LoL Patch Notes 13.23: Buffs, Nerfs, and Turret Gold Changes

There's an end-of-year buzz in the air as the new League of Legends patch is on the horizon! LoL patch 13.23 is the penultimate patch of the year, bringing a host of champion balance changes, updates to turret gold, and even some new bee skins for the shop.

The last patch, 13.22, was quiet with changes, but patch 13.23 will breathe new life into certain champions like Riven and Trundle. According to the early patch preview, there will be four buffs and five nerfs as Riot Games sets the tone for 2024. 

As if that isn't enough excitement, the fan-favorite LoL arena game mode will return with new augments and items! Keep reading for all the tentative changes in the LoL 13.23 patch notes, including all champion buffs, nerfs, and system changes. 

WHEN WILL LOL PATCH 13.23 GO LIVE?

According to Riot's official patch schedule, League of Legends patch 13.23 will go live on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. League patch 13.23 will be rolled out steadily across the day according to different server timezones, beginning with the Oceanic server at around 10 AM AEST.

Here are all the critical LoL patch 13.3 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)

Like every new patch release, several hours of server downtime will occur. While this happens, all matchmaking and competitive queues will be disabled around three hours before the latest patch goes live on servers.

WHAT'S NEW IN LOL PATCH 13.23?

In preparation for Season 14 and the upcoming year, Riot Games has many changes coming with League of Legends patch 13.23. After his impressive performance and pick rates in LoL Worlds 2023, K'Sante is getting another round of tweaks after his recent rework and Q mana cost changes. 

New champions are a balancing nightmare, as Briar and Naafiri are getting nerfed. Briar is receiving nerfs to her early fighting power and overall scaling. Naafiri also has "a bit too much throughput" with her packmates and as such, Riot are reducing their strength. 

According to Riot Phroxzon, Vel'Koz is getting a buff to his "core gameplay loop." Elise, the Spider Queen, will also get some small quality-of-life changes. To name these few improvements, her Human E now reveals stealthed targets, spider E grants buff after descending, and spiderling dash speed when spider Q'ing targets increased by 20%. 

There's a hive of activity on the Rift, abuzz with excitement as Riot Games tease three new bee skins that will be added to the shop with LoL patch 13.23. These bee skins look as sweet as honey, see how much RP they cost below: 

• Beezcrank (Epic): 1,350 RP
• Bee'Koz (Epic): 1,350 RP
• King Beegar (Epic): 1,350 RP

LOL PATCH 13.23: ALL CHAMPION CHANGES

Keep reading for all the early notes and champion changes coming to Summoner's Rift for patch 13.23. Remember that the changes below are tentative and aren't set in stone until Riot Games actually makes them live in the game. 

Briar

• Base health reduced from 610 to 590. 

(W) Blood Frenzy/Snack Attack

• W2 AD ratio reduced from 3.5% per bonus 100 AD to 2.5% per 100 bonus AD.

Draven

(R) Whirling Death

• Now returns to Draven if he's dead.

Janna

(W) Zephyr

• Cooldown reduced from 9 - 7 seconds to 8 - 6 seconds. 
• Cast range reduced from 650 center-to-center to 550 edge-to-edge. 

(R) Monsoon

• Cooldown reduced from 150 - 120 seconds to 130 - 100 seconds. 

Jarvan VI

(Q) Dragon Strike

• Cooldown increased from 10 - 6 seconds to 10 - 8 seconds. 

K'Sante

(Passive) Dauntless Instinct

• Ultimate mark changed from 45 - 75% (depending on level) to 30 - 78%. 

(Q) Ntofo Strike

• Base damage reduced from 30 - 150 to 30 - 130 
• Mana cost increased from 15 to 20 - 28. 

(W) Path Maker

• Hexflash bug fixed.

(E) Footwork

• Base shield increased from 45 to 125 to 50 - 210. 
• Shield ratio reduced from 15% bonus HP to 10% bonus HP.

(R) All Out 

• Base attack damage reduced from 15 - 45 to 10 - 40. 

Naafiri

(Passive) We Are More

• Packmate base attack damage reduced from 6 - 29.8 to 5 - 25. 

(E) Evicerate

• Flurry base damage reduced from 65 - 205 to 60 - 180. 

Riven

(Q) Broken Wings

• AD ratio increased from 45% - 65% to 50% - 70%. 

(R) Blade of the Exile

• Bonus AD increased from 20% to 25%. 

Trundle

• AD growth increased from 3 to 4. 

(Q) Chomp 

• Mana cost reduced from 30 to 20. 

Vel'Koz

(Passive) Organic Deconstruction

• Base damage increased from 33 - 169 to 35 - 180. 
• AP ratio increased from 50% to 60%. 

Ziggs

• Base AD increased from 54 to 55. 

(Q) Bouncing Bomb

• Base damage reduced from 95 - 295 to 85 - 285. 

(W) Satchel Charge

• Cooldown increased from 20 - 12 seconds to 24 - 12 seconds. 
• Mana cost increased from 65 to 80. 

LOL PATCH 13.23: SYSTEM CHANGES

League of Legends patch 13.23 has no item changes or alterations to Summoner Spells or the Jungle. However, players can look forward to changes with turret Gold, awarding more local Gold to players split-pushing turrets solo. These changes also apply to Inhibitor Tower gold.

Turret Gold

Side-Lane Inner Turret 

• Local Gold increased from 550 to 675. 
• Global Gold decreased from 50 to 25. 

Mid-Lane Inner Turret

• Local Gold increased from 300 to 425. 
• Global Gold decreased from 50 to 25.

Inhibitor Turret

• Local Gold increased from 50 to 375. 
• Global Gold decreased from 50 to 25. 

Runes

Certain champions like Yuumi and Samira are being adjusted so they can't take specific runes due to them being "broken," like players abusing the trigger on hit effects.

Yuumi 

• Replaces Glacial Augment with First Strike.

Samira

• No longer replaces Aftershock with Grasp of the Undying.
• No longer replaces Glacial Augment with First Strike.

Bug Fixes

-coming soon-

FINAL THOUGHTS

That's everything we know about the early 13.23 patch notes for League of Legends, going live on November 21. We're excited to see how these changes impact the meta-game going into 2024 and the upcoming Season 14. 

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