League of Legends Patch 12.5b: Players React to Changes

Riot Games recently confirmed that there would be a League of Legends Patch 12.5b introduced to the game, and players have reacted to the nerfs and buffs that will be coming.

This update to the game was not expected to be released, and could really be classed as somewhat of a hotfix.

Several nerfs, buffs and system changes will be brought to the game as part of the new micropatch.

Here’s everything you need to know about the fan reaction to the League of Legends Patch 12.5b update.

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As noted, the League of Legends Patch 12.5b is somewhat of a hotfix, and it wasn’t originally expected to be introduced to the game.

Despite that, Riot clearly felt that there needed to be changes implemented ahead of the release of the 12.6 Patch at the end of March.

For context, here are the changes being implemented as part of League of Legends 12.5b Patch that were revealed by Riot Phlox:

Champion Buffs

Champion Nerfs

System nerfs

Fans have been reacting to the unexpected changes on Twitter, and as always, they’re quite opinionated when it comes to the meta of the game.

One player wrote: “Anyway 12.5 is our last patch for a while, like we said we don’t want to introduce any big changes to the meta before playoffs or MSI. Oh yeah btw one last thing let’s just quickly nerf Jinx, Aphelios, Zeri, [and] Ryze, but it’s not like a full patch or something [don’t worry] doesn’t count.”

Another player would praise the Ashe buff, saying: “Love the Ashe buff. One more ADC that can be used in pro play, feel like Xayah/Kog should have been buffed instead of Lucian, since Lucian is mainly paired with Nami and their duo is turbo disgusting. Every time I play it I win with