The Tournament of Souls is well underway across Runeterra and League of Legends Patch 13.15 is continuing all the action with five more stunning skins, as well as all the usual buffs, nerfs, and changes as the Riot Games developers continue to work on the seasonal metagame.
This League update, which will kick off the August cycle, includes six buffs and seven nerfs for champions, as well as big adjustments for four more.
Matt Leung-Harrison, who presides over the many League changes, says the focus in 13.15 is helping struggling characters while knocking overly-powerful picks like Aatrox and Kai’Sa down. The Rift’s newest debutant, Naafiri, was also deemed “a bit too strong” before Riot reversed their plans.
And, of course, all our eyes are turning to the Worlds patch (I’ve got it circled in my calendar—Patch 13.19) and that’s no different in Riot’s offices; Leung-Harrison says the team is starting work on that meta specifically.
The Soul Fighter skin line is also expanding with five more mouthwatering entries, including one incredible Jhin skin I’ve already put a few dollars aside to buy.
When will League Patch 13.15 go live?
I don’t blame you if you’re not looking toward this patch just yet, especially considering Naafiri just arrived and League’s Arena mode is taking up all our time, but Riot waits for no one—the next update is coming, stacked with buffs, nerfs, and even changes for that same new character we’ve all been playing.
Specifically, Patch 13.15 is coming on Wednesday, Aug. 2.
The first update in August will start staging in Australia—where I’m playing from—around 10am AEST before rolling out on major League servers throughout the day.
Here are all the key patching times:
- 3am PT (NA)
- 5am GMT (EU West)
- 3am CET (EU North East)
- 8am KR (Korea)
I’m a visual person, so a timer like this certainly helps me:
Expect several hours of server downtime once the patch begins staging. Matchmaking will be disabled across all League queues three hours before the update is set live.
What’s in League Patch 13.15?
17 champion changes coming, Naafiri nerfs shelved
Oh, you thought just because League’s newest champion Naafiri debuted with a cataclysmically low 40.60 percent win rate that she was going to escape Riot’s ever-brutal nerfs hammer? Yeah, look, so did I, but the devs are obviously seeing something under these stats that we haven’t yet.
Update July 25, 10:23pm CT: So I think Riot may read my League patch notes because they’ve since removed Naafiri from the changelist. I think that’s fair enough considering the new champion’s struggling win rate. Stay tuned for 13.16 to see if they reverse their plans or if they leave League’s new pup alone.
In other changes that did make it through, Aatrox, Ivern, and Kai’Sa—a major target this week, as I understand it—are up for nerfs, as are Maokai, Sejuani, and Shyvana.
On the other side, Patch 13.15 will buff Caitlyn, Camille, Gwen, Nami, Taliyah, and blade brothers Yasuo and Yone. Annie, Heimerdinger, and Yorick (more on that just below) are getting adjustments too.
Regarding Yorick, I actually flagged these changes recently, but Riot ended up delaying them for more testing.
Iconic summons get changes
So, more on the above for Annie, Heimerdinger, and Yorick: the League devs are focusing in on their summons—that would be Tibbers, the H-28Q Apex Turrets, and the Maiden respectively—and tweaking their stats.
All three summons are having their armor, magic resistances, and base health massaged to adjust the power of their attached champions ever so slightly.
The Maiden is also getting some new health regen.
Riot starts work on 2023 Worlds meta
Okay, okay, so I know this isn’t exactly relevant to the next League patch, but any time the Riot developers say “Worlds” in relation to changes on the Rift, that’s a very hot topic we can’t really ignore, can we?
This week, Leung-Harrison confirmed the August 2 update will be the first in a five-patch sprint to the MOBA’s annual premier tournament with the best characters in pro play already starting to get a look-in from the balance team.
Related: League Worlds 2023: Dates, location, tickets
That includes K’Sante, though I expect the Pride of Nazumah may be tweaked behind the scenes for the time being. Riot may go early with their plans, but it’s pretty unlikely.
Popular Soul Fighter skin line doubles
With the Tournament of Souls still raging in the League world, it’s no surprise Riot’s development team has a few more skins in the chamber. This update, Evelynn, Gwen, Jhin, Shaco, and Viego are all getting new Soul Fighter variants. There will also be a Prestige edition for Shaco.
As I mentioned earlier, that Jhin cosmetic has already been bookmarked as a must-buy for me, though I may have to dig out some change for Gwen’s too.
