Wild Rift 2.3a patch notes: Pool Party champion skins, event and more

Riot Games has released the latest League of Legends: Wild Rift 2.3a patch and it is introducing the hugely popular Pool Party event and skin lines to the game.

This is the first minor update since the release of 2.3, and it also includes adjustments to items, champion stats and more to further improve the playing experience.

Wild Rift 2.3a update - Patch notes

Champion Skins

Wild Rift 2.3a Champion skins. (Picture: Riot Games)

• Releasing June 17 @ 00:01 UTC:
  • Pool Party Fiora
  • Pool Party Lee Sin
  • Pool Party Leona
  • Pool Party Lulu
  • Pool Party Orianna
  • Pool Party Renekton
• Releasing June 24 @ 00:01 UTC:
  • Galaxy Slayer Zed

Accessories

Wild Rift 2.3a Emotes and Icons (Picture: Riot Games)

• Emotes: I’m On Duty, Mullet Over, Too Cool For Pool
• Icons: Sun’s Out Guns Out

All accessories will be released throughout the patch.

Pool Party event

Wild Rift 2.3a Pool Party Event (Picture: Riot Games)

The Pool Party event begins June 17 at 00:01 UTC.

Champion Changes

Ahri

• Base Stats
  • Base Armor: 35 → 30

Evelynn

• (Ult) Last Caress
  • [NEW] 250% execute damage now only applies to champions

Janna

• (2) Zephyr
  • Base Damage: 65/125/185/245 → 55/105/155/205

Katarina

• (P) Voracity
  • AP Ratio: 0.58 - 1.0 based on level → 0.48 - 0.9 based on level
• (Ult) Death Lotus
  • [NEW] Now sets Katarina’s base movement speed to 125 when spinning instead of being treated as a slow that could be reduced by slow resistance

Leona

• (3) Zenith Blade
  • Range: 7.5 → 8

Wukong

• (1) Crushing Blow
  • Healing when hitting minions: 50% → 80%

Xin Zhao

• Base Stats
  • Magic Resist: 30 → 38
  • Health Gained per Level-Up: 105 → 115
  • Health at Level 15: 2120 → 2260
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Gameplay Changes

• Items
  • Bami’s Cinder
    • Minion and monster damage modification: 50% → 25%
  • Sunfire Aegis
    • Minion and monster damage modification: 50% → 25%
  • Winter’s Approach
    • Mana Charge
      • Mana granted: 8 → 12

• Summoner Spells
  • Ignite
    • Cast Range: 5.5 → 6
  • Smite
    • [NEW] Passive: Restores 4 mana per second while in jungle or river

• System
  • Outer Tower Gold
    • Gold per plate: 100g → 150g
    • Global gold on destruction: 150g → 100g
• Jungle
  • Gromp
    • Health: 2500 → 2200
  • Krugs
    • Ancient Krug Health: 1600 → 1200
    • Krug Health: 600 → 500

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug regarding champion points. Now, when players reach their champion points limit for their rank, they will neither lose nor gain points after winning a game.

Free-to-play Champion Rotation

• Jun 17 - Jun 23: Alistar, Diana, Draven, Ezreal, Irelia, Orianna, Rammus, Riven, Soraka, Xin Zhao
• Jun 24 - Jun 30: Braum, Corki, Darius, Evelynn, Katarina, Kha'Zix, Leona, Malphite, Seraphine, Xayah