LoL 14.3 Patch Notes: Champion and Item Changes

• LoL Patch 14.3 Champion Buffs
• LoL Patch 14.3 Champion Nerfs
• LoL Patch 14.3 Champion Adjustments
• LoL Patch 14.3 Item Changes
• LoL Patch 14.3 Vanguard Clarification
• LoL Patch 14.3 Windows Min Spec Update
• LoL Patch 14.3 System Changes
• LoL Patch 14.3 ARAM Changes
• LoL Patch 14.3 Behavioral Systems 
• LoL Patch 14.3 Bugfixes & QoL Changes

 

Breath of Light (Q)

• Mana Cost per Second: 45/50/55/60/65 ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50
• Stardust Stacks per Champion Burst: 1 ⇒ 3

 

Astral Flight (W)

• Mana Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
• Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds ⇒ 15/14/13/12/11 seconds
• Breath of Light Bonus Damage (Q): 14/15.5/17/18.5/20% ⇒ 18/20/22/24/26%

Singularity (E)

• Stardust Stacks per Champion Takedown: 5 ⇒ 2
• Stardust Stacks per Epic Monster Takedown: 5 ⇒ 2
• Stardust Stacks per Cannon Minion Takedown: 3 ⇒ 2
• Stardust Stacks per Large Monster Takedown: 3 ⇒ 2

Aurelion Sol's itemization is less than stellar now that Liandry's no longer provides him with mana alongside the removal of Crown of the Shattered Queen. On top of his high mana costs, Aurelion Sol has largely been opting for passive and reactive playstyles rather than proactive ones.

We believe that a world where the majority of his stacks are coming from proactive player combat and trading instead of stalling and passive farming is both more fun for Aurelion Sol and healthier for the game as a whole, because he has to take risks to scale.

So we are adjusting his mana costs to allow him to be more proactive in lane and going forward will balance him around his more Q+W-driven stacking gameplay. 

Base Stats

• Magic Resistance Growth: 1.3 ⇒ 1.45

 

Primal Surge (E)

• Minimum Heal: 35/50/65/80/95 (+27.5% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+35% AP) (Note: maximum heal is still double the minimum)
• Bonus Attack Speed: 20/30/40/50/60% ⇒ 30/40/50/60/70%

Nidalee lost some power with the new season, so we’re here to help! Her damage is currently high, but she’s lacking in durability as she used to gain health from both of her first two items whereas she now gains none. In this patch we’re looking to increase her E heal since it has the room to be more powerful, and her E attack speed to help her clear.

These changes are also intended to buff her supportive outputs to give her more options later in the game when she begins to fall off. We’re also including an MR growth buff to bring Nidalee more in line with similar AP characters who go into melee range such as Lillia or Rumble since this stat is quite important for them, especially in teamfights. 

Base Stats

• Base Armor: 45 ⇒ 47

 

Bone Skewer (Q)

• Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+60% bonus AD) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+75% bonus AD)
• Mana Cost: 74/78/82/86/90 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90

Ghostwater Dive (W)

• Bonus Movement Speed: 40% (+1.5% per 1 Lethality) ⇒ 45% (+2% per 1 Lethality)

 

Phantom Undertow (E)

• Damage: 105/145/185/225/265 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+100% bonus AD)

Pyke was struggling to stay above water in 14.1, but the 14.2 rune changes further impacted him to the point that he needs a lifeline.. In this patch we’ll be giving him a little early durability and some buffs to the abilities that let Pyke players do what they want to do most: kill people and go fast. 

Base Stats

• Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.45 ⇒ 0.35

 

Jack In The Box (W)

• Mana Cost: 70 at all ranks ⇒ 70/65/60/55/50
• Bonus Damage to Monsters: 10/20/30/40/50 ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80
• Grub Proof: Shaco’s Jack in the Boxes are no longer one-shot by Grubs.

 

Two-Shiv Poison (E)

• Mana Cost: 65 ⇒ 75

 

Hallucinate (R)

• POOF: Shaco’s clone now creates an orange poof when it snaps back to Shaco or teleports for any reason.
• Clone Clock: Shaco’s clone duration is now displayed on the HUD.
• Bugfix: Shaco’s clone no longer loses its auto attack target when casting spells.

