Stephen

5x challenger

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

I am The Barrels

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@Matos_Yiishi You know it 😎

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 Been good knowing you major alex

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@Matos_Yiishi Bro can lift whole Azeroth by himself

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

1k lp challenger

[Muffinhawker @muffinhawkerlol]

Years in the making.

I'm officially a Challenger Zeri jungle main.

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Only 2k more

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Surely they meant sylas heal ap ratio 30%-40% right? They wouldn't buff his healing ap ratio by double on the spell he maxes first, right?

[Matt Leung-Harrison @RiotPhroxzon]

Patch 26.12 Full Preview!

Cassiopeia
- We pulled Cassiopeia nerfs from the 26.12 patch, but intend to nerf her in 26.13
- We still want to work on a changelist that preserves some of her strengths and the things that her players love about her,

Top Lane Meta
- Aatrox has been generally a little on the weaker side, especially for higher levels of play and so these changes are targeted at rewarding him for matchups where he's already favored and able to get sweet spot hits off more reliably
- Gwen is also being buffed a bit with her early laning strength (which we walked back pretty significantly in an earlier patch). With K'Sante rising in priority (from DHelm buff and other meta shifts), we're also positioning Gwen as a good pick into these tanky Sion and K'Sante style picks
- Similarly, Jax is getting more throughput in early trades both in regular matchups and in some of the matchups that favor short trades (eg. ranged matchups)
- Overall, we expect the Top meta to have a few more fringe and counterpick options available

Hwei
- Some of the slow stacking changes to Hwei were a lot more power impacting (negatively) than the buffs that he received in the positive direction
- As a result we're adding a bit more power back into his utility aspects that allow him to be a jack of all trades, rather than just being a master of none

Tristana
- Tristana, has a bit of room in bot lane and especially in the midlane where changes to the role quests (that favor a bit more utility/roaming > farming) have been a bit unfavorable there
- One of the changes that impacted her negatively was adding a mana cost to Q and so we're adding a bit of that back to give her a bit more pushing power
- This is especially impactful because of Tristana's low base and scaling mana pool

Ryze
- Ryze is a bit too durable, especially in the early game and he often wins lanes/gets push by simply autoing champions and hitting them with guaranteed damage through W's, E's and autos
- Ryze will still be on the durable side, especially with his early catalyst purchases, but these nerfs are intended to make him work a bit harder for it

Lee Sin
- Changes to Lee are targeted at bringing down some of his damage through both guaranteed means (as he is more likely to get on top of people with more access to W hops) and unreliable means (Q hits)
- He received a pretty strong net buff in the highest levels of play, more than the winrate movement would indicate

Lethality Varus
- Lethality Varus continues to be one of the strongest bot lane champions and also acts as a meta suppressant
- We're attempting to open up the meta a bit by moving more of his power budget into attacking builds and also nerfing the throughput of his Q poke in the AD heavy builds

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Thanks Viktor

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 Making a post on twitter about getting banned and bro appears in your comment ready to expose you, always funny

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Perfection

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Doubters

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

Reminder to perma ban diana next patch

[Matt Leung-Harrison @RiotPhroxzon]

26.11 Full Patch Preview!

The major changes this patch are to the Systems mentioned yesterday to adjust the relative balance of Ranged vs Melee supports in bot lane.

There are also some changes to Statikk Shiv to make it slightly more attractive on AD users and a nerf to Hexplate for Ranged which are primarily being picked up on Varus and Vayne Top Lane.

We're not looking to remove it from them, but are looking to get it into a spot where its top end balance doesn't need to be maintained around those 2 champions.

We're also restoring some of the power we removed from Heartsteel a while ago as it lost some of its fantasy and power in a way that we think we can restore now. It will also incidentally help some of the Tank Supports in niche cases when they start snowballing

Deathfire Touch
- We're adjusting Deathfire Touch this patch to deal Magic Damage
- Part of the impetus for this is how strong the synergy is with Black Cleaver and in addition, it feels like more of a magic coded effect
- So we think this strikes a reasonable balance of fantasy fulfilment and practical balance considerations
- Otherwise, we think Deathfire Touch is in a pretty reasonable spot

Brand, Smolder
- Brand Botlane and Smolder have both benefitted from Deathfire Touch
- While we are making changes to the Deathfire Touch interaction that will affect Smolder, we still think he will be too strong after these changes
- The changes to Smolder are targeted at also making his squishy Crit builds more optimal so he is more assailable later in the game

Heimerdinger
- After the minion changes in the previous patch, Heimer's turrets are a bit worse for wear
- We're giving him a feelsgood QOL change so that his turrets aren't killed by ranged minions without being able to attack back
- Despite being 550 range on paper, 550 range champions (which are most of them) will still be able to outrange turrets at max range due to the way this range is calculated
- In addition, there is a small increase to the E vision duration so that the Beam actually manages to fire before losing vision in some cases

Teemo
- For Teemo, he is one of the more powerful Top laners, while also being on the higher end of frustration
- He is also receiving a small buff to Statikk Shiv this patch and so we're compensation nerfing him with an intent for this to be lightly power down

Quinn
- Quinn has landed in a pretty weak spot for Jungle and in this state, it's pretty close to griefing team when picked
- So we're giving it a pretty sizeable buff to give it a legitimate shot at being powerful and viable
- Players so far have expressed interest in playing it!

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 Same as twitter, also next time put your tits out maybe you only get 24h ban 🤫

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 And i still watch, thats loyalty

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 wtf am i supposed to watch now?

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

*open major stream*
*enemy has smolder+naafiri*
bro says 6 7 after 3 seconds
what has my goat become

[Stephen @RealTheBarrels]

@MajorAlexander6 nothing like waking up and playing league at 10 am