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It's officially been announced that Riot Games will be releasing a mini-rework for Statikk Shiv, one of the most popular items in League of Legends, in Patch 14.22.
Once a reliable go-to for wave clearing, Statikk Shiv had been temporarily removed in Patch 10.23 but then made a return in the Season 13 Mid-Season update.
However, its recent impact on the game has presented challenges, most notably those to do with how dominant it is in wave clearing and in synergy with certain champions.
Since its return, Statikk Shiv has been hit with a multitude of nerfs to try and balance out the power of the item. Even in its neutered state after wave clear and other statistic changes, Jhin, Kai'Sa, Vayne, and Ashe continue to use the item to great success.
Riot's latest rework attempts to balance out Statikk Shiv even further by shifting its statistics, cost, passive abilities around to promote healthier gameplay.
Statikk Shiv changes in LoL Patch 14.22
Here's a breakdown of the upcoming changes:
- Total Cost: Lowered from 2900 to 2700.
- Combine Cost: Decreased from 650 to 450.
- Attack Damage: Reduced from 50 to 45.
- Attack Speed: Reduced from 35% to 30%.
Unique Passive - Electrospark
- New Effect: Within 8 seconds, your next three on-hit attacks deal 60 bonus magic damage (increasing to 85 against non-champions). This effect chains to the nearest target within 500 units, repeating up to five targets (cooldown scales with level).
- Old Effect: Killing a minion or monster triggered an electric spark that chained to the closest target within 500 units, striking up to six targets and dealing 120 magic damage (3-second cooldown).
Unique Passive - Electroshock
- New Effect: Takedowns on enemy champions within 3 seconds reset the Electrospark cooldown.
- Old Effect: Takedowns triggered a lightning shock that chained to the nearest target within 650 units, hitting up to six targets for 270 magic damage each.
The change reduces the item's total stats, broadly hitting its champion damage and wave clear.
Date of release
The Statikk Shiv mini-rework will arrive in Patch 14.22, scheduled for November 6, 2024. The following changes are mainly for rebalancing its place in the game and keeping it relevant to players.
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