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Support players are about to widen their champion pool in Wild Rift Patch 3.2B as Nautilus and Pyke debut! This is the first patch that the 2022 Wild Rift Icons Global Championship will be played on.
We’re tackling a few champions that have been dominating forces in their roles, and also revisiting the jungle to make some systematic adjustments after our previous changes. Nautilus and Pyke are also making a splash this patch, with their debut. Whether you like to set your team up for some gnarly wombo combos, or help them “secure” the kill, they’re ready to help you bring a little bit of salt to the Dragon Lane, no matter your style.
New Champions
Nautilus, The Titan of the Depths
A lonely legend as old as the first piers sunk in Bilgewater, the armored goliath known as Nautilus roams the dark waters off the coast of the Blue Flame Isles. Driven by a forgotten betrayal, he strikes without warning, swinging his enormous anchor to save the wretched, and drag the greedy to their doom. It is said he comes for those who forget to pay the “Bilgewater tithe”, pulling them down beneath the waves with him—an iron-clad reminder that none can escape the depths.
Nautilus and his anchor will be hitting the rift on June 21, 2022 at 0:01 UTC.
Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper
A renowned harpooner from the slaughter docks of Bilgewater, Pyke should have met his death in the belly of a gigantic jaull-fish… and yet, he returned. Now, stalking the dank alleys and backways of his former hometown, he uses his new supernatural gifts to bring a swift and gruesome end to those who make their fortune by exploiting others—and a city that prides itself on hunting monsters now finds a monster hunting them.
Dive under the depths and strike fear into your enemies as Pyke after he releases on June 21, 2022 at 0:01 UTC.
Events
The Icons 2022 event will begin on June 13, 2022 at 8:01 UTC.
The Rise from the Deep event will begin on June 21, 2022 at 8:01 UTC.
Champion Changes
Draven
The Glorious Executioner hasn’t been meeting our axe-spectations lately, so we’re increasing his base Attack Speed and buffing the payout Draven gets for kills to make him more threatening when snowballing. We’re also making Blood Rush’s cooldown shorter, so it's a little more forgiving when you accidentally drop one of your axes (don’t worry, it happens to us too).
- Base Stats
- Base Attack Speed: 10% >>> 20%
- Passive – League of Draven
- Gold reward: 50g + 4 × stacks >>> 80g + 4 × stacks
- 2 – Bloodrush
- Cooldown: 12s >>> 10s
Evelynn
Evelynn has always had a strong presence in the jungle, especially in higher level play. But, with the recent systematic changes that we’ve made she’s crossed the line into nerf-worthy territory. We believe Evelynn gets most of her power from her ability to invade, gank, and secure kills in the early game, so we’re cutting back on some of her strength in those areas.
- Base Stats
- Base movement speed: 345 >>> 335
- Base health: 650 >>> 570
- Health per level: 105 >>> 115
- Health at level 15: 2120 >>> 2180
- 2 – Allure
- Slow/Charm duration: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2s >>> 1/1.25/1.5/1.75s
Irelia
Recently, Irelia has been a prominent and powerful pick across a variety of roles while also being extremely frustrating for players to play against. We’re cutting down on her burst and the duration of her soft crowd control, to bring her power down and alleviate some of the pain players have been experiencing when facing this Blade Dancer.
- 3 – Flawless Duet
- Base Damage: 100/150/200/250 >>> 80/130/180/230
- Ultimate – Vanguard's Edge
- Wall Slow duration: 1.5s >>> 1s
Lulu
Since the addition of the new keystones, Lulu has skipped her way right back to being one of the strongest supports, especially in higher level play. To combat this, we’re bringing down the amount of purple…we mean powerful utility she can grant her allies.
- 2 – Whimsy
- Movement Speed: 30% + (5% per 100) >>> 20% + (5% per 100)
- Ultimate – Wild Growth
- Health: 300/450/600 >>> 250/400/550
Master Yi
After recent nerfs, Master Yi has been clearing jungle camps more slowly than we’d like to see. To address this, we’re amping up the bonus damage to monsters that the Wuju Bladesman deals with his Alpha Strike.
