 

Base Health: 610  560

Kai'sa

PASSIVE – SECOND SKIN
Bonus Magic Damage Upon Consuming Full Plasma Stacks: 15% (+2.5% per 100 AP)  15% (+5% per 100 AP) of target’s missing health
 
W – VOID SEEKER
Magic Damage: 30/55/80/105/130 (+ 130% AD) (+70% AP) 30/55/80/105/130 (+130% AD) (+45% AP)
 
R – KILLER INSTINCT
Shield Strength: 75/100/125 (+100/150/200% AD) (+75% AP)  75/100/125 (+100/150/200% AD) (+100% AP)

Kassadin

Q – NULL SPHERE
Magic Shield: 40/70/100/130/160 (+30% AP)  60/90/120/150/180 (+40% AP)
 
E – FORCE PULSE
Magic Damage: 80/105/130/155/180 (+80% AP)  80/105/130/155/180 (+85% AP)

Mordekaiser

PASSIVE – DARKNESS RISE
Bonus Move Speed: 3% at all levels  3/6/9% at levels 1/6/11

Poppy

W – STEADFAST PRESENCE
Cooldown: 24/22/20/18/16 seconds  20/18/16/14/12 seconds
 
R – KEEPER’S VERDICT
  • Uncharged Knock Up Duration: 0.75 seconds  1 second
  • Charged Missile Speed: 2000  2500
  • Charged Knock Back Distance: 2400  3400
  • Cooldown Refund Upon Canceled Charge: 30 seconds  15 seconds

Senjuani

PASSIVE – FURY OF THE NORTH
Frost Armor Timer: Sejuani receives Frost Armor after 12 seconds  12-6 seconds (levels 1-18) of not taking damage from enemy champions or monsters

Soraka

W – ASTRAL INFUSION
Heal:  100/135/170/205/240 (+70% AP)  100/130/160/190/220 (+65% AP)

Sylas

R – HIJACK
Cooldown: 100/70/40 seconds  80/55/30 seconds

Tristana

BASE STATS
AD Growth: 3.3  3.7
AD at Level 18: 115.1  121.9

Vel'koz

Q – PLASMA FISSION
Magic Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 (+80% AP)  80/120/160/200/240 (+90% AP)
 
W – VOID RIFT
Initial Magic Damage: 30/50/70/90/110 (+15% AP)  30/50/70/90/110 (+20% AP)

Vladimir

BASE STATS
Base Armor:  23  27

Xayah

Q – DOUBLE DAGGERS
  • Damage Per Blade: 45/65/85/105/125 (+50% bonus AD)  45/60/75/90/105 (+50% bonus AD)
  • Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds  10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds

Xerath

E – SHOCKING ORB
Stun Duration: 0.5-2 seconds (based on distance)  0.75-2.25 seconds (based on distance)

Zoe

Q – PADDLE STAR
Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70  40/45/50/55/60
 
R – PORTAL JUMP
Mana Cost: 50  40

Items

REMOVED:  Stopwatch will no longer be purchasable if you already own Guardian Angel or Zhonya’s Hourglass

These are the new skins that are coming out at patch 12.8.

For details about league of legends patch notes 12.8 check out right here.