Ranged carry champions are the focus of rebalancing efforts in the coming patch, with Caitlyn, Kog'maw and Graves being nerfed and Corki, Miss Fortune and Tristana due for buffs. With tournament season approaching, Riot is being careful to make these changes very minor to avoid upsetting current lane balance. Sona's auras are being nerfed a little, which isn't a surprise as Sona's usually the obvious choice for support. The season two summoner spell changes we discussed earlier in the week will also be going live with this patch, along with revamped mastery trees. Skip past the cut to watch the full video in HD.
All this week, Riot Games has been releasing snippets of information on upcoming League of Legends champion Fizz, the Tidal Trickster. Fizz's mechanics preview gave a first glimpse into the sea monster's skills, including his ability to dodge attacks with his trident and to call a shark to eat the target enemy. A new art spotlight video gave us our first look at the champion and showed off both his signature trident weapon and one mean-looking shark. Today Riot published a patch preview video for the upcoming Fizz patch, detailing all the other changes coming with the update.
Ranged carry champions are the focus of rebalancing efforts in the coming patch, with Caitlyn, Kog'maw and Graves being nerfed and Corki, Miss Fortune and Tristana due for buffs. With tournament season approaching, Riot is being careful to make these changes very minor to avoid upsetting current lane balance. Sona's auras are being nerfed a little, which isn't a surprise as Sona's usually the obvious choice for support. The season two summoner spell changes we discussed earlier in the week will also be going live with this patch, along with revamped mastery trees. Skip past the cut to watch the full video in HD.
Ranged carry champions are the focus of rebalancing efforts in the coming patch, with Caitlyn, Kog'maw and Graves being nerfed and Corki, Miss Fortune and Tristana due for buffs. With tournament season approaching, Riot is being careful to make these changes very minor to avoid upsetting current lane balance. Sona's auras are being nerfed a little, which isn't a surprise as Sona's usually the obvious choice for support. The season two summoner spell changes we discussed earlier in the week will also be going live with this patch, along with revamped mastery trees. Skip past the cut to watch the full video in HD.
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Posted: Nov 12th 2011 9:53PM h4ngedm4n said
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Did you even watch the video? The most popular ranged carries are being nerfed while the less popular ones are being buffed, to put them all on a similar level. I haven't heard much complaints about Corki, but many players felt Miss Fortune and Tristana were underpowered compared to other ranged carries.
Did you even watch the video? The most popular ranged carries are being nerfed while the less popular ones are being buffed, to put them all on a similar level. I haven't heard much complaints about Corki, but many players felt Miss Fortune and Tristana were underpowered compared to other ranged carries.
Posted: Nov 12th 2011 10:41PM Ghostspeaker said
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Massively's been covering non-MMO online games for months now. Don't like it, feel free to use your scroll button.
Massively's been covering non-MMO online games for months now. Don't like it, feel free to use your scroll button.
Posted: Nov 12th 2011 11:02PM KvanCetre said
Nooooo not my Kog'maw :(
(Yes, he needs it)
(Yes, he needs it)
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 6:50AM Macabre 13 said
@h4ngedm4n
Trist and Corki don't need a buff. MF just needs to have her ult deal physical damage.
I agree they're seldom played now, but that's just because they're outclassed by Graves, Kog, and Cait. I think they're overdoing it by buffing any of 'em. Just tone down the aforementioned, then see where we're at in terms of power balance.
I feel like applying any buffs will just shift who's stronger, and we'll see FotM Corki, Trist, and MF in the coming weeks. But alas, Riot's never really been one for subtle approaches, heh.
Trist and Corki don't need a buff. MF just needs to have her ult deal physical damage.
I agree they're seldom played now, but that's just because they're outclassed by Graves, Kog, and Cait. I think they're overdoing it by buffing any of 'em. Just tone down the aforementioned, then see where we're at in terms of power balance.
I feel like applying any buffs will just shift who's stronger, and we'll see FotM Corki, Trist, and MF in the coming weeks. But alas, Riot's never really been one for subtle approaches, heh.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 6:51AM Macabre 13 said
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Who died and made you post police? If it don't interest you, move it along then, nothing to see here.
Who died and made you post police? If it don't interest you, move it along then, nothing to see here.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 11:13AM wfseg said
Poor Sivir.
On the other hand, yay for MF buff.
On the other hand, yay for MF buff.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 12:42PM Macabre 13 said
@wfseg
Sivir's currently undergoing a rework, so I'm sure that's why she's not getting any attention in this round of ranged carry rebalancing.
Hopefully they finish it soon; I'm also a big fan of Sivir.
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Sivir's currently undergoing a rework, so I'm sure that's why she's not getting any attention in this round of ranged carry rebalancing.
Hopefully they finish it soon; I'm also a big fan of Sivir.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:54PM (Unverified) said
That fox hero must of been incredibly early in dev when they mentioned it.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 3:43AM (Unverified) said
League of Legends - still not an MMORPG.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 6:58AM (Unverified) said
Hey hey tristana was my first hero i ever buyed, so go go buff her! :p
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