League of Legends patch 13.7 notes: Nerfs to Zeri, buffs to Azir ahead of MSI

Patch 13.7 for League of Legends brings about a couple of small balance tweaks to certain champions, including long-awaited nerfs to Zeri before MSI rocks around.

With the Mid-Season Invitational only 2 patches away, Riot is looking to slowly release balance changes to adjust the meta slightly. Patch 13.7 brings about long-awaited nerfs to Zeri, as well as smaller buffs to Azir after his rework in Patch 13.5.

With that being said, here’s everything you need to know about Patch 13.7 for League of Legends.

When does LoL Patch 13.7 go live?

League of Legends Patch 13.6 should go live on April 5, 2023, according to Riot’s patch schedule. Patch 13.7 will head to Oceanic servers first at 10 AM AEDT, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 13.7 for your server:

• 3AM PT (NA)
• 5AM GMT (EUW)
• 3AM CET (EUNE)
• 8AM KST (Korea)

There’ll be a few hours of downtime when patching begins, and matchmaking queues will be taken offline about three hours beforehand.

What’s changing in LoL Patch 13.7?

Zeri targetted for sweeping scaling nerfs

Zeri has been one of the strongest ADCs since her release into League of Legends. The electric-based Zaun champion is able to dash, kite, and decimate the enemy team with her immense damage output. As such, she’s been a contended pick in professional play, so Riot is looking to take her scaling down a notch before MSI.

Azir buffed after his mid-scope update

Azir is another champion who’s seen a lot of presence in professional League of Legends. However, after the recent mid-scope update he received, Riot believes he’s feeling a little too weak. As such, Riot is buffing up some of his early game, whilst nerfing his Q’s range so he doesn’t become too much of a poke-based champion.

League of Legends Patch 13.7 Notes

Champions

Alistar

Base Stats

• Base armor increased: 44 ⇒ 47
• Base HP increased: 670 ⇒ 685

Annie

E: Molten Shield

• Cooldown increased: 12/11/10/9/8 ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
• Base shield reduced: 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/95/130/165/200 (+40% AP)

Azir

Base Stats

• Base armor increased: 19 ⇒ 22
• Attack speed growth per level increased: 5% ⇒ 6%

Passive: Shurima’s Legacy

• Turret duration increased: 30 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds
• Summon range increased: 500 ⇒ 700

Q: Conquering Sands

• Mana cost increased: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110
• Stab range reduced: 370 ⇒ 325

W: Arise!

• Mana cost: 40 flat ⇒ 40/35/30/25/20
• Damage per rank increased: 50-90 ⇒ 50-118
• Total damage increased: 50-200 ⇒ 50-210

Miscellaneous

[NEW] Recommended Skill Order: The game will now recommend maxing W first.

Graves

Passive: New Destiny

• Critical Strike damage increased: 20% ⇒ 30%

R: Collateral Damage

• Cooldown reduced: 120/90/60 ⇒ 100/80/60

Kalista

Base Stats:

• AD growth per level: 3.5 ⇒ 3.75

Passive: Oathsworn Bond

• Oathsworn Ceremony Duration: 12 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds (Note: This begins when Kalista activates her Black Speak.)
• [NEW] Ride Together, Channel Together: Kalista is now forced to channel on the Black Spear while her Oathsworn is reviving

Katarina

Passive: Voracity

• Sinister Steel Dagger Magic Damage:  68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+65/75/85/95% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP) ⇒ 68−240 (based on level) (+ 60% bonus AD) (+70/80/90/100% (levels 1/6/11/16) AP)

R: Death Lotus

• Physical Damage per Dagger: 18% (+30% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD ⇒ 16% (+50% per 100% bonus AS) bonus AD

Kha’Zix

Q: Taste Their Fear

• Isolation Range: 425 ⇒ 375

W: Spike Rack

• Evolved Slow: 60% ⇒ 40%
• Evolved Slow Against Isolated Targets: 90% ⇒ 75%

R: Void Assault

• Buff Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds

Lee Sin

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66
• Base Armor: 36 ⇒ 34

Olaf

Passive: Berserker Rage

• Attack Speed: 60-100% (based on level) ⇒ 50-100% (based on level)

