League of Legends patch 11.2 notes – new jungler Viego, Ruined and Shan Hai Scrolls skins

2021 has at last arrived, and with it comes the beginning of League of Legends season 11. League of Legends patch 11.1 is now rolling onto the multiplayer game’s live servers and its follow-up is hitting the PBE testing grounds. With the start of season 11 kicking off on January 8, now’s a great time to see what’s headed to the game soon – read on for the tentative League of Legends patch 11.2 notes.

By now you might have heard there’s a new champion coming with this patch – Viego, The Ruined King. An eerie and commanding presence on The Rift, the new champ was introduced as part of Riot’s League of Legends 2021 livestream, and while he’s not hit the PBE for testing quite yet, we’re got a rundown (and preview) of all of his abilities for you to take a good look at below ahead of his arrival in-game.

Next, a batch of seven new skins has dropped onto the PBE, bringing new styles for a handful of the best League of Legends champions. There are two lines with new additions this patch – Ruined skins for Draven, Karma, and Shyvana, and Shan Hai Scrolls skins for Cho’Gath, Jhin, Nautilus, and Neeko. You can check these out in action in the champion skins section below.

As is often the case with patches brand-new to the testing grounds, there aren’t many champion, item, or rune balance changes to get a look at just yet. We’ll most likely see the balance changes hit the PBE in the coming days, though, so do keep checking back on these notes to stay up-to-date on what’s getting tested ahead of the patch’s launch.

Without further ado, here are the League of Legends patch 11.2 notes (thanks, Surrenderat20!). As ever, it’s worth noting that these are just tentative, based on what’s getting tested, so can continue to change.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.2 RELEASE DATE AND DOWNTIME

According to the League of Legends 2021 patch schedule, League of Legends patch 11.2 is due to go live on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Maintenance times haven’t yet been confirmed, but usually begin at 03:00 PT for NA servers, 05:00 GMT for EUW servers, and 03:00 CET for EUNE servers, and last for approximately three hours.

We’ll post the exact times when they get confirmed by Riot, usually the day before the patch goes live.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.2 – New Champion

Viego, The Ruined King

VIEGO, THE RUINED KING

VIEGO’S STATS

Base HP – 560
HP per level – 95
Base HP regeneration – 1.4
HP regeneration per level – 0.14
HP5 – 8
Base armour – 30
Armour per level – 4
Base magic resistance – 32
Magic resistance per level – 1.25
Base attack damage – 57
Attack damage per level – 3.5
Attack speed per level – 2.5
Base movespeed – 345
Attack range – 225

VIEGO’S ABILITIES

PASSIVE – SOVEREIGN’S DOMINATION

“The souls of enemy champions that die within 3 seconds of being hit by Viego become wraiths. Viego can Attack wraiths to Possess them, restoring [8 + 2.5% bonus AD + 1.5% AP + 250% bonus attack speed]% of enemy’s max Health and gaining access to their non-ultimate Abilities, Attacks, and items for 10 seconds. During this time he replaces their Ultimate with a free cast of his own and gains 10% Move Speed towards enemy champions.

Viego keeps his summoner spells, runes, and trinkets during Possession and cannot use active or consumable items. Passive item Cooldowns are shared across Possessions.”

Here’s a look at Viego’s passive in action:

Passive – Sovereign’s Domination

Viego can temporarily possess enemy champions he helps kill, healing for a portion of their max health. Viego’s items, attacks, and non-ultimate abilities become those of his slain enemy’s, and he gains a free cast of his own ultimate. pic.twitter.com/jZpLAJFUr8

— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) January 8, 2021

Q – BLADE OF THE RUINED KING

Cost: No Cost

Cooldown: 5/4.5/4/3.5/3 seconds

“Passive: Viego’s Attacks deal an additional 2/3/4/5/6% current Health physical damage. His first Attack against an enemy he has recently damaged with an Ability hits a second time, dealing [20% AD + 15% AP] physical damage and restoring 150% of damage dealt as Health. These bonuses are kept during Possession.

