League of Legends Update 12.2: Zeri debut, Yasuo and Yone buffs, more details

The League of Legends 12.2 update is here. This time, the LoL developers are reworking Tama Kench and Zhanna, buffing the infamous god brothers Yasuo and Yone, adding a new champion, Zeri, to the mix, and more.

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• Zeri debut as 158th League champion
• Gain Yasuo and Yone
• Rework Tama Kencha and Zhanna

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League of Legends Season 12 continues with more than a dozen champions receiving buffs, nerfs and changes, in addition to the debut of a new champion.

Wind Brothers Yasuo and Yone are now getting much-needed buffs after Immortal Shieldbow nerfs in LoL 12.1 hit them harder than Riot expected. According to developer Phlox, they "significantly affected" from the changes, sliding down to a shocking win rate of 47,4%.

In addition, Riot is releasing sixteen new skins.

And finally, mini-alterations Tama Kencha and Zhanna should finally show up. Here are all the details about the League of Legends 12.2 patch, which will be released in the next two weeks.

Withered Rose Zeri will be available in the store on January 21, 2022. Porcelain Defender Ezreal, Porcelain Lissandra, Porcelain Amumu, Porcelain Lux (Regular and Prestige Edition), Porcelain Kindred, Pyro Sett, Pyro Diana, Pyro Teemo, Pyro Tristana, Pyro Xin Zhao, and Phoenix Courageous Shaya (Prestige Edition) will be available in the store on January 27 2022.

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What will happen in the LoL 12.2 update?

Zeri debuts in 12.2

Next League of Legends Champion, Zerihas finally been revealed. A new AD transfer from Runther Zaun's polluted underground city, she jumps from Arcane to the Summoner's Rift.

Born into a working-class family in an underground city, she fought alone against Zaun's Chembarons who were destroying her homeland. However, her electric charms weren't enough, although her efforts inspired those who suffered under the Himbarons' rule to rebuild their lives.

With the help of Entresol's neighbors, she was able to harness and channel her electrical energy into her emotion-powered rifle and jacket to control her powers.

League of Legends 12.2 Updated Champions

Janna

Main indicators and all skills have been changed.

 Janna hasn't been fun to play over the past few seasons, especially when compared to other bot laners. We've decided to give Stormrage a mini-rework while keeping the classic play style and image intact. We believe that Jeanne is primarily loved for her shields and the ability to help allies, so we are transferring some of the power from her [W] (with debilitating damage) to [E] and [Q]. In addition, we have prepared a number of useful edits, which, we hope, will blow your mind. 

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BASIC INDICATORS

MOVEMENT SPEED 315 ⇒ 330. ATTACK DAMAGE 46-71,5 ⇒ 52-103. ATTACK DAMAGE BOOST 1,5 ⇒ 3. ATTACK RANGE 550 ⇒ 500.

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FAIRWIND (PASSIVE)

UPDATEDTAILWIND Janna's movement speed is increased by 8%, only when she moves to allied champions. (The movement speed bonus for allied champions that move towards Jeanne has not changed.)REMOTE DESTROYABLE BURST Basic Attacks and West wind [W] Jeanne no longer deals bonus magic damage based on her bonus movement speed.

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WARRING VORTEX [Q]

MANA COST 60/90/100/120/140 ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100.МИНИМАЛЬНАЯ ДАЛЬНОСТЬ 1000 ⇒ 1100.MAX RANGE 1750 ⇒ 1760.TIME TO REACH DESTINATION 1,5 seconds ⇒ 1,25 seconds.

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WEST WIND [W]

RANGE 550 (edge ​​to edge) ⇒ 650 (center to center).SLOW DURATION 2 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds COOLDOWN 8/7,5/7/6,5/6 секунд ⇒ 12 seconds at all skill levels. BASE DAMAGE 55/85/115/145/175 ⇒ 70/100/130/160/190.ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ СКОРОСТЬ ПЕРЕДВИЖЕНИЯ 6/7/8/9/10% ⇒ 8/9/10/11/12%.

