Riot Games To Hotfix Several Items For Marksman

The recent’ish changes to the League of Legends Meta has hit some Champions harder than others, with many late scaling Crit AD Carries being left in the dust in favor of more unconventional picks. We’ve seen how that has affected professional play, and it seems that Riot understands that fans of more traditional AD Carries are feeling a little left out of the picture right now. In a post on Twitter, Riot Maple has outlined some changes that will be coming in a hotfix today that will hopefully give a little attention to the Champions left behind, without ruining the recent streak of diversity the game has been experiencing.

As a result, we're going to ship the item buffs today and then observe what individual champ followup is or is not necessary on 8.13 and future patches. Current changes are included on the image. pic.twitter.com/ZlwRbkOeSX

— Richard Henkel (@Riot_Maple) June 18, 2018

• Infinity Edge will go down in cost from 3,700 to 3,600
• Stormrazor will have its AD boosted from 70 to 75, and the movement speed buff it applies will change from 10% for 1.75 seconds, to 20% for 0.75 seconds
• Essence Reaver will have the duration of the buff reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds, but will have the buff increase from 30% to 50% attack speed

The changes to Stormrazor and Essence Reaver are aimed to make the effects more powerful, but for a shorter time period, while the cost reduction for Infinity Edge will just make the item a little more accessible overall. Riot Games has shown that the current level of Champion diversity is something they are aiming for, so don’t expect many more changes in the future to revert to the old way of play. In other words, get used to seeing Heimerdinger in the bot lane.