League of Legends Patch 14.9 notes: Skarner nerfs, Bruiser item changes, & more

❘ Published: 2024-04-18T03:25:19

Riot Games

The notes for League of Legends Patch 14.9 are here and the new update will bring changes to the MOBA including nerfs to several champions, as well as adjustments to Bruiser items.

League of Legends is getting Patch 14.9 very soon. With new changes to shake up the MOBA’s meta, we’re seeing Skarner being nerfed after his rework, plenty of champions receive balance changes and Bruiser items receiving an update.

When does League Patch 14.9 go live?

League of Legends Patch 14.9 is expected to go live on May 1, 2024. Patch 14.9 will head to Oceanic servers first, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 14.9 for your server:

3 AM PT (NA)
5 AM GMT (EUW)
3 AM CET (EUNE)
8 AM KST (Korea)

There’ll be a few hours of downtime when patching begins, and matchmaking queues will be taken offline about three hours beforehand.

What’s changing in LoL Patch 14.9?

Skarner Nerfs

Skarner’s recent rework has left him in quite a powerful position. With the increased mobility, utility, and CC he provides, the devs are looking to tune him down a bit in this patch to stop him from completely overtaking the meta.

Bruiser item changes

Bruisers have been in a bit of a weird spot after the removal of items like Goredrinker. Riot is looking to shake up some of their itemization by buffing underused items like Death’s Dance, and nerfing stronger ones like Sterak’s Gage and Sundered Sky.

LoL Patch 14.9 notes

Champions

Ahri

W: Fox-Fire

Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+30% AP) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+30% AP)

R: Spirit Rush

Cooldown: 130/105/80 ⇒ 130/115/100 seconds

Akshan

Q: Avengerang

Move Speed on Champion Hit: 20/25/30/35/40% (+5% per 100 AP) ⇒ 20% at all ranks (+5% per 100 AP)
Damage to Non-Champions: 40/52.5/65/77.5/90% ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80%

R: Comeuppance

Minimum Damage per Bullet: 20/25/30 (+10% total AD) ⇒ 25/35/45 (+15% total AD)
Maximum Damage per Bullet: 80/100/120 (+40% AD) ⇒ 75/105/135 (+45% total AD)

Amumu

Base Stats

Base Attack Damage: 53 ⇒ 57
Base Armor: 30 ⇒ 33

Aurelion Sol

Base Stats

E: Singularity

Total Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+100% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+80% AP)

Bel’Veth

Passive: Death in Lavender

Bonus Attack Speed per Stack: 0.28%-1% (levels 1-13) ⇒ 0.28%-1% (levels 1-17) (Note: This means that at levels 2-16, Bel’Veth will have slightly less attack speed, this is most pronounced at level 13.)

Q: Void Surge

Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 (+110% total AD) ⇒ 10/15/20/25/30 (+100% Total AD)
Monster Damage Modifier: 140% total damage ⇒ +45/55/65/75/85 flat damage (Note: This is a buff until 136 total attack damage.)

Blitzcrank

Passive: Mana Barrier

Passive Shield Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

W: Overdrive

Initial Bonus Movement Speed: 70/75/80/85/90% ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80%

Evelynn

W: Allure

Slow: 65%⇒ 45%

R: Last Caress

Damage: 125/250/375 (+75% AP) ⇒ 125/250/375 (+65%)

Janna

W: Zephyr

Damage: 55/90/125/160/195 (+60% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed) ⇒ 55/85/115/145/175 (+50% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed)

E: Eye of the Storm

Shield: 80/115/150/185/220 (+55% AP) ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+55% AP)

Jinx

R: Super Mega Death Rocket

Cooldown: 70/55/40 ⇒ 85/65/45 seconds

Karma

Q: Inner Flame

Slow: 35% ⇒ 40% (Note: Mantra Q slow is unchanged at 50%.)

RE: Mantra Inspire

AoE Shielding on Secondary Targets: 90% of Primary Target’s Extra Shield ⇒ 100% of Primary Target’s Extra Shield
AoE Movement Speed Bonus: 12% ⇒ 15%

Kassadin

E: Force Pulse

Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+70% AP)

Kennen

E: Lightning Rush

[NEW] Added a range indicator for the damage radius

R: Slicing Maelstrom

[NEW] New animation has been added for Slicing Maelstrom.
[NEW] Kennen can now cast his ultimate while moving.

