Buffs

Ashe bot Deadmansplate.com

New: 51.3% WR 10.3% PR

Old: 48.5% WR 4.6% PR

Diff: +2.8% WR +124% PR

Games: 94,217

What a large buff. Riot overshot a little bit but she is still in a fine place as long as you ignore the Trinity build. I epxect Riot to nerf Trinity over Ashe first.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Slayer	51.2	52.6	+2.3	+8.7	49,512
Trinity	54.5	13.7	+2.1	+7.6	12,927
Shiv	52.4	11.6	+3.4	-1.2	10,887
Rageblade	51.0	6.5	+3.3	-6.4	6,162

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Rageblade	53.6	35.0	+2.4	+0.3	32,939
Slayer	55.4	9.0	+3.6	+1.3	8,501
Runaan	55.2	8.1	+2.8	-1.6	7,614
Gale	55.3	7.0	+1.0	+0.1	6,584

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
W>Q>E	52.6	83.6	+3.0	+4.7	72,752
Q>W>E	51.9	15.6	+2.0	-4.6	13,608

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
LT	51.4	96.0	+2.8	+1.7	90,495
HoB	49.9	2.2	+3.3	-1.0	2,036

Ryze mid Deadmansplate.com

New: 50.1% WR 3.0% PR

Old: 47.4% WR 1.4% PR

Diff: +2.7% WR +119% PR

Games: 26,800

The 2nd largest buff this patch and a massive buff. Ryze fine in soloQ for the AVG player? That could be pretty bad for pro play, but let's wait and see. I did like the E buffs but the P buff looked a bit rushed.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
ROA	50.8	87.2	+2.9	+0.8	23,382
Everfrost	47.2	8.3	+0.5	-0.2	2,219

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
AAS	53.6	83.3	+2.8	+2.1	22,322

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	50.8	95.5	+2.8	+1.3	25,287

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
PhaseRush	50.3	90.7	+2.7	+1.4	24,319
Conqueror	47.9	5.5	+2.6	-0.9	1,486

Kai'Sa bot Deadmansplate.com

New: 50.0% WR 15.2% PR

Old: 47.8% WR 10.9% PR

Diff: +2.2% WR +40% PR

Games: 139,467

And a 3rd massive buff this patch. Now her numbers still don't look awesome, but wait till people get Statikk 1st, that item is just insane on her. Overall Statikk looks to be too good and Stormrazor slightly too weak. Similar to Ashe I expect her to rise once people adjust with the items.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
SR	49.5	56.9	+1.7	-7.5	79,396
Slayer	50.6	21.0	+2.5	+4.0	29,309
Shiv	54.1	10.5	+2.7	+5.5	14,656
Rageblade	49.3	2.8	+1.5	-1.7	3,877

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Rageblade	52.3	56.5	+2.0	-0.7	78,795
Navori	53.4	10.4	+2.7	+1.1	14,522
Slayer	51.7	4.6	+0.8	+0.0	6,442
Nashor	54.4	4.4	+1.9	+1.2	6,197

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	51.6	84.6	+2.3	+1.6	112,384
Q>W>E	50.2	14.8	+2.0	-1.5	19,605

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
LT	49.9	87.0	+2.2	+0.6	121,397
HoB	51.3	10.7	+2.5	-0.6	14,969
PtA	52.4	0.7	+4.0	-0.1	1,027

Rumble top Deadmansplate.com

New: 49.1% WR 2.4% PR

Old: 47.2% WR 1.2% PR

Diff: +1.9% WR +98% PR

Games: 21,332

Riots changed worked and it was a massive buff for the top lane. He is still not out of the mid lane, but I expect him to show up in pro play more and then get nerfed a little bit, which should kill mid.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Rocketbelt	49.3	41.6	+1.7	-13.6	8,872
Harvester	49.9	27.9	+1.2	-1.6	5,949
Demonic	52.4	9.9	+52.4	+9.9	2,111
Riftmaker	50.1	8.2	+50.1	+8.2	1,757

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Shadowflame	52.2	23.4	+2.2	-9.1	4,991
Demonic	53.1	20.4	+3.4	+9.1	4,347
Zhonya	51.3	13.6	+2.9	-4.1	2,910