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EYE OF THE STORM [E]

UPDATED GOOD PREDICTION Always active: When Janna's skills slow or knock up at least one enemy champion, recharge Eye of the Storm [E] reduced by 20% ⇒ Her healing and shields are increased by 20% for 5 seconds.SHIELD STRENGTH 80/115/150/185/220 (+70% AP) ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+65% ability power).COOLDOWN 16/15/14/13/12 секунд ⇒ 15/13,5/12/10,5/9 seconds 0,75 seconds ⇒ 1,25 seconds.

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MOUSSON [R]

FREQUENCY OF TREATMENT 0,5 seconds ⇒ 0,25 seconds (the overall effectiveness of the treatment has not changed).

LULU

The cooldown of the Quirk [W] has been increased.

 Lately, Lulu has been a true bot queen, especially at higher levels of play. That's why we a little reducing the availability of her most universal skill. 

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FAD [W]

RELOAD 16/15/14/13/12 секунд ⇒ 17/16/15/14/13 секунд.

NOCTURNE

Health growth increased. The damage ratio of his Herald of the Dusk [Q] has been increased.

 Whatever builds or runes Nocturne tries, his condition is just a nightmare. Increase the scaling so that it doesn't lose usefulness as the game progresses and doesn't rely solely on ults. 

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BASIC INDICATORS

HEALTH GROWTH 85 ⇒ 95.

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SUNSET HERALD [Q]

BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE RATIO 75% ⇒ 85%.

KIANA

Health regeneration reduced. The duration of the invisibility path from the Blade of Ishtal [Q] has been reduced.

 Qiyana dominates the elite level of the game. We're reducing the duration of her invisibility in combat, as this was the element that pissed off enemies the most. 

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BASIC INDICATORS

HEALTH RECOVERY 7,5 ⇒ 6.

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BLADE OF ISCHTAL [Q]

DURATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE PATH OF INVISIBILITY 3,5 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds.

RENGAR

R's Thrill of the Hunt now has a passive effect that causes Rengar to jump on enemies while Stealth is active.

 The appearance of the chemtek gorge strongly hit the combat seal, because most often he is taken into the forest. Rengar isn't the only one suffocated by the chemtech, but he's definitely hit the hardest since he spends the most energy on the bushes. The trophy hunter lost 12 places at once, from which you can jump on enemies. This affected not only the clear, but the entire gameplay, so we are giving him a new way to pounce on targets. And you don't even need catnip for this! (Note that this is a passive effect [R], so it is not available until level 6.) 

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HUNTING EXCELLENCE [R]

NEW JUMPING HIDE AND SEEK Always active, when Rengar is cloaked, he will jump on enemies on his auto-attacks.

SAMIRA

Hellfire's R base damage has been increased.

 With Crossbow of Immortality nerfed, Samira has a harder time getting into the mid game, so we're giving her R base a bit of a boost so she can build up her snowball in style. 

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HELL OF HELL [R]

PHYSICAL DAMAGE PER SHOT 0/10/20 (+50% of attack power) ⇒ 5/15/25 (+50% attack power). TOTAL DAMAGE PER TARGET 0/100/200 (+500% of attack power) ⇒ 50/150/250 (+500% attack power)

SENNA

Auto attacks now slow enemies.

 Senna is pretty weak this season, especially when builds are damage focused. The core element of this playstyle was the old Ice Growth, and since the new version of the rune does not proc from Senna's basic attacks, we decided to give it the ability to slow enemies differently. 

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RELEASE (PASSIVE)

NEW POOR VISIBILITY Always active: Senna's basic attacks slow enemies by 20% (+6% per 100 ability power) (+10% per 100 bonus attack damage) for 2 seconds.

SHEN

The damage of Twilight Attack [Q] has been reduced.

 After the changes to Teleport in 12.1, Shen is once again king in terms of map influence from the top lane. We don't want to deprive him of this unique ability, so to restore balance, we reduce the damage in duels. 

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DUSK ATTACK [Q]

BONUS SKILL DAMAGE 10-40 (+6 per 3 levels) (+5/5,5/6/6,5/7% (+2% per 100 ability power) of the target's maximum health) ⇒ 10-40 (+6 per 3 levels) (+4/4,5/5/5,5/6% (+2% per 100 ability power) of target's maximum health)UPDATED

TAAM KENCH

Q Tongue Slam slow increased. Durable Hide [E] changed; damage stored as gray health reduced (unless there are multiple enemy champions near Tahm Kench). Shield strength for allies from Grab and Swallow [R] has been increased; now increases movement speed when swallowing an ally.

