LoL 14.6 Patch Notes Preview: Champion and Item Changes

In this article, you'll be able to get an early look at the upcoming changes in LoL Season 14 Patch 14.6. League of Legends will go through a lot of champion buffs, nerfs, and adjustments along with item and other system changes.

Rioter Phroxzon confirmed this information on Twitter. We thank him for the updates. Keep in mind this might not be the final version of the patch.

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

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Buffs

Feral Scream (W)

Cooldown: 13-9 ⇒ 11-9

Vorpal Spikes (E)

Spike Damage: 22-70 ⇒ 22-82

Making Ornn items is technically difficult than for Riot, to the point that it's unsustainable for them to keep making them in the manner that they have been doing it. Riot needs a new system for making Ornn items. While they're working on them, they're giving him a buff.

Searing Charge (E)

Cooldown: 16-12 ⇒ 14-12

Ki Barrier (Passive)

Cooldown Refund: 4-7.5, linear level scaling, buffs levels 2-17, especially 8-16

Decimating Smash (Q)

Min Damage: 40-120 (+ 45-75% tAD) ⇒ 40-120 (+ 40-80% tAD)
Max Damage: 90-350 (+ 135-225% tAD) ⇒ 90-350 (+ 120-140% tAD)

Soul Furnace

Shield: 60-160 (+ 8-12% Max HP) ⇒ 60-120 (+ 8-16% AD)

Tryndamere will receive a buff in Patch 14.6. Similarly to Sion, Trynda is suffering from a low win rate and maybe this will give him a much needed boost.

Attack Speed Growth: 2.9% ⇒ 3.4%

Attack Speed Ratio: .625 ⇒ .694
Attack Speed Growth: 2.25 ⇒ 2%, lv 1 AS Unchanged

Moonsilver Blade (Passive)

Attack Speed: 15-40% every 3rd level ⇒ 15-35% scaling linearly
Active Attack Speed: 3 sec ⇒ 5 sec

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Nerfs

Base Changes:

Mana Growth: 50 ⇒ 40
Mana Regen Growth: .5 ⇒ .8

Gathering Fire (P)

Passive Ult Cooldown Refund: 5 sec ⇒ 4 sec

Inner Flame (Q)

Mana cost: 45 ⇒ 40 - 80

Inspire (E)

R+E Bonus Shield: 25-175 +45% AP ⇒ 50-170 +45% AP

Mantra (R)

Cooldown: 40-31 ⇒ 40-34

Head Rush (Q)

Can now jump to Wards

Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack (W)

Heal: 25-45% of dmg ⇒ 24-40% of dmg
Attack Speed: 55-115% ⇒ 54-110%

Certain Death (R)

Damage: 150-140 +50% bAD ⇒ 150-350 +50% bAD

Riot underestimated the Smolder changes in the last patch, especially how much the E damage did in particular. The hotfix nerfs pulled him back halfway, but the team is looking to pull back a bit more, similar to his previous power level, but with the feels improvements from the changes. Smolder is certainly in frustrating territory right now, but Rioters think that's mainly due to his power level exacerbating an otherwise balanceable champion, rather than due to any specific unbalanceable underlying issue, such as true damage, scaling, etc.

Super Scorcher Breath (Q)

225 stack execute threshold: 7.625% + 0.025% ⇒ 6.5%, no scaling

Achooo! (W)

Missile width: 125 ⇒ 115

Flap, Flap, Flap (E)

Bonus movement speed: 100% ⇒ 75%

Mist Wraith pawn rate on minion kill: 8.333% ⇒ 2.8%

Thundering Smash (Q)

Movement Speed: 12-32% ⇒ 12-28%

Stormbringer

Cooldown: 130-100 ⇒ 140-100

Base Health: 670 ⇒ 640

Barrel Roll (Q)

Mana Cost: 80-60 ⇒ 80

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Adjustments

Base Changes:

Health Growth: 126 ⇒ 114
Move Speed: 335 ⇒ 340

Colossal Smash (P)

Cooldown is reduced by 3 sec when hitting champions or monsters with abilities, once per cast.
Attack Gains 40% Attack Speed
Base Damage: 15-200 ⇒ 15-115
AP Ratio: 50% ⇒ 40%

