League of Legends Patch 11.2 - Release Date, Viego, the Ruined King, Ruined and Shan Hai Scrolls Skins

League of Legends' Patch 11.2 has now arrived on the PBE, its patch notes announcing its release date, while giving us a first look at new champion Viego, the new Ruined and Shan Hai Scrolls skins coming later in January.

A new year also means a refreshed patch schedule, which sees LoL Patch 11.2's release date slated for Wednesday, Thursday 21, which is when the changes are set to hit live servers. Since the holiday break is over, we're back to the usual two-week testing period.

Like in the case of its peers, the LoL 11.2 maintenance schedule will be revealed closer to launch. Usually, it takes about 3 hours for patches to be deployed. Checking our League of Legends Server Status article is a good way to keep yourself informed on server downtime caused by patch deployment or other reasons.

Viego, The Ruined King is the newest champion to make his way to Summoner's Rift. The former ruler of a long-lost kingdom turner into an undead wraith obsessively longing for his queen, he's able to possess the bodies of slain enemies and use their non-ultimate abilities.

Viego, the Ruined King

Stats:

• Base HP: 560
• HP Per Level: 95
• Base HP Regen: 1.4
• HP Regen Per Level: 0.14
• Base MR: 32
• MR Per Level: 1.25
• Base AD: 57
• AD Per Level: 3.5
• Base Armor: 34
• Armor Per Level: 4
• Attack Speed Per Level: 2.5
• Base Move Speed: 345
• Attack Range: 225

Abilities

Sovereign's Domination (Passive):

• The souls of enemy champion that die within 3 seconds of being hit by Viego become wraiths. Viego can Attack wraiths to Possess them, restoring 8 + 2.5% bonus AD + 1.5% AP + 250% bonus Attack Speed% of enemy's max health and gaining access to their non-ultimate Abilities, Attacks, and items for 10 seconds. During this time he replaces their Ultimate with a free cast of his own and gains 10% Move Speed toward enemy champions.
• Viego keeps his summoner spells, runes, and trinkets during Possession and cannot use active or consumable items. Passive item Cooldowns are shared across Possessions.

Blade of the Ruined King (Q):

• No Cost
• 5/4.5/4/3.5/3s Cooldown
• Passive: Viego's Attacks deal an additional 2/3/4/5/6% current Health physical damage. His first Attack against an enemy he has recently damaged with an Ability hits a second time, dealing 20% AD + 15% AP physical damage and restoring 150% of damage dealt as Health. These bonuses are kept during Possession.
• Active: Viego stabs forward, dealing <25/40/55/70/85 (+60% AD)> physical damage.
• The Second strike can Critically Strike, applies on-hit effects while not Possessing an enemy, and has 155% healing vs. jungle monsters.
• The bonus on-hit damage deals a minimum of 10/15/20/25/30 damage. It deals a max of 80 damage vs. jungle monsters.
• This Ability's cast time is reduced with Attack Speed. It deals and additional 10 damage to jungle monsters.

Spectral Maw (W):

• No Cost
• 8s Cooldown
• Begin Charging: Viego begins gathering Mist, Slowing himself by 15%.
• Release: Viego dashes forward and hurls the gathered Mist. Deals 80/135/190/245/300 + 100% AP magic damage and Stuns the first enemy hit for 0.25 to 1.25 seconds based on charge time.

• This Ability's cooldown is set to 3 seconds when interrupted.

Harrowed Path (E):

• No Cost
• 14/12/10/8/6s Cooldown
• Viego sends forth a spectre to haunt the first terrain hit, surrounding it with Mist for 8 seconds. Viego gains Camouflage, 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% + 4% Per 100 AP Move Speed, and 30/35/40/45/50% Attack Speed while inside the Mist.
• Camouflage reveal radius increased to 400 from 375
• Restealth time increased to 0.6s from 0.5s

Heartbreaker (R):

• No Cost
• 120/100/80s Cooldown
• Viego discards any souls he is currently Possessing and teleports. On arrival he Attacks the champion with the lowest percent Health, briefly Slowing them by 99% and dealing (120% AD + 4950% Crit) + (15/20/25% + 5% bonus AD) missing Health physical damage. Other nearby enemies are Knocked Back and take 120% AD + 4950% Crit physical damage.
• This Ability applies on-hit effects to the primary target and spell effects to everything else.

