LoL Patch Notes 14.5 | Champion Buffs, Nerfs, New Skins

Updated on: February 28

It's that time again when another League of Legends patch is on the horizon. Following the huge content drop in patch 14.4, the next patch, 14.5, aims to refine and polish the previous changes. This includes some needed bonus buffs to Rek'Sai after her rework in the last patch notes. Seraphine also takes center stage as Riot attempt to shift her positioning from ADC back to Support.

Additionally, there will be some much-needed bug fixes and changes to two items, including Rod of Ages and Rennan's Hurricane, the latter of which is now purchasable for Melee champions.

Keep reading for the provisional changes coming in League of Legends patch 14.5, including the three new skins, all champion buffs, nerfs, and more. Remember that the following patch notes are subject to changes between now and March 6. 

LOL PATCH 14.5 RELEASE DATE

As per Riot Games' official patch schedule for 2024, League of Legends patch 14.5 will go live on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Like previous patches, LoL patch 14.5 will gradually rollout throughout the day across different timezones, beginning 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 LP.

LOL PATCH 14.5: WHAT'S NEW? 

Going into this next League patch in the 14.5 update, we expect more QoL changes to some popular picks in the current meta. Recently, we have seen a surge in players picking Seraphine as an ADC instead of her original Support role. Riot Games aims to bring her back to her roots with exciting balance changes in patch 14.5.

Riot Games is still finding their feet with Rek'Sai and will give the Jungler some much-needed buffs after her mini-rework in the previous patch 14.4. These changes include buffs to her auto-attacks and Q ability.

Want a new look for your favorite champions? Riot is giving three under-appreciated champions some love in LoL patch 14.5, adding to the sci-fi techworld PROJECT skinline.

Here are the upcoming skins dropping in the next League of Legends patch 14.5, including their prices and rarity:

• PROJECT: Gangplank (Epic): 1,350 RP
• PROJECT: Jax (Epic): 1,350 RP
• PROJECT: Naafiri (Epic): 1,350 RP

LOL PATCH 14.5: ALL CHAMPION CHANGES

Please remember that the champion buffs and nerfs listed below are tentative changes and are subject to alteration until Riot Games officially implements them onto live servers on March 6, 2024.

These early patch notes are available for testing on Riot Games' Public Beta Environment (PBE), accessible from the League of Legends launcher. Stay tuned - We'll update this article with more bug fixes and changes as it draws closer to the next patch release date.

Bel'Veth

(E) Royal Maelstrom

• Damage reduction changed from 72 - 70% to 35 - 55%

Brand

(R) Pyroclasm

• Base damage reduced from 100 - 300 to 100 - 250
• Cooldown increased from 105 - 75 seconds to 110 - 90 seconds

Evelynn

(Q) Hate Spike

• Ability power ratio decreased from 30% to 25%

Diana

(E) Lunar Rush

• Reset cooldown decreased from 0.5 seconds to 0.25 seconds.

Jarvan VI

• Armor per level increased from 3.8 to 5.2

(Q) Dragon Strike

• Cooldown decreased from 10 - 8 seconds to 10 - 6 seconds

Kai'Sa

(R) Killer Instinct

• Range indicator updated to match the cast range in League of Legends patch 14.4

Kalista

(R) Fate's Call

• Range indicator updated to match the cast range in League of Legends patch 14.4

Kayn (Rhaast)

(Passive) The Darkin Scythe

• Healing now scales to include o.5% base health

Kog'Maw

(Passive) Icathian Surprise

• Movement speed increased from 0 - 40% to 10 - 50%

(Q) Caustic Spittle

• Cast time changed from 0.25 seconds to auto-attack windup

(E) Void Ooze

• Slow increased from 30 - 50% to 40 - 60%

(R) Living Artillery

• Minimum attack damage ratio increased from 65% to 75%

Nidalee

• Movement speed reduced from 340 to 330

Rek'Sai

Base Stats

• Attack windup reduced from 26.6% to 20%
• Critical windup reduced from 20.83% to 20%
• Attack windup scaling reduced from 100% to 60%

