League of Legends Patch 13.21 notes: Nexus Blitz returns, K’Sante buffs, Brand jungle & more

Patch 13.21 isn’t quite as hefty as 13.20, but, with Nexus Blitz returning along with some big balance changes, there’s a lot to look forward to in this League of Legends patch.

The previous patch in League of Legends contained some big changes. Whilst patch 13.20 was a bit of a buggy mess on launch, it made a great deal of changes to runes, starter items, several champions, and more. It’s likely the biggest patch we’ll see until Season 14 starts rolling out.

So, patch 13.21 is meant to bring some of the changes they made last patch in line while also introducing a few new ideas. While making Brand’s jungle clear some of the best clear out of League’s roster may have been a strange addition, it’s hard to say how it’ll affect the meta.

Here are the full patch 13.21 notes:

When does LoL Patch 13.21 go live?

League of Legends Patch 13.21 is expected to go live on 25 October, 2023, according to Riot’s patch schedule. Patch 13.21 will head to Oceanic servers first, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 13.21 for your server:

• 3 AM PT (NA)
• 5 AM GMT (EUW)
• 3 AM CET (EUNE)
• 8 AM KST (Korea)

There’ll be a few hours of downtime when patching begins, and matchmaking queues will be taken offline about three hours beforehand.

What’s changing in LoL Patch 13.21?

K’Sante, Caitlyn & Jinx changes

Caitlyn & Jinx, two ADCs that have been particularly strong on this patch, are getting some nerfs this patch. Jinx’s infinitely stacking attack speed increase passive is getting trimmed down to keep it from being game-breaking in certain scenarios, and Cait’s getting some nerfs to her prominent one-shot lethality build.

K’Sante, meanwhile, is getting some love after his rework. His rework didn’t change any of his core abilities completely, but it did change the way his abilities interact with each other and how much damage he does. This rework was meant to nerf the champion, so he’s received some buffs to bring him into a better place.

Mage Jungler changes

Riot is also looking to make some adjustments to several mage champions so that they can have improved viability in the jungle. Morgana, Brand, and Zyra are getting changes that may end up making them viable junglers (or, in Morgana’s case, more viable than before).

Seraphine gets pushed into the support role

Seraphine was designed to be a support champion, but she’s always been most effective as either an “ADC” or a mid laner. The changes on this patch are meant to shift her power away from those roles and more toward the role she was intended to play.

Nexus Blitz returns!

Nexus Blitz is coming back to League of Legends. Though the mode was once thought to be gone forever, it’s making a comeback in Riot’s ongoing effort to keep League fresh as game modes are swapped out.

What’s more, there are a good few changes specific to Nexus Blitz you may want to read up on before jumping into the mode for the first time. Those changes will be located below the initial set of balance changes on the patch, or you can just jump right to them by clicking here.

League of Legends Patch 13.21 notes

Champions

Aurelion Sol

Q: Breath of Light

• Base dot increased: 15 – 55 >>> 45 – 105
• Dot no longer scales with level
• Dot AP ratio decreased: 60% >>> 55%
• Burst damage increased: 40 – 80 >>> 60 – 100
• Burst damage no longer scales with level

Bel’Veth

E: Royal Maelstrom

• Cooldown reduced: 24 – 18 >>> 20 – 16

Briar

Base Stats

• Attack speed per level: 2.3% >>> 2%

Passive: Crimson Curse

• Healing on kill increased: 100% >>> 125%

W: Blood Frenzy/ Snack Attack

• Execute ratio decreased: 4% per 100 bonus AD >>> 3.5% per 100 bonus AD

Brand

Base Stats

• Base health reduced: 590 >>> 570
• Health growth increased: 102 >>> 105
• Base armor increased: 22 >>> 27
• Armor growth reduced: 4.7 >>> 4.2
• Base attack speed increased: 0.625 >>> 0.681
• Attack speed growth: 1.36% >>> 2%

