Wild RiftPatch 3.1

WRGravesBuffShare

Graves has been struggling to make a meaningful impact in the Jungle, so we’re amping up his ability to clear camps and take out large monsters.

WRIreliaBuffShare

Mastering the art of being a Blade Dancer is no easy task. And recently we’ve seen that Irelia has been dominating games in higher levels, while struggling to find her footing in lower level games. We are reducing the cooldown on her Bladesurge to make missing a reset less punishing, and granting her better scaling to make mastering her kit more accessible. To balance this change out, we’re taking away some of her early game power to make it more difficult for skilled players to dominate their lanes.

WRMaster YiBuffShare

We’re looking for ways to improve satisfaction and mastery for Master Yi, and our plan here is to increase some of the interesting optimizations around Alpha Strike and raise satisfaction without causing this Wuji Bladesman to be overly dominant.

WRRivenBuffShare

Riven still struggles in all but the highest levels of play. We are increasing her shield duration to make her Valor timing more forgiving.

WRXin ZhaoBuffShare

Xin Zhao’s damage output falls off harder than we’d like to see as the game progresses, so we’re increasing the damage scaling on Three Talon Strike and Wind Becomes Lightning to keep him thriving in team fights.

WRYasuoBuffShare

We’ve noticed that the Whirlwind spawned by Yasuo’s Steel Tempest ability has been unreliable for harassing in lane or setting up key combos. In order to improve the feel and reliability of the spell, we’re increasing both its range and travel speed.

WRAsheNerfShare

Ashe has been quietly outperforming her fellow marksmen in the Dragon Lane for some time. While we like seeing her as a premier crowd control marksman, this Frost Queen has a bit too much poke, so we’re toning it down some.

WRFioraNerfShare

Fiora has been dominating in both the Baron Lane and the jungle in higher level play, and has been frustrating for players of all skill levels to play against. Laning against the queen of duelists is where a lot of this frustration stems from so we are weakening Lunge’s damage, which should allow her to still shine in her duels later on, but give her lane opponents some more openings.

WRNamiNerfShare

In our last patch, we made some nerfs to everyone’s favorite resident yordle, Lulu. Since then, Nami has swam her way to the top of the Support role. We are cutting back on her passive so that Nami’s ability to grant her allies supreme kiting and chasing power is just a bit weaker.

WRZedNerfShare

Zed can deal massive amounts of damage by stacking his Shadow Slash with his shadows. We are adding falloff damage so this burst is more reasonable

WRZiggsNerfShare

Ziggs continues to bring hexplosive power in the Mid and Dragon Lane as a carry. We want him to keep that explosive damage. But his ability to control zones and choke points with his minefield has been too strong, so we’re cutting down on the duration to make him less powerful at controlling space around the Rift.

WRBlitzcrankChangeShare

Blitzcrank’s Overdrive has been feeling a bit flat in Wild Rift, so we’re looking to tune up this robot with a second activation. This ability is now more in line with the sharper risk vs reward gameplay we want to see from Blitzcrank, where looking for those riskier hooks pays off more, but you still have the option to play it safe.

WRGalioChangeShare

Recently Galio has been excelling in the Support role, especially when he focuses his build around tank items.We want to see him fly into the Mid Lane more often, so we’re giving him some more Ability Power on his Hero’s Entrance. This will reward Galio players who build more Ability Power with more impactful ultimates.

WRGarenChangeShare

Garen’s been able to spin his way to victory, even when he’s not building a lot of damage. We’re putting some more power into his ratios, so that Garen will have to choose between spinning and one-shotting his enemies to win or spinning and being an annoying tank to win.

WRJhinChangeShare

Players have been asking for scaling on Whisper’s execute damage, so everyone get Jhin here. In Wild Rift, Jhin thrives in the earlier to mid stages of the game, so reducing some of his base defensive stats to make his early lane slightly less powerful and giving him some more level-based damage scaling should allow Jhin to perform in the later parts of the game.

WRDivine SundererNewShare

Divine Sunderer is a new alternative to Trinity Force that should be an attractive option to many champions. While Trinity Force offers more Attack Speed and Movement Speed, Divine Sunderer will grant you some more defensive stats, additional healing, and is a cheaper item. For players that want to have Sheen effects in their build, this should give you another viable alternative to Trinity Force that will have you hit your power spike faster and provide more durability.

WRHullbreakerNewShare

Split-pushing hasn’t been the most viable option for players in Wild Rift, mainly due to our map being smaller than League PC’s. So we are bringing Hullbreaker to help with this and give fighters another way to play out their games. If you’re vibing in a lane with your minion friends, and mowing down towers left and right has been your dream, Hullbreaker is now here to help you fulfill it.

WRFimbulwinterBuffShare

Winter’s Approach and its evolved form Fimbulwinter have a place in builds for a few champions, but we are looking to make the item viable for more champions. We’re changing the payoff for stacking mana to Health rather than Ability Haste and shifting the Fimbulwinter shield effect to have a lower-cooldown that can trigger from slows as well as immobilizes.

WRHextech MegadriveBuffShare

Champions with multi-target, long cooldown crowd control abilities had difficulty making use of Hextech Megadrive as the cooldown refund only occurred once. Now they will be able to enjoy a huge cooldown reduction when they immobilize multiple enemies.

WRStormrazorBuffShare

Stormrazor’s build path hasn’t been the most desirable for marksmen, even when they build other Energized items. We’re replacing Cloak of Agility with a B.F. Sword and giving it some more Attack Damage. This should help Stormrazor have more synergy with the other Energized items that focus on Attack Speed.

WRBlack CleaverNerfShare

Black Cleaver has become a dominant first and second choice item for most fighters and even some assassins and marksmen as well. We’re cutting back on the amount of haste it grants to make the item focus more on raw combat power and less about being able to use your abilities more frequently.

WRDead Man's PlateNerfShare

Deadman’s Plate has been a staple item in fighter and tank builds for a long time. Even with changes to other items over time, the map mobility and chasing power Dead Man’s offers is just too strong. We're cutting back on some of the mobility this item offers so that it’s not a must pick item every game.

WRYoumuu's GhostbladeNerfShare

Ghostblade has been performing much better compared to other armor penetration items, so we are cutting back on some of the mobility it grants. We’ll continue to keep an eye on the other armor penetration items to ensure that there are proper tradeoffs between the different item options, now that Ghostblade will be offering less mobility.

WRDeath's DanceChangeShare

Currently, items for fighters in Wild Rift focus on a lot of basic Health and Attack Damage items that are powerful in every game regardless of who you are facing. We want players to have more options and choices on how they build, so we’re making Death’s Dance an item that is more powerful against physical damage, rather than being a good purchase every game no matter who you are up against.

WRSolari ChargebladeChangeShare

Solari Chargeblade was intended as an item to bridge the gap between caster builds and crit for caster marksmen such as Miss Fortune and Lucian, but the sheer amount of critical strike chance it granted made it significantly more powerful for bridging the gap between light fighter and crit assassin builds for champions like Riven and Rengar. We’re removing that bonus critical strike chance and instead allowing the Radiance damage to critically strike to put this item back in the hands of more crit-based champions.