LoL Patch Notes 14.4: Support Item Changes, Champion Changes

It's been a week since the last League of Legends patch 14.3 launched, which included the release of Smolder the Fiery Fledging. Since the previous patch was chock-full of content, League of Legends patch 14.4 will bring things down a notch with slight changes to outlying champions in the meta, like Rek'Sai and K'Sante, to bring them back into the fold.

League patch 14.4 will also feature some significant updates to the World Atlas support item and some of its upgrades, and the fan-favorite item, Black Cleaver, will also get a small but significant buff.

Read on for all the balance updates, new skins, and item changes coming in League of Legends patch 14.4!

LOL PATCH 14.4 RELEASE DATE

As per Riot Games' official patch schedule for 2024, League of Legends patch 14.4 is set to be released on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Like previous patches, the rollout of League patch 14.4 will occur gradually throughout the day, following various server timezones, starting with the Oceanic server around 10 AM AEST

Here are all the critical LoL patch rollout times for the remaining servers.

• 5 AM GMT (EU West)
• 3 AM CET (EU North East)
• 8 AM KST (Korea)
• 3 PM CT (NA)

Riot Games will temporarily disable all matchmaking and competitive queues for several hours before the update is deployed on servers. It's important to avoid entering any ranked games during this period to prevent potential disconnections and the loss of your hard-earned RP.

LOL PATCH 14.4: WHAT'S NEW? 

League of Legends Season 14 overhauled many in-game systems, including the Support Items. This new change saw all Support champions starting off with the same item, gaining the ability to choose an upgrade after completing the support quest. These items have turned out to be super powerful in their own right, so Riot Games aims to bring them down a notch in League of Legends patch 14.4.

League patch 14.4 will also see distinct changes to outlying champions in the current meta, including Zac, Bard, Rek'Sai, and K'Sante. Keep your eyes peeled for more upcoming champion changes in this next patch.

If you fancy a fresh look for your favorite champions, LoL patch 14.4 has you covered! Once again, playing into the Lunar New Year theme, we'll see more additions to the delicate Porcelain skinline in patch 14.4! Here are all the upcoming skins dropping in the next League of Legends update 14.4, including all their prices:

• Porcelain Aurelion Sol (Legendary): 1,820 RP
• Porcelain Darius (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Porcelain Graves (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Porcelain Irelia (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Porcelain Miss Fortune (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Porcelain Morgana (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Prestige Porcelain Kindred: Earned with 2,000 Event Tokens

LOL PATCH 14.4: ALL CHAMPION CHANGES

Please bear in mind that the champion buffs and nerfs listed below are tentative changes and are subject to alteration until Riot Games officially implements them on live servers on February 22. These preliminary patch notes are sourced from the Public Beta Environment (PBE), which is available to all League of Legends players.

Ahri

Base Stats

• Health growth increased from 96 to 104.

(Q) Orb of Deception

• AP ratio increased from 45% to 50%.

Aurelion Sol

(Q) Breath of Light

• Bonus magic damage per one second decreased from 60 - 100 (+35% AP) to 55 - 95 (+30% AP)

Bard

Base Stats

• Armor growth reduced from 5.2 to 5
• Base attack speed increased from 0.625 to 0.658
• Attack speed ratio increased from 0.625 to 0.658
• Meep base damage per 5 Chimes reduced from 14 to 10.
• Meep AP ratio increased from 30% to 40%.

(Q) Cosmic Binding

• Base damage reduced from 80 - 260 to 80 - 240
• AP ratio increased from 65% to 80%

Fiora

(W) Riposte

• Slow decreased from 50% to 25%

Illaoi

(Passive) Prophet of the Elder God

• Tentacle damage decreased from 9 -162 (+115% total AD) to 9 - 192 (+100% total AD)

Jayce

Base Stats

• AD increased from 57 to 59.

(W) Lightning Field/Hyper Charge

• Melee W mana restored increased from 10 - 20 to 15 - 25.
• Melee W damage-per-tick increased from 35 - 110 to 40 - 115.

Kai'Sa

(R) Killer Instinct

• Cast range increased from 1,500 to 2,000 - 3,000.

Kallista

(E) Rend

• Base damage decreased from 20 - 60m (+70% total AD) to 10 - 50 (+70% total AD)

K'Sante

Base Stats

• Base health increased from 570 to 610
• Base mana increased from 290 to 320

(Q) N'tofo Strikes

• No longer slows during (R) All Out

(W) Path Maker

• Damage resist ratios increased from 50% to 70%
• (R) All Out minimum charge time increased from 0.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds
• Cooldown no longer reduced to 18 - 12 seconds during (R) All Out

(E) Footwork

• Dash speed reduced from 1,700 to 900
• Ally dash speed reduced from 1,800 to 1,500
• (R) All Out dash speed reduced from 2,100 to 1,450

Lulu

(Q) Glitterlance

• Doublehit damage increased from 25% to 50%.

