The primary League of Legends replace cycle of March is right here because the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational rolls into focus and this time round, in League Patch 13.5, the steadiness workforce is seeking to wrap up its jungle change spree, proceed tweaking mage gadgets, and ship two hefty rejigs for Azir, Yuumi, and LeBlanc.
Alongside that trio, high Season 13 meta picks like Caitlyn and Ashe have landed on the March change record whereas ever-popular characters like Aatrox, Fixx, Jinx, and Samira are anticipated to get some assist by way of buffs.
In the meantime, the new-look Aurelion Sol has been whacked with nerfs.
Additionally within the fifth replace of the season, Riot is planning so as to add a pile of latest Damaged Covenant to the League store for Xayah, Miss Fortune, and extra—and one champion is even getting a brand new Status pores and skin too.
Right here’s the whole lot it is advisable learn about League Patch 13.5.
League Patch 13.5 launch date
The subsequent replace of 2023 will roll out on Wednesday, March 8, in line with Riot’s patch schedule. As per standard, the patch will rollout worldwide throughout the day, beginning in Australia at round 10am (AEDT). Right here’s the important thing patch rollout instances for among the main League servers:
- 3am PT (NA)
- 5am GMT (EU West)
- 3am CET (EU North East)
- 8am KR (Korea)
There can be a number of hours of downtime as soon as the patch begins. Matchmaking and aggressive queues can be disabled throughout all League servers three hours earlier than the replace is formally deployed and set reside.
What’s coming in League Patch 13.5?
Shock Yuumi rework hits servers
Out of completely nowhere, Riot confirmed final week they’d lastly be listening to League followers and altering notorious floating cat Yuumi.
It’s not just a little batch of modifications both—each single considered one of her talents is on the chopping block and Dot Esports expects that is going to basically change how she performs. We’ll have to attend and see, in fact, however it’s a reasonably sweeping record of buffs, nerfs, and whole capability overhauls.
Nearly the one factor sticking round is her connect.
The concept to remodel the Mystical Cat isn’t completely new; Riot did tell players back in Dec. 2022 they have been protecting a close eye on the much-hated support pick, however this hefty bundle of modifications definitely got here out of the blue.
Learn: Here are all of Yuumi’s reworked abilities in League of Legends
Listed here are the early patch notes for the upcoming March 8 replace. Bear in mind, till Riot releases the official notes, any of those buffs, nerfs, and modifications are tentative and may very well be pulled for a later League replace at any time.
League Patch 13.5 early patch notes
Champions
Buffs
- Aatrox
- Fizz
- Jinx
- Kennen
- LeBlanc
- Rumble (high)
- Samira
- Tryndamere
Nerfs
- Aurelion Sol
- Caitlyn
- Gangplank
- Rammus
- Twitch (capability energy)
- Xayah
- Yorick
Changes
Gadgets
Runes
- Cosmic Drive
- Triumph
- Grasp of the Timeless
Techniques
ARAM
Skins
Replace Feb. 28, 12.50am CT: Added Riot Phroxzon’s first patch preview.
