V8.8

V8.8
"Grief is the key, turned by loss. One needs only the glimmer of hope. That sound you hear is an arrow of retribution."
Release Date (US)	April 18th, 2018
Highlights
New skin: Conqueror Varus Ahri update LeBlanc update Content Efficiency Tools
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8.8 Patch Notes
Patch chronology
← Previous	V8.7
Next →	V8.9

New Cosmetics

The following Champion skins have been added to the store:

• Conqueror Varus ( 975) (Legacy)

The following Chroma sets have been added to the store:

• Badlands Baron Rumble
  Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Meteorite, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise

The following Summoner icons have been added to store:

Conqueror Varus

MSI 2018 100 Thieves

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MSI 2018 6Sense

MSI 2018 Afreeca Freecs

MSI 2018 Ascension Gaming

MSI 2018 Bilibili Gaming

MSI 2018 Dark Passage

MSI 2018 DetonatioN FocusMe

MSI 2018 Dire Wolves

MSI 2018 EDward Gaming

MSI 2018 EVOS Esports

MSI 2018 Flash Wolves

MSI 2018 Fnatic

MSI 2018 FunPlus Phoenix

MSI 2018 G-Rex

MSI 2018 G2 Esports

MSI 2018 Gambit Gaming

MSI 2018 Gaming Gaming

MSI 2018 GIGABYTE Marines

MSI 2018 Infinity eSports CR

MSI 2018 Invictus Gaming

MSI 2018 JD Gaming

MSI 2018 KaBuM! e-Sports

MSI 2018 Kaos Latin Gamers

MSI 2018 Keyd Stars

MSI 2018 Kingzone DragonX

MSI 2018 KT Rolster

MSI 2018 Machi E-Sports

MSI 2018 MAD Team

MSI 2018 Oh My God

MSI 2018 PENTAGRAM

MSI 2018 Rainbow7

MSI 2018 Rebirth eSports

MSI 2018 Rogue Warriors

MSI 2018 Royal Bandits

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MSI 2018 Snake Esports

MSI 2018 Suning Gaming

MSI 2018 SuperMassive eSports

MSI 2018 Team AURORA

MSI 2018 Team Liquid

MSI 2018 Team WE

MSI 2018 Unsold Stuff Gaming

MSI 2018 YouthCrew Esports

The following Ward skins have been added to the store:

2018 MSI Ward

The following Emotes have been added to the store:

The following cosmetics will be available for Blue Essence during the Essence Emporium:

Champie Caitlyn ( 2,500)

Champie Gangplank ( 2,500)

Champie Garen ( 2,500)

Champie LeBlanc ( 2,500)

Champie Nasus ( 2,500)

Champie Twitch ( 2,500)

Champie Vayne ( 2,500)

Champie Xin Zhao ( 2,500)

General

Content Efficiency Tools Update

• Content Efficiency Tools part four update.

Hextech Crafting

• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that was causing gemstones to drop 5% more often than intended.

League of Legends V8.8

Client

• Essence Emporium returns from April 19th to April 30th, 2018.

Game

Homestart

• Homestart is granted by the fountain up to 55 seconds into the game from 35.
• Removed: Homestart buff no longer falls off instantly after crossing the river line.
• Homestart buff rapidly decays over 0.75 seconds after crossing the outer turret line.

Minion

• Siege minion
  • Capped gold increased to 90 from 87.
• Super minion
  • Capped gold increased to 90 from 87.

Champions

Ahri

• Vastayan Grace
  • Renamed Vastayan Grace from Essence Theft.
  • New Innate: Whenever Ahri lands 2 spell hits against a champion within 1.5 seconds, she gain 20% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds (9 second cooldown).
  • Removed Innate: Whenever Ahri hits an enemy with one of her abilities, she gains a charge of Essence Theft, and can gain up to 3 charges per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 charges, her next ability heals her for 3 / 5 / 9 / 18 (based on level) (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit.
• Orb of Deception
  • Removed: Granting 300 − 80 (based on time) bonus movement speed.
  • New Effect: Whenever Ahri hits an enemy with one of her abilities, she gains a charge of Essence Theft, and can gain up to 3 charges per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 charges, her next Orb of Deception that lands heals her for 3 / 5 / 9 / 18 (based on level) (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit.
• Fox-Fire
  • Mana cost reduced to 40 from 50.
  • New Effect: Now prioritizes any enemy champion affected by Charm damage amp and the target Ahri most recently basic-attacked within the past 3 seconds.
  • New Effect: Range against priority targets increased to 725 from 700.
  • Initial delay against non-prioritised targets increased to 0.4 seconds from 0.25.
• Charm
  • Base damage reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.
  • AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 60% AP.
  • New Effect: If Charm hits an enemy, Ahri's abilities deal 20% bonus damage to them for 5 seconds.
• Spirit Rush
  • Base damage reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 from 70 / 110 / 150.
  • AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 25% AP.

