League of Legends Patch 14.2 Notes: Massive Changes to Champions and Items

League of Legends players got a huge change with patch 14.2. First, there’s the new champion, Smolder. But developers also took a lot of time making massive changes to existing champions and more. Here are the full patch notes for 14.2.

Author:
Olivia Richman
Publish date:
Jan 24, 2024 1:09 PM EST

Developers stated that 14.2 is meant to address champions that were “hit hardest” by 14.1. Said devs in the notes: “Some champs, like Camille and Illaoi, need the help due to the terrain changes, while others, like Ezreal and Fizz, struggled or thrived with the new items at their disposal. In addition to champion balance changes, we’re also retuning a few of the items to get them into a better place. But that’s not all, we also have a whole list of quality-of-life changes!”

On top of that, Riot has made some matchmaking changes like reducing the amount of games of demotion protection from tier boundaries, fixing a bug that impacted Diamond 1 players, and another that saw Iron IV players seeded into Iron II matches with negative LP gains.

Here are the most impactful parts of the patch notes:

Stat Shard Changes

Row 2: Flex Shard Options

Slot 1: 9 Adaptive Force
Slot 2: 6 Armor >>> 2% Move Speed
Slot 3: 8 Magic Resist >>> 10-180 (based on level) bonus health

Row 3: Defensive Shard Options

Slot 1: 15-140 (based on level) bonus health >>> 65 base health
Slot 2: 6 Armor >>> 10% Tenacity and Slow Resist
Slot 3: 8 Magic Resist >>> 10-180 (based on level) bonus health

Jungle Companion Compensation

Jungle Companion Heal per Second: 12-35 (based on level) >>> 14-37 (based on level)

Champions

Ahri

E - Charm

Cooldown: 14 seconds >>> 12 seconds

Blitzcrank

Base Stats

Base Armor: 40 >>> 37

E - Power Fist

Damage: 200% Total AD (+25% AP) >>> 180% Total AD (+25% AP)

Briar

Passive - Crimson Curse

Healing Amplification: 0.5% per 1% missing health >>> 0.4% (+0.025% per 100 bonus health) per 1% missing health
Bleed Tick Rate: 1 second >>> 0.5 seconds

Q - Head Rush

Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% bonus AD) physical damage >>> 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% bonus AD) (+60% AP) magic damage
Defensive Reductions: 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% armor reduction >>> 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% armor and magic resistance reduction
Healthy Hits: Q now applies on-hit effects and lifesteal

W - Blood Frenzy

Bite Heal: 36/42/48/54/60% of damage dealt >>> 25/30/35/40/45% of damage dealt (+5% of Briar’s maximum health)
Removed - Less Critical Strikes: W no longer critically strikes for 5-65(+5% AD) bonus damage

Camille

Base Stats

Base Health: 646 >>> 670

Passive - Adaptive Defenses

Cooldown: 20/15/10 seconds (levels 1/7/13) >>> 18/14/10 seconds (levels 1/7/13)

Q - Precision Protocol

Bonus Movement Speed: 20/25/30/35/40% >>> 30/32.5/35/37.5/40%

Darius

Q - Decimate

Mana Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 mana >>> 25/30/35/40/45 mana
Healing based on Missing Health per Target: 13% per target (up to a maximum of 39%) >>> 15% per target (up to a maximum of 45%)

E - Apprehend

Passive Armor Penetration: 15/20/25/30/35% >>> 20/25/30/35/40%

Ezreal

Q - Mystic Shot

Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+130% AD) (+15% AP) >>> 20/45/70/95/120 (+135% AD) (+15% AP)

W - Essence Flux

Damage: 80/135/190/245/300 (+60% bonus AD) (+70/75/80/85/90% AP) >>> 80/135/190/245/300 (+100% bonus AD) (+70/75/80/85/90% AP)

R - Trueshot Barrage

Damage: 350/500/650 (+100% bonus AD) (+90% AP) >>> 350/525/700 (+120% bonus AD) (+90% AP)

Fizz

Q - Urchin Strike

Magic Damage: 10/25/40/55/70 (+50% AP) >>> 10/25/40/55/70 (+45% AP)

W - Seastone Trident

Total Magic Damage Over Time: 20/30/40/50/60 (+40% AP) >>> 20/30/40/50/60 (+30% AP)

Garen

W - Courage

30% Damage Reduction Duration: 2/2.75/3.5/4.25/5 >>> 4 seconds at all ranks

E - Judgment

Damage per Spin: 4/8/12/16/20 (+0-8.2 (based on level)) (+32/34/36/38/40% AD) >>> 4/8/12/16/20 (+0-8.2 (based on level)) (+36/37/38/39/40% AD)

