LoL 13.3 Patch Notes, League Of Legends Patch 13.3 Champions, Nerfs, Buffs, QoL Changes, And Bugfixes

Lol 13.3 Patch Notes

Riot Games released the patch update 13.3 on February 8, 2023, Wednesday on their official site. The hefty buffs to Alistar, Braum, and Rakan at the heart of Patch 13.3 may put an end to the increasing trend of ADCs in support positions. The long-awaited nerfs to Radiant Virtue and last-minute adjustments to the redesigned Jax skins will also be included in the patch. Here is all the information you require on League Patch 13.3.

League Of Legends Patch 13.3

TRENDING

CHAMPIONS

AURELION SOL

CGU, abilities adjusted.

PASSIVE – COSMIC CREATOR

Q – Breath of Light: Q bursts deal an additional (0.031% Stardust Stacks)% maximum Health magic damage
W – Astral Flight: Increased distance traveled based on Stardust Stacks
E – Singularity: Increased area and execute threshold
R – Falling Star/The Skies Descend: Increased area

Q – BREATH OF LIGHT

Mana Cost: 45/50/55/60/65 Mana per second
Cooldown: 3 seconds
Full Ability Description: Aurelion Sol breathes starfire for up to (3.25/3.25/3.25/3.25/9999) seconds, dealing (15/25/35/45/55 + 30-90 (scaling with level) + 60% AP) magic damage per second to the first enemy hit and 50% of the damage to surrounding enemies. Each full second of breath on the same enemy deals a burst of (40/50/60/70/80 + 20-40 (scaling with level) + 50% AP) magic damage plus (0.031% Stardust Stack)% max Health Magic Damage and absorbs 1 Stardust if they are a champion. This Ability’s range is 750 – 920 (scaling with level). Percent damage deals a max of 300 magic damage against jungle monsters.

W – ASTRAL FLIGHT

Mana Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 Mana
Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds
Full Ability Description: Aurelion Sol flies in a direction. While flying, Breath of Light has no Cooldown, no maximum channel duration, and its flat damage is increased by 14%/15.5%/17%/18.5%/20%. Takedowns on champions within 3 seconds of damaging them refunds 90% of this Ability’s Cooldown. Casting Breath of Light while flying reduces flight speed by 50%. Flight speed is 335 + 100% Movement Speed.

E – SINGULARITY

Mana Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 mana
Cooldown: 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
Full Ability Description: Aurelion Sol summons a black hole, dealing (10/15/20/25/30 + 40% AP) magic damage and dragging enemies towards the center for 5 seconds. Enemies in the center below (5 + 2.6% Stardust Stack)% maximum Health die instantly. The black hole absorbs Stardust when enemies die within it and each second an enemy champion is inside it. This Ability’s range is 750 – 920 (scaling with level). Minions and jungle monsters inside will have 0 Movement Speed. (This ability absorbs 1 Stardust per second from Champions. Stardust absorbed from units that die in the black hole: Epic Monsters: 10 Stardust, Champions and Large monsters: 5 Stardust, Siege minions: 3 Stardust Minions and small monsters: 1 Stardust.)

R – FALLING STAR/THE SKIES DESCEND

Mana Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 120/110/100 seconds
Falling Star: Aurelion Sol plucks a star from the heavens and crashes it into the earth, dealing (150/250/350 + 65% AP) magic damage, stunning enemies for 1.25 seconds, and absorbing 5 Stardust for each champion hit.
The Skies Descend: Gathering 75 Stardust transforms the next Falling Star into The Skies Descend. Aurelion Sol drags a constellation’s worth of fury down from the cosmos, dealing (187.5/312.5/437.5 + 81.25% AP) magic damage in a larger area, Knocking Up enemies hit for 1.25 seconds, and unleashing a massive shockwave that deals (150/250/350 + 65% AP) magic damage to champions and Epic monsters and slows all enemies hit by 75% for 1 second.

AMUMU

Q mana cost increased. E base damage decreased.

Q – BANDAGE TOSS

Mana Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65

E – TANTRUM

Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+50% AP) ⇒ 65/100/135/170/205 (+50% AP)

ANNIE

Passive is now fully charged on spawn. E shield strength increased, cooldown decreased, retaliation damage and conditions adjusted. R Tibbers health, armor, magic resist, and movement speed increased.

