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Riot Games have revealed more details regarding the new items coming to League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch 2.6. The upcoming patch update will deliver the four new items - Banshee’s Veil, Edge of Night, Hextech Megadrive, and Ixtali Seedjar. According to the game designer at Wild Rift Mike “RogueFool” Breese, the new items for Wild Rift Patch 2.6 are focused on providing spell shields and enhancements for support champions. These new items should add more diversity to the item pools of various champions who are having a hard time surviving burst damage. Support champions will also have much more impact and flexibility in matches when the Wild Rift Patch 2.6 drops.
Wild Rift Patch 2.6: New Itemization Improvements
Riot Games have delivered a sneak peek at the new itemization options for Wild Rift in the upcoming major patch update. The two new items Banshee’s Veil and Edge of Night will provide champions with a spell shield that completely blocks the next ability that hits them. The other two items Hextech Megadrive and Ixtali Seedjar will provide support champions with more utility to use to their advantage.
Here are the new items and changes that we can expect in the Wild Rift Patch 2.6;
Banshee’s Veil
This new item provides a bit of ability power and magic resistance with the added bonus of having a Spell Shield buff. This makes it great for protecting yourself against an enemy’s burst combo or avoiding some key crowd control.
Total Cost: 3000g
Builds from Needlessly Large Rod (1440g) + Negatron Cloak (900g) + 660g
70 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Unique Passive - Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability.
Edge of Night
An alternate version of the Banshee’s Veil. This item is better suited for assassins or champions who are aiming for more Armor Penetration with a Spell Shield buff.
Total Cost: 3000g
Builds from Serrated Dirk (1000g) + Jaurim’s Fist (1200g) + 800g
250 Health
50 Attack Damage
Unique Passive - Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability.
Passive - Gouge: 10 Armor Penetration
Hextech Megadrive
This item reduces your active item’s cooldowns when healing or shielding allies or immobilizing opponents.
Total Cost: 2700g
Builds from Lost Chapter (1050g) + Giant’s Belt (1000g) + 650g
300 Health
200 Mana
35 Ability Power
15 Ability Haste
Unique Passive - Tinker: Reduces the cooldown of your active items by 10% (5-second cooldown) when healing and shielding your allies, and by 15% (no cooldown) when immobilizing your enemies.
Ixtali Seedjar
This new item allows you to collect seeds from various plants around the map. These plants can then be planted which gives the same benefits based on the seed when used. Support players can set up game-changing plays for their allies whether it be a clutch Honeyfruit heal for your allies, a Scryer’s Bloom to help secure a dragon, or by leaping over a wall with your very own Blast Cone.
Total Cost: 2500g
Builds from Chain Vest (900g) + Negatron Cloak (900g) + 700g
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Unique Passive - Propagation: When you or an ally hit a nearby plant, it drops a seed that only you can see. You can pick up and replant that seed at any location on the map.
Passive- Spring: 5% movement speed
According to RogueFool, these new items will be monitored and may receive changes depending on how they perform in casual and competitive matches. It will be interesting to see how these new items shake up the meta in Wild Rift.
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