Riven won’t be nerfed in League of Legends Patch 9.6 – provisional patch notes

❘ Updated: 2019-03-12T14:12:00

Multiple League of Legends champions are in line for buffs, nerfs, or adjustments in the game’s next major update, Patch 9.6.

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Riot Games have yet to release the full patch notes for the upcoming major patch. However, Riot’s David ‘Repertoir’ Capurro, Lead Designer on the Summoner’s Rift team, did reveal several of the changes being made across a series of tweets about patch 9.6.

As well as giving a broad look at which champions were up for nerfs and which would be getting buffs in the upcoming patch, he also went into detail on several of the proposed changes.

Kayle and Morganna once again feature in the upcoming patch.

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Repertoir also explained why Riot won’t be adjusting Riven in the immediate future. While many players have complained that she’s currently too powerful, this is apparently a distinctly Western complaint, with North America in particular banning the champion 60% more often than the global average.

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Players who are concerned, however, need not worry too much. “If her performance improves a little bit from where it is now, she’s a likely nerf candidate for 9.7,” Repertoir said.

While this isn’t an exhaustive list of changes coming in the upcoming patch, and these updates could still be subject to change, it does offer a good view of what players should expect from Patch 9.6.

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Patch 9.6 notes revealed so far:

Current state of 9.6:

Buffs: Ornn, Trundle, Urgot, Xayah, Caitlyn, Gnar, Hecarim, Nautilus, Shen

Nerfs: Rek’Sai, Sylas, Jayce, Morgana, Zoe, Leblanc, Overheal, Dematerializer

Changes: Kayle, Ivern, Ghost Poro, Manamune

Notably doing Tear [of the Goddess] stuff instead of Ezreal.

Nautilus

Base Armor: 35.5 >>> 39
Passive per target CD: 9/8/7/6 >>> 6

Gnar

Mega Gnar W – Wallop

CD: 15/13/11/9/7 >>> 7

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Sylas

W – Kingslayer

Healing multiplier at low health decreased 200% >>> 175%

Shen

Q – Twilight Assault

On hit damage: 5/10/15/20/25/30 >>> 10/16/22/28/34/40 (This is for each of the 3 attacks.)

Zoe

E – Sleepy Trouble Bubble

CD: 16/15/14/13/12 >>> 20/18.5/17/15.5/14
E Slow: 10/20/30/40/50% >>> 10/15/20/25/30%

LeBlanc

Q – Sigil of Malice

AP ratio: 0.4 >>> 0.3

W is a stronger reactive defense (instant MS = better dodging)

Default adaptive switching to AD is a buff to lane.

Compensating w/nerfs making lategame more item reliant (less AD+AS/lvl)

Stats

AD per level 3 >>> 2.5
AS per level 2 >>> 1.5
Default adaptive AP >>> AD
Updated recommended items to reflect power of Guinsoo’s and BoRK

W – Celestial Blessing

MS %: 26 – 50 (+.1 AP) >>> 26 – 50 (+.08 AP)
Haste at end of .25s cast >>> Haste at start of .25s cast
No longer has ~1s cancel-able winddown after cast (could be canceled by spamming RMB on your target)

E – Starfire Spellblade

Fixed .25s cast time >>> Cast time now scales with AS (like a normal AA reset)

Dematerializer

Swap it with Flashtraption and reduce its charge count by 1.

Updated Bounty Rules (9.6+)

CS bounties will be roughly 25% smaller and account for support item gold.

NERFED :: CS bounties reduced by approximately 25% (50 Bounty per 150g >>> 50 Bounty per 200g)
NEW :: CS bounties decrease when you lose your advantage
NEW :: Support item gold contributes to bounties
TEAM AVERAGE :: Now account for the addition of support item gold and divide CS gold by 4.3 rather than 4. (This and the above line won’t have a significant impact on bounty values, but make the system a little more accurate.)

Bounty scoreboard visualization

BASE VALUE :: Scoreboards and chat no longer include the 300 base kill gold
FIRST BLOOD :: First blood gold is no longer added to bounty numbers if it hasn’t occurred yet