PASSIVE – PYROMANIA

First Flame: Annie will now spawn with her passive fully charged on game start and when she respawns

E – MOLTEN SHIELD

Shield Strength: 40/85/130/175/220 (+35% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+55% AP)
Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 12/11/10/9/8 seconds
Retaliation Magic Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+20% AP) ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90 (+40% AP)
NEWRetaliation Magic Damage Conditions: When Molten Shield is active, enemies whosebasic attacks hit the shield receive magic damage ⇒ When Molten Shield is active, enemies whose basic attacks AND spells hit the shield receive magic damage
NEWRetaliation Magic Damage Details: E – Molten Shield will now only inflict damage against opponents once per target, per shield. (Note: Tibbers’ duplicated shield counts as a new shield and can inflict damage once per target, per shield.)

R – SUMMON: TIBBERS

Tibbers’ Health: 1300/2200/3100 ⇒ 1300/2200/3100 (+75% AP)
Tibbers’ Resistances: 30/60/90 Armor and MR ⇒ 30/60/90 (+5% AP) Armor and MR
Tibbers’ Movespeed: 350 at all ranks ⇒ 350/375/400

JARVAN IV

Base armor increased, W cooldown decreased, shield strength now scales with AD, shield duration decreased.

BASE STATS

W – GOLDEN AEGIS

Cooldown: 9 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
Shield Strength: 60/80/100/120/140 ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+80% bonus AD)
Shield Duration: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

K’SANTE

Base health increased. Q knockup and stun duration decreased. W minimum stun duration decreased. R bonus resistances lost increased.

BASE STATS

Health Growth: 108 ⇒ 114

Q – NTOFO STRIKES

Q3 Knock Up Duration: 1 second ⇒ 0.65 seconds
Q3 Stun Duration: 1-1.25 seconds ⇒ 1 second

W – PATH MAKER

Minimum Stun Duration: 0.35/0.45/0.55/0.65/0.75 seconds ⇒ 0.3/0.35/0.4/0.45/0.5 seconds

R – ALL OUT

Resistances Lost: 65% Bonus Resistances ⇒ 85% Bonus Resistances

KASSADIN

E base damage decreased, cooldown reduction from nearby casts decreased. R base damage decreased, bonus damage per stack decreased.

E – FORCE PULSE

Base Damage: 80/105/130/155/180 (+85% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+85% AP)
Cooldown from Nearby Casts:1 second ⇒ 0.75 seconds

R – RIFTWALK

Magic Damage: 80/100/120 (+40% AP) (+2% maximum mana) ⇒ 70/90/110 (+40% AP) (+2% maximum mana)
Bonus Damage per Stack: 40/50/60 (+10% AP) (+1% maximum mana) ⇒ 35/45/55 (+10% AP) (+1% maximum mana)

KAYLE

Passive bonus move speed increased. E on-hit AP scaling increased, missing health damage increased.

PASSIVE – DIVINE ASCENT

Exalted Bonus Move Speed: 8% ⇒ 10%

E – STARFIRE SPELLBLADE

Passive On-hit Damage: 15/20/25/30/35 (+10% bonus AD) (+20% AP) ⇒ 15/20/25/30/35 (+10% bonus AD) (+25% AP)

KAYN

Passive Shadow Assassin damage increased. Q AD scaling increased.

PASSIVE – THE DARKIN SCYTHE

Shadow Assassin Bonus: 13-40% (based on level) of post-mitigation damage to champions is repeated as magic damage for the first 3 seconds of damaging champions ⇒ 15-45% (based on level) of post-mitigation damage to champions is repeated as magic damage for the first 3 seconds of damaging champions

Q – REAPING SLASH

Physical Damage: 75/95/115/135/155 (+65% bonus AD) ⇒ 75/95/115/135/155 (+80% bonus AD) (Note: This will not affect Rhaast’s damage, as he has separate Q values)

LEBLANC

Mana Regeneration and Mana Regeneration growth increased. Q mana cost now flat at all ranks. R cooldown decreased early.

BASE STATS

Mana Regeneration: 6 ⇒ 8
Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.8 ⇒ 1

Q – SIGIL OF MALICE

Mana Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 ⇒ 50 at all ranks

R – MIMIC

Cooldown: 60/45/30 seconds ⇒ 50/40/30 seconds

LEE SIN

Q AD ratio increased. E base damage decreased, slow increased.

