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However, in some current metas, support champions struggle to compete with engage supports like Leona or Alistar, despite Riot's efforts to balance them. Most recently, Milio received a power increase in Patch 13.20, making him a strong choice, but this didn't last long.
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Therefore, Patch 13.21 of League of Legends brings a significant change to the gameplay of support champions. Specifically, for some champions, the additional damage when using buff skills will count as their own damage instead of being attributed to their allies. For example, when you attach Lulu's Pix to Jinx, the additional damage from Pix will be counted as Lulu's. Hence, support champions can opt for items with on-hit effects to amplify the additional damage of their allies significantly. The aforementioned change will apply to the following champions:
- Ivern: Ability W
- Leona: Passive
- Lulu: Passive, Ability W
- Nami: Ability E
- Renata Glasc: Passive
- Sona: Ability Q
- Yuumi: Ability Q
One unique aspect of this change is that although damage is accounted for the mage champions when buffing allies, if that damage finishes off an enemy, the kill credit will still be attributed to that ally champion. This ensures that the gold from that takedown will flow directly into the pockets of the carries. Riot's adjustment is seen as a move to acknowledge the contributions of mage champions to the team's overall gameplay, while also opening up new itemization paths for these champions.
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