League Arena July 25 Patch Aims to Balance Metagame
Riot Games is making changes to the metagame in League of Legends’ new mode, League Arena, with a major patch on July 25. The patch aims to reduce the power of top picks like Cassiopeia, Vayne, Kai’Sa, Kog’Maw, and Taric.
The update, unveiled by Riot MadnessHeroo today, is the first in a series of patches intended to balance the early Arena meta.
“The goal here is to take a big swing at the top of the meta, primarily by nerfing the top Marksman and Moonstone and Redemption,” wrote Riot MadnessHeroo.
What’s in League Arena Patch 13.14c?
The marksmen who are being nerfed in this update include Kai’Sa, Kog’Maw, Kindred, Twitch, and Vayne. Another target is Cassiopeia, who will see reductions to damage and healing.
The standout change in this patch is the nerfs to Taric, who will see reductions in healing and the duration of his invulnerability ability, Cosmic Radiance.
League Arena July 25 Patch Notes
Champions
Cassiopeia
- Reduced E bonus damage ratio from 60 to 45 percent.
- Reduced E heal ratio from 10-16 percent to 10-12 percent.
Kai’Sa
- Halved passive on-hit base damage.
- Reduced passive missing health percentage from 15 to 10.
- Kai’Sa will also receive additional nerfs in Summoner’s Rift in League Patch 13.15.
Kindred
- Changed W on-hit damage from 25~45 (plus 0.2 AD)(plus 0.2 AP)(plus 1.5 percent current health, plus one percent per mark) to 10~30 (plus 0.1 AD)(plus 0.2 AP)(plus one percent current health, 0.5 percent per mark).
- Reduced E missing health proc from eight to five percent.
Kog’Maw
- Reduced W bonus magic damage from 3-6 percent to 2-5 percent.
Taric
- Reduced Q healing health ratio from 0.00750 to 0.005, base healing per stack reduced from 20 to 15, healing ability power ratio reduced from 0.1 to 0.07.
- Increased E’s ability haste reduction from -30 to -50.
- Reduced R invulnerability duration from 2.5 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
Twitch
- Reduced R bonus attack damage from 40-70 to 10-30.
Vayne
- Reduced Q total attack damage ratio from 75-115 percent to 60-100 percent.
- Reduced W percent health damage from 6-10 percent to 4-6 percent.
Items
Moonstone Renewer
- Reduced chain heal from 40 to 30 percent, chain shield from 45 to 35 percent.
- No longer has minor recursive chain healing.
Redemption
- Reduced heal from 350-500 to 250-500.
Augments
Perseverance
- Now correctly amplifies base health regeneration instead of all health regeneration.
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