Watch Viego's abilities in action in the video below.

League of Legends' Patch 11.2 adds a total of 7 new skins from the Ruined and Shan Hai Scrolls lines. Players hopping onto the PBE can try out Ruined Draven (1350 RP), Ruined Karma (1350 RP), Ruined Syhvana (1350 RP), Shan Hai Scrolls Cho'Gath, Shan Hai Scrolls Jhin, Shan Hai Scrolls Nautilus, and Shan Hai Scrolls Neeko. Lunar Beast Viego has also been added as the newest champion's release skin.

Riot KateyKhaos has provided a set of turnaround images, giving us a better idea of how these new skin lines look in-game. Check them out below.

The first set of updates for Ruined Shyvana and Karma bring improvements for their E and R abilities.

Did a few updates to #Ruined #Shyvana's VFX. Mostly satisfaction around the E missile, rebalancing some E AoE, and increasing satisfaction of the R pic.twitter.com/wr1Stz2uxg

— Beardilocks (@Beardilocks) January 7, 2021

Some updates to Ruined Karma:
- Updated E shield spawn in
- Made R-W easier to differentiate from W
- Fixed issues with the mask animation + VFX when activating Mantra

Still to come:
Minor updates to karma texture during Mantra to make her more glowy pic.twitter.com/0EK9gAKvah

— Beardilocks (@Beardilocks) January 8, 2021

Senior Experience Designer Jordan Checkman revealed a few changes coming to the in-game chat in LoL 11.2 that should make it look better on screens using different resolutions.

Planned changes for League of Legends in-game Chat:
11.1 - Ctrl + A / Drag Select
11.2 - Fix for End of Game double-enter bug
11.2 - Scaling changes (chat will be larger at small resolutions and scale better)

All of these are subject to change yadda yadda.

Happy Chatting!

— Jordan Checkman (@CestDommage) January 4, 2021

Gameplay Design Director Mark Yetter has shared a first version of the League of Legends' Patch 11.2 preview, revealing a broader list of planned upcoming chances.

Patch Preview 11.2 with all tentative changes

A few additions, and not 100% locked down but we're getting close. pic.twitter.com/k7CCQ1MQ4p

— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) January 12, 2021

The first balance changes arriving on the League 11.2 PBE target the Ravenous Hunter rune.

LoL 11.2 Champion Balance Changes

Aatrox - Changed

Umbral Dash (E):

• New: Now amps World Ender (R) omnivamp to 26/32/38/44/50%

World Ender (R):

• Self-healing decreased to 30/45/60% from 50/75/100%

Akali - Nerfed

Five Point Strike (Q):

• Cost increased to 120/115/110/105/100 from 120/110/100/90/80

Azir - Buffed

Conquering Sands (Q):

• Cooldown decreased to 14/12/10/8/6 from 15/13/11/9/7

Caitlyn - Buffed

Stats:

• AD per level increased to 3.3 from 2.88

Darius - Nerfed

Hemorrhage (Passive):

• Noxian Might bonus AD decreased to 20-205 from 30-230

Dr. Mundo - Buffed

Infected Cleaver (Q):

• HP refund on hit increased to 50% from 40%
• HP refund on kill increased to 100% from 80%

Masochism (E):

• Damage increased to 4/4.5/5/5.5/6% from 3/3.5/4/4.5/5%

Sadism (R):

• Healing increased to 60/85/110% from 50/75/100%

Elise - Nerfed

Venomous Bite (Q):

• Damage decreased to 70/105/140/175/210 from 70/110/150/190/230

LeBlanc - Buffed

Stats:

• HP per level increased to 97 from 92

Sigil of Malice (Q):

• Mana decreased to 50/55/60/65/70 from 50/60/70/80/90

Maokai - Nerfed

Sapling Toss (E):

• Mana cost increased to 60/70/80/90/100 from 60/65/70/75/80
• Damage AP ratio decreased to 0.8% per 100 AP from 1% per 100 AP

Nocturne - Buffed

Paranoia (R):

