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Kayle's changes in 9.8

Haburru·4/16/2019, 6:58:32 PM·1 votes·1,057 views
Patch 9.8 Notes

So the patch says that Kayle's attack speed ratio is being changed:

"ATTACK SPEED RATIO0.695 ⇒ 0.667 (the number bonus attack speed uses to calculate its effectiveness, not Kayle's actual attack speed)"

It seems like Kayle's attack speed isn't changing but the attack speed she gets from items and buffs is being reduced anyway. Now I've read patch notes pretty well since I started playing at the end of '09, and I've never seen or heard of a change like this. Has this always been an invisible stat? Am I misunderstanding this? Why not just nerf her attack speed growth if they think her attack speed is too high later in the game? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I'M DUMB!

tl;dr: Looks like Kayle's going to get less AS from items and such without having worse base AS? Maybe not? I'm confused and alone, someone hold me.

4 Comments

SnupRawr4/16/2019, 7:01:48 PM1 votes

I have no idea what they are doing to league anymore :(

Galiö4/16/2019, 7:09:46 PM1 votes

The base attack speed is almost negligable (initially) BUT you feel it as you get your % attack speed boost items... since there is not flat numbers like every other stats.

New kayle had (I'm pretty sure) the highest flat attack speed in the game so she synergized more with attack speed items better than most (regardless of building AP or not, her itemization was innately better due to this). They are trying to force Kayle into needing AP to scale as well as her levels since her most successful builds were crit, bork on-hit, or trinity force builds.

Her weakest builds were the AP ones.

So between the increase AP ratio last patch and trying to hit her base attack speed they are slowly trying to push that out.

A Real Troll4/16/2019, 10:37:24 PM1 votes

i guess this seems better than admitting they made a broken champion design???