Sentinels – Rebirth
In patch 11.15b of Teamfight Tactics, the main carry of the Sentinels – Rebirth team, Soraka, will be nerfed in terms of energy stats. Specifically, both Soraka’s maximum energy and starting mana will increase by 10 units. This change will make Soraka take longer to cast her abilities after the first time. Essentially, Soraka has a relatively poor attack speed, so having to spend one additional attack to cast her abilities compared to before will significantly reduce the damage output of this unit.
Furthermore, the nerf to the effect of the Archangel’s Staff that increases skill damage also somewhat affects Soraka. Not to mention that a quality tank from the Sentinel faction, Irelia, being nerfed in durability also weakens this team’s mid-game. Perhaps starting from patch 11.15b, players will have to use energy regeneration items like Spear of Shojin or Blue Buff to ensure Soraka can continuously cast abilities and deal effective damage.
Cavaliers – Despair
Currently, players are gradually discovering the impressive area damage capability of Miss Fortune. Combined with the fact that Riot Games has not adjusted the appearance rate of 2-cost champions at level 6 and that Hecarim and Sejuani are still too strong, the reroll Cavaliers – Despair composition is becoming extremely powerful. Because of this dominance, Riot has heavily nerfed the Cavaliers – Despair team with the first “punch” being a reduction in Miss Fortune’s skill damage at levels 2 and 3 stars.
Next, Hecarim and Sejuani have also been heavily nerfed in their durability. For Sejuani, the increase in maximum energy makes this unit harder to continuously use skills to maintain a large amount of armor/magic resistance. Meanwhile, the healing effect from the Soul Reaver skill has decreased from 350 at all levels to only 200/225/250, which has severely nerfed Hecarim’s durability. With these changes, you might only want to build the Cavaliers – Despair team in patch 11.15b if you’re exceptionally lucky and can upgrade the composition to 3 stars very early.
Sentinels – Cannoneers
It is evident in patch 11.15b that the 2 Cannoneer units, Miss Fortune and Lucian, have both been nerfed in their damage capabilities. We need to remember that at levels 6-7, players find it very difficult to upgrade Lucian to 2 stars, so Miss Fortune will be the main source of damage. And as mentioned above, the decrease in damage from the ability Barrage will make Miss Fortune’s damage output in the mid-game not as strong anymore.
As for Lucian, the reduction in base AD will significantly impact the strength of this champion. Essentially, each bullet from the Purge ability interacts with 50% of Lucian’s AD. When this champion is nerfed in base AD, the damage dealt by Purge will also decrease. Combined with Irelia being nerfed in damage and durability, the Sentinels – Cannoneers composition will weaken significantly in the upcoming patch 11.15b.
