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League of Legends is releasing Patch 14.23, which will include some mini-reworks for Smolder. Smolder is the fire dragon champion that released earlier this year in Patch 14.3.
According to Riot Games, the update shall resolve gameplay problems with the way Smolder scales his strength between professional and solo queue play.
Smolder has been suffering from a bunch of adjustments since his launch due to his overwhelming power with hyper-scaling mechanics, especially in professional play. Riot Games revised a number of his abilities to make him not as overpowered while working for casual players.
LoL Patch 14.23 mini-rework changes to Smolder
Passive - Dragon's Practice
- Super Scorcher Breath stack ratio reduced to 30%-52.5% (based on critical strike chance) from 40%-70%.
- Reduced stack ratio from 20% to 10% for Flap, Flap, Flap.
Q - Super Scorcher Breath
- New: Refunds 15 mana if at least one target is killed.
- Base damage significantly increased to 65-125 from 15-55.
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 130% from 100%.
- Damage to non-champions is normalized to 100%.
- Tier 2 missiles adjusted: more base projectiles but less bonus scaling and explosion damage.
- Tier 3 burn mechanics: Slightly increased the AD scaling, removed AP scaling.
W - Achooo!
- Mana cost changed to scale properly from 50 - 70 (at all ranks from 60).
- Glob damage reduced, but bonus AD scaling increased to 60% from 25%.
- Improved explosion damage and AD scaling.
- Non-champion damage nerfed to 100% from 140%.
E - Flap, Flap, Flap
- Reduced the damage of bolts, but increased the AD scaling to 25%.
- More bolts in stacks overall, which promotes better scaling.
R - MMOOOMMMM!
- Cooldown fixed at 120 seconds for all ranks, down from 140-120 seconds.
- Now deals 50% damage on non-champions.
Release date
Smolder will get his mini-rework live with Patch 14.23, launching this Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
It should now be way more balanced and fun to play for this little ball of fire. Stay tuned for more updates once the patch goes live!
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