League Patch 13.9 Early-notes: Buffs and Nerfs, Changes, Release date, and more

With the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational update behind them, Riot Games is now focusing on League of Legends ranked play balancing, as well as the champions and items that have witnessed spikes in win rates recently.

Patch 13.9 is on its way, and while the list of buffs and nerfs is short, numerous changes are on the way, including the Neeko and Kayle Mini-Rework. In addition, the first set of Inkshadow Skins will be released, as well as an MSI 2023 Event. The patch preview was provided on the LoL Dev Team Twitter account. The message stated that Patch 13.10 will be the largest patch since the beginning of the season. So there’s that to look forward to.

League of Legends Patch 13.9 early notes

Phroxzon is out this week, so we'll be stepping in for this Preview!

Small patch this time as we prepare for 13.10, which will be our biggest patch since season start. 13.9 focuses on lifting some champions that haven't felt great, including bigger changes for Neeko and Kayle. pic.twitter.com/mM02WnA1Kr

— League of Legends Dev Team (@LoLDev) April 24, 2023

Champion buffs

• Aatrox
• Amumu
• Swain
• Trundle
• Volibear

Champion nerfs

• Jinx
• Sion

Champion adjustments

• Bel’Veth
• Taliyah
• Kayle
• Neeko

Kayle

Base Stats

• Attack speed ratio reduced from .667 to .658

Passive – Divine Ascent

• Wave base damage changed from 15 – 35 based on E rank to 26 – 40 (lvl 11 – 18)
• Wave AP ratio reduced from 25% to 20%

Q – Radiant Blast

• Slow reduced from 26% – 50% to 25% – 45%

R – Divine Judgment

• Base damage reduced from 200 – 500 to 200 – 400
• AP ratio reduced from 80% to 70%
• Bonus AD ratio reduced from 100% to 90%
• Invulnerable duration changed from 2 – 3 seconds to 2.5 flat
• Damage range increased from 500 flat to 675 – 775
• Cast time reduced from 1.5 to .5

Neeko

Passive – Inherent Glamour

• [New]: When Neeko is near a non-epic monster, minion, trap, ward, or plan for two seconds, she stores their Sho’ma. Neeko can click on her bar to become that unit. Clicking on Neeko’s face with return her back to normal. A little “x” will be there to clear the bar to allow another disguise to fill up the bar. Only one unit can be stored at a time.
• [New]: Disguise no longer breaks on taking damage. Only breaks when the disguised self dies or when Neeko is crowd controlled.
• [Adjusted]: Neeko no longer gets more Attack Speed or Movement Speed from disguised target if their stats are higher than hers.
• Cooldown is fixed to 6 seconds.

Q – Blooming Burst

• Secondary/Tertiary Pop Damage: 40/65/90/115/140 + 20% AP >>> 35/60/85/110/135 + 25% AP.
• [New]: Explosions now deal 30/40/50/60/70 bonus damage to monsters.

W – Shapesplitter

• After casting, Neeko can reactivate to send the clone to a new location.
• Clone now plays animations and sounds from abilites, Joke, Taunt, Recall, Laugh, and survives until that duration.
• [New]: Empowered Attack deal 50 bonus damage to monsters.

E – Tangle Barbs

• Damage: 80/115/150/185/220 + 60% AP >>> 70/105/140/175/210 + 65% AP.

R – Pop Blossom

• After channel, Neeko jumps into the air, suspending all nearby enemies.
• After 0.6 seconds, Neeko crashes down to the ground with all the suspended enemies, dealing damage and stunning them for 1.25 seconds.
• No longer shields
• Damage: 200/425/650 (+130% AP) >>> 150/350/550 (+100% AP).
• Cooldown: 90 seconds >>> 120/105/90 seconds.

System buffs

• Lich Bane

Skins

Inkshadow (see here for the full details)

According to Riot’s patch schedule, the next update for patch 13.9 will be released on Wednesday, May 3.