In version 12.2, Fist Games released the first new hero of League of Legends 2022, Zuan Hanabi Zeli officially joined the game. Like most new heroes, Zeli was at the bottom of the three positions when she went online. After all, it will take some time to familiarize yourself with the new hero's gameplay, and Zeli's general attack mechanism is very unique. While everyone was still talking about when Zeli needed to be saved, the pro quickly opened up a new way of playing.
The three-phase force, Luanna's hurricane, Titan Hydra and the Black Cutter's special effects flow can make Zeli quickly enter a strong period, and in addition to having a good output ability, the clearance speed has also become faster. Everyone had a critical hit flow before, not only was it very weak during the line, but it was impossible to clear the line in the middle of the line, and the three-piece set had some damage. Zeli in this outfit has a lot of health bonuses, and it is difficult to be killed quickly with the extremely high movement speed.
Therefore, the designers carried out an emergency weakening this week, and the League of Legends external service has been launched with the latest patch, originally scheduled for the 12.3 version of the weakening plan for Zeli, and directly updated to the official service on January 27. The designer removed the interaction between Zeli and Luanna's hurricane, the previous hurricane's split arrow can stack Zeli's passive layers, and can also cooperate with the big move's chain lightning to hit a lot of AOE damage, this change online makes Zeli's output ability decline a little.
So, how should the new version of Zeli be played?
Judging from the match between Hanbok Diamond and The Master Duan Zeli, she is still a very strong hero, it is difficult to lose after getting it, Zeli still has a 53% win rate, and is one of the most OP heroes in this version. After Lu anna's hurricane weakened, it was no longer the first choice for Zeli's second large piece, and many high-segment players put it in the third piece. Although the income after the weakening of the split arrow has become lower, the attack speed armor such as the artillery and sheep knife is not high for Zeli.
The mythical equipment of the attack speed Ryu Zeli is still the choice of the power of the three phases, the first time to go home, the first time to shine, with the Q skill can hit a lot of damage. Zeli's second large piece, now consider the Titan Hydra first, Tiamat can help Zeli better clear the line, supplementing her lack of AOE output capabilities. Previously, the priority of Hydra was reduced because the hurricane was too strong, but now that the hurricane has weakened, many players have begun to take out Titan Hydra first.
As for shoes, Zeli players generally choose resistant shoes to increase their survivability, unless you play a big advantage during the line, then you can consider attacking speed shoes.
It is worth mentioning that since Zeli is not in the second hurricane of Luna, then her attack speed is a little lower than before the weakening, and now many Zeli players' cornerstone runes have changed from the previous quick footwork back to the deadly rhythm, providing a lot of attack speed in the first and middle periods.
Given that Zeli is still very strong, the high-end bureau will basically not release Zeli, and her ban rate and selection rate are constantly improving. It will take some time to see if Luna's hurricane weakening will bring Zeli's winning percentage back to normal, but if Zeli is still so strong in the new version, the designers will definitely make a subsequent weakening in version 12.3 or 12.4.
After all, Zeli is one of the few heroes who has been released in recent years, and has already developed its maximum potential, and many professional players are practicing. South Korea's LCK League has already enabled version 12.2 as a matchcuit version this week, but Zeli is disabled by default. The LPL and LCK League will be suspended for the next two weeks due to the Spring Festival holiday, and the first time we saw Zeli appear in the professional arena, it may be in the LCS or LEC League, after all, western teams are not spring festival.