Surrender at 20: Patch 8.20 Notes

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Patch 8.20 is on the way and the official patch notes have been posted!

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Here are the full Patch 8.20 notes (be sure to check regional editions for slight variations!):

Welcome to 8.20. This patch brings an update to League's most daring, well-dressed, genius, athletic, glory-bound, handsome explorer, Ezreal! (His words.) His gameplay is undergoing a less drastic transformation than past updates, but you'll look a heck of a lot better while slinging skillshots and nabbing bounties—and you still won't need a map.*

*Please always pay attention to your minimap.

Other than that, this one's a pretty quiet patch as we switch gears behind the scenes from Worlds balancing toward preseason preparations. We're mainly tuning a few things to be a little less lethal in the early/mid-game, other than Nami or Sion who should ideally die at least sometimes (up from never).

That's it! Get back to climbing ranked and watching Worlds!

Paul "Aether" Perscheid

Patch Highlights

Champions

Ezreal

W has been redesigned.

Ezreal's champion update brings some significant visual, audio, and lore level-ups to the Prodigal Explorer. Ezreal's update differs from other VGUs in the gameplay department: His kit's held up well over the years, and the only ability that needed a makeover was his W, Essence Flux. Within a suite of spells that make Ezreal feel like an ace spellslinger, Essence Flux felt unremarkable… when it was even noticed. We've given the Prodigal Explorer a new W that has a more appreciable place in his kit and even adds a few new decisions for Ezreal players to consider.

We'd be remiss not to mention AP Ezreal, a playstyle we want to preserve with this update. Though the new Essence Flux plays quite differently than a pass-through skillshot, it still packs a punch with some AP itemization. It also gives AP Ezreal much stronger structure damage as well as more reliability from Arcane Shift.

General

UPDATEDEzreal and his skins have all received full visual and audio updates!

SPLASHBase, Frosted, TPA, Debonair, Ace of Spades, and Arcade Ezreal's splashes have been altered to match Ezreal's new design. Nottingham, Striker, Explorer, and Pulsefire Ezreal have received brand new splashes. You can find them all on League Displays!

LOREEzreal's lore has been updated. Head to Universe to check it out!

NEWW - Essence Flux

Ezreal fires an orb that sticks to the first champion or objective hit. Hitting the orb with an ability or attack detonates it. Detonating with an ability refunds mana.

DAMAGE75/120/165/210/255 magic damage

RATIO0.6 bonus attack damage + 0.7 ability power

RANGE1150 (same as Q - Mystic Shot)

COOLDOWN12 seconds

ORB DURATION4 seconds

COST50 mana

MANA REFUND ON ABILITY DETONATION60 plus the cost of the ability that detonated Essence Flux

OBJECTIVEEssence Flux can stick to champions, epic monsters, turrets, inhibitors, and the Nexus

Q - Mystic Shot

RATIO0.4 ability power ⇒ 0.3 ability power

E - Arcane Shift

NEWESSENCE ATTRACTIONArcane Shift now prioritizes enemies affected by Essence Flux

R - Trueshot Barrage

ICONICNo balance or mechanics changes. Just adding this to show off the new icon!

Passive - Rising Spell Force

ICONICNo balance or mechanics changes. Just adding this to show off the new icon!

Ahri

R cooldown increased early.

Given how aggressively Ahri can snowball early leads into quick wins, we're reducing how often Spirit Rush lets her threaten her opponent in lane. This should give the enemy midlaner a bit more breathing room to recover and the enemy team more opportunity to shut Ahri down while her dashes are unavailable.

R - Spirit Rush

COOLDOWN110/95/80 seconds ⇒ 130/105/80 seconds

Evelynn

Empowered E damage decreased early. R damage decreased.

Evelynn's too easily able to kill enemies without Allure, particularly in the early-mid game.

