League of Legends: Wild Rift – Katarina is coming with patch 2.1A


Update 2.1A is just around the corner in League of Legends: Wild Rift, and spin-to-win mage assassin champion “Katarina” will finally arrive in the game. Additionally, seven different skins will also be coming to the game in this patch. When she arrives at the game, she could be purchased with gold/wild cores or made obtainable via in-game missions. Talking about other champions, few of them will be buffed, whereas some will get a small nerf. Additionally, some of the in-game items have also been adjusted by Riot Games. Let’s take a look!
Katarina
Katarina, the Sinister Blade, is a mage assassin champion who is mostly played in the middle lane. She is considered one of the most deadly assassin champions because of her mobility and the resets on her abilities after a successful enemy takedown. As per Riot, she will be released later in this 2.1A patch.
The following skins will be coming in either patch 2.1A or 2.1B:
- El Tigre Braum
- Super Galaxy Shyvana
- Omega Squad Tristana
- Omega Squad Teemo
- Omega Squad Fizz
- Bilgewater Katarina
- Death Sworn Katarina
Champion Changes
1. Ashe
Riot is going to buff Ashe slightly by reducing the cooldown on her first skill.
(Skill 1) Ranger’s Focus
Cooldown: 8/7/6/5 s → 7/6/5/4 s
2. Darius
Darius was struggling a bit in higher-ranked games. As a result, Riot will adjust him a bit.
(Skill 1) Decimate
Missing Health Heal %: 12 to 36% → 15 to 45%
(Skill 3) Apprehend
Slow Duration: 1s → 1.5s
3. Ezreal
Riot feels like Ezreal is not dishing out the damage he used to in patch 1.1, so tuning him a bit in this patch.
(Skill 1) Mystic Shot
Base Damage: 20/50/80/110 → 20/55/90/125
4. Lulu
In this update, Lulu sees a nerf after her win rates skyrocketed in the ranked games.
Base Stats
Base health reduced: 570 → 530
Movement Speed: 330 → 325
(Skill 2) Whimsy
Polymorph Duration: 1.25/1.5/1.75/2s → 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 s
(Skill 3) Help Pix
Shield Duration: 5s → 2.5 s
Cast Range: 7 → 6
Items
Blade of the Ruined King
Well, BOTRK was being built by every single marksman in the game. It is going to be tuned for better results for melee champions.
- Attack Damage decreased: 30 → 20
- Attack Speed increase: 30% → 35%
- Drain Movement Speed Duration: 3s → 2s
Liandry’s Torment
This item is best known for its passive effect. However, in this patch, Riot is going to bring down its AP damage.
- AP Damage decreased: 90 → 70
- Total Purchase Cost: 3150 (Unchanged)
- Combine Cost: 800g → 950g
Haunting Guise
- AP power: 35 → 25
- Total Cost: 1450g → 1300g
- Upgrade Cost: 950g → 800g
To read about other changes to champions like Miss Fortune, Olaf, Vayne, and Xayah, and about the free-to-play champion rotation, check out the official blog post for patch 2.1A.