In this piece, Hannes Hase, a Data Scientist at Bayes Esports, breaks down how League of Legends balance patches impact the meta and data surrounding a match.
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored piece from Bayes Esports
In a game as complex as League of Legends, keeping champion strength, item stats and general interactions in balance are key to keep the community around it happy. The struggle here is that whenever new elements are introduced into the game, it is hard to fully estimate their impact, leading to a necessary readjustment afterwards.