14.6 Balance Changes Preview

Posted on by BigusGrompus

View of upcoming Balance changes for patch 14.6 in League of Legends is here!
Full list can be found below, the original list was posted by @RiotPhroxzon

These Changes are tentative and may be changed/removed before released!

Champions

BUFFS

NERFS
Cho’Gath

W CD: 13-9 >>> 11-9
E Spike Damage: 22-70 >>> 22-82

 Briar

W heal: 25-45% of damage >>> 24-40% of damage
W AS: 55-115% >>> 54-110%
Q can now jump to wards
R Damage: 150-450 + 50% bAD >>> 150-350 + 50% bAD
Diana (jungle)
 AS Ratio: .625 >>> .694
AS Growth: 2.25% >>> 2% (this is a buff)
Level 1 AS unchanged
Passive AS: 15-40%, every 3rd level >>> 15-35%, scaling linearly (this is a buff)
Active AS: 3x for 3 seconds >>> 3x for 5 seconds
 Gragas (top)

Base Health: 670 >>> 640
Q mana cost: 80-60 >>> 80
Ornn

E Cooldown: 16-12 >>> 14-12

 Karma (mid)

Mana Growth: 50 >>> 40
Mana Regen Growth: .5 >>> .8
Q Mana: 45 >>> 40-80
P Refund: 5s >>> 4s
R CD: 40-31 >>> 40-34
R+E Bonus Shield: 25-175 + 45% AP >>> 50-170 + 45% AP
Shen

P CD refund: 4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5 (Level 1/6/9/12/14/16/17/18) >>> 4-7.5, linear level scaling
This is a buff levels 2-17, especially 8-16

 Senna (adc)

Mist Wraith spawn rate on minion kill: 8.333% >>> 2.8%
Sion

Q min damage: 40-120 + 45-75% tAD >>> 40-120 + 40-80% tAD –
Q max damage: 90-350 + 135-225% tAD >>> 90-350 + 120-240% tAD
W Shield: 60-160 + 8-12% Max HP >>> 60-120 + 8-16% Max HP (this is a buff rank 2-5 above 1k max HP)

 Smolder

Q 225 stack execute threshold: 7.625% +0.025% further Dragon Practice Stacks >>> 6.5%, no scaling Execute now only checks after Smolder deals damage instead of any teammate
W missile width: 125 >>> 115
E bonus move speed: 100% >>> 75%
 Tryndamere

AS Growth: 2.9% >>> 3.4%

 Volibear

Q MS: 12-32% >>> 12-28%
R CD: 130-100 >>> 140-100

ADJUSTMENTS
Galio
P CD refunded by 3 per champ or epic monster hit with ability
P attack gains 40% AS
P Base damage: 15-200 >>> 15-115
P AP Ratio: 50% >>> 40% — Q CD: 12-8 >>> 12-7
Q AP Ratio: 75% >>> 70%
W DR 25-45% (+ 5% per 100 AP) (+12% per 100 bonus MR) >>> 20-40% (+ 4% per 100 AP) (+ 8% per 100 bonus MR) (+ 1% per 100 HP)
W base damage: 20-80 >>> 20-60
E base damage: 90-250 >>> 75-235
E non-champion damage: 50% >>> 80%
Kayn

Q locks out items during animation (Profane Hydra)
R Base/Assassin damage: 150-350 +175% bAD >>> 150-350 +150% bAD Rhaast
Q damage: 65% Total AD + 5 (+3.5% bonus AD)% Target Max HP >>> 65% Total AD + 6 (+3.5% bonus AD)% Target Max HP

 

Systems

BUFFS

NERFS
Infinity Edge

Crit Damage: 40% >>> 50%

 Epic Item State Efficiency

Most epic items have been nerfed to 100-110% gold efficiency, placing them below one-component epics like BF Sword and NLR
Navori Quickblade

AD: 60 >>> 65
Pickaxe >>> BF Sword (Total price unchanged)

 Solice Sleigh

Buff duration: 3s >>> 2.5s
Move Speed: 25% >>> 20%
Lord Dominiks Regards

Armor Pen: 30% >>> 35%

 Support Item Gold Income

Active gold reduced 25%, passive gold/10 unchanged
Quest targets: 500/1000 >>> 400/800 —
Expected timing unchanged
Mortal Reminder

Armor Pen: 30% >>> 35%

  

 

ADJUSTMENTS
Voidgrubs

Decaying Shield on Death >>> Decaying Heal on Death (Health bar is now accurate for Smite)
Doran’s, Atlas and Jungle Egg

Doran’s, Atlas, Jungle Eggs Now tagged as unique “Starting Items” and cannot be purchased together

 

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