Welcome to patch 6.6, the one where we buff Kha’Zix. There’s lot of other changes, but this one goes out to all you Bug Catchers out there. Oh, and there’s a space dragon if you’re into that sort of thing. Maybe you’ve heard of him. He’s kind of a big deal.
Rather than hammering in all of our changes, we figured we’d shop around for some better ideas on how we want to talk about some of our more outrageous outliers. While 6.6’s got a lot going on, let’s highlight the ones getting the most love: a group we’ll refer to as specialists. These champions are the strategic role-players - the niche pick flavor packets that bring a whole lot of intention to the team composition noodle bowl(or maybe they’re the ones creating a strategy stew all their own). What we’re trying to say (aside from being hungry), is that these specialists have very high strengths that often define a team’s strategic identity. In exchange, however, they typically have stark weaknesses that can be capitalized upon. This is where the generalists we were talking about last patch come in: with their subtler weaknesses (and strengths), generalists usually serve to enhance the flavor of the specialist without also introducing additional tastes.
Food talk aside, we’ve got the usual buffs and nerfs below, but we’ve also shifted more of our focus to the pro scene, as we begin taking a deeper look at what’s causing such slow starts. As such, you won’t see any changes to death timers or early towers/dragons (yet), but we’re not turning a blind eye to the woes of the pros just yet. Consider this patch us dipping our toes into the pool before diving in head-first.
And that’s all for us this patch! We look forward to seeing how you spice up your team-composition dishes, be it through a Shock Blast of poke-sicles, Salted Mantras, or simply turning back time and trying all over again. Whatever champion stew we’re brewing, you can count on it tasting like fear.