Q – SONIC WAVE / RESONATING STRIKE

Sonic Wave Physical Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155 (+110% bonus AD)
Resonating Strike Minimum Physical Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155 (+110% bonus AD) (Note: Maximum damage is still double the value of the minimum damage)

E – TEMPEST / CRIPPLE

Total Damage: 100/130/160/190/220 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 35/65/95/125/155 (+100% total AD)
Slow: 20/30/40/50/60% ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80%

TRUNDLE

W cooldown decreased at all ranks. Discovered his passion for dancing.

W – FROZEN DOMAIN

Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14 seconds ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Show me ya moves!: Trundle’s dance speed now scales with Trundle’s move speed.

ZAC

W AP scaling decreased. E AP scaling decreased.

W – UNSTABLE MATTER

Magic Damage: 35/50/65/80/95 (+4/5/6/7/8% (+4% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 35/50/65/80/95 (+4/5/6/7/8% (+3% per 100 AP) of target’s maximum health

E – ELASTIC SLINGSHOT

Magic Damage: 60/110/160/210/260 (+90% AP) ⇒ 60/105/150/195/240 (+80% AP)

ITEMS

RADIANT VIRTUE

Total Cost: 3000 ⇒ 3200
Passive – Guiding Light Cooldown:60 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds
Passive – Guiding Light Cooldown Maximum Health Gained: 10% ⇒ 15%
Total Healing: 8-16% maximum health over 9 seconds (note: includes healing amp passive) ⇒ 12% maximum health over 9 seconds
REMOVEDAbility Haste: You and all allies within 1200 units gain 20 Ability Haste ⇒ REMOVED

UMBRAL GLAIVE

Cooldown: 40 seconds ⇒ 50 seconds
UPDATEDRanged Champion Reduced Damage to Wards: When a ranged champion using Umbral Glaive attacks a ward they will deal 2 true damage to it (Note: Melee champions will still deal 3 damage to wards using Umbral Glaive)
REMOVEDTrap Interactions: Umbral Glaive will no longer instantly kill traps, but it will still reveal them

RUNES

OVERHEAL

Shield Value: 10 +9% maximum health ⇒ 20-300 based on champion level (Note: This is a buff from level 5 onwards)

MELEE SUPPORT ADJUSTMENTS

ALISTAR

PASSIVE – TRIUMPHANT ROAR

Self Heal: 23-142 (based on level) ⇒ 5% maximum health
Ally Heal: 46-284 (based on level) ⇒ 6% of Alistar’s maximum health

Q – PULVERIZE

Mana Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
Magic Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+70% AP)

W – HEADBUTT

Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
Magic Damage: 55/110/165/220/275 (+70% AP) ⇒ 55/110/165/220/275 (+90% AP)

E – TRAMPLE

Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
Total Magic Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+40% AP) ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+70% AP)

BRAUM

PASSIVE – CONCUSSIVE BLOWS

Target Immunity Duration: 8/6/4 seconds (levels 1/7/13) ⇒ 8/6/4 (levels 1/6/11)

Q – WINTER’S BITE

Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6 seconds ⇒ 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds

W – STAND BEHIND ME

Bonus Armor and Magic Resist: 10/14/18/22/26 ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40

NAUTILUS

PASSIVE – STAGGERING BLOW

Bonus Damage: 8-110 (based on level) ⇒ 14-116 (based on level)

W – TITAN’S WRATH

Mana Cost: 80 ⇒ 60
Shield Strength: 40/50/60/70/80 (+8/9/10/11/12% maximum health) ⇒ 50/60/70/80/90 (+8/9/10/11/12% maximum health)

E – RIPTIDE

Magic Damage: 55/85/115/145/175 (+30% AP) ⇒ 55/90/125/160/195 (+50% AP)

PYKE

E – PHANTOM UNDERTOW

Physical Damage: 105/135/165/195/225 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 105/145/185/225/265 (+100% bonus AD)

RAKAN

Q – GLEAMING QUILL

Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds
Mana Cost: 60 ⇒ 45
Base Heal: 30-115 (based on level) (+55% AP) ⇒ 40-210 (based on level) (+55% AP)

W – GRAND ENTRANCE

Magic Damage: 70/125/180/235/290 (+70% AP) ⇒ 70/120/170/220/270 (+80% AP)

THRESH

Q – DEATH SENTENCE

Magic Damage: 100/140/180/220/260 (+50% AP) ⇒ 100/145/190/235/280 (+80% AP) (Note: Thresh’s AP ratio can be interpreted as 0.8 damage per soul, unless you’re going AP Thresh… but you do you friend)

W – DARK PASSAGE

Shield per Soul: 2 ⇒ 1.5

E – FLAY

Magic Damage: 75/110/145/180/215 (+40% AP) ⇒ 75/110/145/180/215 (Note: Same note applies here, this will result in an 0.6 damage per soul)

TENACITY

Tenacity sources within the same group will stack multiplicatively with each other.

