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Patch Chat with the Playtest Team - Patch 7.11

RiotRiot King Cobra·6/1/2017, 7:57:50 PM·1 votes·27,597 views

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Hey, everyone! I'm Riot King Cobra and it's time for another round of Patch Chat! These threads serve as opportunity for us to talk about the patches that come out every two weeks. You can find the most recent patch by following this link: Patch 7.11 Notes.

I'm on Riot's Playtest Team, a group of high elo players who play with the new champions, reworks, balance tweaks, items, and map updates before they are released. It's our job to the test the changes that our designers come up with and ensure that we're introducing positive changes to League in terms of both balance and fun. Ask us questions - we'll try to answer as many as we can!

In Patch 7.11, we've introduced updates to Rek'Sai, Kindred, and Malzahar! We also used this patch as an opportunity to follow up on midseason with changes to some struggling tanks and Maokai and Zac. Beyond this, we also are toning down some champions like Ahri, Caitlyn, Lucian, Syndra, and Yasuo. There's other changes as well, be sure to read the patch notes! :)

All of us on the Playtest Team are avid gamers so feel free to talk to us as fellow LoL players!

Ben “Cezium” Burkhardt Don “Aesah” Ding Dan “penguin” Hardison Robert “ROBERTxLEE” Lee Rob "King Cobra" Rosa Nicholas “Nickwu” Smith Blake “S0be” Soberanis Trevor “ThEntropist” Thernes Arnor "Hjarta" Halldorsson Brian "Madness Heroo" Pressoir

140 Comments

FlashnFuse6/1/2017, 11:11:41 PM10 votes

I've seen a good amount of clips of Rek'Sai's ultimate ability missing. Is that intended to be a dodgeable ability?

Chønklord6/1/2017, 8:09:34 PM8 votes

#Re: Runes Reforged 2.0

##Can you guarantee that I'll still be able to play champions in multiple ways?

Example:

  • Tank Teemo
  • Splitpush Udyr
  • Lifesteal Udyr
  • Max CDR/AP "Blow Em Up" Karthus
  • Spellvamp Jungle Karthus
  • Crit Damage Jhin/Panth/Trynd
  • Max AS Trynd

I have some very specific rune pages that are absolutely a must have setup for certain champions to be viable in certain lanes/roles/playstyles;

##With the new setup it seems like there is a lot less theorycrafting/off-meta viability, and just forcing champions to be played in a certain way only.

LyingOnLine6/1/2017, 8:05:57 PM5 votes

When the hell are you guys going to do something about people just stacking 3 Doran's Rings and winning lane?

iahim986/1/2017, 9:45:58 PM5 votes

Have you guys tried rek'sai top, is she better there or is the intended lane still jungle? Also have you guys encountered the bug where rek'sai ult misses, seen a couple of videos with it, is like I am watching ww ulting and barely missing.

Erdamon6/1/2017, 9:20:25 PM4 votes

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/3T6FmAWY-quick-gameplay-thoughts-may-2

Back in May the 2nd Meddler mentioned there would be some Rumble changes coming up, it kept on going for a few weeks but there was still nothing on the pbe, and now there's a complete radio silence.

What happened to Rumble changes? Were they cancelled, postponed, or are you waiting for the most comfortable moment to slip them past PBE onto live servers?

Fızz6/2/2017, 3:12:33 PM2 votes

@ThEntropist i know you play Fizz, and use to talk a lot on /r/Fizzmains

Any plans for Fizz to lower his huge banrate but at the same time not nerfing him?

Spideraxe6/1/2017, 7:59:45 PM2 votes

Hi guys my question for you all today is were there any cool scrapped abilities you guys tested when reworking Rek'Sai, the big 3 tanks, and Rift Herald since there wasn't a midseason Q&A, also I heard Gleeb said he left Riot during an AMA so may wanna fix that

KillGoldfish6/1/2017, 10:05:54 PM1 votes

Hi! I love Rakan, and I've been doing pretty well on him since his release. However, he doesn't seem to be having much success in solo queue: his win rate has been significantly below-average, even as his play rate tanks. Some related questions:

  1. How do you feel about Rakan's laning right now? Personally, playing him into a ranged bully like Sona borders on impossible, since Rakan has neither range nor durability.
  2. Is it okay that none of the support starting items are perfect fits for him? At least Thresh gets the auto attack damage bonus for last-hitting with Relic Shield.
  3. He seems to be one of the weakest supports in the game early (perhaps the weakest), and one of the strongest late (perhaps the strongest). Is this an intentional part of his identity, or something that will be addressed later?
  4. Did the shift in power from his E into his W and Q have the intended effect?

Thank you!

virilio05106/1/2017, 8:02:19 PM1 votes

Do you think that with the current rework to Kindred she will be played more frequently on bot rather than jg?

Ÿour Mother6/1/2017, 11:29:04 PM1 votes

How about making an item that will stop the high masses of crit coming in? Something like crit reduction..?

Aterpater6/1/2017, 8:31:33 PM1 votes

Ok, my question about Malzahar (as somebody who doesn't just suffer him but plays him aswell):

Why all the messing around with poor voidlings and still no proper rework of his ult?

I mean, imho, voidlings were fine even before the nerf. Sure, they are annoying but situational and counterable and requires a bit of brainwork from both Malz and the opposition. Just like Heimer's turrets, Zyra's plants, tracking Ori's ball, etc. They are fine. But Malz's R is a simple point and click "delete enemy champ" ability. Sure, it forces them to buy QSS but even then it's very bland tbh. (I know there are other very similar abilities all around the champ pool, I find them bad design aswell...) The change from %hp to flat damage doesn't change the core of the problem.

So, I don't really get you guys about this...