The official S12 has been announced, and the finalists will start on September 29, and the finals are scheduled to take place on November 5. As the S12 Global Finals approach, the World Edition has also been confirmed to use version 12.18 for competition, and the designers of the Summoner Canyon team have also announced the approximate changes to version 12.18.
Judging from the public content, the 12.18 version is the final change of the World Series version, and most of the heroes have been adjusted, in which the auxiliary and wild positions have changed more:
Ash, Hammerstone, Blind Monk, Nessus were enhanced;
The Female Gun, Calista, Centaur, Kain, Lulu, and Nightmare are all weakened.
This change adjusts the rhythm of the wild area, with more emphasis on the confrontation in the upper half, and the performance of Ueno will be paid more attention to in the game, coupled with the weakening of the 12.17 version of the 12.17 version that has been launched, the weakening of Calista has led to the decline in the priority of Renata, and the entire down-road match environment will also undergo earth-shaking changes.
In version 12.18, the auxiliary hero will change greatly, and it will be a soft and hard version.
In terms of soft auxiliary, the priority of Kalmar, Salefani, and Solaraka will be raised, while in the hard auxiliary aspect, the priority of hammerstone and robots will be higher, and even the auxiliary tree can appear, and it is difficult to say that other more effective routines will be developed. ADC, Kasha, small cannon priority will also be very high, the next road big change on the overall impact of RNG, after all, these assists are not Xiaoming's best heroes, but in the previous interview said that they will practice heroes, looking forward to his performance in the world championship.
Overall, the world version focuses on Ueno, and EDG's playing style is to take the following road as the core, so the overall strength will be weakened a lot. For TES, the radical style of the next road and the wayward on the road are still a big hidden danger, mainly to see if Xiaotian can come up with more choices to drive the rhythm.
But this version is epic enhancement for the JDG, Kanavi's hero pool has been fully enhanced, plus Missing is still a hook master such as Hammerstone and Robot, and the 12.18 version is too favorable for the JDG, which can be said to be fully enhanced.
The 12.18 version of the change, LCK's summer champion GEN has been weakened, the change in the wild area has made T1 and DK have been strengthened to varying degrees, especially T1 has more BP strategy, and Keria's hammerstone robot is a must, and their combat ability in the upper half of the zone is also very strong, and the T1 of this world championship is worth looking forward to.
Overall, this world championship will even become a blind monk battle, and the highlight is in the wild area.