LoL 14.1b Hotfix Patch Notes: Champion, Item and System Changes

Corki is one marksman that lost some power due to Trinity Force’s changes. And while it’s still his best item, we’d like to get him back up to snuff and get him an ace machine. While doing this, we’d like to close the gap between Bot and Mid as well, in order to open him up to players who pick marksmen more frequently.

Base Attack Damage: 59 ⇒ 61

Missile Barrage (R)

• Damage: 80/115/150 (+15/45/75% AD) (+12% AP) ⇒ 80/115/150 (+25/50/75% AD) (+12% AP)

Trinity Force lost a lot of power for ranged users last patch but seems to be in a good spot for melee users. As such, we’re not changing Ezreal’s core item in Trinity Force but he still needs more power from somewhere. These changes should add some interest to his laning phase by letting him be more aggressive with W and E combos.

 

Essence Flux (W)

• Cooldown: 12 ⇒ 8 seconds

 

Arcane Shift (E)

• Mana Cost: 90 ⇒ 70

While we're cautious about pro play, we want to move Hwei into a better spot for those that are picking him (as well as their teammates). To help him out, we’re adding some gold and level scaling in addition to making his ultimate more reliable without CC setup.

Health Growth: 104 ⇒ 109

 

Subject: Disaster (QQ)

• Damage 60/90/120/150/180 (+70% AP) (+4/5/6/7/8% of target's maximum health) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+75% AP) (+4/5/6/7/8% of target's maximum health)

 

Subject: Torment (EQ, EW, EE)

• Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP) ⇒ 70/110/150/190/230 (+60% AP)

 

Spiraling Despair (R)

• Missile Width: 80 ⇒ 90

With these changes we’re looking to give Lux a bit more survivability and defensive ability.

Base Health: 560 ⇒ 580

Base Armor: 19 ⇒ 21

Attack Speed Growth: 2% ⇒ 3%

 

Prismatic Barrier (W)

• Shield Strength: 40/55/70/85/100 (+35% AP) ⇒ 40/55/70/85/100 (+40% AP)

Naafiri’s another champion that got the short end of the stick with the item changes, so we’re throwing this doggo a bone!

Base Movement Speed: 335 ⇒ 340

 

We Are More (Passive)

• Packmate Damage: 5-25 (based on level) (+4.5% bonus AD) ⇒ 6-30 (based on level) (+4.5% bonus AD)
• Cooldown: 30/25/20/15 seconds (levels 1/6/11/16) ⇒ 30/25/20/15/10 seconds (levels 1/6/9/12/15)

Zac lost a lot of power from not having access to Demonic and Radiant Virtue in addition to all of his builds getting affected by the loss of Ability Haste across the board. We’re adjusting his cooldowns in order to compensate.

 

Cell Division (Passive)

• Passive Heal per Chunk: 4/5/6/7% ⇒ 5/6/7/8%

 

Elastic Slingshot (E)

• Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12 ⇒ 22/19/16/13/10 seconds

 

Let's Bounce! (R)

• Cooldown: 130/115/100 ⇒ 120/105/90 seconds

With the loss of his Hydra caster builds, Zed’s in need of a little help to strike terror into the hearts of his opponents.

Living Shadow (W)

• Cooldown: 20/19.25/18.5/17.75/17 ⇒ 20/19/18/17/16 seconds

 

Shadow Slash (E)

• Damage: 65/85/105/125/145 (+65% bonus AD) ⇒ 65/90/115/140/165 (+65% bonus AD)

 

Death Mark (R)

• Damage: 65% AD (+25/40/55% of damage dealt) ⇒ 100% AD (+25/40/55% of damage dealt)

Aphelios was a huge winner of patch 14.1 and it’s not just from the Lethality from his E getting stronger, as even his Q+W max win rate has climbed substantially. Thus, we’re bringing Aphelios down to size. He has the highest total attack damage of any ADC by a wide margin due to how much he gets from his passive, so we’re bringing that down a bit.

Attack Damage Growth: 3 ⇒ 2.3 (Note: Aphelios will still get 4.5-27 bonus AD from his passive.)

Fizz has been having a bit too much fun with the new item changes so we need to take his damage down a notch. We’re targeting the AP ratios on his Q and W while preserving the ratio on his E since there’s a meaningful risk to using it aggressively.

 

Urchin Strike (Q)

• Damage: 10/25/40/55/70 (+55% AP) ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70 (+50% AP)

 

Seastone Trident (W)

• Active Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 (+50% AP) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+40% AP)

Cutting down on Gwen’s auto attack scaling to account for the new item system.

 

A Thousand Cuts (Passive)

• Damage: 1% (+0.8% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health ⇒ 1% (+0.65% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health

With more AP and access to the new Gunisoo’s and Kraken, Kayle doesn’t need as much AP to Attack Speed conversion from her passive anymore.

Divine Ascent (Passive)

• Zeal Stack Bonus: 6% (+1% per 100 AP) bonus attack speed ⇒ 6% (+0.5% per 100 AP) bonus attack speed

AD LeBlanc has made her return. And while the build doesn’t appear to be strictly stronger than AP LeBlanc for most players, she’s still performing too well on this build. She’s also gotten a bit weaker on her AP builds, so we’d like to return some power there in exchange.

Attack Speed Ratio: 0.625 ⇒ 0.4

Attack Speed Growth: 1.5% ⇒ 2.35%

Attack Damage Growth: 2.7 ⇒ 2.2

Sigil of Malice (Q)

• Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+40% AP) ⇒ 65/90/115/140/165 (+45% AP)

 

Ethereal Chains (E)

• Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 (+35% AP) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+40% AP)

Singed has hit the ground running and is performing extremely well this patch and needs to be tuned down a bit. We’re opting to reduce the AP ratio on his Q as it's quite high and contributing to too much damage.

Poison Trail (Q)

• Total Damage: 40/60/80/100/120 (+90% AP) ⇒ 40/60/80/100/120 (+80% AP)

Gems are truly, truly, truly outrageous. And so is Taric right now. Since new and more affordable items are available in the support tank space, Taric (as an armor scaling champion that has more access to cheap and affordable armor than he did in the previous season) has some room to rely less on his armor growth.

Armor Growth: 4.6 ⇒ 4.3

 

Bastion (W)

• Bonus Armor: 10/11/12/13/14% of Taric's armor ⇒ 9/10/11/12/13% of Taric's armor

Teemo is having the time of his life with the new items, and who wants to see that? Just kidding, we love Teemo, but unfortunately he’s currently a bit overtuned. We’re bringing down the AP ratio in his R due to its synergy with Malignance plus taking down the damage on his Q a bit.

 

Blinding Dart (Q)

• Damage: 80/125/170/215/260 (+80% AP) ⇒ 80/125/170/215/260 (+70% AP)

 

Noxious Trap (R)

• Total Damage: 200/325/450 (+55% AP) ⇒ 200/325/450 (+50% AP)