Aurelion Sol

• Ashen Lord Aurelion Sol
  • Bug Fix: Shiny VFX are no longer missing on his sunglasses during his joke animation.

Azir

• Arise!
  • Damage to secondary targets reduced to 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% (based on level) from 40% / 70% / 100% (based on level).

Blitzcrank

• Lancer Paragon Blitzcrank and Lancer Rogue Blitzcrank
  • Bug Fix: Recall is no longer missing lightning effects VFX.

Braum

• Stats
  • Armor growth reduced to 4 from 4.5.
• Stand Behind Me
  • Base resistances reduced to 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 from 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5.
  • Bonus resistances are now applied more responsively.

Darius

• General
  • Bug Fix: Texture compression is now more consistent across his chroma pack.
• Dreadnova Darius
  • Bug Fix: Idle VFX have been restored.
• Woad King Darius and Dunkmaster Darius
  • Bug Fix: Particles during critical attacks are no longer misplaced.

Draven

• Santa Draven
  • Spinning Axe
    • Bug Fix: Landing location's particles are no longer overlapped by on-ground area of effect abilities' particles.

Ekko

• Sandstorm Ekko
  • Bug Fix: Hourglass and Chrono Blade are now better attached to his model during all of his animations.
• SKT T1 Ekko
  • Bug Fix: Is no longer missing VFX during his joke, taunt, dance, and death.

Galio

• Hero's Entrance
  • Cooldown increased to 200 / 180 / 160 seconds from 180 / 150 / 120.

Garen

• Steel Legion Garen
  • Demacian Justice
    • Bug Fix: Villain mark is now at the same height when comparing it to enemy and ally perspectives.

Graves

• Stats
  • Health growth increased to 92 from 84.
• Collateral Damage
  • Cooldown reduced to 110 / 85 / 60 seconds from 120 / 100 / 80.
• Pool Party Graves
  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on him and all of his chromas when on lower graphics settings.
• Snow Day Graves
  • Bug Fix: Eyes now properly follow his head's movement during all animations.

Irelia

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 34 from 31.
• Bladesurge
  • Bonus damage to minions increased to 70% from 60%.
• Flawless Duet
  • Bug Fix: No longer credits her for several minion kills with each cast.
• Vanguard's Edge
  • Cooldown increased to 140 / 120 / 100 seconds from 120 / 105 / 90.
  • Missile base damage reduced to 125 / 225 / 325 from 150 / 275 / 400.
  • Wall base damage reduced to 75 / 125 / 175 from 125 / 200 / 275.

Janna

• Stats
  • Base movement speed reduced to 315 from 320.
• Zephyr
  • Base damage reduced to 55 / 100 / 145 / 190 / 235 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.

Kai'Sa

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 6.2.
  • Health regeneration growth reduced to 0.55 from 0.75.
• Icathian Rain
  • Bonus AD ratio reduced to 35% bonus AD from 40%.

Karma

• Conqueror Karma
  • Bug Fix: Unique particles have been restored for all of her spells

Kassadin

• Cosmic Reaver Kassadin
  • Nether Blade
    • Bug Fix: Unique particles have been restored for his auto attack on-hits and Nether Blade.

