League of Legends 13.8 patch notes and highlights

Riot Games published the patch notes for League of Legends 13.8, showing the new skins, balance changes, chromas and a new champion.

Briar, the Restrained Hunger will be released on September 13, 2023, at 2:00: PM PDT / 9:00 PM UTC / 11:00 PM CEST.

Street Demons skins will be released one hour earlier.

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Patch 13.8 table of Contents

• Street Demons skin line and chromas
• Champion balance changes
• Item balance changes
• Champion icon updates
• Clash: Ixtal Cup
• Arena rewards
• Mythic Shop rotation

Street Demons skin line and chromas

Skins

• Street Demons Briar
• Street Demons Neeko
• Street Demons Dr. Mundo
• Street Demons Zyra
• Street Demons Brand
• Street Demons Rengar
• Crystalis Motus Taliyah (yeah, not a Street Demon)

Chomas

• Street Demons Briar
• Street Demons Neeko
• Street Demons Dr. Mundo
• Street Demons Zyra
• Street Demons Brand
• Street Demons Rengar
• Crystalis Motus Taliyah

Riot Games

Jaran IV is getting slapped with nerfs

Champion balance changes

Nerfs

Jarvan IV

• Passive
  • Additional Physical Damage on Basic Attacks: 8% of target’s current health  6% of target’s current health

Rell

• E
  • Bonus Movement Speed (Away from Enemies): 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%  12/14/16/18/20%

Tryndamere

• Base stats
  • Health Growth: 115  108

Xayah

• Base Stats
  • Base Health: 660  630
  • Health Growth: 102  107
• E 
  • Cooldown: 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds  13/12/11/10/9 seconds

Buffs

Gwen

• Base stats
  • Health Growth: 109  115
• Passive
  • Magic Damage to Monsters: 6 (+10% AP)  10 (+15% AP)

Irelia

• R
  • Cooldown: 140/120/100 seconds  125/105/85 seconds

Kassadin

• R
  • Magic Damage: 70/90/110 (+40% AP) (+2% maximum mana)  70/90/110 (+60% AP) (+2% maximum mana)

Kennen

• E
  • Energy Cost: 100/95/90/85/80  80 at all ranks
• R 
  • Cooldown: 120 seconds at all ranks  120/100/80 seconds

Senna

• Passive 
  • Critical Strike Ratio Reduction: No longer reduces critical strike damage by 8.5%
• W
  • Area of Effect Effect: Enemies hit with Last Embrace’s AoE snare are now afflicted with a stack of Mist from Senna’s passive.

Thresh

• W
  • Shield Strength: 50/70/90/110/130 (+1.5 per soul)  50/70/90/110/130 (+2 per soul)

Adjustments

Bard

• Passive
  • Maximum Chime Stacks: from 5 to 10
  • Chime Stack Duration: previously 7 seconds, now 20 seconds
• W
  • Stacking Shrines: Caretaker’s Shrine now accumulates charges over time up to a maximum of 2 charges.
  • Cooldown/Stack Charge Time: 14 > 18 seconds
  • Shrine Charge Time to Full Heal: 10 > 5 seconds

Riot Games

Jax won't like the Spear of Shojin nerf even if it is a real weapon

Item balance changes

Nerfs

Spear of Shojin

• Attack Damage: 60 > 55

Buffs

Crown of the Shattered Queen

• Ability Power: 70 > 85
• Safeguard: 75% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds > 40% damage reduction for 2.5 seconds

Stormrazor

• Attack Damage: 50 > 55

Adjustments

Statikk Shiv

• Attack Damage: 45 > 50
• Electroshock Minion Damage: 250-350 > 200

Riot Games

Vayne's classic icons are getting retired

Champion ability icon updates

• Blitzcrank 
• Graves 
• Janna 
• Jarvan IV 
• Jayce 
• Lee Sin 
• Leona 
• Malphite 
• Nami
• Olaf 
• Orianna 
• Varus 
• Vayne 
• Zed

Clash: Ixtal cup

Ixtal Cup registration begins on September 11, 2023, at 11:00 AM local time. Tournament days are September 16 and 17, 2023. The matches will be played from 4:00 to 7:00 PM local time.

Arena rewards

Reward distribution will begin on September 18, 2023, and it is expected to complete within two weeks.

Mythic Shop rotation 

New items

• Prestige Star Guardian Ekko
• Prestige Pulsefire Lucian
• Prestige Spirit Blossom Teemo
• Prestige Battle Queen Diana
• Hextech Kog’Maw
• Hextech Swain
• Crystalis Motus Taliyah
• Reclaimed Chroma (Crystalis Motus Taliyah) + Icon (Note: Crystalis Motus Taliyah Emote will be added in Patch 13.19.)

Items leaving the shop

• Prestige Immortal Journey Sona
• Prestige Anima Squad Jinx
• Prestige True Damage Yasuo
• Prestige Mecha Kingdoms Garen
• Prestige High Noon Talon
• Mythic Chroma PROJECT Ashe
• Mythic Chroma Battle Academia Ezreal
• Crystalis Motus Leona
• Reclaimed Chroma Crystalis Motus Leona + Icon
• Deep Focus (Crystalis Motus Leona Emote)

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