Surrender at 20: Patch 8.14 Notes

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Here are the full Patch 8.14 notes (be sure to check regional editions for slight variations!):

Welcome to patch 8.14. Over the last few patches, the game has seen some pretty hefty changes to the jungle, mid lane, marksmen, and Aatrox. For the next few patches, we'll be dialing it back and doing some smaller-scope changes, mostly balance tweaks.

First, you'll notice two new section as of last patch: simple buffs and simple nerfs. For the most part, that's for self-explanatory changes designed at making a champion stronger or weaker but not really altering their playstyle all that meaningfully.

We're also following up on the Aatrox rework, looking to reduce some of his overbearing lane presence and give him more to do in late-game teamfights. Finally, we're taking a small dive into two of our AP assassins (Fizz and Ahri) to make their gameplay a bit more intuitive and satisfying.

GLHF!

Mattias "Gentleman Gustaf" Lehman

Paul "Aether" Perscheid

Patch Highlights

Champions

Aatrox

Base health decreased. Q base damage decreased. E recharge rate decreased early, increased later. R bonus attack damage increased. Q timer freezes while reviving.

Now that Aatrox players have gotten some games under their belt and mastered his pretty unique spells, it turns out he's pretty strong, especially in lane. We're pulling some of his early game power in exchange for some more late-game consistency.

General

NEWBANNER OF....In addition to switching Aatrox's sword stance, toggling CTRL+5 now unfurls banner-style wings

Base Stats

HEALTH610 ⇒ 580

Q - The Darkin Blade

BASE DAMAGE20/35/50/65/80 ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70

Q2 DAMAGE125% of Q1 damage (unchanged)

Q3 DAMAGE150% of Q1 damage (unchanged)

SWEET SPOT DAMAGE150% of Q1, Q2, or Q3 damage (unchanged)

DAMAGE TO MINIONS65-100% (at levels 1-18) of base damage ⇒ 50-100% (at levels 1-18) of base damage

E - Umbral Dash

RECHARGE RATE20/18/16/14/12 seconds ⇒ 24/20/16/12/8 seconds

R - World Ender

BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE20% total attack damage ⇒ 20/22.5/25% total attack damage

NEWPAUSING THE APOCALYPSEQ's recast timer is now frozen while reviving

Mid-Patch 8.13 Updates

These changes went live partway through 8.13.

Q1 LENGTH625 ⇒ 650

Q1 WIDTH175 ⇒ 200

Q2 LENGTH500 ⇒ 525 (sweet spot size unchanged)

Fizz

W no longer deals bonus damage against primed targets. W base damage increased. W now grants on-hit damage if empowered attack does not kill its target.

The mark-priming mechanic on Fizz's W was unsatisfying, asking players to hold one of their damage tools until later. As an assassin, his role is to lay down damage quickly and get out, which made that wait feel particularly awkward. We're removing the priming mechanic, and bringing back an on-hit buff on the active, but keeping the cooldown reset on kills. The new W still does damage over a longer period of time, but more of that damage is front-loaded so Fizz players can more quickly make like a trident and stab.

UPDATEDW - Seastone Trident

Fizz's next basic attack deals bonus damage. If it kills a unit, W's cooldown and mana cost are partially refunded. If it doesn't, Fizz's subsequent basic attacks are empowered for 5 seconds.

EMPOWERED ATTACK DAMAGE20/30/40/50/60 (+0.4 ability power) ⇒40/50/60/70/80 (+0.4 ability power)

ATTACK RESET?Yes (unchanged)

COOLDOWN10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds ⇒ 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds

COST30/40/50/60/70 mana (unchanged)

REFUND ON KILLW's cooldown resets to 1 second and Fizz is refunded20/28/36/42/50 mana ⇒ 20/28/36/44/52 mana

DAMAGE BUFF ON NON-KILL10/15/20/25/30 (+0.3 ability power) on-hit damage for 5 seconds

PASSIVE BLEED20/30/40/50/60 (+0.4 ability power) over 3 seconds (unchanged)

LESS STABBYW's passive bleed no longer applies to targets Fizz passes through during Q's dash or to targets hit by R's fish or shark

Jinx

Base health increased. Health growth decreased.

