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League of Legends Patch 13.18

CHAMPION BUFFS

Irelia

Gwungle (Gwen Jungle focused buffs)

Jhin (Elite Skewed)

Kennen

Senna (Crit Focused)

Thresh

CHAMPION NERFS

Jarvan IV

Kayn (Red)

Rell

Tryndamere

Xayah

Zeri

SYSTEM BUFFS

Stormrazor

SYSTEM NERFS

Spear of Sholin

SYSTEM ADJUSTMENTS

Crown of the Shattered Queen

Statikck Shiv Waveclear

Last patch:

  • Naafiri landed well

  • Jarvan benefited from Shojin & Gore (we knew he would, but not how much)

  • Blue Kayn moved, but Red was neutral from Gore

  • Trynd moved a lot, even with pre-emptive nerfs, we're pulling back a bit

So, follow up nerfs on J4, Red Kayn, Trynd

Adjusting 1st item ADC choice structure a bit with SR buff. We like where Shiv is power wise, but it's still lowering gameplay quality due to waveclear being a tad strong. We're in the last 2 patches before Worlds and ~happy with the meta overall, so mostly small adjustments

edit: added context from the first tweet

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Originally posted by gaenakyrivi

will rakan ever see nerfs?

Honestly I don't find it pressing. His win rate is kinda high, his pick rate is high (that's a good thing) and his ban rate is relatively low.

For comparison, Rell has less pick rate and more ban rate. That's generally a pretty cursed combo.

In general, players ban things that they actually see and are (picking a word out of a hat here) upset about. Players see Rell less than they see Rakan and yet ban Rell more. In general, this tells me that Rakan is pretty acceptable in his current state, at least in comparison to other engage supports.

The short of it is that some champions have win rates above 50%. This will just always be true. Rakan is a pretty good champion for that honor for many reasons, some of which I wrote above.