League of Legends 12.23 Patch Notes: Release Date, Champion Changes And New Skins

Winter is coming!

League of Legends next update, patch 12.23, is coming in mid-November as we prepare for pre-season.

This next update will introduce the Winterblessed skins and Riot will be making another change to the game following the pre-season update.

Here’s what’s new in update 12.23 for LoL.

Release Date

Patch update 12.22 will arrive on the 15th of November 2022.

Champion Updates

Champion Buffs

Zeri
- A lot of base stat adjustments
- Q
  - Range
    - 825>750
  - Early damage increased by a lot
- W
  - Damage type
    - Magic>Physical
  - Cast time now has a floor instead of always being reduced with AS
  - Wall-beam cast delay
    - 0.75s>0.85s
- E
  - For the next 5s, Zeri's Burst fire does an additional magic damage to the first enemy on-hit and pierce targets (no longer an ammo system)
  - Bonus Magic Damage
    - 20/22/24/26/28 (+20% AP)(+12% bonus AD)
  - Deals up to 65% bonus damage based on Critical Strike Chance
  - Pierce Damage falloff
    - 60/70/80/90/100%>80/85/90/95/100%
- R
  - Bonus Magic Damage On-hit removed
  - Cast damage increased
  - If R hits at least one champion, Zeri gains 10% move speed, 30% attack speed and chain shots for 5s. Hitting champions refreshes this buff by 1.5s (up to 5s total).
  - Hitting champions grants Zeri stack (3 per crit) of Overcharge for 1.5s Zeri gains 0.5% MS for each stack of Overcharge (stacking infinitely)
Sion
- Base Mana
  - 330>400
- Mana Growth
  - 42>52
- Q
  - Base Damage
    - 30/50/70/90/110>40/60/80/100/120
Cho'Gath
- P
  - Mana Restore
    - 3.5-7.75>5-10
- W
  - Base damage
    - 75/125/175/225/275>80/135/190/245/300
- R
  - Cooldown
    - 80>80/70/60
Amumu
- Health Growth
  - 89>100
- Q
  - Mana Cost
    - 30/35/40/45/50>40/45/50/55/60
- E
  - Base Damage
    - 85/110/135/160/185>80/110/140/170/200
- W
  - Base Damage per second
    - 12/16/20/24/28(+1/1.15/1.3/1.45/1.6% of targets Max HP)>12/16/20/24/28(+1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2% of targets Max HP)
Shadow Kayn
- P
  - Damage
    - 8-30%>13-40%
- E
  - Heal Ratio
    - 35% bonus AD<45% bonus AD
Maokai
- P
  - Healing
    - 4/4.75/5.5/6.25% based on R Rank) Max HP>4/5/7%
- Q
  - Cooldown
    - 15/13.5/12/10.5/9>14/12.5/11/9.5/8
Zac
- Q
  - Base Damage
    - 40/55/70/85/100 (+2.5% of Zac's Max Health)>40/55/70/85/100 (+4% of Zac's Max Health)
Tahm Kench
- P
  - Damage
    - 8-60 (+3% bonus HP)>8-60 (+3% bonus HP) (+2% AP per 100 bonus HP)
- Q
  - AP Ratio
    - 90%>100%
  - Self Heal Missing HP Ratio
    - 3-5%>5-7%
- W
  - AP Ratio
    - 100%>125%
- E
  - % Damage Stored [Alone II Near Ally]
    - 13-45% II 40-50%>>>15-47 II 42-50%
- R
  - % Health Damage AP Ratio
    - 5% per 100 AP>7% per 100 AP
  - Shield Duration
    - 2.5s after Devour ends>Unlimited, but decays by 200 per second after Devour ends until gone
Malphite
- W
  - On-hit Damage
    - 30/45/60/75/90 (+20% AP (+10% Armor)>30/45/60/75/90 (+20% AP (+15% Armor)
  - Cone Damage
    - 15/25/35/45/55 (+30% AP) (+15% Armor)>20/30/40/50/60 (+30% AP) (+25% Armor)
  - Damage
    - 60/95/130/165/200 (+60% AP) (+30% Armor)>70/110/150/190/230 (+60% AP) (+40% Armor)

Champion Nerfs

Yuumi
- P
  - Cooldown
    - 14-6 (based on level)>18-6 (based on level)
- R
  - Root duration
    - 1.75s>12.5s
Syndra
- W
  - Bonus Damage
    - 15% (1.5% per 100AP)>12% (+2% per 100AP)
- E
  - AP Ratio
    - 55%>45%
  - Cooldown
    - 15s>17s
Mordekaiser
- P
  - Procs on all monster hits>procs on large monster hits
- Monster Cap
  - 180 at all levels>28-164
Shyvana
- E
  - On-hit damage
    - 3.5% of target's max hp>3% of target's max hp
Trundle
- Base attack speed
  - 0.67>0.60
- R
  - Damage based on the target's maximum health
    - 20/27.5/35%>20/25/30%
Lilliia
- Q
  - Base Damage
    - 70-190>80-160

Champion Adjustments

Kassadin
Dr Mundo

System Changes And Items

Sunfire Aegis (Buff)
- Combine Cost
  - 1000>900
- Total Cost
  - 2800>2700
- Health
  - 400>500
Revenous Hydra (Nerf)
- Omnivamp from full stacks
  - 4%>0%
- Splash Damage
  - 60%/30%>50%/25%
Jungle Adjustments