Overview
A huge patch is dropping to address some of the early concerns around the set (fights are too long and balancing is off). You can read the full notes here.
Quick TLDR:
Artifacts nerfed
Nerf-focused patch to lower combat pace
Many items reworked
Prismatic Orbs equalized -- everyone gets the same output
Big changes to Power Ups
Crab Rave crab NERFED finally!
As always, be sure to check out our comps page to get access to the best comps to play and the data to support it here.
Systems
Roles
Fighters
No longer gain omnivamp
Gain attack speed
Assassins
No longer exists
All changed to become Fighters
Prismatic Orbs -- everyone gets the same orb now with increased possibilities in options:
10% - 30 Gold
10% - 3 Component Anvils & 1 Full Item Anvil
10% - 4 Belts & 4 Reforgers
10% - 1 Greater Duplicator & 2 Lesser Duplicators
10% - 1 Artifact Anvil & 10 Gold
8% - 45 Gold
8% - 3 Full Item Anvils
8% - 1 Spatula, 1 Reforger, 3 Component Anvils
8% - 1 Rascal Gloves & 1 Thieves Gloves
5% - 1 of each base component (8 total) & Golden Remover
5% - 40 Gold & 20 Rerolls
5% - 1 Radiant Lucky Chest & 2 5-Cost Champions
1% - 1 Spatula, 1 Frying Pan, 40 Gold
1% - A tiny present
1% - A fishy reward
Buffs
Traits
Heavyweight (6) +5% HP
Mighty Mech (7) +100 HP
Wraith shadow cadence 5s -> 4s
Will proc more often. Pretty significant boost
Units
1-Cost
Sivir +5 AD and mana buffed
2-Cost
Janna damage buffed
Vi heal increased
3-Cost
Malzahar mana decreased
Senna quality of life updates to her beam
Lowered damage in response but could still be a net nerf
Smolder damage increased
Ziggs damage increased
4-Cost
Poppy adjusted to scale off of HP
Samira damage increased
5-Cost
Twisted Fate spell damage increased but damage per mark decreased
Makes him stronger against weak units and weaker against giga tanks
Nerfs
Traits
Luchador no longer gains immunity and untargetability
Instead heals (and for more) before jumping, but this is a net nerf for those units because of how powerful becoming untargetable is.
Prodigy now only 1 main regen at all tiers for non-prodigy teammates
Protector nerfed at all tiers
Star Guardian bonus per tier nerfed at all tiers
Individual unit buffs increased to compensate. This weakens vertical Star Guardian in favor of playing fewer units in the line.
Units
1-Cost
Malphite HP and resist per item nerfed
2-Cost
Kai'Sa damage decreased
3-Cost
Udyr healing decreased
4-Cost
Leona resist decreased
Ryze damage decreased
Yuumi AP decreased
5-Cost
Zyra team-wide AS nerfed and melee plant HP nerfed
Damage increased to compensate, but will still be a net nerf
Notable Item Changes
Archangel's scaling nerfed
Kraken's nerfed
Fishbones AS nerfed
Item will still be extremely strong
Flickerblades nerfed again
Innervating locket nerfed
Should help a lot against Garen builds
New Power Ups
Shine Brighter – Lux only. Every other cast, Lux's spell explodes in a 2-hex radius, and deals 10% more damage.
Could be good for Xin + Lux reroll
Mechablade – Aatrox only. Aatrox gains AS equal to 4% of his maximum health, and his attacks grant 5 bonus mana.
Probably unplayable
Supreme Surge – Kennen only. Whenever an enemy is executed by a Supreme Cell, Kennen heals 15% of his missing health and gains 15 mana.
Kennen hero augment might be good with this
Golden Gloves – Kobuko only. When you gain interest, gain 1.5% AD per gold collected.
Has potential in vertical Heavyweight lines with multiple buffs to it
Veteran – This unit is a Mentor. They grant 4% damage amp, and their Mentor upgrade is +35 AD and +35 AP, Katarina, Xayah, and Kalista only.
Probably not good
Drift Duo – Senna and Lucian gain +3 mana regen. If both are 3-star, gain +1 mech.
Probably not good
Starry Knight – Rell only. Rell gains 6% Health and 10 AP for every 1-cost unit you field. 3-star units count double.
Could be good with Garen, Syndra, and Ezreal reroll
Conclusion
Yuumi + Prodigy is dead
Ryze + Mentor Mech is still going to be S-Tier
Kai'Sa still okay
Star Guardian still good
3 Star Guardian comps like Jinx + Luchador or Xayah + Rakan will be very good, especially with the augment
Fast 9 will still be strong
6 Wraith will be lowkey very good
Duelist Ashe was already trending downwards and should continue to do so
