Another second Wednesday, another batch of exciting League of Legends goodies on the way to eyeball. LoL patch 10.8 has gone live, bringing nerfs to some familiar faces from the Champions roster (we’re looking at you Aphelios and Senna) and gorgeous new coven skins for LeBlanc, Morgana, and Zyra. That means one thing – it’s time to get a good look at what’s in store next update for LoL patch 10.9!
First up, there are five new Champion skins to come this patch celebrating the winning team from last year’s LoL Worlds 2019, Chinese squad FunPlus Phoenix (FPX). Gangplank, Lee Sin, Malphite, Thresh, and Vayne each get FPX-themed skins this patch, with outfits and VFX inspired by the champion team’s red, black, and gold colour scheme and logo. Sweet!
“FPX came out on top as the 2019 World Champions last year,” Riot Games says in an update post about the new PBE goodies. “Each of these upcoming skins honours a player from the 2019 FPX roster!” Take a look at these in the Champion skins section below.
While there’s no in-game footage to get a look at just yet, it looks like that Volibear rework has hit the PBE, too, with some files for a teaser – including a new character model. Plus, a Cho’Gath VFX rework has accidentally hit the PBE! Check both out further down the post.
In addition, as usual there’s a sizeable batch of Champion balance changes to pore over, with the next update bringing buffs for Kayn, Lissandra, and Cho’Gath, and nerfs for Wukong, Karthus, Nami, and more. You can take a look at these below, and be sure to keep checking back for more updates as they arrive before they go live next week.
In the meantime, read on for all the latest changes scheduled to drop into the live game when LoL patch 10.9 lands.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.9 RELEASE DATE AND DOWNTIME
As reflected in the 2020 League of Legends patch schedule, LoL patch 10.9 will go live on Wednesday, April 29. Maintenance times have now been confirmed, and they’ll begin at 03:00 AM PT for NA servers, 05:00 UK for EUW servers, and 03:00 CET for EUNE servers. Maintenance wil last for approximately three hours.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.9 Volibear Rework Teaser
Take a look at the new, reworked Volibear character model files that have just hit the testing servers below (via Moobeat on Twitter):
Updated the 4/17 PBE post! Surprise, a Volibear teaser was added, including his new model! A ton of TFT changes were also added, look for those soon as i go through them!
[email protected]: https://t.co/2DwbXmBwSM pic.twitter.com/8tQRMCQLP1
— moobeat (@moobeat) April 18, 2020
and because i’ve seen questions.. he has feet? i don’t know if they are considered toe beans or not. pic.twitter.com/0I2oyNQEJP
— moobeat (@moobeat) April 18, 2020
League of Legends patch 10.9 Cho’Gath VFX Changes
Ooops, I did not mean to ship this ….. :/
— Riot Beardilocks (@Beardilocks) April 22, 2020
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.9 BALANCE CHANGES
Champion Changes
Bard – nerfed
- Caretaker’s Shrine (W):
- Cooldown increased to 14 from 12
- Movement speed decreased to 30% from 50%
- Magical Journey (E):
- Cooldown increased to 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 from 18/17/16/15/14
Cho’Gath – buffed
- Vorpal Spikes (E):
- Damage increased to 22/37/52/67/82 from 22/34/46/58/70
Fiddlesticks – buffed
- Reap (E):
- Damage increased to 70/105/140/175/210 from 70/100/130/160/190
Gnar – buffed
- Boulder Toss (Mega Q):
- Amount of cooldown refunded by ability increased to 70% from 60%
- Crunch (Mega E):
- Damage increased to 80/115/150/185/220 from 50/85/120/155/190
Karthus – nerfed
- Stats:
- Movement speed decreased to 325 from 335
Kayn – buffed
- Reaping Slash (Q):
- Cooldown decreased to 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 from 7/6.5/6/5.5/5
- New! “Deals 40 bonus physical damage to minions and monsters”
- Blade’s Reach (W):
- Slow effect changed to 90% decaying from 70%
Lissandra – buffed
- Ice Shard (Q):
- Cooldown decreased to 8/7/6/5/4 from 10/8.5/7/5.5/4
Nami – nerfed
- Stats:
- Base mana decreased to 365 from 377.24
- Base HP decreased to 475 from 489.32
Quinn – buffed
- Blinding Assault (Q):
- Valor’s vision reduction effect increased to 1.75 seconds from 1.5 seconds
Trundle – buffed
- Subjugate (R):
- Cooldown decreased to 120/100/80 from 100/80/60
Wukong – nerfed
- Stats:
- Armour decreased to 31 from 34
- Crushing Blow (Q):
- Damage decreased to 20/45/70/95/120 from 30/55/80/105/130
- Warrior Trickster (W):
- Damage from clone decreased to 35/40/45/50/55% from 40/45/50/55/60%
Item Changes
Sanguine Blade
- Cost:
- Total cost decreased to 3000 from 3100
- Combine cost decreased to 1000 from 1100
- Stats:
- AD increased to 55 from 50
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.9 CHAMPION SKINS
Champion skins
FPX Lee Sin (honouring Tian) – 1350 RP
FPX Malphite (honouring Doinb) – 1350 RP
FPX Thresh (honouring Crisp) – 1350 RP
FPX Vayne (honouring Lwx) – 1350 RP
FPX Gangplank, Lee Sin, Malphite, Thresh, and Vayne all share one epic splash – take a look below:
FPX Chromas
League of Legends communications lead Ryan K. Rigney has announced on Twitter that there are also some “exclusive chromas inspired by the FPX team jersey” as part of the ‘signature edition mega bundle’. Take a look below:
FPX Worlds skins are coming soon, and this year if you buy the "Signature Edition Mega Bundle" you'll get some exclusive chromas inspired by the FPX team jersey.
First looks below (clockwise, from top left: Gangplank, Malphite, Lee Sin, Vayne…) pic.twitter.com/66qreSaKKw
— Ryan K. Rigney (@RKRigney) April 23, 2020
full squad shot pic.twitter.com/vbSte2LYLp
— Ryan K. Rigney (@RKRigney) April 23, 2020
That’s all we’ve got for LoL patch 10.9 right now, but be sure to keep checking back in the next couple of week to make sure you don’t miss any of the new updates Riot’s got planned ahead of the update’s launch.
In the meantime, get a look at LoL patch 10.8 to see what’s just gone live in-game, as well as our LoL tier list to keep you up-to-date with the best League of Legends Champions you can be playing in each role right now. There’s also a LoL skins and Champions sale on this week, in case you’re in the market for a new character or style.
