
We will be taking a look at the upcoming changes coming in Season 14 for Patch 14.4. A lot of champion buffs, nerfs and adjustments along with item and other system changes.
We will make sure to update the article as soon as we have the exact stat changes we can expect as provided by Riot Phroxzon on Twitter.
LoL 14.4 Patch Notes Preview

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LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Buffs

Ahri
Base Stats
- Health Growth: 96 ⇒ 104

Orb of Deception (Q)
- AP Ratio: 45% AP ⇒ 50% AP

Jayce
Base Stats
- Base AD: 57 ⇒ 59

Lightning Field (Melee W)
- Mana Restore: 10/12/14/16/18/20 ⇒ 15/17/19/21/23/25
- Damage: 35/50/65/80/95/110 ⇒ 40/55/70/85/100/115

Thundering Blow (Melee E)
- NEW: Mirrors Lee Sin Ultimate Functionality

Kai'Sa

Killer Instinct (R)
- Cast Range: 1500/2250/3000 ⇒ 2000/2500/3000

Lulu

Glitterance (Q)
- Doublehit Damage: 25% ⇒ 50%

Help, Pix (E)
- Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 ⇒ 80/125/170/215/260
- Shield: 75/115/155/195/235 ⇒ 80/125/170/215/260

Renekton

Cull the Meek (Q)
- Champion Healing: 12-36 (+15% Base AD) ⇒ 12-44 (+17% Base AD)

Slice and Dice (E)
- Cooldown: 16-12 ⇒ 16-10

Dominus (R)
- Bonus Health: 250-550 ⇒ 300-700

Soraka

Salvation (Passive)
- Movement Speed: 70% ⇒ 90%

Starcall (Q)
- Heal: 50-110 ⇒ 60-120

Wish (R)
- Cooldown: 160-130 ⇒ 150-120

Thresh
Base Stats
- Base Armor: 28 ⇒ 31

Flay (E)
- Damage: 75-235 ⇒ 75-255

The Box (R)
- Cooldown: 140-100 ⇒ 120-80

Volibear

Thundering Smash (Q)
- Movement Speed: 8-24 ⇒ 12-32

Sky Splitter (E)
- Cooldown: 13 ⇒ 12

Stormbringer (R)
- Turret Disable: 3-5s ⇒ 2-4s
- Cooldown: 160-120 ⇒ 130-100
- REMOVED: CC Immunity (Still Unstoppable)
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LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Nerfs

Aurelion Sol

Breath of Light (Q)
- Bonus Magic Damage Pers 1s: 60-100 (+35% AP) ⇒ 55-95 (+30% AP)

Bard
Base Stats
- Armor Growth: 5.2 ⇒ 5
- Attack Speed: .625 ⇒ .658

Traveler's Call (Passive)
- Damage: 35 + 14/5 Chimes (+30% AP) ⇒ 35 + 10/5 Chimes (+40%AP)

Cosmic Binding (Q)
- Damage: 80-260 (+65% AP) ⇒ 80-240 (+80% AP)

Fiora

Riposte (W)
- Attack Speed Slow: 50% ⇒ 25%

Illaoi

Prophet of an Elder God (Passive)
- Damage: 9-162 (+115% Total AD) ⇒ 9-182 (+100% Total AD)

Kalista

Rend (E)
- Base Damage: 20-60 (+70% Total AD) ⇒ 10-50 (+70% Total AD) [Per-stack Damage Unchanged]
Bugfix: Boots of Speed now properly affect passive dash distance.

Maokai
Base Stats
- Base Armor: 39 ⇒ 35

Bramble Smash (Q)
- Damage: 70-270 (+2-4% Max HP) ⇒ 65-265 (+2-4% Max HP)

Nature's Grasp (R)
- Root Duration: 0.8-2.6 ⇒ 0.75-2.25

Urgot

Hullbreaker
- Works properly now

Varus
Base Stats
- Base AD: 62 ⇒ 60

Zyra

Garden of Thorns (Passive)
- Plant Damage: 20-88 (+18% AP) ⇒ 16-84 (+18% AP)
- Bonus Monster Damage: 40-100 ⇒ 60-100
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LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Adjustments

K'Sante
Base Stats
- Base Health: 570 ⇒ 625
- Base Mana: 290 ⇒ 320

Path Maker (W)
- Armor/MR Ratio: 50% ⇒ 85%

All Out (R)
- REMOVED: Q no longer slows
- REMOVED: W no longer has faster CD or Cast Time
- E Dash Speed: 20-40%

Rek'Sai
Intention here is to move Rek'Sai into more of a fighter and less of a one-shot Assassin.
We're cautiously returning Rek'Sai's AOE knockup and monitoring how that goes.
This also involves moving some damage types into magic to reduce the potency of lethality on her a bit.
Full List of PBE Changes can be seen, here.

Smolder

Super Scorcher Breath (Q)
- Target dying while missile is in flight still grants a stack
- 125 Stacks Number of Missiles: 2 + 1% Dragon Practice Stacks ⇒ 1 + 1.5% Dragon Practice Stacks

Achooo! (W)
- Cooldown: 13-11 ⇒ 14-10
- Base Damage: 70-150 (+25% Total AD) (+35% AP) ⇒ 50-170 (25% Bonus AD) (+20% AP)
- Explosion Damage: 25-85 (+65% AP) ⇒ 25-85 (+25% Bonus AD) (+80% AP)

Mmooommm! (R)
- Will cast even if Smolder dies during cast time
LoL 14.4 Patch Item and System Buffs

Black Cleaver
- Shred Cap: 24% in 6 hits ⇒ 25% in 5 hits
- Recipe: Kinglegem + Long Sword ⇒ Warhammer + Ruby Crystal
- Passive Movement Speed: Now applies even if damage is mitigated
- Passive Movement Speed: Ranged champions receive full power

Ravenous Hydra
- NEW: Active benefits from 150% of lifesteal

Stridebreaker
- Passive Movement Speed: Now applies even if damage is mitigated
- Active Movement Speed Decay: 1.5s ⇒ 3.0s (Has a buff icon now)

Terminus
- Stack Cap: 5 each ⇒ 3 each
- Max Armor/MR: 15-25 ⇒ 18-24
- Recipe: Dagger ⇒ Second Recurve Bow

Fountain Regeneration
- Max Health Regeneration Per 1s: 8.4% ⇒ 10.4%
LoL 14.4 Patch Item and System Nerfs

Lethal Tempo
- Melee Attack Speed Per Stack: 9-13.5% ⇒ 5-16%
LoL 14.4 Patch Item and System Adjustments

Hubris
- VFX Changes
Support Items:
- Charge Rate: 18s ⇒ 20s
- First Charge: 2:08 ⇒ 1:50

Bloodsong
- Ranged Amplification: 6% ⇒ 5%

Solstice Sleigh
- Health: 120 ⇒ 7% Max HP
- Movement Speed: 90, decaying over 4s ⇒ 30%, decaying over 3s

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike
- Damage: 50 (+15% AP) (+3% Max HP) ⇒ 20 (+20% AP) (+4% Max HP)
- Cooldown: 9-6 (linear) ⇒ 8/7/6 (1/11/16)

Tether Changes
We will make sure to provide the exact numbers once available.
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