League of Legends patch 11.9 official notes introduces nerfs for Hecarim and Diana while buffing Sett and Kog’Maw 

League of Legends patch 11.9 will be bringing in some significant changes to the jungle meta this time around, as Riot is all set to nerf some of the more overwhelming picks in the role.

Hecarim, Mundo, Gragas, and Morgana will have their capabilities toned down significantly in this update, while champions like Trundle and Kindred will receive some much-needed attention.

Sett will also be up for some buffs, along with Xerath, who has fallen off tremendously on the League of Legends mid-lane meta ever since the start of season 11.

League of Legends fans looking for a detailed description of the patch can look up Riot’s official website.

However, for a brief overview here are all the major highlights.

League of Legends patch 11.9 official notes

League of Legends Champion updates

Diana

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Armor growth: 3.6 to 3.1

Health growth: 7.5 to 6.5

Passive- Moonsilver Blade

• Bonus attack speed: 20 to 40 percent (based on level) to 15 percent to 40 percent (based on level)

Dr. Mundo

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Armor growth: 3.5 to 3

AD growth: 3.5 to 3

Garen

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W – Courage

• Bonus resistances: 0.25 armor resist and magic resist per stack to 0.2 armor resist and magic resist per stack
• Bonus resistances units kill cap: 120 to 150

Gragas

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E – Body Slam

• Base damage: 80/130/180/230/280 to 80/125/170/215/260

Hecarim

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Armor: 36 to 32

Armor growth: 4 to 4.25

Q – Rampage

• Damage amplification per stack: 5 percent to 2 percent (+1 percent per 33 bonus AD)

W – Spirit of Dread

• [Rem] Healing from damage taken: Hecarim no longer heals 30 percent of damage taken by enemies within the area
• [New] Hecarim now heals for 30 percent (+1 percent per 40 bonus AD) of the damage he deals to a target. This is halved to 15 percent (+1 percent per 80 bonus AD) for damage dealt by allies

E – Devastating Charge

• Minimum base damage: 35/65/95/125/155 to 30/50/70/90/110
• Maximum base damage: 70/130/190/250/310 to 60/100/140/180/220

Heimerdinger

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W – Hextech Micro-Rockets

• Initial rocket damage: 50/80/110/140/170 to 50/75/100/125/150
• Maximum rocket damage: 90/144/198/252/306 to 90/135/180/225/270

Jinx

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Q – Switcheroo!

• Fishbones splash damage crit strike bugfix: 200 percent to 175 percent (damage to the primary target was unchanged and has been correctly 175 percent)

Kayn

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Q – Reaping Slash

• Darkin damage modifier: 55 percent of total AD to 65 percent of total AD

Kindred

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Q – Dance of Arrows

• Cooldown: 9 seconds to 8 seconds
• Base damage: 60/80/100/120/140 to 60/85/110/135/160

Kog’Maw

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Q – Caustic Spittle

• Resistances reduction: 20/22/24/26/28 percent to 25/27/29/31/33 percent

E – Void Ooze

• Cost: 80/90/100/110/120 mana to 60/70/80/90/100 mana

Lulu

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W – Whimsy

• Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds to 15/14/13/12/11 seconds
• Ally cast bonus attack speed: 20/23.75/27.5/31.25/35 percent to 25/27.5/30/32.5/35 percent

Morgana

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W – Tormented Shadow

• Damage against monsters: 200 percent to 185 percent

Rumble

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Passive – Junkyard Titan

• Overheated bonus on-hit damage: 10 to 50 (+30 percent AP) to 5 to 40 (+25 percent AP)

Sett

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W – Haymaker

• Damage ratio: 10 percent per 100 bonus AD to 20 percent per 100 bonus AD

R – The Show Stopper

• AD damage ratio: 100 percent bonus AD to 120 percent bonus AD

Shen

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R – Stand United

• Minimum shield: 175/350/525 (+135 percent AP) to 140/320/500 (+17.5 percent bonus health (+135 percent AP)
• maximum shield: :: 280/560/840 (+216 percent AP) to 224/512/800 (+28 percent bonus health) (+216 percent AP)

Taric

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General

• Tether interaction: Casting R – Cosmic Radiance, E – Dazzle, and W – Bastion on Taric’s linked ally that is not present on the map will no longer channel, show their VFX, or grant benefits, respectively, on them when they reappear (through abilities like Elise’s E – Rappel, Master Yi’s Q – Alpha Strike, etc)

Q – Starlight’s Touch

• Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 mana to 70/75/80/85/90 mana