Part of the reason marksmen (notably the immobile, late-scaling ones) are struggling is low lane durability against the new aggressive champions they face.

Base Stats

HEALTH531 ⇒ 581

HEALTH GROWTH88 ⇒ 84

Karma

Base mana regen increased; growth decreased. Base armor increased; Q splash radius increased. Empowered detonation damage decreased at early ranks.

Support Karma is struggling hard at most skill levels, but at this point a straight buff might push her too high up in organized play. We're upping her baseline spellcasting and durability, but pulling back some of her waveclear to keep her from becoming overbearing at the highest levels of play.

Base stats

MANA REGEN8.5 mana per 5 seconds ⇒ 11.5 mana per 5 seconds

MANA REGEN GROWTH0.8 mana per 5 seconds ⇒ 0.5 mana per 5 seconds

BASE ARMOR20.4 ⇒ 26

Q - Inner Flame

SPLASH RADIUS250 ⇒ 280

SOULFLARE DETONATION DAMAGE50/150/250/350 (at Mantra levels 1/2/3/4) ⇒ 35/140/245/350 (at Mantra levels 1/2/3/4)

Sion

Q base damage and damage ratio increased at later ranks.

Sion's last round of nerfs was necessary while Banner of Command was the top pick for top laners. Now that the item has been removed from the game, he's landing on the weak side.

Q - Decimating Smash

BASE DAMAGE30/47.5/65/82.5/100 ⇒ 30/50/70/90/110

DAMAGE RATIO0.45/0.50/0.55/0.6/0.65 total attack damage ⇒0.45/0.525/0.6/0.675/0.75 total attack damage

Twitch

Base health increased. Health growth decreased.

Part of the reason marksmen (notably the immobile, late-scaling ones) are struggling is low lane durability against the new aggressive champions they face.

Base Stats

HEALTH542 ⇒ 582

HEALTH GROWTH87 ⇒ 84

Mid-Patch 8.13 Updates

Because last patch was three weeks long (compared to our usual two weeks), we put out a larger balance update than usual in the interim. We're reposting those changes in this patch to make sure you've seen them.

Aatrox

SEE ABOVESee above

Caitlyn

HEADSHOT DAMAGE50% (+100% crit chance) total attack damage ⇒ 50-100% (at levels 1/7/13) (+125% crit chance) total attack damage

Tristana

Q ATTACK SPEED30/50/70/90/110% ⇒ 50/65/80/95/110%

E COST70/75/80/85/90 mana ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70 mana

Varus

Q MINIMUM DAMAGE RATIO1.0 total attack damage ⇒ 1.1 total attack damage

Q MAXIMUM DAMAGE RATIO1.5 total attack damage ⇒ 1.65 total attack damage

W ON-HIT DAMAGE5/9/13/17/21 ⇒ 7/10.5/14/17.5/21

W STACK POP DAMAGE2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5% target's maximum health per stack ⇒3/3.5/4/4.5/5% target's maximum health per stack

Nocturne

BASE ATTACK DAMAGE65 ⇒ 62

R DAMAGE RATIO1.5 bonus attack damage ⇒ 1.2 bonus attack damage

Taliyah

PASSIVE MOVEMENT SPEED30-45% ⇒ 20-45%

Q COOLDOWN9/7.5/6/4.5/3 seconds ⇒ 11/9/7/5/3 seconds

SFX Updates

Updated the SFX for a few champions.

KENNENNew SFX on entire kit

LEE SINUpdated mixing and mastering for current SFX

KOG'MAWUpdated mixing and mastering for current SFX

JARVAN IVUpdated mixing and mastering for current SFX

Simple Buffs

Ahri

E mana cost decreased. E charm duration increased early.

