Will Nameless Sword get buffed? Signal from Riot August or just a Reddit promise?

A single Reddit reply has made the Vietnamese League of Legends community count down to the next patch. I have watched hundreds of matches, and I learned that every official number must be re-checked against raw data. Four hundred and twelve passes, and the official number is a polite lie. But here there is no number to inspect, only a vague promise from Riot August. Riot August, a designer at Riot Games, said that Nameless Sword is too weak and needs buffs for both melee and ranged users, with ranged prioritized. He stressed that even a small stat change could significantly shift the power of champions with special basic-attack mechanics. The original article did not cite win-rate, pick-rate, or gold efficiency. It only mentions Patch 25.14, which already buffed Kraken Slayer, Nameless Sword, and Death's Dance, yet the community still sees the whole on-hit group as ineffective. The core problem is systemic, not item-specific. The debate quickly expanded: not only Nameless Sword, but the entire on-hit item category lacks appeal. Auto-attack champions like Irelia, Yasuo, and Yone are hit hardest. This is the stat-line amplification problem: an item tuned for the average user can spike or choke outlier champions. If Riot over-buffs, Irelia, Yasuo, or Yone could become too strong, forcing Riot to revert in the next patch. History has seen this buff, overperform, revert loop. The ranged-first priority suggests Riot wants to revive sustained-DPS marksmen, not give mobile fighters another power spike. Do not celebrate yet. A Reddit reply is not an official announcement. It may be a probe to test community reaction before a decision. The community has turned a casual line into an expectation. If no change ships in the next one or two patches, the disappointment will be bigger than today. The fall of a giant always starts with a fragile xG. In League of Legends, a Reddit reply can be the xG of an entire meta. If the buff ships, watch the presence rates of Irelia, Yasuo, and Yone. If Riot only touches Nameless Sword without addressing the on-hit group, the problem will return. Every pass leaves a trace if you follow the ink. But a Reddit comment is not yet a trace; it is only a blot.