Balance in League of Legends is always a hot topic, and Riot Games is keeping a close eye on the performance of all 160 Summoner’s Rift champions. A few days ago, the studio put a little brake on the domination of Master Yi, the mini redesign of Sivir which had made him too strong, or even Gwen, who was doing a little too well.
But in this case, the situation is somewhat unprecedented since Riot has decided to nerf its last champion, Nilah, who came into play this week. A quick but justified hotfix. Joy Incarnate featured mind-boggling winrates at all levels of play.
justified nerves
Unlike characters who have been in Summoner’s Rift for a while, a new champion reaching a win rate close to or above 50% a few hours after release is a very worrying sign. This is because newcomers to the game tend to improve their performance over time. Moreover, it is a particularly important phenomenon among those who have a little more complex gameplay. However, Nilah’s win rate is too high at all MMRs in the game. Several factors may explain this situation. the first being that Nilah does not have a very complex spell kit compared to other recent champions. Players therefore mastered it relatively quickly, which — at the same time — didn’t give the community enough time to learn how to counter it properly. Another point, probably too high statistics which made her a real monster.
Riot Games therefore intervened and carried out several nerfs to its base statistics, its passive and two other of its skills. They may not be huge, but they hit a number of different areas at the same time.
These changes were rolled out on July 14, and it looks like they’ve served their purpose. Nilah’s win rate has dropped significantly reaching 49.1% at all ranks. Ban level, many of you still do not want to face it since it is still very high: 57.1%, just that.