 In the 11.13 update, we reworked Tahm Kench because the old armory gave him huge advantage in highly coordinated games. Back then, our goal was to reduce Kench's appeal to the pros while still maintaining an interesting playstyle and ensuring an acceptable win rate in both roles. (He used to win more often in the top lane than in the support position.)

Tahm Kench's popularity in the professional scene has really gone down, so we've reached that goal. In terms of win rate, the rework did little to close the gap between top lane and support. Moreover, she made him more noticeable. As a result, the players who took Tahm Kench to the bottom lane began to believe that he could not cope with this role. We've been monitoring his condition for a long time and now we're ready to take a riskier step: buffing the support Kench and nerfing the top lane Kench. 

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TONGUE PUNCH [Q]

SLOW DOWN 40% ⇒ 50%.

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ROBUST SKIN [E]

DAMAGE SAVE AS GRAY HEALTH 45/50/55/60/65% ⇒ 15/25/35/45/55%, increased to 45/50/55/60/65% if there are at least 2 visible enemy champions (dead or alive) nearby. GRAY HEALTH RATIO 30-100% (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 45-100% (levels 1-18)

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GRAB- SWALLOW [R]

SHIELD FOR AN ALLY 400/500/600 (+100% AP) ⇒ 500/700/900 (+150% ability power) ALLY SWALLOW MOVEMENT SPEED: Tahm Kench is slowed by 30/20/10% until he spit out an ally ⇒ Tahm Kench's movement speed is increased by 40% for 3 seconds (regardless of swallow duration).

TICKET

Damage to monsters from Rend [W] has been reduced.

 In the 11.18 update, we gave Talon the ability to go to the jungle to diversify the playstyles in this position and attract new players there. As a result, he became one of the strongest killer junglers - especially at the elite level of the game, where he has practically no equal in mobility, damage and clearance speed. Such flexibility in terms of positioning is great, but in the current state, Talon has almost no weak spots left, which is why it is unpleasant to play against him. Therefore, we significantly reduce its clearing speed. Talon will still perform well in the jungle and retain his killer mobility, but perhaps players will now start paying attention to other junglers as well. 

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RAW [W]

DAMAGE TO MONSTERS 130% ⇒ 105%.

TRISTANA

Health and health recovery increased.

 Our rocket girl lost her fuse. Her skills are still powerful, but they are risky to use, and charges do not build up quickly. We're increasing Tristana's survivability early on so she can complete her explosive combos more often. 

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BASIC INDICATORS

HEALTH 559 ⇒ 600.HEALTH REGENERATION 3,75 ⇒ 4.

VEIGAR

Vicious Strike [Q] cooldown reduced; the number of charges for killing large monsters and minions has been increased.

 The little master of evil has ceased to inspire fear lately. We increase the rate of accumulation of charges Incredible Evilso that Veigar can look down on his mid lane opponents. (Figuratively speaking.) 

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EVIL IMPACT [Q]

RELOAD 7/6,5/6/5,5/5 секунд ⇒ 6/5,5/5/4,5/4 seconds 2 ⇒ 3.

VOLIBEAR

Increased attack power growth. Lightning Bolt's [E] cooldown has been reduced.

 The once formidable Volibear has lost all authority. We're buffing his attack power, as well as increasing the availability of the famed thundering skill. 

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BASIC INDICATORS

ATTACK DAMAGE BOOST 3 ⇒ 3,5.

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THUNDER [E]

RELOAD 15 seconds ⇒ 13 seconds.

YaSUO

Steel Storm [Q] damage ratio increased.

 Like Samira, the Windy Brothers have been hit hard by the Immortal Crossbow debuffs. As compensation, we increase the power of those skills that need to be used wisely. 

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STEEL STORM [Q]

DAMAGE 20/45/70/95/120 (+100% of attack power) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+105% attack power)

YONE

Mortal Steel [Q] damage ratio increased.

 Of course, we are strengthening Yone as well, so that during the battle he and his brother would be on an equal footing. 

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MORTAL STEEL [Q]

DAMAGE 20/40/60/80/100 (+100% of attack power) ⇒ 20/40/60/80/100 (+105% attack power)

ZED

The base damage ratio of Death Brand [R] has been reduced.

