Riot Games has released the official patch notes for 13.16. The newest champion Naafiri is the focus of Riot.
The new champion Naafiri is the focus and is to be generated, along with four other champions, and a variety of champions buffed. In addition, there will be various item changes that will have an impact on the meta.
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Why does Naafiri hit Riot’s nerf hammer?
The Naafiri Nerfs were supposed to be paused since their winrate had stabilized recently.
LoL’s lead designer “Matt “Phroxzon” Leung-Harrison has now announced that Naafiri will still get mitigations in the next patch.
13.16! Duskblade is a hot topic as it’s picking up on non-assassins like Illaoi, Aatrox, Yorick, etc.. We’re bringing down its power and bringing up some of the weaker items in the assassin system
Caitlyn buffs weren’t enough and we’re buffing up some of the champs we overnerfed pic.twitter.com/7rURk7y90P
– Matt Leung-Harrison (@RiotPhroxzon) August 8, 2023
Naafiri was adjusted with a hotfix shortly after her release and her winrate remained, until patch 13.15, very stable as a result. General changes that did not affect Naafiri’s base stats ensured that she reached the top of the champions in League of Legends.
Her winrate on the mid-lane thus increased to 52.41 percent, according to (U.GG), and is similar to her winrate on the to-lane.
Which champions still expect nerfs?
Shyvana’s AD build will receive a significant nerf, alongside Naafiri. She didn’t overperform in Platinum or higher. However, she is a consistently strong champion across patch 13.14 and 13.15.
A summary of all champion buffs, nerfs, and item changes can be found here:
Buffs
Akali
Q – Five-point attack
- Energy cost: 130/115/100/85/70 ☻☻ 110/100/90/80/70
- Damage: 40/65/115/140 (+65% AD)(+60% AP) ☻☻ 45/70/95/120/145 (+65% AD)(60% AP)
Fire
Passive – Embers
- Mana recovery: 20-40 ☻☻ 30-50
Q – scorching
- AP Ratio: 55% ☻☻ 65%
E – conflagration
- AP Ratio: 45% ☻☻ 50%
Caitlyn
- Number of passive stacks 6 ☻ 5
Ekko
Q – Time winder
- Initial damage: 60/75/90/105/120 (+30% AP) ☻☻ 70/85/100/115/130 (+30% AP)
- Slowdown: 32/39/46/53/60% ☻☻ 40/45/50/55/60%
W – Parallel convergence
- Shield increased: 70-150 ☻☻ 100-180
Milio
Q: Ultra Mega Fire Kick
- Base damage changed: 90/135/180/225/270 ☻☻ 80/145/210/275/340
- Ability Strength Ratio increased: 90% ☻☻ 120%
- Slowdown increased: 40/45/50/55/60% ☻☻ 40/47.5/55/62.5/70
E: Warm embrace
- Base shield increased: 60/80/100/120/140 ☻☻ 60/85/110/135/160
Lucian
- Passive Vigilance base damage 10 ☻ 15
Lulu
- Lives per level: 88 ☻☻ 92
Q – Glitterlance - Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+40% AP) ☻☻ 70/105/140/175/210 (+50% AP)
E – Help, Pix! - Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 (+40% AP) ☻☻ 80/120/160/200/240 (+50% AP)
Karma
Q – Inner Flame
- Base damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+40%AP) ☻☻ 70/120/170/220/270 (+50% AP)
- Mantra Detonation Damage: 35/140/245/350 (+60% AP) ☻☻ 35/140/245/350 (+70% AP)
R – Mantra - Decay time 40/38/36/34 ☻☻ 40/37/34/31
Sylas
Base values
- Base Mana 310 ☻☻ 400
Wukong (Top Lane)
- Mana per level: 0.65 ☻☻ 0.8
Q – Butterfly Kick - Mana cost:40 ☻☻ 20
W – Tricky Warrior - Mana cost: 80-40 ☻☻ 60-40
Nerfs
Naafiri
Base values
- Basic armor: 32 ☻☻ 30
- Base attack damage: 57 ☻☻ 55
- Base attack speed: 0.688 ☻☻ 0.663
Rek’Sai
Q – Queen’s Rage
- Excavated base damage removed
- Digged AD Ratio: 50% bonus attack damage ☻☻ 34% – 50% total attack damage
Shaco (Support)
Base Values
- Mana regeneration: 7.15 ☻☻ 6
W – Jack In The Box
- Mana Cost: 50-70 ☻☻ 70 flat
Shyvana
W – burnout
- Basic damage per tick: 10 – 35 ☻☻ 10 to 30
- Bonus AD Ratio per tick: 15% ☻☻ 10%
- On-hit damage: 50% of damage over time ☻☻ 5 – 13 + 5% bonus AD
Tristana
Base values
- Life: 670 ☻☻ 640
- Armor: 26 ☻☻ 30
- Armor per level: 4.2 ☻☻ 4.5
- Magic Resistance: 30 ☻☻ 28
Item changes
Duskblade of Draktharr
- Decay time: 10 seconds ☻ 30 seconds
- Maximum damage: 20% ☻ 18%
Prowler’s Claw
- Decay time: 10 seconds ☻☻ 5 seconds
- Bonus Attack Damage Ratio: 45%/30% ☻☻ 55%/35%
Umbral Glaive
- Lethality factor: 10 ☻☻ 13
Serpent’s Fang
- Lethality factor: 12 ☻☻ 15
Axiom Arc
- Basic Ultimate Ability Cooldown: 5% ☻☻ 10%
