As we rapidly approach the end of the year and the League of Legends competitive season, Riot Games is turning their attention towards Season 15 preparation and preseason changes. While the previous patch, 14.19, was an absolute behemoth in terms of item system changes, the upcoming patch, 14.20, is simply working on some housekeeping to tidy up.
There will be straightforward buffs to two popular ADC picks (Aphelios and Caitlyn) and everyone's favorite brother duo, Yasuo and Yone. League patch 14.20 will also see nine champion nerfs hitting the Rift.
Without further ado, let's dive straight into the League of Legends patch notes for 14.20 and see what changes are coming our way!
According to the official patch schedule, League of Legends patch 14.20's release date is Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
Riot Games begins the new patch deployment with the Oceanic servers at 10 AM AEST, with ranked and casual matchmaking queues disabled around three hours before the update is made live.
Other major playing regions worldwide will slowly receive League of Legends patch 14.20 on October 9. Once live, the official patch notes will be available in the LoL client for players wanting to read more about the latest changes.
Here are the key patching times for when League of Legends patch 14.20 goes live.
League of Legends Lead Gameplay Designer Riot Phroxzon has noticed that the first item ADCs gravitate towards is almost always Infinity Edge, leading to uninspiring item builds with Infinity Edge "not really an item players are excited to buy."
To combat this, the dev team is working to make ADC itemization more interesting, with more satisfying options for crit and non-crit builds. They have also increased the gold cost gap to other AD items like The Collector and Yun Tal Wildarrows.
In LoL patch 14.20, armor itemization is also a key point of focus alongside the proc damage values for Liandry's Torment being tweaked for off-tank AP junglers like Shyvana.
It wouldn't be a new League of Legends patch without new skins! Three new Epic skins will land in the Shop in the patch 14.20 cycle to commemorate League of Legends' 15th anniversary.
From October 9 until 28, players can also log into the game daily and participate in the LoL Player Days event to earn the free Ann-Sivir-sary skin. This event also includes free Blue Essence, Orange Essence, Mythic Essence, player icons, and more, so don't miss out!
Here are all the skins going live during the patch 14.20 cycle:
All these early patch notes are taken from the LoL Public Beta Environment (PBE) and are therefore only tentative. You can see the new stats coming to Summoner's Rift in bold for clarity.
(Passive) The Hitman and the Seer
(Q) Piltover Peacemaker
(Q) Phosphorus Bomb
(W) Valkyrie
(E) Gatling Gun
(E) Blunt Force Trauma
(R) Curtain Call
(Q) Obliterate
(W) Shield Vault
(Passive) Iron Ambassador
(Q) Hammer Shock
(Q) Broken Wings
(W) Burnout
(E) Flame Breath
(R) Dragon's Descent
(Passive) Threads of Vibration
(E) Ixtal's Impact
(Q) Wilding Claw
(E) Blazing Stampede
(W) Dark Matter
(Q) Steel Tempest
(R) Last Breath
(Q) Mortal Steel
There were -literally- hundreds of item nerfs in League patch 14.19. League of Legends patch 14.20 will continue to tweak certain champions and their itemization in preparation for Season 15 in 2025.
As Riot Phroxzon explained, the "item system for melee crit users doesn't feel great currently," so LoL patch 14.20 will give them a slight power injection to tide them over before Season 15, including The Collector getting a net buff.
This time around, only two League of Legends runes are getting changed: Grasp of the Undying and Sorcery.
Those were the early patch notes for LoL patch 14.20, going live on October 9, 2024! We'll update this article accordingly if any new information comes to light from the PBE.
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