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Patch 26.8 Full Preview! Viego - There's some notable discrepancies for specifically Viego's data in our internal data that led us to want to initially buff him - Looking at external data however seems to be notably different - Going to double check this data tomorrow and validate the data pipelines before determining whether or not to proceed with the buff Hwei - In line with the fantasy fulfilment I was talking about yesterday, Hwei changes are leaning into his identity as a combo mage - It is a cool pattern and in particular, this set of changes skews him more towards being effective in mid lane compared to bot lane with the level scaling - We're not opposed to him being viable in bot lane, but pushing him towards midlane - We think this makes Hwei more uniquely satisfying compared to say having his damage come from predominantly single QQ, QW or QE casts Lillia - Lillia's power clearing and movement speed are some of her most defining aspects - We're restoring some of that clear speed to better fulfil her fantasy there Lucian - Lucian in bot lane doesn't have a strong differentiation from Corki as a similarly early game dominant ability focused caster - These changes are trying to put more of Lucian's power into his early mobility and giving him more casts of it - We're going to monitor Lucian in solo lanes Mel - We separated some of Mel's damage output in 26.3 by creating a separation between her first initial hit and the subsequent hits - We're reducing how much value she gets from this initial Q landing and backloading the damage more to give her damage more counterplay - We still think we need to do more work to Mel long term - (ARAM) Another note here is that we've been investigating some ARAM specific changes to Mel, since her reflect can be harder to play against in that mode, given the narrowness of the play area Mundo - Mundo rates very highly on our frustration metrics and our changes here are targeted at average play Jungle - Not much to say here, we think top is in a more reasonable spot

Patch 26.8 Preview We have a small patch as we aren't looking to change a bunch of things with 26.9 (Season 2) coming out soon. 26.9 has quite a few systems changes in it and so we expect those to have rippling effects on what champions are strong and weak. There are also a few champions that have been having larger scope changes to them that we're looking to release on 26.9 as well, but weren't quite ready for prime time on 26.8 Fantasy Facing Changes - A lot of the direction of our changes in the near future are aimed at emphasizing the unique strengths/strategic differentiators of champions, even if it will cost some aspect of the champion being flat in winrate across skill levels - In many ways, a champion that has lost resonance with a core portion of their user base, even if they can sit at a higher power level may represent a downgrade in experience for players of that champion - Expect the buffs this patch to translate more of the power budget into the area of the champions that are unique to them and we want to be moving the power of the roster like this over time Yuumi Bugs - We recently discovered a Yuumi bug where her ultimate was healing her attached ally each time it heals another ally - While the number of times you're hitting multiple people with ult are rare, it is a significant nerf to the healing in the best case - We're fixing this bug and compensating the ultimate (and other sources of healing) Mel - Mel's buffs in 26.5 ended up being a bit over magnitude, so we're pulling some of that back - While we think after these changes Mel will be in a balanced state, that is different to whether she is in a state that is sometimes too frustrating for players - We're continuing to evaluate whether making further changes to her is going to be able to adequately resolve "play against" while also remaining resonant and accessible for her Arcane audience - We've been testing a few things, but nothing to share just yet Dr Mundo - Mundo consistently rates at the top of our frustration surveys and he's been overperforming especially in average play jungle - We're tapping down some of that late game damage so that when he's popping off, he can still go where he pleases, but he's going to solo killing champions a bit less while doing so More on the other champs later when the changes are more locked in

Patch 26.8 Preview We have a small patch as we aren't looking to change a bunch of things with 26.9 (Season 2) coming out soon. 26.9 has quite a few systems changes in it and so we expect those to have rippling effects on what champions are strong and weak. There are also a few champions that have been having larger scope changes to them that we're looking to release on 26.9 as well, but weren't quite ready for prime time on 26.8 Fantasy Facing Changes - A lot of the direction of our changes in the near future are aimed at emphasizing the unique strengths/strategic differentiators of champions, even if it will cost some aspect of the champion being flat in winrate across skill levels - In many ways, a champion that has lost resonance with a core portion of their user base, even if they can sit at a higher power level may represent a downgrade in experience for players of that champion - Expect the buffs this patch to translate more of the power budget into the area of the champions that are unique to them and we want to be moving the power of the roster like this over time Yuumi Bugs - We recently discovered a Yuumi bug where her ultimate was healing her attached ally each time it heals another ally - While the number of times you're hitting multiple people with ult are rare, it is a significant nerf to the healing in the best case - We're fixing this bug and compensating the ultimate (and other sources of healing) Mel - Mel's buffs in 26.5 ended up being a bit over magnitude, so we're pulling some of that back - While we think after these changes Mel will be in a balanced state, that is different to whether she is in a state that is sometimes too frustrating for players - We're continuing to evaluate whether making further changes to her is going to be able to adequately resolve "play against" while also remaining resonant and accessible for her Arcane audience - We've been testing a few things, but nothing to share just yet Dr Mundo - Mundo consistently rates at the top of our frustration surveys and he's been overperforming especially in average play jungle - We're tapping down some of that late game damage so that when he's popping off, he can still go where he pleases, but he's going to solo killing champions a bit less while doing so More on the other champs later when the changes are more locked in

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