League of Legends Patch 12.2 Highlights
Patch 12.2 welcomes electric Zeri to the Rift along with a ton of exciting new skins. The update also comes with a champion refresh for Janna, Chemtech, and Hextech Dragon changes and a few adjustments to other champions and items.
Riot celebrates the year of the tiger with special events lined up along with a return of ARURF. Who doesn’t love a game mode with almost a 100 % cooldown?
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New intriguing skins
A new Porcelain skin line with a sleek blue and white aesthetic makes its way to the store with Patch 12.2.
The Porcelain skins released are:
- Porcelain Protector Ezreal
- Porcelain Lissandra
- Porcelain Amumu
- Porcelain Lux
- Porcelain Lux Prestige Edition
- Porcelain Kindred
Firecracker skins were also released for Sett, Xin Zhao, Diana, Tristana, and Teemo, along with a Prestige edition Brave Phoenix Xayah skin.
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Dragon changes
Chemtech Soul
- Zombie Health nerfed from 80% base health/50% bonus health to 70% base health/40% bonus health.
- Zombie Duration has also been nerfed from 4 seconds to 3.
Chemtech Rift
A few changes were made to the Rift to help teams who are behind slightly
- The Offensive action camouflage timer has been increased from 1.5 to 1.5 seconds
- Bonus Damage against enemies with more current health buffed from 10% to 12%
Hextech Drake
- Chain Lightning True Damage nerfed from 25-75 to 25-50 based on attackers level.
Major adjustments.
Lethal Tempo
- Attack speed per stack for melee champions adjusted from 13% to 10-15% (levels 1-15)
- Attack speed per stack for ranged champions adjusted from 7% to 5-9% (levels 1-12)
Patch 12.2 brought along significant changes to Janna. All her abilities and Base stats have been adjusted to make her more rewarding to play in this season. Champions such as Volibear, Yasuo, and Samira were also buffed, while Zed, Lulu, Shen, and a few others were nerfed. The full detail on all the champion adjustments and a few other changes can be read here.