• Cooldown decreased to 140/115/90 from 150/125/100

Nunu - Nerfed

Stats:

• Base HP decreased to 540 from 570
• Base movespeed decreased to 340 from 345

Olaf - Changed

Vicious Strikes (W):

• Lifesteal increased to 16/18/20/22/24% from 14/16/18/20/22%
• Healing received decreased to (up to 33%) from (up to 50%)

Senna - Buffed

Stats:

• Attack speed ratio increased to 0.3 from 0.2

Absolution (Passive):

• Non kill ghoul spawn chance increased to 28% from 22%
• Gold from ghouls increased to 8 from 3

Piercing Darkness (Q):

• Healing ratios changed to (50% AD)(40% AP) from (40% AD)(25% AP)

Shaco - Buffed

Backstab (Passive):

• Damage increased to 20-35 from 10-25

Soraka - Buffed

Starcall (Q):

• Health restore increased to 50/65/80/95/110 from 50/60/70/80/90

Astral Infusion (W):

• Heal increased to 90/125/160/195/230 (+70% AP) from 80/115/150/185/220 (+60% AP)

Trundle - Buffed

Chomp (Q):

• Bonus damage ratio increased to 15/25/35/45/55% tAD from 10/20/30/40/50%

Frozen Domain (W):

• Attack speed increased to 30/50/70/90/110% from 20/40/60/80/100%

Varus - Buffed

Stats:

• Mana per level increased to 40 from 33

Chain of Corruption (R):

• Cooldown decreased to 100/80/60 from 120/90/60

LoL 11.2 Items Balance Changes

Chempunk Chainsword

• Health decreased to 150 from 200
• Total cost decreased to 2600 from 2700
• Combine cost decreased to 300 from 400

Essence Reaver

• Spellblade passive changed to restores 40% of this damage as Mana from restores 3% max Mana

Frostfire Gauntlet

• Recipe changed to Bami's Cinder + Null Magic Mantle + Cloth Armor + 950g
• Total cost decreased to 2800 from 3200
• Armor decreased to 25 from 50
• Ability Haste increased to 20 from 15

Galeforce

• Cloudburst cooldown increased to 90s from 60s

Gargoyle Stoneplate

• Fortify passive bonus armor and MR increased to 5% from 3%

Hextech Rocketbelt

• Movement speed boost decreased to 30% for 1.5s from 50% for 2s

Imperial Mandate

• Per target cooldown changed to (applies on initial application of CC) from (applies on ally proccing)

Phantom Dancer

• Cost increased to 2600 from 2500
• Combine cost increased to 950 from 850
• Attack speed increased to 45% from 40%

Runaan's Hurricane

• Cost increased to 2600 from 2500
• Combine cost increased to 950 from 850
• Attack speed increased to 45% from 40%

Serpent's Fang

• AD decreased to 55 from 60
• Total cost decreased to 2600 from 2800
• Combine cost decreased to 625 from 825

Shurelya's Battlesong

• New: Now gives 40 AP
• Health decreased to 200 from 350
• Removed: No longer gives 5% Move Speed
• Base mana regen increased to 100% from 50%
• Recipe changed to Kindlegem + Bandleglass Mirror + 750g

Sunfire Aegis

• Mythic passive changed to 5% Tenacity and Slow Resist from 5 ability haste

Turbo Chemtank

• Recipe changed to Bami's Cinder + Null Magic Mantle + Cloth Armor + 950g
• Total cost decreased to 2800 from 3200
• MR decreased to 25 from 50
• Ability Haste increased to 20 from 15
• Mythic passive changed to 5 ability haste from 5% tenacity and slow resist

Umbral Glaive

• Recipe changed to Long Sword + Serrated Dirk + Long Sword + 800g
• Total cost decreased to 2600 from 2800
• AD decreased to 50 from 55

LoL 11.2 Runes Balance Changes

Ravenous Hunter (D4)

• Omnivamp decreased to 1% + 1.7% per stack from 1% +2% per stack

We expect more to be added as its stay there continues, which is why you'll want to check back regularly.

You can also check out what's new on live servers by giving our 11.1 patch notes article a read and see the Shan Hai Scrolls Nautilus and Ruined Karma skins in action in the videos below.

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