Massive Olaf updates hit the League of Legends PBE patch 12.8 cycle: Berserker Rage changes, Ragnarok tweaks, and more
Olaf is getting a massive mid-scope update which is scheduled to go live with League of Legends patch 12.9.
However, Riot will be testing out the new changes from the patch 12.8 cycle itself, and players will be able to try out the latest tweak to his kit for a week before it disappears from the PBE and reappears after 12.8 officially drops and the 12.9 cycle begins.
Olaf will be receiving a plethora of changes this time around as the League of Legends developers look to address some of the urgent issues that players have been facing with the Berserker.
In a recent tweet and a subsequent Reddit post, League of Legends’ lead champion designer Riot August shared some of the changes that players can look forward to when the updates arrive on the test server.
Riot August suggested that one of the main objectives behind Olaf’s mid-scope update is to improve his consistency in the Season 12 meta. The developer suggested that in solo-queue, Olaf has consistently had one of the lowest win rates for quite a while, and the proposed changes will look to give him a bit of quality of life, making him a more viable option in the Jungle and the Top lane.
August also stated that Olaf is a:
He further added:
The League of Legends Olaf updates will not be a straight-up buff, but rather changes will be made to almost the entirety of his kit to make him balanced and give him more agency in both the Jungle and the Top lane.
It’s important to note that the updates listed below are tentative and might not entirely reflect in the official update.
The Olaf tweaks will first hit the League of Legends PBE later today as the developers will be testing the changes out before shipping it off with the official patch.
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Passive - Berserker Rage
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