 Zed takes down enemies without a shadow of a doubt, which is why he is often blocked. We weaken the ninja in such a way that in order to eliminate targets, he had to use his basic arsenal more competently. 

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DEATH MARK [R]

DAMAGE 100% of attack power (+25/40/55% of damage dealt tagged goals) ⇒ 65% attack damage (+25/40/55% damage dealt tagged goals).

Changes to items in League of Legends 12.2

LICH STORM

 At the beginning of the 2021 season, we reworked Lich Bane to make it more versatile: we removed skill haste, and increased damage and cooldown Arcane Blade. After these changes, the item began to deal too much burst damage, which resulted in nerfs. But the main users of the Storm began to refuse it, so we return some of its power to it. 

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RECIPE Smash Wand + Aetheric Flare + Radiance + 600 Gold ⇒ Fiendish Libram + Ethereal Flare + Radiance + 550 gold (total cost has not changed).SPEED SKILL 0 ⇒ 15. SPELLBLADE DAMAGE 150% base attack damage (+40% ability power) ⇒ 75% base attack damage (+50% ability power). SPELLBLADE COOLDOWN 2,5 seconds ⇒ 1,5 seconds.

RILAI'S CRYSTAL SCEPTER

 For the past few years, the Crystal Scepter has been struggling to find its niche, as it's useful to everyone at once: Battlemages, damage over time mages, and support champions with an emphasis on ability power. To bring the item's utility properties to the forefront, we're lowering its cost and increasing its health. It will now be more accessible to tough mages and mid-range supports. 

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ASSEMBLY COSTXnumx gold ⇒ 415 gold (total cost changed accordingly).ABILITY POWER 90 ⇒ 75.HEALTH 350 ⇒ 400.

REACTIVE CHEMICAL ARMOR

 In Pre-Season 2022, we've updated the Rocket Chemical Armor to allow tough junglers and initiators to fill up the tank and then accelerate and deal a devastating blow. but Refueling synergized too well with dashes, which is why it was used by more fragile fighters as an additional source of damage. We applaud the ingenuity of the players, but chemical armor is meant for tanks, so it's time to introduce some restrictions. For basic users in general, everything will remain the same. (Changes also apply to Ornn's upgrade - Turbo Hex Sampler.) 

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UPDATED REFueling Charges (PASSIVE) PER DAMAGED Gain 5 charges for each portion of any damage dealt ⇒ for each damage dealt monsters and champions.UPDATED REFueling Charges (PASSIVE) PER MOVEMENT Gain 1 charge for every 15 distance traveled (no limits) ⇒ no more 10 charges per move command.

League of Legends 12.2 Forest Changes

CHIMTEK DRAGON

 The soul of a chemtek dragon is still much stronger than all the others. We are reducing zombie health and durability. That is life expectancy. Or afterlife? In general, you understand. 

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THE SOUL OF A KHIMTEK DRAGON

ZOMBIE HEALTH 80% base health + 50% bonus health ⇒ 70% base health + 40% bonus health 4 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds.

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KHIMTEK GORGE

 We're making a few changes so that the winning team has slightly less advantage in battles in the Chemtech Rift.

(Time to mention that we covertly Weakened the Chemtech Rift in the last update. Prior to this, champions instantly camouflaged when they entered the fog. In update 11.24, we added an activation delay: after participating in a battle, stealth would not be applied for another 1,5 seconds. And now we increase this delay.) 

DELAY BEFORE CLOUDING ACTIVATES AFTER PARTICIPATION IN COMBAT 1,5 seconds ⇒ 2,5 seconds BONUS DAMAGE TO CHAMPIONS WITH MORE HEALTH Until 10% ⇒ Up to 12%.

HEXTECH DRAGON

 The Hextech Soul is also stronger than the others, though not as much as the Chemtech Soul. 

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SOUL OF A HEXTECH DRAGON

CHAIN ​​LIGHTNING NET DAMAGE 25-75 (depending on attacker's level, 1-18) ⇒ 25-50 (depending on attacker's level, 1-18)

League of Legends 12.2 rune changes

DEATH PACE

 The death tempo is too strong in the early game - especially in the hands of melee champions. We're lowering the power of the rune at the start of the match, but increasing its scaling. 

