In League of Legends, the next patch 12.11 is coming, which will bring extensive balance changes. After the last major patch 12.10, balance in LoL has gotten out of whack. Winners of the next update include champs like Lee Sin, Gragas, or the unfortunate mage Ryze. Heroes like Taliyah, Brand, or Senna, who benefited significantly from the last patch, the “Durability” update, will suffer.
Update June 2, 2022: We have now added screenshots of the detailed changes that Riot Games released during the night from June 1 to June 2 at 4 AM.
When will the next patch come? Patch 12.11 is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8. It is expected to go live on the servers then.
This is the situation in LoL:
- Last week, LoL releasedPatch 12.10, the “Durability” update: The goal was to make fights in LoL slower andreduce healing.
- Due to the update, the win rates of many heroes have increased or decreased by 2 to 5 percentage points. As a result, some heroes that previously worked well became too strong, while others are hardly played anymore.
- Riot Games has taken a look at this and has already made some adjustments with initial hotfixes. With 12.11, they plan to take significant steps to restore balance.
The identity of the heroes must be preserved
This is what Riot says about the patch: The Lead Game Balance Designer, Matt “Prhoxzon” Leun-Harrison, says that the patch aims to ensure that champions feel right according to their identity. Additionally, attention will be paid to item choices, role balance, and various other aspects that are not detailed, but hidden behind an “et cetera” (via twitter).
They are already proud of the “massive” patch, but are sure that much work still lies ahead.
These 16 weak heroes will get stronger with the patch:
- Xin Zhao
- Nunu
- Ryze – he has particularly suffered and is currently considered the weakest champion
- Taric – he also had a really poor win rate
- Rakan
- Samira
- Caitlyn
- Aphelios – far down in the win rate
- Tahm Kench
- Irelia
- Gragas
- Lee Sin – is played very frequently but has a very poor win rate
- Tryndamere
- Sylas
These 13 strong champions will soon be weaker:
- Lillia – in the top lane
- Wukong
- Master Yi
- Swain
- Taliyah – she had increases in win rate in three roles
- Gwen – allegedly decided the MSI 2022 all by herself
- Slayer Kayn
- Brand – one of the big winners of the 12.10 patch
- Kog’Maw
- Rengar
- Veigar
- Senna – also gained in multiple roles in 12.10
- Olaf – but only in the top lane
These 9 champions were “nearly” changed:
- Janna
- Singed
- Trundle
- Shyvana
- Mordekaiser
- Ivern
- Renekton
- Soraka
- Alistar
Here the chief designer states: These 9 were on the verge of change, but would have been affected by other changes in the patch or dropped out for other reasons.
Furthermore, in addition to the balance changes to the heroes, Riot Games will also implement extensive changes to individual items or even to systems.
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