League of Legends will be receiving patch 9.16 next week, and the changelists for the balance changes are now available thanks to Riot Scruffy’s Twitter post. Here are the champions that will be buffed and nerfed next week. For now, the following changes will be tested in 9.16 PBE and adjusted over the course of this week. This means that the tweaks below might not make it to live in this format.

Bonus info from Riot Scruffy:

Also – not mentioned but work happening on

• Kayle – for 9.17
• Asol – for 9.17
• Shaco – for a later patch
• Ivern – for a later patch and some others (we will talk about them more when the designers have work to show)

League of Legends Patch 9.16 PBE – Balance Changes

Azir

W – Arise!

• sand soldier control radius lowered to 550 – from 660

Corki

Base Stats

• base AD lowered to 56 – from 60
• AD per level lowered to 2.5 – from 3

Dr. Mundo

W – Burning Agony

• tenacity increased to 30% at all ranks – from 10/15/20/25/30%

E – Masochism

• cooldown changed to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 – from 6

Ekko

E – Phase Dive

• bonus magic damage increased to 50/75/100/125/150 – from 40/65/90/115/140

R – Chronobreak

• cooldown changed to 110/70/50 – from 110/90/70

Fiora

E – Bladework

• bonus attack speed increased to 50/60/70/80/90% – from 50%
• cooldown lowered to 11/9.5/8/6.5/5 – from 13/11/9/8/5

Jax

Q – Leap Strike

• cooldown lowered to 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 – from 10/9/8/7/6

LeBlanc

Q – Sigil of Malice

• AP ratio increased to 40% – from 30%

Lux

W – Prismatic Barrier

• shield increased to 50/75/100/125/150 – from 50/65/80/95/110

Nocturne

Base Stats

• base HP increased to 585 – from 582.8
• mana increased to 275 – from 273.8
• mana regen per 5s increased to 7 – from 6.756
• base Armor increased to 38 – from 36

W – Shroud of Darkness

• bonus attack speed increased to 30/35/40/45/50% – from 20/25/30/35/40%
• max bonus attack speed increased to [3x Base Speed] – from [2x Base Speed]

Pantheon

• HP / level increased to 95 – from 87

Riven

Q – Broken Wings

• cooldown changed to 12 at all ranks – from 12/11.5/11/10.5/10

Sejuani

Passive – Fury of the North

• bonus armor & MR increased to [10 + 35%] – from [20 + 25%]

Q – Arctic Assault

• cooldown increased to 20/18/16/14/12 – from 17/15.5/14/12.5/11

Singed

Base Stats

• base mana increased to 330 – from 290

R – Insanity Potion

•  bonus stats changed to 30-90 – from 30-80

Sion

Base Stats

• base HP increased to 545 – from 542.64
• mana increased to 330 – from 325.6
• mana regen per 5s lowered to 8 – from 8.008

Q – Decimating Smash

• minimum damage increased to 30/50/70/90/110 – from 20/40/60/80/100
• Mmax damage increased to 70/130/190/250/310 – from 60/120/180/240/300

Syndra

Q – Dark Sphere

• Transcendent bonus damage against champions increased to 25% – from 15%

 E – Scatter the Weak

• damage increased to 85/130/175/220/265 – from 70/115/160/205/250

Yuumi

Q – Prowling Projectile

• empowered damage lowered to 50/85/120/155/190 – from 50/95/140/185/230
• slow lowered to 20/32/44/56/68% – from 40/48/56/64/72%
• slow duration changed to 1.5 at all ranks – from 1.25/1.35/1.45/1.55/1.65
• cooldown increased to 13.5/12/10.5/9/7.5 – from 11/10/9/8/7

Ziggs

W – Satchel Charge

• AP ratio increased to 50% – from 35%
• cooldown lowered to 20/18/16/14/12 – from 24/21/18/15/12

Other Changes – Biscuit Delivery

Check back on our League of Legends page for more news and PBE updates, and go to the Teamfight Tactics page to learn more about the 9.16 PBE balance changes or other PBE updates.

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