League of Legends patch 14.15 notes: All champion, item, and rune balance updates

League of Legends patch 14.15 notes are now live, and Riot Games goes over all the changes that have been introduced in the MOBA in the new update. One of the biggest highlights is the nerfs making their way to the ADC items, significantly impacting the bot lane laning phase.

Other changes include buffs to Yasuo and Varus with picks like Leona and Ezreal receiving a nerf to their kit.

Below is a list of all the changes that have made their way to League of Legends with patch 14.15.

League of Legends patch 14.15 official notes

1) Updates to Ranked Restrictions

  • We are testing a change to ranked restrictions on the KR server only. From 14.15 onwards
  • Ranked restricted players are required to win three games rather than complete five games to recover access to Ranked queue

2) Champion updates

Akali

Akali

W – Twilight Shroud

  • Cooldown 20 20/19/18/17/16

R – Perfect Execution

  • Initial Damage 80/220/360 (+30% AP) (+50% Bonus AD) to 110/220/330 (+30% AP) (+50% Bonus AD)
  • Second Cast Minimum Damage 60/130/200 (+30% AP) to 70/140/210 (+30% AP)
  • Second Cast Maximum Damage 180/390/600 (+90% AP) to 210/420/630 (+90% AP)
  • Cooldown 100/80/60 to 120/90/60

Aurora

Battle Bunny Aurora

Passive – Spirit Abjuration

  • Base Movement Speed 5 (+0.25% per level) to 5 (+0.2% per level)
  • Bonus Movement Speed per spirit 5% to 2% (+.015% AP)

Q – Twofold Hex

  • Recast Cooldown 0.5 seconds to 0.1 seconds
  • Q2 can no longer miss its original target

W – Across the Veil

  • Cooldown 18/17/16/15/14 to 22/21/20/19/18
  • Invisibility breaking on auto attacks will now happen on launch of auto attack instead of pre-attack

E – The Weirding

  • Dash Speed 800 speed 150+2x movespeed

R – Between Worlds

  • Damage 250/375/500 (+65% AP) to 200/325/450 (+60% AP)

Aurelion Sol

Best Aurelion Sol build

Q – Breath of Light

  • Cost per Second 30/35/40/45/50 to 35/40/45/50/55

W – Astral Flight

  • Range 1500/1600/1700/1800/1900 to1500

E – Singularity

  • Mana Cost 80 to 90

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia gameplay guide

Base Stats

  • Mana 350 to 400
  • Mana Growth 60 to 40

Q – Noxious Blast

  • Mana Cost 50/60/70/80/90 to 50/55/60/65/70
  • Damage 75/110/145/180/215 (+90% AP) to 75/110/145/180/215 (+70% AP)

W – Miasma

  • Mana Cost 70/80/90/100/110 to 70/75/80/85/90

E – Twin Fang

  • Mana Cost 50/48/46/44/42 to 40
  • Poisoned Bonus Damage20/40/60/80/100 (+60% AP) to 20/40/60/80/100 (+55% AP)

Ezreal

Ezreal

Q – Mystic Shot

  • Physical Damage 20/45/70/95/120 (+140% AD) (+15% AP) to 20/45/70/95/120 (+130% AD) (+15% AP)

Irelia

Irelia League of Legends

Base Stats

  • Health Regen 8.5 to 6
  • Health 590 to 630

Leona

LoL Swarm Battle Lion Leona

Passive – Sunlight

  • Magic Damage 32-168 to 32-151

W – Eclipse

  • Magic Damage 55/90/125/160/195 (+40% AP) to 55/85/115/145/175 (+40% AP)

Shyvana

Shyvana LoL

E – Flame Breath

  • Base Damage 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% Total AD) (+90% AP) to 85/125/165/205/245 (+50% Bonus AD) (+80% AP)

R-Empowered

  • Damage 60/100/140/180/220 (+75-135 based on level) (+ 70% Total AD) (+ 120% AP) to 85/125/165/205/245 (+ 75-135 based on level) (+ 100% Total AD) (+ 100% AP)
  • R-Empowered Damage-over-Time 30-60 based on level (+ 5% Total AD) (+ 10% AP) to 30-60 based on level (+ 15% Bonus AD) (+ 10% AP)
  • Bugfix: Damage over time no longer states that it deals 12% more damage than it really does

