Riot Games has announced that they want to overhaul the bot lane and jungle in the next League of Legends patch. In the upcoming patch 13.4, they aim to address the issues of ranged supports. Additionally, the jungle will also come back into focus for the developers.
What will change with the patch? Riot Games broke the entire game for several hours with the last patch. They deleted the last changes and thus ran as if with patch 13.1. However, this should not be a problem in the next patch. Riot focuses on the bot lane and jungle so that the other roles can have more fun:
- The focus is on the duel between ranged and melee support champions. The items for melee supports will be strengthened to make the role more attractive, while the ranged support items will be weakened.
- Some of the currently strongest champions in the jungle will be weakened. These include Elise, Maokai, Udyr, and Amumu. In return, Viego will receive a buff.
- The advantage of experience from kills will be reduced, and champions who are lagging behind will receive a smaller experience bonus in the future.
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Riot Games makes strong junglers even stronger
What changes in the jungle? The currently strongest junglers are getting a nerf from Riot Games. This allows new junglers and champions to explore and claim the jungle.
Due to the changes in the experience bonus from kills, junglers will be more focused on taking down their jungle camps rather than spending time on the lane.
Riot Games also wants to reward diligent junglers. Opponents who are lagging in levels will not receive as big a bonus as before and will continue to fall behind. This further highlights when the own jungler is stronger than their opponent.
The community is very pleased with this change. User “HANCOCK_LOL” writes that it would be the best change they (Riot) have made in years (via twitter)”:
What changes on the bot lane? Riot Games dissolved the reign of terror of the kitten in patch 13.B. Consequently, players came up with new tactics. For example, Ashe is now played in the support role instead of ADC. Through these changes, the focus of the entire game was placed on the bot lane.
Riot Axes writes (via reddit), that the 3 vs 3 on the bot lane is much too quickly decisive for the game, so that other roles cannot have an influence on it. They want to counteract this in the next patch.
The two support items “Spectral Blade” and “Thief’s Knife” will be weakened for ranged supports. At the same time, melee champions will receive a buff on their items.
This should prevent fights on the bot lane from being decided too quickly. With this adjustment and the changes in the jungle, other roles like top and mid lane will also have the chance to shine.
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