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	49.8	93.3	+1.9	+1.1	19,537
Q>W>E	47.1	6.0	+3.6	-0.9	1,254

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Comet	48.9	74.5	+1.7	-10.1	15,890
Conqueror	48.7	14.7	+3.0	+9.3	3,133
FirstStrike	52.8	4.8	+4.3	+0.1	1,017

Rek'Sai jgl Deadmansplate.com

New: 54.1% WR 6.3% PR

Old: 52.5% WR 5.5% PR

Diff: +1.6% WR +15% PR

Games: 56,974

As said above, she is in here just to show how people adapted since last patch. And we can see her WR rose a lot again and she does very well with all builds.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Stride	54.1	83.5	+1.4	+2.4	47,569
Youmuu	56.5	4.3	+3.6	-2.0	2,454
Eclipse	56.3	4.3	+3.0	+0.3	2,439
EoN	54.8	2.9	+1.8	+0.2	1,637

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
BC	55.6	61.6	+1.0	+2.0	35,108
EoN	60.2	8.6	+3.2	+0.3	4,876
DD	54.7	4.1	+3.0	-0.6	2,331
Stride	56.3	2.4	+2.1	+0.1	1,387

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	55.2	94.4	+1.5	-0.1	50,961
E>Q>W	57.7	2.8	-0.8	-0.1	1,513
Q>W>E	51.6	2.8	+3.6	+0.3	1,486

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Conqueror	54.1	91.7	+1.6	-0.3	52,235
HoB	53.7	7.5	+1.4	+0.3	4,287

Nerfs

Zeri bot Deadmansplate.com

New: 45.3% WR 6.5% PR

Old: 50.4% WR 12.2% PR

Diff: -5.1% WR -47% PR

Games: 59,421

Zeri, Zeri, Zeri, what is Riot doing to you. I am glad about the nerfs and that they removed Sheens interaction from her Q, but fixing her takes over 1.5 years already. Can they at one point get it done? Now her WR looks terrible but that is due to people still going Trinity in over 50% of her games.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Trinity	44.9	52.1	-6.8	-38.4	30,936
Shiv	48.3	24.5	+1.5	+21.8	14,561
SR	47.4	6.0	-0.2	+4.4	3,571
Slayer	46.8	5.2	-1.9	+4.7	3,084

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Runaan	48.3	53.1	-5.6	-23.4	31,563
Navori	49.5	19.0	+0.6	+17.0	11,262
Titanic	45.7	3.1	-6.4	+0.2	1,860
IE	51.4	2.9	+0.3	+2.3	1,697

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	47.8	91.5	-4.8	-2.6	46,779
Q>W>E	45.8	8.1	-3.5	+2.5	4,129

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
LT	45.3	98.0	-5.1	-1.0	58,249

Yuumi sup Deadmansplate.com

New: 45.3% WR 9.5% PR

Old: 50.3% WR 12.1% PR

Diff: -5.0% WR -22% PR

Games: 84,843

Zeri, Zeri, Zeri, what is Riot doing to you. Deja vu. For now she is crippled and shouldn't be played except from Yuumi mains. But there also seems to be some secret darks arts technique that can make her work well: Imperial Mandate. It lacks data but was great even last patch and still does this patch.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Echoes	45.6	43.5	-5.4	-4.5	36,917
Shurelya	45.7	27.5	-4.8	-1.0	23,343
Moonstone	46.6	14.2	-3.4	+4.4	12,058
Luden	44.6	3.1	-4.1	+0.2	2,619

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Mikael	49.8	25.0	-4.0	-0.2	21,207
Ardent	49.9	23.1	-5.3	-2.0	19,616
Chemtech	44.8	10.1	-4.0	-0.3	8,535
Mandate	53.4	6.8	-5.3	+1.2	5,784

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	48.1	63.7	-4.5	-2.0	46,111
E>Q>W	47.6	28.5	-4.6	+1.0	20,662
E>W>Q	46.7	5.7	-3.9	+0.7	4,118

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Aery	45.7	86.9	-5.0	-1.4	73,746
Comet	43.0	11.7	-5.5	+1.2	9,956

