Shan Hai Scrolls Tahm Kench devours a small boat in League of Legends

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Here are the LoL Patch 13.12 patch notes

Pro play and ranked alike fall under the microscope.

Isaac McIntyre

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Tyler Esguerra

Published: Jun 13, 2023 01:00 pm

Riot Games has been particularly change-happy in 2023 and that isn’t slowing down an inch in League of Legends Patch 13.12, with 19 champions, six items, and even the Crest of Cinders jungle buff being tweaked in this update.

When will League Patch 13.12 go live?

The next June update is back on schedule after League Patch 13.11 was, quite annoyingly I must say, delayed 24 hours. Apparently, I don’t have the perfect memory I thought I did because I totally forgot it was running late and tried to play a few games with the new Rell rework⁠—without much success, of course.

Thankfully, Riot is back on schedule this cycle. Scheduled for Wednesday, June 14, Patch 13.12 will start staging in Australia around 10am (AEDT) before rolling out on major League servers.

Here are all the key times:

3am PT (NA)
5am GMT (EU West)
3am CET (EU North East)
8am KR (Korea)

Expect several hours of downtime once Riot begins. Matchmaking and competitive queues will be disabled across all League servers three hours before the scheduled June update.

Heimerdinger tinkers with his inventions in Legends of Runeterra — As always, we can expect some downtime as the *League* update arrives. Image via Riot Games

What’s in League Patch 13.12?

Riot target “overperformers” from ranked, pro play

The Riot devs are trying to rein in several pro stapes and more solo queue “overperformers” in this update, including top picks like Zeri, Gragas, K’Sante, and Lulu. Recent debutant Milio and reworked Yuumi are also on the grill for nerfs.

Alongside the nerfs, eight champions⁠—including Ryze, Kai’Sa, and Nasus⁠—will get buffs after the Patch 13.11 item changes knocked them down one too many pegs.

Top ever-popular character picks, Lucian and Rumble, will get some more sweeping changes in this update too. The Riot devs want Lucian to “performer better with more supports” (read, more than just Nami) while Rumble apparently needs a bit more help making an impact in extended engagements.

Gragas reaches for an enemy in League of Legends — Riot has finally had enough of Gragas flopping around in pro play—and I can’t wait to see him benched for a while either. Image via Riot Games

Shan Hai Scrolls skin line gets four-champ rerun

The Shan Hai Scrolls skin line, which originally debuted early in season 11, is returning to the League shopfront again via a 2023 re-run. This time around four champions getting mythological variants as part of the popular cosmetic collection will be Bard, Kog’Maw, Tahm Kench, and Lillia.

Leona will also be getting a standalone skin: a pink, purple, and silver-themed Crystalis Motus variant available for Mythic Essence.

Here are all the skins coming in this patch:

Shan Hai Scrolls Bard (1,350 RP)
Shan Hai Scrolls Kog’Maw (1,350 RP)
Shan Hai Scrolls Lillia (1,350 RP)
Shan Hai Scrolls Tahm Kench (1,350 RP)
Crystalis Motus Leona (100 Mythic Essence)

These Shan Hai Scrolls skins will go live during the Patch 13.12 cycle.

Lillia Shan Hai Scrolls skin in League of Legends — Fawn jungler Lillia is one of four lucky *League* champions getting an incredible new Shan Hai Scrolls variant. Image via Riot Games

You can find all the League patch notes for the June 14 update below.

League Patch 13.12 patch notes

Champions

Ashe

Q bonus damage increased from 115 to 120 percent.
W base damage increased from 10-70 to 20-80.
R ability power ratio increased from 100 to 120 percent.

Gangplank

E recharge timer changed from 18 seconds to 18-14 seconds.

Gragas

Passive cooldown increased from eight to 12.
Q mana cost changed from 80 to 80-60.

K’Sante

E cooldown increased from nine-seven to 10-8.5 seconds.

Kai’Sa

Attack damage per level increased from two to 2.6.

Kha’Zix

Base attack damage decreased from 63 to 60.

Kog’Maw

W percentage health damage reduced from 3.6-6.5 to three-six percent.

