With Patch 14.8 now live, we already have information for the upcoming update coming to League of Legends. FrankTheBoxMonster on Reddit has shared more valuable information from the PBE so we will be taking a closer look.
Although these changes might not be final, it seems Rioters are looking at adjusting Briar, Mordekaiser, and Twisted Fate among other champions. League of Legends is constantly seeing balance changes to either stop overpowered champions from dominating ranked or to bring more viable picks into the champion pool.
We will go through all of the changes in this recent data mine to see what we can expect in the next League of Legends balance change update.
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LoL Patch 14.9 PBE Champion Changes
Aatrox
Umbral Dash (E)
- His ability no longer counts as having 1 max charge (possibly an Arena fix as Aatrox used to have 2 charges)
Garen
Selection Radius: 75 ⇒ 125 (Makes it easier to target/click him)
Kennen
Lightning Rush (E)
- Now has a range indicator that shows the collision when hovered over.
Slicing Maelstrom (R)
- Cast winddown time removed (cast windup is still 0.25 seconds)
- You can now move while casting
Lee Sin
Cripple (E2)
- No longer uses an unblockable missle to apply the debuff.
- All targets are now slowed immediately regardless of distance.
- The last tick of the slow is negative which results in a small and brief speed-up for the targets.
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Smolder
MMOOOMMMM! (R)
- No longer forced to show the mana cost if the setting has been toggled off.
Taliyah
Weaver's Wall (R)
- Metadata corrected (possibly a Sylas fix).
Varus
Hail of Arrows (E)
- Metadata corrected (possibly due to some Arena interactions).
Xerath
Arcanopulse (Q)
- His ability no longer counts as having 1 max charge (possibly a revert from a rework suggested back in Season 4 and an Arena fix)
Eye of Destruction (W)
- His ability no longer counts as having 1 max charge (possibly a revert from a rework suggested back in Season 4 and an Arena fix)
Shocking Orb (E)
- His ability no longer counts as having 1 max charge (possibly a revert from a rework suggested back in Season 4 and an Arena fix)
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LoL Patch 14.9 PBE Item Changes
Cappa Juice
- Flavor text added: "In honor of Captain Abe".
Death's Dance
- Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + 1000 gold ⇒ Steel Sigil + Caulfield's Warhammer + Pickaxe + 125 gold
- Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
- AD Heal Scaling: 50 ⇒ 75
Eclipse
- Target HP Scaling: 8% Melee, 4% Ranged ⇒ 6% Melee, 4% Ranged
Hexdrinker
- Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mangtle + 500 gold ⇒ Long Sword + Null-Magic Mangtle + Long Sword + 150 gold
- Magic Resistance: 35 ⇒ 30
Maw of Malmortius
- Recipe: Pickaxe + Hexdrinker + Long Sword + 275 gold (2800 Gold Total) ⇒ Hexdrinker + Caulfield's Warhammer + 700 gold (3100 Gold Total)
- Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15
- Magic Resistance: 50 ⇒ 40
- Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 70
Spear of Shojin
- Now grants one stack per unique cast per 1 second.
Sterak's Gage
- Gold Cost: 3000 ⇒ 3100
- Cooldown: 60 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds
Sundered Sky
- Cooldown: 6 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
- Base AD Heal Scaling: 140% ⇒ 120%
- Missing Health Heal Scaling: 6% ⇒ 5%
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LoL Patch 14.9 PBE ARAM Changes
Hubris
- New ARAM Variant that includes Melee/Ranged split.
- Flat AD Buff: 15 always ⇒ 15 Melee, 10 Ranged
- AD Per Statue: 2 always ⇒ 2 Melee, 1 Ranged
- Buff Duration: 90 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds Melee, 45 seconds Ranged
LoL Patch 14.9 PBE Arena Changes
Ahri
Fox-Fire (W)
- Movement Speed: 40% ⇒ 50%
- Base Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 70/95/120/145/170
Spirit Rush (R)
- Additional Casts per Takedown: 1 ⇒ 2
Azir
Conquering Sands (Q)
- Cooldown: 14/12/10/8/6 seconds ⇒ 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds
Arise! (W)
- Base Damage from Spell Rank: 50/65/80/95/110 ⇒ 55/70/85/100/115
Shifting Sands (E)
- Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds
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Gnar
Boomerang Throw (Q)
- Cooldown: 20/17.5/15/12.5/10 seconds ⇒ 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
- Base Damage: 5/45/85/125/165 (+115% AD) ⇒ 20/65/110/155/200
Hyper (W)
- Movement Speed Duration: 3 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
Hop (E)
- Cooldown: 22/19.5/17/14.5/12 seconds ⇒ 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
Karthus
Lay Waste (Q)
- Damage: 45/65/85/105/125 (+35% AP) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+45% AP)
Wall of Pain (W)
- Cooldown: 15 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
Requiem (R)
- Cooldown: 200/180/160 seconds ⇒ 60 seconds
Lux
Illumination (Passive)
- AP Scaling: 45% ⇒ 50%
Lucent Singularity (E)
- Slow: 25/30/35/40/45% ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60%
Final Spark (R)
- Cooldown: 60/50/40 seconds ⇒ 60 seconds
Nidalee
Takedown (Q)
- Total AD Scaling: 75% ⇒ 120%
Bushwhack (W)
- Maximum Traps: 4/6/8/10 ⇒ 94/96/98/100
Shen
Stand United (R)
- Cooldown: 200/180/160 seconds ⇒ 60 seconds
Vex
Mistral Bolt (Q)
- Damage: 70/115/160/205/250 (+70% AP) ⇒ 90/135/180/225/270 (+85% AP)
Personal Space (W)
- Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds ⇒ 13/12.5/12/11.5/11 seconds
Looming Darkness (E)
- Slow: 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60%
- Cooldown: 13 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds
Xerath
Eye of Destruction (W)
- Base Damage: 85/120/155/190/225 ⇒ 90/125/160/195/230
- Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds
Rite of the Arcane (R)
- Cooldown: 130/115/100 seconds ⇒ 50 seconds
Ziggs
Bouncing Bomb (Q)
- Cooldown: 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds
And that covers all of the changes we know so far. We will make sure to update the article as more information is uncovered by the amazing FrankTheBoxMonster on Reddit.
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