The chem-baroness is looking to intoxicate the playing field.
Riot Games has been on the money with their 2022 season promises so far. We already saw Zeri's debut a few weeks ago with patch 12.2 and now, we're getting another new champion for the Summoner's Rift, Renata Glasc. The chem-baroness is finally making her much-anticipated debut alongside patch 12.4, which also features plenty of nerfs and buffs to other champions alongside plenty of new skins.
A total of 17 champions have been affected by patch 12.4 with six receiving nerfs, which includes Zeri. The other 11 will receive further buffs alongside system changes and balance adjustments for the game.
Champions
New Champion - Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness
Passive - Leverage
Renata Glasc’s basic attacks mark her enemies and deal bonus damage. Damage from Renata’s allies consumes the mark, dealing additional damage.
Q - Handshake
Renata Glasc sends out a missile from her robotic arm that roots the first enemy hit. She can reactivate the ability to throw the enemy in a target direction, damaging enemies hit and stunning them if the thrown target is a champion.
W - Bailout
Renata Glasc grants an allied champion or herself ramping Attack Speed and Move Speed toward enemies. If the ally gets a takedown on an enemy champion, the buff duration resets. If the ally would die while Bailout is still active, their health is set back to full but they begin burning to death over 3 seconds. The ally can stop the burn by getting a champion takedown before they die.
E - Loyalty Program
Renata Glasc sends out chemtech rockets that shield allies and damage and slow enemies they pass through. The rockets also apply their effects around her on the cast and in an explosion at max range.
R - Hostile Takeover
Renata Glasc sends out a cloud of chemicals that causes enemies to go Berserk, increasing their Attack Speed and forcing them to basic attack anything around them. Berserk enemies prioritize attacking their allies, then neutral units, then Renata Glasc's team, then Renata Glasc herself.
Buffs
Aatrox
(Q) The Darkin Blade
- Sweetspot Damage
150%⇒ 160%
Amumu
(E) Tantrum
- Physical Damage Reduction
2/4/6/8/10 (+3% bonus armor) (+3% bonus magic resist)⇒ 5/7/9/11/13 (+3% bonus armor) (+3% bonus magic resist)
Ashe
(R) Enchanted Crystal Arrow
- Missile Speed
1600⇒ 1500 (+200 per second of travel time), up to 2100
Illaoi
Base Stats
- Attack Speed -
0.571⇒ 0.625
Kalista
Base Stats
- Armour -
21⇒ 24
Lucian
(Q) Piercing Light
- Mana Cost:
50/60/70/80/90⇒ 48/56/64/72/80
Nami
(E) Tidecaller's Blessing
- On-Hit Damage (per hit):
20/35/50/65/80 (+20% AP)⇒ 25/40/55/70/85 (+20% AP)
Neeko
Base Stats
- Gameplay (Hitbox) Radius
80⇒ 65
Rumble
Base Stats
- Base Armour
31⇒ 36
Sett
Base Stats
- Health Growth
93⇒ 100 - Health at Level 18
2181⇒ 2300
Xayah
(E) Bladecaller
- Critical Strike Chance Damage Multiplier deals
0.5%⇒ 0.75% more damage per 1% critical strike chance
Nerfs
Blitzcrank
Base Stats
- Base Health Regeneration
8.5⇒ 7.5
Dr.Mundo
Base Stats
- AD Growth
4.2⇒ 3.5 - Attack Damage
61-132.4 (levels 1-18)⇒ 61-120.5 (levels 1-18)
Nunu & Willump
Base Stats
- Health Growth
82⇒ 76 - Health at Level 18
1934⇒ 1832
Qiyana
(Passive) Royal Privilege
- Additional Physical Damage
15-83 (levels 1-18) (+55% bonus AD) (+30% AP)⇒ 15-83 (levels 1-18) (+45% bonus AD) (+30% AP)
Veigar
(E) Event Horizon
- Cooldown
18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds⇒ 20/18/16/14/12 seconds
Bugfixes
- Fixed (Q) Baleful Strike's tooltip to correctly state that last hitting enemy champions grants 1 stack of Phenomenal Evil, not 3.
