# League of Legends 9.18 — Patch 9.18 Notes - Product: League of Legends (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends) - Vendor: Riot Games - Date: 2019-09-05 - Version: 9.18 - Original notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-9-18-notes/ - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/league-of-legends/releases/9.18 - 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'. --- - **changed** — Aatrox passive now heals for 25% of the damage dealt when stabbing a minion instead of healing for bonus physical damage dealt to anything - **changed** — Aatrox Q damage to minions reduced from 50-100% (levels 1-18) to 40% at all levels - **changed** — Akali R cooldown increased from 120/110/100 seconds to 160/130/100 seconds - **removed** — Akali R1 no longer stuns enemies - **changed** — Akali R2 maximum damage decreased from 255/450/645 (+0.9 ability power) to 195/420/645 (+0.9 ability power) - **added** — Annie E now grants 25% + 1.5% per level decaying bonus movement speed over a 1.5 second duration - **changed** — Annie E damage reduction decreased from 16/22/28/34/40% to 10/13/16/19/22% - **changed** — Annie E cooldown increased from 10 seconds at all ranks to 15 seconds at all ranks - **changed** — Aurelion Sol base health increased from 510 to 575 - **changed** — Caitlyn base attack damage increased from 60 to 62 - **changed** — Ekko W cost decreased from 50/55/60/65/70 mana to 30/35/40/45/50 mana - **changed** — Ekko W stun duration increased from 1.75 seconds to 2.25 seconds - **changed** — Evelynn R empowered damage amplifier increased from 100% against enemies below 30% of their maximum health to 140% - **changed** — Evelynn R empowered damage increased from 250/500/750 (+1.5 ability power) to 300/600/900 (+1.8 ability power) - **changed** — Jhin base attack damage increased from 57 to 59 - **changed** — Kai'Sa E bonus attack speed decreased from 40/50/60/70/80% to 40/45/50/55/60% - **changed** — Kayle E base passive damage increased from 10/15/20/25/30 to 15/20/25/30/35 - **changed** — Lee Sin base health increased from 570.8 to 575 - **changed** — Lee Sin base attack damage increased from 69.2 to 70 - **changed** — Lee Sin R damage increased from 150/375/600 to 175/400/625 Hey patch notes readers, want to form a contract with me? We're coming down to the final stretch! 9.19 will be the patch Worlds is played on, so we're adding in some changes that shouldn't rock the boat too much, but helps get us to place that encourages champion diversity and fun times during the most hype event of the year ~ With that in mind, in this patch we're taking another look at Aatrox and Akali specifically to make sure they don't completely dominate the meta, since they've been seeing high picks and play time in pro throughout the year. See you in another two weeks! But if you decide to die for the good of the universe, call me anytime. Hanna “shio shoujo” Woo Paul "Aether" Perscheid Back to top Patch Highlights Star Guardian Rakan, Xayah, Zoe, and Neeko (including her Prestige Edition) will be available on September 12, 2019. Back to top Champions [Aatrox](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/aatrox/) Passive now heals for less against minions. Q damage to minions reduced and flattened. Aatrox is still highly valued in pro play, so we're taking another swing at him. We're nerfing his sustain and waveclear at the late laning phase points (around level 7-11) to hit his flexibility in lane matchups and his ability to flex into multiple roles. Passive - Deathbringer Stance HEAL Heals for bonus physical damage dealt to anything ⇒ Heals for 25% of the damage dealt when stabbing a minion (healing vs. other targets unchanged) Q - The Darkin Blade DAMAGE TO MINIONS 50-100% (levels 1-18) ⇒ 40% at all levels [Akali](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/akali/) R cooldown increased early. R1 stun removed. R2 base maximum damage decreased early. Similar to Aatrox, we're focusing our changes on Akali's pro presence, specifically in limiting her power before her level 11 spike. We're removing the stun on her R1 too to increase counterplay and open up the number of champions that can play against her. Ultimately, we think it's a good change for her in the long term. R - Perfect Execution removedR1 STUN Akali no longer stuns her enemies for 0.5 seconds R2 MAXIMUM DAMAGE 255/450/645 (+0.9 ability power) ⇒ 195/420/645 (+0.9 ability power) COOLDOWN 120/110/100 seconds ⇒ 160/130/100 seconds [Annie](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/annie/) E now grants decaying movement speed; damage reduction decreased; cooldown increased. Giving Annie more pep in her step in lane with an additional benefit on her E so she can make more plays when on her own. E - Molten Shield newMOVEMENT SPEED Annie gains 25% + 1.5% per level decaying bonus movement speed over a 1.5 second duration DAMAGE REDUCTION 16/22/28/34/40% ⇒ 10/13/16/19/22% COOLDOWN 10 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 15 seconds at all ranks [Aurelion Sol](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/aurelionsol/) Base health increased. Following up on the 9.17 changes and calibrating with a minor tweak now that his early lane phase has more counterplay. Base Stats HEALTH 510 ⇒ 575 [Caitlyn](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/caitlyn/) Base attack damage increased. Bumping Caitlyn's early laning power so she can punish those who rely more on scaling. Base Stats ATTACK DAMAGE 60 ⇒ 62 [Ekko](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/ekko/) W cost decreased; stun duration increased. Our previous buffs to Ekko in 9.16 didn't go as far as we wanted. Nudging him towards a more aggressive playstyle with a higher payout and lower cost. W - Parallel Convergence COST 50/55/60/65/70 mana ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 mana STUN DURATION 1.75 seconds ⇒ 2.25 seconds [Evelynn](http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/game-info/champions/evelynn/) R empowered damage amplifier and max empowered damage increased. Evelynn isn't overly weak at the mo _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-9-18-notes/]_