Tenacity sources from separate groups will stack additively with each other.

GROUP A

Mercury Treads
Anathema’s Chains
Elixir of Iron
Iceborn Gauntlet
Legend: Tenacity
Unflinching
Mosstomper Effect
Chemtech Dragon Buff

GROUP B

Silvermere Dawn Active
Cleanse
Modes Buffs for URF/Ultimate Spellbook

GROUP C

Brittle (Orrn W)
Courage (Garen W)

JUNGLE ADJUSTMENTS

INCOME

Gold per Treat: 30 ⇒ 20
Experience per Jungle Camp with a Companion: Experience for clearing a jungle camp has been increased by 5 experience per camp

VISION

Stealth Ward Trinket Cooldown: 240-120 (based on average champion level) ⇒ 210-120 (based on average champion level)

GANKING SUCCESS

Turret Damage: 162-344 (0-14 minutes) ⇒ 182-350 (0-14 minutes)

OTHER CHANGES

REMOVEDSmite Fights are for Champions: Jungle companions can no longer deal lethal damage to epic monsters,

CLASH UPDATE

COMPETITIVE

In Blind Pick and Normal Draft, normal surrender (4 out of 5 OR 70% of team members must agree to pass the vote) is available at 20 minutes ⇒ 15 minutes. Unanimous early surrender requirement has been removed.

Unrelated to the above, the MMR duo restriction for Apex ranks has been re-enabled

Made matchmaking adjustments for faster Normal Blind Pick queue times

BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS

QOL CHANGES & BUGFIXES

ASUs

Ahri’s ASU is coming to the Rift this patch with updated visuals, sound and visual effects, and animations for her base model and older skins.

JAX MIDSCOPE UPDATE FOLLOWUP

ANIMATIONS

Mecha Kingdom Jax: R level up animation now correctly plays. R passive attacks now play at the correct speed. Special attack animations now correctly play with using E – Counterstrike.
God Staff Jax: Adjusted cape stiffness and fixed some instances where Jax would move to idle between attacks. Added a new R passive animation that should help it feel more impactful.

SOUNDS

Base + All Skins: Improved the hit sound on R slams. Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing a number of Jax’s sounds to not play at all.

VFX

Base + All Skins: Returned the shield visual associated with Jax’s R buff.
Nemesis Jax: Added lightning VFX to R.
God Staff Jax: Added spikes and sparkles to his R to make the shield appear more dense.
Mecha Kingdom Jax: Ember explosion notes added to R. Adjusted the opacity of dirt poof. Restored the reactive shield. Reworked and moved W and R third/second hit buff VFX.
Conqueror Jax: Added lots of spiky shapes to R alongside a more strongly highlighted edge to the shield.
Prestige Conqueror Jax: Same changes as those made to Conqueror Jax, but golden and with increased golden prestige sparkles.

CHAMPION SELECT

Pick order swapping is no longer interrupted between the declaration and banning phases.

Role and text filters now persist between champion select phases.

Retired pick order & champion swapping tutorial tooltips.

QUALITY OF LIFE

You can right click on players in your party to view their profiles in the pre-match lobby.

Rune Recommender now correctly persists the toggle for Summoner Spells to be included with a recommended page.

BUGFIX BASH

Fixed a bug that caused ally’s summoner spell/ultimate indicators to show them as READY, despite them actually being on cooldown.
Fixed a bug where Ryze could regenerate his mana by continuously walking in and out of the river with the Waterwalking rune equipped.
Fixed a bug where recent item purchases couldn’t be undone when a player receives an item from a Rune (Biscuits, Boots, etc).
Fixed a bug where being rooted when attempting to issue attack-move commands caused the champion to be unable to auto-attack.
Fixed a bug so that Varus E and Gragas R are now properly destroyed by Yasuo’s Windwall instead of activating their effects at the windwall location.
Fixed a bug so that Champions with multiple ability icons now use correct icons in their kill feed,
Fixed a bug with Ornn’s forgeable items having debug strings or outdated information.
Fixed a bug where Zilean R would be consumed but not triggered in specific scenarios where a spell shield was consumed.

