March 31, 2021 – Update 11.7 has headed to live! You can catch what’s coming next in the League of Legends patch 11.8 notes at that link.
It’s that time again, League lovers. As per the League of Legends 2021 patch schedule, the multiplayer game’s 11.6 update has rolled onto the live battlegrounds, bringing those Battle Academia skins and a hearty batch of champion and item changes. Now, League of Legends patch 11.7 is hitting the PBE – let’s take a peek at what’s in store, shall we?
If you’ve been keeping a weather eye on League’s social channels, you’ll have a good idea of what kinds of new cosmetics we can expect from 11.7 – there’s only a big ol’ bunch of Space Groove skins. There are a whopping seven new skins in the, well, groovy space-themed line this patch, with new looks for Blitzcrank, Lux, Lulu (plus prestige edition), Nasus, Nunu, Rumble, and Samira. You can check these out in all their Space Groove glory in the skins section below.
As for balance changes, there are now a bunch to check out, which target Alistar, Braum, Hecarim, Ivern, Kai’Sa, and – well – plenty of champs. And a bunch of items, too. Check these out below, and keep checking back on these notes as we’ll likely see some more tweaking and tinkering in the coming days.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at what’s coming – here are the tentative League of Legends patch 11.7 notes (cheers, Surrenderat20!):
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.7 RELEASE DATE AND DOWNTIME
According to the League of Legends 2021 patch schedule, League of Legends patch 11.7 is due to go live on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Maintenance times haven’t yet been confirmed, but they usually begin at 3am PT for NA servers, 5am GMT for EUW servers, and 3am CET for EUNE servers, and last for approximately three hours. We’ll post the exact times here when Riot confirms them closer to launch.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.7 – BALANCE CHANGES
Champion Changes
Alistar – nerfed
- Pulverise (Q):
- Damage dealt decreased to 60/100/140/180/220 from 60/105/150/195/240
- Trample (E):
- Additional damage dealt from next attack decreased to [20-275] from [35-290]
Amumu – buffed
- Bandage Toss (Q):
- Mana Cost decreased to 30/35/40/45/50 from 50/55/60/65/70
- Tantrum (E):
- Ability cooldown decreased to 9/8/7/6/5 from 10/9/8/7/6
Ashe – buffed
- Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R):
- Ability cooldown decreased to 100/80/60 from 100/90/80
Braum – buffed
- Unbreakable (E):
- Cooldown decreased to 16/14/12/10/8 from 18/16/14/12/10
- Glacial Fissure (R):
- Maximum duration of knock-up effect increased to [1-2 seconds] from [1-1.5 seconds]
Hecarim – nerfed
- Devastating Charge (E):
- Maximum move speed decreased to 65% from 75%
Ivern – nerfed
- Triggerseed (E):
- Damage dealt decreased to 70/90/110/130/150 from 70/95/120/145/170
Kai’Sa – nerfed
- Killer Instinct (R):
- Cooldown increased to 130/100/70 from 110/90/70
Kindred – buffed
- Dance of Arrows (Q):
- Ratio of ability’s bAD increased to 75% from 65%
- Mounting Dread (E):
- Cooldown decreased to 14/13/12/11/10 from 16/15/14/13/12
Lissandra – buffed
- Ice Shard (Q):
- Damage dealt increased to 80/110/140/170/200 from 70/100/130/160/190
Mordekaiser – buffed
- Obliterate (Q):
- Isolation Damage bonus increased to 40/45/50/55/60% from 30/35/40/45/50%
Rell – nerfed
- Attract and Repel (E):
- Duration of stun effect decreased to 0.5 seconds from 0.75 seconds
Teemo – buffed
- Guerilla Warfare (Passive):
- Duration of attack speed increased to 5 seconds from 3 seconds
- Toxic Shot (E):
- Impact damage dealt increased to 11/22/33/44/55 from 10/20/30/40/50
Thresh – nerfed
- Dark Passage (W):
- Ability’s shield effect decreased to 60/90/120/150/180 from 60/100/140/180/220
Tristana – nerfed
- Stats:
- Tristana’s base Attack Damage decreased to 59 from 61
Udyr – nerfed
- Stats:
- Udyr’s base Attack Damage decreased to 64 from 66
Varus – buffed
- Stats:
- Attack Damage dealt per level increased to 3.4 from 3
Yasuo – buffed
- Stats:
- Attack Damage per level increased to 3 from 2.2
Here’s an early preview of what’s in store from Riot on Twitter:
11.7 Preview with tentative changes:
A few things may still change but most of the directions are here. Yorick was overdue for some of this work for sure. pic.twitter.com/8zjSy7WswJ
— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) March 23, 2021
Item Changes
Trinity Force
- Effects:
- Attack Damage increased to 30 from 25
- Attack Speed decreased to 30% from 35%
- This item’s Mythic Passive has changed! Is now: [3 Attack Damage, 3 Ability Haste, 3 Move Speed] – changed from [10 Attack Speed]
Turbo Chemtank
- Effects:
- Move Speed from Active- Supercharged decreased to 60% from 75%
- Slow effect increased to 50% from 40%
Lord Dominik’s Regards
- Cost:
- Overall cost increased to 3000 from 2900
- Combining cost increased to 950 from 850
- Stats:
- Attack Damage dealt decreased to 30 from 35
Essence Reaver
- Cost:
- Overall cost decreased to 2800 from 2900 Combining cost decreased to 400 from 500
- Stats:
- Attack Damage dealt decreased to 45 from 55
Everfrost
- Effects:
- Active – Glaciate damage decreased to [100 (+30% AP)] from [125 (+35% AP)]
- Active – Glaciate cooldown increased to 30 seconds from 20 seconds
Serylda’s Grudge
- Cost:
- Overall cost decreased to 3200 from 3400
- Combining cost decreased to 650 from 850
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.6 – CHAMPION SKINS
Champion Skins
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE BLITZ and CRANK splash art:
SPACE GROOVE LULU – 1350 RP
“Hailing from Boogie Wonderland, a planet of Pure Groove, Lulu is uniquely attuned to the resonance of cosmic disco energy. Using her staff to conjure visions of freedom and abandon to the beat of the music, she can get even the most left-footed creatures in the galaxy tapping along.”