Skarner

Skarner

Base Stats

  • Health Growth 105 to 110

Q – Upheaval

  • Mana Cost 50 to 45
  • The first attack after casting the spell should come out more quickly and smoothly without player intervention

E – Ixtal’s Impact

  • [NEW] Can no longer grab units behind him

Sylas

Sylas LoL

Base Stats

  • Armor 27 29

Q – Chain Lash

  • Cooldown 11/10/9/8/7 to 10/9/8/7/6
  • Explosion Damage 70/125/180/235/290 (+90% AP) to 60/115/170/225/280 (+80% AP)

W – Kingslayer

  • Heal 20/40/60/80/100 (+35% AP) to 20/60/80/100 (+20% AP) (+5% Bonus Health)
  • Damage 65/100/135/170/205 (+80% AP) to 65/100/135/170/205 (+70% AP)

E – Abscond/Abduct

  • Damage 80/130/180/230/280 (+100% AP) to 80/130/180/230/280 (+80% AP)

Talon

Talon

Q – Noxian Diplomacy

  • Short-range casts now dash to within 150 units of his target

Varus

Varus LoL

Base Stats

  • Attack Damage 5759
  • Passive – Living Vengeance
  • Minion Kill Attack Speed 10% 10/15/20% (at level 1/7/13)
  • Champion Takedown 40% Attack Speed and 15% Attack Speed as Attack Damage 50% Attack Speed and 25% Attack Speed as Attack Damage and Ability Power
  • Champion Takedown AS cap 2.763 3.0

W – Blighted Quiver

  • On-hit Damage 7/14/21/28/35 to 5/10/15/20/25

Yasuo

Battle Wolf Yasuo

Base Stats

  • Armor 30 to 32

E – Sweeping Blade

  • Damage 60/70/80/90/100 (+20% Bonus AD) to 70/85/100/115/130 (+20% Bonus AD)
  • Bonus Damage Per Stack 15-25% (60-100% max) 25% (100% max)Recommendations
  • Rune Recommendations Top and mid lane recommended runes have been updated

Yone

Yone

Q – Mortal Steel

  • Damage 20/40/60/80/100 (+105% Total AD) to 20/45/70/95/120 (+105% Total AD)

R – Fate Sealed

  • Cooldown 120/90/60 to120/100/80

Zed

Zed LoL

Q – Razor Shuriken

  • Damage 80/115/150/185/220 (+110% Bonus AD) to 80/120/160/200/240 (+100% Bonus AD)

R – Death Mark

  • Cooldown 120/100/80 to 120/110/100

3) Item changes

Death’s Dance

  • Armor 40 to 50

Kraken Slayer

  • Move Speed 7% to 5%Bring it Down 140-310 80% effectiveness for ranged champions (112-248)

Lord Dominik’s Regards

  • Armor Penetration 40% to 35%

Mortal Reminder

  • See Lord Dominik’s Regards
  • Attack Damage 40 to 35

Statikk Shiv

  • Move Speed 7% to 5%
  • Total Gold Cost 2800 to 2900

Stormsurge

  • Stormraider Bonus MS 25% for 2 seconds to 35% for 2 seconds
  • Squall Ranged Modifier 75% to 90%

Cosmic Drive

  • Health 250 to 350
  • Spelldance Move Speed 25-60 (level 1-18) to 40-60 (level 8-18

Hextech Rocketbelt

  • Health 300 to 400

Void Staff

  • Ability Power 90 to 95

Null Magic Mantle

  • Cost 450 to 400
  • Magic Resist 25 20Resulting items have total price and final MR values unchanged.

