When we learn that a League of Legends champion is about to receive improvements, we are most likely to think about statistics increases. Perhaps more damage to a concrete skill, a higher speed of movement or more life to increase its victorious rate in a moderate but remarkable way. However, there are times for Riot Games to spin much thinner than that. Something that will happen again in the next Patch 12.22.
A unique change in League of Legends
From the next patch, Hakan and Lillian will be classified as melee champions instead of distance fighters. A modification that will not be accompanied by any adjustment in its effective range. That is, although Male will be considered instead of Ranged, they will maintain their 300 and 325 of self-tank reach respectively. In this sense, the adjustment focuses only on improving its performance with certain objects that pay differently depending on the classification of the champion.
Hakan will increase his performance in the line phase, being able to get more out of the support objects that execute subjects. These items end up with minions A with less than half of life in the case of Male champions, while health has to be reduced to an amount of less than 30% for remote champions. Thus, you can win the priority more easily. It is interesting, although perhaps the best part is taken by Lillian. This champion will look considerably improved with conqueror and demonic hug . An increase in power whose effect can be much more dangerous.
Lillian already takes advantage of these two elements in her current state, inflicting a lot of damage to the games and with a great utility. In addition, it is occasionally selected in the upper lane dominating many enemies and exercising as Counter of some of the most fearsome characters. Now, achieving much more large bonuses for its usual objects and runes, can be truly dangerous and one of the best League of Legends characters.
In any case, Riot Games’s philosophy in recent times is quite easy to understand. First, long-term problems are resolved and then the balance imbalances that they could have caused are corrected. In this sense, it is likely that Hakan and Lillian will begin the 2023 preseason as two of the most powerful heroes of League of Legends and is not until the posterior patch that receives adjustments. However, it is certain that The developer will have their eye on them and will not let them dominate for a long time.
As a curiosity, this is the second time in history that a character changes his rating in terms of self-tank range. The only one who had done it until now was Vern, who followed the opposite path: he went from Male to a distance attacker. However, for this character the change was accompanied by an increase in the effective scope of his basic blows. Now argot, with 350 units of scope, is the champion remote with less rank of all League of Legends. However, being a character focused on physical damage, it seems much more complicated to suffer a similar adjustment.