[September 15] Closed Beta Balance Patch Notes

 Riot Games Official Website

As Wild Rift moves into its first Regional Closed Beta, here are all the changes the official made since the Regional Alpha back in June! 

Key:

AD = ATTACK DAMAGE

AS = ATTACK SPEED

AP = ABILITY POWER

CDR = COOLDOWN REDUCTION

HP = HIT POINTS

MR = MAGIC RESISTANCE

MS = MOVEMENT SPEED

TAD = TOTAL ATTACK DAMAGE (BASE + BONUS)

CHAMPIONS

The official took a look at the current alpha roster and tuned up a bunch of champs across the board! 

ALISTAR [BUFF]

Alistar looked pretty weak in Alpha. The official are giving the cow some major cooldown buffs so he can make more plays and have more impact in extended fights.

(1) Pulverize 

Cooldown :: 16/16/16/16s >>> 15/13.5/12/10.5s

(2) Headbutt 

Cooldown :: 13/13/13/13s  >>> 13/12/11/10s

(3) Trample

Cooldown :: 11.5/11.5/11.5/11.5s >>> 11.5/11/10.5/10s

Damage :: 100/130/160/190 >>> 100/150/200/250

Empowered Attack Damage :: 40 + 15 per level >>> 40 + 20 per level

ANNIE [BUFF]

As a general design philosophy for Wild Rift, the official do not want to mana gate champions so hard. Annie feels like she’s one of the few champions that had big mana issues, so they’re reducing her costs.

(1) Disintegrate

AP Ratio :: Increased from 65% >>> 80%

(2) Incinerate

Mana :: 70/80/90/100 >>> 60/70/80/90

(3) Molten Shield

Mana :: 60/70/80/90 >>> 60/60/60/60

(Ult) Summon: Tibbers 

Cooldown :: 80/75/70 >>> 80/70/60

[b]BLITZCRANK [NERF]

[/b]Received a lot of feedback on Blitzcrank during Alpha, especially regarding his hook being very hard to dodge. His Rocket Grab should be a bit less punishing in lane now. 

(1) Rocket Grab 

Damage :: 80/150/220/290 >>> 80/140/200/260

Missile Speed :: 1600 >>> 1475

(2) Overdrive

MS Decay :: Decays more quickly and then stops decaying at 10% MS at 2 seconds remaining

(Ult) Static Field 

Passive Damage :: 60/120/180 >>> 40/80/120

FIORA [BUFF]

As a duelist, Fiora actually didn’t measure up to some of the other solo lane champions in Wild Rift, so the official gave her a big boost to everything. En garde!

(P) Duelist’s Dance

Base Vital Healing :: 35hp +5 per level >>> 40hp +5 per level

(1) Lunge 

Dash Range :: 350 >>> 400Damage :: 70/85/100/115 >>> 85/95/105/115Bonus AD Ratio :: 95/100/105/110% >>> 100/105/110/115%

(2) Riposte 

Damage :: 90/140/190/240 >>> 120/170/220/270

(3) Bladework 

AS Bonus :: 50/50/50/50% >>> 60/70/80/90%

(Ult) Grand Challenge

Cooldown :: 90/70/50 >>> 80/65/50

GAREN [BUFF]

Despite his massive suit of armor, Garen was pretty squishy. The official is boosting his defensive stats so he can do his thing without getting his health bar blown up so quickly.

Base Stats

Armor :: 40 >>> 45

Armor per Level :: 5.1 >>> 6.4Level 15 Armor :: 112 >>> 135

MR per Level :: 1.6 >>> 2.6Level 15 MR :: 61 >>> 75HP per Level :: 125 >>> 135Level 15

HP :: 2400 >>> 2540 

(3) Judgement

Crit Damage :: 120/120/120/120% >>> 125/130/135/140%Damage to Minions :: 100/100/100% >>> 60/80/100% at levels 1/5/9

[b]GRAVES [NERF]

[/b]It didn’t take much for jungle Graves to clear camps very quickly, and take no damage while he’s at it. Overall he had a lot of damage. The official are tuning him down so he doesn’t always end up on top.

Base Stats

Level 1 AS :: 0.88 >>> 0.8AS per Level :: 2.2% >>> 1.2% 

(1) End of the Line

Cast AD Ratio :: 100% >>> 40%Detonation AD Ratio :: 40% >>> 100%

[b]JAX [NERF]

[/b]Jax was overwhelmingly strong with way too much damage. The official are nerfing him so that he’s still a powerhouse late game, but won’t be able to 1v9 every fight.

