There was an impromtue Q&A on the League of Legends IRC Channel this evening that shed some light on some big changes coming to LoL. It would seem that the Z-Ring changes we talked about on this weeks show are going through. These changes are also confirmed by the Institute of War’s Facebook Fan Page. Talks about the Stealth remake are also mentioned here. Shurelia notes that the remake will involve more game play involving stealth as well as “lots of juking”. One change of note mentioned in this Q&A is a change to Exhaust, removing the blind and making its target deal less damage based on the damage type (physical is reduced more then magical). This sounds like an exciting change that not only helps the issue of Exhaust shutting down physical carries, but also allowing you to use it on casters as well. You can expect the CDR Boots to be in the next patch as well according to the Q&A, but it looks like that patch might be a small one. It would also look like you can blame Shurelia for Flash still not being removed from the game. It would seem she is pushing for keeping it! While its recent changes have caused players to shy away from using it, it’s yet to be seen if the changes have done anything to weaken how frustrating that spell can be. I guess if you feel quite strongly about the removal of flash you can direct your comments over to Shurelia, as she seems to be the one to persuade. If you want to read more from the Q&A a full transcript can be found here. Below are what I believe are the most important bits of information from this Q&A. We might see more Q&A’s like this in the future according to Shureila as well, we’ll have to wait and see!

<MasterIce79> @Shurelia: As players are now getting the hang on eve, do you still plan to change her? Have you even considered in not changing her as players ARE getting the hanger of her now?
<@DarkShurelia> Stealth Rework:  Yeah its looking pretty nifty… it’s kind of dangerous though.  I like maintaining the current feel of characters.
<SwiftES> DarkShurelia, do you think Urgot is viable as of the newest patch?
<@DarkShurelia> SwiftES:  Initial tests have shown that he’s decent.   A few of the top tier players are really picking him up and enjoying him.   From what I’ve heard he’s pretty viable as a solo laner.
<Graymanse> @DarkShurelia What do you think of Zilean as a whole? He seems to be a force to be wreckin as as other supports get nerfed he is becoming much more stronger then he should really be. With his harassing bombs and Free ga with a low cd.
<@DarkShurelia> Graymanse: Hmm I honestly think that Zilean is overpowered. think Zilean is OP because his ult is too strong… in addition to his timebomb + refresh.
<DrAwesome> DarkShurelia: how would you change Zileas’s ult? It has a really unique effect, but I feel like it would be really, really hard to make a revive balanced but such a huge deal. would you replace it entirely?
<@DarkShurelia> DrAwesome:  I’m not sure how I would change Zilean’s ult at the moment.    It would be something tough to change in a way that still retains the feel of the spell.   One thing that could be done thats fairly easy is to speed up the res time.
<Ququroon> DarkShurelia: “What is the desired meta for the game?” was asked while you were away. EncasedShadow answered, but what is your stance on the issue?
<@DarkShurelia> Ququroon: Thats a good question.   A meta that is desireable is when there aren’t any dominant strategies that have no reasonable counters to them.   A good example is the healing+poke metagame in which the only counter is healing… which is part of the strategy to begin with.  If that makes sense at all.   Is there a better way I can clarify this?
<@DarkShurelia> Zhonyas Changes:  Honestly the Zhonyas changes are so strong…    I was playing on the PTR with lux getting the new item… then I played on live and I was sad that i couldnt buy it.  I like it a lot more.
<Howling> @Shurelia:  Are there still plans to nerf the importance of jungling?
<@DarkShurelia> There are talks about reducing the importance of jungling, but there are no concrete plans yet.
<@DarkShurelia> Jungling Evelyn a Problem?:  I th ink its problematic for a character to have a strategic stealth and be a jungler at the same time.  Too much stress for the other team.
<@DarkShurelia> CDR Boots:  Next patch.
<@DarkShurelia> CDR Boots:   I dont know the cost but its just Boots -> CDR Boots
<@DarkShurelia> On Flash Removal:  As much as possible I would like to not remove flash.  We almost removed flash last patch but I made a huge debate about it… who knows.. we might still remove it one day.
<@DarkShurelia> Removing Flash:  I’m hoping that… the projectile pop solved the problems with it.  I’d like to keep flash as much as possible.
<@DarkShurelia> Exhaust:  We want to remove the blind on it.  We will soon.
<@DarkShurelia> We want to replace it with a % damage reduction that depends on if its phys or magic dmg.   Magic damage will be reduced less than phys.