Skip to main content
APN.
League of Legends

Champion Adjustments and Gameplay Improvements

Patch8.17
Quick Take

Patch 8.17 brings champion adjustments, item tweaks, and bugfixes.

  • New: Nunu & Willump enters the Fields of Justice.
  • Buff: Annie attack range increased, Bard R cooldown reduced, Kassadin R cooldown reduced, Kayn E duration and movement speed buffed, Master Yi W cooldown reduced and damage reduction increased, Rengar R cooldown reduced.
  • Nerf: Fiora E crit damage at early ranks reduced, Garen Q damage reduced, Varus base health reduced but health growth increased, Wukong gained bonus attack speed, Yorick Mist Walker damage reduced early, Taric adaptive damage defaults to physical.

8.17 Patch Highlights

Nexus Blitz

The Nexus Blitz live alpha continues this patch. For a rundown of changes coming this patch, head to the update article!

Champions

Nunu & Willump

Nunu & Willump, the Boy and His Yeti will start their adventure in patch 8.17! Get rolling with these links:

Annie

Attack range increased.

ATTACK RANGE 575 ⇒ 625

Bard

R cooldown decreased.

R – Tempered Fate

COOLDOWN 130/110/90 seconds ⇒ 110/95/80 seconds

Fiora

E crit damage on second attack increased at early ranks.

E – Bladework

CRIT DAMAGE ON SECOND ATTACK140/155/170/185/200% ⇒160/170/180/190/200%

Garen

Q damage decreased at later ranks.

Q – Decisive Strike

BASE DAMAGE 30/65/100/135/170 ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150

Irelia

Q damage bonus to minions increased.

Q – Bladesurge

INCREASED DAMAGE TO MINIONS 70% ⇒ 100%

Kassadin

R cooldown decreased at early ranks.

R – Riftwalk

COOLDOWN 6/4/2 seconds ⇒ 5/3.5/2 seconds

Kayn

E duration increased early. Shadow E movement speed increased.

E – Shadow Step

DURATION5/6/7/8/9 seconds ⇒ 7/7.5/8/8.5/9 seconds SHADOW ASSASSIN BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED70% ⇒ 80%

Master Yi

W cooldown decreased; damage reduction increased early.

W – Meditate

COOLDOWN 35 seconds ⇒ 28 seconds DAMAGE REDUCTION 50/55/60/65/70% ⇒ 60/62.5/65/67.5/70%

Rengar

R cooldown decreased early.

R – Thrill of the Hunt

COOLDOWN 130/100/70 seconds ⇒ 110/90/70 seconds

Varus

Base health decreased; health growth increased.

Base Stats

HEALTH 549 ⇒ 499 HEALTH GROWTH 86 ⇒ 89

Wukong

Now has level 1 bonus attack speed.

Base Stats

BONUS ATTACK SPEED AT LEVEL 10% ⇒ 8%

Yorick

Mist Walker damage decreased.

Mist Walkers

ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH (LEVELS 2-7) 3 ⇒ 1 ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH (LEVELS 8-13 )5 ⇒ 6 ATTACK DAMAGE GROWTH (LEVELS 14+) 10 ⇒ 11

Taric

Adaptive damage now defaults to physical.

ADAPTIVE DAMAGENow defaults to physical if Taric has no bonus attack damage or ability power

Items

Stormrazor

Guaranteed crit damage decreased below 30% crit. Attack speed increased and attack damage decreased.

CRITICAL STRIKE MODIFIER 160-200% (at 0-30% crit chance) ⇒ 140-200% (at 0-30% crit chance) ATTACK SPEED 25% ⇒ 35% ATTACK DAMAGE 65 ⇒ 60

Duskblade

Proc damage decreased. Lethality increased.

PROC DAMAGE 30-200 (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 30-150 damage (at levels 1-18) LETHALITY 18 ⇒ 21

Summoner Spells

Changed a service related to summoner spell configuration. If you haven't played a particular queue in a couple of months, your summoner spells in that queue may reset to Heal/Ghost. Just a heads up!

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where Phantom Dancer's Spectral Waltz passive would sometimes not trigger
  • Fixed a bug where Akali's R – Perfect Execution dealt damage to all opponents based on the health of the last enemy struck, rather than calculating damage individually for each
  • Maokai R – Nature's Grasp's sfx now correctly line up with the ability's duration.
  • Fixed a bug where ranged attacks and targeted projectiles would have their VFX appear from the champion's last seen location, if they were not currently in vision
  • Deep Sea Nami no longer leaves her spine behind while moving during her recall animation.

Source: https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-817-notes

More from League of Legends