Milio sup Deadmansplate.com

New: 50.0% WR 11.9% PR

Old: 52.6% WR 14.8% PR

Diff: -2.5% WR -19% PR

Games: 106,485

The patch of pro enchanter nerfs. Milio is down, but still fine and playable.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Shurelya	51.8	77.4	-2.4	-1.1	82,455
Echoes	49.4	7.2	-1.7	-0.2	7,713
Ardent	52.3	4.6	-3.4	+0.0	4,947
Moonstone	49.0	4.0	-0.8	+0.6	4,296

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Ardent	59.8	36.7	-2.5	-2.8	39,064
Flowing Water	59.7	10.7	-1.5	+0.7	11,440
Redemption	58.6	5.4	-0.8	+0.5	5,776
Chemtech	52.8	4.2	-1.5	+0.3	4,510

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
E>W>Q	52.6	75.1	-2.4	-0.3	68,263
W>E>Q	52.8	16.1	-2.6	+0.1	14,613
E>Q>W	51.0	5.8	-2.2	+0.1	5,252
W>Q>E	51.6	1.1	-1.0	+0.2	1,012

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Aery	50.4	91.5	-2.6	-0.6	97,478
Guardian	46.8	7.6	-3.0	+0.5	8,040

Lucian bot Deadmansplate.com

New: 48.1% WR 14.9% PR

Old: 50.2% WR 17.1% PR

Diff: -2.1% WR -13% PR

Games: 135,988

I am sad that he is weaker, but I am glad that he might be out of pro play. And with the rright items and runes he gets some WR back. Especially his best champ combos like Nami are now his worst. Sona, Rell, Janna, Taric, Rakan. Champs who can buff and CC are his new best friends.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
SR	47.2	46.6	-2.8	-11.2	63,434
Slayer	49.9	19.6	-1.6	+11.6	26,631
Gale	49.2	17.2	-2.4	-0.2	23,429
ER	48.6	11.9	-1.6	+0.1	16,213

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Gale	49.6	45.4	-2.7	-5.9	61,686
Navori	52.2	19.0	-1.2	+5.9	25,884
Collector	53.0	5.7	-2.4	+0.6	7,770
SR	50.3	4.7	-1.9	-0.2	6,449

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	49.3	96.5	-2.0	-0.2	120,213
Q>W>E	46.8	3.2	-2.5	+0.2	4,019

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
PtA	48.7	65.7	-1.7	+4.1	89,284
FirstStrike	46.9	33.3	-3.0	-4.1	45,244

Gragas jgl Deadmansplate.com

New: 47.7% WR 4.0% PR

Old: 49.6% WR 4.2% PR

Diff: -1.9% WR -4% PR

Games: 36,806

The bavarian drinker that got nerfed because of triple flex in pro play (still just #11 in P/B) while winning nothing in soloQ. I do like the P nerf, but 10 sec would have been more than enough to nerf his lane sustain. Now we also see why they buffed his Q mana costs. He was already bad in soloQ and is now trash in lanes and can be played by mains in the jungle If you aren't a Gragas main and want to play him, don't. Wait for some buffs.

Items:

Itemslot1	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Harvester	48.2	89.3	-1.9	-0.2	32,875
Rocketbelt	49.3	3.5	+1.3	+0.0	1,275

Itemslot2	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Shadowflame	48.9	51.6	-1.9	-0.2	18,981
Zhonya	46.2	12.8	-0.0	+0.2	4,728
Lich Bane	52.5	5.8	-0.9	+0.5	2,149
Mejai	77.2	3.6	-1.4	-0.3	1,320

Skills:

Skillorder	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
Q>E>W	49.1	83.5	-1.9	-0.7	28,840
Q>W>E	47.1	13.3	-1.1	+0.5	4,611

Runes:

Keystone	% WR	% PR	Δ % WR	Δ % PR	Games
DH	48.0	86.1	-1.8	-0.2	31,681
Electro	46.1	9.7	-2.1	+0.4	3,556

The full list on: Impact - Patch 13.12 - Deadmansplate

Thanks for reading and discussing. I wish you all a good time in league.