Base Stats
- Base Armour
23⇒ 21 - Armour Growth
3.75⇒ 4.0 - Armour at Level 18
86.75⇒ 89
Zeri
Uncharged Basic Attack
- Magic Damage
15-40 (levels 1-18) (+4% AP)⇒ 10-25 (levels 1-18) (+3% AP) - Damage Increase
300%⇒ 500% against enemies below 35% health
Charged Basic Attack
- Slow
20/25/30/35/40%⇒ 14/23/32/41/50% (based on Q rank) - Slow Duration
1.5 seconds⇒ 1 second
(Q) Burst Fire
- Damage
10/15/20/25/30 (+110% AD)⇒ 9/13/17/21/25 (+110% AD) - (Updated) Burstier Burts: Burst Fire's critical strikes now also multiply its base damage (in addition to its AD ratio)
- Excess Attack Speed to AD Conversion
50%⇒ 60%
(W) Ultrashock Laser
- Slow
50/55/60/65/70%⇒ 30/40/50/60/70% - Cooldown
10 seconds at all ranks⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds
(E) Spark Surge
- Cooldown
23/21.5/20/19.5/17 seconds⇒ 23/22/21/20/19 seconds - Cooldown Reduction
1.5 seconds⇒ 1 second per champion hit with charged basic attacks or abilities
(R) Lightning Crash
- Bonus Attack Speed
30/35/40%⇒ 30% at all ranks
Bugfixes
- Q - Burst Fire crits will no longer trigger Navori Quickblades' passive to reduce the cooldown of Q - Burst Fire.
- Tear of the Goddess now correctly treats Q - Burst Fire as a basic attack and will no longer grant stacks when it is cast; Zeri's right-click basic attack will continue to be treated as a spell and trigger Tear stacks.
Items
Ally Item Pings are now available!
One of the latest features added into League of Legends is 'ally item pings', allowing them to display the item cooldowns and charges in-game of their allies. This is done by pinging an item's icon in the "Tab" scoreboard. The items displayed will also have a VFX timer to showcase their status, much like Summoner Spells.
Rejuvenation Bead
- Total Cost 150 gold ⇒ 300 gold
- Base Health Regeneration
+50%⇒ +100% - Sell-back Ratio
70% (sells for 105 gold)⇒ 40% (sells for 120 gold)
Crystalline Bracer
- Total Cost
650 gold⇒ 800 gold - Base Health Regeneration
+50%⇒ +100%
Knight's Vow
- Combine Cost
700 gold⇒ 400 gold (total cost unchanged) - Base Health Regeneration
+150%⇒ +200%
Warmog's Armour
- Combine Cost
650 gold⇒ 500 gold (total cost unchanged)
Systems
Support Gold Income Items - Spellthief's Edge, Relic Shield, Steel Shoulderguards, & Spectral Sickle
Gold Value Bounties: Gold value bounties (a.k.a. CS bounties) are now based on the number of support gold income items on each team, rather than assuming each team has one support gold income item
Objective Bounties: Enemy gold leads are now significantly less likely to lead to Objective Bounties activating if there are two or more support gold income items on your team
- Bounty Linger Period:
15 seconds⇒ 5 seconds after Objective Bounties fall off
Tribute/Spoils of War (Passive) - Minion Farming Penalty: Receive diminishing gold from excessive (4 minions per minute) ⇒ (2 minions per minute until 5 minutes; 4 minions per minute thereafter) minion kills. This diminished gold penalty is now also more severe during the first 5 minutes of the game. (All else unchanged)
ARAM
Champion Buffs
- Camille:
+5% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken⇒ +5% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken, +20% Shielding - Darius:
-5% Damage Taken⇒ -5% Damage Taken, +20% Healing - Garen -5% Damage Taken
- Hecarim
+10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken, +20% Healing - Jarvan IV
-5% Damage Taken⇒ +5% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken - Lee Sin
+8% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken, +20% Healing, +20% Shielding - Nocturne
+10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken, +20% Healing - Olaf
-5% Damage Taken⇒ +5% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken, +20% Healing - Rek'Sai
+10% Damage Dealt, -15% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -15% Damage Taken, +20% Healing - Riven
+5% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken, +20% Shielding⇒ +5% Damage Dealt, -8% Damage Taken, +20% Shielding - Ryze
+8% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken - Talon
+5% Damage Dealt, -8% Damage Taken⇒ +10% Damage Dealt, -8% Damage Taken - Zeri -5% Damage Taken
Champion Nerfs
- Alistar
-5% Damage Dealt, +5% Damage Taken, -10% Healing⇒ -5% Damage Dealt, +10% Damage Taken, -20% Healing - Ashe
-15% Damage Dealt, +5% Damage Taken⇒ -15% Damage Dealt, +10% Damage Taken - Lillia -5% Damage Dealt
- Maokai
-15% Damage Dealt, +10% Damage Taken, -20% Healing⇒ -15% Damage Dealt, +10% Damage Taken, -40% Healing - Miss Fortune
-8% Damage Dealt, +8% Damage Taken ⇒ -10% Damage Dealt, +10% Damage Taken - Seraphine
-15% Damage Dealt, +15% Damage Taken, -20% Healing, -20% Shielding⇒ -15% Damage Dealt, +15% Damage Taken, -40% Healing, -40% Shielding - Sona
-15% Damage Dealt, +15% Damage Taken, -20% Healing, -20% Shielding⇒ -15% Damage Dealt, +15% Damage Taken, -40% Healing, -40% Shielding - Tahm Kench
+5% Damage Dealt, -10% Damage Taken⇒ 0% Damage Dealt, -5% Damage Taken - Vel'Koz
-5% Damage Dealt⇒ -5% Damage Dealt, +5% Damage Taken - Ziggs
-20% Damage Dealt, +18% Damage Taken⇒ -20% Damage Dealt, +20% Damage Taken
Ionia Cup
Don't forget, the first Clash weekend of 2022 is happening this Saturday and Sunday, February 19 and 20. The second Clash weekend is happening during patch 12.5, which falls during March 5 and 6.
