League of Legends patch 12.22b notes: Maokai & Kindred buffs after jungle changes

LoL patch 12.22b is live, with Riot pumping out the hotfixes as Season 13 goes live. With the game’s jungle getting a ton of focused changes, the developers are adjusting specific champions like Maokai and Kindred who fell off hard: here’s the notes.

League of Legends Season 13 went live with LoL patch 12.22 as Riot gets the preseason changes into players’ hands. Headlined by big overhauls to the game’s top lane and jungle, the update also included many quality-of-life changes with developers making the game more accessible. 

However, like every preseason, some have come off worse for wear in the first few days. It can be a wildly unbalanced time for players. Lead developer Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison said “things are looking good”, but there are always some adjustments that can be made.

LoL patch 12.22b will include the first major batch of them, with jungle champions being the big focus. Here’s what players can expect from the update, now live on November 17.

What’s changed in LoL patch 12.22b?

Buffs coming for certain junglers after role rework

After League of Legends’ jungle received the majority of Riot’s attention in Season 13, a number of champions are in dire need of adjustments just days after LoL patch 12.22’s release.

Riot are buffing outliers like Amumu, Ivern, Kindred, Maokai, Rammus, and Shaco rather than nerfing any specific power picks.

Tank junglers are struggling to adapt to the new changes, and there’ll also be buffs to items like Jak’Sho, the Protean, and Radiant Virtue.

Urgent Ravenous Hydra nerfs as fighters dominate

While no champions are getting nerfed (so far) in LoL patch 12.22b, one item is: Ravenous Hydra. After its rework in Season 13 saw a stacking element tacked onto the popular fighter item, it has become a must-build for certain picks.

Camille, Fiora, and other duelists have found a lot of success with Ravenous Hydra and are dominating the top lane meta with the extra resources afforded to the role. Urgent nerfs will be shipped out to the item first, and champions may soon follow.

You can find the LoL patch 12.22b notes below, courtesy of Riot.

LoL patch 12.22b notes

Champions

Amumu

E: Tantrum

• Cooldown reduction when hit by basic attacks: 0.5 seconds ⇒ 0.75 seconds
• Magic damage: 75/100/125/150/175 (+50% AP) ⇒ 85/110/135/160/185 (+50% AP)

Ivern

Passive: Friend of the Forest

• Health Cost: 131-70 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 98-0 (levels 1-18)
• Mana Cost: 135-66 (levels 1-18) ⇒ 90-0 (levels 1-18)

R: Daisy!

• Fixed a bug where Daisy could take kill credit for Drake and not give the credit towards Soul to her respective team

Karthus

Bug fixes

• Fixed a rare bug where Karthus would momentarily revive from his passive if he had the Chemtech Soul buff

Kindred

Q: Dance of Arrows

• Bonus attack speed after cast: 25% ⇒ 35%

Maokai

E: Sapling Toss

• Empowered slow amount: 45% (+0.6% per 100 bonus HP) (+2% per 100 AP) ⇒ 45% (+0.9% per 100 bonus HP) (+4% per 100 AP)

Rammus

W: Defensive Ball Curl

• Base bonus armor: 40 ⇒ 50
• Base bonus magic resist: 10 ⇒ 15

Shaco

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where Shaco’s boxes from his W would no longer deal bonus damage

Viego

• Fixed a bug where Viego would no longer gain bonus jungle experience after ending possession of an enemy champion

Items

Jak’Sho, the Protean

• Bonus armor and magic resist per stack: 2 ⇒ 3
• Bonus armor and magic resist at maximum stacks: 10% ⇒ 15%

Radiant Virtue

• Maximum health heal ratio: 1% ⇒ 2%
• Non-Ultimate Ability Haste: 15 ⇒ 20
• Fixed a rare bug where Radiant Virtue could permanently reduce an allies ability cooldowns

Ravenous Hydra

• Total cost: 3300 gold ⇒ 3400 gold
• Carnivorous attack damage per stack: 0.6 (24 maximum AD) ⇒ 0.5 (20 maximum AD)

Rod of Ages

• Total cost: 3200 ⇒ 2800