We have the League of Legends Patch 12.7 Preview, this time courtesy of Tim “Riot Truexy” Jiang.

He added his thoughts, saying that with MSI approaching, League of Legends Patch 12.7 focuses on “shaking up the meta's dominant picks and adding some new ones that we haven't seen.”

Most of the champion changes this time focuses on the top half of the map. Interesting champions are given a power-up this patch like Karthus, Wukong, Neeko, and the brothers Yasuo and Yone. These champions are vastly different from the current professional meta champions that we see being played in the major regions, but without seeing a lot of the actual changes, it's difficult to form an opinion. In any case, it's a good start to accomplish the “meta shake-up” that Riot Truexy mentioned.

These changes might not all be in Patch 12.7, or in any patch at all.

League of Legends Patch 12.7 can be expected to hit live servers sometime mid-April.

Champion Buffs

  • Gwen
    • E – Skip ‘n Slash
      • Basic Attack Cooldown Refund: 50% >>> 60%
    • R – Needlework
      • Cooldown: 120/100/80 >>> 100/90/80
  • Pantheon
    • Base Stats
      • Health Regen (per 5 seconds): 9 >>> 7.5
    • Q – Comet Spear
      • Tap Length: 550 >>> 600
      • Tap Q Width: 150 >>> 120
    • E – Aegis Assault
      • Updated: No longer slows Pantheon when moving backwards
    • R – Grand Starfall
      • Updated: Now falls 0.25 seconds faster
  • Yasuo
    • Base Stats
      • Base HP: 390 >>> 520
    • R – Last Breath
      • Cooldown: 80 – 30 >>> 70 – 30
  • Yone
    • R – Fate Sealed
      • 120 – 80 >>> 120 – 60
  • Wukong
    • Q – Crushing Blow
      • Cooldown: 9/8.5/8/7.5/7 >>> 8/7.5/7/6.5/6
    • W – Warrior Trickster
      • Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16 >>> 20/18/16/14/12
      • Updated: Can now go over walls
    • E – Nimbus Strike
      • Damage Against Monsters: 150% >>> 180%
      • AP Damage Scaling: 100% >>> 80%
  • Neeko
    • W – Shapesplitter
      • Passive Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 >>> 50/80/110/140/170
      • Move Speed: 10/15/20/25/30 >>> 10/17.5/25/32.5/40
  • Gangplank
    • Passive – Trial By Fire
      • Damage: 55 – 225 >>> 55 – 310
    • W – Remove Scurvy
      • Mana Cost: 80 – 120 >>> 60 – 100
  • Kalista
    • Base Stats
      • Base Mana: 250 >>> 300
      • Base Movement Speed: 325 >>> 330
      • Attack Speed per Level: 4 >>> 4.5
  • Lillia
    • Passive – Dream Laden Bough
      • Healing Ratio: 12% Ap >>> 20% AP
    • W – Watch Out! Eep!
      • Damage: 70 – 150 >>> 80 – 160
  • Karthus
    • Q – Lay Waste
      • Bonus Damage to Monsters: 80% >>> 90%

Champion Nerfs

  • Zeri
    • Base Stats
      • Base AD: 53 +2/;v; >>> 50 +1.5/lvl
      • Base Armor: 22 >>> 20
      • HP/lvl: 90 >>> 95
      • Attack Speed Ratio: .568 >>> .598
    • Q – Burstfire
      • Active Damage: [10/15/20/25/30 + 110% AD] >>> [6/7/8/9/10 + 110/112.5/115/117.5/120% AD]
      • Updated: Now only applies on-hits once per cast (can currently apply multiple on-hits if you hit multiple targets)
      • Updated: Now only stacks R and reduces E CD one time per cast (could previously stack multiple times for each champion hit)
      • New: Critical Strikes add an extra R stack and reduce E cooldown an additional time.
    • W – Ultrashock Laser
      • Damage: [40/75/110/145/180 (+100% AD)(60%AP)] >>> [10/45/80/115/150 (+120% AD)(+70% AP)
    • E – Spark Surge
      • Cooldown: 23 >>> 28 – 22
    • R – Lightning Crash
      • Cooldown: 100 – 80 >>> 120 – 70
      • Updated: “The chain lightning can critically strike but does not apply On-Hit effects.
  • Ryze
    • Q – Overload
      • Mana Ratio: 3% bonus Mana >>> 2% bonus Mana
      • AP Ratio: 45%  >>> 50%
  • Lee Sin
    • Base Stats
      • Base AD: 68 >>> 66
    • Q – Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike
      • Damage: 55 – 155 >>> 50 – 150
  • Jayce
    • Base Stats
      • Base HP: 560 +90/lvl >>> 520 +95/lvl
    • Base Armor
        • 27 +3.5/lvl >>> 22 +3.8/lvl

Adjustments

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  • Rengar
    • Q – Savagery
      • Updated: Bonus Damage Reduced by 40% on Structures
    • W – Battle Roar
      • Bonus Damage to Monsters: 65 – 130 >>> 85 – 150

Item Buffs

  • Umbral Glaive
    • Gold Cost: 2400g >>> 2300g
    • Cooldown: 45 seconds >>> 35 seconds
  • Abyssal Mask
    • Max MR Shred: 20 >>> 25
    • Shred Ratio: 1% bonus HP >>> 1.2% bonus HP

System/Item Nerfs

  • Locket of the Iron Solari
    • Shield: 200-385 >>> 200-365
  • Infinity Edge
    • Gold Cost: 3400g >>> 3500g
  • Winter's Approach / Fimbulwinter
    • Gold Cost: 2600g >>> 2700g
    • Health: 400 >>> 350
  • Moonstone Renewer
    • Heal/Shield Power Per Stack: 7% (Max 35%) >>> 6% (Max 30%)
  • Galeforce
    • Active Cooldown: 90 seconds >>> 110 seconds
  • Time Warp Tonic
    • Immediate Potion Restore: 50% >>> 30%
    • Bonus Movement Speed: 5% >>> 4%

The second set of Arcana skins also make an entrance in League of Legends Patch 12.7. The preview, splash arts, as well as our thoughts for each skin, can be found here. This skin line features Ryze, Hecarim, Ahri, Rakan, and Xayah.

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