Major Swain updates set to hit League of Legends PBE patch 12.8 cycle: All passive changes, ultimate tweaks and more

 

Major Swain updates set to hit League of Legends PBE patch 12.8 cycle: All passive changes, ultimate tweaks and more

Swain is gearing up to make a significant number of changes in League of Legends patch 12.8 as Riot Games will be working on a lot of tweaking to every part of its kit.

The changes that the developers plan to ship with the next official patch will first make their way to the PBE 12.8 cycle today. The League of Legends co-game designer has provided a glimpse of some of the changes fans can expect to arrive in the Noxian tactician's kit next patch.

According to the developer, Swain's changes will focus more on his support role to help his time spent in the solo lane and give him more flexible options for team compositions.

To offset this, many quality of life updates will be on the way, along with some ability nerfs.

All Swain updates expected in League of Legends patch 12.8

While talking about some of the goals behind Swain settings, Riot suggested:

"This version of Swain is intended to draw some of his instantaneous power to invest in Swain's fantasy of being a sewer tanker terror while in R. We're increasing how often Swain can use R, and removing the "tick clock" for how long he'll use it.

"Can stay in . form. It can go endlessly as long as it consumes enemies. Within the Q/E/R changes, we've shifted power from Passive withdrawal allies to more agencies for the Swain player. As always, numbers can always change before shipment." It's important to note that they may not be fully reflected in the update

Swain tweaks, later today League of Legends PBE'and Riot will test them and make updates if necessary before shipping out the official patch.

Hungry Horde (P)
[REMOVED] Swain can no longer pull crowd-controlled enemies.
[REMOVED] Swain's pull no longer deals damage.
Heal: 4/5.5/7% (levels 1/6/11) max health >>> 4/5.5/7/9% (levels 1/6/11/16) max health.
Health Fragments per Soul: 5 >>> 12.
Hand of Death (Q)

Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 >>> 45/50/55/60/65.
Cooldown: 9/7.5/6/4.5/3s >>> 7/6/5/4/3s.
Damage: 55/75/95/115/135 (+40% AP) >>> 60/80/100/120/140 (+40% AP).
Additional Arrow Damage: 15/20/25/30/35% >>> 12/22/32/42/52 (+10% AP).
Max Damage: 88/135/190/253/324 (+64/72/80/88/96% AP) > >> 108/168/228/288/348 (+80% AP).

Empire's Vision (W)
Mana Cost:
[NEW] Pings now show enemies at similar range to Twisted Fate (R) and Nocturne (R).
Immobile (E)
[NEW] Can now be reactivated to attract all champions Nevermove is rooted in.
[NEW] Cooldown is reduced by 20% during.
Demonic Ascension (R).
Cooldown :: 120sec >>> 100/80/60sec.
Drain Damage Per Second: 35/50/65 (+14% AP) >>> 20/45/70 (+10% AP).
Drain Heal Per Second: 20/35/40 (+16% AP) >>> 20/40/60 (+16% AP) > >> 15/40/65 (+255%).
[REMOVED] No longer grants 125/200/275 health.
[CHANGED] When Demonic Ascension Swain is cast, it gains 50 Demon Power. Demonic Ascension lasts as long as Swain has Demon Power draining at a rate of 10 per second. Swain gains 20 Demon Power per second while depleting an enemy champion. After 3 seconds, Swain can cast Demonflare (R2).
Demon Flare (R2)
Demon Flare Damage: 100/150/200 (+50% AP) >>> 150/225/300 (+60% AP)
[NEW] Demonflare now slows enemies by 60%, decaying over 1.5 seconds is happening.
(CHANGE) Swain can cast Demonflare 1 time while using Demonic Ascension. This does not end the Demonic Ascension.

[REMOVED] Demonflare no longer charges up to double damage based on health drained.

Swain updates are expected to be officially released with League of Legends patch 12.8, which will be released in two weeks, i.e. April 27.