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League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch 3.0a full notes and updates have been revealed by Riot Games. Wild Rift Patch 3.0a update delivers a slew of balance changes for champions, items, and runes that may have a significant impact on the current meta. Aside from the balance changes and new skins in the Wild Rift Patch 3.0a update, the highly requested voice chat feature has returned to the game for beta testing. Depending on the feature’s performance, it may be removed at a later date or become a permanent addition in the future. The new content will be added separately throughout the month of February.
New Skins for Olag and Kennen
Two new skins will be added on 24th Feb. The two new skins are Dragon Slayer Olaf and Infernal Kennen.
Wild Rift Patch 3.0a Champion Changes
Amumu
The range of his Bandage Toss is slightly increased.
Bandage Toss
Range: 8.5 → 9
Camille
A slight nerf to her damage and utility.
Tactical Sweep
Outer cone bonus damage: 6/7/8/9% of target’s max HP → 4/5/6/7% of target’s max HP
The Hextech Ultimatum
Damage: 100/150/200 + 10/15/20% of target’s current health → 30 + 15/20/25% of target’s current health
Zone duration: 2.5/3.25/4 → 2/3/4
Draven
A slight buff to his damage to keep him in line with other powerful marksmen.
Whirling Death
Bonus AD ratio: 110% → 130%
Gragas
A slight buff to his base stats to make sure he can clear jungle camps and gank efficiently.
BASE STATS
Base Attack Damage: 64 → 70
Jayce
Base Stats
Base Attack Damage: 58 → 52
Hextech Capacitor
Movement speed: 40 → 30
To The Skies!/ Shock Blast
Acceleration Gate bonus damage: 50% → 40%
Katarina
A slight buff to her Death Lotus to help Katarina assassinate champions and make a bigger impact in teamfights.
Death Lotus
AP ratio: 260% → 280%
Lee Sin
A slight nerf to his mobility to give enemies a chance to catch him off guard.
Safeguard
Cooldown: 15s → 17s
Morgana
A slight nerf to her damage to give enemies a fighting chance when facing Morgana.
Base Stats
Armor: 30 → 35
Tormented Shadow
Base damage: 8/14/20/26 → 6/12/18/24
Soul Shackles
AP ratio: 2% of target’s maximum health per 100 AP → 1.5% of target’s maximum health per 100 AP
Sett
A slight nerf to his early game power .
Base Stats
Attack Damage: 58 → 52
Base bonus Attack Speed: 20% → 10%
Attack Speed per level: 2.2% → 1.7%
Pit Grit
Right Punch bonus physical damage: 6 × Level → 5 × Level
Knuckle Down
Bonus damage against monsters: 200 → 100
Vayne
A slight nerf to her Silver Bolts to give enemies a chance to punish her during the laning phase.
Silver Bolts
Active healing: 60% of damage dealt → 40% of damage dealt
Active cooldown: 16/15/14/13 → 18/17/16/15
Wild Rift Patch 3.0a Item and Rune Changes
Archangel’s Staff/ Seraph’s Embrace
Archangel’s Staff
Ability haste: 25 → 20
Seraph’s Embrace (Upgrade)
Ability haste: 25 → 20
Lifeline shield value: 15% of current mana + 150 → 15% current mana + 100
Serrated Dirk
Armor penetration: 10 → 8
Edge of Night
Armor penetration: 10 → 8
Youmuu’s Ghostblade
Armor penetration: 10 → 12
Umbral Glaive
Armor penetration: 10 → 12
Inspiration: Mastermind
Mastermind is currently granting too much economic value to junglers, while also improving their clear speeds. A slight nerf will be implemented to make jungle clearing more challenging.
Gold bonus on objective kill: 120 → 40
Free-To-Play Champion Rotation for February 2022
Feb 16 - Feb 20: Akali, Evelynn, Morgana, Pantheon, Rakan, Rammus, Vayne, Veigar, Wukong, Xayah
Feb 20 - Feb 27: Alistar, Corki, Jayce, Katarina, Kennen, Nunu & Willump, Orianna, Rengar, Senna, Varus
A new feature that was not mentioned in the Wild Rift Patch 3.0a: patch notes is the return of the voice chat functionality. Players should take note that this feature is still in its beta testing phase and may receive more changes or adjustments in the future.
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The champion and gameplay changes that the Wild Rift Patch 3.0a update brings could potentially shake up the meta and open up more possibilities for more champions to shine in the game.
