Wild Rift has a couple of changes coming to the game. New Champions are joining the mobile MOBA, as well as some new skins, as told in the Dev Diary on YouTube, but there will also be a couple of buffs and nerfs heading players’ ways.
Europe is only a couple of days off from open Beta release, which means players need to be informed of all changes ahead so they can have the best start to their Wild Rift games.
Champions
Wild Rift's first major release after Open Beta brings with it new champs, fixed joystick controls, and a farewell to Cooldown Reduction: https://t.co/U1CARyLxv8
— League of Legends: Wild Rift (@wildrift) December 8, 2020
Notable Champions getting some adjustments are Alistar, who will have the timing of his headbutt changed from 13-10s to 14-9.5s. This is done to give the cow a bit more variety in his playstyle.
Gragas’ ultimate will be made a little bit faster, which means he can be better used as an initiation tool for any teamfights. He will This change should make the ultimate a little bit easier to land for players as well.
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Janna has fallen off quite a bit in recent times, which is why Riot is giving her a slight buff to make her feel like a strong poke support again. To do so, they’ve decided to give her a base Attack Damage buff as well as a damage buff to Zephyr and a shielding buff to Eye of the Storm.
Shyvana’s dragon form was a little too good, which is why Riot has decided to cut some of the fighting power of her fireballs of Flame Breath when she is in dragon form.
Tryndamere was a decent champion, but due to item nerfs to crit items, he’s felt rather lackluster. To give him some life, Riot has decided to buff up the HP% AD on his Bloodlust, as well as reduce the cooldown of his ultimate.
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Finally, we’ve got Twisted Fate. Players wanted to shuffle through his deck a little faster, so now they’ll be able to reach for the all-important gold card a little quicker thanks to the speed rotation going from 0.7 to 0.6 seconds.
Other than champion adjustments, Riot has also listed a whole bunch of champions who will have their mana regen changed. About half the champions are getting a mana regen nerf. Read the full list of champions on the official Riot Games website.
Items
Items are also getting slight adjustments, especially tank items are being hit on Patch 1.1. Merc Treads will gain some more tenacity to counteract the cc which can be quite dreadful on the mobile MOBA.
Gargoyle Enchant will get quite a big upgrade since the item doesn’t seem to have been a very viable item. The health bonus is being upped from 40-100% to 65-130%. Maybe this is going to make the item usable?
Fimbulwinter is a new item that has felt a little bit too good on specific tank champions. To keep them from being shielded 24/7 the passive cooldown is being elongated from 10 seconds to 15.
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