Trundle

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E – Pillar of Ice

• Slow: 20/30/40/50/60 percent to 32/39/46/53/60 percent

Vladimir

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Q – Transfusion

• Cooldown: 9/7.75/6.5/5.25/4 seconds to 9/7.9/6.8/5.7/4.6 seconds

Xerath

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Q – Arcanopulse

• Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 (+75 percent AP) to 70/110/150/190/230 (+85 percent AP)

W – Eye of Destruction

• Base damage: 60/90/120/150/180 to 60/95/130/165/200
• Enhanced base damage: 100.02/150.03/200.04/250.05/300.06 (enemies in the center of the blast) to 100/158.4/216.7/275/333.3 (enemies in the center of the blast)

#2. League of Legends Item changes

Dead Man’s Plate

• Health 400 to 300

Death’s Dance

• Attack damage: 50 to 55
• Armor: 40 to 45

Moonstone Renewer

• Starlit grace heal: 60 to 70
• Starcaster (Ornn upgrade) Starlit grace heal: 60 to 70

Prowler’s Claw

• [Upd] Sandswipe targeting: Targets enemy exactly at the cursor to Looks for a target in the following order: Nearest champion within 50 units of the cursor, nearest non-champion within 50 units of the cursor, nearest champion within 200 units of cursor, nearest non-champion within 200 units of cursor

Sunfire Aegis

• Immolate bonus damage to monsters: 100 percent to 150 percent
• Forgefire Crest (Ornn upgrade) immolate bonus damage to monsters: 100 percent to 150 percent

Turbo Chemtank

• Bonus movement speed: 60 percent to 40 percent
• Turbocharged Hexperiement (Ornn upgrade) bonus movement speed: 60 percent to 40 percent

Wit’s End

• Build Path: Hearthbound Axe and Negatron Cloak and Dagger and 800 gold to Hearthbound Axe and Negatron Cloak and Long Sword and 750 gold
• Attack damage: 30 to 40

#3. League of Legends In-game shop updates

• Improved the dropdown for item sets
• Elixirs now display a cooldown in the Quickbuy panels so you can tell when the most powerful potions will be available for you to purchase
• After purchasing a Mythic Item, additional Mythics will stop pestering you in the builds menu
• Ornn items are displayed in the shop if you have the great horned one on your team

#4. Summoner’s Rift ranked split two start

• The developers are rolling into the second split of ranked on Sunday, May 2. Emerge victorious from this split with exclusive rewards including a Gwen summoner icon, Gwen emotes, and a Series one Eternals Capsule

#5. Shurima and MSI Clash

• Shurima Clash: The second weekend of Shurima-themed Clash will be May 1 and 2. Team formation for the second weekend will open on April 26
• MSI Clash: The first weekend of the MSI-themed Clash will be May 8 and 9. Team formation for the first weekend open on May 3. The second weekend will be during patch 11.11

#6. Bug fixes and quality-of-life changes

• Fixed bugs where Viego would not properly copy Kindred and Shyvana’s stacking passives
• Fixed bug where, on possessing Kled, Viego would sometimes become mounted Kled with unmounted Kled’s abilities
• Fixed a bug where, after possessing Kindred, Viego would occasionally keep the Wolf’s VFX for the rest of the game
• Fixed various bugs regarding omnivamp and the champion’s stat panel. Omnivamp in the stat panel will now properly match up to the actual values a champion has
• Champions no longer heal significantly when applying on-hits to minions if they have omnivamp
• Fixed bug where Jayce’s W – Hyper Charge would not update his attack speed correctly
• Fixed a bug where Wukong would not knock-up enemies who entered his R – Cyclone radius while untargetable even after their untargetability ends
• KogMaw’s Passive – Icathian Surprise VO has been restored and is playing once again on all skins
• Seraph’s Embrace and Archangel’s Staff are no longer blocked from being purchased if you own other items in the Lifeline group [] Riftmaker and Trinity Force now grant Kai’Sa the appropriate amount of stats for her Evolutions
• Fixed an issue where Rammus’ Q – Powerball would grant more move speed than intended when Predator is equipped
• Shurelya’s Battlesong and Shurelya’s Requiem’s Inspire passive no longer counts allied champions twice for its “Allies Motivated” counter in its tooltip

#7. Upcoming skins and chromas

Skins

• DWG Jhin
• DWG Nidalee
• DWG Kennen
• DWG Leona
• DWG Twisted Fate
• Conqueror Jax
• Conqueror Jax Prestige Edition

Chromas

• DWG Jhin
• DWG Nidalee
• DWG Kennen
• DWG Leona
• DWG Twisted Fate