The Patch Notes for patch 5.16 have just landed, bringing with them a massive range of changes. It’s a huge patch, the largest I can remember seeing outside of a preseason, and should heavily shake up the meta game. But today’s patch notes revealed that these changes might not see any pro play whatsoever before the World Championships arrive.

That piece of information came in the preamble to the patch notes, in this quote:

Before we dive in, let’s clear some things up for all the esports fans out there – 5.14 (the one with crazy Elise, #bigsorry) will be the one that the rest of playoffs including the gauntlet will be played on. Worlds will be played on 5.18, which means while we totally hear you about these changes being pretty huge before worlds, we’ve set aside the next two to react and tune as necessary (read: lighter touches) before these changes hit the big stage. -Scarizard

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