League of Legends patch 9.2 notes – Sylas and 2019 Lunar Revel skins

After what feels like a very long time, League of Legends patch 9.2 has arrived on the PBE. The headline feature this time around is the arrival of Demacian supervillain Sylas, the Unshackled. The new mage’s ultimate ability allows him to steal ults from other players, making him a constantly evolving threat.

When it comes to balance changes, the biggest change is to Yorick. Everyone’s favourite gravedigger is seeing some major changes to his familiars – ghouls will now spawn more quickly, while the Maiden of the Mist is striking out on her own. Elsewhere, Neeko’s seeing some changes to Tangle-Barbs and Pop Blossom, while Aurelion Sol will find it easier to get stuns off with his Q.

There are also plenty of skins on offer in the new patch. As well as Sylas’ launch skin, Vayne, Sejuani, and Tahm Kench are all celebrating the Year of the Pig ahead of the Lunar New Year. Closer to home, Fiora and Vi are looking ahead to Valentines’ day with their Heartpiercer and Heartbreaker skins.

League of Legends Patch 9.2 release date and downtime

We don’t have an exact release date for League of Legends patch 9.2 just yet, but the patches release on a bi-weekly schedule. With that in mind, expect the new update to drop on Wednesday, January 23.

Sylas, the Unshackled

• Base MR: 32.1
• MR Per Level: 0.5
• Base Mana: 280
• Mana Per Level: 50
• Base AD: 55.04
• AD Per Level: 3
• Base Armor: 32
• Armor Per Level: 3
• Base HP: 585
• HP Per Level: 85
• Base HP Regen: 1.9
• HP Regen Per Level: 0.2
• Base Move Speed: 340
• Attack Speed Per Level: 3.5
• Auto Attack Range: 175

Here are Sylas’ abilities:

• Petricite Burst (P):
  • 16/15/14/13/12 second Cooldown
  • “After casting a spell, Sylas’s next basic attack whirls his energized chains around him, dealing [100% Total AD] (+5/8/10/13/15/18/20/23/25/28/30/33/35/38/40/43/45/48) (+20% AP) magic damage to enemies hit.”
• Chain Lash (Q):
  • 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
  • 9/8/7/6/5 second Cooldown
  • “Sylas lashes his chains out in an X-shaped area, intersecting at his targeted location dealing 45/70/95/120/145 (+60% AP) magic damage to and slowing enemies by 15/20/25/30/35% for 2 seconds. After .5 seconds, magical energy explodes from the intersection point dealing 45/70/95/120/145 (+60% AP) and increasing the slow by 50%. The explosion deals 60% damage to minions.”
• Kingslayer (W):
  • 50/55/60/65/70 Mana
  • 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 second Cooldown
  • “Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing 60/90/120/150/180 (+55% AP) magic damage, increased to 90/135/180/225/270 (+83% AP) if the enemy is below 40% health. Damaging enemy champions heals Sylas for 50/100/150/200/250 (+40% AP), increased to 100/200/300/400/500 (+80% AP) if Sylas is below 40% health.”
• Abscond/Abduct (E):
  • 55/60/65/70/75 Mana
  • 10 second Cooldown
  • “Sylas dashes to a location, Shielding himself for 60/90/120/150/180 (+90% AP) for 2 seconds.
  • Recast: Sylas throws out his chain in a direction, pulling himself to the first enemy hit dealing 50/65/80/95/110 (+20% AP) magic damage and knocking them up for .5 seconds.”
• Hijack (R):
  • 75 Mana
  • 85/50/15 second Cooldown
  • “Sylas hijacks a targeted enemy, allowing him to cast their ultimate ability as they would cast it, based on his Ultimate level and using his stats.
  • Hijacking an enemy places a cooldown on them for 200% (modified by Sylas’ Cooldown Reduction, minimum 20 seconds) of the enemy’s ultimate’s cooldown, during which time Sylas cannot hijack them again.
  • Sylas converts non-hybrid AD ratios into AP ratios, granting him .5 AP: 1 Bonus AD and .4 AP: 1 Total AD respectively.”

Patch 9.2 Champion changes

Aurelion Sol – changed

Starsurge (Q):

Recast minimum time decreased to 0.25 seconds from 0.65 seconds.

Q now obeys minimap targeting.

New: Stun duration now scales on disk size.

Minimum duration :0.55/0.6/0.65/0.7/0.75 seconds.

Maximum duration: 1.65/1.8/1.95/2.1/2.25 seconds

Galio – nerfed

Winds of War (Q):

Gust damage decreased to 70/105/140/175/210 from 70/110/150/190/230.

Mana cost increased to 70/80/90/100/110 from 70/75/80/85/90.

Neeko – changed

Tangle-Barbs (E):

Cooldown increased to 14/13/12/11/10 seconds from 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds.

AP increased to 60% from 40%.

Empowered root duration increased to 0.75/1/1.25/1.5/1.75 seconds.

Pop Blossom (R):

Cooldown increased to 120/100/80 seconds. Nearby enemies are no longer slowed when Neeko leaps.

Ornn – nerfed

Bellows Breath (W):

Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.

Yorick – changed

Shepherd of Souls (R):

Ghouls no longer deal reduced damage when they are far away from Yorick.

Deaths required for a grave decreased to 10/6/2/ from 12/8/4 (to 2 from 4 in ARAM).

Gold given by Mist Walkers decreased to 2 from 5.

Mourning Mist (E):

Slow potency increased to 30/35/40/45/50% from 30% at all ranks.

Eulogy of the Isles (R):

Cooldown changed to 120 seconds at all ranks from 160/130/100 seconds.

Maiden’s health changed to 300/1000/3000 +70% Yorick’s health from 700/1500/4000 +30% Yorick’s health.

New: After 60 seconds, the Maiden will break free from Yorick and proceed down the closest lane. Yorick can set her loose prematurely by reactiviating the ability.

Max health damage on Yorick attacking Maiden’s target decreased to 4/7/10% from 5/7.5/10%, no longer has a 2 second cooldown.

Patch 9.2 Rune changes

Overheal – changed

Effect:

Shield is now built up from 40-100% of excess self-healing from yourself or any ally.

Legend: Bloodline – changed

Lifesteal:

Decreased to 0.7% from 0.8%.

Max stacks:

Increased to 20 from 10.

Cut Down – changed

Effect changed:

Deal 4% to 10% more damage to champions, based on how much more max health they have than you. Bonus damage scales up linearly against enemies with 10% to 100% more max health than you

Patch 9.2 Skins

Lunar wraith sylas

Here’s his splash:

Coin Emperor Kench

Here’s his splash:

Firecracker Sejuani

Firecracker Vayne

Heartbreaker Vi

Heartpiercer Fiora

That’s everything heading to League of Legends in patch 9.2. As ever, this is all just PBE content at this point, and all of it’s subject to change. Make sure to join us again for patch 9.3 very soon.