


These power scaling reductions should bring down his top-end damage across the board.” Merlin’s abilities have a high amount of ticks, which multiplies the magical power scaling to very high levels. Merlin outputs a large amount of damage in the late game, especially to CC’d targets or jungle bosses.
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“The Master Wizard continues to dominate ranked and pro play, especially in pick rate.
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“An old god is now the new top meta! In a patch filled with nerfing newer gods, it’s great to see some old favorites still dominating the ranked scene. Decreased Movement Speed Horus gains from 135% Increase to 70%.We are partially reverting the amount of speed he gains while ulting to limit his strategic options, especially for competitive play.” That is why we are keeping this a small nerf. Horus has picked up in popularity, especially in ranked, but his win rate still falls behind. We have seen phoenix rotations and jungle boss baits like never before. “Some impressive plays have been happening via Horus crazy ultimate ability: To the Skies. Decreased initial hit scaling from 90% to 70%.We are also decreasing his vision radius to limit his utility.” We are decreasing one key damage hit, which is his initial hit on his Ultimate ability.

"In a similar realm as Thor, Heimdallr has been nerfed multiple times and his core metrics have dropped considerably, yet his ban rate remains at the top of the top of the list.