Shaco’s striking fear into the hearts of bot laners everywhere, but, for better or worse, we think that everyone on the map should be equally terrified, so we’re making some adjustments to reduce his support power while helping his jungle power.

The Jack in the Box buffs should help him clear the jungle faster and healthier, especially for AP builds which are struggling more, while the mana nerfs should specifically bring down his ability to poke enemies down in lane quite so much while also allowing jungle Shaco to forgo mana items entirely. 

 

Twin Bite (Q)

• Empowered Attack Bonus Damage: 100% AD (+35% AP) ⇒ 100% AD (+50% AP)
• Bonus Attack Speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70%

 

Burnout (W)

• Bonus Movement Speed: 30/35/40/45/50% (+0.8% AP) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50% (+0.12% AP)

We removed Night Harvester from the game, but AP Shyvana was here before that, and she’ll be here long after thanks to her dedicated player base. Since her AP build is something we know players enjoy, we want to make sure it remains viable. 

 

Threaded Volley (Q)

• Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/78/96/114/132 (+50% AP)

 

Unraveled Earth (E)

• Cooldown: 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds at all ranks

With the loss of access to Ability Haste across the board, Taliyah hasn’t been able to get stable footing in the new season.

While we’re addressing the Haste issue with a cooldown reduction to her E, we also want to make her a bit more relevant in the early game, both as a mid laner and jungler, so we’ll be giving her Q some more power which is generally always nice for her to have. 

Crushing Blow (Q)

• Bonus Range: 75/100/125/150/175 ⇒ 135/145/155/165/175
• Bonus Physical Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+45% bonus AD) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+55% bonus AD)

 

Nimbus Strike (E)

• Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds ⇒ 10/9.25/8.5/7.75/7 seconds

Wukong is in a weak spot at the moment, especially in the top lane, so we’re here to put a bit more pep in his step. To give him more space to play with, we’ll be increasing his early Q bonus range so that he can better trade with his opponents.

We’re also including a buff to its bonus AD ratio because the armor shred Q gave lost value with the armor shard being removed last patch. Finally, we’re decreasing his E cooldown, as he’s very reliant on this spell and his build lost access to Ability Haste with the new item system. 

 

Shepherd of Souls (Passive) 

• Summon Leash Range: 2000 ⇒ 1600
• Return Speed: Yorick’s summons now gain bonus movement speed when returning to Yorick. This movement speed bonus is based on the distance between Yorick and the summon.

 

Last Rites (Q)

• Heal: 10-68 (based on level), doubled when below 50% health ⇒ 10-68 (based on level) (+4/5/6/7/8% missing health), halved vs non-champions
• Mana Cost: 25 ⇒ 20

 

Mourning Mist (E)

• Cast Time: 0.33 ⇒ 0.25 seconds

Eulogy of the Isles (R)

• Bonus Damage when Attacking Maiden’s Target: 3/6/9% maximum health (capped at 100/200/300 vs monsters), 2 second cooldown ⇒ 2/2.5/3% maximum health (capped at 100 vs monsters), no cooldown

With a bunch of new items to play with we thought that now would be a good time to revitalize Yorick’s classic bruiser builds which should ultimately give him more durability to act as a front liner for his team. While we were at it, we also wanted to take the opportunity to smooth out his playing experience with minor adjustments to his summons. 

Base Stats

• Base AD: 53 ⇒ 56

 

Lightning Crash (R)

• Cooldown: 100/85/70 ⇒ 80/75/70

Zeri was shocked by the item system overhaul as players are now opting to build Experimental Hexplate on her for access to the ultimate Ability Haste.

Since she could use the help at all skill levels, we’ll be giving her some generic buffs to her base AD and ultimate cooldown which should be appreciable for all players, but also help Zeri get away from depending on Hexplate. We also updated her recommended items which we expect to improve her overall power levels as well. 

