League of Legends Update 8.2 to Add New Skins and Tweak Champions, Items & Runes

An upcoming LoL update looks to bring balance changes to the game, as well as new skins to help players further personalize their champions. Details for update 8.2 are based on the PBE, and may therefore be subject to change before hitting live servers.

There’s not yet an ETA for the update.

Here’s the buffs and nerfs coming to champions:

Patch 8.2 Champion Changes

Brand – changed

Blaze (P):

Passive changed to “When Blaze reaches max stacks on a Champion or large monster” from “When Blaze reaches max stacks on a Champion or monster.”

Evelynn – nerfed

Whiplash (E):

Unempowered damage decreased to [3% max health (+1.5% per 100 AP)] from [4% max health (+2.5% per 100 AP)].

Empowered damage decreased to [4% max health (+2.5% per 100 AP)] from [6% max health (+3.5 per 100 AP)].

Ezreal – nerfed

Mystic Shot (Q):

Damage decreased to 15/40/65/90/115 from 35/55/75/97/115.

Jinx – changed

Get Excited (P):

Attack speed no longer stacks

Attack speed uncaps when Jinx is excited.

Switcheroo! (Q):

Bonus attack speed increased to 30/55/80/105/130% from 30/40/50/60/70%.

Minigun attack speed no longer scales with Jinx’s level.

Jinx’s first attack after switching from rockets to minigun now comes out within 0.4 seconds of swapping, instead of waiting for her full attack timer.

Kha’Zix – changed

Unseen Threat (P):

Bonus AD ratio decreased to 0.2 from 0.4.

Taste Their Fear (Q):

Bonus AD increased to 120% from 110%.

Evolved Reaper Claws cooldown refund increased to 60% from 45%.

Nunu – buffed

Base AD increased to 70 from 67.

Consume (Q):

New effect: Well Fed now additionally grants 3/5/7/9/11 (+5% AP) magic damage on basic attacks, stacking up to five times.

Blood Boil (W):

New effect: Now additionally increases AP by 40% for both targets (up to a maximum of 40/60/80/100/120 AP).

Ornn – nerfed

Bellows Breath (W):

Advance is no longer unstoppable.

Call of the Forge God (R):

Cooldown increased to 140/120/100 seconds from 130/100/70.

Sona – buffed

Hymn of Valor (Q):

Mana cost decreased to 50/55/60/65/70 from 60/65/70/75/70.

Vayne – nerfed

Final Hour (R):

Bonus AD decreased to 20.30.40 from 30/50/70.

For other changes, including a preview of the new skins, head here.

Are you looking forward to the changes coming with update 8.2? Let us know.

Source: LoL PBE via PCGamesN

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