League of Legends patch 10.13: AP Kog’maw and Nunu are back
Also, RIP Yuumi.
Two names we have not spoken of in a long time, Kog’maw and Nunu, headline patch 10.13 as they both have received significant AP ratio buffs.
In the nerf department, Riot is dampening some overpowered meta picks — Aphelios, Ornn and Yuumi.
Here’s the full run down of winners and losers in League of Legends patch 10.13:
Q – Caustic Spittle
R – Living Artillery
A champion that can adopt multiple builds, these changes empower AP Kog’maw and possibly even AP on-hit Kog’maw, who benefits from items like Guisoo’s Rageblade and Nashor’s Tooth.
Since AP Kog’maw can go to mid or bot lane, this will open up options in drafts.
Q – Consume
R – Absolute Zero
The last time Nunu was played in professional play was in LCS Summer 2019 when Team Liquid drafted a TFT Glacial comp against TSM in a regular season game that had no effect on their standings.
Jake Kevin “Xmithie” Puchero took Aftershock, went full tank, out-farmed opposing jungler Sejuani, and won.
What makes Nunu unique is Consume. Its healing ability now has an almost one-for-one ratio that is definitely going to make him viable in the jungle. The boosted shield on Absolute Zero will also help him out when he channels his ultimate.
Overall, Nunu now benefits even more from an AP bruiser build that includes Hextech Protobelt-01 and Liandry’s Torment.
Winner: Nocturne
Passive – Umbra Blades
Nocturne only has two skills that do AoE damage: Duskbringer and Umbra Blades. The reduced cooldown on his passive means he’ll be able to proc the AoE auto attack more, and speed up his clear in the jungle.
Because Nocturne doesn’t fit into the current early game jungle meta, this change helps solo queue win rates more than pro play.
Loser: Yuumi
E – Zoomies
Starting from rank two, Zoomies will cost exponentially more because the extra cost is calculated based off her max mana.
The problem with Yuumi’s non-interactive champion design is that she’s either in the meta and does perfectly well blind picked, or is completely out of it. It is hard to find a middle ground.
Base stats
Q – Crescendum, the Chakram
R – Moonlight Vigil
2020’s god-tier AD carry has gotten yet another nerf, but will remain a top tier pick because Riot did not target areas which make Aphelios strong. He’s not reliant on his ultimate to excel in fights, but rather, his combination of guns.
Don’t expect him to drop out of the meta anytime soon.
Loser: Ornn
Passive – Living Forge
In short, this means that Ornn cannot buy health and mana items through Living Forge in lane and immediately benefit from the extra stats. Instead, the extra stats will only start being active when he recalls to base.
This also means that buying resistances in lane through Living Forge is the only stat that will benefit him immediately, which isn’t as effective.
The rationale for this is to discourage him from being easily blind picked in pro play, but it will definitely impact his solo queue win rates too.
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