This patch features more champion changes than we’ve seen in a single patch all season long, with over 23 champions being adjusted. Huge item nerfs are on the way to some of the big-ticket fighter items such as Eclipse, Sundered Sky, and Sterak’s Gage. Patch 14.9 is set to go live on May 1st, so let’s get you guys caught up with everything you need to know heading into the patch.
14.9 Item Changes and Adjustments
- Eclipse
- Damage: 8%/4% max HP ? 6%/3% max HP
- Death’s Dance
- Pickaxe added to the recipe
- AD: 55 ? 60
- Heal bonus AD ratio: 50% ? 75%
- Hexdrinker
- Long Sword added to the recipe, price unchanged
- MR: 35 ? 30
- Maw of Malmortius
- Cost: 2800 ? 3100
- Pickaxe and Longsword replaced by Caulfield’s Warhammer in the recipe
- Shield duration: 2.5 seconds ? 3 seconds
- Passive lifesteal: 12% ? 8% omnivamp ? 10% omnivamp
- Ability haste: 0 ? 15
- MR: 50 ? 40
- AD: 65 ? 70
- Spear of Shojin
- Now only grants 1 stack per unique cast per second
- Sterak’s Gage
- Cost reduced: 3000 ? 3100 ? 3200
- Cooldown: 60 seconds ? 90 seconds
- Sundered Sky
- Cooldown: 6 seconds ? 8 seconds
- Heal bonus AD ratio: 140% ? 120%
- Heal health ratio: 6% missing HP ? 5% missing HP ? 6% missing HP (revert)
Patch 14.9 Champion Buffs
- Amumu
- Base AD: 53 ? 57
- Base armor: 30 ? 33
- Karma
- Q slow: 30% ? 40%
- RE AoE move speed: 12% ? 15%
- RE AoE shield: 90% bonus shield ? 100% bonus shield
- Malzahar
- E cooldown: 15 – 7 seconds ? 11 – 7 seconds
- Sejuani
- P bonus resist ratios: 50% ? 75%
- Seraphine
- Q AP ratio: 50% ? 60%
Patch 14.9 Champion Nerfs
- Ahri
- W base damage: 50 – 150 ? 45 – 145
- R cooldown: 130 – 80 seconds ? 130 – 100 seconds
- Aurelion Sol
- E AP ratio per second: 20% ? 16%
- Blitzcrank
- P shield duration: 10 seconds ? 4 seconds
- W move speed: 70% – 90% ? 60% – 80%
- Evelynn
- W slow: 65% ? 45%
- R AP ratio: 75% ? 65%
- Jinx
- R cooldown: 70 – 50 seconds ? 85 – 45 seconds
- Kassadin
- E AP ratio: 80% ? 70%
- R AP ratio: 50% ? 35% ? 50% (revert)
- Master Yi
- E base damage: 30 – 50 ? 20 – 40
- Olaf
- Q base damage: 65 – 265 ? 60 – 260
- Q bonus monster damage: 5 – 45 ? 10 – 50 ? 10 – 70
- R bonus resists: 10 – 30 ? 10 – 20
- Pyke
- W cooldown: 12 – 8 seconds ? 14 – 10 seconds
- W mana cost: 50 ? 65
- Skarner
- P health damage: 7% – 12% max HP ? 7% – 10%
- Q health ratio: 6% bonus HP ? 5% bonus HP
- W base damage: 50 – 150 ? 50 – 130
- W slow: 20% – 40% ? 20% flat
- W shield: 9% max HP ? 8% max HP
- Taliyah
- Q bonus monster AP ratio: 10% ? 5%
- Q mana cost: 55 – 75 ? 65 – 85
- Twitch
- Base health: 682 ? 630
- R bonus AD: 40 – 70 ? 20 – 50 ? 30 – 60
- Urgot
- Armor growth: 5.45 ? 5
Hitbox and Champion Adjustments 14.9
HitBoxes
- Warwick
- Hitbox: 55 ? 65
- Yuumi
- Hitbox: 65 ? 55
- Briar
- Hitbox: 55 ? 65
- Darius
- Hitbox: 80 ? 65
- Aurelion Sol
- Hitbox: 65 ? 80
- K’Sante
- Hitbox: 65 ? 80
- Naafiri
- Hitbox: 55 ? 65
Champion Adjustments
- Akshan
- Q non-champ damage: 40% – 90% ? 40% – 80%
- Q move speed: 20% – 40% ? 20% flat
- R base damage per bullet: 20 – 30 ? 25 – 45
- R AD ratio per bullet: 10% ? 15%
- R bonus damage per missing 1% HP: 3% ? 2%
- Bel’Veth
- P bonus attack speed per stack now scales from 1 – 13 ? 1 – 17, still .28% – 1%
- Q AD ratio: 110% ? 100%
- Q monster damage: 145% flat ? 145% – 185%
- Janna
- W base damage: 55 – 195 ? 55 – 175
- W damage AP ratio: 60% ? 50%
- E base shield: 80 – 220 ? 80 – 240
- Nilah
- Q active AD ratio: 90% – 120% ? 90% – 110%
- Q bonus damage per crit chance: 1.2% ? 1%
- Q bonus attack speed: 10% – 50% ? 10% – 60%
Upcoming Skins in Patch 14.9
- Empyrean Akali (Epic): 1,350 RP
- Empyrean Brand (Epic): 1,350 RP
- Empyrean Kayle (Epic): 1,350 R0
- Prestige Empyrean Kayle: 2,000 Event Tokens
- Empyrean Malzahar (Epic): 1,350 RP
- Empyrean Nocturne (Epic): 1,350 RP
- Empyrean Varus (Legendary): 1,820 RP
