League of Legends Patch 14.6 makes crucial changes to champions

Published: 12:50, 20 March 2024
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League of Legends Patch 14.6 makes crucial changes to champions
Karma the Enlightened One

Key Points from the Article

  • Buffed Champions: Cho'Gath, Diana, Ornn, Shen, Sion, and Tryndamere
  • Nerfed Champions: Briar, Gragas, Karma, Smoulder, Senna, and Volibear.


Karma the Enlightened One

League of Legends Patch 14.6 brings massive changes to champions that are overperforming and underperforming. While most of them are receiving minor changes, Galio, Karma, Kayn, and Rek'Sai are receiving the most.

Patch 14.5 for League of Legends saw a plethora of adjustments, primarily aimed at weakening and balancing some of the game's most potent champions. But that clearly wasn't enough.

So Riot Games is releasing patch 14.6 and making further adjustments to champions and items as well. On the champions side, this time Galio, Kayn, Karma, and Rek'sai are receiving the most substantial changes, whereas the other champions are receiving buffs and nerfs depending on how they are performing.

This patch is quite a large one, so let's take a look at all the champion changes on this patch. P.S. If you want to learn about the Galio changes, then click here.

All Buffed Champions on Patch 14.6 of League of Legends:

Here are all the buffed champions on patch 14.6:

Cho'Gath

  • Cho'Gath's W: Feral Scream's cooldown was lowered from  13/12/11/10/9 seconds to 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds
  • His E: Vorpal Spikes's damage per spike got changed from  22/34/46/58/70 (+3% +0.5% per Feast stack) of the target's maximum health to 22/37/52/67/82 (+3% +0.5% per Feast stack) of the target's maximum health. 
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Firecracker Diana
Firecracker Diana

Diana

  • Diana's base attack speed ratio increased from .625 to.694. 
  • Her Attack Speed growth is now 2%
  • Her Passive: Moonsilver Blade's bonus attack speed is now 15%–35% scaling linearly.
  • Her Passive: Moonsilver Blade's empowered bonus attack speed is now tripled for 5 seconds.

Ornn

  • Ornn's E: Searing Charge's cooldown was lowered from 16/15/14/13/12 to 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds 

Making Ornn items is significantly more complex than making Riot items. It has reached the point that the game cannot continue to make Ornn items in the same manner. That is why Riot plans on creating a new way to create Ornn artefacts. While Riot works on this, they are giving Ornn a small boost. 

Shen

  • Shen's Passive: Ki Barrier's cooldown got adjusted from  4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5 (levels 1/6/9/12/14/16/17/18) to 4-7.5 (linear level scaling) 

Sion

  • Sion's Q: Decimating Smash's minimum damage is now 40/60/80/100/120 (+40/50/60/70/80% total AD). Its maximum damage is now  90/155/220/285/350 (+120/150/180/210/240% Total AD)
  • His W: Soul Furnace's shield is now 60/75/90/105/120 (+8/10/12/14/16% maximum health)

Tryndamere

  • Tryndamere's base Attack Speed growth increased from 2.9% to 3.4%

All Nerfed Champions on Patch 14.6 of League of Legends:

Here are all the nerfed champions on patch 14.6:

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Street Demon Briar
Street Demon Briar

Briar

  • Briar's Q: Head Rush can now make her jump to wards
  • Her W: Blood Frenzy now heals less, going from  25/30/35/40/45% to 24/28/32/36/40%
  • Her W: Blood Frenzy's bonus attack speed was lowered from  55/70/85/100/115% to 54/68/82/96/110% 
  • Her R: Certain Death's damage was lowered to 150/250/350 (+50% bonus AD) (+120% AP)

Gragas 

  • Gragas's base health was lowered from 670 to 640
  • His Q: Barrel Roll's mana cost is now 80 at all ranks 

Karma

  • Mana growth reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Mana regeneration growth increased from 0.5 to 0.8.
  • Passive’s ultimate cooldown refund changed from 5 seconds to 4 seconds
  • Q mana cost changed from 45 flat to 40/50/60/70/80
  • The R cooldown increased from 40/37/34/31 seconds to 40/38/36/34 seconds
  • R+E bonus base shield changed from 25/75/125/175 (+45% AP) to 50/90/130/170 (+45% AP)  

Smolder

  • Smolder's Q: Super Scorcher Breath's execute threshold is now 6.5% flat. Now he only checks to execute units after he damages them, meaning it will no longer execute off of allies' damage. 
  • His W: Achooo! now has a smaller radius, going from 125 to 115
  • His E: Flap, Flap, Flap now offers 25% less movement speed

Senna

  • Senna's Passive: Absolution's Mist Wraith spawn rate on Minion kills is now 2.8% flat.

Volibear

  • Volibear's Q: Thundering Smash's bonus movement speed is now lower, going from 12/17/22/27/32% to 12/16/20/24/28%
  • His R: Stormbringer's cooldown was increased from 130/115/100 to 140/120/100 seconds

In addition to champion adjustments, Riot is prioritising item changes in this patch. Due to the significant early power offered by component items, ADCs have opted for lethality over traditional critical items. This shift is anticipated to bring about a significant alteration in the bottom-lane meta with this patch.

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