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Riot Scruffy Tweeted the upcoming changes for patch 11.5


11.5 Patch Preview

There are a number of these where we're targeting nerfs or buffs on a specific position, so some of the changes will be skewed towards that.

Full changes should be ready tomorrow.



Imgur (image) version: https://i.imgur.com/S2ltPqc.png



>>> Items Buffs <<<

Black Cleaver


Maw of Malmortius


Serpent's Fang



>>> Item Adjustments <<<

Stridebreaker



>>> Champion Nerfs <<<

Seraphine (Bot Carry)


Udyr


Rammus


Shaco Support


Rell


Azir


Senna (Guinsoo Interactions)


Gragas



>>> Champion Buffs <<<

Pyke


Karma


Trundle


Master Yi


Sejuani


Jax


Kog'Maw



>>> Champion Adjustments <<<

Twitch AD vs AP

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about 3 years ago - /u/RiotJag - Direct link

Originally posted by Th3_Huf0n

These patches are unironically getting worse...

I think I've heard that every patch for the last ~200.

I wonder where's rock bottom?

about 3 years ago - /u/RiotJag - Direct link

Originally posted by Spirit-Rush

Hiya. This will likely get lost, but I was wondering if you could consider transferring some of Azir's power from pro play to solo q. He's a really fun champ and it sucks to see him get nerfed solely because of pro play while he's already underperforming in soloq. (unless you have statistics to disprove this)

I'm sure it's not as easy as I'm making it out to be, but it seems like the only way to keep the champ viable in soloq.

I think we would love to do this, but I don't think there's a clear path forward there. Almost all of his strategic identity is deeply intertwined with his desirability in pro.

about 3 years ago - /u/RiotJag - Direct link

Originally posted by kakaleyte

Hey, I don't even play mid lane but there is something that i don't understand with Azir nerf.

this is balance framework

and 81% presence in 11.3 and 63% presence in 11.2 in top 4 regions according to gol.gg

am i missing something? are gol.gg stats wrong or not the correct 4 region?

These are guidelines that are must nerf lines. If a champion passes one of these metrics, we should always nerf them.

The converse is not true ("if they don't pass one of these lines, we don't nerf them"). There are still other factors worth considering.

In Azir's case his priority is dramatically higher than his competitors so he was a substantial outlier.