There's a League of Legends patch that brings lots of changes to the game. LoL Patch 14.23 not only adds some amazing Arcane skins to the mix, but it also introduces a long list of buffs and nerfs to champions which you should keep an eye on so you know how the meta will change. Of course, all of this is important for winning in Ranked. Let's check out the updated champions, items, and in-game systems for Patch 14.23 of League of Legends.
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League of Legends 14.23 Patch Notes
LoL 14.23 Champion Buffs
Arise! (W)
- AP Ratio: 35/40/45/50/55% ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60%
Double Up (Q)
- Mana: 43/46/49/52/55 ⇒ 40
Highlander (R)
- Attack Speed: 25/35/45% ⇒ 25/45/65%
Powerball (Q)
- Cooldown: 16/13.5/11/8.5/6 ⇒ 12/10.5/9/7.5/6
Thrill of the Hunt (R)
- Bonus Damage: 50% total AD ⇒ 100% total AD
- Armor Shred: 12/18/24 ⇒ 15/20/25
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LoL 14.23 Champion Nerfs
Ace in the Hole (R)
- Bonus AD Ratio: 150% ⇒ 100%
Caustic Spittle (Q)
- Shred: 23/25/27/29/31% ⇒ 16/20/24/28/32%
Void Ooze (E)
- Damage: 75/120/165/210/255 (+70% AP) ⇒ 70/110/150/190/230 (+65% AP)
Toxic Shot (E)
- Monster Mod: 150% ⇒ 125%
Shattered Earth (Q)
- Bonus HP Ratio: 4% ⇒ 3%
Base Stats
- MR Growth: 2.05 ⇒ 1.5
Flame Breath (E)
- AP Ratio: 80% ⇒ 70%
Stretching Strikes (Q)
- Damage: 40/55/70/85/100 (+30% AP) (+4% of Zac's maximum health) ⇒ 40/55/70/85/100 (+30% AP) (+3% of Zac's maximum health)
Base Stats
- Armor: 36 ⇒ 32
Evolved Spike Racks (W)
- Isolated Slow: 75% ⇒ 60%
An Acquired Taste (Passive)
- AP Ratio: 2% per 100 bonus HP ⇒ 1.5% per 100 bonus HP
Devour (R)
- Shield AP Ratio: 150% ⇒ 100%
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LoL 14.23 Champion Adjustments
Base Stats
- Armor / Armor Growth: 36 + 4.2 ⇒ 30 + 4.3
- MR / MR Growth: 30 + 2.05 ⇒ 28 + 1.8
- Mana / Mana Growth: 350 + 45 ⇒ 320 + 40
- Mana Regeneration and Growth: 6 + 0.35 ⇒ 7 + 0.7
- Movement Speed: 330 ⇒ 315
- Attack Speed Growth: 1.5% ⇒ 2%
- Attack Windup: 0.336-0.312 (based on level) ⇒ 0.3
- Attack Speed Animation Scaling: 40% ⇒ 100% (note: Attack Speed will animate Rell's attacks faster.)
Break the Mold (Passive)
- Passive now deals 5% total Armor + MR damage on-hit
- Passive Minimum Steal: 0.8-2 ⇒ 1-2
Q / W1 / W2: Stun Duration reduced by 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.4 seconds
Tenacity now affects Crash Down (W)
Ferromancy: Crash Down (Dismounted W)
- Now stuns enemies for 0.8 seconds
- Removed: Dismounted 10% slow has been removed
- Cooldown: 11 ⇒ 10 seconds
- Knock-Up Duration: 1 ⇒ 0.4 seconds
- Dismounted Armor / MR: 12% ⇒ 15%
- Dismounted Attack Speed: 30% ⇒ 20%
Ferromancy: Mount Up (Mounted W)
- Cooldown: 11 ⇒ 10 seconds
- Stun Duration: 1 ⇒ 0.6 seconds
- Mounted Movement Speed: 335-380 out of combat, 332.5-355 in combat (levels 1-13) ⇒ 330/335/340/345/350/355 (based on ability rank)
Full Tilt (E)
- Removed: Movement Speed no longer ramps up from 75% effectiveness over 2 seconds
- Cooldown: 15 ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds (based on ability rank)
- Damage: 25/35/45/55/65 (+50% AP) (+3% of target's maximum health) ⇒ 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% of the target's maximum health (+3% per 100 AP)
- Damage Cap: 150 ⇒ 150-300 (based on levels 1-18)
- Initial Movement Speed Towards Enemies: 18/19.5/21/22.5/24% ⇒ 25%
- Initial Movement Speed Running Away: 9/9.75/10.5/11.25/12% ⇒ 10%