Gragas

Base Stats

Armor Growth: 4.8 >>> 5
Health Growth: 109 >>> 115

R - Explosive Cask

Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds >>> 100/85/70 seconds

Gwen

Passive - A Thousand Cuts

Damage: 1% (+0.65% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health >>> 1% (+0.72% per 100 AP) of the target's maximum health

Hwei

E - Subject: Torment

Cooldown: 15/14/13/12/11 seconds >>> 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds

EQ - Grim Visage

Flee Duration: 1 second at all ranks >>> 1/1.125/1.25/1.375/1.5 seconds

Illaoi

Base Stats

Base Mana: 300 >>> 350
Mana Growth: 50 >>> 60
Health Growth: 109 >>> 115

Passive - Prophet of an Elder God

Missing Health Heal upon Tentacle Hit: 4.5% of missing health >>> 5% of missing health

Jax

E - Counter Strike

Minimum Damage: 55/85/115/145/175 (+70% AP) (+4% of target's maximum health) >>> 40/70/100/130/160 (+70% AP) (+3.5% of target's maximum health)

Karma

Base Stats

Base Health: 604 >>> 630

Q - Inner Flame

Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+50% AP) >>> 70/120/170/220/270 (+70% AP)

E - Inspire

Shield Strength: 80/120/160/200/240 (+45% AP) >>> 80/125/170/215/260 (+60% AP)

Karthus

Q - Lay Waste

Damage: 43/61/79/97/115 (+35% AP) >>> 45/65/85/105/125 (+35% AP)

W - Wall of Pain

Magic Resist Reduction: 15% >>> 25%

Rumble

Q - Flamespitter

Damage: 135/150/165/180/195 (+110% AP) (+6/7/8/9/10% of target's maximum health) >>> 125/140/155/170/185 (+110% AP) (+6/7/8/9/10% of target's maximum health)

E - Electro Harpoon

Magic Resist Reduction: 12/14/16/18/20% >>> 10/12/14/16/18%

Shen

Base Stats

Base Attack Damage: 60 >>> 64

Teemo

E - Toxic Shot

Magic Damage On-Hit: 14/25/36/47/58 (+30% AP) >>> 14/25/36/47/58 (+25% AP)

R - Noxious Trap

Charge Charge Time: 30025/20 seconds >>> 35/30/25 seconds

Twisted Fate

Base Stats

Base Attack Speed: 0.651 >>> 0.625
Attack Speed Growth: 3.22% >>> 3%

Passive - Loaded Dice

Nat 20: Critical strikes now roll an additional 6 sided die that is weighted towards 1 rather than 6

Q - Wild Cards

Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+90% AP) >>> 60/100/140/180/220 (+90% AP) (+50% bonus AD)

W - Pick A Card

Blue Crits: 0.575 critical strike multiplier added (increases damage by up to 57.5% based on critical strike chance)
Red Crits: 0.350 critical strike multiplier added (increases damage by up to 35% based on critical strike chance)
Gold Crits: 0.250 critical strike multiplier added (increases damage by up to 25% based on critical strike chance)
QoL Adjustment: Locking in a card now resets Twisted Fate’s auto attack timer
QoL Adjustment: Pick a Card now affects Inhibitors and the Nexus

E - Stacked Deck

Bonus Attack Speed: 10/17.5/25/32.5/40% >>> 10/22.5/35/47.5/60%
Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+50% AP) >>> 65/90/115/140/165 (+50% AP) (+75% bonus AD)
QoL Adjustment: Stacked Deck now affects towers at 50% effectiveness
QoL Adjustment: TF’s deck now becomes fully stacked on spawn

Veigar

Base Stats

Base Health: 550 >>> 580

Items

Bloodsong

Expose Weakness Increased Damage: 12% (melee) / 8% (ranged) >>> 10% (melee) / 6% (ranged)

Experimental Hexplate

Item Recipe: Noonquiver + Tunneler + 600 gold >>> Hearthbound Axe + Tunneler + 700 gold
Attack Speed: 20% >>> 25%
Passive - Overdrive: 35% bonus Attack Speed >>> 30% bonus Attack Speed

Frozen Heart

Total Cost: 2300 >>> 2400

Horizon Focus

Passive - Hypershot and Focus Range Requirement: 700 >>> 600
Passive - Focus AoE Reveal Radius: 1200 units >>> 1400 units

