Understanding the Changes in LOL Patch 14.24

As the meta evolves, so do the champions in League of Legends. This patch focuses on champion adjustments, leaving items and runes untouched. It’s essential to keep up with these changes to maintain your competitive edge in the game.

For a comprehensive list of all changes in Patch 14.24, please jump to LoL Patch 14.24 Full Patch Notes

Key Takeaways

• LoL Patch 14.24 focuses solely on champion changes with no modifications to items or runes.
• A total of 17 champions are receiving adjustments, including buffs and nerfs.

Champion Buffs

Let’s start with the buffs. The first champion receiving a buff is Master Yi. His Q crit damage scaling is increasing from 35% to 56.25%. This change aims to make crit builds more viable once again.

Riven is also getting some love with adjustments to her abilities. Here are some key buffs:

• Base health increased from 610 to 640
• Passive resist steel per stack increased from 2% to 3%
• W Bay Shield bumped up by 10 at all ranks
• Shield health scaling increased from 12% to 13%

Rumble is set to receive AP ratio buffs,

• Q ratio increasing from 100% to 110%
• W ratio increasing from 25% to 30%
• Additionally, Twitch will see his Q bonus attack speed increased by 5% at all ranks

Champion Nerfs

Now, moving on to nerfs. Ambessa has been a dominant force since her release, but she will be receiving her first round of nerfs:

• W Shield’s scaling reduced from 85 to 70
• Scaling on W Shield is down from 175% to 150% bonus AD
• W Shield duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds

Other notable nerfs include:

• Graves: Q explosion bonus AD scaling reduced from 40% to 140%
• LeBlanc: Base damage on her Q reduced by 5 at all ranks
• Mundo: The bonus AD he receives based on his max health is going down from 3% to 2.8%

Neutral Adjustments

Besides buffs and nerfs, several champions are undergoing neutral adjustments. For instance, Viktor is receiving a visual update along with balance changes:

• Passive stacks per cannon minion kill increased from 5 to 10
• Passive stacks per takedown reduced from 25 to 20
• W Shield increased from 27 to 40 at rank one

Conclusion

LoL Patch 14.24 is set to bring significant changes to the champion roster in League of Legends. With careful attention to buffs, nerfs, and adjustments, players will need to adapt their strategies to stay competitive.

Remember that the best plays in your ELO may not always align with theoretical strategies from higher ranks. As always, keep practicing and refining your gameplay to climb the ranks!

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LoL Patch 14.24 Full Patch Notes

Champions

Ambessa

• W shield duration decreased from two to 1.5 seconds.
• W shield strength decreased from 85-350 + 1.75 bonus attack damage to 50-320 + 1.5 bonus attack damage.
• E bonus attack damage ratio decreased from 0.4-0.8 to 0.4-0.6.

Corki

• E damage decreased from 100-300 + 2.5 bonus attack damage to 80-280 + 2.4 bonus attack damage.

Dr. Mundo

• E bonus attack damage decreased from 2-3 percent of maximum health to 2-2.8 percent maximum health.

Elise

• Base health decreased from 650 to 620 points.

Graves

• Q2 bonus attack damage ratio decreased from 0.4-1.6 to 0.4-1.4.

LeBlanc

• Q damage decreased from 70-170 to 65-165 points.

Master Yi

• Q critical strike bonus increased from 35 percent (49 percent with Infinity Edge) to 56.25 percent (86.25 percent with Infinity Edge).

Poppy

• Armor changed from 38 + 4.7 to 35 + 5 points (38-118 to 35-120 at maximum level).
• Q flat damage changed from 40-120 + 0.9 bonus attack damage to 30-130 + one bonus attack damage.

Rell

• Base health increased from 610 to 640.
• Passive resistances’ steal increased from two percent for 1-2 minutes to three percent for 1.5-3 minutes.
• W shield increased from 15-115 + 12 percent maximum health to 25-125 + 13 percent maximum health.

Riven

• E shield decreased from 80-180 to 70-170 points.

Rumble

• Q total ability power ratio increased from 100 to 110 percent.
• W ability power ratio increased from 25 to 30 percent.

Swain

• Armor decreased from 26 + 5.2 to 25 + 4.7 points (26-114 to 25-105 at maximum level).

Talon

• Base magic resistance decreased from 39 to 36.
• Passive monster modification decreased from 120 to 110 percent.

Twitch

• Q attack speed duration increased from five to six seconds.
• Q attack speed increased from 40-60 to 45-65 percent.

Viktor

• Passive changed from five cannon/25 takedown to 10 cannon/20 takedown.
• Q flat shield increased from 25-105 to 40-115.
• W changed to consistently stun after exactly 1.25 seconds, rather than variably between 1.1 and two seconds.
• E mana cost decreased from 70-110 to 60-100.
• R can now evolve and increase in radius and duration on takedowns.

Warwick

• Base attack damage decreased from 65 to 63.
• W attack speed buff duration increased, triggers immediately on new targets.

Yuumi

• Q mana cost decreased from 50-100 to 50-75 points.
• Q minimum damage increased from 60-210 to 60-235 points.
• Q maximum damage increased from 80-355 to 80-380 points.