League Patch 11.16: new Sona incoming

In this League patch, there will be a new Sone update as well as new Coven skins with many changes in meta.

The most remarkable change in patch 11.16 is the adjustment of Sona. especially when players are criticizing that she is Seraphine 2.0. Not just buff her power, developers also update her skills and her passive.

In this update, many Junglers will be buffed, worth noting is Jarvan IV, Nunu, and Shaco (my favorite champion). Meanwhile, Jhin and Sivir will also be buffed with the aim of creating a new meta on Bot Lane. About Maokai and Vladimir, they will be brought back on Top Lane in this patch after a few modifications.

About nerfs, there is no surprise that Tahm Kench will be nerfed in this patch due to his influences on Top Lane. Moreover, Diana, Xin Zhao, and Ziggs will also be nerfed to balance the meta while they are dominating every rank with an extremely high win rate.

DIANA

PASSIVE – MOONSILVER BLADE

DAMAGE TO NON-EPIC MONSTERS 300% ⇒ 250%

FIORA

E – BLADEWORK

COOLDOWN 11/9.5/8/6.5/5 seconds ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds

JARVAN IV

PASSIVE – MARTIAL CADENCE

DAMAGE 8% of target’s current health ⇒ 10% of target’s current health


R – CATACLYSM

BONUS DAMAGE RATIO 150% AD ⇒ 180% AD

JHIN

W – DEADLY FLOURISH

DAMAGE 50/85/120/155/190 ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200

R – CURTAIN CALL

MINIMUM DAMAGE RATIO 20% AD ⇒ 25% AD

KARMA

PASSIVE – GATHERING FIRE

REMOVE DON-HIT COOLDOWN REDUCTION No longer reduces Mantra’s cooldown by 1 second whenever she uses her basic attacks against an enemy champion

COOLDOWN REDUCTION FROM ABILITIES 2/3.5/5 seconds (level 1/6/11) ⇒ 5 seconds

Q – INNER FLAME

BASE DAMAGE 90/135/180/225/270 ⇒ 70/120/170/220/270COOLDOWN 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds ⇒ 9/8/7/6/5 secondsCOST 55 mana ⇒ 45 mana

Q2 – SOULFLARE

INITIAL DAMAGE 25/75/125/175 ⇒ 40/100/160/220


E – INSPIRE

BASE SHIELD 80/120/160/200/240 ⇒ 80/125/170/215/260

BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 40%

DEFIANCE BUFFS TO NEARBY ALLIED CHAMPIONS 30% of the total shield’s amount, 100% bonus movement speed ⇒ 30% of the total shield’s amount, 30% bonus movement speed

LEE SIN

W omnivamp decreased.

W – IRON WILL

OMNIVAMP 10/15/20/25/30% ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25%

LULU

W cooldown increased. R cooldown increased early.

W – WHIMSY

COOLDOWN 15/14/13/12/11 seconds ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds

R – WILD GROWTH

COOLDOWN 110/95/80 seconds ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds

MAOKAI

Passive heal increased. E detonation damage decreased.

PASSIVE – SAP MAGIC

HEAL 5-65 (+5-13% maximum health) ((level 1-18) (due to healing and scaling bugs) ⇒ 5/15/25/35/45/55/65 (+7/8.5/10/11.5/13/14/15% maximum health) (level 1/6/9/11/13/15/17)

E – SAPLING TOSS

DETONATION DAMAGE 25/50/75/100/125 (+7/7.25/7.5/7.75/8% (+0.8% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+7/7.25/7.5/7.75/8% (+0.7% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health)

NUNU

Base movement speed increased. E damage ratio per snowball increased.

BASE STATS

MOVEMENT SPEED 340 ⇒ 345

E – SNOWBALL BARRAGE

DAMAGE RATIO PER SNOWBALL 6% AP ⇒ 10% APTOTAL DAMAGE RATIO 54% AP ⇒ 90% AP

SHACO

Q orange smoke VFX removed. R bugfixes.

Q – DECEIVE

REMOVED POOF GOES THE WEASEL Shaco’s orange smoke VFX no longer appears from the enemy’s point of view when cast through Fog of War

R – HALLUCINATE

WARD CLONE PATHING BUGFIX When Shaco’s clone kills a ward, it will no longer override all commands and attempt to repeatedly path back to Shaco

IDLE CLONE PATHING BUGFIX When Shaco’s clone does not receive additional commands for ten seconds, it will no longer path back to Shaco

WARD GOLD BUGFIX Wards killed by Shaco’s clone now properly grants gold to Shaco

CLONE DEATH EXPLOSION When killed by reflected damage, Shaco’s clone now properly explodes into mini-boxes

SIVIR

W damage ratio increased later.

W – RICOCHET

DAMAGE RATIO 30/40/50/60/70% AD ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90% AD

SONA

New passive! Mana costs were reduced and aura mana refunds were removed. R now also hits minions and monsters.

PASSIVE – POWER CHORD

NEWACCELERANDO Sona’s basic abilities grant her permanent Accelerando stacks. She gains +.5 non-ultimate ability haste per stack, up to 60 non-ultimate ability haste. Once she reaches 60 non-ultimate ability haste, instead of gaining additional Accelerando stacks, her ultimate ability’s current cooldown reduces by 1.5 seconds each time she would gain an Accelerando stack.

NEW HOLD THAT NOTE Now persists through revives (such as Zilean’s ult and Guardian Angel)

Q – HYMN OF VALOR

COST 75/80/85/90/95 mana ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70 mana

NEW EVERY BOLT YOU TAKE Now grants a stack of Accelerando for each bolt that hits an enemy champion

REMOVE DAURA MANA REFUND Granting an ally Hymn of Valor’s aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast

W – ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE

COST 105/110/115/120/125 mana ⇒ 80/85/90/95/100 mana

NEW EVERY SHIELD YOU MAKE Aria of Perseverance’s aura now grants a stack of Accelerando each you time you heal another injured ally or prevent at least 25-125 damage from another ally with the aura’s shields

REMOVED AURA MANA REFUND Granting an ally Aria of Perseverance’s aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast

E – SONG OF CELERITY

COST 90 mana ⇒ 65 mana

REMOVED AURA MANA REFUND Granting an ally Song of Celerity’s aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast

R – CRESCENDO

REMOVED ABILITY COOLDOWN REDUCTION No longer reduces Sona’s basic abilitiesNEWI’LL BE WATCHING YOU Hits champions ⇒ Hits champions, minions, and monsters

TAHM KENCH

PASSIVE – AN ACQUIRED TASTE

BASE DAMAGE 12-60 (level 1-18) ⇒ 8-60 (level 1-18)

Q – TONGUE LASH

BASE HEAL 15/20/25/30/35 ⇒ 10/15/20/25/30

VLADIMIR

PASSIVE – CRIMSON PACT

AP TO BONUS HEALTH CONVERSION 140% ⇒ 160%BONUS HEALTH TO AP CONVERSION 2.5% ⇒ 3.3333333%

XIN ZHAO

BASE STATS

ATTACK DAMAGE 66 (level 1) ⇒ 63 (level 1)

ZIGGS

BASE STATS

MANA 420 (level 1) ⇒ 480 (level 1)

E – HEXPLOSIVE MINEFIELD

BASE DAMAGE PER MINE 40/75/110/145/180 ⇒ 30/70/110/150/190SLOW 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50%