The League of Legends developer often releases patches that don’t always yield the best results. The same thing happened to Draven, whose win rate dropped by seven percent after Riot Games toned down his passive ability—and players aren’t happy.
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The Glorious Executioner has seen better days in LoL. His 53.25 percent win rate in Diamond dropped to 46.39 percent in just four days, according to stats site Lolalytics.
Draven, once a favorite AD carry among players, saw a significant drop in popularity following the nerf. On May 18, he had a peak of 78,638 players, but this number dropped to 67,367 the day after the patch, illustrating the drop in player interest following the changes to his kit. One player on Reddit summed up the changes by saying, "his passive is just wack, Draven is such a cool champ stuck with a stupid gimmick."
The nerf came into effect on May 17 with Patch 14.10, with Riot reducing the champion's passive bonus gold from 40 plus 2.5 per Adoration to 10 plus two per Adoration and reducing his Spinning Axe damage from 45-65 to 40-60.
