Matt Leung-Harrison@RiotPhroxzon
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
