Wild Rift Patch Notes 3.5a (2024)

The Darkin Blade is performing better than we expect for a new champion, so we’re cutting some of his power across the board.

DEATHBRINGER STANCE

THE DARKIN BLADE

UMBRAL DASH

We’re trying out buffing up this Noxian’s jungle clearspeed to see how he performs in the new jungle that has stronger early clearing power.

HEMORRHAGE

It’s been a moon-ute since we’ve had a look at Diana, and our recent systematic changes have not favored her. So we’re looking to give her a small boost in health and also reducing the cooldown on her Lunar Rush to lend her a hand.

LUNAR RUSH

This slippery Mid Laner is on the weak side, so we’re oh-fish-ially lending him a hand and giving Fizz a little extra damage on his main damage spell.

Playful / Trickster

Recent changes have led to Graves rapidly rising in power in the jungle. But we’d like to help out lane Graves some, so we’re shifting some of his power around in ways that should bring the roles closer together.

End of the Line

Collateral Damage

Running with scissors is overly rewarding in the current game, so we’re making the refund on Skip ‘n Slash more important in the early stages of the game along with a small nerf to Gwen’s early dueling power.

SKIP 'N SLASH

The latest jungle changes have pushed Irelia’s jungle clearspeed to be far faster than we’d like, even with the monster mod on her passive, so we’re making some further adjustments.

IONIAN FERVOR

Since his release onto the Rift, Kayn is performing well below where we’d like. To help him out, we’re increasing the passive gain rate to allow him to reach Darkin or Shadow Assassin faster, as well as giving him some general buffs to help out his overall performance.

THE DARKIN SCYTHE

REAPING SLASH

SHADOW STEP

UMBRAL TRESPASS

Kha’Zix has been a powerful force in the jungle for quite some time. We believe he’s too powerful in the early game, so we’re taking some of his clearing and dueling strength away.

TASTE THEIR FEAR

Olaf continues to wreak havoc in the jungle, so we’re hitting the base damage on Undertow and the monster damage on Reckless Swing. To ensure this doesn’t hurt his skirmishing, we’re giving his Undertow armor reduction on enemy champions in return.

Undertow

Reckless Swing

The armordillo has been strong for most players for a while, but recent jungle changes have favored him and pushed him over the line in terms of power. Arma gonna do what’s needed and take away some of his strength from his ultimate.

SOARING SLAM

Rengar has many different builds, but investing in durability is currently under-rewarded compared to some of the higher damage build options. We’re focusing on giving a boost to Battle Roar as the skill that is highly important for those tankier builds but not as relevant for the high-damage setups.

BATTLE ROAR

Baron Lane Shen is performing well, but we’re looking to give his jungle a bit of a boost so we’re bumping up his primary damage method against monsters.

TWILIGHT ASSAULT

Soraka’s performance later in the game is higher than we believe is appropriate, so we’re cutting down on her higher than normal levels of durability for an enchanter.

Players in higher skill levels can take advantage of Flay’s powerful early ranks while putting points into other skills. We don’t mind optimizations around skill order, but we think the tradeoff for not putting points into Flay isn’t currently meaningful enough, so we’re bumping up the early cooldown.

FLAY

Varus hasn’t been hitting the mark as of late. We’re buffing Hail of Arrows and the Attack Speed on Living Vengeance to reward him even more when he gets kills and assists.

Living Vengeance

Hail of Arrows

Veigar’s laning phase is a bit worse than we’d like. We’re making some small adjustments to his stats to help him out early, but won’t affect his scaling.

We’re happy with how Warwick’s performance has improved as players have learned the champion’s ins and outs, but we think his ultimate can be a little difficult to land at times, so we’re making it wider.

INFINITE DURESS