*UPDATED* LOL 11.23 Release Date: Everything we know about the upcoming update

A new season of League of Legends is coming to an end with the new year. Before it does, though, the LoL 11.23 update has some surprises in store.

The League of Legends 11.23 will land around the first Pre-season changes Here is everything we know so far.

LoL 11.23 Release Date

The League of Legends 11.23 update arrives on Wednesday, October 12th, 2021.

Servers will go down for maintenance around 6 am EST, while the actual update will go live around 9 am EST.

LATEST - Patch Notes

The LoL 11.23 patch will not have Champion changes, considering the Preseason 2022 arriving this patch already impact the state of the game.

New Skins Coming in LoL 11.23

Riot Games will release a new line of skins called Cafe Cuties, inspired by a fairy tale cafeteria. These skins are full of vibrant colors and unique effects.

The Cafe Cuties series are six Epic Skins, so far including Soraka, Annie, Vladimir, Bard, Gwen, and Sivir.

Players can purchase these skins for 1350 RP each.

Besides the Cafe Cuties skins, League of Legends 11.23 will also feature two additional Arcane skins for Jinx and Caitlyn!

These Skins will be Free Rewards if will celebrate the World Premiere of Arcane. They will be added to the shop for 950RP after the event is finished.

Pre-season 2022 Changes

Players will experiment with these Pre-season 2022 changes arriving on the League of Legends 11.23 patch.

Rune Changes

• Glacial Augment - Now it will create slowing zones when you immobilize a champion, rather than just active items. When you immobilize an enemy, the rune will create three slowing zones.
• The Lethal Tempo - It will increase the attack speed when auto-attacking a champion, stacks six times, granting increased attack range.
  • Attack Speed will cap up to 3.0
• Prototype Omnistone - With the arrival of First Strike, developers are removing this Rune, considering it was never appealing for players.
• New Rune: First Strike - is a new Inspiration Keystone that gives you a considerable advantage when striking an enemy champion first.

New Mythic Items

• Tank Mythic Item - this new item will reward aggressive tactics.
• Mage Mythic Item - This item will focus on increasing Mage's abilities, providing damage reduction.

New Legendary Items

• Assassin Legendary Item - this item will provide ability haste and reduce Ultimate cooldowns after every elimination.
• Tank Legendary Item - this item will benefit Tanks with low mana consumption.
• Mage Legendary Item - This item will grant extra magic penetration against newly shielded enemies.

Comebacks: Bounties and Runes

• Objective Bounties - Teams will have better chances of recovering from significant disadvantages focusing on obtaining objectives.

New Dragons

• Hextech Dragon
  • Gives teams increased ability haste and attack speed when they kill it.
  • Creates Hextech Gates that can teleport players to a different location on the map.
• The Chemtech Drake
  • Gives teams increased damage when they kill it.
  • Transforms players into a zombie state, allowing them to keep fighting and cast abilities for a few seconds.