The new patch 12.9 for League of Legends is officially live and brings, as usual, buffs, nerfs, new skins but also a mini-rework for a few champions (namely Olaf, Taliyah and Pyke)
Champions
Olaf
BASE STATS
AD growth:3.5⇒4.7
AD at level 18:127.5⇒148
Health growth:100⇒105
Mana growth:42⇒50
PASSIVE – BERSERKER RAGE
Maximum attack speed granted:99%⇒40-100% (levels 1-18)
NEW:Berserker’s rage now provides10-30%life steal (levels 1-18), based on Olaf’s missing health
Mad Math:Bonuses max out at 0% Health⇒30% Health
Q – UNDERTOW
Cooldown:7 seconds⇒9 seconds
Damage:80/125/170/215/260⇒60/110/160/210/260
Minimum range:300⇒425 units
Mana cost:60 at all ranks⇒40/45/50/55/60
UPDATED:Picking up axes now fully refunds Q – Undertow‘s cooldown, but axes can only be thrown a maximum of once every 3 seconds. (Note: The 3 second limit scales with Ability Haste.)
UPDATED: Included a quality of life buff to Olaf’s Q – Undertow so that it now grants ghosting more consistently to jungle monsters who he hits or are near him when Q is cast
W – TOUGH IT OUT
UPDATED: Name change:Vicious Strikes⇒Tough It Out
Cooldown:16 seconds at all ranks⇒16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds
Attack speed:50/60/70/80/90%⇒40/50/60/70/80%
Ability duration: 6 seconds⇒4 seconds
NEW: W now resets Olaf’s basic attack timer
NEW:On activation Olaf now gains a 10/45/80/115/150 (+25% missing health, capped at 30% of his current HP) shield for 2.5 seconds
REMOVED:No longer grants Life Steal
REMOVED:No longer amplifies Olaf’s healing based on missing health
REMOVED:R – Ragnarok’s passive bonus resistances are no longer lost for the duration of the ability
NEW:Hitting a champion with a basic attack or E – Reckless Swing extends the duration of Ragnarok to 2.5 seconds. Olaf can refresh Ragnarok indefinitely.
Taliyah
BASE STATS
Base health:531⇒500
Base health regen: 7⇒6.5
Health regen growth:0.7⇒0.65
Base mana:425⇒470
Base mana regen:9.34⇒8
Mana regen growth:0.85⇒0.8
Base armor:20⇒18
Move speed:335⇒330
PASSIVE – ROCK SURFING
Out of combat bonus move speed:20-45% (levels 1-18)⇒10/20/35/55% (levels 1/9/12/15)
Passive fall off time when not near terrain:1 second⇒2.5 seconds
Damage reduction from subsequent stone shards against monsters:25%⇒60%
NEW:Each Stone Shard now deals an additional 30 (+10% AP) damage against monsters
NEWS: Stone Shards now deal damage in a 175 radius area of effect (approximately 1.6 Teemos)
NEW: Q – Threaded Volley will now continue to cast while Taliyah is in Stasis
NEW:Casting Q – Threaded Volley on Worked Ground now consumes the Worked Ground to fire a single Boulder that deals double damage [76/122/168/214/260 (+100% AP)] and slows all targets hit in a 225 AoE radius by 30/35/40/45/50% for 2 seconds
Mana cost on worked ground:1⇒20
Minimum cooldown on worked ground:1 second⇒0.75 seconds
Worked ground suration:25 seconds⇒30 seconds
Worked ground radius:300⇒400
UPDATED: The size of Worked Ground on Howling Abyss now matches Summoner’s Rift
NEW: Q – Threaded Volley casts on Worked Ground now has new VFX, SFX, animation, and icon!
Damage reduction per subsequent boulder hit: 15%⇒25%
Maximum boulder detonation damage: 155/186/217/248/279 (+93% AP)⇒62.5/112.5/162.5/212.5/262.5 (+75% AP)
Delay between casting and spawning first row of boulders:0.1 seconds⇒0 seconds
Delay between spawning rows of boulders after the first row:0.1 seconds⇒0.17 seconds
UPDATED: E – Unraveled Earth now spawns 6 rows of boulders extending outwards from Taliyah with 4 boulders per row (previously spawned 4 rows of boulders with 6 boulders per row)
NEW:Boulders now stun enemies that dash through them for the duration of the dash + 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9/1 seconds. (Note: the max stun duration is 2 seconds and monsters are always stunned for the max duration).
REMOVED:E – Unraveled Earth no longer detonates to deal additional damage after 4 seconds
R – WEAVER’S WALL
Range: 3000/4500/6000⇒2500/4500/6500
Dash range when jumping off wall:400⇒700
Dash speed when jumping off wall: 1000⇒1200
UPDATED: Moving Taliyah while she is riding the Weaver’s Wall now causes Taliyah to dash to the location clicked, up to the maximum dash range instead of dropping her perpendicular to the wall.
UPDATED:Dashing when jumping off of the wall is now more forgiving when trying to dash through terrain
NEW:Damage from enemy champions or structures now prevents Taliyah from casting R – Weaver’s Wall for 3 seconds
REMOVED:Taking damage no longer knocks Taliyah off her wall
Damage converted to grey health when near two or more enemies:40% (+0.5% per Lethality)⇒45% (+0.5% per Lethality)
Q – BONE SKEWER
NEW: Bone Skewer now refunds mana upon hitting an enemy champion
Mana cost:50/55/60/65/70⇒74/78/82/86/90
Mana refund: 50%⇒75%
R – DEATH FROM BELOW
Cooldown:120/100/80 seconds⇒100/85/70 seconds
REMOVED: Pyke no longer receives “Your Cut” gold upon successfully executing enemy champions with his R (last assisting ally will still receive “Your Cut”)
REMOVED: Pyke no longer receives additional “Your Cut” gold when allies kill enemies within Death From Below’s execution area
Renata Glasc
BASE STATS
Base armor:29⇒27
PASSIVE – LEVERAGE
Additional magic damage against marked targets:1-3.5% (levels 1-13) (+1% per 100 AP)⇒1-2% (levels 1-9) (+2% per 100 AP) (damage against unmarked targets unchanged)