Passive: Blaze

• Monster bonus damage increased: 120% >>> 300%

E: Conflagration

• Base damage reduced: 70 – 170 >>> 65 – 165

Caitlyn

Passive: Headshot

• Crit chance ratio increased: 142.1875% >>> 148.75%

R: Ace in the Hole

• Base damage reduced: 300 – 750 >>> 300 – 700
• Bonus AD ratio reduced: 200% >>> 170%
• Critical strike ratio increased: 3.5% per 10% crit >>> 5% per 10% crit
• Cooldown increased: 90 – 60 >>> 90 flat

Dr Mundo

E: Blunt Force Trauma

• Bonus AD reduced: 2-4% max HP >>> 2-3% max

Hecarim

Base Stats

• AD growth increased: 3.2 >>> 3.7

W: Spirit of Dread

• Duration increased: 4 >>> 5 seconds

Jinx

Passive: Get Excited!

• Now caps at 5 stacks
• Attack speed now only stacks on champion takedowns (epic monsters and structures still refresh the buff)

K’Sante

Passive: Dauntless Instinct

• True damage conversion during ult: 35% >>> 45 – 75%

Q: Ntofo Strikes

• Bonus HP threshold for minimum cast time: 1800 >>> 1200

W: Path Maker

• Max duration increased: 1 second >>> 1.5 seconds

R: All Out

• Healing now based on all damage dealt to champions rather than just true and physical damage.
• Q and E attack resets are now instant

LeBlanc

W: Distortion

• AP ratio increased: 65% >>> 75%

E: Ethereal Chains

• E2 AP ratio increased: 70% >>> 80%

Master Yi

E: Wuju Style

• Cooldown decreased: 18 >>> 14 seconds

Morgana

W: Tormented Shadow

• Damage increased: 12 – 52 >>> 12 – 56
• Monster damage modification increased: 165% >>> 170%

Rammus

Q: Powerball

• Base damage reduced: 100 – 200 >>> 80 – 200

W: Defensive Ball Curl

• Base armor reduced: 35 >>> 30
• Armor ratio reduced: 40 – 80% >>> 35 – 75%

Seraphine

Base stats

• Base armor increased: 19 >>> 26
• Health growth reduced: 104 >>> 90
• Base mana reduced: 440 >>> 360
• Mana growth increased: 40 >>> 50
• Base mana regen increased: 8 >>> 11.5
• Mana regen growth decreased: 1 >>> 0.4
• Attack speed growth increased: 1% >>> 2%

Q: High Note

• Missile speed increased: 1200 >>> 1400
• Minimum base damage increased: 50 – 115 >>> 55 – 155
• Minimum AP ratio changed: 45 – 65% AP >>> 50% at all ranks
• Cooldown reduced: 10 – 5 >>> 9 – 5

W: Surround Sound

• Cooldown reduced: 28 – 20 >>> 28 – 16
• Mana cost increased: 50 – 90 >>> 70 – 90
• Base shield increased: 50 – 130 >>> 50 – 150
• Base heal reduced: 5 – 7% >>> 3 – 5%
• Heal no longer scales with 0.4% per 100 AP of target’s missing health

E: Beat Drop

• Mana cost reduced: 60 – 100 >>> 60 – 80
• Base damage increased: 60 – 140 >>> 60 – 200

Tahm Kench

Passive: An Acquired Taste

• Base damage changed: 8 – 60 (based on level) >>> 6 – 48 (based on levels)
• Bonus health damage scaling: 3% bonus HP >>> 5% bonus HP

W: Abyssal Dive

• Cooldown refund increased: 40% at all ranks >>> 40 – 50% at all ranks

Varus

W: Blighted Quiver

• On-hit base damage increased: 7 -21 >>> 7 – 31

E: Hail Of Arrows

• Slow increased: 25 – 45% – 30 – 50%

Zyra

Base Stats

• Base attack speed increased: 0.625 >>> 0.681

Passive: Garden of Thorns

• Plant base damage reduced: 20 – 100 >>> 20 – 88
• Plant AP ratio: 15% >>> 18%

Q: Deadly Spines

• Base damage increased: 60 – 200 >>> 60 – 220
• AP ratio increased: 60% >>> 65%

E: Grasping Roots

• Base damage reduced: 60 – 240 >>> 60 – 200
• AP ratio increased: 50% >>> 60%

Items

Hullbreaker

• Bonus armor and MR reduced:
  • Melee: 10 – 75 >>> 10 – 60
  • Ranged: 5 – 35 >>> 5 – 30

