League of Legends patch 13.17 pre-notes are now live, and Riot Games has provided a fair bit of information on what to expect from the update, which is set to go live next week. Patch 13.17 will be one of the major balance updates before heading into Worlds 2023, so it’s not surprising that there are a lot of tweaks this time around.

When talking about League of Legends patch 13.17, Riot Games stated:

“We're continuing to move Xerath/Lux into mid. Fighter item changes add durability to these champions to allow them to soak damage a bit more, rather than one shot people more.”

The developer continued:

“In Preseason, we adjusted catchup XP to trigger when down 2 levels rounding up to be more forgiving [eg. 1.4 round to 2], but had some negative consequences around encouraging too much ganking and optimizing the mechanic actively more than we'd like (esp edge case of 1.1 to 2)”

League of Legends patch 13.17 pre-notes

Before moving on to the list of changes, it’s important to note that Riot Games will first try out these changes in the League of Legends PBE before shipping them with the official update next week. Hence, the tweaks mentioned are tentative and may not reflect in the official 13.17 patch.


1) Champion Buffs

Elise

Gnar

Lux Mid

Orianna

Samira

Twisted Fate

Tryndamere

Zoe


2) Champion Nerfs

Kayn

Kha'zix

Kindred

Naafiri

Xerath


3) Champion Adjustments

Aatrox

Akshan

Blitzcrank

Hecarim

Quinn

VI

Xin Zhao


4) System Buffs

Immortal Shieldbow

Goredrinker

Stridebreaker


5) System Nerfs

Bloodihirster

Evenshroud

Future's Market

Statikk Shiv


6) System Adjustments

Catchup XP

Dragon

Duskblade

Spear of Shoujin


League of Legends patch 13.17 is set to go live next week and will drop on August 30, 2023.

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Edited by Rachel Syiemlieh
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