Now that Patch 13.20 is officially on the live servers, it’s time to take a look at the upcoming Patch 13.21 that will be coming to LoL.
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LoL Patch 13.21 – What changes are coming?
Patch 13.20 is officially out and it came with a lot of important changes. Not only did we get a major K’Sante rework and Jax’s visual update, but we also received radical adjustments to the jungle, rune system, and dragons.
For junglers, this patch will be some sort of pre-season. We’re not expecting to be completely different, but it should nerf junglers’ agency over the laners, reducing their impact in the early game, especially in solo queue.
Moreover, there is also support and starting item changes, as well as some buffs and nerfs. Overall, it’s quite a big patch and it should take a while for players to get used to the new update. While we’re monitoring how the meta will shape up in the upcoming days, let’s also set our eyes on the upcoming Patch 13.21.
On October 16, game designer Riot Phroxzon published the preview for Patch 13.21. In his post, he mentioned the players seem to appreciate the slower-paced games and the reduction of snowballing in the early game. According to him, game time has gone up about a minute and back to how it was in Seasons 7-8, with snowballing at its lowest in around 5 years.
Additionally, they are also happy with the overall jungle changes, even though the champion balance is off within the role. “Some tanks are too strong and a lot of AD champions are too weak,” he said. With that in mind, they are looking to buff up some of the weaker champions, such Kha’Zix, Bel’Veth, Hecarim, and Master Yi. There are also a few ADC champion changes, with buffs to Varus and nerfs to Jinx and Caitlyn.
Riot is also planning to adjust a few champions, runes, and items. Among them, First Strike is one of the major changes, alongside Phase Rush. But before judging, let’s see what numbers they are going to change.
You can find the list of tentative changes in the section below. Additionally, the Cafe Cuties skin line is back and four new champions will be receiving the skin: Jinx, Lulu, Poppy, and Rumble.
According to the official patch schedule, Patch 13.21 will be released on Wednesday, October 25. After that, there will be three more patches before the end of season 13.
How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?
Now that we have the numbers on our hands, we can talk a bit more about how the meta will potentially change. The most notable changes are Caitlyn’s nerf and Seraphine’s changes. The former will potentially kill her lethality build (unless specific scenarios) while Seraphine will now only be played in the support role.
The jungle changes on Morgana, Brand, and Zyra are exciting, as the jungle meta has been lacking with AP damage champions. That said, the lower snowball potential coming from Patch 13.20 on jungle will only make them for-fun picks.
Aside from these changes, the other buffs and nerfs seem to be quite on point. Hecarim and Bel’Veth needed a few improvements and Rammus was quite annoying to deal with in Patch 13.20.
Hullbreaker will likely impact late game’s split-pushing ability, but it won’t really make much of a difference. The resistance loss only happens super late into the game, and at that point, it won’t really matter as much.
For the runes, I was expecting something more impactful on nerfs from First Strike. We’ll see whether the 1% damage decrease will really impact some champions. Phase Rush’s melee MS speed bonus nerf is healthy so it’s fine.
Patch 13.21 Tentative Changes
Aurelion Sol
Q base DoT: 15 – 55 ⇒ 45 – 105
Q dot no longer scales 30 – 80 with lvl
Q dot AP ratio: 60% ⇒ 55%
Q burst base damage: 40 – 80 ⇒ 60 – 100
Q burst damage no longer scales with 20 – 30 with lvl
Bel’Veth
E cooldown: 24 – 18 seconds ⇒ 20 – 16
Brand (jungle)
Base health: 590 ⇒ 570
Health growth: 102 ⇒ 105
Base armor: 22 ⇒ 27
Armor growth: 4.7 ⇒ 4.2
Base attack speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.681
Attack speed growth: 1.36% ⇒ 2%
Passive DoT monster damage: 120% ⇒ 360% (still capped at 80 pre-mitigation per tick) ⇒ 300%
E base damage: 70 – 170 ⇒ 65 – 165
Briar
AS per level: 2.3% ⇒ 2%
P Healing on kill: 100% of remaining bleed ⇒ 125% of remaining bleed
W: Execute ratio: 4 %/100BAD ⇒ 3.5%/100BAD
Caitlyn (Lethality)
P crit chance ratio: 142.1875% ⇒ 148.75%
R base damage: 300 – 750 ⇒ 300 – 700
R bonus AD ratio: 200% ⇒ 170%
R crit ratio: 3.5% per 10% crit ⇒ 5%
R cooldown: 90 – 60 seconds ⇒ 90 flat
Dr. Mundo
E bonus AD: 2 – 4% max HP ⇒ 2 – 3% max HP
Fiora
Fiora is getting rescripted in 13.21. Shouldn’t change how she works but it increases the risk of adding bugs as some are getting removed.
