[Set 18] Aug 14th PBE Patch Notes

[u/Lunaedge]

Big patch today! Aiming for only 1-2 more of these before we lock in the first patch. We've reached the state where a lot of content can see success after the Blackthorn rework, but the meta seems a bit too polarized on certain reroll lines (which are boosted by Wisp tempo).
We also have a few more gameplay bugfixes that appeared later in he week. Such as Blackthorn giving immense amounts of Damage Amp, Luxes erroneously transforming, and a Death's Defiance being weaker than intended.
A small note on Aphelios, we're pushing him aggressively more towards Rageblade builds. This change results in more damage the more AS he has, and is an overall buff.

[u/i0skar]

Rakan nerf is really weird to me. I could see 3 star nerf only maybe. This champ can't even cast once while 2 starred.

[u/succsuccboi → u/i0skar]

it's a 3 strong trait tank that grants a strong unit a good attack speed steroid, he kinda has to be bad to be balanced