League of Legends Update 12.6: Rengar Rework and Lifesteal Decreases

League of Legends Patch 12.6 is Coming - After a Long Lay, Riot Returns with Big Rengar Overhaul, Meta Champion Nerfs Hecarim (Hecarim) and Trindamir (Tryndamere) and big lifesteal changes. Here are the full fix notes for the late March update.

Have you been waiting for the League of Legends 12.6 patch for a while? It's been like an eternity since the last major update went live in early March, although the b-patch released a week later certainly helped shake up the AD carry meta.

It's back to normal, although Riot is moving forward with a regular patch schedule. There's a lot on the radar: meta champions like Hecarim, getting ready for nerfs, and reworking Rengar, promised for several months, is finally happening.

Oh, and in case you forgot, Anima Squad skins and events should be around the corner as well.

Here's what you need to know about the League of Legends 12.6 patch, including the full patch notes.

Check out the LoL 12.6 patch notes below.

When will the League of Legends 12.6 update be released?

League of Legends Update 12.6 marks a return to the regular scheduled schedule - patch due to go live 30 March 2022 year.

The sixth major patch of 2022 will begin rolling out to the Oceania servers at 10am AEDT, with worldwide rollouts occurring throughout the rest of the day.

Here are the key times:

• 3am P.T. (NA)
• 5 am GMT (EUW)
• 3am CET (EUNE)
• 8am KST (Korea)

There will be several hours of downtime when the fix begins, and matchmaking queues will be disabled approximately three hours prior.

The long-awaited rework of Rengar is finally going live.

What's coming in League of Legends 12.6?

Rengar's remake finally goes live after months of fiddling

It's been in development for months, but in LoL update 12.6 it's finally coming: a mini Rengar rework. Major changes to Pridestalker came through a few introductions, but Riot has finally settled on something that both players enjoy and would be healthy in increasing his skill.

These include more uptime on his passive ferocity, longer jump range, guaranteed crits on his Q, and a reduction in his throw time. The changes, which Riot says are purely "positive", only open up his build paths from the RNG builds he should have chosen for maximum damage.

Otherwise, on the buff front, Azir gains a health buff level that, as many joke, could put him back in the pros' spotlight. Darius, Jax and Nidalee are also getting lifts across the board.

Azir buffs? Faker is calling.

Rengar Changes

• Invisible Predator (Passive). The character will now gain a Rage charge on their first jump if their gauge is empty. The set of stacks for using basic skills will remain the same. They will now disappear after 10 seconds out of combat instead of 8. The jump distance will be increased to 750 units instead of 725. The trophy time for Necklace of Tooth will now be 3 seconds instead of 1,5.
• "Wildness" (Q). Each percentage of critical hit chance will increase the skill's damage by one. The skill can be applied to towers.
• Throw Bolas (E). The skill can be cast without animation while jumping. The hit enemy will be highlighted for 2 seconds.
• "The Thrill of the Hunt" (R). The ultimate will now highlight a small area near enemy champions.

Meta Champion Nerfs

Since Xin Zhao's nerfs, Hecarim has been at the top of the league's jungler tier list. However, the horse is reined in in LoL 12.6 with some nerfs to his base damage on Q and E. While this doesn't affect his usefulness, Hecarim should now be slightly weaker at all levels - especially with his tanks.

Tryndamere suffered the same fate after dominating the top lane meta. His Ultimate is getting a cooldown boost to stop the constant tower sinking, while the cooldown reduction on his crit-based E spin is also nervy.

These are the only two championship nerfs planned so far for the next League of Legends update.

Hecarim boasts a 50,28% win rate across all ranks, but one of the highest jungle presences in the game.

• Hecarim. Base damage Q will decrease from 60-208 to 60-180 units depending on the level of pumping. The minimum and maximum damage E will also be reduced to 30-90 and 60-180 respectively (currently 30-110 and 60-220).
• Trindamir. The cooldown on E for a critical hit against minions and monsters will now be 0,75 seconds (now 1) and 1,5 seconds (now 2) for such damage against a champion. The cooldown of the ultimate will increase from 110-90 to 130-90 seconds.

Changes to lifesteal focus on rejigging the meta

As part of their overall goal of cutting down on healing and support in League of Legends, Riot are making a major lifesteal pass in LoL 12.6.

Pick items from basic lifesteal all the way up to Immortal Shieldbow, which have their power shifted from their life stats to more combat stats like AD or health.

Fleet Footwork and Legend: Bloodline in the Precision tree runes are also being nerfed, while Ravenous Hunter domination is being removed for Treasure Hunter, a new rune that grants bonus gold on your first takedown on each respective enemy, equal to 550 gold injections after five unique kills and assistants.

New Anima Squad Skins

Get ready for battle in LoL update 12.6 with a brand new skin line and Anima Squad event. Once only a standalone skin - Battle Bunny Riven - Ionian Exile is now getting new friends and battle partners in the March 30 update.

You can find the full list of skins below:

• Battle Cat Jinx
  • Prestige edition also available
• Battle Bunny Miss Fortune
• War Bunny Prime Riven
• Battle Wolf Silas
• Battle of Bat Wayne

Dexerto can confirm that most Anima Squad skins will have nine Chromas, with the exception of Battle Bunny Miss Fortune.

They will be available for purchase with RP, with the exception of the Prestige Jinx skin, which will cost Event Tokens under the new Mythic Essence system.

You can find the full League of Legends 12.6 patch notes below:

League of Legends 12.6 Update Notes

Changes to runes and lifesteal items.

• "Insatiable Hunter" removed. Rune will be added instead "Treasure Hunter", which will increase the reward for the first champion kill by 70 gold. Each next frag on a new target will rise in price by 20 coins.
• "Legend: Bloodline". The rune will now add 0,4% lifesteal per stack, up to a maximum of 6% (from 0,6% and 9% now). At the maximum number of stacks, it will add 100 health units.
• "Skillful Maneuvering". Healing scaling per empowered auto attack will be reduced from 40 bonus attack damage and 30% ability power to 30% and 20% respectively.
• "Vampire Scepter". Adds 8% lifesteal instead of 10%
• "Blade of the Fallen King". Adds 8% lifesteal instead of 10%
• "Crossbow of Immortality". Adds 8% lifesteal instead of 10%. Shield volume will increase from 275-650 to 275-700 units. The artifact's passive ability will now add 5 attack power and 70 health points (currently 5 and 50).
• "Bloody Crossbow". Adds 10% lifesteal instead of 12%.

Champion Nerfs

• Hecarim. Base damage Q will decrease from 60-208 to 60-180 units depending on the level of pumping. The minimum and maximum damage E will also be reduced to 30-90 and 60-180 respectively (currently 30-110 and 60-220).
• Trindamir. The cooldown on E for a critical hit against minions and monsters will now be 0,75 seconds (now 1) and 1,5 seconds (now 2) for such damage against a champion. The cooldown of the ultimate will increase from 110-90 to 130-90 seconds.

Champion Buffs

• Azir. Increased health gain per level from 92 to 105.
• Darius. The base damage of the ultimate will increase from 100-300 to 125-375 units depending on the level of pumping.
• Jax. Base health will increase from 593 to 615. Damage W will increase from 40-180 to 50-190 units depending on the level of pumping.
• Nidali. Mana cost for W in human form is now 30-50 instead of 40-60. The attack range of the cat form skill will increase from 225 to 250. E cast range increased from 600 to 900. The cost of the skill will decrease from 50-90 to 50-70 mana depending on the level of pumping.

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