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Here are the early LoL Patch 14.17 patch notes

The countdown to Worlds and its balance update begins.
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Published: Aug 21, 2024 01:05 am

League of Legends Patch 14.17 paves the way for Worlds-focused change as Riot Games gets to work constructing a competitive metagame for the MOBA title’s biggest esports event through bot lane changes and increasing champion viability.

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With the 2024 League World Championship just around the corner, the League developers are lasering in on the champion, runes, items, and overall style of gameplay they want to see at the pinnacle event when it gets started in Europe in September. There’ll be more, of course—League Patch 14.18 should be the official update—but Riot still wants as much time working to all the balance goals as possible.

For everyone else, there’s still plenty to cast your eyes over too, from four incredible new Battle Queens skins and the Aurora nerfs everyone in solo lanes has been waiting for.

Here’s everything about League Patch 14.17 update.

When will League Patch 14.17 go live?

League Patch 14.17 will go live on Wednesday, Aug. 28, which aligns with the current 2024 League patch schedule. Here are all the key patching times for Patch 14.17:

  • 3pm CT (NA)
  • 5am GMT (EU West)
  • 3am CET (EU North East)
  • 8am KR (Korea)

On update day, you can expect several hours of downtime. As always, matchmaking will be turned off across all League queues three hours before the update.

What’s in League Patch 14.17?

AP Senna nerf wishes granted

Winterblessed Senna hoisting her enormous gun on her shoulders in League of Legends
It was fun while it lasted. Image via Riot Games

Ability power Senna has been a near-unstoppable abomination on Summoner’s Rift due to her buffs in Patch 14.16. As soon as the buffs landed, players were calling for immediate nerfs because she’s too strong—especially as she inched up to a 52.24 percent win rate. Enchanter Senna has been fun, but these nerfs are necessary.

Ranged, melee supports get ‘viability’ buffs

A man kneeling towards Renata Glasc's left hand.
Maybe we’ll get some Renata buffs in the future. Image via Riot Games

Riot’s admitted ranged supports have, for the most part, been thrown to the wayside over the course of the past year. This has left them fairly unviable in season 14 and so the balance team wants to change things. While direct targets are still being decided, League‘s devs will “make a few” ranged and melee choices more variable.

Third time’s the charm: More AD carry changes

Ezreal leaning and looking upwards.
“Hey, your loss. But I get it.” Image via Riot Games

You know Riot is putting an emphasis on the League bot lane for Worlds when they’ve made targeted changes to ADCs over the past three patches. In this patch, the League devs have two things in mind: Runes and specific picks.

Some runes, including top choices like Fleet Footwork, Cut Down, and Absorb Life, are working a little too well in conjunction with the past ADC changes and are making champions like Ezreal and Ashe a little too strong in the solo lanes. So, these top trailblazers and their best rune picks now need to be subdued, Riot says.

Battle Queens skinline welcome 4 new royals

Fiora in her battle queen skin wearing a fur coat and a crown as she holds her sword in the air
Take my money, Riot. Image via Riot Games

Four Battle Queen skins are landing in Patch 14.17 alongside several Battle of the God Kings chromas. The latter two, the Garen and Darius alt chromas, have come under fire for their extremely expensive $200 pricetags.

These are the skins and chromas making their way to the store:

These skins will go live during the Patch 14.17 cycle.

League Patch 14.17 patch notes

Champions

Ashe

  • Base health reduced from 640 to 410.

Aurora

  • R damage reduced from 200-450 to 175-375.

Brand

  • Passive damage cap to monsters added: Damage over time 30 per second, explosion 250-475 at levels 1-16.

Caitlyn

  • W cooldown reduced from 30-12 to 26-10.
  • Attack speed ratio increased from 0.594 to 0.610.

Ezreal

  • Base attack damage reduced from 62 to 60.

Graves

  • Q cooldown reduced from 13-7 to 13-6, Q1 damage increased from 45-105 to 45-125.

Katarina

  • Passive ability power ratio reduced from 70-100 to 60-90 at levels 1-16.

Kennen

  • Q ability power ratio reduced from 85 to 75 percent.

Kindred

  • Q attack speed increased from 30 to 35 percent.
  • E flat damage increased from 80-160 (plus 80 percent bonus attack damage) to 80-200 (plus 100 percent bonus attack damage), cooldown reduced from 14-10 to 14-8.

LeBlanc

  • Q ability power ratio reduced from 45 to 40 percent.
  • W ability power ratio reduced from 75 to 70 percent.

Lillia

  • Passive damage cap to monsters reduced from 70-150 to 70-100.

Lissandra

  • Q damage increased from 80-200 to 80-220.
  • R slow increased from 30-75 to 45-75 percent.

Pyke

  • Base armor reduced from 37 to 33.

Rumble

  • Passive max health damage reduced from six to five percent.

Ryze

  • Q damage increased from 70-150 to 75-155.
  • R cooldown reduced from 210-150 to 180-140.

Senna

  • Q heal reduced from 40-120 (plus 80 percent ability power) to 40-100 (plus 60 percent ability power). Attack damage ratio unchanged.
  • R shield ability power ratio reduced from 70 to 50 percent.

Seraphine

  • W shield reduced from 60-160 to 60-140, cooldown changed from 22-18 to 22.

Sylas

  • W damage ability power ratio reduced from 70 to 60 percent.

Twisted Fate

  • Q damage increased from 60-220 to 60-240.

Varus

  • Q damage increased from 15-235 (plus 1.25-1.45 total attack damage) to 90-370 (plus 1.5-1.9 bonus attack damage).
  • E bonus attack damage ratio increased from 90 to 110 percent.

Items

Celestial Opposition

  • Slow reduced from 60 percent for two seconds to 50 percent for 1.5 seconds.

Warmog’s Armor

  • Price increased from 3,100 to 3,300.
  • Move speed reduced from 10 to five percent.

Runes

Absorb Life

  • Heal on kill changed:
    • Level 1-5: From 1-5 to 1-2.
    • Level 6-10: From 6-11 to 3-7.
    • Level 11-18: From 12-23 to 9-23.

Cut Down

  • Damage threshold increased from 50 to 60 percent health.

Fleet Footwork

  • Heal reduced from 5-120 to 5-100.
  • Move speed reduced from 20 percent for 1.25 seconds to 15 percent for one second.

System

  • Support ecosystem

Skins

Battle Princess Annie

Battle Queen Fiora

Battle Queen Gwen

Battle Queen Miss Fortune

Divine God-King Darius

Fallen God-King Garen

Update Aug. 21, 1.45am CT, by Isaac McIntyre: Added all specific balance changes planned for Patch 14.17, as shared by Riot Phroxzon on X (formerly Twitter).

This article will be updated throughout the League patch cycle.

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