League of Legends’ next big content patch is 7.24, bringing a special Christmas-themed version of URF, as well as a host of balance and bug fixes. Those include significant changes to Morgana, Galio and Zyra, as well as several smaller changes. Have a look below for all the information we’ve got.
Keep up to date with the League of Legends patch 8.1 notes.
LoL Patch 7.24 Release Date And Downtime
We don’t know the exact release date for patch 7.24 yet, but the schedule is bi-weekly so expect it on Wednesday, December 6. We’ll update when Riot do, but keep an eye on theserver maintenance pagefor the latest updates.
LoL Patch 7.24 Balance Changes
That out of the way, let’s start with the really important bit, shall we? What you need to remember is that stuff on the PBE like this is neither guaranteed to happen, nor to be in the next patch even if it does. This is what the folks over at Riot are thinking about doing. We’ve got the numbers on what’s changing, and a general guideline on which way each champion, item, mastery, summoner spell or rune is moving.
Patch 7.24 Champion Changes
Aurelion Sol –buffed
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Voice of Light (R):
- Cooldown decreased to 110/90/70 seconds from 120/100/80 seconds.
Bard –buffed
- Traveller’s Call (P):
- Meep base damage increased to 40 from 30.
- HP regen increased to 1.5 from 1.08.
Camille –buffed
- Adaptive Defenses (P):
- Shield duration increased to 2 seconds from 1.5 seconds.
- Precision Protocol (Q):
- Recast for no cost time increased to 3.5 seconds from 3 seconds (timer now displays on icon).
Darius –buffed
- Hemorrhage (P):
- Bleed damage increased to 13-30 from 10-27.
- Noxian Might bonus AD increased to 30-230 from 30-200.
Ezreal –nerfed
- Mystic Shot (Q):
- AD ratio decreased to 110% from 125%.
Galio –changed
- Colossal Smash (P):
- AP ratio decreased to 50% from 70%.
- Justice Punch (E):
- Cooldown decreased to 12/11/10/9/8 from 14/13/12/11/10.
- Shield of Durand (W):
- First cast:
- AP ratio increased to 5% from 4%.
- Second cast:
- New effect: Now deals20/30/40/50/60 (+20% AP) to60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP) (depending on charge time).
Ivern –buffed
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- Friend of the Forest (P):
- Grove HP cost decreased to 25-8% from 33-11.75%.
- Rootcaller (Q):
- Cooldown decreased to 11/10/5/10/9.5/9 from 14/13/12/11/10.
Jarvan IV –nerfed
- Martial Cadence (Passive):
- Bonus damage decreased to 8% from 10%
- Dragon Strike (Q):
- Damage decreased to80/120/160/200/240 from80/125/170/215/260.
Karthus –buffed
- Requiem (R):
- AP ratio increased to 75% from 60%.
Leona –nerfed
- Eclipse (W):
- Damage decreased to40/80/120/160/200from 60/100/140/180/220.
Malhazar –nerfed
- Nether Grasp (R):
- Damage decreased to 125/200/275 from 125/225/325.
- AP ratio decreased to 80% from 100%.
Maokai –nerfed
- Bramble Smash (Q):
- Damage decreased to65/105/145/185/225 from70/115/160/205/250.
Morgana –changed
- Mana regen per 5 seconds increased to 11.5 from 8.5.
- Mana regen growth decreased to 0.4 from 0.8.
- Soul Siphon (P):
- No longer gives 10/15/20% spell vamp.
- New effect: When Morgana’ spells damage champion, large minions, or large monsters, she heals for 15/20/25/30/35/40% (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16) of the damage dealt.
- Tormented Soil (W):
- New effect: When Soul Siphon is triggered, Tormented Soil’s cooldown is reduced by 5%.
Ornn –nerfed
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- Bellows Breath (W):
- Magic damage decreased to 10/12/14/16/18% from 12/14/16/18/20%.
- Cooldown increased to 13/12/11/10/9 seconds from 12/11/10/9/8 seconds.
Riven –buffed
- Broken Wings (Q):
- Damage increased to15/35/55/75/95 from10/30/50/70/90.
Shen – nerfed
- Twilight Assault (Q):
- Base damage bonus decreased to 5/10/15/20/25/30 from 15/20/25/30/35/40 (at levels 1/4/7/10/13/16).
Sona –nerfed
- Hymn of Valor (Q):
- Mana cost increased to60/65/70/75/80 from45/50/55/60/65.
- Bonus magic damage decreased to10/15/20/25/30 (+30% AP) from20/30/40/50/60 (+20% AP).
Taric –nerfed
- Base armor decreased to 40 from 45.
Xin Zhao –nerfed
- Base HP decreased to 570 from 600.
- Wind Becomes Lightning (W):
- Thrust Damage AD decreased to 75% from 85%.
