League of Legends 11.8 Patch Notes First Look: Gwen and New Skins (April 2021)
League of Legends Patch 11.8, previewed in April 2021, introduces the new champion Gwen, six 1350 RP skins, a Sett Q text change, Rocketbelt and Putrifier item tweaks and ARAM poro visuals.
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In brief
AI summaryIn April 2021, League of Legends Patch 11.8 introduced Gwen, an old doll from the Shadow Isles who uses scissors, needle and thread as spectral weapons against Viego, the Ruined King.
Patch 11.8 skins on the PBE are Space Groove Gwen, Blackfrost Sion and Vel'Koz, and Dragonslayer Galio, Kayle and Twitch, each priced at 1350 RP.
Patch 11.8 lowers Hextech Rocketbelt health from 350 to 250 while adding +6 Magic Penetration, and cuts Chemtech Putrifier from 55 to 50.
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The Space Groove event begins this week in League of Legends, and with Patch 11.7 hitting the live servers it reveals new skins and more. In addition, as you know, there is a brand-new champion on the way: Gwen, who will make her debut with Patch 11.8, looks set to be the star of the patch. The new patch has already started taking effect on the PBE servers, so let's take a look together at the changes awaiting us in Patch 11.8.
LoL 11.8 Patch Notes: New Champion Gwen
Gwen, the newest face of League of Legends, comes to the Rift as an old doll from the Shadow Isles, lovingly made by her now-departed creator. Brought to life by powerful magic and imbued with the essence of her creator, Gwen turned the tools used to make her, such as scissors, needle and thread, into spectral weapons to fight for those in need, and found the courage to stand against Viego, the Ruined King.
You can check out our guide to the new champion Gwen here .
LoL 11.8 Patch Notes: New Skins and Looks
In addition to the multiplayer game's latest addition, we also have several new skins arriving with Patch 11.8. Gwen's Space Groove skin, which appeared earlier this week, Blackfrost skins for Sion and Vel'Koz, and Dragonslayer skins for Galio, Kayle and Twitch have already arrived on the PBE servers with Patch 11.8!
Space Groove Gwen: 1350 RP
Blackfrost Sion: 1350 RP
Blackfrost Vel'Koz: 1350 RP
Dragonslayer Galio: 1350 RP
Dragonslayer Kayle: 1350 RP
Dragonslayer Twitch: 1350 RP
LoL 11.8 Patch Notes: Balance Changes
Patch 11.8 Champion Changes
Sett: Q Ability
- The note about a maximum of 400 damage against minions in Sett's Q ability is no longer written in the ability description.
Patch 11.8 Item Changes
Chemtech Putrifier
Ability Power reduced from 55 --> 50.
Hextech Rocketbelt
This item now has +6 Magic Penetration and
Health reduced from 350 --> 250.
LoL 11.8 Patch Notes: ARAM Change
Riot has released previews of some visual effects and other changes coming to ARAM with Patch 11.8:
- You can now throw a poro-snax at the nearest poro! All the visual effects related to poro feeding, including the explosions, have been cleaned up and modernized! Some cute sound effects have also been added. Also, poros that have been fed at least once will have steady hearts following them.
- The Snowball summoner spell has also been cleaned up. There are now two different effects to make sure you know when you hit.
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