Riot Games has revealed the first preview of the upcoming League of Legends 14.4 patch, and in news that will be welcomed by most players, Aurelion Sol is once again on the nerf list after being buffed way too much in the last patch.
In the 14.3 patch Aurelion Sol was given a big rework that was designed to make sure he had to play proactively rather than just sitting back and trying to delay. But this rework proved to be a little too strong, with his win rate skyrocketing with the launch of the patch that made him frustrating to play against. In fact Aurelion Sol was so strong, that Riot released a surprise hotfix that was designed to tone down his strength.
But it seems that this hot fix didn’t do enough, with Matthew “Riot Phroxzon” Leung-Harrison, lead gameplay designer on LoL, apologising for the balance issues on Twitter and saying that they messed up.
Now Leung-Harrison has shared the first preview details of the upcoming 14.4 patch and unsurprisingly Aurelion Sol is on the list of champions to be nerfed. Exact details of what the nerf will be are yet to be revealed, but you can expect it to be pretty significant given how strong the champion has been recently.
Elsewhere in the initial 14.4 preview, Leung-Harrison revealed that there are more changes coming to ranked play, but they are almost where they want to be in terms of calibration and progression. Once 14.4 hits, LP gains in ranks below Emerald will be reduced from +28 to +25, which is closer to the system used in other games such as Dota 2.
Then there is an interesting change regarding the camera, which could have a big impact on how it feels to play LoL. In the 14.4 update, Riot will implement some adjustments to the red-side camera offset that puts the champion a little further up when pressing the spacebar. This basically means you should be able to see more of the direction you are going when you hit space on red side, but with this being a change to a system that has been the same for a long time it could feel strange at first.
The full patch notes are still a week away, with patch 14.4 expected to launch next week. But Leung-Harrison has promised some further preview details in the coming days, and based on these early teases it seems that 14.4 will be a massive patch for League of Legends.
