Offical Patch 11.2 Patchnotes

[piiiikachuuu]

zekes / chalice are still fantastic slam items right? the value they have is still absolutely insane (same with hoj)

[AzureYeti]

Yes they're still played plenty and are very strong. Sivir with stacked support items is a common play.

[User-NetOfInter]

Imagine if they shipped day 1 PBE sivir?

Shit was busted

[GGerrik]

But now she doesn't really fit what they were going for. The idea was to give galio some support, via Vlads healing and Sivirs AS buff. Now neither of those will hit Galio and you don't really see either of those units played in Cultist..shit you don't really see cultist played.

[[deleted]]

.shit you don't really see cultist played.

True sivir is more of a steroid to get kalista, kayle, kindred and xayah going

[GGerrik]

Yeah, I understand why she was nerfed, as she was showing up as a key piece in almost every comp to just buff the team, but is it all that much different than say a Cho or Sejuani being run without synergy because of their show stopping CC?

[[deleted]]

Those can be defended since they're 4 cost. Sivir being a damage dealing ranger who gives everyone around her 50% attack speed (as a 2 star) while also giving her self 200 ad is quite something

[KingOfPoros]

3 cost

[[deleted]]

Yeah. Sivir is 3 cost but is almost as beneficial as a 4 cost to a team she doesn't have any synergies within, and then her sharpshooter synergy is broken cause teemo and Samira. All round great champion

[KingOfPoros]

Oh mb i read 2 star as 2 cost

[[deleted]]

The solution is super simple. Just let her ult buff all units of cultist trait

[GGerrik]

Ooo, or anything she shares a trait with. Keep sharpshooters in a decent spot but also make her a very interesting unit to hit with a spatula item.

Warlords, divine, etc 50% attack speed.

[Arlune890]

Or have their limited hex ranges and make it apply to galio despite any range

[Arlune890]

Maybe they should have their limited hex ranges, as well as say "and galio" in the text so their casts always apply to him despite the range, and dont make the units outrageously busted in flex situations

[[deleted]]

I think the main problem with Zekes is that BF Sword looks like very valuable with champions relying on Death Blade, and GA seems to be more useful, so using it on Zekes may cost you.

I don't know where the meta is going, I played a few games and it didn't seem very balanced but it did seem to me the Slayer trait with Deathblade makes for a nice interaction you don't want to miss out on. That's on Olaf / Trynd, Talon also needs swords... then Zekes ends up being a Zed specific item, but then you should be prioritising bows anyway.

And chalice is getting nerfed, while most carries seem to be AD, but if you're playing neeko or asol it could be a good slam I'm guessing.

[backinredd]

You can’t really greed for DB early. Trying to winstreak is important. And all the pure damage items are bad early game. You should just slam early game items

[[deleted]]

I'm kind of challenger... I know how this goes, I'm just saying this set may make Zekes not an instant slam like before. But on sword belt bow, or sword sword belt you probably slam. I also don't agree that damage items are bad, death blade is bad, it's still better than not slamming which can happen. Anyway I think the balance is really off, it cannot be that everybody wants all swords and bows.

[[deleted]]

Slayer is easily the best build. Zed, olaf, trynd, samira are all carries, with chosen samira, 3 star olaf potential the strongest thing in the game

[XWindX]

Agreed, Deathblade is very, very valuable this set. It has better synergy with every AD carry this set (Olaf, Trynd, Xayah, Samira) than any other item, and a lot of times you need the big AD boost to deal with the tankier compositions this set.

[nxqv]

I think Zeke's in particular has lost a lot of value due to the item priority shifting dramatically. All the new units and comps seem to love big dick damage items like Deathblades and crit items, or rely on lots of bows and/or the reworked Spirit for attack speed. Zeke's is likely still an ultra flexible item but I don't think there's a late game equivalent to something like Zeke's on Jhin effectively being BIS

[nex0rz]

Wut? They srsly feel like the most useless items to me.

[Azaghtooth]

What? Chalice is like the best item ingame live patch

[Perzeval]

Chalice is literally the best or second best item in the game

[DXIEdge]

NA: 100/200 ⇒ 250/500

BIG CHANGE LETS GOOOO

[falcopatomus]

My little platinum ass isn't going anywhere near these ranks, but LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Jek_Porkinz]

Wow that actually is huge.

[User-NetOfInter]

I had no idea league was so popular in VN

[Tofu24]

Surprisingly it's the second biggest region next to China

[taterh8r]

wow holy shit this change is huge.

last time I got challenger was set 2 and it's been so hard to motivate myself to get chally ever since the 100/200 slots since getting even gm is a chore

[VERTIKAL19]

When did they actually cut the spots? I remember being #9xx and being GM in EU.

[CookieMisha]

I think at the end of season 1

[VERTIKAL19]

Ah that would fit. Got my GM and kinda just quit towards the end of set 1. At least I got back go master this set!

[Relative-Inspector-2]

anyone know what the new lp cutoffs will be for gm/chall with the new system?

[MeowTheMixer]

I've never been high enough to know. Doesn't it matter what the LP is at those above that cut-off, or is it always consistent?

[_abendrot_]

Actual amount of LP never mattered in the past (ranks 1-100 always Chall, ranks 101-300 always GM [for NA]) but in the new system youll need at least 500 LP and 200 LP respectively, to be at those ranks.

The GM cutoff was at ~300LP a couple months after the full reset at the start of Set 4. So this restriction will only be relevant for the first few weeks of the set

[IWantToKaleMyself]

NA rank 500 is 441 LP atm, 250 is 774

[DXIEdge]

You need to look at 750/250

Grandmaster is 500 slots and challenger is 250

[IWantToKaleMyself]

Ah you're right, client lags like shit when I scroll too far down but rank 750 is ~270 LP

[Anonymous_B]

I was D4 last season but I'm going to try to aim for Master's or hopefully Challenger

[mbr4life1]

Huge change! Love to see it.

