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.
On the menu in this cycle is help for “languishing” champions. That includes some long-standing favorites like Sivir, Nasus, and the ever-changing Ryze, all of whom have slipped out of the metagame entirely this season.
Following the mega item work Riot did last week, the devs are following up with changes for top picks like Ardent Censor, Imperial Mandate, and Rapid Firecannon. Though League development boss Matt Leung-Harrison did add the devs are only really worried about “over or underperforming ADC and support items.”
Lucian and Rumble will also be getting adjustments.
And, finally, on the skin front—yes, I can see everyone already reaching for their wallets—the fantastical Shan Hai Scrolls universe from early season 11 is getting another run.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Skins
Shan Hai Scrolls Bard
Shan Hai Scrolls Kog’Maw
Shan Hai Scrolls Lillia
Shan Hai Scrolls Tahm Kench
Crystalis Motus Leona
Update June 7 9:44pm CT: Added details on all new League skins.
Update June 7 1:57am CT: Filled out all changes and adjustments for champions to be changed in Patch 13.12.
Update June 6 1:21am CT: Filled out buffs, nerfs, and changes details for all items and runes to be affected in Patch 13.12.
Update June 5 6:02pm CT: Added all confirmed League item buffs.
