Wild Rift: Patch 4.4c Breakdown, Meta Guide & Analysis

Nerfed Champions

• Fizz – Basically, he has been nerfed for Jungle (Passive DPS). Expect his clear to be significantly slower, though lane numbers are left untouched.

• Sivir – Bounce damage, as well as cooldown reduction & movement speed bonus from Ult has been reduced. With these changes, you can expect her DPS to slightly go down.
  • However, these changes don’t really affect her that much, and she’s still a threat with her exceptional waveclear and huge AOE damage in teamfights.

Adjusted Champions

• Yone – Buffed for lane; he’s now tankier (with more armor & shield from 2nd ability) and deals a bit more damage as well. These changes will make him have more survivability and trading power with other Baron laners.
  • However, he’s been nerfed for Jungle; his 1st skill deals 20% less damage to monsters which will be detrimental to his early game clear, which goes up until late game since it’s percentage.

Sona – To sum her rework up: She still has the same playstyle – but simpler (at least for her passive), but besides her being squishier with less Health per level, here’s a few notes:

• Basic abilities work the same, but numbers are changed; 1st Ability deals more damage, while 2nd ability heals less – 3rd ability is left untouched.
  • The auras from the first two abilities have become weaker.
  • But all 3 basic ability auras are now empowered by her ultimate’s passive for 20 seconds after activation.

• Her passive works different now; instead of 3 different effects, it only mini-stuns now (0.5), which can be more effective when mixed with her other abilities (although she no longer has the mini-Exhaust from old passive).
  • Moreover, she still has the “casting a basic ability placed other basic abilities on a 0.-54 cooldown” effect, which lets her stun an enemy twice in a row by:
    • First stacking your passive (3) -> Attack target for stun -> Use 3 basic abilities quickly for passive again (3).
• Not only that, but the previous passive from her ultimate (Basic ability cooldown reduction) has been moved to her innate passive as well, which scales per level.
  • This will make her scaling more impactful per level, compared the previous one which only gets more powerful every time you get a level on your ult (Level 5, 9 & 13).

• As for her ultimate, it works uniquely now – she throws a sphere which travels in an AOE; units that are first hit get stunned for 1 second, meanwhile following instances are slows.
  • Combined with her innate passive ability, she can stun target(s) 3 times in a row.

Buffed Champions & Solari Chargeblade

• Ashe – DPS & attack speed from 1st Ability is increased which encourages attack-speed centric & on-hit builds.

• Gwen – Her 1st Ability’s damage has been increased by quite a lot which is good for both Jungle and Lane. In full stacks, the increase is a total of 8% bonus damage, which is even more significant in the later stages of the game.

• Master Yi – Base damage and scaling has been increased for his 3rd Ability which is one of his most important sources of damage; expect overall DPS to increase.

• Nautilus – His 2nd ability gives more shield based on HP, and reduced cooldown when maxed; this will help him have more survivability in general.

• Varus – Huge buffs; damage of both his 1st Ability and 2nd Ability (detonation) has been increased.

• Xin Zhao – AD per level increased; scaling of both instances of 2nd ability has been increased as well, which is a total of 20%. Lastly, the attack speed bonus of his 3rd ability has been increased. Overall, he’ll deal more DPS.

• Solari Chargeblade – it deals more damage and has become cheaper by 100 gold.