League of Legends patches 12.12b and 12.13 pre-dump

League of Legends Chief Game Balance Designer today shared a small spoiler for the upcoming patches12.12band12.13! By the way, micropatch 12.12b will take effect in just two days.

The information is reliable, because many players are already used and familiar with the game's balancers and the classic patch preview, which appears even before the release on the PBE test server. A little earlier today, Matt Leung-Harrison leaked the names of those who will be buffed and nerfed in the near future to us.

Micropatch 12.12b

Is it really such an inconspicuous and small patch?

Please pay attention to the table on Twitter - there the changes of the second patch 12.12b are marked in yellow and will only affect those champions who are marked with it.

Buffs 12.12b

According to Phroxzon himself, this "micropatch" of his, as he called it, is aimed at giving a second wind to those champions who were offended too much in 12.11. And there is a certain logic here, because the last updates really affected the winrate of the same Shaco and Caitlyn, dropping them around 2% at different ranks, which is quite noticeable. However, it is worth noting that Shako was balanced at 12.12, cutting the defensive indicators. And Caitlyn was generally buffed by the last patches after she fell out of the meta. As for Katarina, her changes completely changed her build and killed her stable 50% win rate, changing it from 46% to 47%.

Nerfs 12.12b

And if everything was more or less clear with buffs, but questions remained, then this does not apply to nerfs. Absolutely all the champions that have been nerfed in this patch are all those who are currently terrorizing the pro scene and the ranked queue, led by Wukong. In fact, I'm even surprised that among these names we did not see Lucian, Viego and Calista with Gangplank.

Patch 12.13

More burst for the burst god!

Champions that will undergo balance changes in this patch are marked in gray in the picture. As you can see, in this patch we will see many times more buffs than debuffs, and the majority will go to magic bursters, which now feel weaker in the realities of the "Tempering of Champions". It is also worth paying no less attention to a small point that talks about strengthening the mechanics of epic items with lethality, which will become a direct buff for all physical killers like Zed.

Exceptional space and attention should be given to Master Yi. He will receive a "special" buff that increases his healing by W and increases his attack range, which is extremely rare for melee champions. The jungler will even be able to hit through the thinnest walls in an unthinkable way, which Vandiril demonstrated, but the truth is that ideal conditions will be needed for this and it is unlikely that we will see this in practice.

The nerfs went to Volibear and Corky. They are at their peak right now, especially the God of Thunder, who is a nightmare in both ranked play and the pro scene. Gwen is also marked as a “rebalance”, but I assure you that this will most likely be a nerf, because she is now one of the top banrate champions in eSports.