- 1 – Alpha Strike
- Bonus damage to monsters: 80/110/140/170 >>> 95/125/155/185
Morgana
Previously, we made changes to Morgana to try and help her out in the Dragon Lane, but we didn’t go far enough. So we’re here again to give her a boost that will allow her to cast a few more dark bindings and a larger black shield, so she can provide some more support to her allies.
- 1 – Dark Binding
- Cooldown: 10s >>> 9s
- 3 – Black Shield
- Magic damage absorbed: 80/140/200/260 + 70% Ability Power >>> 80/150/220/290 + 60% Ability Power
Tristana
Tristana has been struggling for a while, and the new keystones haven’t helped her out. To lend this Bandle gunner a hand, we’re boosting her scaling power so she can have an easier time becoming a hyper carry without having to focus so much on snowballing through her lane.
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- Base Stats
- Attack Damage per level: 3.6 >>> 4.55
Wukong
Compared to the other fighters in the Baron Lane, Wukong has been struggling to keep up. To bring the Monkey King’s power level closer to his fellow fighters, we’re improving his overall dueling potential while also giving Cyclone a quality of life update.
- Base Stats
- Base Attack Damage: 58 >>> 64
- 1 – Golden Staff
- AD Ratio: 10/20/30/40% Attack Damage >>> 30/35/40/45% Attack Damage
- Ultimate – Cyclone
- Secondary cast cooldown: 3.6s >>> 3s
- Attack range: 300 >>> 225
- Movement Speed: Gain 30% movement speed over time >>> Gain 20% movement speed
Xayah
As of late, Xayah has been on the weaker side with most of her current power tied to her auto- attacks and un-targetability. We want to see this Rebel soar as a caster carry, so we’re giving her some more pay off when she gets those huge Bladecaller pulls through foes.
- 3 – Bladecaller
- Damage per feather: 55/65/75/85>>> 60/70/80/90
Yuumi
Recently, Yuumi has been a ferocious force in the Dragon Lane, so we’re taking back some of the chin scratches and a previous buff we gave her that allowed her to interact and mitigate damage more often.
- Passive – Bop ‘n' Block
- Cooldown: 10/8.5/7/5.5s >>> 12/10/8/6s
Item Changes
Boots
For a while now, the upgrade to tier one boots has been significantly less powerful than the upgrades from tier one to tier two. While we want to maintain the component being weaker than the upgraded version, we believe the difference between these is too extreme. We’re adjusting the cost of the first upgrade, and pushing it into the second, which will make it feel better to pick up tier one boots earlier in the game.
- Boots of Speed cost: 500g >>> 400g
- All tier 2 upgraded boots cost: 500g >>> 600g
- Total cost remains 1000g.
- This includes Boots of Swiftness, Gluttonous Greaves, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Mercury’s Treads, and Plated Steelcaps
Rune Changes
Keystone: Electrocute
- Base damage: 35 – 189 >>> 40 – 194
Keystone: Font of Life
- Cooldown (melee): 8s >>> 10s
- Cooldown (ranged): 12s >>> 15s
Rune Class: Bone Plating
- Cooldown: 35s >>> 30s
- Damage reduction: 30 – 60 >>> 35 – 65
Jungle Changes
Red Brambleback and Blue Sentinel
We’re happy with how the removal of resistances worked out for the Brambleback and Sentinel camps, but believe they are a bit too tanky overall and so we’re cutting down on their base health.
- Base Health: 2800 >>> 2700
Smite
- Health regeneration when damaging jungle monsters: 30 per 5s >>> 40 per 5s
New Skins
Resistance Katarina and Resistance Miss Fortune will release on June 9, 2022 at 00:01 UTC.
Forsaken Jayce will be available on June 14, 2022 at 00:01 UTC.
Astronautilus and Sand Wraith Pyke will both be available along with the champions themselves, on June 21, 2022 at 00:01 UTC.
Free To Play Champion Rotation
- June 9 – June 15: Fizz, Janna, Jarvan IV, Jayce, Katarina, Kennen, Morgana, Tristana, Xayah, Xin Zhao
- June 16 – June 22: Darius, Ezreal, Kha’zix, Leona, Lucian, Olaf, Shen, Sona, Twisted Fate, Zed
- June 23 – June 29: Akali, Alistar, Caitlyn, Draven, Graves, Rammus, Riven, Teemo, Thresh, Veigar
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