The supporting patch of the latest pre-season update in League of Legends comes with multiple nerfs as well as a buff to an unexpected champ. The champs that were  affected badly by the changes are Zed, Mordekaiser, Nilah, Rammus, Udyr, Hecarim; Janna, Mundo and Lillia.

For the top lane, Dr. Mundo has seen a reduction of his base health. He also experiences passive health loss and an upgrade of Q and E health costs. His ultimate cooldown is also prolonged, from 110 seconds to 120. This means that the top of the S tier belongs to Malphite now. If he his banned, then Darius and Shen could do the job in a decent manner.

Changes in Jungle For Rammus, the changes have affected only his W cooldown, armor and magic resistance. Another slight change to Mordekaiser now doesn't let the champ to take advantage of his passive while using his abilities on small monsters.

Hecarim's only reduction is that of his Q bonus damage. It is now granting 3 percent per bonus AD compared to 4%. Similar nerf was distributed over Lillia, which makes her now an A tier pick instead of S. Thus, for Jungle, the picks now are Udyr, Master Yi, Ekko and Evelyn.

Mid lane eventually sees a buff to Lux, who will now have her E and R AP ratios increased. This will make her a viable A tier pick, while the S tier still belongs to Kassadin only. Irelia had left the highest tier because of her slight nerfs.

The only ADC change with massive adjustments in this patch is dedicated to Nilah, her Q has been buffed while R damage has seen a decrease. However, to keep things balanced, the healing with Ultimate ability is buffed too. Still in S tier one can rely on Twitch, Tristana and Kai'Sa. 

Finally, coming to the Support role, Janna's passive and E also were hit by nerfs. The bonus movement speed is lowered from 8% to 6, while the attack damage bonus from E has seen a reduction at various levels, from 2nd onwards. S tier for supports includes various champs, such as Morphling, Amumu, Blitzkrank, Mao'Kai. The changes to Janna didn't manage to dethrone her from S tier. For low ELO make sure to grab either Zyra, Heimerdinger or Brand. 

 

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