League of Legends: Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.1

February 2, 2021

Riot has released the patch notes for their new Wild Rift Patch 2.1 update. In this patch, new features like replay and spectator mode are added along with two new champions. Four more champions will arrive in Wild Rift before this patch ends but for now, Xayah and Rakan will finally make an appearance into the game. Here are the official patch notes for Wild Rift version 2.1.

Earlier, Riot Games gave a patch preview and confirmed the release of six new champions along with several events, skins and new features. The Wild Rift Patch 2.1 will be pushed on the servers from 2nd February 2021 and some massive balance changes have been implemented.

Wild Rift Patch Notes 2.1:

New Champions:

XAYAH

The official introduction of Xayah is as follows, “Deadly and precise, Xayah is a vastayan revolutionary waging a personal war to save her people. She uses her speed, guile, and razor-sharp feather blades to cut down anyone who stands in her way. Xayah fights alongside her partner and lover, Rakan, to protect their dwindling tribe, and restore their race to her vision of its former glory.” This champion will be released in February.

RAKAN

The official introduction of Rakan is as follows, “As mercurial as he is charming, Rakan is an infamous vastayan troublemaker and the greatest battle-dancer in Lhotlan tribal history. To the humans of the Ionian highlands, his name had long been synonymous with wild festivals, uncontrollable parties, and anarchic music. But this energetic, traveling showman has left his old life behind, dedicating himself to the cause of his lover, the rebel Xayah. Together, they seek to free Ionia’s wild magic, restoring the vastaya’s birthright.” Rakan will also be released in late February with no confirmed launch date.

New Features:

REPLAYS

After a long wait, Riot has finally added the Replay feature in Wild Rift. Using this feature, players can watch the replays for their last 50 matches. The replay system is implemented in such a way that it is similar to spectator mode and one can view the items, gold and other statistics of teammates and opponents in the real-time.

More details about this feature is as follows:

Replays can be accessed from your Match History page or the end-of-game screen.
Watch the match back as it happened or follow any other player in the game.
Different playback speed settings are available, ranging from 0.5× to 8× speed.
Rewinding/timeskipping is not currently supported.
Replays cannot be used for Practice Mode games.
Replays will expire with each new patch.

SPECTATOR MODE

A new spectator mode is added for watching custom matches and games played by your in-game friends. Riot has implemented a clever approach and added 3 minute delay while viewing others’ matches to avoid any unnecessary interruptions.

The games played in custom mode have no delay and has up to three slots for spectators. This will finally give the competitive Wild Rift a big boost in streaming and viewing matches from a common perspective.

More information about this new feature is given below:

In order to spectate a player in a matchmade game, you must be friends with them.
You must be on the same game version to spectate a player.
If you don’t want to make a… spectacle of yourself, turn off “Allow spectators” in the Settings menu.
When spectating, the map will always be oriented with Baron Lane at the top and Dragon Lane at the bottom

Other Features:

A list of other smaller features which will be added to Wild Rift in Patch 2.1:

Ping Display: Added the ability to see your exact latency in game.
Portrait Lock: By popular demand, added the ability to choose the order in which enemies appear when using Portrait Lock.
In-game Chat: The in-game chat settings have been updated. All / Team / Off is now All / Team / Party. The new Party setting allows for premade party chat while hiding chat from other team members.
Summoner Spell Timers : Added an indicator around summoner spell buttons showing exactly how long spell casts like Barrier and Ghost will be active.
Smite Indicator: Added a visual indicator to indicate reduced gold from minions if using the Smite summoner spell.

Gameplay Changes:

HAND OF BARON: When champions with Hand of Baron buff leave minion vicinity, buff linger duration reduced from 10 → 5 seconds

RIFT SCUTTLERS: Rift Scuttlers now spawn similarly to League PC. At the start of the game, two Rift Scuttlers spawn (one on each side of the map), then one Scuttler on either side is randomly spawned thereafter.

New Skins

Here is a list of skins that will be added to the game throughout the patch:

Lunar Beast Alistar
Lunar Beast Annie
Lunar Beast Darius
Lunar Beast Fiora
Lunar Beast Jarvan IV
Lunar Beast Miss Fortune
Panda Teemo
Cosmic Dawn Rakan
Cosmic Dusk Xayah
Heartseeker Vayne
Sweetheart Rakan
Sweetheart Sona
Sweetheart Xayah

Balance Changes:

Here are some changes implemented to champions and in-game items.