Hecarim
AD growth: 3.2 ⇒ 3.7
W duration: 4 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
Jinx
NEW: Max 5 stacks – AS now only stacks on champion takedowns (epic monsters and structures still add the first stack and refresh the buff)
Q AP ratio reduced from 45% – 65% ⇒ 45% flat ⇒ 50% flat
Q cooldown: 10 – 5 seconds ⇒ 9 – 5
Q missile speed: 1200 ⇒ 1400 ⇒ 1200 (reverted)
W base shield: 50 – 130 ⇒ 60 – 180 ⇒ 50 – 150
W heal no longer scales with 0.4% per 100 AP missing HP
W mana cost: 50 – 90 ⇒ 70 – 90 ⇒ 80 – 100
E base damage: 60 – 140 ⇒ 60 – 180
E cooldown: 10 seconds flat ⇒ 11 – 9
E mana cost: 60 – 100 ⇒ 60 – 80
Tahm Kench
Passive base damage: 8 – 60 (level 1 to 18) ⇒ 6 – 48 (level 1 to 11)
Passive health ratio: 3% bonus HP ⇒ 5%
W cooldown refund: 40% flat ⇒ 40% – 50%
Varus
W on-hit base damage: 7 – 27 ⇒ 7 – 31
E slow: 25% – 45% ⇒ 30% – 50%
Zyra (jungle)
Base attack speed base: 0.625 ⇒ 0.681
Q base damage: 60 – 200 ⇒ 60 – 220
Q AP ratio: 60% ⇒ 65%
E base damage: 60 – 240 ⇒ 60 – 200
E AP ratio: 50% ⇒ 60%
System changes
Jungle pet changes
Base damage reduced from 16 ⇒ 15.5
Bonus AD ratio: 0% ⇒ 10%
AP scaling reverted 10% ⇒ 12%
Heal per attack: 70% of damage dealt ⇒ 13 – 46 (levels 1 to 12), healing cap removed
Large monster heal capped at 90 health, this is the 12% missing health heal
First Strike
Bonus True damage: 8% ⇒ 7%
Phase Rush
Melee Bonus MS: 30 – 60% ⇒ 25 – 50%
Hullbreaker
Bonus Armor and MR
Melee: 10 – 75 ⇒ 10 – 60
Ranged: 5 – 37 ⇒ 5 – 30
Surrender Voting
Early AFK surrender vote no longer requires a unanimous vote (now it’s the same as surrendering past 15 minutes)
Upcoming skins
Cafe Cuties Jinx – 1350 RP
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Rarity: Epic
New models and textures!
New VFX!
New SFX!
New recall Animation!
Determined to prove that she’s the best pastry chef around, Jinx uses her unique blend of chaos and technique to impress her patrons and blow away the competition! Although she specializes in savory treats, she’ll occasionally indulge in a little sugary goodness from time to time. But… don’t get in her way while she’s in the middle of a sugar rush.
Cafe Cuties Lulu – 1350 RP
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Rarity: Epic
Custom Models and Textures!
Custom VFX!
Custom SFX!
Custom Recall (B) Animation!
Sweet tooths are always satisfied when Lulu and her helpful sous-chef Pix are crafting the desserts! Just one whiff of their pastry magic concoctions is enough to enchant even the most unruly customers.Some say their treats are so captivating that they even have reality altering effects…
Cafe Cuties Poppy – 1350 RP
Image Credit: Riot Games
Rarity: Epic
New models and textures!
New VFX!
New SFX!
New recall Animation!
After stumbling upon a magical hammer said to leave behind the tastiest treats from every swing, Poppy discovered her true calling: feeding the cafe’s hungry customers! Anybody who messes with her friends, though might find out that those treats aren’t always so sweet.
Cafe Cuties Rumble – 1350 RP
Image Credit: Riot Games
Rarity: Epic
Price: 1350 RP
Custom models and textures!
Custom VFX!
Custom SFX!
Custom recall Animation!
As the cafe’s handy barista, Rumble always provides piping hot deliciousness! His trusty coffee making suit is unconventional, but effective for any cafe’s needs. Just make sure to check the temperature before taking a sip of his drinks –his inventions are known for occasionally going haywire!
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