E - Whiplash

EMPOWERED DAMAGE95/115/135/155/175 ⇒ 75/100/125/150/175

R - Last Caress

DAMAGE150/275/400 ⇒ 125/250/375

EXECUTE DAMAGE300/550/800 ⇒ 250/500/750

Graves

Base AD decreased.

For how well he scales, Graves takes over early games too reliably—even for an early-game-oriented champion.

Base Stats

BASE AD66 ⇒ 63

Jhin

Hail of Blades no longer applies to Jhin's first basic attack.

Don't let the "Bugfix" tag below fool you, this is a pretty substantial power-down to Hail of Blades Jhin. Bonus attack speed increases both Jhin's attack damage and the movement speed he gets from critical strikes, so while most champions would be relatively unimpacted by Hail of Blades' 75-125% bonus attack speed buffing their first basic attack, Jhin's been reaping real benefits from the bug.

Passive - Whisper

BUGFIXHail of Blades no longer applies to Jhin's first basic attack (the one that procs it). It still properly applies to the following basic attacks as intended. (Behavior is now consistent with everyone else.)

Nami

W heal decreased.

We're making Nami and her carry less resilient to threats from aggressive enemy lanes.

W - Ebb and Flow

HEAL65/95/125/155/185 (+0.3 ability power) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+0.3 ability power) (damage vs enemy champions unchanged)

Sion

Base health regen decreased.

Less health regen means Sion will have to rely more on his shield and health bonuses from last-hitting to stay healthy in lane.

Base Stats

BASE HEALTH REGEN9 per 5 seconds ⇒ 7.5 per 5 seconds

Runes

Dark Harvest

Base damage decreased.

We want to preserve Dark Harvest's late-game scaling, but it shouldn't be a go-to pick for early/mid-game damage on top of that.

BASE DAMAGE40-80 (lv 1-18) ⇒ 20-60 (lv 1-18)

End of Season Eligibility

Added an icon to your profile to check if you're eligible for this year's Victorious skin. Hover over it to find out what you'll earn!

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where Jarvan's Passive - Martial Cadence was dealing less damage than intended when combined with Tiamat's passive
Restored a bunch of Vi's VFX across a few skins
Tristana's E - Explosive Charge passive no longer deals reduced damage when proc'd by Stormrazor's guaranteed critical strike
Jumping out of Tahm Kench's belly directly into Taliyah's R - Weaver's Wall no longer causes you to lose control of your champ for an extended amount of time
The channeling bar no longer displays weird text when Nautilus casts Q - Dredge Line

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released this patch. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splash!

Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger

Infernal Amumu

Hextech Malzahar

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Dragon Trainer Tristana

Dragon Trainer Lulu

Infernal Amumu

Points of Interest from the 8.20 PBE Cycle

Here's a brief look at many of the new things included in patch 8.20. This coverage includes preview screen shots and video taken during the 8.19 PBE cycle and may vary slightly from what is pushed to live.

Ezreal Champion Update

Ezreal's small scale champion update will be available with Patch 8.20, including updated skins and VFX, a new W, and more!

Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer

Updated Skins

Along with Ezreal's champion update, each of his skins have been updated:

Nottingham Ezreal

Striker Ezreal

Frosted Ezreal

Explorer Ezreal

Pulsefire Ezreal

Pulsefire Ezreal Special Interactions:

Pulsefire Ezreal's animated splash and login screen was also updated:

TPA Ezreal

Debonair Ezreal

Ace of Spades Ezreal

Arcade Ezreal

Star Guardian Ezreal

SSG Ezreal

New Skins

Two new skins will be available sometime during Patch 8.20 - Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger and Infernal Amumu!

Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger

1820 RP

Infernal Amumu

1350 RP

New Chroma

New sets of chroma for Dragon Trainer Lulu (5), Dragon Trainer Tristana (6), and Infernal Amumu (5) will be available sometime during Patch 8.20, as well as the updated Debonair Ezreal chroma with his champion update!