Milio

Passive damage decreased. Q cooldown decreased, range increased, now refund half of mana cost when hitting an enemy. W recast range increased, now slower when following distant targets. E shield strength adjusted.

In his current state, Milio has a disproportionate amount of his power tied up in his very early lane harass, specifically when he shields himself and runs up to auto attack. With these changes we'll be reducing how powerful that strategy is and instead encourage him to look for opportunities to harass opponents with his Q (rather than only casting it as a peeling tool when he's being engaged on).

Passive - Fired Up!

• Damage: 15% of ally's AD, followed by 15-50 (based on level) (+20% of Milio's AP) burn damage over 1.5 seconds ⇒ 7/11/15% (levels 1/6/9) of ally's AD, followed by 10-50 (based on level) (+20% of Milio's AP) burn damage over 1.5 seconds

Q - Ultra Mega Fire Kick

• Cooldown: 12 ⇒ 10 seconds
• Range: 1000 ⇒ 1200
• NEW: Hitting at least one enemy champion with Ultra Mega Fire Kick refunds 50% of its mana cost.

W - Cozy Campfire

• Recast Range: 700 ⇒ 3000 units
• NEW: Cozy Campfire is slower when following targets that are more than 2500 units from Milio.

E - Warm Hugs

• Shield Strength: 60/90/120/150/180 (30% AP) ⇒ 45/75/105/135/165 (+45% AP)

Sion

W damage increased.

Sion's just a touch weak at the moment, so we'd like to bring him up to the level of some of the stronger top lane tanks. We're doing this by raising some of his early damage threat when facing other top laners.

W - Soul Furnace

• Magic Damage: 40/65/90/115/140 (+10/11/12/13/14% target's max HP) ⇒ 40/65/90/115/140 (+14% target's max HP)

Bel'Veth

Base attack range decreased. True form attack range adjusted to remain neutral.

Bel'Veth has been too strong in Elite-level solo queue for a while and we'd like if her power were more consistent across the various player skill brackets. So we're going back on some of her changes from 12.12, right after she came out, which meaningfully Elite-skewed her. By lowering her basic attack range, our goal is to weaken her ability to hit other melee champions before they can strike back.

Base Stats

• Attack Range: 175 ⇒ 150

R - Endless Banquet

• Bonus Attack Range: 50 ⇒ 75

Jax

E cooldown increased early.

We're giving Jax a slight nerf to his E this patch to help reduce how powerful (and frustrating) of a dueling and early wave control tool it can be.

E - Counter Strike

• Cooldown: 15/13.5/12/10.5/9 ⇒ 17/15/13/11/9 seconds

Tristana

Base mana increased. Q mana cost added, attack speed decreased. W mana cost decreased.

Tristana has completely overtaken the Pro scene in mid lane and is too strong in solo queue as well. We're looking to mid lane-skew her nerfs this patch by increasing the mana costs for the abilities she spams to push in mid lane. The base mana increase gives her the first Rapid Fire for free, and Rocket Jump is being made cheaper to ensure she can still live her resetting dream.

Base Stats

• Base Mana: 250 ⇒ 300

Q - Rapid Fire

• Mana Cost: 0 ⇒ 50
• Attack Speed: 65/80/95/110/125% ⇒ 50/65/80/95/110%

W - Rocket Jump

• Mana Cost: 60 ⇒ 50

Irelia

AD growth decreased. Passive attack speed increased. R cooldown reduction for Q decreased.

This list of changes is an adjustment to Irelia that will shift some of her power from late game into the early and mid game. We'll be buffing her early-to-mid game by making her passive scale linearly from levels 1-18, and balancing out this buff by reducing how forgiving Bladesurge is in the late game.

