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:
Fiora
E crit damage on second attack increased at early ranks.
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E – Bladework
Garen
Q damage decreased at later ranks.
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Q – Decisive Strike
Kayn
E duration increased early. Shadow E movement speed increased.
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E – Shadow Step
Master Yi
W cooldown decreased; damage reduction increased early.
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W – Meditate
Rengar
R cooldown decreased early.
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R – Thrill of the Hunt
Varus
Base health decreased; health growth increased.
Base Stats
Yorick
Mist Walker damage decreased.
Mist Walkers
Taric
Adaptive damage now defaults to physical.
Items
Stormrazor
Guaranteed crit damage decreased below 30% crit. Attack speed increased and attack damage decreased.
Duskblade
Proc damage decreased. Lethality increased.
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