Phantom Dancer

Item Recipe: Hearthbound Axe + Cloak of Agility + 1000 gold >>> Zeal + Rectrix + 800 gold

Riftmaker

Total Cost: 3000 >>> 3100

Steel Sigil

Total Cost: 1200 >>> 1100

Stormsurge

Ability Power: 100 >>> 90
Passive - Squall Damage: 100-200 (+30% AP) (melee) / 75-150 (+22.5% AP) (ranged) >>> 100-200 (+20% AP) (melee) / 75-150 (+15% AP) (ranged)

Stridebreaker

Attack Speed: 25% >>> 30%
Total Cost: 3100 >>> 3000

Support Items

One At A Time: The gold penalty now applies globally to anyone who has a support item in their inventory. Additionally, every champion with a support item now contributes towards hitting the minion penalty

Bounty Adjustments

Bounty Gold: 20-80% of a players bounty is reduced depending on team gold deficit >>> 30-90% of a players bounty is reduced depending on team gold deficit

Infernal Drake Adjustments

Ability Haste per Infernal Cinder: 0.3 >>> 0.6

Gameplay Quality Improvements

Champions

Kayn’s Passive no longer works with Aery
Rhaast’s R now heals even if the unit dies during the channel
Taric E now ghosts units during the cast
Rammus will properly play his AA animation when his W ends
Kled Q is no longer variable duration, changing from 1.75-2 seconds to 1.75 flat
Evelynn now tracks enemies falling under ult threshold much more often
Jayce Hammer E now uses regular knockback instead of fixed distance upon the spell being cast
Evelynn W can no longer target small monsters (Medium Krug and larger only). It already cannot target minions
Heimerdinger Q and R+Q turrets now update their stats every 1 second, reflecting level-ups, rank-ups, and AP purchases. They no longer snapshot their stats when summoned
Teemo’s default adaptive force stat changed: Attack Damage >>> Ability Power
Yorick’s in-games runes will now replace Glacial Augment with First Strike and Aftershock with Grasp of the Undying. This will affect 0.06% of Yorick players
Gragas W now applies against turrets and other structures, dealing 50% normal damage
Gragas W now applies damage in an AoE when targeting structures and includes them in its AoE when targeting units nearby
Kennen will now respawn with W fully stacked
Ornn R and R2 will no longer be able to target allies or the minimap
Cho’Gath R now grants +2.5 cast range per stack, maximum +25 range at 10 stacks
Cho’Gath R attack range per stack increased: 4.62 / 6.15 / 7.69 >>> 4.7 / 6.2 / 7.7
Cho’Gath R tooltip now displays the range increases if you hold Shift for more info
Fizz W now applies to structures at 50% damage. The DoT does not apply to inhibitors
Jax W and R now apply to structures at 50% damage
Lulu’s Pix moves faster, especially when further away from its target
Vayne Q-empowered autos cannot be accidentally canceled
Kog’Maw gains an AA range indicator during his W (like Lethal Tempo/RFC)
Nami R will strike behind her on cast to mirror visuals and similar spells
Trundle Q has 25 bonus range
Volibear Q has 25 bonus range
Nocturne Q trail has 25 units more forgiveness before you count as outside of it
Nocturne Q trail now attaches to large and epic monsters in addition to champions
Brand's Passive now damages every 0.25 seconds instead of every 1.05 seconds
Nilah W now buffers out of other spells
Nilah W can now be cast during other spell windups
Nilah EQ is very inconsistent and often doesn't fire Q—adjusted to be more consistent
Wards that would be placed beside a brush are now slightly nudged into them
Ziggs’ W should be able to be activated while rooted etc
Swain’s Passive will now be tracked in his tooltip and icon
Poppy’s buckler will now bounce back to her if her target is dead when it hits.
Akali’s Passive now extends itself very slightly if attacks are taken in the last few frames before the buff expires
Shaco’s clone will now attack the nearest visible enemy champion within 1500 range of it when dead
Shaco’s clone will now stop to cast the fake W and will only do so within 300 units of Shaco prime
Shaco clone will stop to cast a fake E and will only do so within 575 units of Shaco prime’s E target, this also fakes a missile

Other Changes

Scryer’s Bloom will no longer reveal champion pets for longer than champions, as that was unintentionally revealing those characters for longer
Shifted Tiamat and Ravenous Hydra actives to use attack timers if those are lower than their cast time
Momentum items (Dead Man’s Plate, Trailblazer) will no longer lose Momentum when attacking traps or plants
A number of champions properly have cooldowns listed on their passives

Check out the full 14.2 patch notes on League of Legends’ official site.