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With Season 16 live in League of Legends, there seems to be an early meta forming.
Thanks to the changes, Junglers are wanting to clear their camps to progress their quest faster. The natural result is that AP Junglers tend to be easier to clear the jungle with, causing them to be stronger. Throw on top how strong the new LoL item, Dusk and Dawn is, and we are starting to see a pattern forming.
The Dusk and Dawn item in LoL is positioned to be a more bruiser-like AP Sheen item. It gives players the following benefits:
+70 ability power +20 ability haste +25% attack speed +300 health Unique – Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 100% base AD (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit and applies on-hit effects twice (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack)The important part is the Unique Spellblade effect. It is not just a Spellblade, it also reapplies the on-hit effects twice. This is pretty important for a lot of champions. It’s partially why we are starting to see Diana peak as an early jungle meta pick, alongside Gwen, and even Fizz in some instances.
These champions all benefit from the on-hit, with Diana getting her crescent cleave passive when she presses an ability, alongside an attack speed steroid. Gwen, on the other hand, gets to trigger her passive’s central max health shred twice too.
Evelynn also gets some mighty burst thanks to her empowered Whiplash also proccing the on-hit effect, meaning this item performs well. Elise is another option, but much less valuable since it only heals her slightly.
In the top lane, we are also seeing some unlikely interactions. Tahm Kench can take it, and the item gives him two stacks of his passive. With three stacks, he gets to bite, essentially skipping an attack and being able to ult them much sooner.
There are some other items proving quite strong. Bandlepipe is 2k gold and does some insane attack speed steroid, too. It’s proving usable by almost any support for its utility. Some toplaners can even rush it for its inflated stats and the immobilize into AS steroid too. It’s something Darius players are starting to use, for example, in some rare cases.
Another standout meta item appears to be Umbral Glaive, which is a solid second item option for assassin junglers, as they can get a lot of value out of the unseen passive damage proc on it, alongside clearing jungle vision.
The League of Legends Season 16 meta is still developing, but, as it stands, Dusk and Dawn seems to be at the front and center of it.
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