{"id":1043515,"date":"2021-10-27T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkesport.com\/?p=53997"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:22:59","slug":"wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.5A \u2013 New champions, skins, events released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Riot Games is back with another major update with the release of two new champions in their long lists of Wild Rift champions. This is the first major update under the 2.5 release. The Wild Rift patch notes 2.5A will have some champion changes featuring Akshan, Darius, Galio, and many more. Caitlyn and Jayce will also join the Wild Rift, although the developers are pausing balance updates soon in prep for the Horizon Cup.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-new\"><em>NEW<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"h-new-champions\"><em>NEW CHAMPIONS<\/em><\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"h-caitlyn-the-sheriff-of-piltover\">CAITLYN, THE SHERIFF OF PILTOVER<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"10262021_WildRiftPatchNotes2.5aArticle_LOLWR_Patch25a_Caitlyn.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Renowned as its finest peacekeeper, Caitlyn is also Piltover\u2019s best shot at ridding the city of its elusive criminal elements. She is often paired with Vi, acting as a cool counterpoint to her partner\u2019s more impetuous nature. Even though she carries a one-of-a-kind hextech rifle, Caitlyn\u2019s most powerful weapon is her superior intellect, allowing her to lay elaborate traps for any lawbreakers foolish enough to operate in the City of Progress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caitlyn will be released on November 9 at 00:01 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-jayce-the-defender-of-tomorrow\">JAYCE, THE DEFENDER OF TOMORROW<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-1.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"10262021_WildRiftPatchNotes2.5aArticle_LOLWR_Patch25a_Jayce.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9245513765742545\" data-ad-slot=\"6633258911\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <\/p>\n<p>Jayce is a brilliant inventor who has pledged his life to the defense of Piltover and its unyielding pursuit of progress. With his transforming hextech hammer in hand, Jayce uses his strength, courage, and considerable intelligence to protect his hometown. While revered throughout the city as a hero, he hasn\u2019t taken well to the attention heroism brings. Still, Jayce\u2019s heart is in the right place, and even those who envy his natural skills are grateful for his protection in the City of Progress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jayce will be released on November 9 at 00:01 UTC.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-skins\"><em>SKINS<\/em><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-2.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"10262021_WildRiftPatchNotes2.5aArticle_LOLWR_Patch25a_BewitchingJanna.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Releasing October 28 @ 00:01 UTC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bewitching Janna<\/li>\n<li>Underworld Twisted Fate<\/li>\n<li>Underworld Wukong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Releasing Nov 9 @ 00:01 UTC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jayce Brighthammer<\/li>\n<li>Headhunter Caitlyn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-accessories\"><em>ACCESSORIES<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>You can earn or purchase accessories from a bunch of different sources. Please check the relevant page in game for more information on how to get \u2018em!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-3.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"10262021_WildRiftPatchNotes2.5aArticle_LOLWR_Patch25a_Accessories.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Baubles<\/strong>: Jack-o-Nyantern<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emotes<\/strong>: Your Doom Was Expected!; P-P-P-Poker Face; Hmm\u2026 Perplexing; ???; ???<\/p>\n<p><strong>Icons<\/strong>: Unraveling the Mystery; Unstoppable Sleuths; ???<\/p>\n<p><em>All accessories will be released throughout the patch.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-events\"><em>EVENTS<\/em><\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"h-hextech-heist\">HEXTECH HEIST<\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/107.21.231.196\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released-4.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"200\" alt=\"10262021_WildRiftPatchNotes2.5aArticle_LOLWR_Patch25_HextechHeist.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Jayce\u2019s pocketwatch has been stolen! Help Caitlyn track down the culprit and solve the case.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Hextech Heist event begins November 9 at 00:01 UTC.<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><em>PSA: Due to the impending Horizon Cup, this will be Wild Rift\u2019s last major balance patch for a few weeks to keep the game stable for our first international tournament! New content is still on the way, but expect balance changes throughout November to be for emergencies only.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-champion-changes\">CHAMPION CHANGES<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"h-akshan\">AKSHAN<\/h3>\n<p>As players have gained mastery over Akshan, he has been revealed as a stronger pick than he appeared on previous patches. We like keeping the bulk of Akshan\u2019s power in medium-range combat, so we\u2019re siphoning a small amount of power out of his ultimate to make it a little harder for him to pick enemies off after fights for easy revives.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COMEUPPANCE\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum bonus AD ratio: 12.5% \u2192&nbsp;<strong>10% based on missing health<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Maximum bonus AD ratio: 50% \u2192&nbsp;<strong>40% based on missing health<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-darius\">DARIUS<\/h3>\n<p>Darius has been one of the most dominant picks in Elite level play for some time. To promote champion diversity in the Baron Lane, we\u2019re reducing his ability to heal away damage during trades and skirmishes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DECIMATE\n<ul>\n<li>Heal: 15 \u2013 45% based on enemy champions hit \u2192&nbsp;<strong>12 \u2013 36% based on enemy champions hit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-galio\">GALIO<\/h3>\n<p>While Galio\u2019s support presence was recently nerfed, we\u2019re seeing him get stronger in mid due to the input buffering changes (how his abilities interact with Flash and Protobelt Enchant) in Patch 2.5. This time, we\u2019re further chipping away at his ultimate to address his omnipresence and dominance in pro play.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HERO\u2019S ENTRANCE\n<ul>\n<li>Cooldown: 120\/100\/80s \u2192&nbsp;<strong>130\/115\/100s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-graves\">GRAVES<\/h3>\n<p>Graves has spiked in both power and popularity over the last few patches as the metagame has become extremely favorable for him. We\u2019re taking away some of the defenses he gets for free in order to limit how easy it is for Graves to farm up a few items and carry without fear of dying.