4.4.0 Emergency Hotfix

Following the release of the patch notes yesterday a tweet was released by RubinZoo introducing an emergency hotfix to Momentous Choice which would go live with the patch later today.

The changes for this Live Balance were completed before Varus/Samira was an established deck in the meta. The last few days, it demonstrated performance that would’ve put it within a must-change territory. As a result, we’ve added an extra emergency change to the patch:

Momentous Choice: 1c -> 2c.

Given the time constraints, this is the best change we can make to help the meta develop. We are keeping an eye on Momentous Choice, as it's a pivotal card to many strategies. We're also eyeing Samira and Varus themselves for better long-term change in the future!

It is clear that with the data that Riot has the Samira Varus deck has been performing too well over the recent week and with the nerfs to all the other top-tier decks it would be a clear issue for the competitive scene and specifically the World Qualifier Open in 2 weeks time.