‘League Of Legends’ patch 12.14 ends Gangplank’s reign of terror

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Riot Games has shared the patch notes for version 12.14 of League of Legends. This patch is focused on toning down the power of enchanters and healing-focused champions, incentivising early-game drake fights, as well as bringing Gangplank back in line with the rest of the champion roster.Riot has acknowledged that Gangplank should not be both a lane bully and a late-game carry, so they are taking away his laning power in exchange for some small buffs to his late game.

The base damage from Parrrley (Q) has been reduced at early levels and increased at later levels. Gangplank’s passive now has a +200 per cent crit-scaling on top of the +100 per cent AD scaling in order to incentivise players to build crit.Finally, Powder Keg (E) now has a +0.25 per cent slow per 1 per cent crit chance with the trade-off that the base slow has been reduced.

Like Q, the E damage has been reduced early but increased late and the bonus damage crit has been reduced from 25 per cent down to 10 per cent.Enchanters have been premium picks since the durability patch (12.10) and are now getting adjusted as a result.

This patch brings nerfs to Seraphine and Yuumi, as well as adjustments to Janna. The real nerf is in the item section, however, as all enchanter items are having their healing and shielding numbers reduced.Champions that rely heavily on healing and lifesteal are also having their numbers reduced, Aatrox and Kayn (Rhaast form) are both taking hits to the amount they can heal in fights.