- Maximum Movement Speed Toward Enemies: 24/26/28/30/32% ⇒ 25%
- Maximum Movement Speed Running Away: 12/13/14/15/16% ⇒ 10%
Spirit Abjuration (Passive)
- Bonus Move Speed Removed
Twofold Hex (Q)
- Now automatically recasts if the duration runs out without Aurora recasting the spell (Still able to recast early)
- Cooldown: 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 ⇒ 9/8.5/8/7.5/7
- Damage: 40/65/90/115/140 ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145
Across the Veil (W)
- Now grants 20/25/30/35/40% Move Speed on cast
The Weirding (E)
- Range: 800 ⇒ 825
Between Worlds (R)
- No longer traps enemies, now slows them on exit by 75% for 1.5/1.75/2s
- Now grants (W) Move Speed inside of it, rather than amplifying Move Speed
- Duration: 1.5/2/2.5 ⇒ 2/3/4
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Drakehound's Step (Passive)
- Dashes no longer go over player-created terrain
Sundering Slam (Q2)
- Cast Window: 3.5 ⇒ 4 (matches passive duration)
Public Execution (R)
- Movement commands issued before a successful cast will be discarded after slamming the enemy into the ground to avoid pathing the player towards a place they are no longer near
Base Stats
- AD Growth: 2.9 ⇒ 3.15
Zap! (W)
- Total AD Ratio: 160% ⇒ 140%
Q / W / R Minion Mods: 110% / 140% / 100% ⇒ 100% / 100% / 50%
Super Scorcher Breath (Q)
- Damage: 15/25/35/45/55 (+100% total AD) (+40% stacks) ⇒ 65/80/95/110/125 (+130% bonus AD) (+30% stacks)
- Now restores 15 Mana on kill
- Bounce Damage: 75% ⇒ 50%
- Burn Damage: 0.8% stacks (+2% bonus AD) (+1% AP) ⇒ 0.4% stacks (+2.5% bonus AD)
Achooo! (W)
- W1 Damage: 45/75/105/135/165 (+25% bonus AD) ⇒ 30/50/70/90/110 (+60% bonus AD)
- W2 Damage: 25/40/55/70/85 (+25% bonus AD) ⇒ 30/50/70/90/110 (+60% bonus AD)
- W Full Damage: 70/115/160/205/250 (+50% bonus AD) (+100% AP) (+55% stacks) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+120% bonus AD) (+80% AP) (+55% stacks)
- Mana: 60 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
Flap, Flap, Flap (E)
- Damage: 15/20/25/30/35 (+10% total AD) (+20% stacks) ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25 (+25% total AD) (+10% stacks)
- Bolts: 5+1 per 150 stacks ⇒ 5 + 1 per 100 stacks
MMOOOMMMM! (R)
- Cooldown: 140/130/120 ⇒ 120
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LoL 14.23 System Buffs
Items
Yun Tal Wildarrows
- Price: 3000 ⇒ 2900
- Passive Duration: 4s ⇒ 6s
- Passive Cooldown: 40 ⇒ 30s
LoL 14.23 System Nerfs
Items
Youmuu's Ghostblade
- (Ranged) Out of combat MS: 20 ⇒ 10
- (Ranged) Active Duration: 6s ⇒ 4s
The Collector
- Price: 2950 ⇒ 3000
LoL 14.23 System Adjustments
Bounties
- Maximum possible contribution from gold leads has been doubled for larger gold leads. Smaller gold leads are unaffected.
- Devaluation is now more aggressive for the losing team. It will kick in sooner, can be 2-4 times as potent, and is much more likely to fully suppress champion bounties on the losing team, especially with the shift in objective bounties above.
- Kills and assists contribute toward positive champion bounties 14% faster
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LoL 14.24 Griefing Measures
Demonstrating intent to sabotage the team, whether it be forcing a hostile role swap or threatening other players in the lobby, will be taken more seriously by Riot from now on. Starting with patch 14.23 offenders participating in these behaviors will find themselves taking a break from playing League for a bit.
