After a first teaser in the last few days, League of Legends finally has a definitive date for the major damage reduction that will affect all champions . Riot Games has decided to surprise the community by bringing forward this gigantic overhaul in the upcoming 12.10 patch. According to the developer's official update schedule, this version will hit the game on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 . Thus, the change most anticipated by the community will arrive in the middle of the season.
A priority change for League of Legends
Riot Games has been working on the changes coming in patch 12.10 for over six months, and their initial tests were aimed at reducing the total damage dealt by champions by up to 20%. This will also affect healing, which will be reduced in potency accordingly . A company employee said that these changes have been in the works for a long time and are the result of a "high priority task for the teams responsible for developing the gameplay of League of Legends".
Studio employees also revealed that details on the release of these new features will be released on Friday, May 6 — via a dev blog which will arrive around 7 p.m. We can expect to find out what percentage of damage will be removed in Summoner's Rift and how healing will work. In this regard, there will also be quite a bit of movement in later patches.
These adjustments will be a real revolution for the gameplay of League of Legends and will also affect competitive play during the Summer Split. The stability of the pro game is one of the main priorities of Riot Games, and it is precisely for this reason that almost no one expected such significant changes before the arrival of the preseason . However, the adjustments are now very close. It should be noted that they will first arrive in the PBE, where we can test them from Wednesday, May 11.