Base Stats

• Base Armor: 18 ⇒ 21
• Armor Growth: 4.5 ⇒ 4.7

 

Satchel Charge (W)

• Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12 ⇒ 20/18/16/14/12 seconds

Ziggs lost quite a bit of durability this season, mainly due to the fact that two of his core items, Seraph’s and Shadowflame, lost 200 health each. While we won’t be giving him all that health back directly, we are giving him some more durability from his natural armor sources in addition to W cooldown reduction which is a more skill expressive way of keeping Ziggs safe. 

Base Stats

• Base Health Regeneration: 7 ⇒ 5

Now that Azir’s soldiers apply on-hit effects, he has fully moved over to Fleet Footwork as his main rune of choice. Now, thanks to his newfound sustain, he’s become nearly impossible to push out of lane.

As a result, we’re taking a crack at his overall durability, particularly his early health regeneration which is currently too high thanks to Fleet.

 

Blaze (Passive)

• Damage to Monsters Modifier: 220% ⇒ 200%
• Bugfix: Blaze no longer deals more than 2% maximum health damage over a single application.

 

Sear (Q)

• Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+65% AP) ⇒ 70/100/130/160/190 (+65% AP)

Brand is currently quite strong thanks to a combination of three things: his overly quick jungle clear speed, his natural synergies with Liandry’s, and champions having more health.

This patch brings his passive damage in line with where we’d like it to be thanks to a bugfix, but he still needs more power taken out, so we’re nerfing his jungle clear and some early base damage. 

 

Mystic Shot (Q)

• Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+135% AD) (+15% AP) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+130% AD) (+15% AP)

 

Trueshot Barrage (R)

• Damage: 350/525/700 (+120% bonus AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 325/500/675 (+100% bonus AD) (+90% AP)

In 14.2 we overshot on the buffs to Ezreal, however in this patch we’re buffing quite a few of his core items meaning we need to walk back some of the power he just got. Overall, these changes paired with the item buffs should still be a net buff compared to his power level in 14.1. 

Mantra (R)

• Soulflare Damage: 35/140/245/350 (+70% AP) ⇒ 40/130/220/310 (+50% AP)

Karma’s currently a bit too good as a triple flex option, with the ability to succeed in top, mid, and support. With her newfound power from Malignance, her ultimate is now on too short of a cooldown for the damage it provides, so we’ll be taking her R+Q explosion damage down a notch. 

 

Dream-Laden Bough (Passive)

• Maximum Health Damage: 5% (+1.5% AP) ⇒ 5% (+1.25% AP)

 

Blooming Blows (Q)

• Damage: 70/90/110/130/150 (+90% AP) ⇒ 70/90/110/130/150 (+70% AP)

Lillia’s preferred items became much nicer in the seasonal update, allowing her access to health on every slot and strong omnivamp that works well with her kit.

We like that Lillia is generally tankier than before as it helps her stand out from other AP users, so we’ll be reducing her inevitable late-game damage while leaving her durability intact. 

Base Stats

• Base Health: 620 ⇒ 590

 

Savagery (Q)

• Bonus Damage: 30/60/90/120/150 (+0/5/10/15/20% AD) ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150 (+0/3.75/7.5/11.25/15% AD)
• Empowered Bonus Damage: 30-235 (based on level) (+40% AD) ⇒ 30-235 (based on level) (+30% AD)

Rengar’s damage is too high when snowballing, so he’s been happier than a kitten in a store full of catnip. Except in this situation the kitten is Rengar and the catnip is some of the new lethality items.

Having found synergies with items like Hubris, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity that help Rengar’s damage scale well, he finds himself needing less power in his base kit. We also have a base health nerf which should help address his power in the top lane. 

Base Stats

• Base Health: 686 ⇒ 650

 

Chomp (Q)

• Bonus Attack Damage: 20/40/60/80/100 (+15/25/35/45/55% AD) ⇒ 10/30/50/70/90 (+15/25/35/45/55% AD)

Trundle’s been doing quite well since the buffs he got back in 13.23. We think that the mid-game power spike and enhanced synergies with Trinity Force that came with this buff are beneficial for him to keep, so instead we’ll be reducing his early game power by dropping his base health and flat damage from his Q. 