(Q) Queen's Wrath

• Auto attack no longer cancelable

Senna

(Q) Piercing Darkness

• Bonus attack damage ratio decreased from 50% to 40%

Seraphine

Base Stats

• Mana growth decreased from 50 to 25
• Mana regen growth increased from 0.4 to 0.95
• Base AD decreased from 55 to 50
• Base movement speed increased from 325 to 330

(Passive) Stage Presence

• Damage per note changed from 5/10/18/30 (based on levels 1/6/11/16) to 4 - 25 (linear leveling)
• AP scaling reduced from 5% to 4%
• Damage to minions reduced from x3 to x1

(Q) High Note

• Base damage increased from 55 - 155 to 60 - 160
• Missing health amp increased from x1.5 to x1.6
• Cooldown changed from 10 - 5 seconds to 8 - 6 seconds
• Mana cost changed from 65 - 85 to 60 - 100
• Missile speed increased from 1,200 to 1,300

(W) Surround Sound

• Base shield increased from 50 - 150 to 60 - 160
• Movement speed AP scaling decreased from 4% to 2%
• Mana cost decreased from 80 - 100 to 70 - 90
• Cooldown changed from 28 - 16 seconds to 22 - 18 seconds

(E) Beat Drop

• Damage changed from 60 - 200 (+35% AP) to 70 - 190 (+50% AP)
• Crowd control (CC) duration changed from 1.25 seconds (constant) to 1.1 - 1.5 seconds (based on rank)
• Minion damage decreased from x1 to x0.7
• Mana cost changed from 60 - 80 (based on level) to 60 (constant)
• Cooldown changed from 10 seconds to 11 - 9 seconds

(R) Encore

• AP scaling reduced from 60% to 40%
• Cooldown changed from 160/130/100 seconds to 160/140/120 seconds

Sivir

• Base armor increased from 26 to 30

Smolder

(E)Flap, Flap, Flap

• Number of attacks decreased from 5 (+5% critical strike chance) to 5 (+2% Dragon Practice stacks)

(R) MMOOOMMMM

• Base damage decreased from 225 - 475 to 200 - 400
• Heal increased from 110 - 210 (+75% AP) to 100 - 170 (+50% bonus AD, +75% AP)
• Multiplier on sweetspot increased from 130% to 150%

Twisted Fate

(Q) Wild Cards

• Base attack damage iscaling reduced from 50% to 40%

(E) Stacked Deck

• Attack speed reduced from 10 - 60% to 10 - 50%
• Base attack damage scaling reduced from 75% to 50%

Vayne

(Passive) Night Hunter

• Movement speed reduced from 45 to 30

(Q) Tumble

• Cooldown increased from 4 - 2 seconds to 6 - 2 seconds

Veigar

(Q) Baleful Strike

• AP ratio increased from 40 - 65% to 50 - 70%

(R) Primordial Burst

• Cooldown reduced from 120 - 60 seconds to 100 - 60 seconds

Vex

(Passive) Doom N' Gloom

• Base damage increased from 30 - 140 to 40 - 150
• AP ratio increased from 20% to 25%

(E) Looming Darkness

• Killing units now grants a Passive refund

Yorick

(E) Mourning Mist

• Bonus damage from ghouls reduced from 30% to 20%

(R) Eulogy of the Isles

• Maiden of the Mist resists damage from 10 - 50 (linear) to 30 - 90 (linear)

LOL PATCH 14.5: ITEM CHANGES

Dream Maker

• Blocked damage changed from 140 (constant) to 75 - 255 (linear)
• Bonus damage changed from 90 (constant) to 50 - 170 (linear)

Frozen Heart

• Cost increased from 2,400 to 2,500
• Armor reduced from 70 to 65

Runnan's Hurricane (Now pulled from patch)

• Now purchased by melee champions
• Bolts now have a minimum range of 350
• Bolt damage now have on-hit modifiers

Rod of Ages

• Bug fixes: Players can no longer buy a second Rod of Ages after having Ornn upgrade the original one
• The second one also started at max stacks, so this has been patched out

Solstice Sleigh

• Cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds
• Movement speed reduced from 35% to 25%
• Bonus health changed from 7% total health to 50 - 230 (linear)

FINAL THOUGHTS

That was all our information on the next upcoming League of Legends patch 14.5, launching on March 6, 2024. Since it's still early days, we'll update this article with any future champion changes as soon as they come to light from the PBE.

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