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE LULU splash art:
SPACE GROOVE LULU – PRESTIGE EDITION – 2000 EVENT TOKENS
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE LUX splash art:
Here are some tweaks on the way for Lux’s skin:
Hey folks! Watched lots of gameplay footage and realized Space Groove Lux's E needed more variations, so 2 more music variation on her E will be added! (Now up to 3 different space groove music!) Hopefully this helps reduce the feeling of repetitiveness. 💫✨ @moonstonesxo pic.twitter.com/Id3bRmbnf5
— Riot KDan (@RiotKDan) March 18, 2021
SPACE GROOVE NASUS – 1350 RP
“A storied disc jockey, music librarian, and leader of the Dog Planet, Nasus was once under Lissandra’s thrall – seizing all his people’s grooviest records and hiding them away, never to be heard again. Yet, now, with his heart opened to the power of disco, he leads his people in rebellion against the deadly shock troopers Blitz and Crank.”
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE NASUS splash art:
SPACE GROOVE NUNU AND WILLUMP – 1350 RP
“Blessed with the strongest boogie-channelling abilities his planet had ever seen, Willump had been recruited by Lissandra to convert good vibes into harsh ones. But when he met Nunu during the siege of Normal World, Willump broke free of Lissandra’s control and the two deserted to travel the galaxy, and bring good vibes back to the universe.”
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE NUNU AND WILLUMP splash art:
SPACE GROOVE RUMBLE – 1350 RP
“The Retro-Futuristic Planet is tired of listening to the boring music brought by Lissandra’s evil influence. Fashioning a Groove suit of his own design, Rumble now stomps across his adoptive home world, unleashing powerful rockets and a groovy bass track on anyone who’d keep the people from dancing.”
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE RUMBLE splash art:
SPACE GROOVE SAMIRA – 1350 RP
“A groovy, thrill-seeking bodyguard and elite warrior from the Hot Tub Nebula, Samira took a job directly from the Three Party Goddesses to save Lux from an impending invasion of the Normal World. Now, as the pair liberate planets across the galaxy, Samira must do everything in her power to keep Lux safe– both from Lissandra and from Lux’s own lack of self preservation instincts.”
Here’s the SPACE GROOVE SAMIRA splash art*:
*Riot has noted on Twitter that some changes are coming for Samira’s Space Groove splash art and icons:
Now with green, and a pass on champion likeness! the splash will be integrated soon! 🌌 https://t.co/zr0mp8nE77 pic.twitter.com/wHp9ercTnF
— Jenny Huls (@RiotTinyBun) March 17, 2021
Here are Riot Games’ PBE previews of the skins from social media:
It's time to get funky this Space Groove PBE Preview! 🪐
Nunu 💿
Nasus 🐶
Rumble 🐹
Lux 🚀
Samira 🔫
Blitzcrank 🐱
Lulu + Prestige Edition! 🪄 pic.twitter.com/rxCPsUftnZ— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) March 16, 2021
Miscellaneous
- Here are some more previews of the skins as well as information from Riot on the state of the game from the latest LoL Pls, which you might want to check out to get an idea of where League is headed:
To hear @safelocked and @RiotMeddler chat about burst damage, mythic items, the client, game clarity, and more watch the newly named "lol pls" here: https://t.co/WshBwKsoCC 📺
— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) March 12, 2021
- Following Riot’s mention that it would be returning along with the Space Groove thematic in the LoL Pls video, the 5v5 limited-time One for All game mode has returned to the PBE for testing!
- The Space Groove theme has also hit the testing grounds – you can give it a listen using the embed below (via Surrenderat20):
You can now check out a deep dive into the sounds behind League of Legends with Riot’s new YouTube series called Frequencies – here’s the first episode:
- Riot has announced a new League of Legends champion is coming in the next patch! You can read all we know so far about League of Legends’ new champion Gwen at that link.
That’s it for the tentative League of Legends patch 11.7 notes based on what’s hit the PBE and League social media channels for now, but keep checking back on this page over the update’s fortnight-long testing cycle as we’ll keep updating it with all the changes and info you’ll want to know about ahead of its live launch. Assuming you want to keep up with all the latest changes headed to League, that is? Of course you do.
We also have a handy LoL tier list as well as a rundown of the best League of Legends champions to play for each role if you’re on the lookout for some tips while you’re here.