Note: champions with pick rate under ~1% have no statistics and display as "—".
Patch 7.1f
7.1f adjusts 10 champions: Kayle, Akshan, Shen were buffed; Taliyah, K'Sante, Viego, Norra, Kog'Maw were nerfed; Ambessa and Gragas were adjusted.
Kayle
Buff
Skill 2: base healing increased at early ranks (rank-4 unchanged).
MidWin Rate—→51.2%—Pick Rate—→1.6%—TopWin Rate48.8%→51.1%+2.3%Pick Rate2.5%→4.7%+2.3%
Akshan
Buff
Skill 1: damage increased (5/35/65/95 +80% AD → 10/40/70/100 +85% AD).
MidWin Rate—→46.6%—Pick Rate—→1.2%—
Shen
Buff
Skill 1: max-HP damage up (2.5/3/3.5/4%→3/3.5/4/4.5%); empowered 5/5.5/6/6.5%→5.5/6/6.5/7%.
TopWin Rate51.5%→50.3%-1.2%Pick Rate1.4%→3.0%+1.6%JungleWin Rate—→51.7%—Pick Rate—→1.1%—
Taliyah
Nerf
Skill 1: first-hit base damage down. Skill 2: cast radius reduced. Skill 3: first detonation damage down.
MidWin Rate54.0%→52.2%-1.8%Pick Rate8.0%→5.1%-2.9%JungleWin Rate55.9%→52.9%-3.0%Pick Rate3.5%→2.2%-1.3%
K'Sante
Nerf
Ult: losses while active increased — max HP lost 25%→30%, bonus Armor and bonus MR lost 70%→80%.
TopWin Rate52.0%→51.4%-0.6%Pick Rate9.6%→7.6%-2.0%
Viego
Nerf
Skill 1: current-HP damage down (3/4/5/6%→2/3/4/5%). Ult: damage radius reduced (3→2.75).
JungleWin Rate50.8%→49.1%-1.7%Pick Rate7.9%→4.7%-3.3%
Norra
Nerf
Skill 1: base damage down (60/120/180/240→55/110/165/220). Ult: damage down (100/150/200 +60% AP → 100/140/180 +55% AP).
MidWin Rate52.2%→50.4%-1.8%Pick Rate3.9%→2.5%-1.5%SupportWin Rate52.6%→49.8%-2.8%Pick Rate1.6%→1.2%-0.4%
Kog'Maw
Nerf
Skill 2: on-hit max-HP magic damage reduced (2/3/4/5%→1.5/2.5/3.5/4.5%).
ADCWin Rate53.2%→51.2%-2.0%Pick Rate6.5%→3.6%-2.9%
Ambessa
Adjust
Skill 2: shield rescaled — lower early base, slightly higher max-level base, bonus-AD ratio 125%→120%.
TopWin Rate51.1%→51.1%+0.0%Pick Rate4.6%→4.0%-0.5%JungleWin Rate48.9%→49.0%+0.1%Pick Rate1.3%→1.4%+0.0%
Gragas
Adjust
Skill 2: damage redistributed — lower early base/AP (rank-4 base unchanged), target max-HP scaling 7%→8%.
JungleWin Rate49.8%→48.3%-1.5%Pick Rate2.2%→1.6%-0.7%
Patch 7.1e
7.1e brings new champion Taliyah, plus 8 balance changes: Bard, Graves, Kayn were buffed; Garen, Shyvana, Ryze, Twisted Fate, Smolder were nerfed.
Garen
Nerf
Passive HP regen down, Skill 3 damage down & armor shred 15%→10%
MidWin Rate51.9%→——Pick Rate1.0%→——TopWin Rate53.1%→51.7%-1.4%Pick Rate24.1%→16.5%-7.6%
Shyvana
Nerf
Passive monster stacks 10→8, Skill 1 dragon-form slow 50%→30%, Ult fury generation down
JungleWin Rate53.9%→51.9%-2.1%Pick Rate11.4%→9.4%-2.0%
Ryze
Nerf
Skill 1 bonus move speed reduced, base damage lowered
MidWin Rate51.8%→50.6%-1.2%Pick Rate8.3%→4.5%-3.8%TopWin Rate53.0%→51.0%-2.0%Pick Rate2.7%→1.5%-1.2%
Twisted Fate
Nerf
Passive kill gold 2~12→1~9, Skill 3 attack speed reduced
MidWin Rate52.7%→52.1%-0.6%Pick Rate5.9%→4.1%-1.8%
Bard
Buff
Skill 2 charge time cut at higher ranks, Ult cooldown reduced
SupportWin Rate—→45.9%—Pick Rate—→1.3%—
Graves
Buff
Skill 1 explosion AD ratio up, Skill 3 cooldown flat 13s at all ranks
JungleWin Rate47.6%→47.9%+0.3%Pick Rate8.3%→12.1%+3.8%
Kayn
Buff
Passive Shadow Assassin bonus damage ratio up, Skill 2 AD scaling 110%→120%
JungleWin Rate49.1%→48.0%-1.1%Pick Rate3.2%→5.6%+2.4%
Smolder
Nerf
Ult stacks required increased, crit damage scaling adjusted
MidWin Rate50.1%→46.3%-3.9%Pick Rate1.5%→1.0%-0.5%TopWin Rate52.4%→49.5%-2.9%Pick Rate1.3%→1.2%-0.2%ADCWin Rate54.4%→51.7%-2.7%Pick Rate16.2%→12.1%-4.1%
Patch 7.1d
7.1d adjusts 8 champions. Urgot, Vladimir, Zeri etc. were buffed; Vayne and Mel nerfed; Riven adjusted.
