According to RiotAugust:
https://twitter.com/RiotAugust/status/1486485438978158593
We just micropatched out a nerf for Zeri's hurricane interaction. It was looking very strong.
Change: R chain lightning is no longer an on-hit effect (which means hurricane bolts no longer apply it)
External link →I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times:
If Riot needs to hotfix a champion or completely remove a part of the game because it's too weak or too strong, there is a serious problem going on behind the scenes. The exact nature of the issues, I don't know. The testing team could be dropping the ball, there could be poor communication between the testing and balance teams, the balance team could be ignoring the testers, I really don't know, but something at Riot isn't running smoothly.
Chemtech drake and now Zeri. Glaring issues like these need to be sorted out before release, or you don't go through with the release. The balance team and the testers need to be on the same page, and they are clearly not.
Part of making a game that stays engaging for as long as League has is taking risks. We're not going to know the exact perfect outcomes of everything we make. For every change the seems harmless and ends up broken, there's another change that seems broken and ends up harmless. Remember when people said plants would ruin the game? They turned out great. Remember when people said Senna would be unbalancable with team stealth? She may have balance problems, but the stealth isn't really one of them.
The hurricane thing on Zeri was intended. I thought it'd be a cool interaction. Part of her interest as a champion is all the weird things her Q can do when combined with the item system. We already do something similar with hurricane and Jinx rockets (people also said that would be broken, but it ended up fine). Turned out we underestimated just how strong Zeri's hurricane really was compared to Jinx's and had to remove it, but I'm glad we didn't preemptively shut it down without knowing for sure.
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