Lucian

Vigilance passive changed from “When Lucian is empowered by another ally, his next two basic attacks will deal bonus magic damage” to “When Lucian is healed or shielded by an ally or a nearby enemy champion is immobilized, his next two basic attacks will deal bonus magic damage.”
Passive damage reduced from 14 (plus 20 percent attack damage) to 10 (plus 15 percent attack damage).

Lulu

Armor reduced from 29 to 26.
Passive damage reduced from 15-117 to 9-111.
E shield reduced from 75-215 to 75-235.

Milio

Armor reduced from 28 to 26.
Armor growth reduced from 4.9 to 4.6.
Passive on-hit damage reduced from 15-35 percent attack damage to 15 percent attack damage.

Nasus

Passive lifesteal increased from nine-19 to 11-21 percent.
R cooldown changed from 120 to 120-80.

Orianna

R ability power ratio increased from 90 to 95 percent, base damage increased from 250-450 to 250-550.

Rell

Read the full list of Rell changes here.

Ryze

Passive ability power ratio increased from six to 10 percent.
E ability power ratio increased from 45 to 50 percent, missile speed increased from 3,500 to 4,000.

Rumble

Monster damage caps adjusted.
E heat increased from 10 to 20.
Health reduced from 659 plus 99 to 625 plus 105.
Q damage changed from 180-340 plus 1.1 ability power to 135-195 plus six-10 percent target max health plus 1.1 ability power.
W shield reduced from 60-180 plus 0.45 ability power to 25-145 plus 0.25 ability power plus four percent max health.
R cooldown increased from 100-70 to 130-80.

Sivir

Attack damage per level reduced from 2.8 to 2.5.
W attack damage ratio increased from 25-45 to 30-50 percent.

Yuumi

W Best Friend Bonus decreased from 10-20 percent heal and shield power based to ally level to five-15 percent based on spell rank.
E attack speed buff reduced from 35 percent (plus eight percent per 100 ability power) to 25-35 percent (plus eight percent per 100 ability power).
R heal per hit reduced from 35-65 (plus 15 percent ability power) to 25-55 (plus 15 percent ability power).

Zeri

Shield passive removed.
Q no longer procs Sheen.
Move speed increased from 330 to 335.
E damage increased from zero-65 to zero-85 percent.

Items

Ardent Censor

On-hit damage reduced from 15-30 (levels one-18) to 15.

Bloodthirster

Price increased from 3,200 to 3,400.

Galeforce

Attack damage reduced from 55 to 50.
Active damage reduced from 150-350 plus 200 percent crit to 150-350 plus 45 percent bonus attack damage (N.B. this is a nerf until 445 bonus attack damage).

Immortal Shieldbow

Lifesteal increased from seven to 10 percent.

Imperial Mandate

Damage One reduced from 35-75 (level one-18) to 40-60 (level eight-18), damage two reduced from 70-150 (level one-18) to 80-120 (level eight-18).
Move speed increased from 20 to 25 percent.

Moonstone Renewer

Echo Heal changed from 20-40 percent (one-18 ally level scaling) to 35 percent, Echo Shield changed from 30-40 percent (one-18 ally level scaling) to 40 percent.
Same target heal bonus changed from 15-30 percent (one-18 ally level scaling) to 25 percent, same target shield bonus changed from 20-30 percent (one-18 ally level scaling) to 30 percent.
Mythic passive changed from five ability haste to five heal and shield power.

Phantom Dancer

Attack speed increased from 30 to 35 percent.

Statikk Shiv

Energized damage increased from 80-190 (levels seven-18) to 100-180 (levels six-18).

Rapid Firecannon

Energize damage changed from 60-140 to 60 flat.

Duskblade

Bug fixes relating to Katarina, Samira.

Runes

Overheal

Shield changed from 20-300 (level one-18) to 11 percent max health. (N.B. this is a nerf for marksmen after level five a buff for fighters).

Systems

Red buff damage decreased from six plus six multiplied by current level to six plus four multiplied by current level. Slow amount decreased from 10-25 to 10-20, halved for ranged champions. Health regeneration decreased from one-nine percent to one-five percent.
Mid lane minions are now worth same amount of gold as minions in other lanes.