BUGFIXES

Fixed a bug that caused Azir’s R to not hit enemies if he was casting it as he died.
Fixed an interaction where Orianna’s R – Command Shockwave would not correctly follow enemies that were dashing
Fixed a bug where the location of Bard chimes, Azir’s passive Turret, and Skarner’s Spires would appear on the minimap were visible for allies and the enemy team.
Fixed an interaction so that Senna can now Flash to reroute her W.
Fixed a bug that caused Kalista’s W to sometimes not go in the intended direction.
Fixed a bug that was causing 2023 seasonal challenges to not be displayed .
Fixed a bug where Neeko’s passive would be dispelled when disguising herself in Udyr’s E form.
Fixed a bug where Kog’Maw’s passive form would have 5 less movement speed than intended.
Fixed a bug where Iceborn Gauntlet’s damage reduction would not occur while shielded.
Fixed a bug that caused Nimbus Cloak to not activate from casting Unleashed Teleport.
Fixed a bug where upgrading Syndra’s E would sometimes reset its cooldown.
Fixed a bug where Radiant Virtue would not proc on Nidalee if purchased while she was in her Cougar form.
Fixed a bug where jungle monsters would not respond to being damaged by Yuumi if she aggroed the camp and swapped allies with her W.
Fixed a bug that caused the heal from jungle companions to desync Rengar’s spell stack HUD.
Fixed a bug where Champion unique quests would not trigger (namely Kha’Zix and Rengar).
Fixed a bug that was causing Galio’s passive to make support item executes to prioritize lower HP enemies instead of the original target.
Fixed a bug that caused jungle camps to attack Ivern. Some bugs just go too far…
Fixed a bug that caused Mordekaiser’s W tooltip to display double the value of damage taken converted to W passive.
Fixed a bug that was causing Navori’s Quickblade to not show up under the “critical strike chance” tag in shop.
Fixed a bug that was causing Garen’s VO line upon killing Darius to not play.
Fixed a bug that was causing Tahm Kench’s R to gain Ability haste from Radiant Virtue, despite it being an ultimate ability.
Fixed a bug that caused Garen’s E recast information tooltip to display old values.
Updated Smite’s tooltip in the champion select screen.
Fixed a bug that cause Miss Fortune’s R – Bullet Time area of effect to be misplaced is she moved during casting
Fixed a bug that was causing jungle companions to not properly aggro champion summons like Elise’s spiders
Fixed a bug that caused the protection buff from Scorchclaw and Gustwalker to take effect when fighting a large monster instead of just epic monsters.
Fixed a bug that caused jungle monsters to sometimes not be affected by a champion’s cc ability
Fixed a bug that was causing Gromp to turn around while in combat
Fixed a bug that was causing enemy turret plates to not display on the minimap until the first turret plate was destroyed.
Fixed a bug that was causing turrets to do 200% damage to Shaco’s R clone instead of 150%
Fixed a bug that allowed Heartsteel’s health proc to trigger against Fiora’s while using her W- Riposte
Fixed a bug that was causing the objective voting panel to occasionally not display correctly.
Fixed a bug where Pyke’s R would cause Radiant Virtue to grant bonus AD for only 0.5 seconds instead of the full 9.
Fixed a bug that caused Kassadin’s Q to grant him a shield even if that cast didn’t complete.
Fixed a bug where Sett’s R would cause graphical tearing if hit with certain abilities
Fixed a bug that caused the Jungle companion protection buff to count clones as allies
Fixed a bug that caused Zeri’s E on-hit damage to deal damage to structures
Fixed a bug that cause jungle companion dash attacks to not scale with bonus armor and magic resist

UPCOMING SKINS & CHROMAS

The following skins will be released in this patch:

Heartthrob Caitlyn & Heartache Vi
Heartache Amumu

The following chromas will be released this patch:

Heartthrob Caitlyn
Heartache Vi
Heartache Amumu

League Of Legends Release Date

According to Riot’s patch schedule, Wednesday, February 8, 2023, saw the release of the third update of 2023. The patch also launched as usual throughout the day, beginning in Australia at roughly 10 am (AEDT). The important patch rollout times for several of the major League servers are listed below:

3 am PT (NA)
5 am GMT (EU West)
3 am CET (EU North East)
8 am KR (Korea)

You can view the complete patch notes here- LoL 13.3 patch notes.

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