Champions:

CORKI

Corki isn’t delivering on his high-flyin’, high-falutin’ antics, especially given his identity as a marksman mage. We’re adding a bit of satisfaction to his arsenal.

(1) Phosphorus Bomb

AD ratio: 0.5 bonus AD → 0.7 bonus AD

(3) Gatling Gun

Armor and Magic Resist reduction: 4/6/8/10 → 8/12/16/20

(Ult) Missile Barrage

Base damage: 80/95/110 → 80/115/150
AD ratio: 0.25 at all ranks → 0.25/0.45/0.65
Big One base damage: 160/190/220 → 160/230/300
Big One AD ratio: 0.5 at all ranks → 0.5/0.9/1.3

JARVAN IV

Jarvan’s been underperforming for a while now so we’re giving him some buffs to make him a more worthy contender.

Base Stats

AD per level: 3.6 → 4.55

(P) Martial Cadence

Now deals 20 minimum damage

(1) Dragon Strike

Dragon Strike to Demacian Standard dash combo hitbox size: 2 → 2.5

(Ult) Cataclysm

Fixed dash speed: 0.4s → 0.25s

JAX

Jax has been underperforming in matchups we expect him to be stronger in. Amping up his gap closing so he can snowball better, particularly in situations against squishy ranged champions.

(1) Leap Strike

Range: 6 → 6.5
Cooldown: 9/8/7/6s → 7.5/7/6.5/6s
Damage: 55/110/165/220 → 60/115/170/225

KAI’SA

Fixing an issue where Kai’Sa wasn’t hitting as hard as she should.

(2) Void Seeker

Correctly applies Caustic Wounds’ damage to the target hit

KENNEN

Electric ninja rat too strong, especially as a lane bully and burst mage. We’re tuning him down across the board.

Base Stats

Base AD: 58 → 52
Movement speed: 335 → 330

(2) Electrical Surge

Cooldown: 12/10/8/6s → 15/12/9/6s

(3) Lightning Rush

Base damage: 85/140/195/250 → 70/125/180/235
AP ratio: 0.8 → 0.7

(Ult) Slicing Maelstrom

Base damage: 35/70/105 → 30/60/90
AP ratio: 0.2 → 0.15

LEE SIN

Our last changes made it so Sonic Wave (1) sometimes can’t reach a target kicked back by Dragon’s Rage (Ult). We’re adjusting the range to make this combo reliable again. We expect this to be a light nerf, but Lee Sin is for the most part in an okay spot.

(Ult) Dragon’s Rage

Knockback range: 7.5 → 6.75

TRISTANA

Tristana’s abilities feel very lackluster, and her signature Explosive Charge (3) is not living up to its promise of being a huge nuke when fully stacked. We’re amping up all of her explosive powers to help her keep pace with other bot laners.

(1) Rapid Fire

Attack speed: 30/50/70/90% → 50/70/90/110%
Duration: 5s → 7s

(2) Rocket Jump

Base damage: 60/130/200/270 → 85/155/225/295

(2) Explosive Charge

Passive base damage: 40/70/100/130 → 55/85/115/145
Active base damage: 60/70/80/90 → 65/80/95/110
AD ratio: 50/70/90/110% Bonus AD → 55/90/125/160% Bonus AD

TWISTED FATE

Twisted Fate has been underperforming especially in higher levels of play. We are making it more rewarding to players who are able to select the right card in the right situation.

(2) Pick a Card

Blue Card mana restoration: 50/65/80/95 → 60/90/120/150
Blue Card AP ratio: 0.5 → 0.8
Red Card AP ratio: 0.5 → 0.65
Gold Card stun duration: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75s → 1.25/1.5/1.75/2s

YASUO

Yasuo’s ultimate sometimes feels more like a Last Sigh. Currently it feels like it takes too long to complete the animation so we’re speeding it up, and also increasing its damage in the late game.

(Ult) Last Breath

Base damage: 200/300/400 → 200/350/500
Animation time: 1.5s → 1.25s
Knock-up duration: 1.5s → 1.25s

Items:

YOUMUU’S GHOSTBLADE

Momentum

[Removed] Attacks convert Momentum into bonus magic damage on-hit.
Attacks will still remove all Momentum stacks.

Spectral Haste

Unchanged

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