System

First Strike

• Bonus true damage reduced: 8% >>> 7%

Phase Rush

• Melee bonus MS decreased: 30-60% >>> 25 – 50%

Jungle Pet

• Base damage reduced: 16 >>> 15.5
• Bonus AD ratio reverted: 0% >>> 10%
• AP scaling reverted: 10% >>> 12%
• Heal per attack changed: 70% of damage dealt >>> 13 – 46 (lvls 1 to 12), healing cap removed
• Heal on monster kills: 12% missing health >>> 36-90 (levels 1-10) (+ up to 2.25x based on missing health)
• Mana on monster kills: 20% missing mana >>> 19-87 (levels 1-18) (+ up to 2.25x based on missing mana)

Nexus Blitz

Nexus Blitz has a much faster pace than Summoner’s Rift, so some balance changes specific to the mode are coming pre-loaded with the patch. Here’s a full list of mode-specific balance adjustments you can expect.

Previous Nexus Blitz balance changes reset

Any previous Nexus Blitz adjustments have been fully reset. It’s been a while since the mode was last live, so Riot’s approaching its return with a clean slate. Any changes you may remember from the mode’s previous iteration are gone, so just assume the baseline we’re working with is based on Summoner’s Rift.

Jungle Pets

• Number of camps needed to evolve jungle pets has been halved: 20 >>> 10 for first evolution, 40 >>> 20 for second
• Players no longer get bonus treats after their jungle pet has been upgraded

Jungle Camps

Due to players getting access to gold and experience at a much faster rate than the typical League match on Summoner’s Rift, jungle camp HP has been increased across the board.

• Scuttler Health: 2800-9520 >>> 3400-11560
• Ancient Krug Health: 1300-3055 >>> 1650-3878
• Krug Health: 600-1410 >>> 900-2115
• Mini Krugs Health: 50-118 >>> 80-188
• Greater Murk Wolf Health: 2000-4700 >>> 2400-5640
• Murk Wolves Health: 600-1410 >>> 800-1880
• Sir Gromp Health: 2000-4700 >>> 2400-5640
• Crimson Raptor Health: 1250-2937 >>> 1600-3760
• Raptors Health: 500-1175 >>> 700-1645
• Red Brambleback Health: 4000-10800 >>> 4600-12420
• Blue Sentinel Health: 3000-8100 >>> 3500-9450
• Jungle Guardian Health: 3775-5521 >>> 4500-6584
• Jungle Guardian AD: 40-95 >>> 40-105
• Rift Herald Health: 7500-15000 >>> 8400-16800

Event Spawns

The following events will spawn neutrally or favor the losing team:

• Loot Teemo
• Loot Veigar
• All variants of Bardle Royale
• King of the Hill
• DPS Race

Item Adjustments

• Lifeline Active Cooldown: 120 seconds >>> 60 seconds
• Spectral Cutlass Active Cooldown: 60 seconds >>> 45 seconds
• Innervating Locket: After using an ability, restore 3.8% of missing health and 3% of missing mana over 3 seconds

Nexus Blitz Champion Adjustments

Akshan

W: Going Rogue

• During events with a ring of fire (Bardle Royale, URF Deathmatch, Prize Fight), killing scoundrels will revive teammates with 30% of their maximum health at the location of their death.

Bel’Veth

Passive: Death in Lavender

• Enemy jungle guardians drop an Enhanced Void Coral

Ivern

Passive: Friend of the Forest

• Ivern’s passive has been disabled in Nexus Blitz

Skins

Cafe Cuties Rumble

Cafe Cuties Jinx

Cafe Cuties Poppy

Cafe Cuties Lulu

Coven Syndra