League of Legends Patch 9.8: Full notes and updates

League of Legends Patch 9.8 is here at last, and it with comes a number of potentially meta-defining champion buffs and nerfs. It also includes a host of interesting item adjustments and the addition of some highly-anticipated skins.

Champion changes

Amumu

Passive – Cursed Touch

Cursed targets take an additional 13 percent of pre-mitigation magic damage as true damage, up from 10 percent.

Q – Bandage Toss

Cooldown increased from 16/14/12/10/8 seconds to 12/11/10/9/8 seconds.
Amumu now follows his targets for up to a reasonable distance where he cast Bandage Toss, in case targets get out of the stun before he arrives.

Camille

Attack speed increased from 0.625 to 0.644.

Cassiopeia

E – Twin Fang

Mana cost decreased from 40/50/60/70/80 to 40/45/50/55/60.

Fiora

W – Riposte

Slow/stun duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.

E – Bladework

Cost changed from 40/45/50/55/60 mana to 40 mana at all ranks.

Gnar

R – GNAR!

Cooldown decreased from 120/100/80 seconds to 90/60/30 seconds.

Jhin

E – Captive Audience

Trap duration increased from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.
Trap recharge rate changed from one trap every 28/27/26/25/24 seconds to 28/25/22/19/16 seconds.

R – Curtain Call

Damage multiplier increased from 1.0 to 3.5 (based on target’s missing health) to 1.0 to 4.0 (based on target’s missing health).
Fixed a bug where he level-up tooltip was displaying incorrect values.

Kayle

Attack damage decreased from 52 to 50.

Armor decreased from 28 to 26.

Attack speed ratio increased from 0.695 to 0.667

Passive – Divine Ascent

Ascensions are now based on Kayle’s level and skill points.

Kayn

E – Shadow Step

Shadow assassin cooldown decreased from 21/19/17/15/13 seconds to 8 seconds at all ranks.

Master Yi

R – Highlander

Master Yi can now move through units during Highlander.

Nautilus

Passive – Staggering blow

Root duration changed from 0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5 (at level 1/6/11/16/18) to 0.75/1/1.25/1.5 (at levels 1/6/11/16)

Q – Dredge Line

Damage increased from 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.75 ability power) to 100/145/190/235/280 (+0.9 ability power)

Ornn

Passive – Living Forge

Forgefire Cape health increased from 625 to 750 and armor increased from 90 to 100.
Frozen Fist armor increased from 95 to 125
Infernal Mask health increased from 550 to 750 and magic resist increased from 90 to 100.

Renekton

Health increased from 572.16 to 575.

Attack speed growth increased from 2.65 percent to 2.75 percent.

Armor growth increased from 3.8 to 4.

Q – Cull the Meek

Healing versus champions increased from 9/13.5/18/22.5/27 to 12/18/24/30/36.
Empowered healing versus champions increased from 27/40.5/54/67.5/81 to 36/54/72/90/108.
Empowered healing cap increased from 150/225/300/375/450 to 200/300/400/500/600.

Sejuani

W – Winter’s Wraith

First cast damage ratio increased from 1.5 percent of Sejuani’s max health to 2 percent of Sejuani’s max health.
Second cast damage ratio increased from 4.5 percent of Sejuani’s max health to 6 percent of Sejuani’s max health.

Singed

Health regen increased from 8 to 9.5.

W – Mega Adhesive

Slow increased from 40 percent to 60 percent.

E – Fling

Cost decreased from 80/95/110/125/140 mana to 60/70/80/90/100 mana.

Trundle

W – Chomp

Bonus damage increased from 20/35/50/65/80 to 20/40/60/80/100.

R – Subjugate

Cooldown decreased from 110/90/70 seconds to 100/80/60 seconds.

Zed

Q – Razor Shuriken

Base damage decreased from 90/125/160/195/230 to 80/115/150/185/220.

W – Living Shadow

Cooldown increased from 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds to 22/20/18/16/14 seconds

Items

Bilgewater Cutlass

Combine cost increased from 250 gold to 350 gold.
Total cost increased from 1500 gold to 1600 gold.

Blade of the Ruined King

Total cost increased from 3200 gold to 3300 gold.

Hextech Gunblade

Combine cost decreased from 850 gold to 750 gold.

Bramble Vest

Grievous Wounds duration increased from 1 second to 3 seconds.

Enhancement: Cinderhulk

Grilled Razorbeak damage increased from 200 percent to 300 percent bonus magic damage to minion and monsters

Stormrazor

Energized effects increased from 30 percent to 35 percent.
Energized effects slow the target by 40 percent, decaying over 1.5 seconds.

Thornmail

Grievous Wounds duration increased from 1 seconds to 3 seconds.

Runes

Coup De Grace

No longer grants 9 attack damage on 15 ability power for 10 seconds on champion takedown.
Bonus damage increased from 7 percent to 8 percent (to champions below 40 percent max health).

Aram champion changes

Nerfs

Alistar: +5 percent damage taken.
Galio: +5 percent damage taken.
Illaoi: -5 percent damage dealt.
Kai’Sa: -3 percent damage dealt.
Nautilus: +5 percent damage taken.
Sion: -8 percent damage dealt.
Yorick: -5 percent damage dealt.

Buffs

Elise: +5 percent damage dealt.
Fiddlesticks: +1 percent damage dealt & -6 percent damage taken.
Fizz: +5 percent damage dealt.
Karthus: +2 percent damage dealt.
Lucian: +5 percent damage dealt.
Maokai: +2 percent damage dealt & -2 percent damage taken.
Nunu & Willump: -5 percent damage taken.
Pantheon :: +5 percent damage dealt.
Riven: +5 percent damage dealt.
Vi: +5 percent damage dealt.
Xin Zhao: -5 percent damage taken.
Zed: +5 percent damage dealt.

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where the Master tier ladder displayed incorrectly and would only show the first 101 people multiple times.
Karthus can now dance.
Corporate Mundo’s voice lines are no longer replaced by his base skin’s.
Diana’s W – Pale Cascade no longer deals more than double the damage when using R – Lunar Rush at close range.
Pajama Guardian Lulu’s right wing is no longer pointing in a different direction during her Homeguard animation.
Fixed a bug where Teemo’s blind did not correctly display on Battlecast Kog’Maw.
Fixed an issue where 4-digit XP gains would make the progress circle wrap weirdly.
Range/Cast indicators for certain champions’ abilities are now appearing correctly.
Lucian’s Q – Piercing Light, Poppy’s E – Heroic Charge, Jhin’s Q – Deadly Flourish, Ryze’s E – Spell Flux, Miss Fortune’s Q – Double Up, Jayce’s Q – To the Skies!, Jayce’s – Thundering Blow, and Orianna’s >E – Command.

Skins

The following skins will be released this patch:

Galaxy Slayer Zed.
K/DA Evelynn Prestige Edition.
Invictus Gaming Camille.
Invictus Gaming Fiora.
Invictus Gaming Irelia.
Invictus Gaming Kai’Sa.
Invictus Gaming LeBlanc.
Invictus Gaming Rakan.