Matt Leung-Harrison@RiotPhroxzon
25.8 Full Preview!
Mel
- Mel's power budget distribution re: abilities is in a pretty good spot, so we're adding more power to her to bolster her winrate without pushing her poke or ranged all-in damage
- We like her E being more about utility/catch and Q being the thing to dodge for damage
- We're being cautious around perceived frustration here so putting power in less frustrating power
Gwen
- Our changes to Gwen have landed shape pretty well, moving power out of her being a scaling full squishy AP one shot champ
- She's a little too present right now, so we're taking her down a tad, but it's good to have another AP fighter in there to allow for more comp diversity and keep certain champs in check
Annie
- Changes to Annie are aimed at increasing her satisfaction by moving a bit of power out of Tibbers' sustained damage which can be hard to feel and into some of her spells
- Also adding some Pen to her kit innately so she's a bit better at killing tanks with multiple rotations and doesn't need to one shot squishies as hard as a result which is often frustrating for players (she'll still be good at it though)
Syndra
- Syndra's builds have been pretty heavily in the MS kite builds and we're moving power budget out of that and a bit more into her actual burst purchases so she has to build a bit more damage and AP
Zoe
- Zoe has been pretty absent for a while; giving her a bit of a bump to her waveclear as she's rather telegraphed right now and can't push tempo as much as it feels like she should
Xerath
- Changes last patch didn't quite hit the mark, so we're giving a small buff to his Q and his passive, which is mid skewed
- Wanting to skew a little more towards mid
Tristana
- She's crept up a little, we're happy she's not meta driving mid, but just generally too powerful