 

Special Delivery (Passive)

• Package Duration: 60 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds

 

Valkyrie (W)

• Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16 seconds ⇒ 20/18/16/14/12 seconds
• Mana Cost: 100 ⇒ 80
• Damage per Second: 60/90/120/150/180 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)

 

Missile Barrage (R)

• Item Interaction Adjustment: Malignance will no longer count toward Eclipse’s passive.

Corki is getting a meaningful nerf this patch, with his core item interaction of Eclipse and Malignance being bugfixed. That said, we're happy that players have found an interesting build that utilizes all of Corki's odd item scaling.

Instead of returning to AP Corki as a scaling, low-interaction poke champion, we'd like if those AP purchases asked him to play more aggressively and risk the occasional aggressive Valkyrie cast. Emphasis on occasional. 

 

Prophet of the Elder God (Passive)

• Tentacle Range: 800 ⇒ 925
• Tentacle Damage: 10-180 (based on level) (+120% AD) (+40% AP) ⇒ 9-162 (based on level) (+115% AD) (+40% AP)

The map changes introduced in 14.1 resulted in a drop in power for Illaoi, mainly due to her tentacles being designed around the old terrain spacing. In this patch, we’re looking to make her tentacles more reliable on the new Rift.

However, that reliability means more overall damage, hence the tentacle damage reduction. Overall, the two changes should be roughly neutral but feel far better for the Kraken Priestess. 

Base Stats

• Base Mana Regeneration: 7.2 ⇒ 6

 

Sap Magic (Passive)

• Maximum Health Heal: 4-34 (based on level) (+4%-12% (based on level) ⇒ 4-12.8% (based on level)

 

Bramble Smash (Q)

• Cooldown: 8/7.25/6.5/5.75/5 ⇒ 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds
• Mana Cost: 60 ⇒ 40

 

Sapling Toss (E)

• Cooldown: 14 ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
• Mana Cost: 45/55/65/75/85 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

 

Nature’s Grasp (R)

• Cooldown: 120/110/100 ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds

Maokai Support finally has the freedom to rush movement speed tank items without facing off against other champions' mythics. He is extremely happy about this fact. So happy in fact that he’s the strongest-performing support in the game. We’d like to rein in his support power level while still retaining his ability to perform well in top and jungle.

In order to do this, we’ll be lessening his affinity to the support item (which grants percent mana regeneration), lowering his access to early saplings, raising his reliance on gold, and giving him the ability to repeatedly press Q more freely, which is more important to his top lane and jungle gameplay. 

Base Stats

• Base Mana Regeneration: 13 ⇒ 7
• Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.4 ⇒ 0.8

 

Deadly Spines (Q)

• Mana Cost: 70 ⇒ 55

 

Rampart Growth (W)

• Seed Charge Progression on Minion/Monster Takedown: 20% ⇒ 35%

Zyra Support doesn’t need much mana due to how much regeneration she gets from her support item, so when Liandry’s Torment lost Ability Haste (which doesn’t affect her passive) and mana (which she doesn’t need as a support), she was more than happy to simply get more damage and health in return. Mid Zyra, on the other hand, liked both of those things.

This patch, we’d like to close the gap on Support versus Mid and Jungle power levels. We’re happy with her primarily being a support, but we’d like to let Zyra enthusiasts feel viable in more than just one role. By shifting her mana pool around to promote casting more Qs and partially making up for the lost Ability Haste as a laner, she should be able to use her primary spells more often and keep up with other mid laners. 

• Slow Start: For the first three seconds after spawning, Rift Herald has very high maneuverability and will be easier to turn. Every 2 seconds after Herald slowly becomes less maneuverable as its speed increases.
• Damage from Wall Collision: Crashing into a wall while controlling Herald will deal damage equal to that of crashing into a tower to Shelly ⇒ Crashing into a wall while controlling Herald will deal 20% of the damage received compared to crashing into a tower to Shelly
• We Don’t Have All Game…: Player-summoned Rift Herald trinket spawning has been sped up by 1 second.

The new Rift Herald has proven to be a bit too hard to control, especially as players are learning how to steer correctly, so we’re making the ability to turn a bit easier and giving Herald a few small quality of life buffs.

(Note: If you let the Herald direction indicator end without clicking it will not accept the direction as an input. This bug is something we’re working on correcting on our end, so for now please click the indicator.)