Base Stats

AD :: 64 >>> 58

(1) Leap Strike

Damage :: 75/130/185/240 >>> 55/110/165/220

(Ult) Grandmaster’s Might 

Cooldown :: 55s >>> 60sPassive On-hit Damage :: 100/160/220 >>> 100/140/180

JHIN [BUFF]

Jhin’s ult felt less like a Curtain Call and more like an intermission. Hopefully, now it actually delivers on his dramatic long-range fantasy.

(Ult) Curtain Call 

Damage Increase per 1% Missing HP :: 2.5% >>> 3%

Base Damage :: 50/120/200 >>> 50/125/200

Per Shot TAD

TAD Ratio :: 0.2 >>> 0.25

Max TAD Ratio :: 0.8 >>> 1.0

MALPHITE [BUFF]

Gonna be real with y’all: AP Malphite is legit in Wild Rift. The official gave his abilities some damage boosts so that if you catch an out-of-position squishy with your ult, they won’t know what hit’em.

(1) Seismic Shard

Cast Range :: 7 >>> 6.25

Damage :: 60/120/180/240 >>> 70/130/190/250

AP Ratio :: 0.4 >>> 0.5

Cooldown :: 10s >>> 8s

(2) Thunderclap 

Bonus Armor :: 10/15/20/25% >>> 15/20/25/30%

First Attack Damage :: 15/35/55/75 >>> 30/50/70/90

(Ult) Unstoppable Force

Damage :: 180/270/360 >>> 200/300/400

AP Ratio :: 0.8 >>> 0.9MISS

FORTUNE [NERF]

Miss Fortune was beating down lane opponents with her Double Up, so the official are making it less spammable and less punishing.

Base Stats

Mana Regen :: 18 >>> 12

(1) Double Up

Mana :: 40/45/50/55 >>> 50/55/60/65

Bounce Crit Damage :: 200% of total attack damage >>> 150% of total attack damage60/120/180/240 + 2.2 TAD >>> 45/90/135/180 + 1.65 TAD

Can still be enhanced by Infinity Edge to 180%.

Bounce Missile Speed :: 10 >>> 9.65

NASUS [NERF]

On Wild Rift, Nasus was hitting his raid boss status a bit too early, so the team is scaling back his Siphoning Strike stacks.

(1) Siphoning Strike

Base damage :: 30/60/90/120 >>> 25/50/75/100Stacks per minion kill :: 5 >>> 4

Stacks per champion/monster/large minion kill :: 10 >>> 8

(Ult) Fury of the Sands

Cooldown :: 80/70/60s >>> 90/80/70s

[b]ORIANNA [BUFF]

[/b]As many players mentioned, Ori’s ult felt clunky. The team is making it a lot faster so your opponents can’t dodge it as easily.

(Ult) Command: Shockwave

Cast Time :: 0.75s >>> 0.5s

[b]SHYVANA [NERF]

[/b]Shyvana has it all: chase potential, a lot of damage, and she’s a huge fire-breathing dragon. The team nerfed her move speed boost bonus and scaled back some of her fiery fury.

(2) Burnout

Cooldown :: 12/12/12/12 >>> 15/14/13/12

MS Boost :: 35/40/45/50% >>> 30/35/40/45%

(3) Flame Breath 

AP Ratio :: 0.5 >>> 0.4Dragon Form AP Ratio :: 0.8 >>> 0.7

YASUO [BUFF]

The official is buffing Yasuo as he was too easy to bully in lane. He should be more durable now.

Base Stats

Armor :: 35 >>> 40Health :: 610 >>> 650ZED [BUGFIX](Ult) Death Mark 

Bugfix :: Now uses pre-mitigation damage dealt to calculate mark explosion damage as opposed to post mitigation damage.TAD Ratio :: 125% >>> 100%

[b]ZIGGS [BUFF]

[/b]For a champion who uses nothing but skill shots, Ziggs wasn't getting rewarded enough for landing abilities. The team is making it a little easier to punch the enemy's ticket to boom town.

Base Stats

MS :: 325 >>> 330

(2) Satchel Charge 

AP Ratio :: 35% >>> 50%

(3) Hexplosive Minefield 

Slow Strength :: 20/30/40/50 >>> 35/40/45/50AP Ratio :: 30% >>> 35%Magic Damage per Mine :: 40/95/140/185 >>> 50/105/160/215 45 per Level >>> 55 per Level

(Ult) Mega Inferno Bomb 

Cooldown :: 80/70/60 >>> 80/65/50 

ITEMS

Many players noted that marksmen were dominating Wild Rift. The team nerfed a lot of their core items so they don’t just take over every game.

Players also gave feedback that towers were too squishy, and the team also saw that split pushers like Jax, Camille, and Nasus were taking towers within seconds, so they’re going hard on nerfing Sheen items. This change should give opposing teams enough time to react to side lane pushes.

