LoL 14.13 Patch Notes Preview: Champion and System Changes
We will be taking a look at which champions, runes and items will receive changes in the upcoming 14.13 Patch for League of Legends Season 14.
We will be taking a look at the upcoming changes coming in Season 14 for Patch 14.13. A lot of champion buffs, nerfs, and adjustments along with item and other system changes. League of Legends Season 14 has been quite the roller coaster 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.
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LoL 14.13 Patch Champion Buffs
Gangplank
Powder Keg (E)
- Slow: 30/37.5/45/52.5/60% (+25%* Crit Chance) ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80% (Crit Scaling Removed)
Graves
Quickdraw (E)
- Armor Per Stack: 2/5/8/11/14 ⇒ 4/7/10/13/16
Lee Sin
Base Stats
- Health Growth: 105 ⇒ 108
Safeguard (W)
- Shield: 50/100/150/200/250 ⇒ 70/115/160/205/250
Lissandra
Ice Shard (Q)
- Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+80% AP) ⇒ 80/110/140/170/200 (+85% AP)
Ring of Frost (W)
- Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 seconds ⇒ 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds
Miss Fortune
Base Stats
- Base AD: 52 ⇒ 55
Strut (W)
- Minimum Movement Speed Damage Lockout: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
- Minimum Movement Speed: 25 ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50
- Maximum Movement Speed Wait: 5 seconds (10 seconds total) ⇒ 3 seconds (7 seconds total)
- Maximum Movement Speed: 55/65/75/85/95 ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100
Orianna
Base Stats
- Base AD: 40 ⇒ 44
Pantheon
Shield Vault (W)
- Minimum Damage: 50 ⇒ 60
Xayah
Bladecaller (E)
- Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds ⇒ 12/11/10/9/8 seconds
- Damage: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 55/65/75/85/95
LoL 14.13 Patch Champion Nerfs
Brand
Blaze (Passive)
- Mana on Kill: 30-50 ⇒ 20-40
Conflagration (E)
- Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160
Gragas
Happy Hour (Passive)
- Max HP Heal: 6.5% ⇒ 5.5%
Kalista
Base Stats
- Base AD: 61 ⇒ 59
Fate's Call (R)
- Cooldown: 150/120/90 seconds ⇒ 160/140/120 seconds
Sentinel (W)
- Minimum Damage: 75/100/125/150/175 ⇒ 0
- Minion Execute: 125/150/175/200/225 ⇒ 0
- Monster Damage Cap: 250/300/350/400/450 ⇒ 100/125/150/175/200
Karthus
Lay Waste (Q)
- Damage: 43/62/81/100/119 ⇒ 40/59/78/97/116
Kennen
Base Stats
- Base Health: 611 ⇒ 580
Skarner
Shattered Earth (Q)
- Mana Cost: 30 ⇒ 50
Upheaval (Q2)
- Max Health Damage: 15% ⇒ 10%
Taliyah
Threaded Volley (Q)
- Bonus Monster Damage: 25 (+5% AP) ⇒ 10 (+0% AP)
Zac
Cell Division (Passive)
- Healing: 5/6/7/8% Max HP (Based on R rank) ⇒ 4-8% Max HP (Linear Scaling)
LoL 14.13 Patch Champion Adjustments
Varus
Base Stats
- Base AD: 60 ⇒ 57
- Attack Speed Growth: 4% ⇒ 3.5%
Living Vengeance (Passive)
- Minion Kill: 10/15/20% (+20% Attack Speed) ⇒ 10% Attack Speed (+10%AS Attack Damage) (+10%AS Ability Power)
- Champion Kill: 40% (40% Attack Speed) ⇒ 4% Attack Speed (+15%AS Attack Damage) (+15%AS Ability Power)
Blighted Quiver (W)
- On-Hit Damage: 7/13/19/25/31 ⇒ 7/14/21/28/35
- Cooldown Refund: 12% ⇒ 13%
- W+Q Cast Lockout: 0.25 seconds ⇒ 0.85 seconds
- W+Q Missing HP Damage: 6/8/10/12/14 at level 1/4/7/10/13 ⇒ at W rank 1/2/3/4/5
LoL 14.13 Patch System Adjustments
Rune Changes
Dark Harvest
- Cooldown: 45 seconds ⇒ 40 seconds
- Damage: 20-80 (+5 per Stack) ⇒ 20 (+9 per Stack)
Electrocute
- Cooldown: 25-20 seconds ⇒ 20 seconds
- Damage: 30-220 ⇒ 50-190
Item Changes
Opportunity
- Preparation Lethality: 5-10.5 ⇒ 5-10.5 (Melee) / 3-6.3 (Ranged)
- Extraction Decaying Movement Speed: 150 ⇒ 200
And that covers all of the changes for the upcoming Patch 14.13 for League of Legends. Riot is steadily improving the ADC and Crit items that received changes in Patch 14.10. We might see the bot lane role become more impactful over the course of the game as currently junglers and mid laners hold a lot more priority in matches.
