Patch 9.14:
– A pretty large patch with a lot of different champs getting work. Expectation is we’ll probably do a small follow up micropatch a few days after 9.14 releases since with around 30 champs getting changed odds are there’ll be at least one who needs some quick correction afterwards.
Ptach 9.15 – Patch 9.18:
– Smaller patches, focused on stability and lower scope balance work. We’ll be looking to avoid things with big systemic impacts here in particular (e.g. reworking items, changing strength of different positions significantly relative to each other, changes to objectives etc).
Patch 9.19:
– Worlds patch. Focus here is on stable, reliable.
Patch 9.20 – Patch 9.22:
– Patches between Worlds and Preseason. Some work, including some behind the scenes technical stuff that’s a bit risky to put in the Worlds patch, goes here. Generally we try not to get the Worlds patch and the state of the regular game get too out of sync though, so large work will be usually held for preseason.
Patch 9.23:
– Preseason. This should be mid November. We’ll start talking details about what’s in it before though, probably sometime late September or early October.
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