The League of Legends balance cycle is slowing down as Riot Games takes a deep breath ahead of Season 14, but that doesn't mean there won't be any buffs, nerfs, and changes in League of Legends Patch 13.22.
Riot plans to make the changes meaningful when the first update arrives in November. Riot Phroxzon confirmed ahead of the patch's big release that it includes three buffs, seven nerfs, and three pretty hefty adjustments for characters the developers have been keeping their eye on throughout the Season 13 metagame evolution.
This time around, League developers aren't planning any item or rune changes, and they won't be touching any gameplay systems unless things change a little closer to the bell.
There's excitement in the costume department, though: After singles HEARTSTEEL is here and PARANOIA exploded onto the scene, Riot is adding a half-dozen cool cosmetics from the boy band's members.
Here's everything coming in the next League update.
When will League of Legends Patch 13.22 be released?
This bundle, which includes end-of-season changes, will land on Rift on Wednesday, November 8. While not every buff, nerf, and tweak will make it through the rigorous League PBE testing process – or even make it out of Riot's offices – we can expect most of them to be released mid-week.
The November update will begin rolling out around 10am ET in Australia - which is fine by me - and will be live on major League servers throughout the day.
Here are all the important patch times:
- 3pm CT (NA)
- 05:00 GMT (EU West)
- 03:00 CET (EU North East)
- Morning 8 KR (Korea)
What's in League Patch 13.22?
League developers are after “contrarian” players
As Season 14 approaches, League developers are trying to eliminate outliers on both sides of the metagame. This includes Dr. Including Mundo and Rammus (not strong enough), as well as Tahm Kench, Senna, Kassadin, and Nilah (all a bit too strong).
Dot Esports expects to see around a dozen changes in patch 13.22: three buffs, seven nerfs, and adjustments for Seraphine, Janna, and Brand – the last of which switches roles.
Janna is “not fun to play” so Riot is changing her
Riot is concerned that Janna has become unappealing to play after the late Season 12 and early Season 13 changes. To counter what has essentially become an “unsatisfactory” experience (according to the developers' measurements), adjustments are being made to Janna.
Meet League's new boy group HEARTSTEEL
The League's newest band, HEARTSTEEL, is here to continue the success of K/DA and True Damage. Their debut single, PARANOIA, has already been viewed over six million times, meaning plenty of skins to come.
Since Aphelios, Ezreal, Kayn, K'Sante, Sett, and Yone are faction members, they will of course all receive new faction cosmetics. Yone is also the luckiest of the six champions because with this update he will also get a brand new Prestige skin that can be unlocked with 2.000 Worlds coins.
On top of that, Ekko will also have a revamped True Damage skin from Riot developers.
Here are all the skins coming with this patch:
- HEARTSTEEL Aphelios (1,350 RP)
- HEARTSTEEL Ezreal (1,350 RP)
- HEARTSTEEL Kayn (1,820 RP)
- HEARTSTEEL K'Sante (1,350 RP)
- HEARTSTEEL Sett (1,350 RP)
- HEARTSTEEL Yone (1,350 RP)
- Prestige HEARTSTEEL Yone (2,000 Worlds Tokens)
- Breakout True Damage Ekko (Special Distribution)
These skins will go live during the 13.22 Patch cycle.
Below I've compiled all the early League notes for the November 8th update. Remember, until Riot releases the official patch, any of these buffs, nerfs, and changes are still very temporary and we could see them rolled back at any time.
League 13.22 Patch patch notes
Champions
buffs
- Dr. World
- Rammus
- “Wizard Attack Speed Sweep”
nerfs
- briar
- Graves
- Kassadine
- Nilah
- Senna
- Soot Kench
- ziggs
Adjustments
- Brand
- Janna
- seraphine
Skins
- HEARTSTEEL Aphelios
- HEARTSTEEL Ezreal
- HEARTSTEEL Kayn
- HEARTSTEEL K'Sante
- HEARTSTEEL Set
- HEARTSTEEL Yone
- Prestige HEARTSTEEL Yone
- Breakout True Damage Ekko
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