Teemo set to receive massive buffs in LoL patch 11.21

League of Legends players are entering the last patches of season 11, with patch 11.21 hitting live servers next week. This patch will bring some significant buffs to certain champions while nerfing a few overpowered ones. 

After a fairly small patch last time, patch 11.21 is really looking to shake up the meta before the big pre-season changes are implemented to the game. The pre-season will likely be focused on items and the changes to objectives, so now is the time for Riot to bring some new champions to the solo queue meta. 

One of those might be Teemo, who hasn’t been considered a meta champion for many years at this point. With the changes for the little yordle in this patch, Teemo players might be looking at the best set of buffs in a long time. Meanwhile, Riot will tone down both Graves and Miss Fortune who are currently very popular at the ongoing 2021 World Championship. 

11.21 Patch Preview with Content!

This morning I playtested the Teemo changes and dumpstered. They def feel good.

The last patch was a bit quiet but imo this one has some pretty big changes, especially in the systems. Should be a cool patch all in all but lmk how it looks! pic.twitter.com/HIIq36wetE

— Phlox (@RiotPhlox) October 12, 2021

Riot buffing Teemo in LoL patch 11.21

As one of the original mascots for League of Legends, all eyes are currently on the Teemo buffs that were recently presented by a Riot Games developer. The buffs will affect Teemo’s Blinding Dart, which will make the ability much stronger and likely a nuisance to play against. 

First and foremost, Riot will reduce the cooldown on Blinding Dart from eight to seven seconds. Blinding Dart will also have its missile speed boosted from 1500 to 2500, giving it a much faster travel time. Finally, and maybe most importantly, the blinding duration of Blinding Dart will also get a buff. At max level, this ability will blind for three seconds compared to 2.5 previously. 

While these buffs only affect one of Teemo’s abilities, they are very big on their own. Moving forward, Teemo will be able to blind targets more often and do it for a longer duration. The blinding effect will mainly be effective against auto attackers such as Jax, Camille, Fiora, or pretty much any marksman.

If the buffs turn out as strong as players are currently expecting, Teemo might be returning to the meta as a strong counter pick against certain auto-attack champions. 

Miss Fortune and Graves takes a hit in next LoL update

With plenty of buffs hitting this patch, there will also be nerfs to some of the strongest champions in the game. One of them will be for Miss Fortune, who has reentered the meta after being absent for quite a while. The pirate marksman seems to have turned out a bit too strong, which is why Riot will now be nerfing her base mana and the mana cost on Strut. 

These changes should make Miss Fortune less oppressive in the early stages and take away some of her strong attack speed steroids on Strut. 

Another ranged attacker that will take a hit this patch is Graves, who has been picked in both the jungle and top lane at Worlds 2021. Graves will be getting a nerf to his Quickdraw, with Riot lowering his armor gain when using the ability. Even though Graves is a marksman, he can be really tanky when using Quickdraw. 

This is especially problematic in the top lane, where he can withstand damage from most champions while dealing a ton himself. By lowering the armor on Quickdraw, Graves should be easier to beat in a one-on-one scenario. 

LoL patch 11.21 will hit live servers on Wednesday, October 20. Until then, it will be available for testing on the PBE.