INCREASED ATTACK SPEED PER STACK (MELE) 13% ⇒ 10-15% (at levels 1-15) INCREASED ATTACK SPEED PER STACK (RANGE) 7% ⇒ 5-9% (levels 1-12)

A.R. U.R.F. RETURNING!

 With the start of the Lunar Feast (January 27), A.R. will appear in the client again. W.R.F.! (deciphered as "Absolutely Random Ultra Destructive Format" – suddenly you didn’t know.) All the features of the mode remained in place, but we made a number of edits to the runes and added a couple of surprises to the description of the Awesome buff of awesome awesomeness. 

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ADVANCED HIT COOLDOWN 25-15 seconds (depending on level) ⇒ 15-9 seconds (based on level).ICE GROWTH COOLDOWN 25 seconds ⇒ 15 seconds.

VISUAL UPDATE

SONA

BASE LOOK Completely redesigned. SONA MUSE Same effects as base skin. Small details added.SONA, PENTAKILL KEYBOARD Same effects as base skin.CHRISTMAS SONA Same effects as base skin but in different color.SONA ZITER Same effects as base skin. Minor details added.ARCADE SONA Complete overhaul.DJ SONA Complete overhaul. Added special effects for each passive aura. SLEEP BEAUTY Same effects as base skin. In addition, the effects are cleaner. SONA FROM ODYSSEY Minimal edits. SONA FROM PENTAKILL "LOST CHAPTER" Minimal edits.

WAYNE

BASE LOOK Completely redesigned. DRAGON SILLER VAYNE Same effects as base skin, but in a different color. Added smoke and flame effects. VAYNE HEARTBEAT Same effects as the base skin, but in a different color. [W] has added heart effects.SKT T1 VAYNE Same effects as base skin. Changed projectiles to better match the model.LIGHT VANE Same effects as the base skin, but in a different color (more golden). Added divine sparks.

BUG FIXES AND USEFUL CHANGES

• Fixed a bug due to which it was sometimes possible to select objects other than towers as a target for Teleport until the 14th minute.
• Fixed an issue where Empowered Teleport, which was created by Open Spellbook, would permanently replace one of the Summoner's spells after being used.
• In games with Zoe, Champions now properly drop Empowered Teleport Spell Shards if used after 14 minutes.
• Fixed an issue where Yone could sometimes cast Empowered Teleport while it was active Liberated Soul [E].
• Fixed an issue with the exclamation mark stealth indicator to correctly appear above a champion that is visible to enemies in chemtek fog after some stealth skills expire (such as Twilight Shroud [W] Akali).
• Fixed an issue that caused towers to incorrectly start attacking enemy champions that were damaged by Greetings from Ikatia (passive skill) Kog'Maw or Conquest of Death (Passive Skill) Karthus.
• Rengar's Jump Attacks from Invisible Predator (Passive) now correctly activated Artful strikes (effect of Navori's Swift Blades).
• Fixed a bug due to which, when taking damage from some forest monsters, charges sometimes applied incorrectly Takeovers (passive Force of Nature).
• Fixed an issue where the Ice Buildup's passive effect was not properly applied Rising moon (Eclipse Passive).
• Fixed an issue where icon frames for mythic or active items were sometimes displayed in the wrong places. (Yes, those orange squares.)
• Fixed the position of the mute buttons for chat and emotes of enemy champions so that they no longer overlap with other icons in the score window.
• Fixed the position of the K/DA DJ Sona and Seraphina's music mute buttons so that they always display correctly next to the portraits of the respective champions in the score window.
• Fixed an issue with chat limit notifications so they now again show players how many messages they have left.

FUTURE LOOK AND COLOR SCHEMES

The following skins will appear in this update.

Ezreal Porcelain Protector

Porcelain Lissandra

Porcelain Amumu

Porcelain Suite

Porcelain Suite - Prestigious Edition

Porcelain Kindred

Pyrotechnic Sett

Pyrotechnician Diana

Pyrotechnician Timo

Pyrotechnician Tristana

Pyrotechnician Xin Zhao

Shai's Courageous Phoenix - Prestige Edition

Withered Rose Zeri