Wild Rift Patch 7.2a: All Changes Explained

Big patches are usually followed by a quick correction, and 7.2a was exactly that. Patch 7.2 had rebuilt Enchantments, boots, mage items and runes in one go, and the first week of play showed which picks and items had come out too strong or too weak. This page explains every group of changes in 7.2a in plain language, what each one meant in a real match, and how the follow-up patches continued the work. Numbers come from Riot's official notes and are linked; we quote only the key ones.

Why patch 7.2a happened

Patch 7.2 was one of Wild Rift's largest gameplay updates. Among other things, it tied active Enchantments to champion classes, added Tier 3 boots that unlock after ten minutes, removed built-in Magic Penetration from Tier 3 mage items, cut Tear of the Goddess to 500 gold and weakened runes across the board. Changes of that size always create winners and losers that only become clear on live servers, and Riot followed up with balance patches through the cycle.

In its introduction to 7.2a, Riot described the goal simply: address a few standout performers, bring a few weaker champions back into the fight, and keep watching the meta. Nothing in 7.2a changed how a system works; it changed how strong specific champions and items were inside the new systems.

Champion changes in 7.2a

The jungle was the main target. Riot said Nidalee's jungle damage had exceeded expectations, especially in skilled hands, and that Warwick left opponents too little room once he committed. Both are early-pressure junglers who decide games by striking first. Skarner went the other way: Riot said he had been underperforming in skirmishes and ganks since the latest patch, so he got more damage, durability and crowd control at once.

Supports moved in opposite directions. Senna, who can play as a damage-dealing support, was overperforming, so both her damage and her ultimate's shielding came down. Yuumi's healing had felt weaker than intended since 7.2, and 7.2a answered with lower Mana costs and stronger base healing so she could keep supporting through longer fights.

Item and boot changes in 7.2a

Most of the item changes were a direct reaction to one decision in 7.2: making Tear of the Goddess a cheap basic item. Riot's reasoning in 7.2 was that Mana-stacking champions should be able to start or rush Tear. The side effect was that the whole Tear family (Manamune, Archangel's Staff, Seraph's Embrace) reached full power too early.

• Tear of the Goddess: each stack now gives slightly less maximum Mana (6 down to 5), which slows every item built from it.
• Manamune: slower Mana stacking and less bonus damage from the transformed Muramana's passive.
• Seraph's Embrace: its emergency shield scales less with maximum Mana, cutting the shield size.
• Blade of the Ruined King: after 7.2 raised its Attack Damage, melee users got too much value, so its melee current-Health damage fell from 10% to 8.5%.
• Armorcrusher Boots: this new Tier 3 boot was outperforming the others, so it lost some Armor Penetration and Attack Damage.

AAA ARAM changes and bug fixes

In AAA ARAM, Riot slowed the Mountain Mover Augment, removed the special item build paths from Whale, sped up minions after ten minutes, made respawns longer after fifteen minutes, and added a Legionary Potion to the shop. About fifteen champions also received mode-specific damage dealt and damage taken tuning; because those values only apply inside that mode, we do not repeat them here. The bug fixes covered Diana's Dusk and Dawn trigger, Searing Crown sometimes failing to deal damage, Zyra's plants interacting incorrectly with Blackfire Torch, and several ARAM Augment and item interactions.

What 7.2a meant for players

For ranked junglers, 7.2a narrowed the gap between the strongest early-game picks and the rest. Nidalee and Warwick lost some of their ability to end a fight before the target could react, and Skarner got more reason to be picked for ganks and skirmishes. For Dragon Lane and supports, the Senna nerf touched two roles at once, because she can be played as a damage-dealing support, while the Yuumi buff mainly affected players who already enjoyed her. For Tear users such as Manamune carriers and Mana-hungry mages, the patch did not change what to build, only how quickly the build paid off.

A good habit after any balance patch is to compare your main champions against the notes before you queue. Our champion pages, item guide and tier list track the live patch, which today is 7.3, not 7.2a.

What came after 7.2a

7.2a was the first of several corrections. Two weeks later, patch 7.2b found Nidalee still overperforming and lowered her base Armor and Magic Resist as well as her Movement Speed bonuses, gave Lee Sin more shielding now that he had settled into a fighter role, and slowed how quickly the new bounties built up. Later updates such as patch 7.2d came back to Yuumi and several other champions. Riot then replaced the whole cycle with patch 7.3, which added Hwei as the newest champion, overhauled marksmen and critical strikes, reworked the jungle economy and Smite, and began Ranked Season S23 on 23 September 2026.

How we keep this page accurate

This page summarises Riot's official Wild Rift patch notes for 7.2a and the patches around it, all linked in the text. We write the explanations ourselves and quote only a few key values; for the complete list of numbers, open the official notes. We do not publish win rates, because Riot did not release them for this patch. If you notice an error, use the correction link on this article and we will check it against Riot's notes.