Q: Undertow

• Physical Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD)

Rammus

W: Defensive Ball Curl

• Bonus Armor: 35 (+40/55/70/85/100% total armor) ⇒ 35 (+40/50/60/70/80% total armor)

Sejuani

Passive: Fury of the North

• Damage Cap against Epic Monsters: 300 ⇒ 250

Q: Arctic Assault

• Cooldown: 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 seconds ⇒ 19/17.5/16/14.5/13 seconds

R: Glacial Prison

• Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds

Thresh

Q: Death Sentence

• Cooldown Refunded On Hit: 3 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds

Veigar

Q: Baleful Strike

• AP Ratio: 60% at all ranks ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65%

W: Dark Matter

• AP Ratio: 100% at all ranks ⇒ 70/80/90/100/110%

E: Event Horizon

• Sneaky Stuns: Veigar can no longer hide his E VFX from enemies by placing it inside certain walls.

R: Primordial Burst

• AP Ratio: 75% at all ranks ⇒ 65/70/75%

Vi

Q: Vault Breaker

• Minimum Physical Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+70% bonus AD) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+80% bonus AD)
• Maximum Physical Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+140% bonus AD) ⇒ 90/140/190/240/290 (+160% bonus AD)

E: Relentless Force

• Physical Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+110% AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 5/20/35/50/65 (+120% AD) (+100% AP)

Wukong

Base Stats

• Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66

W: Warrior Trickster

• Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds ⇒ 22/20/18/16/14 seconds

E: Nimbus Strike

• Bonus Attack Speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55%

Yasuo

Passive: Way of the Wanderer

• Shield Amount: 100/105/110/115/120/130/140/150/160/170/180/200/220/250/290/350/410/475 ⇒ 100/105/110/115/125/135/145/160/175/195/220/250/275/325/375/425/500/575

E: Sweeping Blade

• Damage Increase per Stack: 25% of E’s base damage ⇒ 15-25% of E’s total damage (scales linearly, levels 1-18)
• Maximum Stack Amount: 2 ⇒ 4

Zeri

Base stats

• Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 100

Passive: Living Battery

• Shield Absorption: 60% of damage dealt ⇒ 45% of damage dealt

R: Lightning Crash

• Magic Damage: 175/275/375 (+100% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 175/275/375 (+85% bonus AD) (+110% AP)

Items

Grievous Wounds

• Shields Can’t Save You Now: Items that apply Grievous Wounds on damage dealt to the target will now apply it even if the damage you dealt was completely nullified by a shield. Grievous Wounds will still not apply to Invulnerable targets or targets who blocked the spell with a spell shield.

Death’s Dance

• Item Recipe: Pickaxe + Chain Vest + Pickaxe + 750 gold ⇒ Pickaxe + Chain Vest + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 525 gold
• Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 55
• Armor: 50 ⇒ 45
• Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15

Catalyst of Aeons

• Health: 225 ⇒ 300
• Combine Cost: 350 gold ⇒ 550 gold
• Total Cost: 1100 gold ⇒ 1300 gold

Abyssal Mask

• Health: 500 ⇒ 550
• Combine Cost: 650 gold ⇒ 450 gold

Rod of Ages

• Combine Cost: 415 gold ⇒ 215 gold

ARAM Adjustments

Nerfs

• Karthus: Passive Duration: 7 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
• Sion: Passive Form Lifesteal: 100% ⇒ 50%
• Veigar: E Cooldown: 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 seconds ⇒ 23/21.5/20/18.5/17 seconds

Clash – Mt. Targon Cup

• Weekend 1 Registration Begins: April 3 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
• Weekend 1 Tournament Dates: April 8 and 9 (~4-7 PM Local, varies by region)
• TR1 – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm local time
• SG2 – 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm local time

Off Screen Pings

Global Pings (Displayed regardless of ping location)

• Enemy missing

Proximity Pings (Displayed if pinged within 3000 units of your champion. Approximately the same range as a Caitlyn or Lux ultimate ability)

• Assist Me
• Caution
• On My Way
• Retreat
• Hold