League of Legends continues the tradition of publishing patch notes this Thursday. And this time, it’s mainly the bot lane that gets tweaked. Here are the most important buffs and nerfs.
The complete overhaul of Volibear will finally make its way into Summoner’s Rift in Patch 10.11.
“The Freljord’s Battle Spirit comes with more lightning bolts and ferocious claws in 10.11!”
We’ve got the best build for him covered, so you’re good to go – literally bear-strong gameplay….
The most important buffs
LoL Patch 10.11 has buffed a handful of champions, notably including:
- Fiddlesticks
- Gangplank
- Hecarim
- Kai’Sa
- Lux
“Fiddlestick’s Q passive was given something that feels like a natural mechanic to enforce his identity as the scariest scarecrow – while adding some general creepiness.”
In addition to these creepy Fiddlesticks BUffs, the changes to Kai’Sa, Hecarim, and Gangplank are particularly interesting and definitely worth a pick in-game from now on. The coolest change, however, is Fiddlesticks: his Q, Terrify, which Fiddlesticks can now use to scare enemies…. Boooo!
But we should also take a closer look at Gangplank: With the changes to Gangplank’s attack speed from 0.658 to 0.69 in patch 10.11, a faster barrel combo is possible. In addition, it gives the opportunity for a new item selection, Zeal, to make his equipment more critical and let him hit much harder. The catch is that Riot Games has finally fixed the bug that Gangplank’s barrels no longer combine attack bonus Sheen damage when chained together. So no more OP damage in the late game.
A simple tip here would be to build Gankgplank around attack speed while maximizing his damage potential in the late game to ensure tons of damage.
Hecarim is now a champion we haven’t had on our radar in a while. Hecarim’s Q, Rampage, has been increased in terms of total base damage from 55/95/135/175/215 to 60/102/144/186/228. What does this mean? Well, just as you would normally take your Q when starting in the jungle, this allows for a higher damage output for clearing Waves and making plays.
The most important nerfs
On the side of nerfs, some heroes were also considered, including the following:
- Graves
- Janna
- Syndra
- Talon
Graves is now literally the bottom of the barrel: the reduction from 1.0 bonus attack damage to now 0.8 bonus attack damage will significantly affect his appearance in Summoner’s Rift, but it’s not drastic enough to affect higher levels of play.
Riot Games has throttled Talon’s Q by increasing the mana cost and reducing the amount of healing it gives Talon. Right now Talon has been keeping his cool in the higher Elo ranks, so much so that players were starting to get annoyed playing against him all the time. It’s nice to see Riot adjusting their meta with the community in mind as well….
ADCs get more “quality of life”
A variety of ADCs are getting base health boosts and base health growth over time with patch 10.11, allowing them to rely a little less on their supporters and dare to make bolder moves.
Here comes the LoL Patch 10.11 changes at a glance:
That’s it for the most important changes of League of Legends Patch 10.11. We are curious how the BUffs and Nerfs affect the meta, especially on the bot lane and expect a lot of exciting fights on the lower lane. More League of Legends news can be found here on EarlyGame, for example about the new High Noon skins for Senna and Irelia and the League of Legends Mid– Season Streamathon.
Patch Schedule – League of Legends
League of Legends releases bug fixes, improvements and new content at regular intervals. Below you can find the patch schedule for 2022. Note: Patch dates are subject to change at any time and for a variety of reasons. We recommend that you visit this page one to two days before a scheduled patch to see if it has been rescheduled. If a patch is postponed up to 48 hours before its release, we will post a warning at the top of this page.
PATCH SCHEDULED DATE
12.1 Wednesday, January 5, 2022
12.2 Thursday, January 20, 2022
12.3 Wednesday, February 2, 2022
12.4 Wednesday, February 16, 2022
12.5 Wednesday, March 2, 2022
12.6 Wednesday, March 30, 2022
12.7 Wednesday, April 13, 2022
12.8 Wednesday, April 27, 2022
12.9 Wednesday, May 11, 2022
12.10 Wednesday, May 25, 2022
12.11 Wednesday, June 8, 2022
12.12 Thursday, June 23, 2022
12.13 Wednesday, July 13, 2022
12.14 Wednesday, July 27, 2022
12.15 Wednesday, August 10, 2022
12.16 Wednesday, August 24, 2022
12.17 Thursday, September 8, 2022
12.18 Wednesday, September 21, 2022
12.19 Wednesday, October 5, 2022
12.20 Wednesday, October 19, 2022
12.21 Wednesday, November 2, 2022
12.22 Wednesday, November 16, 2022
12.23 Wednesday, December 7, 2022