V12.18

V12.18
Release Date (US)	September 21st, 2022
Highlights
Fright Night skins  World Championship 2022 event Worlds 2022 Azir skin
Related links
12.18 Patch Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V12.17
Next →	V12.19

For the Teamfight Tactics patch, see V12.18 (Teamfight Tactics).

New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

• Fright Night Annie ( 1350)
• Worlds 2022 Azir ( 1350)
• Fright Night Draven ( 1350)
• Fright Night Nautilus ( 1350)
• Fright Night Renata Glasc ( 1350)
• Ashen Slayer Sylas ( 100)
• Fright Night Trundle ( 1350)
• Fright Night Urgot ( 1350)

The following Chroma sets have been added to the store:

• Fright Night Annie
  Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite
• Worlds 2022 Azir
  Chromas: Obsidian, One & Only, Tanzanite, Turquoise
• Fright Night Draven
  Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
• Fright Night Nautilus
  Chromas: Citrine, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
• Fright Night Renata Glasc
  Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
• Ashen Slayer Sylas
  Chromas: Emberwoken
• Fright Night Trundle
  Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
• Fright Night Urgot
  Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Citrine, Emerald, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise

The following Summoner icons have been added to store:

Ashen Slayer Sylas Border

Ashen Slayer Sylas Mythic Chroma

The following Ward skins have been added to the store:

Worlds 2022 Trophy

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

Ready to Brawl

League of Legends V12.18

Client

Behavioral Systems

• Players you have recently honored or who have recently honored you will show up in the suggested party members menu with an honor icon next to their summoner name.

Challenges

• Challenges are Here - This is a new "limited time" challenge to thank players for their patience as we removed the very enthusiastic "Challenges are here!" tooltip. You can complete this challenge by logging in between now and Patch 12.20.
• The Challenge "Unkillable Demon King" criteria has been updated from "win games without dying" to "win games without dying and at least a 30% kill participation".
• Bug Fix: The Challenge "Get On My Level" now properly tracks progress in games that lasted longer than 10 minutes

Clash

• Team formation for the first weekend of Worlds Clash will be open starting on September 26 and the tournaments will be on October 1 and 2. In addition to the trophy, banner, and logo rewards of other Clash tournaments, Worlds Clash has an additional reward of a loot capsule.
• This loot capsule will contain the following:
  • For Worlds Clash participants with premium tickets who finish between 1 - 7 place: (1) Championship Skin Permanent.
  • For all Worlds Clash participants (premium and basic tickets) who finish 1st place: (1) World's Event Capsule.
  • For Worlds Clash participants with premium tickets who finish between 8 - 15 place: (1) Championship Skin Shard.

Competitive

• Selecting a priority role will protect you from being autofilled only in your upcoming game.
• Guaranteed autofill protection when queuing as support or queuing as fill has been removed.
• Players will still receive autofill protection for 2 games after having played a game while autofilled.

Lobby

• Bug Fix: SFX no longer becomes distorted from leaving and rejoining a premade lobby.

Mythic Content

• Ashen Knight Pantheon's name has been updated to Ashen Conqueror Pantheon.
• Emberwoken Chromas of Ashen Knight Pyke and Ashen Conqueror Pantheon now have recolored VFX to match Ashen Slayer Sylas (releasing with this patch).
• In this Mythic Shop rotation, we'll have a new Unvaulted Prestige, Unvaulted Mythic, Mythic Chroma, and a new Seasonal Mythic.
  • In:
    • Prestige Battle Academia Leona
    • Prestige PsyOps Ezreal
    • Hextech Poppy
    • Soulstealer Vayne
    • Ashen Slayer Sylas
    • Mythic Chroma (Emberwoken) and icon for Ashen Slayer Sylas
  • Out:
    • Prestige Battle Academia Lux
    • Prestige PROJECT: Zed
    • Hextech Ziggs
    • Dreadnova Darius
    • Ashen Conqueror Pantheon
    • Mythic Chroma and icon for Battle Academia Ezreal

Game

Experience

• Bug Fix: End of game experience wheel now properly displays experience needed to progress to the next level instead of the amount gained from the current match.

Fog of War

• Bug Fix: SFX of certain abilities are no longer audible from the Fog of War.

Mac

• Bug Fix: Mac users will no experience some champion abilities being invisible from their perspective.

Champions

Akali

• Shuriken Flip
  • New Effect: Now applies true sight instead of a standard reveal.

Akshan

• Heroic Swing
  • Bug Fix: Shots are no longer fired during Comeuppance's channel under certain conditions.

Ashe

• Ranger's Focus
  • Bonus attack speed increased to 25 / 32.5 / 40 / 47.5 / 55% from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%.

