A new patch in League of Legends is currently being tested in the PBE client. We’re talking about Patch 10.2, which is going to roll out to the live servers on Thursday, January 23.

While Patch 10.1 did come with a lot of content for both League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, this patch will focus on balancing some champions and items. This time, even the Rift Herald had to suffer.

Let’s take a look at what’s going to change with Patch 10.2 in League of Legends. We also have an update for Patch 10.2 in Teamfight Tactics here.

Also, some plans for Patch 10.3 are also settled when it comes to nerfing Akali! Read more about her at the bottom of this article.

If you were wondering about Wukong, he had some changes over this week in PBE 10.2, but everything has been reverted to normal, meaning Wukong will continue to be tested in Patch 10.3 – more on this matter in Riot Lutzburg’s Twitter post and comments here.

League of Legends Patch 10.2 PBE Balance Changes

Remember that the PBE patches can change until they head over to the live client, so make sure you visit our League of Legends page for updated patch news. According to Mark Yetter’s Twitter post and what we spotted in PBE this week, here’s what the balance changes will bring in Patch 10.2.

NERFS

Aphelios

Calibrum 

• Q cooldown increased to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 – from 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6
• mark damage changed to [15 (+20% bonus AD)] – from [20/25/30/35/40 (+30% bonus AD)]

Severum

• Q Damage changed to [30% bonus AD per hit] – from [35% bonus AD]

Crescendum

• off-hand AD value changed to [1-2.23 (for 0-10 mini Crescendum)] – from [1-2.64 (for 0-10 mini Crescendum)]

Nautilus

Q – Dredge Line

• damage lowered to 70/115/160/205/250 – from 80/130/180/230/280

Qiyana

W – Terrashape

• attack speed changed to 5/10/15/20/25% – from 20%

BUFFS

Draven

R – Whirling Death

• bonus AD changed to 110/130/150% – from 110%

Karma

Q – Inner Flame

• damage increased to 90/135/180/225/270 – from 80/125/170/215/260

W – Focused Resolve

• damage increased to 40/65/90/115/140 – from 30/55/80/105/130

Lulu

Base Stats

• armor increased to 29 – from 28.22

• AD increased to 47 – from 46.368

E – Help, Pix!

• cooldown lowered to 8 – from 10

Sona

E – Song of Celerity

• haste for allies increased to [10/11.5/13/14.5/16% (+4% per 100 AP)] – from [10/11/12/13/14 (+3% per 100 AP)]
• haste % for Sona increased to [25% (+4% per 100 AP)] – from [10-14 (+3% per 100 AP)]

Trundle

W – Frozen Domain

• movement speed increased to 30/35/40/45/50% – from 2025/30/35/40%

E – Pillar of Ice

• slow increased to 20/30/40/50/60% – from 15/25/35/45/55%

Ziggs

Q – Bouncing Bomb

• damage increased to 85/130/175/220/265 – from 75/120/165/210/225

W – Satchel Charge

• self knockback distance increased to 500 units – from 400

E – Hexplosive Minefield

• slow changed to 30/35/40/45/50% – from 20/25/30/35/40%

Balance Changes to Items

Cloak of Agility

• critical chance lowered to 20% – from 25%

Frozen Heart

• armor increased to 110 – from 100

Stormrazor

• attack damage lowered to 50 – from 55

Balance Changes to Jungle

Rift Herald

• Health lowered to 7125-14250 – from 8250-16500

Akali Nerfs in Patch 10.3 – Patch Preview

Here are Mark Yetter’s ideas about the Akali nerfs that will be tested in the next PBE patch:

For more PBE updates, check out our League of Legends PBE page.