The League of Legends Patch 26.14 Preview is here, the first patch since the week break Riot Phroxzon on X.
Locke
Locke has had a really resonant start. Players have resonated with his executes, resets and stack into burst gameplay
he’s shown to be a little skill skewed in the same way that a Katarina, akshan or other resetty, roamy champions might be, but not overly so. That said he’s still a bit strong when account for mastery growth and true power level
his level of early game snowballing is a bit too high right now. We think his damage is appropriate if he needs to work a little harder to access it. As a result we’re nerfing his waveclear (currently) to hit his ability to access it so reliably
we know that one of the things that players find confronting is his damage output right now, but we think it’s valuable to retain these types of unique edges in the game for champions
Systems
- Rocket Belt has been one of the premier items for mages (especially immobile) at the highest level for several months now.
- We like and embrace this type of innovation, but it’s also providing a bit too much versatility and removing a core weakness of these champs (ability to be killed), so forcing a bit stronger of a tradeoff
- The other major systems change for this patch is a nerf to the mid boots upgrade for gluttonous greaves
- it’s adding a nice texture for playing say, mid vs top riven, but it’s also the strongest performing boot in that lane and lacks clear counterplay
- again, the innovation here is great, but just a bit strong
T1 Worlds Skins
LoL Patch 26.14 will also see the T1 Worlds skins added to the game.