Hecarim

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 625 from 650.
• Rampage
  • Damage bonus AD ratio reduced to 90% bonus AD from 95%.
  • Damage amplification bonus AD ratio per stack reduced to 5% per 100 bonus AD from 6%.
    • Maximum damage amplification bonus AD ratio reduced to 15% per 100 bonus AD from 18%.
  • Winddown time reduced to 0 seconds from 1.
• Spirit of Dread
  • Base heal reduced to 25% from 30%
  • Heal bonus AD ratio reduced to 2% per 100 bonus AD from 2.5%.

Jinx

• Zap!
  • Winddown time reduced to 0 seconds from 1.

Kalista

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 574 to 604.

Kayn

• Reaping Slash
  • Darkin bonus AD ratio reduced to 3.5% per 100 bonus AD from 5%.

Kennen

• Lightning Rush
  • Bug Fix: VFX on the character model no longer overrides the VFX for Exhaust.

Lee Sin

• Stats
  • Health growth increased to 105 from 99.
• Iron Will
  • Life steal and spell vamp increased to 5 / 10.5 / 16 / 21.5 / 27% from 5 / 9.5 / 14 / 18.5 / 23%.

Lulu

• Whimsy
  • Base bonus movement speed reduced to 25% from 30%.
  • Polymorph duration reduced to 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 seconds from 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25.
  • Cooldown increased to 17 / 16.5 / 16 / 15.5 / 15 seconds from to 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13.
• Help, Pix!
  • Bug Fix: Caster's location is no longer improperly revealed if Pix is commanded to attack while attached to an ally.

Maokai

• Sap Magic
  • Heal health ratio reduced to 4.5% − 12% (based on level) maximum health from 4.8% − 14% (based on level).
• Bramble Smash
  • Bonus monster damage increased to 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120.
  • Bug Fix: No longer sometimes pulls targets closer to him as opposed to knocking them away.
• Sapling Toss
  • Damage AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 42.5% AP.
    • Empowered damage AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 85% AP.
• Nature's Grasp
  • Bug Fix: Width of primary missiles reverted to 240 from 170.
    • Width of secondary missiles is still reduced.

Miss Fortune

• Stats
  • Attack damage growth reduced to 2.4 from 2.7.
  • Health growth reduced to 103 to 107.
• Double Up
  • Winddown time reduced to 0 seconds from 1.

Nocturne

• Stats
  • Attack damage growth reduced to 2.6 from 3.1.

Tahm Kench

• Abyssal Dive
  • Bug Fix: Knock up can no longer be cleansed from certain conditions.

Taliyah

• Threaded Volley
  • Bug Fix: Empowered cast is now properly triggered if the caster blinked to an area of Worked Ground.

Thresh

• Stats
  • Health growth increased to 120 from 115.
• Flay
  • Active base damage increased to 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 from 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185.

Udyr

• Stats
  • Armor growth reduced to 4.7 from 5.2
  • Health growth reduced to 98 from 106.
• Wilding Claw
  • Mana cost reduced to 20 at all levels from 45 − 28 (based on level).
  • New Effect: Next two empowered attacks now always gain 50 bonus range, rather than only during the Awakened cast.
  • New Effect: Next two empowered attacks during an Awakened cast now deal an additional 2% − 5% (based on level) (+ 3% per 100 bonus AD) of target's maximum health bonus physical damage.
  • Awaken AP ratio increased to 0.8% per 100% AP from 0.6% per 100% AP.
• Iron Mantle
  • On-hit base heal reduced to 1.2% maximum health at all ranks from 1.2 / 1.26 / 1.32 / 1.38 / 1.44 / 1.5%.
    • Awakened on-hit base heal reduced to 2.4% maximum health from 2.4 / 2.52 / 2.64 / 2.76 / 2.88 / 3%
  • Shield health ratio reduced to 2 / 2.3 / 2.6 / 2.9 / 3.2 / 3.5% maximum health from 2 / 2.4 / 2.8 / 3.2 / 3.6 / 4%.
  • Life steal increased to 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20% from 15% at all ranks.
• Wingborne Storm
  • Base damage per tick reduced to 10 / 18 / 26 / 34 / 42 / 50 from 10 / 19 / 28 / 37 / 46 / 55.
    • Maximum base damage reduced to 80 / 144 / 208 / 272 / 336 / 400 from 80 / 152 / 224 / 296 / 368 / 440.
  • AP ratio per tick reduced to 17.5% AP from 20% AP.
    • Maximum AP ratio reduced to 140% AP from 160% AP.
  • Damage against minions changed to 40 / 55 / 70 / 85% (based on level) from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% (based on level).

Xerath

• Rite of the Arcane
  • Bug Fix: Range indicator when the ability is hovered in the HUD with the cursor is no longer unintentionally removed.

Zeri

• Ultrashock Laser
  • Bug Fix: Missile no longer fails to transform into a laser when passing through certain spots of terrain.

Items

Spirit Visage

• Bug Fix: Boundless Vitality no longer causes the omnivamp of other items that were purchased before it to be amplified twice.

References

Patch History