Riot planning Pyke nerf for Patch 9.21

Will Pyke no longer be in the meta?
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Riot has some pretty big changes coming to League of Legends Patch 9.21. Among those changes is a nerf to the consistently strong Pyke, who has been a nuisance in the bot lane for nearly his entire existence.

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Mark Yetter, Riot’s lead gameplay designer, tweeted earlier today that Pyke’s HP per level will be decreased by 10, and his passive grey health will drop from 30-81 percent to 20-50 of the damage taken.

Here are the other changes you can expect to see in Patch 9.21.

Buffs

Maokai

  • W mana cost changing from 60-80 to 60
  • W damage increasing from 50-150 to 70-170
  • R root increasing from 0.6-2.4 to 0.8-2.6 seconds by distance

Kayn

  • Q damage increasing from 60-140 to 75-155
  • Q bonus damage to monsters decreasing from 55 to 40

Warwick

  • Q max HP damage increasing from 6-8 percent to 6-10 percent
  • W attack speed increasing from 50-110 to 70-110

Viktor

  • Q damage increasing from 50-110 to 60-120

Kog’maw

  • Q damage increasing from 80-280 to 90-290
  • E damage increasing from 60-240 to 75-255

Lulu

  • E shield increasing from 80-220 to 80-240
  • E damage increasing from 80-200 to 80-240

Master Yi

  • Rageblade bug will be fixed

Nerfs

Garen

  • E base damage per spin decreasing from 8-24 to 4-20

Shaco

  • W box duration decreasing 60 to 40 seconds

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