
League of Legends is getting its first patch of the year and the 10th ranked season is coming with it.
The new ranked season will start at 7 a.m. ET on Jan. 10. Your MMR will be reset depending on what your ending rank last season was. Like last year, your preliminary rank will be shown after each of your 10 placement matches, so you’ll have an idea of where you’ll place before you finish your placements.
Sett, League of Legends’ newest hunk, is also joining the game during this patch, but he won’t launch until Jan. 14, so you’ll have to wait a bit before you can jump into a game as The Boss.
There’s also a bunch of skins releasing during this patch, including Mecha Kingdom skins and a Freljord skin for Sylas.
You can check out Riot Games’ patch notes for full context and you can check out the patch notes for Teamfight Tactics.
Season Start
Ranked 2020 begins on January 10, 4:00 AM! Prepare yourself for another year of competition, salt, joyous victories, and soul-crushing losses.
Champions
Sett

Sett comes to reign supreme in 10.1.
Aphelios

Base movement speed and health decreased. Infernum R AoE damage decreased on secondary targets.
Base Stats
MOVEMENT SPEED :: 330 >>> 325
HEALTH :: 530 >>> 500
R - Moonlight Vigil
INFERNUM EMPOWERED AOE DAMAGE :: 100% on secondary targets >>> 75% on secondary targets
Aurelion Sol

Passive stars base damage decreased.
Passive - Center of the Universe
BASE STAR DAMAGE :: 16-120 (levels 1-18) >>> 12-120 (levels 1-18)
Azir

R base damage and wall duration increased.
R - Emperor’s Divide
BASE DAMAGE :: 150/250/450 >>> 175/325/475
WALL DURATION :: 3 seconds >>> 5 seconds
Corki

R base damage increased later.
R - Missile Barrage
BASE DAMAGE :: 90/115/140 >>> 90/125/160
Jax

R now works with Guinsoo’s Rageblade
R - Grandmaster’s Might
GUINSOO’S RAGEBLADE :: Now gains effects from Guinsoo’s Rageblade
Jayce

Cannon Q base damage increased later.
Q - Shock Blast
BASE DAMAGE :: 55/105/155/205/255/305 >>> 55/110/165/220/275/330
Kalista

Base health and armor growth increased.
Base Stats
HEALTH GROWTH :: 89 >>> 100
ARMOR GROWTH :: 3.5 >>> 4
Kassadin

Movement speed decreased. R mana penalty duration now displays on icon.
Base Stats
MOVEMENT SPEED :: 340 >>> 335
R - Riftwalk
DEBUFF DISPLAY :: Kassadin’s mana debuff duration now displays on R’s border
Kog’Maw

R mana penalty duration now displays on icon.
R - Living Artillery
DEBUFF DISPLAY :: Kog’Maw’s mana debuff duration now displays on R’s border
Mordekaiser

Passive duration decreased; movement speed now flat.
Passive - Darkness Rise
DURATION :: 5 seconds >>> 4 seconds
MOVEMENT SPEED :: 3/6/9% (levels 1/6/11) >>> 3% (levels 1-18)
Nami

E now also empowers the target’s abilities.
E - Tidecaller’s Blessing
BLESSING :: Empowers the target’s next 3 basic attacks >>> Empowers the target’s next 3 basic attacks and abilities <em>(AoE spells empowered by Tidecaller’s Blessing deal 33-66% less damage to non-champions)</em>
Sejuani

Base health growth increased. Frost Armor resistances ratio increased. E base damage increased later.
Base Stats
HEALTH GROWTH :: 95 >>> 100
Passive - Fury of the North
FROST ARMOR :: 10 (+0.35 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (+0.35 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance >>> 10 (+0.5 bonus armor) bonus armor and 10 (+0.5 bonus magic resistance) bonus magic resistance
E - Permafrost
BASE DAMAGE :: 40/80/120/160/200 >>> 40/90/140/190/240
Shyvana

Gains resistances when slaying Elder Dragon. Fury gains increased in lieu of ultimate CDR when slaying Cloud Drakes. E marked target damage ratio and monster damage cap increased.
Passive - Fury of the Dragonborn
DRAGON SLAYER :: Shyvana now gains 5 permanent bonus armor and bonus magic resistance for every elemental drake and Elder Dragon her team slays
RAGING WINDS :: Cloud Drake now increases Shyvana’s Fury gains by 10/20/30/40% (because her ultimate does not have a cooldown)
E - Flame Breath
MARKED TARGET DAMAGE RATIO :: 3.25% of target’s maximum health >>> 3.75% of target’s maximum health
MARKED MONSTER DAMAGE CAP :: 100 >>> 150
Sylas

