Riot Games has released a full preview of the next League of Legends update, LoL Patch 26.23.
With this patch, Riot plans to buff at least 10 different champions to rebalance the solo queue ladder for Ranked.
Amongst those buffs is recently reworked Mel, whose reflect Riot removed because she was too frustrating to face.
Yet she and many other champions are being made stronger in this next update.
All Changes Coming in LoL Patch 26.23
Here are all the buffs and nerfs Riot have planned for LoL patch 26.23:
- CHAMPION BUFFS
- Annie
- R Tibbers HP: 1150-3500 (+50% AP) ⇒ 1275-4000 (+50% AP) (+150% Bonus HP)
- R Tibbers Aura DPS: 8-16 (+4% AP) ⇒ 10-20 (+4% AP)
- R Tibbers AA Damage: 30-60 (+10% AP) ⇒ 30/50/70 (+10% AP)
- Azir
- Base AA Range: 525 ⇒ 550
- W On-Hit AD Ratio: 50% ⇒ 67%
- Bard
- Q Damage: 80-240 (+80% AP) ⇒ 80-260 (+100% AP)
- Ezreal
- W Damage: 80-300 (+100% bonus AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 80-300 (+115% bonus AD) (+100% AP)
- R Champ Damage: 350-750 (+100% bonus AD) (+110% AP) ⇒ 350-850 (+110% bonus AD) (+120% AP)
- Galio
- W/R Shield Amount: 7.5-13.5% Max HP ⇒ 8-20% Max HP
- Gnar
- Q Mini Damage: 5-165 (+125% AD) ⇒ 5-165 (+135% AD)
- Q Mega Damage: 45-225 (+140% AD) ⇒ 45-225 (+150% AD)
- K’Sante
- W Mana: 45-65 ⇒ 45
- W Base Damage: 45-165 ⇒ 45-205
- W All Out Chargetime Damage Increase: 10-80% ⇒ 10-75%
- Mel
- Q Subsequent Bolt Damage: 5-25 (+8% AP) ⇒ 6-26 (+9% AP)
- Q Max Damage: 85/120/165/220/285 (+65/73/81/89/97% AP) ⇒ 90/126/172/228/294 (+70/79/88/97/106% AP)
- W Shield: 50-170 (+50% AP) ⇒ 50-210 (+50% AP)
- W Retaliation: 35-55 (+10% AP) ⇒ 35-75 (+10% AP)
- Vel’Koz
- R Total Damage: 450/700/925 ⇒ 450/700/950 (Bug Fix)
- Vi
- E Damage: 10-90 (+110% AD) (+100% AP) ⇒ 10-110 (+110% AD) (+100% AP)
- CHAMPION NERFS
- LeBlanc
- Q AP Ratio: 40% ⇒ 35%
- Master Yi
- Q Damage: 20-100 (+70% AD) ⇒ 20-100 (+60% AD)
- Q Max Single Target Damage: 35-175 (+122.5% AD) ⇒ 35-175 (+105% AD)
- Syndra
- E Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 60
- E CD: 15 ⇒ 17/16.5/16/15.5/15
- SYSTEM NERFS
- Cyclosword
- Firmament Bonus Damage: [9% 17%] target’s current HP ⇒ [8% 16%] target’s current HP
Phroxzon Explains Upcoming Buffs
Lead gameplay designer Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison broke down the patch as usual.
He revealed that Akshan was also supposed to be included in the update, but claims Riot ran out of time for the change they wanted to make.
Previously, Phroxzon revealed that a lot of buffs in LoL Patch 26.23 are to champions that were too strong in pro play for Worlds, but Riot wants them to succeed in regular play.
Once such champion is K’Sante who is getting buffs to his W, which Phroxzon believes will help lower-ranked players:
“W is K’Sante’s second max in many cases and so we’re giving power back here, given that this ability has clearer signaling
“W is also more regular skewed as higher-skilled players are more likely to dodge K’Sante’s W’s in both forms.”
Meanwhile, the Azir attack range buff is to help synergy with on-hit items like Nashor’s Tooth and for more regular players:
“The 525 AA range on Azir also often results in him walking up and getting himself damaged, or sometimes killed (especially in laning phase) for lower-mastery Azir players,” Phroxzon explained.
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