Picking opponents off with her mobility and Charm is Ahri's core pattern, so we want to make sure that Charm feels appropriately impactful, even early on.

E - Charm

COST85 mana ⇒ 70 mana

CHARM DURATION1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds ⇒ 1.4/1.55/1.7/1.85/2 seconds

Cassiopeia

Q base damage increased late. Q damage ratio increased.

Q - Noxious Blast

BASE DAMAGE75/120/165/210/255 ⇒ 75/125/175/225/275

DAMAGE RATIO0.7 ability power ⇒ 0.8 ability power

Corki

E base damage and resistance reduction per stack increased.

E - Gatling Gun

BASE DAMAGE80/140/200/260/320 ⇒ 120/170/220/270/320

RESISTANCE REDUCTION PER STACK0.5/1/1.5/2/2.5 ⇒1/1.375/1.75/2.125/2.5

Elise

Health growth increased.

Base Stats

HEALTH GROWTH85 ⇒ 93

Nasus

Passive lifesteal increased early.

Passive - Soul Eater

LIFESTEAL10/15/20% (at levels 1/7/13) ⇒ 12/18/24% (at levels 1/7/13)

Pantheon

Bonus attack speed at level 1 added. W base damage increased.

Attack speed should help Pantheon's jungle without pushing his top lane up too much.

Base stats

BONUS ATTACK SPEED AT LEVEL 10% ⇒ 8%

W - Aegis of Zeonia

BASE DAMAGE50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160

Rek'Sai

Q and R damage ratios increased.

Q - Queen's Wrath

DAMAGE RATIO0.4 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.5 bonus attack damage

Q - Prey Seeker

DAMAGE RATIO0.4 bonus attack damage ⇒ 0.5 bonus attack damage

R - Void Rush

DAMAGE RATIO1.85 bonus attack damage ⇒ 2.0 bonus attack damage

Sivir

Q cooldown decreased.

Q - Boomerang Blade

COOLDOWN9 seconds ⇒ 7 seconds

Vel'Koz

Q damage ratio increased.

Q - Plasma Fission

DAMAGE RATIO0.6 ability power ⇒ 0.8 ability power

Vayne

W damage increased late.

W - Silver Bolts

MAXIMUM HEALTH DAMAGE4/6/8/10/12% target's maximum health ⇒4/6.5/9/11.5/14% target's maximum health

Vi

Base attack speed increased. R cooldown decreased.

Base stats

BASE ATTACK SPEED0.625 ⇒ 0.644

R - Assault and Battery

COOLDOWN130/100/70 seconds ⇒ 110/85/60 seconds

Viktor

W cast range increased.

W - Gravity Field

CAST RANGE700 ⇒ 800

Simple Nerfs

Dr. Mundo

Q health refund decreased.

Q - Infected Cleaver

HEALTH COST REFUND ON HIT50% ⇒ 40% (still doubled on kill)

Rakan

Q cooldown increased late. R cooldown increased.

Q - Gleaming Quill

COOLDOWN12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds ⇒ 12/11/10/9/8 seconds

R - The Quickness

COOLDOWN120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds

Sejuani

R stun duration decreased.

R - Glacial Prison

MAX STUN DURATION2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

Shen

Q slow decreased early.

Q - Twilight Assault

SLOW35% ⇒ 15/20/25/30/35%

Swain

R explosion damage ratio decreased.

R - Demon Flare

MAX EXPLOSION DAMAGE RATIO1.35 ability power ⇒ 1.05 ability power

Talon

W return damage decreased late.

W - Rake

INCOMING DAMAGE70/95/120/145/170 ⇒ 70/85/100/115/130

Wukong

E base damage decreased late.

