Wild Rift Patch Notes 4.2b
Welcome to the last balance patch of the Playhem patch! We’re making some more adjustments to marksmen and a few other champions to balance out the meta and groovin’ to the beat with the arrival of Space Groove skins!
CHAMPION CHANGES
AATROX
Aatrox struggled to find his footing last patch and his blade is not cutting as deep as expected. We want to make sure that when the Darkin Blade is unleashed in all its grand and terrifying glory, that it strikes a deeper chord of dread in the hearts of foes, so we’re making an adjustment to its damage.
WORLD ENDER
- Attack Damage bonus: 20/30/40% → 30/40/50%
ASHE
Our favorite frosty marksman has been frostbitten and stuck as a Baron Laner or support. So we’re honing her arrows and making some adjustments to her so that she can better fulfill her role as the chilling harbinger of damage in the Dragon Lane.
Frost Shot
- Non-critical slow: 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% → 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%
Volley
- Cooldown: 15/12/9/6s → 16/13.5/11/8.5s
- Attack Damage bonus: 100% → 115%
Enchanted Crystal Arrow
- Cooldown: 60/55/50s → 70/60/50s
- Ability Power bonus: 100% → 40%
CAMILLE
We’re boosting Camille's jungle clearing pace in the early stages of the game, to allow her more time to overshadow her laning opponents.
Tactical Sweep
- Damage ratio to monsters: 50% → 80%
DRAVEN
Draven's early-game damage was over the top, even outshining some of our fighters. We’re adjusting his Attack Damage while still ensuring that his axes keep their edge in team fights.
BASE STATS
- Attack Damage: 70 → 66
- Attack Damage per level: 4 → 4.5
FIORA
We’re sharpening Fiora, the Grand Duelist’s fencing finesse, so that she can display speedier swordplay in the duels she takes versus her foes.
Lunge
- Cooldown: 14/12/10/8s → 12/10/8/6s
- Cooldown return on skill hit: 60% → 50%
FIZZ
Lately Fizz's performance in the Mid Lane has been fishy, and he needs a surge in his Ability Power. However, we don't want this buff to make Fizz a go-to pick in the jungle, so we’re slightly reducing his damage to monsters.
SEASTONE TRIDENT
- Damage ratio to monsters: 120% → 105%
Playful / Trickster
- Ability Power bonus: 70% → 80%
LUX
We’re doing a mini-rework to The Lady of Luminosity! These changes will go live July 6 PST, and while we’re still tweaking some of the numbers, we wanted to give you a high-level summary, before her update goes live! We’ll include all the number changes in our next set of Patch Notes.
Illumination
- Previously Lux’s passive only allowed her to proc it on auto attacks, so we’re updating it so that Light Binding and Lucent Singularity will now also consume the passive mark and refresh it.
Light Binding
- Light Binding can now move through minions. You’ll still deal damage to any minions you hit, it will just no longer bind them. Instead you will now snare the first two enemy champions hit.
Lucent Singularity
- Currently, Lux’s Lucent Singularity has two casts, the first when you throw it out, and the second whenever you decide to detonate it. We’re keeping the first cast the same, but changing the second. Now whenever any enemy stays or moves in the Lucent Singularity, it will automatically detonate.
LILLIA
In early-game jungle confrontations, this fawn is too fragile and can’t take the fights other junglers can. So, we’re bolstering her brawling ability and making her a more formidable opponent when engaging with enemy champions in the jungle.
BASE STATS
- Attack Damage: 58 → 62
- Armor: 31 → 34
NUNU & WILLUMP
We’ve missed seeing our favorite Yeti roaming through the jungle, and we think it's time we give Nunu and Willump a slight push to get them out of their icy hideaway and back onto the Rift where they can school enemies on the true might of a well-thrown snowball.
SNOWBALL BARRAGE
- Base damage per snowball: 8/12/16/20 → 10/14/18/22
ABSOLUTE ZERO
- Cooldown: 75/70/65s → 70/65/60s
OLAF
Ever since Olaf's rework, he's been swinging his axes with Freljordian power, and while there is a lot of power behind those swings, it’s still hard to master. We’re slightly reducing his damage but making it easier for him to pursue enemies with his ultimate.
Berserker Rage
- Shield gained: 30~120 + 17% missing health → 35~140 + 13% missing health
Ragnarok
- Initial duration: 3s → 4s
- Active attack boost: 10/20/30 + 25% Attack Damage → 5/15/25 + 20% Attack Damage
RAMMUS
Rammus is rolling too fast across the map, making his early-game ganks too efficient. We’re reducing his ganking power, but still keeping his identity as a physical damage nemesis.
ROLLING ARMORDILLO
- Movement speed increased during powerball: 96~180 → 60~150
POWERBALL
- Base damage: 110/140/170/200 → 80/110/140/170
SWAIN
Since arriving on the Rift, the Noxian Grand General has shown how strong in multiple lanes. We’re nerfing Swain's damage and survivability so that other champions don’t feel so helpless when they're up against this general and his ravens.
BASE STATS
- Armor per level: 5.5 → 5
Death's Hand
- Damage of each bolt after the first one: 15/25/35/45 + 8% Ability Power → 10/20/30/40 + 5% Ability Power
Demonic Ascension
- Heal per second: 15/27.5/40 + 15% Ability Power → 15/25/35 + 12% Ability Power
TRISTANA
We want to bring marksmen back in-line after our bigger adjustments in previous patches, which have left some stronger than others. So, we’re amplifying Tristana's traits as a scaling marksman, but we’re also making her an easier target if she’s left to lane alone.
BASE STATS
- Health: 610 → 570
RAPID FIRE
- Attack speed bonus: 50/70/90/110% → 50/75/100/125%
ROCKET JUMP
- Cooldown: 20/18/16/14s → 22/19/16/13s
VAYNE
Vayne loves to daringly dance on the edge of fights, so we’re fine-tuning her skills to resonate with that high-risk, high-reward heroic gameplay she likes to lean on. In the earlier stages of the game, she should be honing her hunting skills and relying on her support, rather than venturing out alone.
BASE STATS
- Health: 570 → 540
- Armor: 35 → 31
Condemn
- Attack Damage bonus: 50% → 55%
ZIGGS
We wanted to lend Ziggs a hand so that he could pack more of a punch, especially when he’s on the defense, so we’re giving him some more damage across the board.
Short Fuse
- Base damage: 20~160 → 30~170
Satchel Charge
- Cooldown: 21/18/15/12s → 18/16/14/12s
Hexplosive Minefield
- Movement speed reduction duration: 1.5s → 2s
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