LoL 14.23 Aram Changes
- Speed Zone Bonus Movement Speed: 30% for 2 seconds ⇒ 25% for 1 second
- Death Timers: 8-40 seconds (based on level) ⇒ 9-40 seconds (based on level)
- Inhibitor Buff Duration: 180 ⇒ 60 seconds
- Raidboss Bonus Size: 50% ⇒ 35%
- Raidboss Bonus Health: 12% ⇒ 8%
- Raidboss Bonus Movement Speed: 15% ⇒ 5%
- removed Raidboss Bonus Attack Speed: 15% ⇒ 0%
- removed Raidboss Bonus Armor and MR: 8% ⇒ 0%
- Raidboss Bonus Damage Dealt: 8% ⇒ 4%
- Mad Scientist (Small) Bonus Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 5
- Mad Scientist (Big) Bonus AD and AP: +5% ⇒ 3%
- Mad Scientist (Big) Bonus Health: 10% ⇒ 5%
- Health Relic Bonus Movement Speed, AP, AD, and HP: 5% ⇒ 3%
- Health Relic Bonus Ability Haste: 5 ⇒ 3
- Health Relic Buff Duration: 20 ⇒ 15 seconds
- Piltover Buff UX Update: The Piltover buff will now highlight the summoner spell slot showing that the spell is under the effects of a buff. The indicator will disappear when the buff wears off.
- Singed: Passive Bonus Movement Speed: 25% ⇒ 20%; Passive Cooldown: 8 ⇒ 10 seconds; Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 108%
- Volibear: W2 Healing: (+8/11/14/17/20% of his missing health) ⇒ (+8/10/12/14/16 of his missing health); E Shielding: 14% ⇒ 11% Maximum Health
- Yorick: Q Damage: (+40% AD) ⇒ (+30% AD); Q Heal Based on Missing Health 4/5/6/7/8 ⇒ 3/3.5/4/4.5/5
- Blade of the Ruined King: On-Hit Percent Health Damage: 8% (melee) / 5% (ranged) ⇒ 10% (melee) / 8% (ranged)
- Kraken Slayer: Range Modifier: 90% ⇒ 100%; Passive Damage: 150-200 ⇒ 225-300
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LoL 14.23 New Skins
The latest League of Legends update introduced 5 new skins, celebrating the release of the new Arcane season. Read more here.
LoL 14.23 Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Shyvana had .1 extra Magic Resist in Dragon form.
- Fixed a bug that caused Baron Nashor's stunning spike attack to cause Jayce and Sion to trigger an attack on themselves.
- Fixed a bug that caused Aatrox's auto attack to not apply both passive and on-hit effects when one effect killed the target.
- Fixed a bug that caused champions to teleport to fountain by using certain abilities at the same time as a hexgate.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ambessa to be able to dash farther than intended when using Hextech Rocketbelt.
- Fixed a bug that caused support item upgrade VFX to not follow their respective champions.
- Fixed a bug that caused Yuumi's W to malfunction when cast on an allied Neeko disguised as Shaco's Jack in the Box.
- Fixed a bug that caused Vel'Koz's E to not reduce its travel time based on the distance traveled.
- Fixed a bug that caused turret plating falling off VO to not play correctly.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ambessa's passive dash to be usable during the travel of Mark/Dash spell.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ambessa's Chosen of the Wolf skin VO to not play correctly and for the skin's homeguard trail VFX to not display correctly.
- Fixed a bug that caused K'Sante's E spell cast to count when targeting an ally as opposed to cast completion.
- Fixed a bug that caused Yorick's basic attack SFX to be audible while in Fog of War when attacking the same target as Maiden.
- Fixed a bug that caused Aurora to T pose if she was taken down by Ambessa's R.
- Fixed a bug that caused Rumble's E to become empowered based on his current heat level instead of the amount of heat he had at the time of casting.
- Fixed a bug that caused structures on Summoner's Rift to be missing their death animations.
- Fixed a bug that caused Elise's W to improperly follow a target once acquired.
- Fixed a bug that caused Kai'Sa's voice lines to not properly play when interacting with Honeyfruits or when she progresses her kill count.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a white line to appear in the middle of Summoner's Rift.
- Fixed a bug that caused Ambessa's passive to allow her to dash through player created terrain.
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