Winds of War

Cooldown: 12-8 ⇒ 12-7
AP Ratio: 75% ⇒ 70%

Shield of Druand (W)

Damage Reduction: 25-35% (+ 5% per 100 AP) (+ 12% per 100 bonus MR) ⇒ 20-40% (+ 4% per 100 AP) (+ 8% per 100 bonus MR) (+ 1% per 100 HP)
Base Damage: 20-80 ⇒ 20-60

Justice Punch (E)

Base Damage: 90-250 ⇒ 75-235
Non-champ damage: 50% ⇒ 80%

Galio's builds have trended towards heavy glass cannon ever since the new item changes. Riot will make his pattern more fun and with more spellcasts, while being a bit more durable. His mid will be kept powerful and not move his primary role to support, but he won't be as strong as he used to be.

Reaping Slash (Q)

Locks out items during animation (Profane Hydra)

Reaping Slash - Rhaast (Q)

Damage : 65% total AD + 5% (+ 3.5% bonus AD) Target Max HP ⇒ 65% total AD + 6% (+ 3.5% bonus AD) Target Max HP

Umbral Trespass (R)

Base/Assasin Damage: 150-350 + 175% bAD ⇒ 150-350 bAD + 150% bAD
Non-champ damage: 50% ⇒ 80%

LoL 14.6 Patch Item and System Buffs

Infinity Edge

Crit Dmg: 40% ⇒ 50%

Lord Dominik's Regards

Armor Penetration: 30% ⇒ 35%

Mortal Reminder

Armor Penetration: 30% ⇒ 35%

Navori Quickblades

AD: 60 ⇒ 65
Recipe: Pickaxe was replaced by BF Sword. The cost is unchanged.

LoL 14.6 Patch Item and System Nerfs

Epic Items: Most of them have been nerfed to 100-110% gold efficiency
Support Items: Active gold reduced 25%, Target quest 500/1000 ⇒ 400/800

Solstice Sleigh

Buff Duration: 3 sec ⇒ 2 sec
Movement Speed: 25 sec ⇒ 20 sec

Rumored (Non-confirmed) Nerfs:

Kircheis Shard

Energize Damage: 60 ⇒ 50

Hextech Alternator

AP: 50 ⇒ 45

Kircheis Shard

Energize Damage: 60 ⇒ 50

Brutalizer

Lethality: 8 ⇒ 5

Tunnler

Cost: 1100 ⇒ 1150

Haunting Guise

AP: 35 ⇒ 30

Fiendish Codex

AP: 35 ⇒ 25

Caulfield's Warhammer

AD: 25 ⇒ 20

LoL 14.6 Patch Items and System Adjustments

Voidgrubs: Decaying Heal on Death
Dorian's, Atlas, Jungle Eggs: Tagged as 'Starting Items' and can't be bought together

Rumored (Non-confirmed) Adjustments:

Serrated Dirk

Lethality: (Reverted) 7 ⇒ 10
AD: 25 ⇒ 20

Spectre's Cowl

Recipe: Rejuvenation bead added. The cost is unchanged
Health: 250 ⇒ 200
Health Regen: 150% ⇒ 100%
Health Regen is now flat, instead of being based on damage taken.

Steel Sigil

Recipe: Second cloth armor added. The cost is unchanged.

Hearthbound Axe

Cost: 1200 ⇒ 1150
AD: 20 ⇒ 15

Glacial Buckler

Cost: 900 ⇒ 950
Recipe: Glowing Mote added. Cloth and Sapphire are unchanged.

Bami's Cinder

Damage: 12 ⇒ 13
Health Ratio: 1% bonus HP ⇒ .5% bonus HP

When does LoL Patch 14.6 Go Live?

Patch 14.6 will be launched in League of Legends on March 20th. It will bring quite a lot of new skins and the High Noon Event. Looking at the patch so far, it seems like ADCs will be getting a huge itemization buff.

LoL 14.6 Patch Notes Preview: Champion and Item Changes

Here are all of the upcoming changes in League of Legends Patch 14.6.