League of Legends’ Patch 10.8 has now hit live servers, bringing with it a suite of new additions which include new Coven skins, balance changes and more.
According to Riot’s own patch schedule, Patch 10.8’s release date was scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, which is when the changes hit the League of Legends live servers.
League of Legends Update 10.8 Patch Notes
The changes introduced in League of Legends’ Patch 10.8 targeted a few jungle items, increasing healing when their wielder drops to low amounts of health, but also a number of champions who’ve had buffs and nerfs coming their way.
Patch 10.8 also introduces four brand new skins to League of Legends. Players can get the legendary Coven Morgana skin – priced at 1820 RP –, the Coven LeBlanc and Coven Zyra skins – 1350 RP each –, as well as the Coven Zyra Prestige Edition skin for 100 Prestige Points.
Here are all the changes introduced to League of Legends in Patch 10.8:
Aphelios - Changed
Stats:
- Stat level up changed to 2/4/6/8/10/12 lethality from 3-18% bonus armour penetration
Weapons of the Faithful (Q):
- Aphelios' weapons actives' base damage and cooldowns scale over levels 1-13 instead of levels 1-9
- Moonshot damage AD ratio changed to 0.42-0.6 (levels 1-13) bonus attack damage from 0.6 bonus attack damage
- Onslaught damage AD ratio changed to 0.21-0.3 (levels 1-13) bonus attack damage from 0.3 bonus attack damage
- Binding Eclipse damage ratio changed to 0.26-0.35 (levels 1-13) bonus attack damage from 0.35 bonus attack damage
- Duskwave damage ratio changed to 0.56-0.8 (levels 1-13) bonus attack damage from 0.8 bonus attack damage
- Sentry damage ratio changed to 0.35-0.5 (levels 1-13) bonus attack damage from 0.5 bonus attack damage
Ashe - Buffed
Ranger’s Focus (Q):
- Bonus attack speed increased to 20/30/40/50/60% from 20/25/30/35/40%
Evelynn - Buffed
Hate Spike (Q):
- Base spike damage increased to 30/35/40/45/50 (90/105/120/135/150 maximum damage) from 25/30/35/40/45 (75/90/105/120/135 maximum damage)
Kalista - Nerfed
Stats:
- Base armour decreased to 21 from 23
Rend (E):
- Slow decreased to 10/18/26/34/42% from 25/30/35/40/45%
Master Yi - Nerfed
Highlander (R):
- Attack speed decreased to 25/45/65% from 30/55/80%
Orianna - Buffed
Command: Dissonance (W):
- Ally haste and enemy slow increased to 30/35/40/45/50% from 20/25/30/35/40%
Command: Protect (E):
- Shield AP ratio increased to 50% from 40%
Ryze - Buffed
Stats:
- Base HP increased to 575 from 570.48
- Base armour increased to 22 from 21.552
- Base damage increased to 56 from 55.04
Overload (Q):
- Bonus movement speed upon consuming two runes increased to 28/32/36/40/44% from 20/25/30/35/40%
Senna - Nerfed
Absolution (Passive):
- Mist Wraith spawn chance on minions Senna doesn't kill decreased to 22% from 25%
Sett - Nerfed
Haymaker (W):
- Damage decreased to 80/105/130/155/180 from 90/120/150/180/210
Soraka - Buffed
Stats:
- Base mana increased to 425 from 375
Starcall (Q):
Tristana - Buffed
Explosive Charge (E):
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 50/75/100/125/150% from 50/70/90/110/130%
Urgot - Changed
Disdain (E):
- Fixed an issue where he wasn't getting extra movement speed on dash
- Urgot now properly has a total CC duration of 1.5 seconds, including stun duration and time elapsed when enemy champion is flung, as intended from patch 10.6. (tooltip also now correctly reflects said total CC duration)
Fear Beyond Death (R):
- Cooldown decreased to 100/85/70 from 120/95/70
Varus - Nerfed
Chain of Corruption (R)
- Cooldown increased to 130/100/70 from 110/90/70
Xayah - Buffed
Bladecaller (E):
- Damage falloff per each feather hit decreased to 5% from 10%
Item Changes
Hunter's Talisman
Effects
- This item's healing will be amplified by 50% when under 30% Health
Hunter’s Machete
Effects
- This item's healing will be amplified by 50% when under 30% Health
Stalker's Blade
Effects
- This item's healing will be amplified by 50% when under 30% Health
Skirmisher's Sabre
Effects
- This item's healing will be amplified by 50% when under 30% Health
Jungle Changes
- Jungle camp XP increased by 10% at levels 9 and above
- Homeguard on death in early game grants 50% movement speed decaying over 5 seconds
- Shared kill XP decreased by 20% for levels 1-6, by 10% for levels 7-8
- Solo kill XP increased by 20% for levels 1-6, by 10% for levels 7-8
Champion Ability Timers
Border (recast or channel)
- Camille's E - Hookshot/Wall Dive
- Illaoi's W - Harsh Lesson
- Janna's Q - Howling Gale
- Jax's W - Empower
- Jax's E - Counter Strike
- Lux's E - Lucent Singularity
- Nocturne's R - Paranoia
- Swain's R - Demonflare
- Thresh's Q - Death Sentence
- Varus' Q - Piercing Arrow
- Vi's Q - Vault Breaker
- Mark (Snowballs in Howling Abyss)
Bar (state/empowerment)
- Draven's Q - Spinning Axe
- Gnar's W - Hyper
- Gnar's E - Hop
- Camille's E - Hookshot/Wall Dive attack speed
- Camille's R - The Hextech Ultimatum
Funnel Mechanics
Unique - Monster Hunte:r
- Minion gold penalty trigger: Gold earned from minion kills is greater than 40% of your gold earned from monsters from 50% of your gold earned from monsters
- Minion gold penalty removal at 20:00 from 14:00
Death Changes
- Pity Zooms: On death, gain a smaller version of Homeguards which gives the player about 2.5 seconds less time to get back to lane
- Lone Wolf: At levels 1-6, a champion's solo kills grant 20% more experience and assisted kills grant 20% less experience. At levels 7-8, these numbers are reduced to 10%
Bugfixes
- Evelynn's W - Allure properly damages at all levels from any range when cast on Baron Nashor
- Oracle Lens can be used immediately if it is the player's first purchased trinket instead of defaulting to a 90 second cooldown
- Lissandra's Frozen Thrall from Passive - Iceborn Subjugation now properly appears whenever an enemy champion dies nearby her, regardless of whether or not she's attacked them
- Neeko now properly deals basic attack damage to any enemy target when transformed as Wukong with Passive - Inherent Glamour
- Mordekaiser can no longer cast Teleport while being in his R - Realm of Death
- When Ornn recasts his R - Call Of The Forge God it will properly redirect in the direction of the dash, not towards Ornn's pathing
- Ally clones will no longer take damage from Tahm Kench's W - Devour
- Annie's W - Incinerate can no longer be seen in Fog of War by her enemies
