LoL devs deploy Naafiri day one nerfs after super-strong entry to the Rift

The newest League of Legends champion Naafiri has taken to the Rift by force, with the Hound of a Hundred Bites already leaving a mark on the mid lane meta. This hasn’t fazed the Riot Games dev team, however, who are pleased so far with how the champion has landed despite releasing a “micropatch” to nerf her slightly.

Naafiri is already recording a 54 percent win rate across the board when played in mid and is at parity at the highest ranks according to Riot champion design manager Stephen “Raptorr” Auker. “We are thus far happy with the shape of where she’s landing and are not seeing any major systemic problems,” he went on to say, noting that it was only day one and players were still settling into the new champ.