In his current state, Milio has a disproportionate amount of his power tied up in his very early lane harass, specifically when he shields himself and runs up to auto attack. With these changes we'll be reducing how powerful that strategy is and instead encourage him to look for opportunities to harass opponents with his Q (rather than only casting it as a peeling tool when he's being engaged on).

Milio's been feeling pretty down after his heavy passive and protection nerfs due to his extremely strong showing in Pro earlier this year. With these changes we're looking to bring back some power that was taken away and add exciting systemic interactions with a meaningful change to his passive.

With Milio nerfed to reduce his pro play presence, we want to introduce some less Pro-skewed buffs that are focused less on team fights where coordination maximizes output. This also gives him the option to take matters into his own hands, maxing Q earlier on and converting AP into even more success. Gold scaling and late-game power tend to be more represented in solo queue than Pro play, where players intentionally fall off of minion waves and turrets to focus more resources on the carries. You deserve that gold, Milio!

Milio is overall pretty balanced for most players, albeit with a bit of room to move down. That said, he does have a high risk of overtaking Pro play in the near future. In this patch we're targeting Pro-skill-skewed parts of his kit that scale strongly with both coordination and the skill level of your ally. We’d rather preserve his signature outputs such as his AoE cleanse and bonus attack range and reduce his less unique tools.

Milio is a really cool fire enchanter and is specifically designed to be a defensive one with a team-wide cleanse and tools to keep his whole team cozy and warm. But what isn't cozy or warm is Milio's ability to help output tons of damage AND provide his team with such strong defensive tools. He's the number one support in Pro play so far and definitely one of the strongest champions in League of Legends. Though there are numerous nerfs here, the hope is to land the lad in a balanced spot.

Get ready to go on an adventure with Milio and his fuemigos on March 22!