Finally, Challenges are here! Over 300 achievements to enhance your playing experience as well as add a sense of accomplishment to just about every aspect of the League of Legends experience. Challenges and the much-needed Taliyah and Olaf reworks ship in this League of Legends Patch 12.9.

Highlights

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Challenges

Dev notes: “Challenges track your overall progress within League across a ton of categories. Build your legacy through over 300 unique Challenges that celebrate the champs you've mained, modes you've conquered, plays you've made, stuff you've collected, and more.

Show off the Challenges you’re most proud of with Titles and Token. You can see how you measure up in your region with regional leaderboards—now you can finally hit Challenger in something.”

Read more about Challenges here.

Champions

Olaf

  • Base Stats
    • AD Growth: 3.5 >>> 4.7
    • AD at Level 18: 127.5 >>> 148
    • Health Growth 100 >>> 105
    • Mana Growth: 42 >>> 50
  • Passive – Berserker Rage
    • Maximum Attack Speed Granted: 99 >>> 40-100% (levels 1-18)
    • NEW: Berserker's Rage now provides 10-30% life steal (levels 1-18) based on Olaf's missing health
    • UPDATED: Bonuses now max out at 30% health instead of 0%
  • Q – Undertow
    • Cooldown: 7 seconds >>> 9 seconds
    • Damage: 80/125/170/215/260 >>> 60/110/160/210/260
    • Minimum Range: 300 >>> 425 units
    • Mana Cost: 60 at all ranks >>> 40/45/50/55/60
    • NEW: Q – Undertow now shreds 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% armor for 4 seconds upon hitting an enemy champion. (Note: Subsequent axes will refresh the debuff duration.)
    • UPDATED: Picking up axes now fully refunds Q – Undertow's cooldown, but axes can only be thrown a maximum of once every 3 seconds. The 3 second limit scales with Ability Haste
    • UPDATED: Included a quality of life buff to Olaf's Q – Undertow so that it now grants ghosting more consistently to jungle monsters who he hits or are near him when Q is cast
  • W – Tough it Out
    • Name Changed: Vicious Strikes >>> Tough it Out
    • Cooldown: 10 seconds at all ranks >>> 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds
    • Attack Speed: 50/60/70/80/90% >>> 40/50/60/70/80%
    • Ability Duration: 6 seconds >>> 4 seconds
    • NEW: W – Tough It Out now resets Olaf's basic attack timer
    • NEW: On activation Olaf now gains a 10/45/80/115/150 (+25% missing health, capped at 30% of his current HP) shield for 2.5 seconds
    • REMOVED: No longer grants Life Steal
    • REMOVED: No longer amplifies Olaf's healing based on missing health
  • R – Ragnarok
    • Bonus Attack Damage: 15/20/25 (+30% AD) >>> 10/20/30 (+25% AD)
    • Duration: 6 seconds >>> 3 seconds
    • Passive Resists: 20/30/40 >>> 10/25/40
    • REMOVED: R – Ragnarok's passive bonus resistances are no longer lost for the duration of the ability
    • NEW: Hitting a champion with a basic attack or E – Reckless Swing extends the duration of Ragnarok to 2.5 seconds. Olaf can refresh R – Ragnarok indefinitely.

