Wild Rift has released the details for the upcoming 4.0 Patch! Read on to learn more about the New Champions & Skins, Wild Pass, Ranked S8, the return of the ARURF mode, Lunar New Year celebrations, and much more!
Patch 4.0 Release Date
Released on January 12, 2023
Wild Rift will release the 4.0 Patch called Rising Spark on the Chinese New Year, January 12, 2023 at 00:01 UTC. It will be the first major patch of 2023 and it has the potential to shake up the current Wild Rift meta!
Patch 4.0 Official Preview
| Everything New in the 4.0 Patch Update |
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| System & Balance Changes |
| Two New Champions |
| New Features |
Here's the official short preview for the 4.0 Patch Notes Update called Rising Spark! Watch it on the Official Youtube account of Wild Rift.
Update 4.0 Patch Notes
Champion Balance Changes
Several Champions will undergo the system balance chanage for the upcoming 4.0 Patch Update.
Camille
The changes on her abilities and kit will make her more approachable for new players that mains the Baron Lane. One example of these changes is her skill, Precision Protocol automatically empowers another basic attack, converting the bonus damage to true damage and bonus movement speed.Corki
Corki's Phosphorus Bomb ability will now scale with his attack speed, decreasing the cast time for it.KHA'ZIX
His ability, Taste Their Fear single target damage will be reduced to balance it out with the other junglers. There will also be a cooldown reduction for it, ranging to 45% → 30%.Kai’Sa
Kaisa doesn't do well on her ADC role position, unlike the other Dragon Lane Champions so she will be given a handful of buffs on the new patch! Her Base Attack Damage will increase and her skill, Void Seeker now scales with her attack speed.Lillia
Due to being overtuned, Lillia's scaling health will be lowered to emphasize her late game positioning, and the damage from her skill, Blooming Blows will be nerfed to take her jungle power down a notch and balance her gameplay.
With these new balance changes among champions, we can speculate that the list of meta champions will definitely change for this year as some of the favorite picks are either buffed or nerfed.
New and Reworked Items
Dawnshroud
The Dawnshroud item provides area of effect damage and reveals an enemy champion whether you’re immobilizing them, or tanking an immobilize effect for your team.Randuin's Omen
Tanks will fight better against critical damage if they're armed with the new Randuin’s Omen. Use it for an offensive style and heal back. When you attack a champion, consume your passive, Determination to heal for the amount consumed.
Tank Mains are given good durability updates with the new item updates. However, it is still a bit lacking when it comes to Magic Resist Items against mages. Hopefully, this will be fixed on later patches.
New Champions
Patch 4.0 will introduce two New Champions to Wild Rift that will launch separately. Zoe will be released during the base patch while Zeri will be in the same patch but released a month later.
Zoe, The Aspect of Twilight
| Official Release Date | January 12 - 00:01 UTC |
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Get ready for some glitter, cheer, and mischief as Zoe is a burst mage that can steal spells, make portals and snipe enemies with her abilities! Create chaos with her on the Mid Lane or the Support role.
Zoe proved to be a fan favorite on the League of Legends PC for her devastating combo attacks paired with long-duration stuns. It won't be a suprise if Riot Games decides to adjust the champion to fit the pacing of the mobile game.
A demo of Zoe's Gameplay has been already shown on the preview! Here's a quick summary of her abilites:
- Passive - More Sparkles: After casting a spell, Zoe's next basic attack will deal bonus magic damage.
- First Ability - Paddle Star!: Throws a missile that can be redirected in flight. The farther it travels, the more damage it will deal.
- Second Ability - Spell Thief: Steal the enemies spells and Enchantments. These will appear on the ground and can also be dropped when your team last hits a minion that's holding a balloon.
- Third Ability - Sleepy Trouble Bubble: Zoe will launch a bubble at a target that causes them to fall asleep shortly.
- Ultimate - Portal Jump: Zoe will be able to teleport to a new position and then blink back.
Zeri, The Spark of Zaun
| Official Release Date | February 24 - 00:01 UTC |
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A marksman champion who is capable of dealing burst damage and staying agile on the battlefield. Zeri channels her electric magic to charge herself and her custom-crafted gun. Use her at the Dragon lane to swiftly take down your enemies!
Since the champion hasn’t been officially released yet in-game, the ability descriptions are created on speculation of pre-existing League of Legends information. Here are the speculated abilities Zeri may possess:
- Passive - Living Battery: Zeri will gain movement speed whenever receiving a shield.
- First Ability - Burst Fire: Moving and casting Burst Fire stores up energy in Zeri's Sparkpack. When fully charged her next Attack will slow the enemy and deal bonus damage.
- Second Ability - Ultrashock Laser: Fires a beam that damages and slows down the first target it hits.
- Third Ability - Spark Surge: Zeri dashes forward over a short distance and empower her next three attacks.
- Ultimate - Lightning Crash: Shocks nearby enemies with electrical energy and gain stacks for each champion hit. While she's overcharged, Zeri's movement and attacks will be faster.
4.0 New Features
New Available Skins
In the upcoming 4.0 patch, there will be twelve new skins available to purchase on the Mythmaker Woskshop Event and Store.
| New Skins | |
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| Battle Academia Leona | Battle Principal Yuumi |
| Mythmaker Caitlyn | Mythmaker Seraphine |
| Mythmaker Zoe | Mythmaker Camille |
| Mythmaker Gwen | Firecracker Vayne |
| Project Lucian | Project Renekton |
| Project Yi | Project Zeri |
Wild Pass Season 8
The exclusive Super Villain Graves Skin will be available at the upcoming Wild Pass Season 8! Players can purchase the Ascended Skin Upgrade in the Wild Pass Emporium along with other cosmetics such as Emotes, Profile Icons, and more.
However, these items are only available for Premium Wild Pass holders and can only be exchanged with Wild Stars, a token acquired when the Wild Pass reaches level 50. So make sure to buy the Premium Battle Pass if you want these contents!
Ranked Season 8
Earn the Glorious Crimson Nami Skin from the Season Rewards in the New Ranked Season. Players will be able to purchase her Weapon Augment Upgrade at the Ranked Store.
The New Role Leaderboard feature has also be added to the Ranked Mode, allowing players to show their best champions and most recent stats. The leaderboard resets every season but the top players from the previous season will receive a small boost to help them reach the top easier.
Ranked S8 will begin on January 16 at 7:00 PM PST.
ARURF Game Mode
The All Random Ultra Rapid Fire Game Mode will return in patch 4.0 with a new mechanic called Execute Smite for Jungle mains. Players will be able to select Execute Smite as their passive, along with two other active spells.
Automatically trigger the spell by damaging a monster until its health fall below the Smite’s total damage. There’s no cooldown for this effect so don't worry about accidentally wasting it at camp!
ARURF mode begins on January 12 at 00:01 UTC and ends Feb 02 at 00:01 UTC.
Lunar Feast
In the Lunar Feast Event, you will have to create a team to participate and deliver Lunar New Year treats to the Mythmaker champions in their bustling food stall!
You can get the ingredients for the required dishes with your premade team after each match. You can earn lots of rewards with this event so make sure you don’t miss this celebration! The Lunar Feast event begins on January 12 at 00:01 UTC.
What to Expect?
There's still a lot of new features, gameplay changes, and rewards we have yet to discuss once it’s live so expect to see more system changes, turrets and inhibitors changes in one of the balance patches, as well as modifications soon in the next patch notes.
Stay tuned for more future updates for more specific patch notes details and keep your eyes peeled for more exciting content for Wild Rift!
