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Patch Chat with the Playtest Team - 7.4

RiotAesah·2/23/2017, 7:54:12 PM·1 votes·82,237 views

new "Minions" art created by inkinesss!

Hey guys! Welcome to Patch Chat, a Dev Corner thread we make to talk about our new patches every two weeks: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-74-notes

I'm Aesah on Riot's Playtest Team, a group of Diamond+ 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 LoL in terms of both balance and fun. We'll be watching this thread to answer as many questions as we can.

7.4 comes with a variety of changes. On the armor penetration front, Black Cleaver has been too consistently powerful as an offensive first item, so some of the power is being shifted into defensive stats. Last Whisper will a lot more effective in it's tank-busting role as a base item without the upgrades. Lethality seems decent right now, so Ghostblade is getting a nerf (Lethality is likely to be looked at more in the near future). For masteries, damage is going down across the board. In the bot lane, we're making Fervor a more attractive option relative to Warlord's Bloodlust which should lead to more exciting high moments rather than farmfests. Champions with notable changes include a big change to Cho'gath's ultimate to encourage tank builds, nerfs to overperforming champions (Maokai, Jhin, Ryze, and Corki), and a roaming buff for Bard.

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

Adam "Afic" Cohen Ben “Cezium” Burkhardt Don “Aesah” Ding Nicolas “Gleeb” Haddad Dan “penguin” Hardison Robert “ROBERTxLEE” Lee Rob "King Cobra" Rosa Nicholas “Nickwu” Smith Blake “S0be” Soberanis Trevor “ThEntropist” Thernes Arnor "TheLastAirbender" Halldorsson

171 Comments

ShadowParker2/23/2017, 8:45:28 PM7 votes

What are your guys' thoughts on the interaction between Olaf ult and blast cone?

I just remember this game where an Olaf on my team was trying to escape the enemy with his ult active and so he hit the blast cone and didn't go anywhere. He ended up dying.

jesuisunParpaing2/23/2017, 9:31:15 PM7 votes

Hi, in the name of every single Yorick main when will u release a new Yorick skin? You guys only release only one skin on more than 5 years, while champs like tf or teemo got at least more than 9 skins...item 3070 Yorick item 3070

Ark Angel HFB2/23/2017, 8:41:13 PM6 votes

Did any of you actually test how the sweeper change is destroying Shaco's start?

A lone support can now clear my whole starting camp of boxes from over a wall... before recalling with enough time to switch to yellow trinket and get to his jungle in time to leash.

Regalia2/23/2017, 7:58:35 PM6 votes

IS there a reason why you prefer nerfing lethality instead of addressing the itemization problem that ADC suffer atm ?

Sloope2/23/2017, 10:12:57 PM5 votes

Got a quick question regarding the rotating game mode "ARURF". Are you ever gonna go back to normal URF or is ARURF the new "normal?" One of the really nice things in the original URF was setting up ridiciouls teamcomps or testing how busted a specific champ is with 80% cdr and no spell costs.

Not here to complain just wondering if OG URF will rotate in as well as ARURF.

Other than that the patch looks fine (y)

/Sloope

KnightofMorrigan2/24/2017, 2:22:48 AM5 votes

"WELL-EARNED Wards now grant full gold to both the player who revealed them and the player who killed them (bonuses don’t stack if the revealer also kills the ward)"

#supportbuffs [zombie-nunu-hearts]

Mister Fishey2/23/2017, 8:43:37 PM5 votes

Liked and understood all the changes, so no questions. Thanks for all the work y'all do! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Kallian2/24/2017, 5:27:57 AM3 votes

hey, i dunno if you're the ones to ask but are you going to look at quinn sometime soon? she seems so overloaded (especally with lethality)

Illâoi Evê Siôn2/23/2017, 8:14:46 PM3 votes

Any tips on building Cho'Gath now, or do you still build him the same? I thought maybe he'd have more freedom in his item choices because he gets more Health and his damage scales with Health.

Shíny2/23/2017, 10:41:33 PM3 votes

So... it isn't documented officially anywhere, but i was wondering if any of you could tell me how lifesteal interacts with yorick's ghouls? I know it does work , I just don't know how effective it is.

chemical synergy2/24/2017, 5:20:31 AM2 votes

if 70 percent of your player base is in bronze and sliver why are diamonds deciding our fate just a question.

harlynx2/23/2017, 10:11:29 PM2 votes

Hello, I'd really want Wit's End to be a viable item but it's most likely forgotten. How come?

OTK Revanchist2/23/2017, 8:57:06 PM1 votes

Hello Playtest Team!

In regard to the Jhin nerf, what was the reasoning behind cutting power off of his long range map presence?

In the past, Riot has been clear that they tend to focus on honing a champion's strengths and unique attributes and cutting power from unclear or non-defining parts of a champion's kit. I would have expected that for Jhin, the marksman defined by his long range presence (ult damage, slow, snare) with a clear weakness in lacking up-close DPS (reload mechanic), that power would have been taken from his still somewhat high short range DPS rather than his long range presence. Thanks for your time, guys!

Kei1432/23/2017, 8:25:19 PM1 votes

fire first, read your other responses later.

  • iyo, what is the biggest nerf in this patch?
  • do you guys ever tilt in your test games?
  • damage creep is no long as creepy, how do you think tanks will fair?
  • What do you think will be the new bot (includes support) lane meta this patch?
  • Is this the new juggernaut meta?
  • why did cho's r/w not get released in 7.3 ? we even saw the changes yanked, but the same ones came back.
  • funny / frustrating stories with testing new cho?
EROTIC RAID BOSS2/23/2017, 8:39:53 PM1 votes

I don't play a lot of support but bard is definitely my favorite. what kind of impact did you see from the chime speed buff?

Spideraxe2/23/2017, 7:58:05 PM1 votes

Heyyo, guess i'm early so i'll start by asking about the lethality, are there any plans for Duskblade since the other two lethality items are getting nerfed and do you guys feel its more of an item problem rather than a state problem. And one more thing can actually ask questions about playtesting in general

Knight Sky2/23/2017, 9:11:25 PM1 votes

Hello riot playest, I would like to know if anything is going to be done to buff taliyah? Im sad about her because i love her but shes so bad at the moment I cant play her. Will she be recieveing any sort of buffs or changes in the future?