March 17, 2021 Patch 11.6 is headed to live! Check out the League of Legends patch 11.7 notes to see what’s coming next.
If you’ve been keeping an eye on that League of Legends 2021 patch schedule, you’ll know the multiplayer game’s 11.5 update has now dropped onto live servers, bringing a big ol’ batch o’ balance changes and bee-themed skins to the League. Now, though, it’s time for the next content extravaganza, so let’s take a look at what’s coming for League of Legends patch 11.6.
As showcased on the League of Legends Twitter channels this week, we’ve got a raft of new skins for the Battle Academia line on the way with 11.6. In case you need refreshing, the skin line is themed on an alternate universe in which all the best League of Legends champions head to a school to become superheroes. Joining the line in the next update are Caitlyn, Garen, Wukong, Yone, and Leona – with the latter getting a prestige edition, too. You can check these out in the champion skins section below.
There’s also now a bunch of champion balance changes to check out in the section below, with a lot of gameplay updates for Xin Zhao and Akali coming with 11.6, plus some tweaks for Gnar, Hecarim, Karthus, LeBlanc, Lillia, and others, too.
Let’s get on with the show – here are the tentative League of Legends patch 11.6 notes (cheers, Surrenderat20!):
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.6 RELEASE DATE AND DOWNTIME
According to the League of Legends 2021 patch schedule, League of Legends patch 11.6 is due to go live on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Maintenance times have now been confirmed, and will begin at 3am PT for NA servers, 5am GMT for EUW servers, and 3am CET for EUNE servers, and last for approximately three hours.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.6 – BALANCE CHANGES
Champion Changes
Xin Zhao – changed
- Determination (Passive):
- Healing shrunk to 7-92 (+10% AD)(+55% AP) from 10-112 (+10% AD)(+40% AP)
- Three Talon Strike (Q):
- Bonus physical damage decreased to 16/25/34/43/52 from 20/28/36/44/52
- Wind Becomes Lightning (W):
- Various quality-of-life changes and hitbox adjustments
- Thrust damage can increase up to 33% depending on Critical Strike Chance
- Cast time is now a static 0.5 seconds
- Mana Cost increased to 60 from 45
- W2 range increased to 1000 from 900
- W2 damage decreased to 40/75/110/145/180 (+80% tAD)(+50% AP) from 40/75/110/145/180 (+80% tAD)
- Cooldown decreased to 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 from 12/11/10/9/8
- Deals 50% more damage to minions than it did before
- Audacious Charge (E):
- Cast range on challenged targets increased to 1100
- Cooldown decreased to 11 seconds from 12 seconds
- Dash speed has been decreased to 2500 from 3000
- Crescent Guard (R):
- A new ability power ratio has been set at 110%
- Duration increased to five seconds from three seconds
- Basic attacks and spells no longer extend the move
Akali – changed
- Stats:
- Base HP decreased to 500 from 575
- HP per level has been increased to 105 from 95
- Assassin’s Mark (Passive):
- This one doesn’t restore energy anymore
- Five Point Strike (Q):
- Energy cost changed to 130/115/100/85/70 from 120/115/110/105/100
- Doesn’t deal extra damage to minions and monsters at max rank anymore
- Twilight Shroud (W):
- Akali will now increase her energy by 80 while the shroud is active
- Shuriken Flip (E):
- E1 damage increased to to 30% of base damage from 50/85/120/155/190 (+35% AD)(50% AP)
- E2 damage increased to 70% of base damage from 50/85/120/155/190 (+35% AD)(50% AP)
- Perfect Execution (R):
- R1 damage changed to 80/220/360 from 125/225/325
- This move has a 30% AP ratio
- R1 damage type swapped to Magic from Physical
Gnar – nerfed
- Hyper (W):
- This move’s bonus magic damage has decreased to 0/10/20/30/40 from 10/20/30/40/50
Hecarim – nerfed
- Rampage (Q):
- Damage has been decreased to 60/97/134/171/208 from 60/102/144/186/228
Karthus – nerfed
- Lay Waste (Q):
- This move’s damage has been decreased to 45/62.5/80/97.5/115 from 45/65/85/105/125
LeBlanc – buffed
- Distortion (W):
- Mana cost has been decreased to 60/70/80/90/100 from 60/75/90/105/120
Lillia – buffed
- Lilting Lullaby (R):
- Cooldown for this one has been increased to 150/130/110 from 130/110/90
Pyke – changed
- Phantom Undertow (E):
- The cooldown for this ability has been changed to 15/14/13/12/11 from 15
Renekton – nerfed
- Dominus (R):
- Bonus health has been decreased to 250/400/550 from 250/500/750
Sylas – buffed
- Petricite Burst (Passive):
- The attack speed on this move has been increased to 125% from 80%
- Kingslayer (W):
- The base heal AP ratio has been decreased to 45% from 50%
- The cooldown here has been decreased to 13/11.25/9.5/7.75/6 from 13/11.5/10/8.5/7
- The mana cost has decreased to 60/70/80/90/100 from 70/80/90/100/110
Urgot – nerfed
- Purge (W):
- This move’s on-hit modifier has been decreased to 50% from 75%
Volibear – changed
- Sky Splitter (E):
- This move’s damage cap has been changed to 750 from 150/300/450/600/750
Here’s the Riot Games patch preview from Twitter:
11.6 Patch Preview with the tentative changes.
Some of these are still probably getting some small adjustments but it's nearly done. Thanks for the feedback so far. pic.twitter.com/soiI365zvG
— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) March 9, 2021
Item Changes
Blade of the Ruined King
- Effects:
- Life Steal decreased to 10% from 12%
Liandry’s Anguish – buffed
- Agony (new passive):
- You can deal up to 12% bonus magic damage based on your target’s bonus health – this is maxed at 1250 bonus health
- Removed effect:
- Whilst burning, they lose 5% Magic Resist per second (max reduction 15%)
Luden’s Tempest – buffed
- New effect
- You can reduce cooldown by half a second by dealing ability damage to champs – max is three per ability
Rabadon’s Deathcap – buffed
- Cost:
- The cost for this item has decreased to 3600 from 3800
- The combine cost, meanwhile, has decreased to 1100 from 1300
Seeker’s Armguard – nerfed
- Effect:
- Armour per kill has been decreased to 0.5 from 1
- Maximum decreased to 15 from 30
Sunfire Aegis – buffed
- Effect:
- Ability haste has been increased to 20 from 15
- Immolate damage per stack increased from 10% to 12%
Shurelya’s Battlesong – nerfed
- Stats:
- Inspire active cooldown decreased to to 75 seconds form 90 seconds
Sterak’s Gage – changed
- Passive:
- Stacks beyond the first heal for 50% less
Stridebreaker – nerfed
- Effect:
- Total health offered has decreased to 200 from 300
Immortal Shieldbow
- Effects:
- Now does 25-50% Attack Speed when activated
- Shield amount increased to 300-800 from 250-700
Ironspike Whip – changed
- Cost:
- Total cost has decreased to 1100 from 1200 As such, combine cost has decreased to 225 from 325
- Effect:
- This item’s cooldown has increased to 20 seconds from 15 seconds
Verdant Barrier – nerfed
- Effect:
- Magic resist per kill decreased to 0.3 from 0.5
- Max MR has been decreased to 9 from 15
- Ability power decreased to 20 from 25
Void Staff – nerfed
- Effect:
- Ability power has been increased to 70 from 65
- Cost
- The cost of this item has increased to 2700 from 2500
- Combine cost has increased to 600 from 400
Rune Changes
Ravenous Hunter
- Effects:
- Omnivamp decreased to [0% + 1.5% per Bounty Hunter stack] from [1% + 1.7% per Bounty Hunter stack]
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.6 – CHAMPION SKINS
Champion Skins
Here’s the BATTLE ACADEMIA CAITLYN splash art:
BATTLE ACADEMIA GAREN
“Brother’ to Lux, Garen is the only biological child of his family, but was neglected from an early age as his parents spent all their time developing the god-weapon fragment that would one day become their daughter. As he vented his anger in increasingly delinquent ways, Labrys sought him out for enrollment, where he eventually joined the Battle Club.”
Here’s the shared BATTLE ACADEMIA GAREN and BATTLE ACADEMIA WUKONG splash art:
BATTLE ACADEMIA WUKONG
“A consummate troublemaker and prankster, Wukong has failed out of every high school in the region, eventually washing out into Labrys as an ‘enrollment of last resort’. A naturally gifted fighter in the Battle Club, he still hasn’t learned discipline, and only listens to Caitlyn because she can beat him up.”
BATTLE ACADEMIA LEONA
“An oddly cheery member of Labrys Academy’s Battle Club, Leona’s dark side comes out in combat, when her motherly, protective persona is utterly replaced by bloodlust. The change is so dramatic that even the most violent students tend to stay on her good side, hoping to avoid her wrath.”
Here’s the BATTLE ACADEMIA LEONA splash art:
BATTLE ACADEMIA LEONA – PRESTIGE – 100 PRESTIGE POINTS
Here’s the BATTLE ACADEMIA LEONA PRESTIGE edition splash art, as shown off on Twitter:
BATTLE ACADEMIA YONE
“Yone is a brooding, quiet member of the Assassin Club, one whose morose and serious attitude belies the colossal chip on his shoulder. The bad blood between him and his brother is well known, and even speaking about it casually has been known to invoke Yone’s fury– something Caitlyn has picked up on for her own purposes.”
Here’s the BATTLE ACADEMIA YONE splash art:
Here are Riot Games’ PBE previews of the shiny new skins:
It's back to school… battle style! ✏️
🎒 Battle Academia Caitlyn
📖 Battle Academia Wukong
🎓 Battle Academia Garen
📝 Battle Academia Yone pic.twitter.com/2Fg5rn2V6b— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) March 2, 2021
Bow down to your new head girl! 🎓
Battle Academia Leona & her prestige edition! 🪙 pic.twitter.com/nlVOinxlES
— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) March 2, 2021
That’s all we’ve got for now in the way of the tentative League of Legends patch 11.6 notes based on the PBE’s current fare and LoL social media channels right now. But, keep checking back on these notes during the patch’s fortnight-long testing cycle as we’ll keep it up-to-date with all the changes and previews you’ll want to know about ahead of the update’s launch onto live servers. Assuming you want to keep up with all the latest changes headed to League, that is? Of course you do.
While you wait, we 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.