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BASE STATS\n<ul>\n<li>Base health: 610 HP \u2192&nbsp;<strong>570 HP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Armor per level: 4.3 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>3.9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Base mana regen: 15 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>12<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-kai-sa\">KAI\u2019SA<\/h3>\n<p>Kai\u2019Sa has been a dominant pick in highly skilled play as well as coordinated play. We\u2019re cutting down on her trading power, burst, and waveclear by lowering the base damage on Icathian Rain, but leaving her scaling intact so she can still perform her role later in the game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ICATHIAN RAIN\n<ul>\n<li>Base damage per missile: 50\/70\/90\/110 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>40\/60\/80\/100<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Max single-target damage:: 112.5\/157.5\/202.5\/247.5 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>90\/135\/180\/225<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-lucian\">LUCIAN<\/h3>\n<p>Lucian is still underperforming in the Dragon Lane despite recent buffs, so we\u2019re increasing the damage of The Culling to bring him in line with other marksmen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>THE CULLING\n<ul>\n<li>Bullet damage: 15\/35\/55 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>20\/40\/60<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-nami\">NAMI<\/h3>\n<p>Nami\u2019s been at the top of the support food chain for quite a while, and we\u2019re looking to bring her down just a touch to let other supports shine. This small nerf to Tidal Wave will make it a bit more punishing to fish for picks and should open Nami up to be a bit more vulnerable to all-ins, which should be her primary weakness as a healing enchanter support.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TIDAL WAVE\n<ul>\n<li>Cooldown: 80\/70\/60 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>90\/80\/70s<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"h-tryndamere\">TRYNDAMERE<\/h3>\n<p>Since the release of his rework, Tryndamere has been overperforming in the jungle. We\u2019re pulling back on the bonus attack speed gained from his passive to reduce the power of his early ganks and tone down his late-game power spike.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BATTLE FURY\n<ul>\n<li>Attack speed from attacking enemy champions: 50\/55\/65\/75% \u2192&nbsp;<strong>45\/50\/55\/60%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-gameplay-changes\"><em>GAMEPLAY CHANGES<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"h-items\"><em>ITEMS<\/em><\/h3>\n<h4 id=\"h-black-cleaver\">BLACK CLEAVER<\/h4>\n<p>Black Cleaver has been underperforming in comparison to other options like Trinity Force and Death\u2019s Dance in every slot for most fighters. We don\u2019t want to swing too far in the opposite direction, so we\u2019re cautiously giving it a light buff to help it compete.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attack damage: 35 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>40<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"h-last-whisper\">LAST WHISPER<\/h4>\n<p>Last Whisper and its upgrades offer extremely powerful anti-armor itemization for physical damage carries. While this is their intended output, they are currently so effective at their purpose that tank defenses are being invalidated by penetration even relatively early in the game. We are reducing the efficiency of these items, particularly Mortal Reminder, and adding per-level scaling to the armor penetration to ensure that tanks have a sufficient window of time to use their defenses before carries scale into a place to cut them down.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Armor penetration: 15% \u2192&nbsp;<strong>10%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"h-mortal-reminder\">MORTAL REMINDER<\/h4>\n<p>See Last Whisper for context.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Armor penetration: 30% at all levels \u2192&nbsp;<strong>16-30% based on champion level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Attack damage: 45 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>40<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Combine cost: 650g \u2192&nbsp;<strong>800g<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Total cost: 2950g \u2192&nbsp;<strong>3100g<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"h-serylda-s-grudge\">SERYLDA\u2019S GRUDGE<\/h4>\n<p>See Last Whisper for context.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Armor penetration: 30% at all levels \u2192&nbsp;<strong>16-30% based on champion level<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Combine cost: 500g \u2192&nbsp;<strong>600g<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Total cost: 3000g \u2192&nbsp;<strong>3100g<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"h-force-of-nature\">FORCE OF NATURE<\/h4>\n<p>Magic resistance choices for tanks are not quite sufficient when tanks are dealing with significant magic damage threats. We\u2019re buffing up the magic resistance on Spirit Visage and Force of Nature slightly to make them more powerful when dealing with magic damage, particularly enemy compositions with multiple threats.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magic resist: 45 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>50<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"h-spirit-visage\">SPIRIT VISAGE<\/h4>\n<p>See Force of Nature for context.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Magic resist: 45 \u2192&nbsp;<strong>50<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-free-to-play-champion-rotation\"><em>FREE-TO-PLAY CHAMPION ROTATION<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Oct 28 \u2013 Nov 3<\/em>: Amumu, Brand, Jax, Miss Fortune, Rakan, Soraka, Tryndamere, Varus, Veigar, Xin Zhao<\/p>\n<p><em>Nov 4 \u2013 Nov 10<\/em>: Akali, Corki, Evelynn, Fizz, Leona, Malphite, Lulu, Rammus, Teemo, Varus<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9245513765742545\" data-ad-slot=\"4975907714\"><\/ins> <\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkesport.com\/news\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released\/\">Source: https:\/\/www.talkesport.com\/news\/wild-rift-patch-notes-2-5a-new-champions-skins-events-released\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1043516,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[]},"genre":[81],"artist":[91],"mood":[],"activity":[],"station_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1043515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1043515"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1043515"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1043515"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1043515"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1043515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}