LeBlanc - Unrework

• Mirror Image - Reintroduced
  • Removed: Sigil of Malice.
  • Innate: When LeBlanc falls below 40% maximum health, she periodically becomes invisible for 1 second and creates a controllable clone of herself with 70 − 359 (based on level) less health, which lasts for 8 seconds or until killed.
  • Static Cooldown: 60 seconds.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where an attack launched by the clone from Mirror Image could deal damage if the clone died before that basic attack landed. We had this bugfix ready to go when we initially reworked LeBlanc, but there was no need to ship it because that ability no longer existed. So now we're finally shipping it!
• Sigil of Malice - Reintroduced
  • Removed: Shatter Orb.
  • Active: LeBlanc projects an orb towards the target enemy, dealing 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 (+ 40% AP) magic damage and marking them for 3.5 seconds.
  • The mark will be consumed once LeBlanc damages the marked target with any other ability, dealing the same magic damage again.
  • Mana Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90
  • Cooldown: 6 seconds
• Distortion
  • Base damage increased to 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100.
  • AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 20% AP.
  • Mana cost changed to 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
  • Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10.
  • Dash speed reduced to 1450 from 1600.
  • Snapback lock-out duration changed to (0.2 seconds from finishing dash) from (0.85 seconds from starting dash).
• Ethereal Chains
  • Initial AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 50% AP.
  • Root base damage increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120.
  • Root AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 50% AP.
  • Mana cost increased to 70 from 40.
  • Tether range reduced to 865 from 885.
• Mimic
  • Removed: Shadow of the Rose.
  • New Active: LeBlanc casts a mimicked version of her most recently used basic ability, applying the same effects and dealing modified magic damage.
  • Cooldown: 60 / 45 / 30 seconds.
  • Mana Cost: No mana cost.
  • Mimic Sigil of Malice
    • Deals 70 / 140 / 210 (+ 40% AP) magic damage, and the mark deals 140 / 280 / 420 (+ 80% AP).
  • Mimic Distortion
    • Deals 150 / 300 / 450 (+ 75% AP) magic damage.
  • Mimic Ethereal Chains
    • Deals 70 / 140 / 210 (+ 40% AP) magic damage, plus an additional 140 / 280 / 420 (+ 80% AP) magic damage upon rooting.

Leona

• Iron Solari Leona
  • Solar Flare
    • Bug Fix: Decal will no longer be improperly rotated on lower graphics settings.

Lissandra

• Ice Shard
  • Mana cost reduced to 75 from 85.
• Frozen Tomb
  • Cooldown reduced to 120 / 100 / 80 seconds from 130 / 105 / 80.

Lulu

• Pool Party Lulu
  • Pix, Faerie Companion
    • Bug Fix: Pix attack projectiles are no longer missing their trail particles.

Lux

• Elementalist Lux
  • Light Binding
    • Bug Fix: No longer fade out prematurely when compared to other Lux skins.

Malzahar

• Battle Boss Malzahar
  • Bug Fix: Recall VFX have been restored.

Maokai

• Meowkai
  • Bug Fix: The catling that he holds in his hand has been found and safely returned to him.

Miss Fortune

• Arcade Miss Fortune
  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on her chromas when on lower graphics settings.

Nami

• General
  • Bug Fix: Laugh VFX once again play properly when emote is used.

Nautilus

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 400 from 334.
  • Base attack damage increased to 61 from 57.54.
• Dredge Line
  • Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10.
• AstroNautilus
  • Titan's Wrath
    • Bug Fix: Helmet VFX no longer linger after it has expired.

Poppy

• Snow Fawn Poppy
  • Bug Fix: Recall and spell SFX have been restored and no longer use base SFX.

Rek'Sai

• Fury of the Xer'Sai
  • Bug Fix: Fury no longer decays from being out of combat while she is consuming it for burrowed regeneration.
  • Bug Fix: Out of combat fury decay now begins precisely at 8 seconds (as opposed to 8-9 seconds).

Renekton

• Renektoy
  • Bug Fix: Seams have been minimized on his chromas when on lower graphics settings.

Ryze

• Spell Flux
  • Mana cost increased to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100.
• SKT T1 Ryze
  • Bug Fix: Crowd cheers have been restored in his recall animation.

Sion

• Decimating Smash
  • Base damage increased to 30 / 47.5 / 65 / 82.5 / 100 from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100.
  • AD ratio reduced to 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% AD from 65% AD at all ranks.
  • Maximum AD ratio reduced to 135 / 150 / 165 / 180 / 195% AD from 195% AD at all ranks.

