10.18 PATCH NOTES BREAKDOWN

Ahri ( Buffed )

> A nice small boost to Ahri’s sustain in lane because of the passive change that will grant her more healing than before. Change on her W will make her wave clearing easier and faster. Burst of 40% movement speed will make her engages, positioning and escaping better. Even though it’s a nice change, Ahri still has a lot of problems with itemization and midlaners that are currently in the meta.

Ashe ( Nerfed )

> A small nerf to Ashe’s attack damage, because of that nothing will change in the current meta.

Galio ( Nerfed )

> Nothing too major, this will make Galio’s laning phase a little bit weaker than before.

Jarvan IV ( Buffed )

> Boosting Jarvan’s Q damage a little bit won’t make him more picked in the current meta. Because he still has far more issues compared to other junglers.

Kayle ( Buffed )

> This is a great buff for Kayle, even though Q doesn’t restore mana anymore and W costs more. Change on her E will make her far stronger than before with no mana cost and faster misile speed. Her laning phase will be easier and in the late game she will be far more dangerous from now on.

Kog’Maw ( Nerfed )

> Nothing too major, it will make him more squishier in the laning phase and it will be easier to poke him down. Smaller base health growth means that he will have less health in the late game.

Miss Fortune ( Buffed )

> Nice small boost to her attack and movement speed. It will make her early game far move aggressive than before.

Rumble ( Buffed )

> Nice buff to Rumble’s Q. Increasing damage will make his laning pressure far greater while also making him a better pusher. Secondly his Q damage will be enormous in the late game combined with Liandry’s.

Sett ( Nerfed )

> Another nerf for Sett, this will force players to go full damage builds if they want to deal some serious damage. Removing passive’s total attack damage and % damage of target’s maximum health on his Q will make him far weaker against bruisers and tanks. He won’t be dealing any damage if you go full tank as in previous patches.

Shen ( Nerfed )

> Small nerf for strong Shen, even though it will make his trades a little bit weaker, he will still be a meta pick.

Twitch ( Buffed )

> A nice buff to Twitch, even though AP part of his E is not really useful for Twitch, only if he starts building items like Guinsoo’s. Secondly, bolt damage reduction per enemy hit is a great buff to his carrying potential in the teamfights.

Xin Zhao ( Buffed )

> Small buff for Xin Zhao, but sadly it’s not something major that will change his position in the meta.