Here are all the skins coming this patch:
- Soul Fighter Evelynn (1,350 RP)
- Soul Fighter Gwen (1,350 RP)
- Soul Fighter Jhin (1,350 RP)
- Soul Fighter Shaco (1,350 RP)
- Prestige Soul Fighter Shaco (2,000 Soul Fighter Tokens)
- Soul Fighter Viego (1,820 RP)
These skins will go live during the Patch 13.14 cycle.
I’ve put together all the early League patch notes for the August 2 update below. Remember, until Riot releases the official notes, any of these buffs, nerfs, and changes are still very much tentative and we could see them pulled at any time.
League Patch 13.15 patch notes
Champions
Caitlyn
- Passive critical hit chance ratio increased from 1.2 to 1.3.
- R crit ratio increased from 2.5 percent damage per 10 percent crit to 3.5 percent damage per 10 percent crit.
Camille
- Attack damage growth increased from 3.5 to 3.8.
- R on-hit base damage increased from 5-15 to 20-40.
Gwen
- Health regeneration increased from 8.5 to nine.
- W resists increased from 17-25 plus seven percent ability power to 22-30 plus seven percent ability power.
Nami
- Q damage increased from 75-295 to 90-310.
- Passive move speed increased from 90-100.
- Passive ability power ratio increased from 20 to 25 percent ability power.
Taliyah
- Q damage increased from 45-125 to 50-130.
- E cooldown reduced from 18-14 to 16-14.
- E damage to monsters increased from 150 to 175 percent.
Yasuo
- Shield still 125-600 (plus 30 at level three, plus 75 at level six, plus 125 at level nine, plus 79 at level 16).
Yone
- W shield increased from 45-65 to 55-75.
Aatrox
- Q attack damage ratio reduced from 60-100 to 60-90 percent.
Ivern
- Changes coming, focused around moving him off Night Harvester and onto Enchanter.
Kai’Sa
- Base health reduced from 670 to 640.
- Q damage per missile reduced from 40-100 (plus 50 percent bonus attack damage)(plus 30 percent ability power) to 40-100 (plus 50 percent bonus attack damage)(plus 20 percent ability power).
- W cooldown reduction after evolution reduced from 77 to 75 percent.
Maokai
- Q bonus monster damage reduced from 100-180 to 80-160.
Naafiri
- Changes removed from update.
Sejuani
- W total damage reduced from 50-230 to 30-210.
Shyvana
- Attack damage per level reduced from 3.4 to three.
- Health per level reduced from 109 to 104.
Annie
- Tibbers armor and magic resist changed from 30-90 (plus five percent ability power) to 30-90 armor and magic resist (level 6-18).
- Tibbers health changed from 1300-3100 (plus 75 percent ability power) to 1150-3500 (plus 50 percent ability power)(nonlinear level 6-18).
Heimerdinger
- H-28Q Apex Turret health changed from 850-1450 (plus 25-200 percent ability power) to 725-1525 (plus 50 percent ability power).
- Turret armor increased from 10-80 to 30-90.
- Turret magic resist increased from 25-65 to 30-90.
Rell
- Changes removed from update.
Yorick
- Maiden health has new effect: 2.5 health regen per second.
- Maiden armor and magic resist changed from zero to 10-50 Armor/MR (nonlinear level 6-18).
- Maiden health changed from 350-3300 (plus 75 percent Yorick max health) to 400-1950 (nonlinear level 6-18).
Items
Night Harvester
- Now only triggers on auto attacks, direct spells, and pets (no longer indirect effects).
Runes
Glacial Augment
- Zone slow reduced from 30 percent (plus three percent per 100 ability power)(plus four percent per 100 bonus attack damage)(plus nine percent per 10 percent heal and shield power) to 20 percent (plus six percent per 100 ability power)(plus seven percent per 100 bonus attack damage)(plus nine percent per 10 percent heal and shield power)
Systems
Smite
- Damage to non-lane minions reduced from 600-1200 to 20-160 (matches champion damage).
- 20 percent move speed slow for two seconds unlocks at Tier Two Smite.
General
- Coming soon…
Skins
Soul Fighter Evelynn
Soul Fighter Gwen
Soul Fighter Jhin
Soul Fighter Shaco
Prestige Soul Fighter Shaco
Soul Fighter Viego
Bugfixes
- Coming soon…
Update July 30, 7:15pm CT: Added all skin videos.
Update July 25, 11:51pm CT: Added all buff and nerf details.
Update July 25, 10:23pm CT: Riot pulled Naafiri changes from patch.
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