Riot Games released more details about League of Legends Patch 14.9 on April 24. The developer is looking to strengthen some of the easiest champions on the Rift, despite their more than reasonable win rates.
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Amumu, Malzahar, and Seraphine are classified as "easy champions" by Riot. The three are getting minor buffs in Patch 14.9, along with Kennen, Sejuani, and Karma. Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison, the lead gameplay designer for League, said Riot is buffing the noob-friendly champions so "our training wheel champions feel powerful."
"Some of our easy champions (Amumu, Malzahar, Seraphine a little less) with low mastery have been sitting at 51 percent for a while now," Phroxzon said, noting that these champions have a mastery curve of around three percent and should be powerful because they are designed for beginners.
As for Karma, Kenne, and Sujuani, the reasons the buffs are different. For Karma it's to make her "mid vs support skew correct". With the pro leagues taking a break with the Mid-Season Invitational around the corner, the dev has room to experiment with her without breaking the pro meta. The same goes for Sejuani, while Kennen is just getting "feelgood changes".