Soraka

• Reaper Soraka
  • Bug Fix: The orb during her recall has been restored.
• Star Guardian Soraka
  • Bug Fix: Homeguard VFX once again properly overlay the champion's model.

Swain

• Nevermove
  • Bug Fix: Now only gives one stack for Phase Rush purposes.

Tahm Kench

• Devour
  • Removed: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% bonus movement speed with an ally in his belly when moving towards enemy champions.
• Thick Skin
  • Health restored from grey health reduced to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% from 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%.

Taliyah

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 502 from 532.
• Threaded Volley
  • Cooldown increased to 11 / 9 / 7 / 5 / 3 seconds from 9 / 7.5 / 6 / 4.5 / 3.
• Freljord Taliyah
  • Bug Fix: Once again has basic attack on-hit VFX when hitting structures and jungle monsters.

Twisted Fate

• Blood Moon Twisted Fate
  • Bug Fix: Recall animation no longer has missing pixels.

Varus

• Living Vengeance
  • Bonus attack speed ratio on champion takedown reduced to 30% bonus attack speed from non-growth sources from 50%.
  • Bonus attack speed ratio on minion or monster kill reduced to 15% bonus attack speed from non-growth sources from 25%.
• Blighted Quiver
  • On-hit base damage reduced to 5 / 9 / 13 / 17 / 21 from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26.
  • New Active:
    • Varus' next Piercing Arrow deals 6% − 10% (based on level) of the target's missing health bonus magic damage, increased by 0% − 50% (based on Piercing Arrow's charge time) for a maximum of 9% − 15% (based on level) of the target's missing health. This damage is capped at 360 against monsters.
    • Cooldown: 40 seconds.
    • This damage is dealt after the damage of Piercing Arrow.

Veigar

• Leprechaun Veigar
  • Dark Matter
    • Bug Fix: VFX once again have rainbows.

Vi

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 585 from 582.8.
  • Base mana reduced to 295 from 295.6.
  • Base armor reduced to 30 from 35.
  • Armor growth increased to 4 from 3.5.
  • Base health regeneration increased to 10 from 9.
  • Health regeneration growth increased to 1 from 0.9.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 8 from 8.092.
• Blast Shield
  • Cooldown reduced to 12 − 8 (based on level) seconds from 16 − 8 (based on level).
• Vault Breaker
  • Cooldown reduced to 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds from 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8.
• Excessive Force
  • Mana cost reduced to 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 / 50 from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60.

Volibear

• Majestic Roar
  • Bug Fix: Clones can now correctly be feared by Majestic Roar.

Warwick

• Jaws of the Beast
  • Bug Fix: Fixed another way where it could double-cast.

Xayah

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5 from 6.
• Clean Cuts
  • Pass through damage reduced to 30% / 40% / 50% (based on level) from 50% at all levels.

Xin Zhao

• Secret Agent Xin Zhao
  • Bug Fix: Recall SFX have been restored.

Yasuo

• Nightbringer Yasuo and PROJECT: Yasuo
  • Steel Tempest
    • Bug Fix: Ground particle no longer clips into the ground on elevation change.

Items

Archangel's Staff

• Awe conversion reduced to 1% of maximum mana from 3%. Does not affect Seraph's Embrace.

Farsight Alteration

• New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.

Oracle Lens

• Renamed Oracle Lens from Oracle Alteration.
• New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.
• Now available at level 1 from level 9.
• Cooldown changed to 90 − 60 (based on level) seconds from 76 − 60 (based on level).
• Range increased to 750 at all levels from 660 / 690 / 720 / 750 (based on level).

Tiamat

• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it counted towards procs for Electrocute or Phase Rush.

Sweeping Lens - Removed

• Removed from the game.

Warding Totem

• New Effect: Swapping between trinkets now sets your new trinket to the same percentage remaining cooldown as your old one rather than flat 120 second cooldown on swap.

Runes

Dark Harvest

• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where a VFX box appeared when a soul was dropped on the ground.
• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where, if multiple players took Dark Harvest, only one of them could see the soul glow on units that will drop Dark Harvest souls.
• Bug Fix: On ARAM, tooltip now properly indicates that champion souls are worth less soul essence.

Lethal Tempo

• Bonus attack speed increased to 40% − 110% (based on level) from 30% − 80% (based on level).

References

Patch History