League of Legends to introduce support champion changes in patch 13.3, Radiant Virtue changes, and more
Riot Phreak, the former shoutcaster and current game designer on League of Legends, announced on January 29, 2023, a string of support champion changes, along with updates to Radiant Virtue for the upcoming Patch 13.3.
Ever since the start of season 13, the focus of Riot Games developers has mostly been centered around AD Carries adjustments, fighter item changes, etc. So far, the support champions haven't received any form of love in the current League of Legends season, with champions like Yuumi receiving nerfs back in patch 13.1.
These are certainly quality-of-life changes for these League of Legends engage/mele support champions, considering that the current meta has mainly been dominated by range/enchanter supports.
Riot Phreak explained the reason behind these changes to engage/mele champions, primarily being the state of support picks in professional League of Legends play.
The League of Legends professional play meta has been considerably stagnant as the support champions picked in major leagues such as LCK, LCS, LEC, and LPL have heavily featured picks such as Ashe, Nami, Lux, Heimerdinger, etc.
One of the major reasons why enchanters are so prevalent is due to the current League of Legends meta and the enchanter champions having the ability to buff the team carries.
Alistar
Braum
Nautilus
Pantheon
Pyke
Rakan
Thresh
Radiant Virtue
These changes can be considered healthy as these champions have been underperforming compared to the dominant League of Legends enchanter picks like Lux, Nami, etc.
Whilst the ADC and their massive item changes in the previous patch were debatable, Riot Phreak has been spot-on regarding the changes for these mele-engage champions in patch 13.3.
These changes don't look to entirely shift the support
Read more on sportskeeda.com
