With the deployment of Patch 14.23 on live servers, attention now shifts to the final update of Season 14: Patch 14.24. Scheduled for release on Wednesday, December 11, this patch serves as the year’s concluding update, setting the stage for the forthcoming season. In addition to this exciting League of Legends news, check out related articles here.
Champion Adjustments in Patch 14.24
Patch 14.24 introduces targeted adjustments to several champions:
- Cassiopeia: Her passive movement speed is increased from 4–72 to 6–108 when her team secures Feats of Strength.
- Master Yi: The critical damage of his Q ability is enhanced from 35% to 56.25%, with the AD ratio rising from 17.5% to 28.125%.
- Rell: Base health is augmented from 610 to 640. The passive resist steal per stack is elevated from 2% to 3%, and the minimum resist steal is adjusted from 1–2 to 1.5–3. Additionally, her W ability’s base shield is increased from 15–115 to 25–125, with the shield health ratio moving from 12% to 13%.
- Viktor: The selection radius is expanded from 120 to 160. The Q ability’s base shield is increased from 27–105 (based on level) to 40–115. The W ability’s slow effect is enhanced from 30–45% to 33–45%. Notably, the E ability is renamed from “Death Ray” to “Hextech Ray,” and the R ability from “Chaos Storm” to “Arcane Storm.” The R ability no longer disrupts channels upon casting, and its evolution now increases size by 40% and extends duration by 3 seconds per champion damaged by the storm that dies.
- Warwick: Base attack damage is slightly reduced from 65 to 63. The Q ability’s cast range is extended from 350 to 365. The W ability’s attack speed duration is lengthened from 1 second to 2.5 seconds.
Item Modifications
Several items receive notable changes:
- Aegis of the Legion: Cost is reduced from 1,200 to 1,100 gold. Armor and magic resist are both decreased from 30 to 25. The item now builds into Unending Despair.
- Bloodletter’s Curse: Provides 55 ability power, 350 health, and 10 ability haste. The “Surge” passive grants 5% magic penetration for 6 seconds upon dealing magic damage to champions, stacking up to 6 times.
- Unending Despair: New recipe: Aegis + Giant’s Belt + 800 gold, totaling 2,800 gold. Health increased from 350 to 400. Armor reduced from 60 to 25, now offering 25 magic resist. Cooldown lowered from 5 to 4 seconds. Base damage adjusted from 30–50 to 8–15.
- Heartsteel: Base damage decreased from 80 to 70. Health ratio changed from 12% bonus item HP to 6% max HP.
- Warmog’s Armor: Winged Moonplate replaced by Giant’s Belt. Movement speed bonus removed. Health regeneration per second adjusted from 5% max HP to 3% max HP. Bonus HP threshold increased from 1,500 to 2,000. Cooldown extended from 6 to 8 seconds. Now grants 12% increased HP.
- Elixirs: Level requirement raised from 9 to 12. Players can now purchase only one elixir at a time. Elixir of Iron’s tenacity reduced from 25% to 20%. Elixir of Wrath’s AD changed from 30 flat to 28–30 (levels 12–18).
System Updates
The patch also brings system-level changes:
- Sorcerer’s Rune: “Nullifying Orb” is replaced with “Axiom Arcanist,” enhancing ultimate power. Scoring a takedown reduces the ultimate’s current cooldown by 7% and increases its power by 12%.
- Domination Runes: “Eyeball Collection,” “Ghost Poro,” and “Zombie Ward” are removed, introducing three new runes:
- Sixth Sense: Automatically detects nearby untracked and unseen wards, revealing them for 10 seconds at level 11. Cooldown: 300 seconds (melee) / 360 seconds (ranged).
- Grisly Mementos: Collects 1 memento per champion takedown, up to 25 stacks, granting 4 trinket ability haste per stack. In modes without vision trinkets, grants 2 summoner spell haste per stack.
- Deep Ward: Wards placed in the enemy jungle gain +1 health and increased duration (+30–45 seconds; +30–120 seconds for trinket stealth wards).
- Teleport: Channel duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds. Now dashes the target to the location after the channel, similar to hexgates. Maximum travel time is 5 seconds for base Teleport and 4 seconds for Unleashed. Can target minions and wards again. Base cooldown decreased from 360 to 300 seconds. Unleashed cooldown adjusted from 330–240 seconds to 300–240 seconds.
- Turret Fortification: Damage reduction lowered from 85% to 50%.
- Conqueror Rune: Damage-over-time stack lockout timer reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
These updates aim to balance gameplay and set the foundation for the upcoming season. Players are encouraged to review the detailed patch notes and adapt their strategies accordingly.
