# League of Legends 11.8 — Patch 11.8 notes - Product: League of Legends (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends) - Vendor: Riot Games - Date: 2021-04-13 - Version: 11.8 - Original notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-11-8-notes/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends/releases/11.8 - Labels: Platforms: Windows, macOS What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- Hi, welcome back! This patch, we’ve got something for everyone. If you’re looking for something cutting-edge, we’ve got the snip-snap from Gwen, who’s weaving her way over to the Rift. Sick of the galactic beats of last patch? Rammus has a new slammin’ jam, complete with a polish to his trusty armored shell. Did your spring cleaning and in need of something sparkly? Perfect, because we’ve adjusted some Mythics for you to get your grubby little enchanter hands on. Or perhaps you’ve missed playing some champs in their trusty old lanes, like a certain very accredited, very purple doctor, or maybe even a flaming hot yordle. Looks like you’ll have to read on to find out. See ya in the next one. Come one, come all, to the [TFT patch notes](https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/teamfight-tactics-patch-11-8-notes/) before the set ends and the Reckoning begins! Tricia "mom cat" Tan Hanna "shio shoujo" Woo Mid-Patch Updates 4/16/2021 Gwen Balance Changes Gwen BASE ARMOR 37 ⇒ 39 Q - SNIP SNIP! BASE DAMAGE PER SNIP 8/10.75/13.5/16.25/19 ⇒ 9/12/15/18/21 Q - SNIP SNIP! FINAL SNIP BASE DAMAGE 40/53.75/67.5/81.25/95 ⇒ 45/60/75/90/105 4/15/2021 Rammus Bugfix Rammus Q - POWERBALL BUGFIX Fixed a bug where when Rammus would trigger Predator and activate Q - Powerball, his move speed would increase extremely 4/13/2021 ARAM VFX Updates These updates were included in the original patch deploy, but left off of the original Patch 11.8 Notes! Snowballs - New missile that should match the hitbox a bit better and be more readable in hectic team fights - New recast activation VFX on tagged target - New hit-and-miss VFXs - New SFX on missed snowball, so you know when you do hit! Poros - New porosnax icon - New porosnax missile going from you to the closest poro in an arc, with new and cute SFX! - Poros now stop and open wide when they see a porosnax coming their way, with hearts on their eyes - New cute little chomp VFX and SFX when poros receive their porosnax - New “happy circles” hearts VFXs while poros are happy and fed, with hearts on their eyes while circling around - Added hearts VFXs that follow a poro forever once it is fed at least once - New, more ceremonial poro explosion effect once they have been fed ten times and explode in several other poros Health Relics - New Relic VFX (the floating cross) - New pick-up VFX (for the one picking it up) - New healed VFX (for everyone healed in the area) Others - New Respawn effect - Cleaned up Turret glows and added some subtle falling cold smoke Patch Highlights Blackfrost Sion, Blackfrost Vel'Koz, Dragon Guardian Galio, Dragonslayer Kayle, Dragonslayer Twitch, and Space Groove Gwen will be available on April 15th, 2021. Champions new [Gwen](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/) The Hallowed Seamstress Gwen snips, skips, and slashes into 11.8 on April 15th. - [Gwen Abilities Rundown](https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/event/gwen-abilities-rundown/) - [Gwen Champion Bio](https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/champion/gwen/) - [Gwen Champion Insights](https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/dev/champion-insights-gwen/) - [Gwen Champion Teaser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dkz19W9Dfw) - [Gwen Gameplay Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33tKQd-VWY) [Annie](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/annie/) W cost increased early. Lately, Annie’s been blazing down her foes. By increasing the cost on her W, she’ll have to be more careful when deciding whether to burn up minions or enemy champions. W - Incinerate COST 70/80/90/100/110 mana ⇒ 90/95/100/105/110 mana [Aphelios](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/aphelios/) Passive lethality increased. R main weapon effects strengthened. Aphelios has been looking pale ever since we nerfed his interaction with Kraken Slayer in 11.2. Given how he’s fallen behind other scaling marksmen, we're putting _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-11-8-notes/]_