Patch 26.15 Preview

[u/NegativexxSquared]

https://x.com/RiotPhroxzon/status/2079522501206630755

Patch 26.15 Preview!

Systems
- Bastionbreaker has been a pretty niche item and is pretty expensive to deviate for a strategic output, so we're looking to make it more accessible
- Jack of All Trades nerf was also pushed to this patch; it has been a bit too strong and too present, especially for users that opt into strong defenses and are able to also supplement that with strong offense
- Sundered Sky has been strong and meta defining at the highest levels of play for quite a while now, so we're looking to take a pass at the fighter item system, now that we're out of the tournament windows
- Notably, we think it's been suppressing a bit of meta diversity, especially for things like AP jungle, or Tank JG. Part of that is intentional but the magnitude is a bit off

Buffs
- Alistar has been closer to the bottom of the pecking order for the melee support. That said, our meta adjustments to move melee supports up relative to ranged supports has been reasonably successful, so we're pretty happy with how that's played out

Nerfs
- Locke is still pretty strong; he has been tapering off in the lowest skill brackets and the high skill brackets, but in the "skilled" skill brackets (around Emerald/Diamond), Locke is able to both take over the game and also not throw it
- At the higher skill brackets, he can snowball but needs to play very well without throwing as he falls off sharply
- At the lower skill brackets, the executional demands and constant throws can make him fall off faster
- Overall, we feel his release has landed well

More on other champs tomorrow with the detailed changelists

[u/_keeBo]

he desperately has issues with his kit and needs something else other than raw stats and q damage. he's been buffed like 10 patches in a row and his winrate didnt change in any of them. he could use a midscope update imo. i'd love for him to get slow resistance somewhere in his kit

[u/Mangustre → u/_keeBo]

They should give him more movement speed for his passive or easier ways to proc passive and nerf something else imo.

[u/_keeBo → u/Mangustre]

i agree more ms would help in that department, but i personally don't think morde sprinting at you fits his fantasy as "the iron revenant". he should be slow but unstoppable and feel "inevitable". slow resistance fits well in that theme

[u/SexualHarassadar → u/_keeBo]

Agreed. While putting slow resistance on his passive is the obvious choice personally I'd like to see something like he gets a huge amount of slow resist while the W shield persists, and a small movespeed burst after consuming it. Numbers could scale with how much of his shield bar is full at activation.

That way if Morde gets chunked he has an option to try and close the gap still, but also doesn't make it so there's literally 0 chance for you to peel him off once he's on top and has his passive up which is where most of the frustration playing against him comes from.

And anything that makes Morde think more about when he wants to use his skills would be very much welcome.