Wild RiftPatch 4.2a

WRAkaliBuffShare

Akali has been struggling in the earlier stages of the game, especially when up against foes with longer range. We’re making some adjustments to help her survive during the laning phase while also giving her the ability to clear minion waves a little easier. We hope this help makes her early game smoother.

WREzrealBuffShare

While we adjusted a lot of stats for marksmen last patch, we didn't make any adjustments to Ezreal’s base stats. We’re noticing that because of this he is falling slightly behind other marksmen, so we’ve mapped out some buffs that we think will help this explorer out.

WRGalioBuffShare

We’ve seen Galio struggling in the current meta, so we’re reducing the cooldown on his ultimate so that he can make a grand entrance and peel for his teammates more often.

WRGragasBuffShare

Due to some of the changes we made to items and runes, Gragas can now spam his third ability, Body Slam when he gains a lot of Ability Haste over the course of the game. Because of this, we’re adding a new rule to this ability so that we can prevent him from slamming into you over and over and well…over again without any cooldown.

WRGravesBuffShare

Last patch we made adjustments to crit across the board and also adjusted Grave’s base critical strike damage. In doing this, it ended up weakening Graves way more than we expected, even with the new items. So we’re reverting the changes we made last patch to adjust this.

WRKaynBuffShare

Our adjustments to marksmen last patch make it more difficult for Shadow Assassin Kayn to recharge and transform. However, once he does manage to transform into this form it's still an uphill battle, because his abilities aren’t strong enough to target and kill opponents with longer range. So, we’ve adjusted his transformation efficiency and increased his damage across the board.

WRKha'ZixBuffShare

Our previous adjustments seemed to have squashed this bug, so we’re back to give him some more damage to help with his jungle clears and ganks.

WRMaster YiBuffShare

Master Yi hasn’t been performing well in higher levels of play. We’re improving his jungle clear speed and giving him room to use his abilities to dodge damage from foes more often in teamfights.

WRMiss FortuneBuffShare

Miss Fortune hasn’t been a viable pick in higher levels of play, even after our adjustments last patch. We also feel the new items don’t suit her as well as they do everyone else, so we’re giving her some love and increasing some of her damage.

WRPantheonBuffShare

Pantheon is struggling across the board and has been having a hard time finding his place on the Rift. To help The Unbreakable Spear out, we’re making his spear stronger and giving him some more mana so he can cast it more throughout the game.

WRPykeBuffShare

Pyke has been having a hard time finding a way to enter fights in the later stages of the game since he's on the squishier side. We’re slightly increasing his resistances and damage so that we can help improve his performance in the late game.

WRSettBuffShare

While we’re still sett-ling in from the changes last patch, we’ve been feeling like this brawler's punches aren’t packing enough punch, so we’re giving him some more damage.

WRUrgotBuffShare

While Urgot crab walked his way onto the Rift, he’s been struggling to hit his stride, so we’re lending him a hand… we mean claw and increasing some of his damage.

WRVayneBuffShare

Vayne doesn’t rely on crit as much as other marksmen do, so she didn’t benefit much from our changes last patch. And since the strength of marksmen have increased overall, we’re going to give some buffs to Vayne’s stats to put her on the same level as everyone else.

WRKai'SaNerfShare

After our adjustments to Kai’Sa last patch she is one of the strongest carries, by far. We’re tuning back some of her base stats to bring her more in line with her fellow marksmen, and also making some adjustments to her ability to kill jungle monsters so efficiently.

WRTwitchNerfShare

Sneaky sneaky! Twitch uses stealth…it’s very effective! This rat has been ambushing opponents left and right from the jungle and it’s a little strong. So we’re reducing some of his jungle and gank effectiveness.

WRVarusNerfShare

The ability that Varus has to execute foes is too high, so we’re decreasing some of his burst damage.

WRYoneNerfShare

With the addition of the new items, we’ve seen Yone become an unstoppable force in the jungle, so we’re slashing some of his power.

WRDariusChangeShare

In the current Baron Lane meta, Darius is falling behind the pack. We’re lending this fighter a hand, and increasing his damage. But, we’re also reducing the amount of damage he can do to monsters so we can make sure this boost doesn’t push him into a different lane.

WRJhinChangeShare

Jhin has been per-four-ming too strongly, especially in lower levels of play, so we want to cut back on some of his damage so that he’s not such a menace during fights. We’re also going to increase the movement speed Jhin’s passive grants him so that there is still room for players in higher levels to outplay their opponents.

WREssence ReaverBuffShare

Our adjustments to Essence Reaver last patch did not meet our goals, so we’re adjusting its value some more. We hope these changes make it a more desirable pick up in the earlier stages of the game.

WRImmortal ShieldbowNerfShare

Similarly to Bloodthirster, when Shieldbow is paired with other vamp items, the amount of vamp a player can end up stacking is too high. In addition to this, the shield that this item grants some champions like Yasuo and Yone is too high. So we’re reducing its vamp and shield power.

WRPhantom DancerNerfShare

When picked up as a first item, Phantom Dancer has proven to be too strong. So we’re increasing its cost and lowering how much attack speed it grants.

WRBloodthirsterChangeShare

After adding a Shieldbow and some other new vamp items, the amount of vamp Bloodthirster grants is too high, so we’re making some adjustments to its stats.