Yorick –nerfed
- Base AD decreased to 65 from 62.
Zyra –changed
- Mana regen per 5 seconds increased to 11.5 from 8.5.
- Mana regen growth decreased to 0.4 from 0.8.
- Garden of Thorns (P):
- Plant spawn regen decreased to 900 from 1300.
- Plant duration increased to 8 from 5-7.5 (depending on level).
- Passive seed duration decreased to 30 seconds from 45 seconds.
- Does not change W seed duration
- Plant durability changes:
- Plant health increased to 8 from 4.
- Ranged champion basic attack damage to plants increased to 4 from 2.
- Melee champion basic attack damage to plants increased to 8 from 2.
- Single target spell damage to plants increased to 8 from 4.
- Spell AOE damage to plants increased to 4 from 2.
- Periodic damage to plants decreased to 1 from 2.
- Large minion/monster damage to plants increased to 2 from 1.
- Plant gold on kill decreased to 3 from 5.
- Rampant Growth (W):
- Zyra’s plants no longer gain10/20/30/40/50% extra max health.
- New effect:When Zyra takes down an enemy champion, Rampant Growth’s recharge time is reduced by 20%, increased to 100% for champions, large minions, and large monsters.
- Grasping Roots (E):
- Damage increased to60/105/150/195/240from 60/95/130/165/200.
- Stranglethorns (R):
- New effect: Garden of Thorns now resets plant duration and they gain 50% health.
Zoe –changed
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- Paddle Star (Q):
- This change was hotfixed to live on November 22
- Damage increasedto 45/75/105/135/165from 40/70/100/130/160
- Spell Thief (W):
- Duration of spell pick-ups from minions decreased to 20 seconds from 40 seconds.
- Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E):
- Cooldown reduction now only happens when enemy champions fall asleep.
- Drowsy duration increased to 2.2 seconds from 2 seconds.
- Drowsy’s progressively growing slow decreased by 20%.
- Max travel distance after passing over a wall decreased to 650 from 800.
- Trap radius decreased to 250 from 290.
LoL Patch 7.24 Item Changes
Bramble Vest –changed
- Damage reflect changed to damage equal to [3 + 10% of your bonus armor] from 15 damage.
Sunfire Cape –changed
- Damage increased to 25 (+ champion level) from 11 (+ champion level).
- Bonus damage to minions and monsters decreased to 50% from 200%.
- Ornn’s masterwork upgrade, Forgefire Cape, has the same changes.
There are also some balance changes to Runes. You can find a full rundown in ourRunes Reforged guide.
LoL Patch 7.24 New Skins
Second most important: cosmetics. Lovely, gorgeous cosmetics. Bit more of a visual medium this, so we’ve grabbed the best videos of each skin, as well as a lovely pic or two. Some are relatively simple changes, while others are total reworks of every part of the champion outside the gameplay numbers – new VO, new animations, new particles and the rest. It’s generally defined by how much they cost, so we’ve detailed that as well.
Santa Draven
1350 RP.Details from Riot.
Ambitious Elf Jinx
1350 RP.Details from Riot.
There’s no splash art for Ambitious Elf Jinx just yet, but you should check out her excellent Homeguard animation here:
Here’s her splash:
Snow Fawn Poppy
1350 RP.Details from Riot.
Here’s her splash:
Hextech Kog’Maw
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Only available through loot boxes.
Here’s his splash:
LoL Patch 7.24 Login Screen
Each patch has its own login screen with unique music. They’re always fairly excellent, and 7.24’s first is a celebration of the All-Stars 2017. The second is a clockwork imagining of the three new Christmas skins, and, to be quite honest, it’s a little unsettling:
Snow Battle ARURF and Poro King
As part of League’s Christmas celebrations, not one, but two rotating game modes are on their way back. The description for Snow Battle ARURF says “A frigid fate awaits your foes! Fling spells and snowballs in this icy twist on ARURF, featuring League’s coolest champions.”
Snow Battle ARURF will give you a random champion from a pool of sixty icy characters (or those with wintery skins, which you’ll get automatic access to, even if you don’t own currently own them). Snow Battle ARURF will also set you up with a version of Flash on a 60-second cooldown, and a massively-enhanced version of snowball, which speeds you across the map to your mark. Check out the champion select music for ARURF below:
Meanwhile, the Poro King will return with two new poros – the Deer Poro and Baron Poro are joining the lineup in the upcoming Pro King gamemode.
LoL Patch 7.24 Context and Notes
Meddler has beenon the forumsdiscussing micropatches, as well as changes to Morgana and Zyra. He also mentions that 7.24 is the last patch of the year, and that patch 8.1 will be with us in early January.
That’s League of Legends patch 7.24. We’ll update as and when we get more info, or we’ll see you for patch 8.1 in the very near future. Let us know below if there’s any vital info we missed!