LoL 14.4 Patch Notes Preview: Champion and Item Changes

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.

Champion Buffs
Champion Nerfs
Champion Adjustments
Item and System Buffs
Item and System Nerfs
Item and System Adjustments

LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Buffs

Base Stats

Health Growth: 96 ⇒ 104

Orb of Deception (Q)

AP Ratio: 45% AP ⇒ 50% AP

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

Killer Instinct (R)

Cast Range: 1500/2250/3000 ⇒ 2000/2500/3000

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

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

Salvation (Passive)

Movement Speed: 70% ⇒ 90%

Starcall (Q)

Heal: 50-110 ⇒ 60-120

Wish (R)

Cooldown: 160-130 ⇒ 150-120

Base Stats

Base Armor: 28 ⇒ 31

Flay (E)

Damage: 75-235 ⇒ 75-255

The Box (R)

Cooldown: 140-100 ⇒ 120-80

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)

LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Nerfs

Breath of Light (Q)

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

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)

Riposte (W)

Attack Speed Slow: 50% ⇒ 25%

Prophet of an Elder God (Passive)

Damage: 9-162 (+115% Total AD) ⇒ 9-182 (+100% Total AD)

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.

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

Hullbreaker

Works properly now

Base Stats

Base AD: 62 ⇒ 60

Garden of Thorns (Passive)

Plant Damage: 20-88 (+18% AP) ⇒ 16-84 (+18% AP)
Bonus Monster Damage: 40-100 ⇒ 60-100

LoL 14.4 Patch Champion Adjustments

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%

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.

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

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)

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