With Patch 12.2, the new champion Zeri was released in League of Legends. She is an AD carry and especially made a name for herself with a lot of damage in the early game. However, with the upcoming update 12.4, there are a number of nerfs for Zeri.
What changes are being made to Zeri? Zeri was released on January 19 and was immediately considered strong, although not overpowered. However, with the upcoming update, all of Zeri’s abilities will be adjusted and especially noticeably weakened in the early game:
- The damage from her auto-attacks with right-click has been weakened, both in pure damage and scaling with AP
- The slow from auto-attacks has been weakened in duration
- The slow from auto-attacks has also been reduced in the early game
- The damage of her “Q” has been reduced
- The cooldown of her “W” has been increased in the early game
- The cooldown of “E” has been increased in the late game
- The cooldown reduction from “E” has been reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second
- The attack speed from the ultimate “R” has been permanently reduced from 30 to 40% to 30%
In return, there were also three small buffs. The slow from auto-attacks has slightly increased in the late game, her “Q” can now land critical hits, and the cooldown of “W” has been slightly reduced in the late game.
You can view the complete changes in this tweet from RiotPhlox:
When will the patch be released? The update 12.4 is expected to be released on February 16, 2022. Also included is the new, “evil” supporter Renata Glasc.
New Patch 12.4 buffs 11 champions and nerfs 6
Which champions are getting a buff? With Patch 12.4, there are quite a few small buffs, especially for champions that do not have a strong position in the meta, including Aatrox, Ashe, Kalista, and Rumble.
A particularly curious change involves Neeko, as her hitbox will be reduced. It was very large at 80. Additionally, she will receive more damage on her “Q” and a reduced cooldown on “W”.
Which champions are being weakened? Besides Zeri, Dr. Mundo is particularly affected. He will receive less AD per level and a higher cooldown on his ultimate.
Furthermore, there are minor adjustments to Qiyana, Veigar, Blitzcrank, and Nunu.
What changes are being made to support items? Here there are two small nerfs:
- In the future, there will be a penalty after 2 last hits per minute. Supporters will then receive less gold for additional last hits. Previously, the threshold was 4 minions per minute.
- The gold earned through support items will now play a role in bounty hunting. Additionally, there is less gold in bounty hunting when a team has more than two support items.
What do you think of the changes? Do you think Zeri will be more playable and not constantly banned anymore? Feel free to write it in the comments.
A permanent ban has been put on one of the two new dragons. Since it was just too problematic:
LoL nerfs new dragon twice in a row – now completely deactivates it