Base Stats

• AD Growth: 4 ⇒ 3.5

Passive - Ionian Fervor

• Attack Speed: 7.5/13.75/20% (levels 1/7/13) ⇒ 7.5-25% (levels 1-18)

R - Vanguard's Edge

• Bladesurge Cooldown Reduction: 0.5/1.5/2.5 ⇒ 0.5/1/1.5 seconds

Aurelion Sol

Base AD increased. Q initial mana cost increased, sustained mana cost adjusted. W base range increased. E mana cost decreased, slowing logic adjusted. R damage increased.

In his current state, a lot of Aurelion Sol's power is tied up in his ability to bully lane opponents by tapping his Q, especially in higher skill brackets. Not only is this unintuitive, but it also doesn't feel like a breath of light as much as it does a burp. We'll be addressing this by shifting some of this power from his Q into more interesting and engaging parts of his kit like his Astral Flight and Singularity.

Base Stats

• Base AD: 55 ⇒ 58

Q - Breath of Light

• Initial Mana Cost: 7.5/8.75/10/11.25/12.5 ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 (Note: After paying the initial cost, additional sustained mana cost is triggered.)
• Sustained Mana Cost: Every 0.5 seconds, starting 0.5 seconds into the channel ⇒ Every 0.25 seconds, starting 1.25 seconds into the channel
• Mana Cost during W: This mana cost adjustment is unchanged while using Breath of Light during W.

W - Astral Flight

• Range: 1200 (+7.5 per Stardust) ⇒ 1500/1600/1700/1800/1900 (+7.5 per Stardust)

E - Singularity

• Mana Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 ⇒ 80 at all ranks
• Movement Speed Debuff: Non-champions are slowed to 0 movement speed ⇒ Lane Minions and Jungle Monsters are slowed to 0 movement speed

R - Falling Star/The Skies Descend

• Falling Star Damage: 150/250/350 (+65% AP) ⇒ 150/250/350 (+75% AP)
• The Skies Descend: Deals 125% of Falling Star's damage
• The Skies Descend Shockwave Damage: 100% of Falling Star's damage ⇒ 90% of Falling Star's damage

Cho'Gath

Q base damage increased. E base damage increased.

Cho'Gath is currently underperforming and a bit weaker than we'd like him to be, so we're increasing the base damage on both his Rupture and Vorpal Spikes so that when you're able to land them they hit a bit harder and feel more rewarding.

Q - Rupture

• Magic Damage: 80/140/200/260/320 (+100% AP) ⇒ 80/145/210/275/340 (+100% AP)

E - Vorpal Spikes

• Magic Damage: 22/37/52/67/82 (+30% AP) (+3% (+0.5% per Feast stack) of target's maximum health) ⇒ 20/40/60/80/100 (+30% AP) (+3% (+0.5% per Feast stack) of target's maximum health)

Zed

Q damage increased. E cooldown reduction per enemy hit increased.

Zed's been stuck in the shadows recently (and not in the good way), so we're looking to give him a bit more of an edge in the early game by sharpening his shuriken and giving him a bit more combo power with his E.

Q - Razor Shuriken

• Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+110% bonus AD) ⇒ 80/115/150/185/220 (+110% bonus AD)

E - Shadow Slash

• Cooldown Reduction per Enemy Champion Hit: 2 ⇒ 3 seconds

Hecarim

Health growth increased. W duration decreased, healing increased, cooldown decreased. E cooldown adjusted.

In this patch we'll be reverting several changes that had contributed to Hecarim's Elite skew: 13.21's W duration increase and 13.17's W healing nerf. One common issue in lower skill brackets is maxing E 2nd, despite W being much better, so we'll also be making E vs W rank-ups closer in power.

Base Stats

• Health Growth: 99 ⇒ 106

W - Spirit of Dread

• Duration: 5 ⇒ 4 seconds
• Healing: 20%, halved to 10% for damage dealt by allies ⇒ 25%, halved to 12.5% for damage dealt by allies
• Cooldown: 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 ⇒ 14 seconds at all ranks

E - Devastating Charge

• Cooldown: 18 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 20/19/18/17/16 seconds