League of Legends Patch 11.6 is going to feature massive Akali and Xin Zhao changes along with the healing item nerfs.
Ever since the 2021 preseason went live, Riot has had a hard time balancing out all the new Mythic and revamped items. Even though Riot has already pushed multiple balance updates and hotfixes, there are always a few items and champions that escape the nerf list and terrorize the Summoner’s Rift.
This time, for patch 11.6, Riot is nerfing all the healing items along with Sterak’s Gage and Void Staff. On the other hand, Riot is buffing Smite and Gromp’s XP as the recent jungle XP nerf shook the jungle meta.
Furthermore, LoL patch 11.6 is also going to introduce the Xin Zhao rework with the new W->E combo, while Akali is scheduled to receive massive changes as well.
League of Legends Gameplay Design Director Mark “Scruffy” Yetter has previewed League of Legends patch 11.6 today, and here’s everything you need to know about the patch notes.
Patch 11.6 Release Date
League of Legends patch 11.6 is going to release on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
LoL Patch 11.6 release time:
- NA: 3:00 AM PT
- EUW: 5:00 UK time
- EUNE: 3:00 CET
Item Nerfs
Ravenous Hunter
- Base Omnivamp: 1% >>> 0%
- Omnivamp Per Stack: 1.7% >>> 1.5%
Fleet Footwork (AP)
- Heal AP ratio: 30 >>> 20%
Blade of the Ruined King
- Life Steal: 12% >>> 10%
- Siphon Damage: 40-120 >>> 40-150
Sterak’s Gage
- Bloodlust: Healing from each stack beyond the first is reduced by 50%
Stridebreaker
- Health: 300 >>> 200
Seeker’s Armguard
- Armor per kill: 1 >>> 0.5 (max 30 >>> 15)
Verdant Barrier
- MR per kill: 0.5 >>> 0.3 (max 15 >>> 9)
- AP: 25 >>> 20
Void Staff
- Ability Power: 65 >>> 70
- Cost: 2500 >>> 2700
Item Buffs
Shureliya’s Battlesong
- Inspire Cooldown (Active): 90 >>> 75s
Luden’s Tempest
- [NEW] Dealing ability damage to champions reduces cooldown by 0.5s (max 6 per ability)
Sunfire Aegis
- Ability Haste: 15 >>> 20
- Immolate Damage Per Stack: +10% >>> +12%
Rabadon’s Deathcap
- Cost: 3800 >>> 3600
Item Adjustments
Immortal Shieldbow
- Lifesteal: 12% >>> 10%
- [REMOVED] Lifeline Lifesteal Increase
- [NEW] Passive: Gain 25-50% AS on proc
- Shield Amount: 250-700 >>> 300-800
Liandry’s Anguish
- Gain 5% Magic Pen per second against burning targets (max 15%) >>> Deal up to 12% bonus magic damage based on their bonus health (maxed at 1250 bonus HP)
Ironspike Whip
- Cost: 1200 >>> 1100
- Cooldown: 15 >>> 20s (to match Mythics)
Spell and Jungle Changes
Teleport Summoner Spell
- Teleport now removes Respawn Homeguards
- Teleport now removes Homeguards
- Move Speed: 30/40/50% >>> 50%
- Cooldown: 420-240 >>> 420-210
Smite Summoner
- Base Healing: 70 >>> 90
Gromp Jungle Camp
- Experience: 125-168.75 >>> 135-182.25
Champion Nerfs
Hecarim
- Q:
- Damage: 60-228 >>> 60-208
Karthus
- Q:
- Damage: 45-125 >>> 45-115
Urgot
- W:
- On Hit Modifier: 75% >>> 50%
Lillia
- R:
- Cooldown: 130-90 >>> 150-110
Renekton
- R:
- Bonus Health: 250-750 >>> 250-550
Gnar
- Base stats:
- AS: 0.625 >>> 0.593
Champion Buffs
Xin Zhao
Riot confirms Xin Zhao is getting a mini rework in 2021 with a new W->E combo, ability changes, and more. Here’s everything you need to know about the update.
Akali
Riot is planning to decrease her base hp while buffing her maxed Q energy cost, E2, and maxed R damage. Akali now also increases her energy by 80 while her W is active. Here’s everything you need to know about the update.
Leblanc
- W:
- Mana cost: 60-120 >>> 60-100
Sylas
- P:
- Attack Speed: 80% >>> 125%
- W:
- Cooldown: 13-7 >>> 13-6
Pyke
- E:
- Cooldown: 15 >>> 15/14/13/12/11
Volibear Jungle
- W:
- Heal against wounded monsters: 50 >>> 100%
- E:
- Damage cap: 150-750 >>> 750
Skins
- Battle Academia Wukong
- Battle Academia Garen
- Battle Academia Yone
- Battle Academia Leona
- Battle Academia Leona Prestige Edition
- Battle Academia Caitlyn