Active: Viego stabs forward, dealing [25/40/55/70/85 (+60% AD) + Crit ] physical damage.

The Second strike can Critically Strike, applies on-hit effects while not Possessing an enemy, and has 155% healing versus jungle monsters.

The bonus on-hit damage deals a minimum of 10/15/20/25/30 damage. It deals a max of 580damage vs. jungle monsters.

This Ability’s cast time is reduced with Attack Speed. It deals and additional 10 damage to jungle monsters.”

Here’s a look at Viego’s Q’s in action:

Q – Blade of the Ruined King

Passive: Viego’s attacks deal a percent of the target’s current health as bonus damage. When Viego attacks an enemy he recently hit with an ability, the attack strikes twice.

Active: Viego stabs forward with his blade, damaging all enemies hit. pic.twitter.com/t3JZg645x4

— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) January 8, 2021

W – SPECTRAL MAW

Cost: No Cost

Cooldown: 8 seconds

“Begin Charging: Viego begins gathering Mist, Slowing himself by 15%.

Release: Viego dashes forward and hurls the gathered Mist. Deals [80/135/190/245/300 + 100% AP] magic damage and Stuns the first enemy hit for 0.25 to 1.25 seconds based on charge time.

This Ability’s cooldown is set to 3 seconds when interrupted. “

Here’s a look at Viego’s W in action:

W – Spectral Maw

Viego charges up and then dashes forward, hurling a blast of mist that stuns and damages the first enemy hit. Stun duration and mist range increase with charge time, damage and dash range don’t. pic.twitter.com/b49LD6niow

— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) January 8, 2021

E – HARROWED PATH

Cost: No Cost

Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6 seconds

“Viego sends forth a spectre to haunt the first terrain hit, surrounding it with Mist for 8 seconds. Viego gains Camouflage, [20/22.5/25/27.5/30% + 4% Per 100 AP] Move Speed, and 30/35/40/45/50% Attack Speed while inside the Mist.

Camouflaged unitscannot be seen unless an enemy champion is inside their detection radius. Viego reveals himself for 0.5 seconds whenever he attacks or uses an Ability.”

Here’s a look at Viego’s E in action:

E – Harrowed Path

Viego spreads a wave of Black Mist around a nearby wall. While in the mist, Viego becomes Camouflaged and gains Attack Speed and Movement Speed. pic.twitter.com/Ekm1802y2s

— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) January 8, 2021

R – HEARTBREAKER

Cost: No Cost

Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds

“Viego discards any souls he is currently Possessing and teleports. On arrival he Attacks the champion with the lowest percent Health, briefly Slowing them by 99% and dealing [120% AD + 4950% [?] Crit] + [15/20/25% + 5% bonus AD] missing Health physical damage. Other nearby enemies are Knocked Back and take 120% AD + 4950% [?] Crit physical damage.

This Ability applies on-hit effects to the primary target and spell effects to everything else.”

Here’s a look at Viego’s R in action:

R – Heartbreaker

Viego discards any bodies he is currently possessing and teleports forward, attacking the enemy champion in range with the lowest percent health and dealing bonus damage based on their missing health. Other enemies in range are knocked away. pic.twitter.com/KjqWQYvksh

— League of Legends // UK, IE & Nordics (@LoLUKN) January 8, 2021

Here’s another look at Viego’s playstyle in action along with the new champ’s VO and interactions via SkinSpotlights:

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LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.2 – BALANCE CHANGES

Champion Changes

Rune Changes

Ravenous Hunter

Effects:: Ravenous Hunter’s Omnivamp decreased to [1% + 1.7% per stack] from [1% +2% per stack]

Item Changes

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 11.2 – CHAMPION SKINS

Champion Skins

RUINED DRAVEN – 1350RP

“A showman no matter the circumstance, Draven challenged Viego to a duel that the Glorious Executioner immediately lost, resulting in his ruination. Unlike his ruined brethren, little has changed about Draven save for a white shock hair on his head and a slightly more vicious personality than usual.”