Mercury’s Treads

  • Total Price 1100 to 1200
  • Magic Resist 25 to 20

Berserker’s Greaves

  • Attack Speed 35% to 30%
  • Total Price 900 to 1000
  • Summoner Haste 12 10

Plated Steelcaps

  • Total Price 1000 to 1200
  • Plating 8% to 10%

Sorcerer’s Shoes

  • Magic Penetration 18 to 15

Boots of Swiftness

  • Total Price 900 to 1000

Wit’s End

  • Fray 15-80 to 40-80

Abyssal Mask

  • Total Price 2300 to 2500
  • Unmake Magic Resist Shred 20% to 30%
  • Unmake Aura Radius 600 to 700
League of Legends patch 14.15 highlights

4) Runes

Dark Harvest

  • Cooldown 40 35
  • On-takedown reset timer 1.5s 1s

Fleet Footwork

  • Heal 8-110 (linear) (+10% Bonus AD) (+5% AP) to 5-120 (following stat progression multiplier) (+10% Bonus AD) (+5% AP)

5) Bugfixes & QoL Changes

  • Fixed an issue that caused the scoreboard to not correctly sort itself.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Taric’s Q and W to not cast on a bound ally while at max range.
  • Fixed an issue where self-casting Taric’s W while your bound ally is dead would cause you to
  • shield a corpse instead of finding a new ally.
  • Fixed an issue with Aurora where teleporting with Clamp Casting enabled caused her R to cast in
  • the opposite intended direction.
  • Fixed an issue with Aurora where casting her R combined with Hex Rocketbelt causes the R
  • Ability to be disabled and obtain an “unstoppable” effect.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Bard’s abilities SFX to be played while in Fog of War.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Sejuani’s abilities SFX to be played while in Fog of War.
  • Fixed an issue where on rare occasions Viego possessing Aurora could spawn spirits that crashed
  • the server. (It’s always Viego.)
  • Fixed an issue that caused Taric’s W tether to spam its SFX if the bound ally consistently entered
  • and exited the max range.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Taric’s Q to not correctly reduce its cooldown from Navori.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Kraken Slayer and Navori Flickerblade descriptions to be different from
  • the collection to in game.
  • Fixed some rune recommendation issues with Aurora.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Viego’s W animation to be hidden if cast while activating his Passive.
  • Fixed a display issue with Cash Back that caused its End of Game value to be displayed as 0.
  • Fixed an issue that caused K’Sante’s R root to be affected by Tenacity.
  • Fixed some VO lines with Aurora in Arabic that were hard to hear in several languages.
  • Fixed an issue with Aurora’s Q where the recast wouldn’t complete if the target died.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Seraphine’s abilities SFX to be played while in Fog of War.
  • Fixed an issue where Mundo’s Passive would allow him to move through Aurora’s R without being
  • pushed.
  • Fixed an issue where Camille’s Q2 True Damage was being mitigated by some effects.
  • Fixed an issue where Aurora’s R would be visible inside Mordekaiser’s R and would be functional if
  • casted before entering.
  • Fixed an issue where Champions could sometimes act during the beginning of Skarner’s E stun.
  • Fixed an issue where some of Ornn’s VO lines were not playing for his abilities.
  • Fixed an issue where Aurora could be seen standing up while inside Tahm Kench when devoured
  • during the cast of his W or R.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Teleport or Unleashed Teleport to not display a cast bar.Fixed an issue that caused some of Qiyana’s voice lines to not be played.
  • Fixed an issue that caused enemies to hear Qiyana’s voice lines. (Would you guess that the above
  • fix is related?)
  • Fixed an issue that caused Taliyah’s First Encounter voice lines to not be played.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Karthus’s death voice lines to be missing after his passive expired.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Morgana’s unique first encounter with Jarven IV to not play.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some champions to be knocked up instead of away when hitting a Blast
  • Cone at max range.

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

The following skins will be released in this patch:

  • Primordian Aatrox
  • Battle Lion Leona
  • Battle Bear Illaoi
  • Battle Wolf Yasuo
  • Primordian Briar

The following chromas will be released this patch:

  • Primordian Aatrox
  • Primordian Briar
  • Battle Bear Illaoi
  • Battle Bear Leona
  • Battle Wolf Yasuo
Abhishek Mallick
Abhishek Mallick
Abhishek Mallick is a Senior Columnist at Backdash. He has a Master's degree in English Literature. In his spare time, he is a fighting game enthusiast, who is also addicted to Shin Megami Tensei, Monster Hunter, and League of Legends. He also enjoys reading and sifting through educational documentaries.

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