Less base stats early, more later. Passive now gives attack speed. W cooldown decreased. E AP ratio increased. W, E1, and R basic attack reset removed.
Base Stats
HEALTH :: 585 >>> 525
HEALTH GROWTH :: 95 >>> 115
ARMOR :: 32 >>> 27
ARMOR GROWTH :: 3 >>> 4
MAGIC RESISTANCE :: 39 >>> 32
MAGIC RESISTANCE GROWTH :: 1.25 >>> 1.75
Passive - Petricite Burst
PRIMARY TARGET DAMAGE RATIO :: 1.1 total attack damage (+0.2 ability power) >>> 1.1 total attack damage (+0.25 ability power)
RADIUS :: 400 range >>> 300 range
[NEW] FAST CHAINZ :: Now grants Sylas 60% attack speed when available
PETRICITE BURST :: 2 stacks >>> 3 stacks
[NEW] MINION EXECUTE :: Now executes secondary target minions below 25 health
Q - Chain Lash
COOLDOWN :: 9/8/7/6/5 seconds >>> 10/9/8/7/6 seconds
CHAIN DAMAGE :: 45/70/95/120/145 (+0.6 ability power) >>> 40/55/70/85/100 (+0.4 ability power)
DETONATION DAMAGE :: 45/70/95/120/145 (+0.6 ability power) >>> 60/105/150/195/240 (+0.8 ability power)
DETONATION MINION DAMAGE REDUCTION :: 45% >>> 60%
[REM] DETONATION SLOW :: No longer slows enemies hit for 2 seconds
[NEW] CAGED :: Can no longer be cast during E - Abduct
W - Kingslayer
[REM] BASIC ATTACK RESET :: Casting Kingslayer no longer resets Sylas’ basic attack
DAMAGE :: 65/100/135/170/205 (+0.65 ability power) >>> 65/100/135/170/205 (+0.85 ability power)
COOLDOWN :: 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds >>> 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds
[REM] MERCY :: No longer deals 50% increased damage to targets below 40% health
INCREASED HEAL :: Heals for 75% more if Sylas is below 40% >>> Heals more based on Sylas’ health, up to 100% more at 40% health
COST :: 40 mana >>> 70/80/90/100/110 mana
E - Abscond/Abduct
[REM] E1 BASIC ATTACK RESET :: Casting Abscond no longer resets Sylas’ basic attack
E2 DAMAGE :: 70/85/100/115/130 (+0.2 ability power) >>> 80/130/180/230/280 (+1.0 ability power)
[REM] SHIELD :: No longer gains a magic damage shield for 2 seconds
COOLDOWN :: 14 seconds >>> 14/13/12/11/10 seconds
LOCKOUT :: 0.2 seconds when moving if Abduct hits >>> 0.05 seconds when moving after Abduct
R - Hijack
[REM] BASIC ATTACK RESET :: Casting Hijack no longer resets Sylas’ basic attack
Varus

Q cooldown and Blight cooldown refund decreased.
Q - Piercing Arrow
COOLDOWN :: 20/18/16/14/12 seconds >>> 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
BLIGHT COOLDOWN REFUND :: 4 seconds >>> 3 seconds
Vi

R now Unstoppable for its whole duration.
R - Assault and Battery
[NEW] DENZEL WASHINGTON :: Vi remains Unstoppable for the duration of her uppercut
Zyra

Empowered E slow decreased.
E - Grasping Roots
VINE LASHER SLOW :: 30%, not stacking >>> 25%, stacking up to two times, but only once per plant
Support Items
We’re following up on our big support item changes during 9.23, tailoring them so that their users are encouraged to do more in the early game in exchange for some combat stats. Tanky champions will be slightly more resilient and ability-casting champions will have more mana for abilities.
Relic Shield
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 25%
Targon’s Buckler
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 50% Base Health Regeneration
Bulwark of the Mountain
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 100%
ABILITY POWER :: 40 >>> 25
Steel Shoulderguards
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 25%
Runesteel Spaulders
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 50%
Pauldrons of Whiterock
[NEW] BASE HEALTH REGEN :: 100%
ATTACK DAMAGE :: 24 >>> 15
Spectral Sickle
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 25%
Harrowing Crescent
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 50%
Black Mist Scythe
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 100%
ATTACK DAMAGE :: 35 >>> 25
HEALTH :: 150 >>> 100
Spellthief’s Edge
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 25%
Frostfang
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 50%
Shard of True Ice
[NEW] MANA REGEN :: 100%
HEALTH :: 150 >>> 100
ABILITY POWER :: 60 >>> 45
Runes
Conqueror
Now shows the total healing in its tooltip.
HEALING DISPLAY :: Now shows the total healing gained in the tooltip, including when hovering over the rune on the scoreboard
Prototype: Omnistone
Cooldown decreased.
COOLDOWN :: 7-3 seconds for melee champions, 11-7 seconds for ranged champions >>> 5-3 seconds for melee champions, 9-7 for ranged champions
Bugfixes
- Warwick’s Q - Jaws of the Beast no longer depletes mana or goes on cooldown if the target dies during its cast.
- Ardent Censer’s bonus attack speed Unique passive no longer activates on a champion that’s shielding themselves
- Missile-type abilities in that wouldn’t normally be in your vision will no longer give you an early warning in Fog of War
Upcoming Skins & Chromas
The following skins will be released this patch.
- Mecha Kingdoms Garen
- Mecha Kingdoms Jax
- Mecha Kingdoms Leona
- Mecha Kingdoms Draven
- Mecha Kingdoms Sett
- Mecha Kingdoms Garen Prestige Edition
- Freljord Sylas
The following chromas will be released this patch:
- Mecha Kingdoms Jax
- Mecha Kingdoms Leona
- Mecha Kingdoms Draven
- Mecha Kingdoms Sett
- Freljord Sylas