League of Legends 12.23 Patch Notes
League of Legends' last patch of season 12 is coming! A variety of new champion skins and items updates are currently available in patch 12.23. Let's take a deep look at everything new in this patch!
2022-12-07
Patch 12.23 Highlights: Champion Buffs & Nerfs
LOL brought many balance changes that will buff, nerf, and adjust champions, items, and more.
Ten heroes are earning buffs which allow them to deal more damage. While the other eight champions only received minor buffs adjustment, Dr. Mundo and Zeri reformed in this patch. All of their abilities including base status, health cost, passive skills, and many will increase or decrease in the new version.
Winterblessed Skins & Release Time
Players would be excited to see their favorite champions have new winter skins!
A new set of LOL winter version skins released by Riot Games are available in Patch 12.23. The developers behind LOL announced earlier that this new skin line called “Winterblessed” is coming on December 8, which features its six new champion skins: Diana, Zoe, Swain, Shaco, Warwick, and Zilean. Aside from its winterblessed skin in LOL, Warwick also has a prestige version of holiday skin in this new patch. Aside from the consistent winter themes of snowflakes and blue-purple splash art, this batch of skins for League of Legends also features beautiful auroras as an additional background.
ARAM Updates & Item Changes
As expected, Riot Games also released new changes to ARAM and items in Patch 12.23.
ARAM Updates
Frostgates
- Present as the opening scene of the game
- Teleport players from the Nexus to outer towers
Falling Towers
- Turn piles of rubble from outer towers into a new terrain
Brush Changes
- A new brush in the middle bottom side of the bridge
- Brushes between the outer and inhibitor turrets increased in size
Bridge Repairs
- The gaps on the bottom side of the bridge get filled
Battle Boost QoL Updates
- Battle Boosts are unavailable within the last 10 seconds of champion select
- Allies will know who gifted them a Battle Boost
S-Rank Chest Visibility
- Players can check champions they have not yet received S-Rank Chest
ARAM Balance Adjustments
- Heartsteel Maximum health gained: 10% of damage dealt ⇒ 5% of damage dealt
Item Changes
Mosstomper
- Tenacity Buff Duration: three seconds > 1.5 seconds
- Tenacity Type: Item (additive with item tenacity) > Champion (multiplicative with item tenacity)
Ravenous Hydra
- AoE Splash Damage: 60 percent AD for melee champions /30 percent AD for ranged champions > 50 percent AD for melee champions/25 percent AD for ranged champions
- Omnivamp from Stacks: four percent > Removed
Sunfire Aegis
- Combine Cost: 1000 > 900
- Total Cost: 2800 > 2700
- Health: 400 > 500
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