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over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by Dust2chicken

Infinity Edge is now the least bought ADC mythic (20%) , even lower than Navori (23%).
On the previous patch, Jinx was the only champion whose most popular mythic was IE. As of now, even Jinx has bailed and Galeforce is her #1.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but maybe IE should've just stayed a legendary captsone item like Rabadons.

IE outperforms Galeforce on most champions for most players.

At the start of the season a bunch of people incorrectly moved over to Rageblade because it's new and quirky. Then a bunch of people moved over to Galeforce because they realized it's OP. Kinda like now where most people are still on Stormrazor despite it being weaker than the other options now.

So players are making choices but they're largely making the wrong ones.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by XRay9

Phreak says in his patch rundown that Gragas was nerfed because people complained that he was picked too much, particularly in pro. The problem with this nerf is that it kills Gragas' ability to lane almost entirely, as his sustain was the main thing making him viable. He's not strong early, scales well but not incredibly so (and relies on player skill unlike some other scaling champs), maybe in the future they can kill Phase Rush and give him the ability to scrap early.

Not entirely accurate.

We elected to change him and specifically his passive because it washes out lanes too much.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by Lyoss

Yeah I think a lot of people really underestimate the damage increase on IE compared to other items, yes, you give up utility but IE affects a majority of your damage profile if you're a crit focused auto attacker

Yeah you ultimately can't oversimplify either.

Galeforce sacrifices some consistent damage for mobility.

Infinity Edge sacrifices mobility for higher consistent damage.

You can oversimplify either one to "It's not worth sacrificing X for Y" but the real answer is that some champions can and some can't.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by WoonStruck

Do you think there's a bit of overlap between IE and Navori on champs with crit damage scaling abilities?

Do you think that reworking and making IE's purpose more defined than "crit" would be beneficial, even through the lens of satisfaction?

As an example, a strong focus on the basic damage type (complete exclusion of abilities and on-hits/attacks) as opposed to solely crit?

There is overlap but honestly it's reasonable. Quickblades is a really narrow item. If players built rationally for their skill level, Quickblades would be the least-built crit mythic.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by FruitfulRogue

Question, do you think there could be a benefit in making IE a more "enticing" choice by adding an effect that is adjacent to the damage increase? /g

I feel like Mythics have built up a reputation as being rather exciting purchases and IE unfortunately breaks that expectation a bit by being purely passive.

I don't think IE needs more complexity. It uniquely provides crit damage and it's appropriately strong. That's a reasonable spot for an item to sit.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by HazelCheese

Have you considered doing something like giving IE a VFX / SFX when you crit with it?

It feels weak when you buy it atm because you don't have the stats to take advantage of the crit damage immediately. Whereas galeforce and guinsoo and other stuff like shiz you instantly see the visual change or change in damage application.

Some kind of visual or audio que that it is doing something could really help it's feel and for me always hits my dopamine receptors. Something that makes it feel like "this is the BFG" adc item.

IE crit VFX could be quite cool. I’ll bring it up and see if people like the idea.

over 1 year ago - /u/PhreakRiot - Direct link

Originally posted by MoonDawg2

IE outperforms Galeforce on most champions for most players.

Wouldn't this also be affected by the item having an active while IE doesn't? Iirc historically active items tend to have lower winrates because of human error, regardless of them being strong or not.

That being said the big issue with IE is that it just doesn't feel impactful even if it is. It's just... There. I don't think every item needs a gimmick, but I do think mythics need to be a bit cooler than avg.

I agree on the SR point. Is this the power level where the item will be kept, or is it planned to be buffed in the future? Feels a bit underwhelming now comapred to other options (please let me enjoy statik for a bit). What is the niche for SR now? Surviviability I guess? It just doesn't stack well with mythics when it comes to damage now

I fully expect Galeforce (and all actives) to be skewed by MMR.

So the question is, should Galeforce be tuned around exclusively pro play? Where's the inflection point? For most players, they will win more games with IE than Galeforce in League of Legends today. That seems reasonable.

I think the goal for item balancing should be that each item is BiS on at least one champion and retains some level of popularity. Some items are niche (QSS) and that's fine. Some items are meant to be common purchases. We know players are slow to adapt to balance changes (Zeri had like a 60+% Trinity Force pick rate on day 1 of 13.12) and players need to come back from Galeforce's overpowered midseason state, which they will.

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