Taliyah

  • Base Stats
    • Base Health: 531 >>> 500
    • Base Health Regen: 7 >>> 6.5
    • Health Regen Growth: 0.7 >>> 0.65
    • Base Mana: 425 >>> 570
    • Base Mana Regen: 9.34 >>> 8
    • Mana Regen Growth: 0.85 >>> 0.8
    • Base Armor: 20 >>> 18
    • Move Speed: 335 >>> 330
  • Passive – Rock Surfing
    • Out of Combat Bonus Move Speed: 20-45% (levels 1-18) ⇒ 10/20/35/55% (levels 1/9/12/15)
    • Passive Fall Off Time when not near Terrain: 1 second >>> 2.5 seconds
  • Q – Threaded Volley
    • Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 >>> 60/65/70/75/80
    • Cooldown: 7/6/5/4/3 seconds >>> 6.5/5.5/4.5/3.5/2.5 seconds
    • 1 rock damage: 70/95/120/145/170 (+45% AP) ⇒ 38/61/84/107/130 (+50% AP)
    • Damage Reduction from Subsequent Stone Shards: 50%  >>> 60%
    • 5 rock damage: 210/285/360/435/510 (+135% AP) ⇒ 98.8/158.6/218.4/278.2/338 (+130% AP)
    • Damage reduction from subsequent stone shards against monsters: 25% >>> 60%
    • NEW: Each Stone Shard now deals an additional 30 (+10% AP) damage against monsters
    • NEW: Stone Shards now deal damage in a 175 radius area of effect (approx. 1.6 Teemos)
    • NEW: Q – Threaded Volley will now continue to cast while Taliyah is in Stasis
    • NEW: Casting Q – Threaded Volley on Worked Ground now consumes the Worked Ground to fire a single Boulder that deals double damage [76/122/168/214/260 (+100% AP)] and slows all targets hit in a 225 AoE radius by 30/35/40/45/50% for 2 seconds
    • Mana Cost on Worked Ground: 1 >>> 20
    • Minimum Cooldown on Worked Ground: 1 second >>> 0.75 seconds
    • Worked Ground Duration: 25 seconds >>> 30 seconds
    • Worked Ground Radius: 300 >>> 400
    • UPDATED: The size of Worked Ground on Howling Abyss now matches Summoner's Rift
    • NEW: Q – Threaded Volley casts on Worked Ground now has new VFX, SFX, animation, and icon
  • W – Seismic Shove
    • Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 >>> 40/30/20/10/0
    • Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds >>> 14/12.5/11/9/5/8 seconds
    • Knock up radius: 200 >>> 225
    • Time delay before knock up: 0.8 seconds >>> 0.75 seconds
    • REMOVED: W – Seismic Shove no longer deals damage
  • E – Unraveled Earth
    • Cooldown: 16/14/12/10/8 seconds >>> 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
    • Damage on Initial Cast: 50/75/100/125/150 (+40% AP) >>> 60/105/150/195/240 (+60% AP)
    • Slow: 20% (+4% AP) >>> 20/22/24/26/28% (AP ratio removed)
    • Boulder Detonation Damage: 50/60/70/80/90 (+30% AP) >>> 25/45/65/85/105 (+30% AP)
    • Damage Reduction per Subsequent Hit: 15% >>> 25%
    • Maximum Boulder Detonation Damage: 155/186/217/248/279 (+93% AP) >>> 5/112.5/162.5/212.5/262.5 (+75% AP)
    • Delay Between Casting and Spawning First Row of Boulders: 0.1 seconds >>> 0 seconds
    • Delay Between Spawning Rows of Boulders after the First Row: 0.1 seconds >>> 17 seconds
    • UPDATED: E – Unraveled Earth now spawns 6 rows of boulders extending outwards from Taliyah with 4 boulders per row (previously spawned 4 rows of boulders with 6 boulders per row)
    • NEW: Boulders now stun enemies that dash through them for the duration of the dash + 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9/1 seconds. (Note: the max stun duration is 2 seconds and monsters are always stunned for the max duration).
    • REMOVED: – Unraveled Earth no longer detonates to deal additional damage after 4 seconds
  • R – Weaver's Wall
    • Range: 3000/4500/6000 >>> 2500/4500/6500
    • Dash Range when Jumping Off Wall: 400 >>> 700
    • Dash Speed when Jumping Off Wall: 1000 >>> 1200
    • UPDATED: Moving Taliyah while she is riding the Weaver’s Wall now causes Taliyah to dash to the location clicked, up to the maximum dash range instead of dropping her perpendicular to the wall.
    • UPDATED: Dashing when jumping off of the wall is now more forgiving when trying to dash through terrain
    • NEW: Damage from enemy champions or structures now prevents Taliyah from casting R – Weaver’s Wall for 3 seconds
    • REMOVED: Taking damage no longer knocks Taliyah off her wall

Ahri

  • E – Charm
    • Cooldown: 12 seconds >>> 14 seconds
  • R – Spirit Rush
    • Cooldown: 130/105/80 seconds >>> 140/115/90 seconds

Braum

  • Passive – Concussive Blows
    • Per-Target Cooldown: 8/7/6 seconds >>> 8/6/4 seconds
  • E – Unbreakable
    • Damage Reduction: 30/32.5/35/37/40% >>> 35/40/45/50/55%

Hecarim

  • Q – Rampage
    • Physical Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+85% bonus AD) >>> 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% bonus AD)
  • W – Spirit of Dread
    • Cooldown: 18 seconds >>> 14 seconds

