Patch 12.20 notes: All expected champions, system changes, and more

Before the huge changes to items, the jungle, and the return of the Chemtech Drake hit live servers in League of Legends preseason 2023, Riot is introducing a few modifications for outliers in the meta in Patch 12.20.

Riot Phroxzon, lead designer on League’s balance team, has revealed further information about the champion and item changes that were hinted at yesterday in Patch 12.20 Preview. The forthcoming patch 12.20 will attempt to address various issues while also introducing balancing tweaks to select champions in the game.

All of these details are provisional and may not be included in the final patch version. Riot Games will initially test them in the PBE server before releasing the final update later next week.

Full 12.20! Buffs to a few languishing champions and nerfs to Sett mid, Aatrox and Maokai. Aiming for power neutral for Sett top.

Making FH more of a damage deviation for fighters, Demonic slightly worse (but still good) as a 1 item splash for tanks (Zac, Amumu,e tc.) pic.twitter.com/dk8rFvrwn3

— Matt Leung-Harrison (@RiotPhroxzon) October 12, 2022

League Patch 12.20 notes

Champion buffs

Jayce

• Melee W Mana Restore: 6/8/10/12/14/16 >>> 10/12/14/16/18/20
• Bonus AR/MR: 5/15/25/35 >>> 5/15/25/35 (+7.5% bonus AD)

Wukong (Top)

• R AD Ratio per Cast: 220% >>> 275%

Gwen

• Q Damage Per Snip: 10-26 >>> 10-30
• Q Final Snip Damage: 60-140 > 60-160

Evelynn

• Q Marked Bonus Damage: 10-50 > 15-55
• W Charm Duration: 1-2s > 1-2.25s

Ziggs

• Q Damage: 85-285 > 95-295

Rammus

• W Self Slow: Removed
• R Speed: 105% of original MS >>> 110% of original MS

Champion nerfs

Sett

• MR: 32 >>> 28
• P Regen: 0.25/0.5/1/2 >>> 0.15/0.5/1/2
• Right Punch B AD Ratio: 50% >>> 55%

Aatrox

• P Heal: 100% of damage dealt >>> 80% of damage dealt

Maokai

• P Healing: 4.5-12% of max health >>> 4-10% of max health
• R CD: 120-80s > 120-100s

Champion adjustments

Elise

• Q Range QOL Q Cast Range: 625 >>>575
• Target’s Hitbox Center >>> Target’s Hitbox Edge

Blitzcrank (Support vs Jungle)

• P Shield: 30% Max mana >>> 15-45% Max Mana, scaling with champ lvl
• Q Damage: 105/155/205/255/305 >>>105/150/195/240/285
• W Monster Damage: 60-180 >>> 60-220
• E Damage: 200% tAD (+25% AP) >>> 175% tAD (+25% AP)
• E Bonus Monster Dmg: 150% tAD (+125% AP) >>> 175% tAD (+125% AP)
• E[NEW]: Monsters and Minions are now occasionally sent to the moon when overkilled

System buffs

Mortal Reminder

• AAs to Trigger GW:3 >>> 2

Sterak’s Gage

• Bonus AD: 45% base AD >>> 50% base AD
• Shield Amount: 75% bonus HP >>> 80% bonus HP
• Decay Time: 3.75s >>> 4.5s

System Nerfs

Lethal Tempo

Capstone Bonus AA Range: 50/75 (melee/ranged) >>> 50 for all

Frozen Heart

• Total Cost: 2500 >>> 2700 — Armor: 80 >>> 90
• Rock Solid Base Reduction: 7>>> 5

System Adjustments

Demonic Embrace

• Health: 450 >>> 350
• AP: 60 >>> 75
• Ranged Burn Damage: 1% > 0.8% Max Health

League of Legends patch 12.20 will be released next week, on October 19, and will be one of the final patch releases before the game’s preseason officially begins.