Update 12.18 focuses on tweaks for Worlds 2022, with champions nerfed like Kalista or Lulu, while weak champions get a slight boost.
LoL 12.18 update details:
Hero Balance
Ashe
Q – Pay Attention to Arrows
Attack Speed: 20/25/30/35/40% 25/32.5/40/47.5/55%
Hecarim
Base Health: 650 ⇒ 625
Q – Sweeping
Bonus AD ratio: 95% 90%
– Community: 4% (+6% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 4% (+5% per 100 bonus AD)
W – Battle of Souls
Heal for damage: 30% (+2.5% per 100 bonus AD) ⇒ 25% (+2% per 100 bonus AD) (Note: healing halved for damage not inflicted by Hecarim )
Kalista
Base Health: 604 574
Kayn
Q – Kill
Darkin Damage: 65% AD (+5% target’s max health (+5% per 100% bonus AD)) ⇒ 65% AD (+5% target’s max health (+3.5% per 100) % bonus AD))
Lee Sin
Base Health: 99 105
W – Protector/Consistency
Total Lifesteal: 5/9.5/14/18.5/23% 5/10.5/16/21.5/27%
Lulu
W – Transformation
Movement Speed: 30% ⇒ 25%
– Duration: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0/2.25 ⇒ 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0 seconds
Cooldown: 17/16/15/14/13 ⇒ 17/16.5/16/15.5/15 seconds
Maokai
Passive – Resin Magic
– Heal: 4.8-14% (based on level) ⇒ 4.5 -12% (based on level)
Q – Assault Bush
Bonus damage to monsters: 40/60/80/100/120 80/100/120/140/160
E – Toss Sprouts
Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+ 6% bonus health) (+ 42.5% AP) ⇒ 55/80/105/130/155 (+ 6% bonus health) (+ 40 % AP)
– Enhanced Damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+ 12% bonus health) (+ 85% AP) ⇒ 110/160/210/260/310 (+ 12% bonus health) (+ 80 % AP)
– Fixed an issue where this ability would sometimes pull the target closer to Maokai instead of pushing them away
– Fixed a bug that caused Maokai’s R to become narrower than normal
Miss Fortune
AD per level: 2.7 ⇒ 2.4
Health per level: 107 ⇒ 103
Nocturne
AD per level: 3.1 2.6
Thresh
Health per level: 115 120
E – Scythe Scythe
Damage: 65/95/125/155/185 (+40% AP) ⇒ 75/110/145/180/215 (+40% AP)
Udyr
Health per level: 106 ⇒ 98
Cost per level: 5.2 4.7
Q – Lightning Claw
– Mana: 45-28 (based on level) 20
– AP ratio of lightning when empowered: +0.6% per 100 AP ⇒ +0.8% per 100 AP
– New: Udyr’s first two attacks gain 50 range, similar to Awakened Q
– New: Awakened Q now deals 2-5% bonus physical damage (based on level) (+0.03% bonus AD) of target’s maximum health on first two attacks
W – Armor
– Heal as %: 1.2/1.26/1.32/1.38/1.44/1.5% ⇒ 1.2% SLEEP HEALTH2/2.4/2.8/3 ,2/3.6/4.0% 2/2,3/2.6/2.8/3.2/3.5%
– Lifesteal: 15% ⇒ 15/16/17/18/19/20%
R – Wings of Ice Phoenix
Damage: 20/38/56/74/92/110 (+40% AP) ⇒ 20/36/52/68/84/100 (+35% AP)
Minion damage: 50/60/70/80% (levels 1/6/11/16) ⇒ 40/55/70/85% (levels 1/6/11/16)
Rating
– New: Picking a preferred role will protect you from picking it all up in just one next match
– Removed: Joining the queue at a support no longer guarantees you pick-all protection in the next match
– Player will still get all auto pick protection for 2 matches after playing an all picker match