Master Yi

  • R – Highlander
    • Bonus Attack Speed: 25/45/65% >>> 25/35/45%

Nidalee

  • Base Stats
    • Base Health: 570 >>> 540

Pyke

  • Passive – Gift of the Drowned Ones
    • Damage Converted to Grey Health when near two or more enemies: 40% (+0.5% per 1 Lethality) >>> 45% (+0.5% per 1 Lethality)
  • Q – Bone Skewer
    • NEW: Now refunds mana upon hitting an enemy champion
    • Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 >>> 74/78/82/86/90
    • Mana Refund: 50% >>> 75%
  • R – Death From Below
    • Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds >>> 100/85/70 seconds
    • REMOVED: Pyke no longer receives “Your Cut” gold upon successfully executing enemy champions with his R (last assisting ally will still receive “Your Cut”)
    • REMOVED: Pyke no longer receives additional “Your Cut” gold when allies kill enemies within Death From Below's execution area

Renata Glasc

  • Base Stats
    • Base Armor: 29 >>> 27
  • Passive – Leverage
    • Additional Magic Damage when Renata marks a target: 1-3.5% (levels 1-13) (+1% per 100 AP) >>> 1-2% (levels 1-9) (+2% per 100 AP)
    • Additional Magic Damage against Marked Targets 1-3.5% (levels 1-13) (+1% per 100 AP) >>>1-2% (levels 1-9) (+2% per 100 AP) (damage against unmarked targets unchanged)

Renekton

  • Base Stats
    • Health Growth: 92 >>> 97
    • AD Growth: 3.75 >>> 4.15
    • AD at Level 18: 132.75 >>> 139.55
  • W – Ruthless Predator
    • Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds >>> 16/14/12/10/8 seconds
    • Total Physical Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+75% AD) >>> 10/40/70/100/130 (+75% AD)
    • Total Physical Damage when Empowered: 15/45/75/105/135 (+75% AD) >>> 15/60/105/150/195 (+75% AD)
  • R – Dominus
    • Magic Damage per second: 40/80/120 (+10% AP) >>> 50/100/150 (+10% AP)
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Rengar

  • W – Battle Roar
    • Damage to Monsters: 65 – 130 (levels 1-18)

Shyvana

  • W – Burnout
    • Damage Tick Rate: 1 second >>> 0.5 seconds
  • E – Flame Breath
    • NEW: The AoE zone from Shyvana's E – Flame Breath now applies marks to enemies that enter the zone

Sion

  • Passive – Glory in Death
    • NEW: Sion now does 60% reduced damage to structures while in his reanimated frenzy form (including runes and items)

Thresh

  • Passive – Damnation
    • AP and Bonus Armor per Soul: 0.75 >>> 1
  • W – Dark Passage
    • 60/90/120/150/180 (+1 per Soul) >>> 60/90/120/150/180 (+2 per Soul)

Varus

  • Passive – Living Vengeance
    • Bonus Attack Speed on Non-Champion Kills: 10/15/20% (+15% bonus Attack Speed) >>> 10/15/20% (+20% bonus Attack Speed)
    • Bonus Attack Speed on Champion Kills 40% (+30% bonus Attack Speed) >>> 40% (+40% bonus Attack Speed)
  • W – Blighted Quiver
    • Bonus Magic Damage on-Hit: 7/10.5/14/17.5/21 (+30% AP) >>> 7/12/17/22/27 (+30% AP)

Items

Hullbreaker

  • Champion Bonus Resists while Hunting Alone (Melee): 20-60 (levels 1-18) >>> 10 (levels 1-11), then 20/35/43/51/59/67/75 (levels 12-18)
  • Champion Bonus Resists while Hunting Alone (Ranged): 10-30 (levels 1-18) >>> 5 (levels 1-11), then 10/17.5/21.5/25.5/29.5/33.5/37.5 (levels 12-18)
  • UPDATED: Deal 20% bonus damage from all sources against structures >>> ONLY attacks deal 20% bonus damage against structure

League of Legends Patch 12.9 Skins

The High Noon skins for Katarina, Leona, Mordekaiser, Varus, and Talon (+ Prestige) will be available this patch! The EDward Gaming Worlds skins for Aphelios, Graves, Viego, Yuumi, and Zoe also releases this patch.

League of Legends Patch 12.9 Bug Fixes

Multiple bug fixes ship out this patch, including the various SFX bugs that can be heard globally. Read the full patch notes for the complete list of bug fixes.

League of Legends Patch 12.9 is now live.

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