Malzahar

Q: Call of the Void

Mana Cost: 80 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

E: Malefic Visions

Cooldown: 15/13/11/9/7 ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds

Master Yi

E: Wuju Style

Bonus True Damage: 30/35/40/45/50 (+30% bonus AD) ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40 (+30% bonus AD)

Nilah

Q: Formless Blade

Minimum Damage: 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/97.5/105/112.5/120% total AD) ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/95/100/105/110% total AD)
Bonus Attack Speed: 10-50% (based on level) ⇒ 10-60% (based on level)
Critical Strike Chance Damage Modifier: 100-220% (based on critical strike chance) ⇒ 100-200% (based on critical strike chance)

Olaf

Q: Undertow

Damage: 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/110/160/210/260 (+100% bonus AD)
Bonus Damage to Monsters: 5/15/25/35/45 ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70

R: Ragnarok

Passive Resistances: 10/20/30 ⇒ 10/15/20

Pyke

W: Ghostwater Dive

Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 65
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds

Sejuani

Passive: Fury of the North

Bonus Resistances: 10 (+50% Bonus Armor/Magic Resistance) ⇒ 10 (+75% Bonus Armor/Magic Resistance)

W: Winter’s Wrath

First Hit Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 (+20% AP) (+2% of her maximum health) ⇒ 5/15/25/35/45 (+20% AP) (+4% of her maximum health)
Second Hit Damage: 20/60/100/140/180 (+60% AP) (+6% of her maximum health) ⇒ 5/25/45/65/85 (+60% AP) (+8% of her maximum health)
Maximum Damage: 30/75/120/165/210 (+80% AP) (+8% of her maximum health) ⇒ 10/40/70/100/130 (+80% AP) (+12% of her maximum health)

Seraphine

Q: High Note

Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+60% AP)

Skarner

Base Stats

Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.6 ⇒ 0.75

Q: Shattered Earth/ Upheaval

Damage per Hit: 10/25/40/55/70 (+60% bonus AD) (+5% of his bonus health) ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50 (+60% bonus AD) (+5% of his bonus health)
[REM] Q no longer refreshes the buff duration upon attacking wards or plants.

W: Seismic Bastion

Slow: 20/25/30/35/40% ⇒ 20% at all rank
Shield: 9% maximum health ⇒ 8% maximum health

Taliyah

Q: Threaded Volley

Mana Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 ⇒ 65/70/75/80/85 (Note: Mana cost of 20 on Worked Ground unchanged.)
Bonus Damage to Monsters: 25 (+10% AP) ⇒ 25 (+5% AP)

Twitch

Base Stats

Base Health: 682 ⇒ 630
Health Growth: 100 ⇒ 104

W: Venom Cask

Slow: 30/35/40/45/50% (+6% AP) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 (+5% AP)

R: Spray and Pray

Bonus Attack Damage: 40/55/70 ⇒ 30/45/60

Urgot

Base Stats

Armor Growth: 5.45 ⇒ 5.0

Items

Death’s Dance

Item Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 1000 gold ⇒ Steel Sigil + Caulfield’s Warhammer + Pickaxe + 125 gold
Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
Defy Healing: 50% bonus AD ⇒ 75% bonus AD

Hexdrinker

Item Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 500 gold ⇒ Long Sword + Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 150 gold
Magic Resistance: 35 ⇒ 30

Maw of Malmortius

Total Price: 2800 ⇒ 3100
[NEW] Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15
Magic Resistance: 50 ⇒ 40
Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 70
Lifeline Duration: 2.5 ⇒ 3 seconds
Lifeline Buff: 12% Lifesteal ⇒ 10% Omnivamp

Sterak’s Gage

Total Price: 3000 ⇒ 3200
Lifeline Cooldown: 60 ⇒ 90 seconds

Sundered Sky

Lightshield Strike per Target Cooldown: 6 ⇒ 8 seconds
Lightshield Strike Healing: 140% base AD (+6% missing health) ⇒ 120% base AD (+6% missing health)

Eclipse

Ever Rising Moon Damage: 8% (melee) / 4% (ranged) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 6% (melee) / 4% (ranged) of target’s maximum health

Champion Radius Changes

The champions below are receiving a change to their selection radius to have them match their visuals more correctly.

Alistar: 145 ⇒ 140
Aurelion Sol: 165 ⇒ 150
Azir: 88 ⇒ 120
Bard: 88 ⇒ 130
Blitzcrank: 165 ⇒ 140
Brand: 65 ⇒ 120
Braum: 100 ⇒ 130
Briar: 111 ⇒ 120
Darius: 125 ⇒ 120
Diana: 75 ⇒ 120
Gangplank: 85 ⇒ 120
Garen: 75 ⇒ 120
Gragas: 155 ⇒ 140
Jayce: 75 ⇒ 120
K’Sante: 102 ⇒ 140
Leona: 75 ⇒ 120
Lissandra: 88 ⇒ 120
Malzahar: 88 ⇒ 120
Mega Gnar: 180 ⇒ 140
Milio: 125 ⇒ 100
Naafiri: 111 ⇒ 120
Neeko: 90 ⇒ 120
Nilah: 75 ⇒ 120
Poppy: 95 ⇒ 100
Rengar: 70 ⇒ 120
Rumble: 165 ⇒ 140
Veigar: 93 ⇒ 100
Vel’Koz: 88 ⇒ 120
Viktor: 160 ⇒ 120
Warwick: 111 ⇒ 120
Xerath: 88 ⇒ 120
Yasuo: 75 ⇒ 120
Yone: 75 ⇒ 120
Yuumi: 120 ⇒ 100
Zac: 90 ⇒ 140
Zoe: 120 ⇒ 100