Breaking down patch 7.18 changes to Knight’s Vow

Patch update 7.18 brought some interesting changes to Knight’s Vow, the popular support item in League of Legends.

When it comes to champions that play the support role in League of Legends, it’s a whole different kind of strategy to enjoy success. It’s all about making your ADC shine and even sacrificing your own K/D/A ratio for their benefit. At the end of the day, it’s an important role and well, Summoners need the right items to get the job done.

Developers have noticed that when it came to the popular support item Knight’s Vow, it was used by tanky support champions but was expensive and had a bit too much health for its main stat. It’s beneficial for the Summoner that equipped it but again, support champions aren’t exactly swimming in gold for their efforts.

In patch update 7.18, Knight’s Vow saw some interesting changes to balance things out and also made it affordable to support champions right from the start. The thought process here was to make sure that it’s cheaper at the expense of not having as much health since it’s mostly an item to help your ADC anyway.

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As per the Media Relations Department of League of Legends, here are the official changes that have been made to Knight’s Vow:

"Knight’s VowTOTAL COST :: 2300 gold >>> 2200 goldCOMBINE COST :: 700 gold >>> 600 goldHEALTH :: 350 >>> 250"

In the grand scheme of things, it’s a move that needed to happen. Again, this is an item that mostly benefits your ADC thanks to its procs. Knight’s Vow allows you to designate your allied champion, protect you while giving you a speed boost and pretty much take damage directed at your ADC. Talk about the ultimate teammate!

It’s a great strategy that emphasizes what the support role is all about and is key when a team fight breaks out in the bottom lane or even when roaming around to get the upper hand against an opposing team. Now that it’ll be more affordable, it should continue being a popular item for support champions to have as one of their main pieces.

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Overall, these were necessary changes that so far, have been well received by those that play the support role.