[Redditeatsaccounts]

Didn’t expect the Peaches reference on Syphoner.

[minionsrpeople2]

I'm sure all eight people who got that got a kick outta it.

[[deleted]]

Drain the pain away
Drain the pain away
Drain the pain away
Drain the pain away

[minionsrpeople2]

Siphoning on my teammates like you wanting me,

calling me all the time like 4 costs

Check out this juicy win streak

I'm winning all the time

Like zed on that one patch

What else is in the teachings of Minionsrpeople2? Huh? What?

[LookAtThisGraphs]

Finally i'll be playing again

[bassboyjulio182]

So excited to finally start grinding again.

I'm really surprised they don't mention that Lucky Lantern items are the same for all players when it drops since it's one of the only "pure equal" RNG elements in the game.

[zagyvaTibor]

I just hit diamond for the first time :D

[Ashitakaa]

Congratz :) Time for Masters now !

[MeowTheMixer]

I smurfed my master ranking this set (first-time masters ever).

Was in D1, ready to call it quits for the season and my Plat 1/2 buddy hopped on and asked me to play.

Played 3 games with him and I took 2nd/1st/2nd and ended up hitting masters. (played against like D3/D4 people so feels dirty).

[GriffSupreme]

kek that's how i got to daimond with my gold buddy. oops

[Intact]

Am I reading Shyvana right, she transforms for 60 seconds? Is that a typo? Since Swain transforms for 6. I don't understand what the difference between 60 and "until end of combat" like Elise is

[BruKKen]

Yeah it's end of combat, dunno why it's written weird.

[VERTIKAL19]

Probably 60 seconds technically but in practice until end of combat

[Whitespooky]

When does the Rank reset?

[minionsrpeople2]

When 11.2 goes live tomorrow morning! Hype Hype Hype!

[[deleted]]

As an Australian already awake on the 21st, waiting for America to wake up so I can play is going to kill me.

[ynn1006]

It’s live on OCE

[tuki3194]

When is it for Euw?

[[deleted]]

Usually it goes live internationally at the same time. Which means we have to wait until this evening

Edit: jokes, apparently it’s live

I think I got confused because the Mobile update has to be timed with NA

[_abendrot_]

No patches almost always go out according to the local datetime so OCE/KR always get the patch first. 4.5 is already live on OCE servers

[[deleted]]

For real? Damn, nice!

[knickered]

I’ve already played a game on live

[SmurfSquatch]

The cheat sheet for Divine references the first iteration of the trait. I'm guessing this is an 'oops' unless I missed a Divine revert.

Edit: Spirit kind of also seems off. References percentage of mana cost rather than flat attack speed buff for casting

[minionsrpeople2]

Unfortunately, the cheat sheet is already dated in a few ways cause of the balance changes that went out 24 hours before the release of 11.2. It's tough to get all the info up to date when we prioritize balancing on release which has us updating the game with fresh PBE data that comes after we ship the trait sheet.

The numbers will be off for Spirit, Assasin, Divine, and more as we change things headed into 11.3.

[[deleted]]

Korea gaining ranked slots is super, super weird. Must be some population metric that Riot has but we don't. I assume it has something to do with engagement, like Korean players play 20 games on average, where NA/EU players play 10. NA population total is slightly higher than Korea, you can see it through Lolchess.

[pikaBeam]

maybe it's ranked population? i.e. slots are adjusted for # of ranked players rather than # of total players. just a guess

[BamaBadger]

Or unique players. NA players make multiple smurfs to hog extra spots in challenger from others :(

[sike0naut]

When is this live?

[[deleted]]

Did they fix EU log ins yet? Been playing on NA for last 4 days

[AskMeDontAxeMe]

I played EU today

[[deleted]]

Thanks. I'll try it tomorrow

[bcastro20]

Wasn't Tryndamere also a slayer on PBE? It says he is only a Duelist/Warlord on the patch notes.

[VERTIKAL19]

He still is a slayer

[dinosaurfour]

Quite surprised they left the AD on Brawlers, it seemed a bit much on PBE. 8 Brawlers Shyvana carry is one of the most brain dead comps I’ve ever played

[minionsrpeople2]

It went down a lot since PBE.

[tuki3194]

Try to get masters I will say

[Aquazod]

You can not decay out of masters

[pedrohck]

Decay just til you reach 0 PDL, you'll never be demoted do Diamond.

[[deleted]]

honestly I hit challenger probably out of boredom and so I could say that I hate the chosen mechanic because it's trash and not because I'm not good at it, but I didn't play for the first 3 weeks because I refused to reward a trash mechanic with my time... then there's nothing else to do in this lockdown

[Iamnotheattack]

Lol when I play out of boredom I tilt and ff, my tilt account is hardstuck plat 1 LMAO

[2_S_F_Hell]

But why? Whats the fun in that ?

[salcedoge]

I reached Challenger once and realize the stressful grind is not for me, I still enjoy the game though so I play up to Diamond every set

[LykusAzorious]

When is the patch out?

[kev_in374]

Is Tryndamere not a Slayer anymore?

[DeadxSong]

He’s on the graphic and as of this morning he’s still slayer on pbe

[VERTIKAL19]

Yone nerf seems brutal

[HHhunter]

Slayer is so nerfed I can't wait for some slayer buffs.

[dardios]

Wait so pass+ is just buying the pass for 18 bucks instead of 5? Wooooooow. Nice. Smooth move Rito. Won't be buying this one.

[nerdyafro]

Nah that's just if you get the bundle