(E) Help, Pix!

• Damage increased from 80 - 240 to 80 - 260
• Shield increased from 75 - 235 to 80 - 260

Maokai

Base Stats

• Armor decreased from 39 to 35

(Q) Bramble Smash

• Damage decreased from 70 - 270 (+2-4% max HP) to 66 - 265 (+2-4% max HP)

(R) Nature's Grasp

• Root duration decreased from 0.8 - 2.6 seconds to 0.75 - 2.25 seconds

Rek'Sai

Base Stats

• Base health regen reduced from 7.5 to 5
• Health regeneration growth reduced from 0.65 to 0.5
• Base movement speed increased from 335 to 340

(Passive) Fury of the Xer'Sai

• Fury generation reduced by 50% against minions
• Base heal removed

(W) Burrow/Unburrow

• Unburrow base damage reduced from 50 - 190 to 50 - 150
• Unburrow scales with 80% AP
• Burrowed Furious Bite cooldown reduced from 26 - 18 seconds to 16 - 12 seconds
• Tunnel cooldown reduced from 10 - 2 seconds to 6 - 2 seconds
• Tunnel speed increased

(E) Furious Bite

• Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
• Base damage removed
• AD ratios increased from 75% to 100%
• Deals 6 - 14% max HP at maximum fury

(R) Void Rush

• Bonus AD ratio reduced from 175% to 100%

Renekton

(Q) Cull the Meek

• Heal increased from 12 - 36 (+15% bonus AD) to 12 - 44 (+17% bonus AD)

(E) Slice and Dice

• Cooldown decreased from 16 - 12 seconds to 16 - 10 seconds

(R) Dominus

• Bonus health increased from 250 - 550 to 300 - 700

Soraka

(Passive) Salvation

• Movement speed increased from 70% to 90%

(Q) Starcall

• Heal increased from 50 - 110 to 60 - 120

(R) Wish

• Cooldown decreased from 140 - 100 seconds to 120 - 80 seconds

Thresh

Base Stats

• Armor increased from 28 to 31

(E) Flay

• Damage increased from 75 - 235 to 75 - 255

Varus

• Base AD decreased from 62 to 60

Volibear

(Q) Thundering Smash

• Magic shield increased from 8 -24% to 12 - 32%

(E) Sky Splitter

• Cooldown decreased from 13 seconds to 12 seconds

LOL PATCH 14.4: ITEM CHANGES

The new support items and their upgrade tree (World Atlas, Runic Compass, Bounty of Worlds) are seeing considerable changes in League of Legends patch 14.4. Remember that all the proposed champion and item changes are still subject to change and may not even make it to live servers.

World Atlas

• Charge and recharge timer increased from 18 seconds to 23 seconds
• Gold per champion proc increased from 30/28 to 36/33
• Gold per minion proc increased from 20 to 24

Runic Compass

• Quest charge timer increased from 18 seconds to 23 seconds
• Gold timer reduced from five seconds to four seconds
• Gold per champion proc increased from 34/32 to 41/38
• Gold per minion proc increased from 28 to 34

Bounty of Worlds

• Health increased from 100 to 200
• Health regen increased from 50% to 75%
• Mana regen increased from 50% to 75%

Bloodsong

• Ranged damage amp reduced from 6% to 5%

Solstice Sleigh

• Movement speed altered from 90% flat to 30%
• Duration reduced from four seconds to three seconds
• Heal changed from 120 to 7% of max HP

Zakzak's Realmspike

• Base damage reduced from 50 to 20
• AP ratio increased from 15% to 20%
• Cooldown changed from 9 - 6 seconds to 8/7/6 seconds (at levels 1/11/16)

Black Cleaver

• Armor shred per stack increased from 4% to 5%
• Number of stacks reduced from six to five

Terminus

• Number of stacks reduced from five to three
• Resist per stack changed from 3/4/5 (at levels 1/11/14) to 6 - 8 (from levels 1 - 18)
• Penetration per stack increased from 6% to 10% (max unchanged)
• Dagger replaced by Recurve Bow in recipe tree, total cost is unchanged

FiINAL THOUGHTS

That was all our information on the next upcoming League of Legends patch 14.4, going live on February 22. We're excited to see how support players fare with the new changes thrown their way.

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