INFINITY EDGE

AD :: 60 >>> 55

PHANTOM DANCER

Build :: Now builds out of Zeal + Cloak of Agility

Cost :: 3100 >>> 2600

Combine Cost :: 900 >>> 500

AS :: 45% >>> 35%

HEXDRINKER

Now found in the Defensive portion of the store

Build :: Now builds out of Null-Magic Mantle 

Cost :: 1300 >>> 1200

AD :: 20 >>> 15

MR :: 35 >>> 30

MAW OF MALMORTIUS

Cost :: 3300 >>> 3200

SHEEN, LICH BANE, ICEBORN GAUNTLET, TRINITY FORCE

These items now have a 50% damage reduction modifier when hitting towers

RUNAAN’S HURRICANE

Extra bolts are treated as AoE damage and apply 33% vamp 

TRINKETS

WARDING TOTEM

Added a new brush aim assist mechanic that places wards when aimed within 100 units of a brush. This aim assist can be turned off in the settings menu. 

SUMMONER SPELLS

SMITE

Cast Range :: 6 >>> 5

Tooth and Nail Damage Increase :: No longer applies to its own burn effect

Tooth and Nail Burn Damage :: 30 >>> 100 when upgrading to Chilling or Challenging Smite 

OBJECTIVES AND TURRETS

RED BUFF

Red Buff slow effectiveness on ranged units :: 50% >>> 33%

BARON BUFF

Baron Buff now gives Armor and MR that scales with game time

TURRETS

First Turret HP :: 2500 >>> 3000

Second Turret HP :: 3000 >>> 3500

Armor/MR Bonus (First 3:00) :: 75 >>> 50 

JUNE 17 HOTFIX

Before the Regional Alpha ended, we applied a small balance patch for a few champions and turrets to address some of the outliers. For visibility, here are those changes!

EZREAL [BUFF]

Ezreal was underperforming because his “Blue Build” wasn’t giving him much damage, and he was getting outclassed by basic-attacking marksmen. The official updated his recommended items and runes, and buffed (1) Mystic Shot, his main damage output ability.

(1) Mystic Shot

Base Damage :: 15/50/85/120 >>> 30/65/100/135TAD Ratio :: 1.1 AD Ratio >>> 1.2 AD Ratio

Recommended items

Muramana / Trinity Force / Ionian Boots + Quicksilver Enchant / Blade of the Ruined King / Infinity Edge / Mortal Reminder

Recommended runes

Conqueror / Gathering Storm / Regeneration / Manaflow Band

GRAGAS [BUFF]

Gragas was running out of mana pretty quickly, and his full ability combo felt a little on the weak side, so we buffed his mana regen, (1) Barrel Roll and (2) Drunken Rage to get him back in the happy hour spirit.

Base Stats

Mana Regen :: 12 >>> 15Mana Regen per Level :: 0.7 >>> 0.9 

(1) Barrel Roll

AP Ratio :: 0.7 >>> 0.8Cooldown :: 11/10/9/8s >>> 9.5 / 8.5 / 7.5 / 6.5s

(2) Drunken Rage

AP Ratio :: 0.5 >>> 0.65

[b]JINX [NERF]

[/b]Jinx was getting a little TOO excited, so we’re scaling back her attack speed per level.

Base Stats 

AS per Level :: 0.022 >>> 0.007

(P) Get Excited

MS :: 180% >>> 150%

MASTER YI [NERF]

Yi truly mastered the power of Wuju and was an unstoppable tank-melting, split-pushing terror, so we took a chunk out of his attack damage per level, as well as the damage gained via (3) Wuju Style.

Base Stats

AD per Level :: 4.55 >>> 3.6 

(3) Wuju Style

True Damage AD Ratio :: 0.35 >>> 0.25

VAYNE [NERF]

Vayne’s mobility and kiting, as well as her late-game damage, were making her scarier than intended. The team still think Vayne’s identity as a late-game carry is important to her playstyle, but she should probably have to work harder to get there.

(2) Silver Bolts (active)

AS :: 45/60/75/90% >>> 40/45/50/55%

(Ult) Final Hour

CD :: 80/70/60s >>> 100/80/60s

TURRETS [BUFF]

The official saw feedback around turrets feeling weak, so they increased turret stats when they’re backdoored, or taken in quick succession. So far, they’re pretty happy with Wild Rift’s average game length (around 17 mins); they’ll be watching these changes closely.

Backdoor Bonus

Tower Damage :: 10% >>> 20% 

Tower Damage Reduction :: 66% >>> 75%

Domino Bonus (temporary damage reduction after previous tower destroyed) 

Damage Reduction :: 35% >>> 50%