Once again, Aphelios is getting nerfed — and the least we can say is that he really deserved it. In the hands of a good player, he's currently an insanely strong champion.
Riot Games seem also to be aiming at supports, with Karma, Lulu, and Sona getting buffed.
Buffed
R — Whirling Death
• Damage changed: 175/275/375 (+1.1 bonus attack damage) → 175/275/375 (+1.1/1.3/1.5 bonus attack damage)
Q — Inner Flame
• Damage increased from 80/125/170/215/260 to 90/135/180/225/270
W — Focused Resolve
• Damage increased from 30/55/80/105/130 to 40/65/90/115/140
Base stats
• Base Armor increased: 28.322 → 29
• Base AD increased: 46.368 → 47
E — Help, Pix!
• Cooldown reduced: 10 → 8 seconds
E — Song of Celerity
• Bonus movement speed on Sona increased: 10/11/12/13/14% (+3% per 100AP) → 25% (+4% per 100AP)
W — Frozen Domain
• Bonus movement speed increased: 20/25/30/35/40% → 30/35/40/45/50%
E — Pillar of Ice
• Slow increased: 15/25/35/45/55% → 20/30/40/50/60%
Q — Bouncing Bomb
• Damage increased: 75/120/165/210/255 → 85/130/175/220/265
W — Satchel Charge
• Max distance of knockback increased: 400 → 500
E — Hexplosive Minefield
• Slow increased: 20/25/30/35/40% → 30/35/40/45/50%
Balanced
After months of tests, Riot Games seems to finally be satisfied with Wukong's rework as they announced on twitter that the current build will be the one making it to live servers on patch 10.6!
W — Terrashape
• Attack speed changed from 20% to 5/10/15/20/25%
Passive — Get Excited!
• Whenever Jinx damages enemy champions, turrets, or inhibitors ⇒ Whenever Jinx damages enemy champions, turrets, inhibitors, or Epic Monsters (that her team kills) within 3 seconds of their death
Nerfed
Q — Calibrum
• Cooldown increased: 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6 seconds (levels 1-9) → 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds (levels 1-9)
• Mark bonus damage reduced: 20/25/30/35/40 (+30% bonus attack damage) (levels 1-9) → 15 (+20% total AD)
Q — Severum
• Damage reduced: 10/15/20/25/30 (+35% bonus attack damage) per hit (levels 1-9) → 10/15/20/25/30 (+30% bonus attack damage) per hit (levels 1-9)
Q — Crescendum
• AD reduced: 130-264% total attack damage (mirror Chakrams 1-10) → 130-223% total attack damage (mirror Chakrams 1-10)
Q — Dredge Line
• Damage reduced: 80/130/180/230/280 → 70/115/160/205/250
After months of tests, Riot Games seems to finally be satisfied with Wukong's rework as they announced on twitter that the current build will be the one making it to live servers on patch 10.6!
