The Frozen collaboration is revealed, heroes are weakened multiple times, will the skins be released too late? (Part 2)

During the time of the rework, Zhen Ji was a popular mid-lane hero. No matter which rank she reached, from Brick and Platinum to King of Kings and Peak, and even the KPL arena, her figure could be seen everywhere. Just like Mai Shiranui, her combos were almost fixed, but she could rely on operations to maximize her upper limit. She was simple and powerful, and she was a must-pick if she was not banned.

Until the S38 season, I checked her data and found that she was in a slump and her win rate was below average. Her appearance rate in all stages was 14.2%, and her win rate was 49.3%. In the peak game with a score of 1350 or above, her appearance rate was 7.8%, and her win rate was 47.6%. Her appearance rate in high-star games was 9.3%, and her win rate was 46.9%. Her appearance rate in top games was 12.6%, and her win rate was 48.6%.

Compared to Zhen Ji's peak period, her appearance rate has dropped by a factor of two. If a skin is released at this time, is the official intention to help her? Or is it to ignore the skin and fill the gap? If it is launched in December 2024, at least players know that the purpose is to celebrate Christmas and it is a seasonal skin. It is already early January, and in two more weeks, it will be ready to welcome the New Year. This time, Xiao Wang seems to have made a mistake.

Weakened four times, dropped out of T0 lineup

Back to the issue of data decline, what exactly has Zhen Ji experienced that has led to the current sluggish phenomenon? Multiple weakening is one of the reasons. During the rework, due to the excessive status, the attributes were constantly adjusted. The latest adjustment was on September 12, 2024. The basic and growth damage of the first skill were weakened, and replaced with an increase of 0.05 AP bonus compensation, which was not very helpful. It was a pure weakening.

The last time was on July 25, 2024, the radius of the first skill's ice pillar blocking was reduced, the number of ice ball bounces of the second skill was reduced in the early stage, and increased once in the later stage, and the slowing effect of the ultimate skill was also weakened. On July 18, 2024, Zhen Ji's ultimate slowing effect was weakened. The first weakening was on May 23, 2024, after continuous freezing, the freezing time was only 0.5 seconds.

From this we can see that Zhen Ji has been weakened four times in total, basically all targeting her control effect. This is the contradiction of the planner. The redo was because the old version of the mechanism was eliminated, and then it was considered too strong after the renovation. Subsequently, it was adjusted again and again, and the burst mage was transformed into a control mage, and the deceleration effect was reduced. She failed on both ends and the situation was embarrassing. She was eventually removed from the first-line team.