LoL 13.23 FULL Patch Preview - Champion and Turret Changes

While these Champs are undoubtedly strong for Elite players, some champ has to be the strongest. In regular play, these Champs are pretty balanced, so we're leaving them as is, rather than putting them back in a pro jail. They'll be a bit strong in elite for the last few patches of the year.

Orianna is anticipated to receive minor buffs in Elite play, potentially boosting her pick rate.

Syndra is another champion preparing  for slight buffs to enhance her performance in Pro play.

We previously reverted a W cooldown buff last second in Dev, so we're restoring it here and adding a bit more punch to her harass. Overall, she's directionally looking better in her more interactive shape and will hopefully be in a better spot once she has the power to back that up.

The latest patch brought several significant changes to Janna, giving her a more aggressive edge. Developers are actively working to further enhance her threat level in the lane.

Buffs to improve her general power level, without committing her long term shape one way or the other (since she's very dependent on items, we're waiting to see how the item update affects her). This change is more oriented in buffing her spells.

It appears that the team has responded to player feedback, addressing concerns about Riven's performance. In response to complaints about her weakened state, she is set to receive minor buffs to her spells, aiming to compensate for her current shortcomings.

Trundle has been weak for a while, this buff looks to increase Sheen Synergies and make trading and pushing out waves in top lane less of a strain on his resources.

Trundle, having been out of the meta for a while, is expected to make a comeback in the Top Lane with the upcoming buffs.

Not mentioned here are the on hit changes to Azir. Check @MadnessHeroo Twitter for details.

W Attacks are expected to trigger on-hit effects on 50% damage value.

He's struggling in mid and supp, giving him a buff to P that rewards his core gameplay loop.

After months of complaints from the League of Legends community, issues with Vel'Koz are finally being addressed.

Draven's R is now going to return to him even if he is dead.

A nerf to her early fighting power, as well as a slight nerf to her scaling. We're really happy with how she's turned out and are just continuing to make sure her power level is adjusted as players continue to get better on her.

Riot Games is planning another set of nerfs to Briar. Concerns arise about the possibility of rendering her irrelevant in-game, given her kit's capacity to easily punish mistakes, contributing to the champion's unique design philosophy.

Changes here are focused around reducing his ability to fight early levels with Q mana cost changes, moderate nerfs to his level 6 spike. Long term, we intend for K'Sante to have weaknesses against duelists (Camille, Fiora, Jax, Gwen, etc.) where he loses in both fighter and tank form. His strong level 6 was giving him too much leeway in these matchups, but his shape overall is looking promising. Through these Q nerfs, we're trying to make his tank form have a bit less damage, so he is not as threatening all the time and has more windows to play against.

K'Sante has been too powerful of an opponent recently. Devs are addressing this issue, nerfing his tank form.

While we intend for Naafiri to be a champion that's great for regular play, she's getting a bit too much throughput from her packmates (average players are less likely to play expertly around them when playing against her). We're reducing their strength here slightly to increase the relative importance of hitting Q to have success.

Naafiri is considered overpowered, especially in regular play. She's receiving a much-needed nerf by increasing the importance of successfully hitting her Q.

As mentioned yesterday, he's still too strong and been so for a while. With his Shojin builds, his Q is coming up a bit too often, which makes his windows of counterplay a bit too low. We're pulling back on some of this slightly.

Devs are reportedly considering a nerf for Jarvan, whose win rate heavily relies on the Goredrinker and Spear of Shojin build.

Our nerfs last patch didn't go far enough. They were intended to reduce the power of bot more than mid and while directionally accurate, the nerfs need more oomph behind them.

Having dominated the scene, Riot Games is prepared to make slight adjustments to him, even after a recent nerf in the last patch.