Wild Rift patch 3.3b notes: Samira and Sion release, Gragas buffs, Kassadin nerfs
Riot GamesWild Rift patch 3.3b is here — with Samira and Sion officially releasing and the game’s rebalancing revealed. The developers buffed Gragas an considerable amount, while the newly-launched Kassadin has been nerfed alongside Yuumi. Here’s the full notes.
Since Wild Rift patch 3.3b is on the smaller ends of updates, outside of the release of Samira and Sion, don’t expect anything too groundbreaking. The bigger updates tend to occur during the number changes, with the most recent being Wild Rift patch 3.3.
The biggest change of this particular patch, or at least the most controversial, is easily the buffs to AP Gragas — where Riot is returning the bruiser back to the top of the food chain. The rest of the patch balances powerful picks — like the newly-released Kassadin — alongside providing weaker champions and runes more breathing room.
Here’s everything you need to know about Wild Rift Patch 3.3b.
What’s changed in Wild Rift patch 3.3b?
Samira and Sion release in Wild Rift
Two new champions release during Wild Rift patch 3.3: Samira and Sion. The duo, who couldn’t be more different, are both releasing on August 26, 2022 at 00:01 UTC.
For those unfamiliar with these champions, here’s a brief summary of their kits.
Samira plays as a marksman in the duo lane who has a steam rolling ultimate capabilities. She plays kind of like an ADC Katarina — she spins to win with her ultimate, and gains dash resets off of kills. However, she must stack her passive from E to S by chaining non-repeating abilities (and basic attacks) to activate her ult.
Sion is an absolute unit. He’s a split pushing menace, primarily playing in the Baron lane as a tank. He has a unique mechanic, coming back alive momentarily after death. During this zombie-like mode, Sion can only auto attack, but don’t underestimate his damage in this form.
Massive Gragas buffs partner inevitable Yuumi nerfs
Leading the Wild Rift Patch 3.3b balance changes are the buffs towards AP Gragas alongside nerfs to Yuumi.
The developers buffed Yuumi three times in a row across recent updates and appeared surprised the champion was soon deemed overpowered.
As for the Gragas buffs, AP Gragas has a history of being quite strong in Wild Rift. Riot nerfed the pick many months ago, but they seem to want Gragas to become meta once again.
You can find the full Wild Rift patch 3.3b notes below, courtesy of Riot.
Wild Rift patch 3.3b notes
Champions
Blitzcrank
Rocket Grab (1)
- Cooldown: 20/19/18/17 seconds → 18/17/16/15 seconds
Gragas
Happy Hour (P)
- Heal Ratio: 6% maximum health → 7% maximum health
Drunken Rage (2)
- Damage AP Ratio: 65% → 75%
Body Slam (3)
- Damage AP ratio: 60% → 70%
Kassadin
Base stats
- Health: 610 → 570
- Health per level: 115 → 105
Kha’Zix
Taste Their Fear (1)
- Isolated target damage increase: 110% → 110%
Lucian
Piercing Light (1)
- Cooldown: 8/7/6/5 seconds → 9.5/8/6.5/5 seconds
Nautilus
Base stats
- Movement speed: 325 → 330
Dredge Line (1)
- Cooldown: 13/12/11/10 → 12/11/10/9
- Missile speed: 16 → 18
Depth Charge Missile (4)
- Acceleration start time: 2.5 seconds → 1 second
- Cooldown: 70/60/50 seconds → 60/50/40 seconds
Shyvana
- Health per level: 115
Burn Out (2)
- Damage: 30/45/60/75 → 25/40/55/70
Tristana
Rapid Fire (1)
- Cooldown: 18/17/16/15 seconds → 16/15/14/13 seconds
Explosive Charge (3)
- Cast time: 2 frames → 1 frame
Varus
Living Vengeance (P)
- Duration: 5 seconds → 5/6/7/8 seconds
Blighted Quiver Arrow (2)
- Cooldown: 25 seconds → 22/20/18/16 seconds
Hail of Arrows (3)
- Cooldown: 16/14/12/10 seconds → 13/12/11/10 seconds
Wukong
Warrior Trickster (2)
- Increased range at which this dash can make it over walls
Yuumi
Bop ‘n’ Block (P)
- Shield: 85-435 → 60-410
Zoomies (3)
- Heal: 80/120/160/200 → 60/100/140/180
Runes
Demolish
- Maximum health damage: 200+25% → 200+30%
Giant Slayer
- Bonus damage: 1% bonus damage per 100 bonus max health, up to 10% (1000 Bonus max health) → 2% bonus damage per 100 bonus max health, up to 10% (500 bonus max health)
Nimbus Cloak
- Duration: 2 seconds → 3 seconds
- Movement speed: 5-35% → 10-40%
Nullifying Orb
- Shield Power: 80 + 50% Bonus AD + 30% AP → 60 + 50% Bonus AD + 30% AP
Jungle Changes
Mountain Dragon
- Armor and Magic Resist: 6+3%/12+6%/18+9% → 3+2%/6+4%/12+8%
Infernal Dragon
- Ability Power and Attack Damage: 4%/8%/12% → 3%/6%/12%
Ocean Dragon
- Regenerate missing health per 5s: 3%/6%/9% → 2%/4%/8%
Elder Dragon Buff
- Burn damage per 1 second: 60 → 100
System Changes
Exhaust
- Range: 7 → 5
Turret Plating
- Turret plating end time: 6:30 → 7:00
Turret Damage
- Outer Turrets Attack Damage: 182 ~ 332 →200~325 (0~17.5 minutes)
Turret Anti-Siege Mechanism Expiration
For the first 6:30 minutes → 5 minutes, the turret will gain bonus resistances when there are multiple nearby enemy champions.
- 2 Champs: 10 armor/magic resist
- 3 Champs: 50 armor/magic resist
- 4 Champs: 150 armor/magic resist
- 5 Champs: 250 armor/magic resist