# Nerf Radar Changes API

> Nerf Radar Changes API is a paid API for AI agents from nerfradar.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns a list of buffs, nerfs, adjustments, and fixes for specific heroes, champions, weapons, or abilities across major live-service games.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://nerfradar.com/api/changes?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nerf-radar-changes-api-97b6e630
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9XwxFaB3PPvuc2iOXB40F

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability nerf-radar-changes-api-97b6e630
```

Example prompt: Look up all nerfs to Ambessa in League of Legends and show me the stat changes — before and after values — from the most recent patches.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, queryable patch change data for a specific champion, hero, weapon, or ability across supported games (WoW Forever, WoW Retail, CS2, LoL, VALORANT, Deadlock, WARDOGS). Prefer it over scraping patch note pages when you need machine-readable before/after stat deltas, change type classification (buff/nerf/fix/adjust), or historical patch coverage for a named target.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'target' query parameter returns an error
- Unrecognized game slug or change_type enum value may return empty results or an error
- Target name not found in any patch returns count:0 with empty results array
- Requesting more than 500 results (limit cap exceeded) may be rejected or capped
- Payment failure (x402 protocol) blocks the request before it reaches the API

## How this service works

Every buff, nerf and fix for World of Warcraft: Forever, World of Warcraft (Retail), Counter-Strike 2, League of Legends, VALORANT, Deadlock and WARDOGS.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a results array of individual change records (each with before/after stat values, ability name, change type, patch version, publication date, and a human-readable summary), plus a history array showing the aggregate patch history for the queried target, total change count, and whether the result set was truncated.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "target"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "game": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional game slug: world-of-warcraft-forever, world-of-warcraft, counter-strike-2, league-of-legends, valorant, deadlock or wardogs"
      },
      "type": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional change_type filter: buff, nerf, adjust, new, removed or fix"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "number",
       "description": "Maximum number of results (default 200, up to 500)"
      },
      "target": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Name to look up, for example Druid, Holy Strike, K'Sante, Warden or Rat King"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "order": "Target-name matches first, then other mentions; each group newest first.",
  "query": {
   "game": "league-of-legends",
   "type": null,
   "limit": 200,
   "target": "Ambessa"
  },
  "total": 7,
  "history": [
   {
    "game": "league-of-legends",
    "steps": [
     {
      "changes": 1,
      "version": "26.20",
      "patch_id": "lol-26-20",
      "published_at": "2026-10-06T18:00:00.000Z"
     },
     {
      "changes": 3,
      "version": "26.17",
      "patch_id": "lol-26-17",
      "published_at": "2026-08-25T18:00:00.000Z"
     },
     {
      "changes": 1,
      "version": "26.15",
      "patch_id": "lol-26-15",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T18:00:00.000Z"
     },
     {
      "changes": 2,
      "version": "26.14",
      "patch_id": "lol-26-14",
      "published_at": "2026-07-14T18:00:00.000Z"
     }
    ],
    "newest": "2026-10-06T18:00:00.000Z",
    "oldest": "2026-07-14T18:00:00.000Z",
    "target": "Ambessa",
    "page_url": "https://nerfradar.com/history/league-of-legends/ambessa",
    "patch_count": 4,
    "change_count": 7
   }
  ],
  "results": [
   {
    "id": "lol-26-20-003",
    "game": "league-of-legends",
    "stat": "Damage",
    "after": "5–25 (+20% bonus AD)",
    "match": "target",
    "patch": {
     "id": "lol-26-20",
     "title": "League of Legends Patch 26.20 Notes",
     "version": "26.20",
     "page_url": "https://nerfradar.com/patch/lol-26-20",
     "source_url": "https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/league-of-legends-patch-26-20-notes/",
     "published_at": "2026-10-06T18:00:00.000Z"
    },
    "scope": "Summoner's Rift",
    "before": "5–30 (+25% bonus AD)",
    "target": "Ambessa",
    "ability": "Passive - Drakehound's Step",
    "summary": "Damage on Ambessa's Drakehound's Step (Passive) decreases from 5–30 (+25% bonus AD) to 5–25 (+20% bonus AD).",
    "category": "champion",
    "change_type": "nerf",
    "label_basis": "numbers",
    "source_text": "Damage: 5 - 30 (+25% bonus AD) → 5 - 25 (+20% bonus AD)"
   }
  ],
  "truncated": false
 }
}
```

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