The Worlds 2022 patch is officially out.
With the League of Legends World Championship just around the corner, Riot Games has just introduced patch 12.18. This will be the final patch for Worlds 2022 and it focuses on nerfing popular picks during the current meta whilst buffing certain champions that fell through the cracks.
Because of this, the likes of Kalista, Lulu, and Miss Fortune to name a few got hit with the nerf hammer. Meanwhile, once-popular picks like Lee Sin and Thresh receive some buffs to make them more viable picks come Worlds. Even Maokai and Udyr get some much-needed adjustments ahead of Worlds.
Champions
Buffs
Ashe
Q – Ranger’s Focus
- Bonus attack speed: 20/25/30/35/40% ⇒ 25/32.5/40/47.5/55%
Lee Sin
Base stats
- Health growth: 99 ⇒ 105
W – Safeguard/Iron Will
- Lifesteal and Spellvamp: 5/9.5/14/18.5/23% ⇒ 5/10.5/16/21.5/27%
Thresh
Base stats
- Health growth: 115 ⇒ 120
E – Flay
- Magic damage: 65/95/125/155/185 (+40% AP) ⇒ 75/110/145/180/215 (+40% AP)
Nerfs
Hecarim
Base stats
- Health growth: 650 ⇒ 625
Q – Rampage
- Physical Damage Bonus AD Ratio: 95% ⇒ 90%
- Increased damage per stack: 4% (+6% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 4% (+5% per 100 bonus AD)
W – Spirit of Dread
- Percent of post-mitigation damage healed: 30% (+2.5% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 25% (+2% per 100 bonus AD) (Note: remains halved for damage not dealt by Hecarim)
Kalista
Base stats
- Health growth: 604 ⇒ 574
Kayn
Q – Reaping Slash
- Darkin damage: 65% AD (+5% of the target’s max health (+5% per 100% bonus AD)) ⇒ 65% AD (+5% of the target’s max health (+3.5% per 100% bonus AD))
Lulu
W – Whimsy
- Movement speed: 30% ⇒ 25%
- Disable duration: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0/2.25 ⇒ 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 seconds
- Cooldown: 17/16/15/14/13 ⇒ 17/16.5/16/15.5/15 seconds
Miss Fortune
Base stats
- Attack damage growth: 2.7 ⇒ 2.4
- Health growth: 107 ⇒ 103
Nocturne
Base stats
- Attack damage growth: 3.1 ⇒ 2.6
Adjusted
Maokai
Passive – Sap Magic
- Heal: 4.8-14% (based on level) ⇒ 4.5 -12% (based on level)
Q – Bramble Smash
- Bonus damage to monsters: 40/60/80/100/120 ⇒ 80/100/120/140/160
E – Sapling Toss
- Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+ 6% bonus health) (+ 42.5% AP) ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155 (+ 6% bonus health) (+ 40% AP)
- Empowered damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+ 12% bonus health) (+ 85% AP) ⇒ 110/160/210/260/310 (+ 12% bonus health) (+ 80% AP)
Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Maokai’s Q to pull targets closer to him as opposed to knocking them away
- Fixed a bug that would cause Maokai’s R to be narrower than intended
Udyr
Base stats
- Health growth: 106 ⇒ 98
- Armour growth: 5.2 ⇒ 4.7
Q – Wildling Claw
- Mana cost: 45-28 (based on level) ⇒ 20
- Empowered lightning strike AP ratio: +0.6% per 100 AP ⇒ +0.8% per 100 AP
- (NEW) Bit of a Reach: Udyr’s first two attacks gain 50 attack range, matching the functionality of his Awakened Q
- (NEW) Shocker: Awakened Q now deals an additional 2-5% (based on level) (+0.03% bonus AD) max health physical damage on the first two attacks
W – Iron Mantle
- Percent HP Heal: 1.2/1.26/1.32/1.38/1.44/1.5% ⇒ 1.2%
- Percent HP Shield: 2/2.4/2.8/3.2/3.6/4.0% ⇒ 2/2.3/2.6/2.8/3.2/3.5%
- Life steal: 15% ⇒ 15/16/17/18/19/20%
R – Wingborne Storm
- Magic damage: 20/38/56/74/92/110 (+40% AP) ⇒ 20/36/52/68/84/100 (+35% AP)
- Damage to minions: 50/60/70/80% (levels 1/6/11/16) ⇒ 40/55/70/85% (levels 1/6/11/16)
Competitive
- (NEW) Pick Me: Selecting a priority role will protect you from being auto-filled only in your upcoming game
- (REMOVED) Support Supremacy: Guaranteed autofill protection when queuing as support or queuing as fill has been removed
- (UNCHANGED) Recurring Protection: Players will still receive autofill protection for 2 games after having played a game while auto-filled
Mythic Content
Now Available
- Prestige Battle Academia Leona
- Prestige PsyOps Ezreal
- Hextech Poppy
- Soulstealer Vayne
- Ashen Slayer Sylas
- Mythic Chroma Ashen Slayer Sylas (Emberwoken)
Leaving the Mythic Shop
- Prestige Battle Academia Lux
- Prestige PROJECT Zed
- Hextech Ziggs
- Dreadnova Darius
- Ashen Knight Pantheon
- Mythic Chroma Battle Academia Ezreal
Mythic Updates
- Emberwoken Chromas of Ashen Knight Pyke and Ashen Conqueror Pantheon now have recoloured VFX to match Ashen Slayer Sylas’ (releasing with this patch)
- Ashen Knight Pantheon’s name has been updated to Ashen Conqueror Pantheon
Bugfixes & QoL Changes
- Fixed a bug that caused Spirit Visage to double the omnivamp of other items that were purchased before it
- Fixed a bug that unintentionally removed the cursor range indicator on Xerath’s R
- Fixed a bug that caused some champion abilities to be invisible for Mac users
- Fixed a bug that caused certain abilities to be visible and audible from the Fog of War
- Fixed a bug that caused Zeri’s W to sometimes not fire through terrain and towers
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to Cleanse Tahm Kench’s W knock up
- Fixed a bug that would not let Taliyah fire a large boulder if she flashed onto Worked Ground to cast it
- Fixed a bug that allowed Akshan to deal damage with his E while also charging his R
- Fixed a bug that caused Exhaust’s VFX to be overridden by Kennen’s E
- Fixed a bug that would reveal Lulu’s location if Pix attacked while attached to an ally
- Fixed a bug that caused the Challenge “Get On My Level” to not track progress in games that lasted longer than 10 minutes
- Fixed a bug that caused the end-of-game experience wheel to display the amount of experience gained from the current match instead of the experience needed to progress to the next level
- Fixed a bug that distorted SFX when leaving and rejoining a premade lobby