E - Nimbus Strike

BASE DAMAGE65/110/155/200/245 ⇒ 65/100/135/170/205

Zoe

W base damage decreased late. W damage ratio decreased.

W - Spell Thief

BASE DAMAGE75/120/165/210/255 ⇒ 75/105/135/165/195

DAMAGE RATIO0.65 ability power ⇒ 0.55 ability power

Items

Jungle Items

If you have the most individual total gold on your team, lane minions kills grant less gold.

Jungle funneling tends to be a very passive and unengaging strategy, largely rooted in avoiding conflict. This is subverting a lot of normal laning patterns, so we're looking to significantly nerf the strategy. We'll be pursuing cleaner system solutions to the problem in preseason, but for now we're just trying to decrease the viability of funneling.

Hunter's Machete/Hunter's Talisman

NEWMONSTER HUNTERIf you have the most individual total gold on your team, lane minions kills will grant 10 less gold. This penalty is removed upon completion of an Enchantment on a Skirmisher's Sabre or Stalker's Blade.

Mid-Patch 8.13 Updates

Because last patch was three weeks long (compared to our usual two weeks), we put out a larger micropatch in the interim than usual. We're reposting those changes in this patch to make sure you've seen them.

Stormrazor

BUILD PATHBF Sword + Pickaxe + Dagger + 725 gold ⇒ BF Sword + Pickaxe + Dagger + Dagger + 425 gold

TOTAL COST3200 gold (unchanged)

CRIT DAMAGE160-200% (at 0-60% crit chance) ⇒ 160-200% (at 0-30% crit chance)

Brawler's Gloves

COST600 gold ⇒ 400 gold

Zeal

COMBINE COST400 gold ⇒ 600 gold

TOTAL COST1300 gold (unchanged)

Summoner Spells

Teleport

Cooldown increased.

Teleport has emerged as a dominant summoner spell in most lanes. This is particularly problematic bot lane, where it's often taken on champions who simply wish to avoid conflict in the laning phase and scale into the late game. For now, we're increasing the cooldown to give combat summoners a longer window in which to punish Teleport users.

BASE COOLDOWN300 seconds ⇒ 360 seconds

CANCELED COOLDOWN200 seconds ⇒ 240 seconds

Runes

Conqueror

Bonus attack damage decreased.

Conqueror has been crowding out other keystone options for fighters, as well as room for non-fighter champions in top lane. Reducing some of its laning strength should give other keystones (and champions) more ability to fight back.

BONUS ATTACK DAMAGE10-35 (at levels 1-18) ⇒ 6-35 (at levels 1-18)

Ghost Poro

Ghost Poro now requires an active placement.

NEWDELIBERATE HAUNTINGAfter 1 second in brush, your current trinket becomes a ghost poro item, which may be used to place ghost poro

UPDATEDSPOOKY SPOOKYWhile either you or your ghost poro is anywhere in enemy territory (past the river), gain 5-20 (based on level) ability power or 3-12 bonus attack damage, adaptive.

Zombie Ward

Zombie Wards no longer spawn from friendly wards which time out. Damaging a champion after destroying a ward inflicts bonus damage.

NEWWARD'S REVENGEDamaging a champion after destroying a ward inflicts 30-90 (at levels 1-18) bonus magic damage

UPDATEDFRIENDLY BURIALZombie Wards now only spawn from enemy wards killed, not also friendly wards which time out.

Cursor Update

(Left to right, top row: Default Cursor, Ally Hover, Enemy Hover, Enemy Hover - Colorblind)
(Left to right, bottom row: Target, Ward Bush + Target Ally, Attack Move + Target Enemy)

After nine and a half years, we’re updating the in-game cursor! It’s got all the same functionality as the bronze gauntlet we've worn for years but with a bunch of improvements.

NEWAll cursor states have been updated (see above for some of the most common)

SHAPECleaner and simpler, so it's easier to track as it moves across your screen

COLORSAdjusted across all states prevent blending in with the map or with particles in chaotic team fights

SCALABLECan now be scaled up and down in the Options > Interface menu. Great for 4K resolutions!