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Here’s the RUINED DRAVEN splash art:

RUINED SHYVANA – 1350 RP

“Shyvana’s ruination brings a newfound darkness, as well as clarity. Turning swiftly against Demacia for its persecution of magic, and sinking into her more draconic emotions, she appears as an avenging beast of old, ready to topple Demacia for its ignorance.”

Here’s the RUINED SHYVANA splash art:

RUINED KARMA – 1350 RP

“Surviving the initial ruination of Ionia, Karma is ultimately lost during a second one led by Viego himself. With the Spirit of Ionia itself removed from the continent, the Ionian people must band together to save one another, even as Karma twists the souls of millions to a new, horrific purpose.”

Here’s the RUINED KARMA splash art:

SHAN HAI SCROLLS CHO’GATH

“A mythical, titanic beast painted within the mysterious Shan Hai Scrolls, whose gluttony resulted in eternal karmic punishment, Cho’gath has seized upon the Scrolls’ connection to the multiverse and plans to devour both his own world and then all others.”

Here’s the SHAN HAI SCROLLS CHO’GATH splash art:

SHAN HAI SCROLLS JHIN

“A mad god who resides within a mysterious painting older than creation, Jhin has grown bored of the canvas in which he dwells and wishes to bring his art to new, fresh eyes. He has begun weaving the edges of the painting into the fabric of the multiverse, hoping to escape his confinement.”

Here’s the SHAN HAI SCROLLS JHIN splash art:

SHAN HAI SCROLLS NAUTILUS

“A guardian who helped seal the mad god Jhin within a holy waterfall, as depicted within the mysterious painting known as the Shan Hai Scrolls. Over the millennia, Jhin has whispered of power, freedom, and true godhood to Nautilus, until he finally released him. Now twisted with anger, Nautilus’s rivers run not with water, but molten magma.”

The SHAN HAI SCROLLS NAUTILUS splash art hasn’t hit the PBE just yet, but the LoL LATAM Twitter channel has posted a preview:

SHAN HAI SCROLLS NEEKO

“A kindly god of the Shan Hai Scrolls who remembers her counterpart, Jhin, from before he succumbed to madness, Neeko believes she can return Jhin to the side of good before the painting’s magic fades and doom befalls the multiverse, but she knows such an expenditure of power may destroy her in the process.”

The SHAN HAI SCROLLS NEEKO splash art hasn’t hit the PBE just yet, but the LoL LATAM Twitter channel has posted a preview:

MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES

Earlier this week, Senior experience designer Jordan Checkman revealed on Twitter that some changes to League’s in-game chat feature would be coming with patch 11.2. You can find out more at that link and in the tweet below:

Planned changes for League of Legends in-game Chat:
11.1 – Ctrl + A / Drag Select
11.2 – Fix for End of Game double-enter bug
11.2 – Scaling changes (chat will be larger at small resolutions and scale better)

All of these are subject to change yadda yadda.

Happy Chatting!

— Jordan Checkman (@CestDommage) January 4, 2021

Gameplay design director Mark Yetter has announced that everyone’s favourite Armordillo is getting a small rework soo, too:

Rammus is getting some OK upgrades in Wild Rift, but we didn’t forget about him either.

We’ve got a small rework coming soon, full details in a dev blog next week!

— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) January 8, 2021

Those are all the tentative League of Legends patch 11.2 notes for now, but keep heading back to this here page over next few weeks as we’ll keep updating it to reflect what’s happening on the PBE and coming to the live game soon. Assuming you want to keep up with all the latest changes headed to League, that is? Of course you do.

Plus, we have a handy LoL tier list and rundown of the best League of Legends Champions to play in each role if you’re on the lookout for some pointers.