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-Focus is mainly on items still, bringing classes and outlier items closer

-Reducing burst from item procs and actives on the AP lines

-Most outlier champs are being covered with item changes

-Tank hotfix nerfs will still be in


Item nerfs:

Ludens Tempest

Liandrys Anguish

Night Harvester

Riftmaker

Hextech Rocketbelt

Lichbane

Demonic Embrace

Nashors Tooth

Eclipse

Blade of the Ruined King


Item buffs:

Tear of the Goddess

AP Jungle

Kraken Slayer

Essence Reaver

Phantom Dancer

Moonstone Renewer

Prowlers Claw

Serpent's Fang


Nerfs:

Kayle

Samira

Hecarim


Buffs:

Tryndamere

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about 4 years ago - /u/RiotRayYonggi - Direct link

It's happening! We have good lists being cooked up for all these items, feeling confident that we will make good progress patch-by-patch! Keep the feedback coming.

about 4 years ago - /u/RiotRayYonggi - Direct link

Originally posted by SCjaeger

What part of eclipse are you hitting? 55ad 18lethality is underwhelming at its price point. I would rather lose the vamp and get 60ad 21lethality. Ad assassins get mileage out of their spells not standing autoing. It seems that prowlers claw is just going to be the next go to item if you aren’t khazix or talon buying duskblade. I would rather see the shield or vamp lowered before the damage

Probably proc frequency

about 4 years ago - /u/RiotRayYonggi - Direct link

Originally posted by SCjaeger

That sounds reasonable I appreciate the answer. If I can ask one more question, is the nerf because of statistical over performance or because it’s monopolizing build diversity?

Both. It's highest winrate on most users, and it's the most broad as Assassins, Fighters, and Marksmen can take it. So it's gotta give some power somewhere.

about 4 years ago - /u/RiotRayYonggi - Direct link

Originally posted by novayhulk14

I’m glad they’re buffing serpent’s fang, it felt terrible underwhelming, which is even worse considering it is a niche item

Yeah we recognize it's niche, but making it slightly more attractive will get people to buy it more often and interact with the (in my opinion) cool passive.

about 4 years ago - /u/RiotRayYonggi - Direct link

Originally posted by ElBigDicko

Thank god they are looking at Tear. They should look into Manamune. Stacking it takes literal years. Buying Manamune min 10-11 and having it transform at 22 is a joke.

Weird that Galeforce and crit in general isn't being looked at. Every crit ADC is in dumpster aside from Samira who is being individually nerfed. Also what the hell did Botrk do that it's being nerfed lol.

In regards to marksmen: Statistically Kraken is underperforming in comparison to the other two, so giving it a boost should help a bit, especially for crit marksmen who have the role of pumping out consistent DPS, which have been the largest losers of the first pre-season patch so far. Galeforce and Shieldbow are performing comparatively to each other though outside of a few edge case champs on the shieldbow side, which will get addressed as we arrive at more balanced items.