After Patch 13.17 went live on August 30, here’s what we can expect in the upcoming Patch 13.18 and how the meta will shift.

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LoL Patch 13.18 – Street Demon skin line will be live

Patch 13.17 came with quite a few interesting changes, as Riot has been looking to deal with the damage creep from recent times. As a result, they decided to lower the damage of most bruiser items, and compensate that nerf with more tankiness. They took a similar approach with the champions as well, lowering the damage of certain bruisers and making them more durable.

Blue Essence Emporium was supposed to be back with the start of the new patch, but Riot confirmed it will be delayed for one week, meaning that the special shop will be live only starting from September 6. It will, however, last two weeks, as the shop will close on September 20.

Since Patch 13.17 just came out, we will have to wait a bit to find out what changes we will have. With the newest LoL champion Briar in the works and the upcoming changes that will affect the Worlds meta, the game developers have a lot on their hands.

What we know for sure, though, is that there will be a new skin line coming in Patch 13.18: Street Demon, with a couple of champions being part of the skin line (you can find the splash arts below). There will also be a Crystalis Motus skin for Taliyah, which is the one you saw in the featured image above.

Aside from this information, there are currently no leaked changes for the upcoming patch. We will be updating as soon as something is revealed, so make sure to come back soon to check out the latest updates.

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How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?

With the numbers coming out, there are a lot of interesting changes. The most notorious are the nerfs to Jarvan IV and Tryndamere: they have been outstanding winners from the last patch, so the nerfs are decent and should bring them more in line with the rest.

I’m particularly excited about the Gwen jungle changes: not that she’s going to be broken in the jungle but I’m waiting to see if someone can find a way to make her work. Particularly happy about the Kayn nerfs (finally) but I feel like he’s still going to be strong and a big presence in the meta. Kennen is buffed once again: he’s an underrated pick which I would be happy to see return to the meta. We’ve already seen him in professional play a while ago, so let’s hope he can also have some space in solo queue as well.

Patch 13.18 Tentative Changes

Champion Changes

Bard

• Passive out of combat MS max stacks: 5 ⇒ 10, Stack duration: 7 ⇒ 2o
• W now uses ammo (max 2)
• W CD/ammo charge time: 14 seconds ⇒ 18 seconds
• W shrine charge time: 10 ⇒ 5 seconds
• W MS: 30% decaying over 1.5 seconds ⇒ 20-30% + 0.05% AP decaying over 1.5 seconds

Caitlyn

• Passive crit ratio formula: 62.5% crit damage x 130% crit chance ⇒ 100% crit damage x 81.25% crit chance
  • End result is the same, just the formula is changed to be easier to calculate

Gwen (Jungle-focused buffs) 

• Health growth: 109 ⇒ 115
• P monster damage cap: 6 + 10% AP ⇒ 15 + 20% AP

Irelia

• R cooldown: 140 – 100 seconds ⇒ 125 – 85

Jarvan IV

• P damage: 8% current HP ⇒ 6%

Jhin (Elite Skewed)

Kayn (Red)

• Rhaast P healing: 20 – 30% ⇒ 25% flat
• Rhaast R AD ratio: 13% per 100 bonus AD ⇒ 10%

Kennen

• E energy cost: 100 – 80 ⇒ 80 flat
• R cooldown: 120 seconds flat ⇒ 120 – 80 seconds

Rell

• E MS: 15% – 25% ⇒ 12% – 20%

Senna (Crit Focused)

• Crit damage: 160.125 ⇒ 175% (normal)

Thresh

• W shield per soul: 1.5 ⇒ 2

Tryndamere

• Health growth: 115 ⇒ 108
• Base AD: 68 ⇒ 66

Xayah

• Base health: 660 ⇒ 630
• Health growth: 102 ⇒ 106
• E cooldown: 11 – 9 seconds ⇒ 13 – 9 seconds

Zeri

System changes

Stormrazor

• AD: 50 ⇒ 55

Spear of Shojin

• AD: 60 ⇒ 55

Crown of the Shattered Queen 

• AP: 70 ⇒ 85 (90 ⇒ 105 for Ornn version)
• Poise effect (10-40 during Safeguard) removed
• Damage reduction: 75% ⇒ 50% ⇒ 40%
• Linger duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds

Statikk Shiv

• Minion damage: 250 – 350 ⇒ 200 flat
• AD: 45 ⇒ 50

Upcoming skins

Crystalis Motus Taliyah

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

Street Demon Neeko – 1350RP

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

Street Demon Zyra – 1350 RP

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

Street Demon Brand – 1350 RP

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

Street Demon Mundo – 1350 RP

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

Street Demon Rengar – 1350RP

• Custom models and textures
• Custom VFX
• Custom SFX
• Custom Recall

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18 days ago

garbage patch

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