Behavioural Systems
- (UPDATED) Intentional Feeding Detection: A new system for detecting intentional feeding was successfully launched last month! Further enhancements have been made to the detection model's accuracy to improve the player experience.
Personalisation
- (UPDATED) Summoner Icons: You can now sort and search your summoner icons when selecting one to display! Summoner icons now display informational tooltips when you hover over them.
- (UPDATED) Summoner Level Icon Borders: You can now select any of the summoner level icon borders you've earned so far, rather than just your highest level one. (Your selection will not appear in-game loading screens just yet.)
Bugfixes and QoL Changes
- Fixed a bug where champions would be able to cast some Summoner Spells while travelling through Hextech Gates (including Smite)
- Fixed a bug where Ahri's Passive - Essence Theft could obtain essence from champion clones
- Fixed a bug where Janna would incorrectly gain E - Eye of the Storm's passive heal and shield power boost upon slowing or knocking up enemy champions, even when she hadn't learned the skill yet
- Fixed a bug where Senna’s R - Dawning Shadow would change direction if you cast it while your cursor was hovering over Senna’s champion icon in your central HUD
- Fixed a bug where you would sometimes still receive some of Death's Dance's Ignore Pain's stored damage, even after triggering Defy with a champion takedown
- Fixed a bug where Yorick’s Maiden of the Mist would get stuck inside structures when walking near them. The Maiden will now be Ghosted and move through structures and units in a true ghost-like fashion
- Kai'Sa’s ability tooltips and evolution trackers for her Passive - Second Skin's Living Weapon have been fixed and will correctly account for her bonus attack damage and attack speed
- Fixed a bug where, if Zed cast his W - Living Shadow and recast it while his Q - Razor Shuriken was in flight, both shurikens would launch from Zed’s new position (as opposed to 1 shuriken from each location)
- Fixed a bug where Gangplank would receive a Tear of the Goddess stack upon casting E - Powder Keg
- Fixed a bug where, if Tahm Kench applied three Passive - An Acquired Taste stacks on an enemy champion, he would sometimes still be able to R - Devour them after his stacks expired if he used certain item actives
- Zoe's W - Spell Thief ability icon will now display the correct damage value for stolen Smites
- Fixed a visual bug where Aphelios’ casting bar would not animate properly when upon activating W - Phase
- Fixed a bug where players would receive an incorrect notification if they tried to change lobbies while in queue
- The SFX that plays when creating a game lobby has been restored
- PsyOps Pyke's W - Ghostwater Dive SFX that plays for enemies with low health (below his ultimate's execute threshold) has been adjusted for gameplay clarity
- PROJECT: Jinx's critical strike hit SFX have been restored
- The debuff VFX on enemies hit by Ahri's E - Charm have been fully restored
- Teleport and Unleashed Teleport's tooltips have been fixed and will display accurate cooldown timers
- The information displayed in the Dragon Soul buff's scoreboard tooltip has been corrected
- Watchful and Vigilant Wardstones' tooltips have been fixed to display the correct number of wards currently placed
- Smite’s tooltips in Champ Select and Collections have been restored
Upcoming Skins & Chromas
Skins
- Admiral Glasc
- Shockblade Qiyana
- Shockblade Shen
- Shockblade Kassadin
- Firelight Ekko
- Brave Phoenix Xayah Prestige Edition
Chromas
- Admiral Glasc
- Shockblade Qiyana
- Shockblade Shen
- Shockblade Kassadin
- Firelight Ekko
- Brave Phoenix Xayah (Golden Tiger)
- Divine Phoenix Anivia (Golden Tiger)
- Graceful Phoenix Seraphine (Golden Tiger)
- Firecracker Jinx (Golden Tiger)
- Firecracker Vayne (Golden Tiger)
- Firecracker Sejuani (Golden Tiger)
