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Patch 14.12 Full! We've cut Varus and Xayah from the patch. We're waiting a little longer for the meta to settle before acting. ADC changes will be isolated to Corki, Ezreal and Ashe who are solo Q (especially) outliers. Item Changes - Item changes this patch are aimed at bringing up some of the weaker options in Void, Seryldas while smoothing out some of the build paths for some Crit items - Some difficult build paths are good for having clear success and failure between good (I've done it moments) and bad recalls, but these are a bit too painful, even for those Karma - Changes that are geared at bringing her support up, now that she's no longer a predominant flex Naafiri - Naafiri has struggled to find an audience, despite being at pretty high power levels (relatively) - We're experimenting with her in the Jungle to see if the gameplay is healthy, balanceable and effective Nilah - Nilah was overnerfed pretty heavily in our last set of changes - We're bringing some of that power back in a way that makes her less feast/famine Talon - Talon warrants a bit of a buff on this patch, however we want to avoid jungle getting too strong Vlad - Vlad is pretty weak across the board, buffing him to be a little less punished on using W to dodge, as well as increasing incentives to go forward with pool Yone - Yone has dropped a bit more patch over patch than his brother after the 14.10 changes - Targeting some buffs that allow him to get through lane a little better - He also dropped a bit more in top, so armor should help in a lot more matchups up there Yuumi - Yuumi is just weak on the patch - We know some players are going to be upset that we're buffing Yuumi and prefer she just not be a champion. Definitely understand that perspective - However, we see the value of Yuumi for her audiences, she's quite popular with them, she serves her purpose in the game well being a good learning/bonding moment for players with their new friends and we're doing a disservice to those players by keeping her weak Akali - Akali is a pretty high mastery champ and her current performance levels are cresting over 50% - Additionally, our anti-Pro/Elite skew work done on Akali to make her easier to play in recent years has been pretty effective to the point that she's actually as equally potent in normal play as she is in the higher skill brackets - As a result, we're targeting some changes that will be more effective at nerfing regular play than higher skill levels - It's somewhat desirable that there are some champions that are demonstrably more powerful in higher skill brackets as they have a skill fantasy associated with them Akshan - Akshan is a bit too strong, especially in Elite, bringing his early trading down Ashe, Corki - Ashe has risen to the top of the ADC ranks, similar to Corki, spiking well on 1 and 2 items, we're bringing both of them down a bit - For Corki, we're redistributing power into his Q max over E max Aatrox - Aatrox has been building lethality for a while and now we're getting around to making his more durable builds shine a bit more with health incentives Blitzcrank - Blitzcrank is pretty powerful right now and additionally is drawing a lot of bans, especially in China where he's the most banned support in higher skill brackets - Bringing down his power level some as a result Master Yi - Master Yi is a bit too strong - We think we've made Master Yi too hard to play and as a result are underserving some of his target audience who are looking for a simple champion who just clicks on you - The nerfs are aimed at reducing some of the optimization intensive power in his kit (not all the way back to where it was) Rek'Sai - For a high mastery champ, Rek'Sai is sitting a bit too high and has been stale for a while - Targeting some changes to bring her back down Skarner - Fun fact: Skarner does not get played in Jungle in China and only played in Top - By contrast, other regions love playing him as a Jungler and Top - Top vs Jungle seem ~similarly strong, but Top's gameplay pattern presents few vulnerabilities - We've resolved W max, so now we're going after how statchecky he is in early lane phase Trynd - Trynd is too strong right now; realistically he should be closer to 49/50, rather than 51-ish where he currently is due to his play pattern being rather frustrating for the other 9 players - We're not particularly happy about him rushing Ravenous as it makes his gameplan even more about uninteractive split push, but we're not going to be able to resolve that in this changelist - Right now, we're just trying to get his power level under control Twisted Fate - TF has shown to have 2 distinct builds in 2 roles which is great and we want to continue to support - He is a bit too strong overall though, so we're giving him a tap down with a slight lean towards nerfing Top a little more as that's his stronger role