LoL Patch 13.18 - Briar release, Street Demon skins and more - TRN Checkpoint

Riot has officially unveiled the patch notes for LoL Patch 13.18, and it's bringing quite a lot. Few weeks before the highly-anticipated 2023 World Championship, a lot of changes have started coming in.

LoL Patch 13.18 Highlights (Image via Riot Games)

This new League of Legends update puts forward five champion buffs and nerfs, with one particular champion getting adjustments to his kit. On the other hand, the new Noxian jungler will also arrive with a peculiar kit, alongside a brand-new skinline.

So, without further ado, here's everything you need to know about League of Legends Patch 13.18.

Briar, the Restrained Hunger

Following Milio and Naafiri, a new champion is also set to arrive this upcoming League of Legends Patch 13.18. Briar is League's 166th champion to enter the roster, boasting a unique kit that allows her to enter the berserk state, as she satisfies her hunger.

Here's a list of the newest jungler's abilities.

Passive - Crimson Curse

Briar gains increased Healing based on her missing health and her attacks and abilities apply a bleed for short duration that stacks. The bleed deals physical damage based on the number of stacks and Heals Briar for a percentage of the pre-mitigation damage.

Briar has no base health regeneration and her abilities cost health to cast.

Q - Head Rush

Briar leaps to a target, Stunning them for a short duration, dealing physical damage, and reducing their armor.
Briar will stop prioritizing champions if she casts this Ability on a minion or monster during Blood Frenzy.

E - Chilling Scream

Begin Charging: Briar removes Blood Frenzy and gathers energy, gaining damage reduction and restoring health

Release: Briar unleashes a scream that deals damage based on time charged and Slows for a short duration. When fully charged the scream knocks back, dealing additional damage to enemies that hit a wall and Stunning them.

R - Certain Death

Briar kicks a hemolith and flies to the location of the first champion hit, marking them as her prey. On landing she deals a large amount of physical damage to everything nearby and causes nearby enemies to Flee. She then enters an empowered Blood Frenzy and will pursue her prey until one of them dies. During this time she gains Armor, Magic Resist, and additional Move Speed.

Champion Buffs for LoL Patch 13.18

Gwen

Base Stats

Health Growth: 109 ⇒ 115

Passive - Thousand Cuts

Magic Damage to Monsters: 6 (+10% AP) ⇒ 10 (+15% AP)

Irelia

R - Vanguard’s Edge

Cooldown: 140/120/100 seconds ⇒ 125/105/85 seconds

Kennen

E - Lightning Rush

Energy Cost: 100/95/90/85/80 ⇒ 80 at all ranks

R - Slicing Maelstrom

Cooldown: 120 seconds at all ranks ⇒ 120/100/80 seconds

Senna

Passive - Absolution

[removed] Critical Strike Ratio Reduction: No longer reduces critical strike damage by 8.5%

W - Last Embrace

Area of Effect Effect: Enemies hit with Last Embrace’s AoE snare are now afflicted with a stack of Mist from Senna’s passive.

Thresh

W - Dark Passage

Shield Strength: 50/70/90/110/130 (+1.5 per soul) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+2 per soul)

Kassadin

R - Riftwalk

Magic Damage: 70/90/110 (+40% AP) (+2% maximum mana) ⇒ 70/90/110 (+60% AP) (+2% maximum mana)

Champion Nerfs for LoL Patch 13.18

Jarvan IV

Passive - Martial Cadence

Additional Physical Damage on Basic Attacks: 8% of target’s current health ⇒ 6% of target’s current health

Kayn

Passive - The Darkin Scythe

Darkin Bonus: Rhaast - Healing: 20-30% (based on level) of physical damage dealt to champions ⇒ 25% of physical damage dealt to champions

R - Umbral Trespass

Darkin Version Damage Dealt: 15% (+13% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 15% (+10% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s maximum health (Note: still heals for 65% of the tooltip damage)

Rell

E - Full Tilt

Bonus Movement Speed (Away from Enemies): 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% ⇒ 12/14/16/18/20%
Bonus Movement Speed (Towards Enemies): 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 24/28/32/36/40%

Tryndamere

Base Stats

Health Growth: 115 ⇒ 108
Base Attack Damage: 68 ⇒ 66

Xayah

Base Stats

Base Health: 660 ⇒ 630
Health Growth: 102 ⇒ 107

E - Bladecaller

Cooldown: 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds ⇒ 13/12/11/10/9 seconds

Champion Adjustment for LoL Patch 13.18

Bard

Passive - Traveler’s Call

Maximum Chime Stacks: 5 ⇒ 10
Chime Stack Duration: 7 seconds ⇒ 20 seconds

W - Caretaker’s Shrine

[new] Stacking Shrines: Caretaker’s Shrine now accumulates charges over time up to a maximum of 2 charges.
Cooldown/Stack Charge Time: 14 seconds ⇒ 18 seconds
Shrine Charge Time to Full Heal: 10 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds
Shrine Movement Speed Bonus: 30% decaying over 1.5 seconds ⇒ 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% (+0.05% AP) decaying over 1.5 seconds

Systems Changes for LoL Patch 13.18

Crown of the Shattered Queen

Ability Power: 70 ⇒ 85
Safeguard: 75% damage reduction for 1.5 seconds ⇒ 40% damage reduction for 2.5 seconds
[removed] Poise Break: Crown will no longer provide 10-40 AP while the shield holds

Spear of Shojin

Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 55

Statikk Shiv

Attack Damage: 45 ⇒ 50
Electroshock Minion Damage: 250-350 ⇒ 200

Stormrazor

Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 55

Clash–Ixtal Cup

Registration Begins: September 11 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
Tournament Days: September 16 and 17 (~4-7 PM Local, varies by region)

New Skins for LoL Patch 13.18 - Street Demon and Crystalis Motus

Street Demon is the newest skin line to be introduced in League of Legends Patch 13.18, and a total of six champions are bound to receive these skins. Additionally, another mythic skin has been added to the game and will also arrive this patch– Crystalis Motus Taliyah.

Take a look at their splashart and animations.