Vayne
Nerf
Skill 1 empowered duration cut, Skill 2 damage down
TopWin Rate54.2%→52.5%-1.8%Pick Rate3.3%→2.8%-0.4%ADCWin Rate51.6%→50.1%-1.5%Pick Rate13.1%→10.7%-2.3%
Urgot
Buff
Passive AD ratio buffed
TopWin Rate47.7%→49.5%+1.8%Pick Rate3.8%→6.1%+2.4%
Tristana
Buff
Skill 3 post-kill explosion damage up
ADCWin Rate48.3%→47.6%-0.6%Pick Rate6.9%→8.5%+1.6%
Mel
Nerf
Skill 1 damage cut, Skill 2 cooldown up
MidWin Rate51.1%→48.6%-2.5%Pick Rate9.5%→8.8%-0.7%
Vladimir
Buff
Passive AP→HP conversion buffed
MidWin Rate47.5%→46.4%-1.1%Pick Rate3.0%→5.5%+2.5%TopWin Rate—→44.4%—Pick Rate—→2.1%—
Riven
Adjust
Passive bonus damage ratio reduced
Vs-monster multiplier increased
TopWin Rate49.1%→46.9%-2.2%Pick Rate2.3%→2.0%-0.2%JungleWin Rate46.5%→44.1%-2.4%Pick Rate1.3%→1.2%-0.1%
Sivir
Buff
Skill 1 AD ratio buffed
ADCWin Rate47.7%→49.5%+1.8%Pick Rate3.3%→6.9%+3.6%
Zeri
Buff
Skill 3 cooldown reduced
ADCWin Rate—→49.7%—Pick Rate—→2.2%—
Patch 7.1c
7.1c contains no champion balance changes. Only Adventure Mode (ARAM/Arena) item & augment tuning and bug fixes.
No champion balance changes in this patch.
Patch 7.1b
7.1b ships a broad champion balance pass. Talon, Jax, Varus etc. were buffed; Renekton, Teemo, Amumu etc. were nerfed.
Talon
Buff
Skill 2 damage & jungle clear buffed
JungleWin Rate45.0%→46.4%+1.4%Pick Rate1.9%→3.1%+1.2%
Fizz
Buff
Skill 2 single-target burst up
MidWin Rate47.9%→48.5%+0.6%Pick Rate2.9%→3.9%+1.0%JungleWin Rate48.6%→50.1%+1.5%Pick Rate3.3%→5.2%+1.9%
Rammus
Nerf
Skill 2 armor scaling reduced
JungleWin Rate56.9%→56.0%-0.9%Pick Rate5.9%→4.5%-1.4%
Jax
Buff
Skill 3 buffed
TopWin Rate46.4%→47.6%+1.1%Pick Rate4.0%→3.1%-0.9%JungleWin Rate45.2%→47.4%+2.1%Pick Rate3.0%→2.4%-0.6%
Varus
Buff
Passive attack speed buffed
ADCWin Rate46.2%→48.6%+2.3%Pick Rate5.4%→7.9%+2.5%
Twitch
Buff
Passive max AS up
ADCWin Rate46.8%→48.0%+1.2%Pick Rate3.3%→6.2%+2.9%
Renekton
Nerf
Skill 2 damage nerfed
TopWin Rate51.8%→49.4%-2.4%Pick Rate6.5%→3.4%-3.2%
Swain
Nerf
Ult recast AP ratio nerfed
MidWin Rate51.7%→51.4%-0.3%Pick Rate4.6%→2.5%-2.1%TopWin Rate47.8%→——Pick Rate1.1%→——SupportWin Rate48.4%→48.5%+0.1%Pick Rate4.4%→3.1%-1.2%
Yone
Buff
Skill 2 shield buffed
MidWin Rate47.9%→46.7%-1.2%Pick Rate4.2%→5.2%+1.0%TopWin Rate49.3%→47.3%-2.0%Pick Rate5.3%→7.7%+2.5%JungleWin Rate47.3%→45.9%-1.4%Pick Rate2.8%→3.8%+0.9%
Teemo
Nerf
Passive & Skill 1 nerfed
MidWin Rate53.8%→50.2%-3.6%Pick Rate2.2%→1.6%-0.5%TopWin Rate54.2%→52.4%-1.8%Pick Rate4.2%→4.0%-0.2%
Amumu
Nerf
Skill 2 & Skill 3 slow nerfed
JungleWin Rate59.0%→57.3%-1.8%Pick Rate4.6%→3.3%-1.3%