Version 9.2 League of Legends has been updated with a lot of tweaks and balances. Over the past few days, a lot has been updated on the PBE, including changes to champions, items, and of course, the new champion-Sylas.
One of the most prominent issues is the nerf of Punishment, which has never been a major change in recent times. Even with Riot changing the jungle this much in 2018, Punishment remains unaffected. In yesterday’s PBE update, this summoner spell has been nerfed.
The damage that Punishment deals to jungle monsters is unaffected, which is a blessing. But if Riot changes it, you will definitely have to re-acquaint yourself with this jungle. The nerf has targeted two types of Smite, and only changes its effectiveness when it affects champions. Total damage on Challenging Smite and Respawn Punishment has been significantly reduced against champions. Damage over time is also reduced and does not render the target visible.
These changes will greatly affect the influence of the jungler in the game. Why? Just simple. Punishment Challenge and Respawn will be as effective as a jungler’s fifth ability in teamfights. It gives them the ability to gank early in the game and sustain damage in teamfights. This nerf will directly affect the jungler’s contribution to lanes and in big teamfights.
Actually, it’s not as terrible as you think, but it will be a big change. The damage to monsters hasn’t changed, which means your clearing will remain the same and contesting big goals will remain the same. The purpose of this is to reduce the jungler’s impact on the lanes and it should do just that. Challenging Punishment is dominating the meta, and it’s going to get a lot weaker with these changes.
Challenging Punishment’s damage increase feature will not be removed like vision. That helps retain its power so usage won’t be too different and you’ll feel the power drop only a little. If these changes complete testing, it will be available on version 9.2 in about two weeks.
According to Dotesports
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