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League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch 2.3a has finally been released with a heavy focus on a summer season theme. Among the events in the patch update is the Pool Party event, with collectibles like emotes and bubbles themed to the summer season. The Wild Rift 2.3a update also brings a number of balance changes for champions, items, and summoner spells as well as a few bug fixes. In addition, a few small changes have been made to the jungle lane that will speed up the process of clearing certain jungle creeps. Detailed information about what content is included in Wild Rift Patch 2.3a can be found underneath.
Wild Rift Patch 2.3a: New Contents
New Skins
The new pool party skins will be released on June 17, 2021, at 12:01 AM UTC.
Pool Party Fiora
Pool Party Lee Sin
Pool Party Leona
Pool Party Lulu
Pool Party Orianna
Pool Party Renekton
Another skin will also be released on June 24, 2021, at 12:01 AM UTC.
Galaxy Slayer Zed
New Accessories
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Emotes: I’m On Duty, Mullet Over, Too Cool For Pool
Icons: Sun’s Out Guns Out
These accessories will be released throughout the Wild Rift Patch 2.3a Update.
New Event: Pool Party
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The event will kick off on June 17, 2021, at 12:01 AM. More details will be revealed at a later date.
Wild Rift Patch 2.3a: Champion Changes
Ahri
Ahri has been one of the best mages in the game due to her utility and burst damage. The devs are lowering her durability to compensate for her burst damage.
Base Stats
Base Armor: 35 → 30
Evelynn
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Evelyn’s a beast when it comes to stealing jungle objectives. To prevent her from easily stealing objectives, her ultimate will now only damage champions.
Ultimate: Last Caress
[NEW] 250% execute damage now only applies to champions
Janna
Her second skill proved to be way too powerful as a support champion. The devs are tuning it down.
2nd Skill: Zephyr
Base Damage: 65/125/185/245 → 55/105/155/205
Katarina
The devs have noticed that her win rate has been skyrocketing in an unusual way. The devs are toning down her kit to keep her from snowballing too much and open up the possibility of counterplay.
Passive: Voracity
AP Ratio: 0.58 - 1.0 based on level → 0.48 - 0.9 based on level
Ultimate: Death Lotus
[NEW] Now sets Katarina’s base movement speed to 125 when spinning instead of being treated as a slow that could be reduced by slow resistance
Leona
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Despite the recent buffs, Leona is still having a hard time keeping up with the meta. The devs are giving her one more buff in her engage skill.
3rd Skill: Zenith Blade
Range: 7.5 → 8
Wukong
The monkey king is having a hard time playing in different lanes other than the jungle. The devs are buffing up his utility to help him survive the laning phase.
1st Skill: Crushing Blow
Healing when hitting minions: 50% → 80%
Xin Zhao
After the recent adjustments to Xin Zhao, he has lost her footing as the jungler. The devs are buffing her up a bit to help him keep up.
Base Stats
Magic Resist: 30 → 38
Health Gained per Level-Up: 105 → 115
Health at Level 15: 2120 → 2260
Wild Rift Patch 2.3a: Gameplay Changes
Items
Bami’s Cinder
Minion and monster damage modification: 50% → 25%
Sunfire Aegis
Minion and monster damage modification: 50% → 25%
Winter’s Approach
Passive: Mana Charge
Mana granted: 8 → 12
Summoner Spells
Ignite
Cast Range: 5.5 → 6
Smite
[NEW] Passive: Restores 4 mana per second while in the jungle or river
System
Outer Tower Gold
The devs are re-balancing outer tower gold distribution to be focused on local gold rather than global gold.
Gold per plate: 100g → 150g
Global gold on destruction: 150g → 100g
Jungle
A few jungle creeps will receive slight adjustments to help clear them faster.
Gromp
Health: 2500 → 2200
Krugs
Ancient Krug Health: 1600 → 1200
Krug Health: 600 → 500
Wild Rift Patch 2.3a: Bug Fix
Fixed a bug regarding champion points. Now, when players reach their champion points limit for their rank, they will neither lose nor gain points after winning a game.
Wild Rift Patch 2.3a: Free-to-Play Champion Rotation
Jun 17 - Jun 23: Alistar, Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Irelia, Orianna, Rammus, Riven, Soraka, Xin Zhao
Jun 24 - Jun 30: Braum, Corki, Darius, Evelynn, Katarina, Kha'Zix, Leona, Malphite, Seraphine, Xayah
