His base magic resistance has been buffed and he now has scaling magic resistance (he was the last tank in the game without it, per the patch notes). Buffs to some old friendsĭespite the proliferation of tanky top laners in Season 6, ultra tanky Maokai has been absent. Janna's Eye of the Storm (her "E") gives less bonus attack damage to shielded allies, while Monsoon (her ultimate) disables for less time. Now, they're each a little more focused on their specialties - for Alistar, his peel and engage for Janna, her disengage.Īlistar's Triumphant Roar (his "E") heals allies for significantly less now. But now Kalista passively gains attack speed when her buddy is nearby.Īlistar is seemingly always present in the pro scene and Janna's been on top of the support win rate chart for some time now. 2 champion.Īs a result, there are some general nerfs to Kalista's kit (most notably her base attack speed). With her passive and ult making her literally tied to another champion, it makes a bunch of sense to try and sway her more towards being a strong 2 vs. Yesssss! Read more about the new champion here, or just watch this video over and over again in anticipation (some NSFW language, so mute if you're not into that).Īs Scarizard pointed out in the patch notes, Kalista was in a strange place as a marksman of being very strong in both 2 vs. Runic Echoes, a core item on Nidalee, also saw a damage reduction, so you're less likely to see that item on tanky junglers now. This patch nerfed her a little bit as well, removing the root on monsters from her Hunt mechanic and removing the auto attack reset on Pounce (her "W"). On the professional side, Nidalee has been one of the top contested picks in recent weeks. The attack damage ratio on Twin Bite (her "Q" ability) has been reduced significantly in the early game, and Titanic Hydra, one of her core items, received an attack damage nerf. The big one for solo queue players is Shyvana, who occupied the top spot among junglers as far as win rate is concerned in Patch 6.5. This week, some solo queue and pro play terrors have been taken down a notch. Last patch, we saw buffs to some rarely played junglers like Vi, Hecarim and Jarvan IV.
You can read the full notes here, but here's the important stuff: 1. Also, there's a badass space dragon coming. Lots of small changes around, especially some notable nerfs to champions dominating the pro and amateur scenes. Riot released patch notes for soon-to-hit Patch 6.6 for League of Legends today.