NOSTALGIAYou can still switch back to the old cursor via a toggle in the Options > Interface menu

Champ Select

Failing to ban a champion no longer kicks you from champ select. This change went live during 8.13.

It’s a bit harsh to break up a champ select lobby on a missed ban selection, so instead, failing to ban a champion will default to “No Ban” and champ select will keep on truckin’. Failing to select a champion for yourself will still incur a dodge.

Bugfixes

Recurve Bow no longer incorrectly applies on-hit damage to towers if the champion has enough ability power to deal magic damage to towers
Charm effects now correctly cause Scuttle Crab to take increased damage
Wukong's W - Decoy now correctly takes true damage from champions with Conqueror
Fixed a bug where Bone Plating's cooldown was incorrectly reset when revive effects were triggered
Fixed a bug where Bone Plating would cause Zac to revive if all of his Passive - Cell Division blobs were killed at the same time
Shields on Star Guardian Ezreal are no longer misplaced during his dancing animation
PROJECT: Leona's E - Zenith Blade's VFX no longer pass through Yasuo's W - Windwall
Meowkai's Laugh SFX no longer stack when the emote is spammed
Skin-specific SFX have been restored for Santa Draven
Dark Waters Diana's R - Lunar Rush no longer causes frame drops when used on an enemy from Fog of War
Certain shield particles from items and champion abilities no longer render through terrain during the animation of God-King Darius' R - Noxian Guillotine
Updates have been made to Pulsefire Twisted Fate to increase gameplay clarity
Hextech / Star Guardian Poppy no longer display base Poppy's VFX when an enemy destroys the P - Iron Ambassador buckler
Twisted Fate's E - Stacked Deck empowered attacks now correctly deal their bonus damage if Twisted Fate dies while they are traveling
Twisted Fate's E - Stacked Deck counter no longer gets confused after he is affected by a revival effect (Guardian Angel, Zilean's R - Chronoshift)

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released this patch. Grab the League Displays app for full-res splashes!

Dark Star Cho'Gath

Hextech Poppy

SSG Ezreal
SSG Gnar
SSG Jarvan IV
SSG Rakan
SSG Taliyah
SSG Xayah

The following emotes will be released this patch:

Squee/Are You Serious/Now See Here

Points of Interest from the 8.14 PBE Cycle

Here's a brief look at many of the new things included in patch 8.14. This coverage includes preview screen shots and video taken during the 8.14 PBE cycle and may vary slightly from what is pushed to live.

New Skins

A total of seven new skins will be available sometime this cycle, including the gemstone exclusive Hextech Poppy and six new Samsung Galaxy team skins celebrating them as our 2017 Worlds Champions!

Hextech Poppy

[Gemstone Exclusive]

Samsung Galaxy 2017 World Championship Skins

Also being released sometime this cycle are the 2017 Samsung Galaxy World Championship skins skins for Ezreal, Gnar, Jarvan IV, Rakan, Taliyah, and Xayah! Check out their signature recalls [here].

Gnar, Ezeal, Jarvan IV, Rakan, Taliyah, Xayah loading screens:

Special loading screens featuring player signatures (also seen during recalls).

SSG Ezreal

1350 RP

SSG Gnar

1350 RP

SSG Jarvan IV

1350 RP

SSG Rakan

1350 RP

[SSG Xayah and Rakan shared recall GIF]

SSG Taliyah

1350 RP

SSG Xayah

1350 RP

[SSG Xayah and Rakan shared recall GIF]

New Summoner Icons

Six new Samsung Galaxy team summoner icons debuted during the 8.14 PBE cycle.

Another set of six new summoner icons will also popped up! These icons mention the release of the Runeterra Map, as well as a Ryze short coming sometime in the future! No other details at the moment.

Runeterra Map Icon