We will be taking a look at the upcoming changes coming in Season 14 for Patch 14.9. A lot of champion buffs, nerfs, and adjustments along with item and other system changes.
League of Legends Season 14 has been quite the rollercoaster in terms of champion and item balancing, given the massive changes to Summoner's Rift, neutral objectives, and the meta overall.
Riot Games is always trying to innovate whilst retaining its core philosophy around how the game is intended to be played. Although off-meta picks do gain traction from time to time, we are now getting a basic idea of how we can expect for the meta will shape up.
LoL 14.9 Patch Notes Preview
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LoL 14.9 Patch Champion Buffs
Amumu
Base Stats
- Base Attack Damage: 53 ⇒ 57
- Base Armor: 30 ⇒ 33
Karma
Inner Flame (Q)
- Slow: 35% ⇒ 40%
Defiance (R+E)
- AoE Shield: 90% ⇒ 100%
- AoE Haste: 12% ⇒ 15%
Kennen
Slicing Maelstrom (R)
- NEW: Animation has been changed
- NEW: Can be cast while moving
Lightning Rush (E)
- NEW: Now has a range indication on hover
Malzahar
Call of the Void (Q)
- Mana Cost: 80 ⇒ 80/75/70/65/60
Malefic Visions (E)
- Cooldown: 15/13/11/9/7 seconds ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds
Sejuani
Fury of the North (Passive)
- Armor and Magic Resist: 10 (+50% bonus) ⇒ 10 (+75% bonus)
Winter's Wrath (W)
- Damage: 30-210 (+8% Max HP) ⇒ 10+130 (+12% Max HP)
Seraphine
High Note (Q)
- Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+60% AP)
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LoL 14.9 Patch Champion Nerfs
Ahri
Fox-Fire (W)
- Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+30% AP) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+30% AP)
Spirit Rush (R)
- Cooldown: 130/105/80 seconds ⇒ 130/115/100 seconds
Aurelion Sol
Singularity (E)
- Damage: 2.5/3.75/5/6.25/7.5 (+5% AP) ⇒ 2.5/3.75/5/6.25/7.5 (+4% AP)
Blitzcrank
Mana Barrier (Passive)
- Shield Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
Overdrive (W)
- Movement Speed: 70/75/80/85/90% ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80%
Evelynn
Allure (W)
- Slow: 65% ⇒ 45%
Last Caress (R)
- Damage: 125/250/375 (+75% AP) ⇒ 125/250/375 (+65% AP)
Jinx
Super Mega Death Rocket! (R)
- Cooldown: 70/55/40 seconds ⇒ 85/65/45 seconds
Kassadin
Force Pulse (E)
- Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+70% AP)
Master Yi
Wuju Style (E)
- Damage: 30/35/40/45/50 (+30% Bonus AD) ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40 (+30% Bonus AD)
Olaf
Undertow (Q)
- Damage: 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% Bonus AD) ⇒ 60/110/160/210/260 (+100% Bonus AD)
- Bonus Monster Damage: 5/15/25/35/45 ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25
Ragnarok (R)
- Armor and Magic Resistance: 10/20/30 ⇒ 10/15/20
Pyke
Ghostwater Dive (W)
- Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 65
- Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds
Skarner
Base Stats
- Mana Regen Growth: 0.6 ⇒ 0.75
Shattered Earth (Q)
- Damage: 10/25/40/55/70 ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50
Seismic Bastion (W)
- Slow: 20/25/30/35/40% ⇒ 20%
- Shield: 9% Max HP ⇒ 8% Max HP
Taliyah
Threaded Volley (Q)
- Mana Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 ⇒ 65/70/75/80/85
- Bonus Monster Damage: 25 (+10% AP) ⇒ 25 (+5% AP)
Twitch
Base Stats
- Health: 682 + 100 per level ⇒ 630 + 104 per level
Venom Cask (W)
- Slow: 30/35/40/45/50 (+6% per 100 AP) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 (+5% per 100 AP)
Spray and Pray (R)
- Bonus Attack Damage: 40/55/70 ⇒ 30/45/60
Urgot
Base Stats
- Armor Growth: 5.45 per level ⇒ 5 per level
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LoL 14.9 Patch Champion Adjustments
Akshan
Avengerang (Q)
- Movement Speed: 20/25/30/35/40% ⇒ 20%
- Non-Champion Damage: 40/52.5/65/77.5/90% ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80%
Comeuppance (R)
- Minimum Damage: 20/25/30 (+10% Total AD) ⇒ 25/35/45 (15% Total AD)
- Maximum Damage: 80/100/120 (+40% Total AD) ⇒ 75/105/135 (+45% Total AD)
Bel'Veth
Death in Lavender (Passive)
- Attack Speed: 0.28 - 1% (Level 1-13) ⇒ 0.28 - 1% (Level 1-17)
Void Surge (Q)
- Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 (+110% Total AD) ⇒ 10/15/20/25/30 (+100% Total AD)
- Bonus Monster Damage: 140% Total Damage ⇒ 45/55/65/75/85
Janna
Zephyr (W)
- Damage: 55/90/125/160/195 (+60% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed) ⇒ 55/85/115/145/175 (+50% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed)
Eye of the Storm (E)
- Shield: 80/115/150/185/220 (+55% AP) ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+55% AP)
Nilah
Formless Blade (Q)
- Active Damage: 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/97.5/105/112.5/120% AD) * 1+120% Crit Chance) ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/95/100/105/110% AD) * 1+100% Crit Chance)
- Active Attacks Speed: 10-50% based on level ⇒ 10-60% based on level
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LoL 14.9 Patch System Buffs
Death's Dance
- Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
- Heal on Kill: 50% Bonus AD ⇒ 75% Bonus AD
- Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + 1000 gold ⇒ Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + Pickaxe + 125 gold
LoL 14.9 Patch System Nerfs
Eclipse
- Melee Max HP Damage: 8% ⇒ 6%
Sundered Sky
- Cooldown: 6 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
- Base AD Heal Scaling: 140% Base AD (+6% Missing HP) ⇒ 120% Base AD (+6% Missing HP)
Sterak's Gage
- Gold Cost: 3000 ⇒ 3200
- Lifeline Cooldown: 60 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds
LoL 14.9 Patch System Adjustments
Hexdrinker
- Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mangtle + 500 gold ⇒ Long Sword + Null-Magic Mangtle + Long Sword + 150 gold
- Magic Resistance: 35 ⇒ 30
Maw of Malmortius
- Gold Cost: 2800 ⇒ 3100
- Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15
- Magic Resistance: 50 ⇒ 40
- Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 70
- Lifeline Buff: 12% Life Steal ⇒ 10% Omnivamp
- Lifeline Shield Duration: 2.5 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds
And that covers all of the changes for the upcoming Patch 14.9 for League of Legends. Some very surprising changes as it seems Rioters want to shake up the meta, especially with the Mage changes.
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