IT WAS A TYPO AND RANK 2 R IS EVEN LOWER AS WELL???
Patch 26.22 Full Preview!
Viktor
- Viktor's nerfs last patch overshot a bit, but we're happy with the power redistribution to make his mobility (base movespeed) a bit worse
- This emphasizes his weakness of walking around the map unassisted, but in return pays for the power budget of his strong laning and good scaling
- As a result, we're not looking to revert either of his patches from last patch but give him power back in some of that scaling power
Locke
- We've been trying to fine tune Locke's strengths and weaknesses post release and don't think it's too far off
- One place we think is a bit off though is how much damage he gets, especially early from his Q, so there's a decently sized nerf here (keep in mind that this stacks up to 3x and is increased by 40% for 3 stacks to be ~30 dmg nerf at max)
- The other place that we think is a bit off is Locke's W Movespeed
- This nerf will make the spell a bit more windowed while trying to retain satisfaction while it's active and making it a bit more costly to spam while running around the map
Shen
- Shen is decently strong in Top lane and Support, but we also think his jungle could be a bit stronger too
- It's a playstyle that players have found fun, so we're throwing it a bit of a bone
Rumble
- Rumble has been one of the strongest champs in Pro Play, but now that Pro Play patches are done, we're giving him a bit of power, as it's not like he's overly strong in Elite play either
Aurelion Sol
- There are a few Aurelion Sol players who enjoy maxing W second, but most ASol players max E second, even though it's weaker
- This is mostly the intuitive thing to do, but is quite a bit weaker than the alternative
- In an ideal world, these would be balanced against each other so both playstyles feel powerful
Smolder
- Our previous Smolder buff was a bit less impactful than intended, so we're giving another follow-up buff
- He's been a bit weaker, especially after the adjustments to Deathfire Touch
Naafiri
- We're trying to give a buff to Naafiri mid (at least with the Q heal that's more impactful there vs when she's jungle clearing)
- Overall, we think she's close to being appropriately powerful, so not trying to go too hard here
It's time
Patch 26.22 Preview!
Hearts go out to Cyanide and saddened to hear of his passing 😭; on top of being an incredible player, he was a super funny guy and many of his quotes are legendary. He will be missed :(
Mel
- Mel's mini-update will be Live on Patch 26.22
- When we released Mel, we intentionally went for a new ability that was pretty ambitious; we like to try to push the boundaries with new champions and mechanics to give players new puzzles to solve with each release
- After being on Live for a while, it's clear that many players feel that Mel's reflect was too frustrating to play against
- There are things in League that are allowed to be frustrating, as that can create a feeling of triumph when overcoming it and challenging players to grow, but there are some things that are too frustrating even given those upsides
- Realistically, every champion should have something that they do uniquely that other players might feel is frustrating
- So we're reworking Mel's W to keep the feeling of destroying projectiles, but not have it hard counter some subsets of the roster
- We tried many versions of Mel's W that tried to retain the reflect, but we couldn't find one that would hit the mark for Mel players and would be satisfactory for opponents
- We know this is disappointing for Mel players and we're sorry we couldn't uphold this end of the contract with you all
- That said, we hope this will allow Mel to be balanced at relatively higher resting power levels and be more effective for Mel players
Systems
- Overlord's Bloodmail has been pretty weak overall and it's pretty hard bound to Sett as currently tuned
- We're looking to try to buff this for other users who should be interested in an item that converts Health to Damage (Mundo, Sion), but some aspects of the item make it too Sett skewed [eg. the missing HP portion]
- Doran's Bow has been a bit too strong relative to Doran's Blade, especially at higher levels of play
- So we're looking to balance out the relative tradeoffs of the items a bit
- We're overall happy wtih the direction of how the tradeoffs are playing out though! Just that the magnitude is a bit off
zero @DesperateNasus mention this is outrageous
Highest LP OTP Streamers 👑
Spear Shot sits at #1, with Riven OTP's Viper and Built in 2nd and 3rd and below them is Peng on two accounts...
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I love when this retarded argument spawn on my tl
get statistic diffed ty, stop using buzzwords and just read a graph
lowkey fed up of that infinite copium of "improvement", everyone grinding 3 division in a year is not improvement it's INFLATION!!!!
here is one of my closest kayle last stand this season that we ended up clutching since aion is down
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If you want this to stop, as I do, stop gambling for these.
Tired of League not understanding it's audience or competitive niche.
If it doesnt sell, they will be forced to adapt.























