LoL Patch 14.5 Patch Notes: Rek'Sai Changes, Seraphine Adjustments & Support Item Changes

Another two weeks have gone by, and we're already on LoL Patch 14.5. This patch is a pretty big one with multiple champion adjustments. Rek'Sai and Seraphine are getting major changes, while AP assassin items are also getting some changes to try and get more item variation.

So, with this many upcoming changes to the patch, it's time to take a closer look. Is your main getting nerfed?

LoL Patch 14.5: All Champion Changes

Champion Adjustments

Seraphine

• Base Stats
  • Movement speed: 325 ⇒ 330
  • Mana Growth: 50 ⇒ 25
  • Mana Regeneration: 0.4 ⇒ 0.95
  • Base AD: 55 ⇒ 50
• Passive – Stage Presence
  • Damage: 5/10/18/30 (+5% AP) (levels 1/6/11/16) ⇒ 4-25 (based on level, linear) (+4% AP)
  • [Removed] 300% minion damage modifier has been removed
• Q – High Note
  • Missile Speed: 1200 ⇒ 1300
  • Cooldown: 10/8.75/7.5/6.25/5 ⇒ 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 60/70/80/90/100
  • Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% AP)
  • Maximum Damage Amp based on Missing Health: 50% ⇒ 60%
  • [REMOVED]Damage amp no longer affects non-champions
  • [REMOVED] No longer prevents minions from dying to other minions while in flight

• W – Surround Sound
  • Cooldown: 28/25/22/19/16 ⇒ 22/21/20/19/18 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90
  • Shield: 50/75/100/125/150 (+20% AP) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+20% AP)
  • Seraphine Bonus Movement Speed: 20% (+4% AP) ⇒ 20% (+2% AP)

• E – Beat Drop
  • Cooldown: 10 ⇒ 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 ⇒ 60 at all ranks
  • Damage: 60/95/130/165/200 (+35% AP) ⇒ 70/100/130/160/190 (+50% AP)
  • Slow Duration: 1.25 ⇒ 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 seconds
  • Minion Damage: 100% ⇒ 70%

• R – Encore
  • Damage: 150/200/250 (+60% AP) ⇒ 150/200/250 (+40% AP)
  • Cooldown: 160/130/100 ⇒ 160/140/120 seconds

Smolder

• Q – Scorcher Breath
  • 3rd Upgrade Bonus True Damage: 6.5% of target's maximum health ⇒ +2% bonus AD (+1% AP) (+0.8% of Dragon Patience Stacks) of target's maximum health

• E – Flap, Flap, Flap
  • Number of Bolts: 5-10 (based on critical strike chance) ⇒ 5 (+1 per 50 Dragon Patience Stacks)
  • Tooltip has been updated to clarify that these bolts are not attacks

• R – MMOOOMMMM!
  • Damage: 225/350/475 (+110% bonus AD) (+100% AP) ⇒ 200/300/400 (+110% bonus AD) (+100% AP)
  • Sweet Spot Increased Damage Multiplier: 30% ⇒ 50%
  • Self Heal: 110/160/210 (+75% AP) ⇒ 100/135/170 (+50% bonus AD) (+75% AP)

Champion Buffs

Rek'Sai

• Base Stats
  • Attack Windup: 26.67% (+100% Attack Speed) ⇒ 20% (+60% Attack Speed) (Note: This means attacks take 25% less time to fully animate at level 1, down to 3% less time with Stridebreaker, runes, and Q active at level 18.)
  • Basic Attack Cast Frame: 12 ⇒ 10 (Note: This means attacks deal their damage about 20% earlier in the animation.)
  • Critical Strike Cast Frame: 9 ⇒ 10
• Q - Queen's Wrath
  • QoL Change: Attacks can no longer be canceled mid-attack, now matches most other empowered attacks
  • Cast Frame: 12 ⇒ 9 (Note: This means the attack strikes the target about 33% earlier in the animation.)
  • Bugfix: Attacks now stack Spear of Shojin when hitting only one champion
• W - Burrow / Unburrow
  • [NEW] An Uplifting Change: Unburrow will now knock up all Large Monsters in range if they're eligible
  • [NEW] An Non-Lifting Uplifting Change: Unburrow can now damage (but not knock up) targets who were recently knocked up and immune to Unburrow
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug where Rek'Sai could stop auto-attacking after burrowing and quickly unburrowing
• E - Tunnel / Furious Bite
  • Tunnel: Bugfix In Progress: Reduced the frequency of a bug that caused Rek'Sai to occasionally fail to dash when crossing walls. We'll be keeping an eye out for more instances of this bug occurring and work to resolve them as we're able to.
  • Furious Bite
    • 100 Fury Bonus Damage: 6/8/10/12/14% of target's maximum health ⇒ 8/9.5/11/12.5/14% of target's maximum health
    • Monster Bonus Damage Cap: 60-400 (based on level) ⇒ 75-400 (based on level)
• R - Void Rush
  • Damage: 100/250/400 (+100% bonus AD) (+20/25/30% of target's missing health) ⇒ 150/300/450 (+100% bonus AD) (+25/30/35% of target's missing health)

Jarvan IV

• Base Stats
  • Armor Growth: 4.8 ⇒ 5.2
• Q - Dragon Strike
  • Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds

(Red) Kayn

• Passive – The Darkin Scythe
  • Darkin Bonus - Healing: 25% ⇒ 25% (+0.5% per 100 Bonus Health)

• R – Umbrail Trespass
  • Darkin Form Healing: 65% of damage dealt ⇒ 75% of damage dealt

Kog'Maw

• Passive – Icathian Surprise
  • Bonus Movement Speed: 0-40% over 4 seconds ⇒ 10-50% over 4 seconds
• Q – Caustic Spittle
  • Cast Time: 0.25 seconds ⇒ now matches Kog'Maw's auto attack frame time

• E – Void Ooze
  • Slow: 30/35/40/45/50% ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60%

• R – Living Artillery
  • Minimum Damage: 100/140/180 (+65% bonus AD) (+35% AP) ⇒ 100/140/180 (+75% bonus AD) (+35% AP)

Sivir

• Base Stats
  • Base Armor: 26 ⇒ 30

Veigar

• Q – Baleful Strike
  • Damage: 80/120/160/200/240 (+45/50/55/60/65% AP) ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+50/55/60/65/70% AP)

• R – Primordial Burst
  • Cooldown: 120/90/60 ⇒ 100/80/60 seconds

Vex

• Passive – Doom 'n Gloom
  • Gloom Detonation Damage: 30-140 (based on level) (+20% AP) ⇒ 40-150 (based on level) (+25% AP)

• E – Looming Darkness
  • [NEW] Killing units with Looming Darkness now grants Doom ‘n Gloom's passive refund.

Wukong

• Passive – Stone Skin
  • Maximum Number of Stacks: 10 ⇒ 5
  • Percent Amplification per Stack: 50% ⇒ 100%
  • Stack Falloff Rate: All at once ⇒ One at a time

Champion Nerfs

Yorick

• Passive – Shepherd of Souls
  • Tooltip clarified to state that only Mist Walkers take reduced damage from monsters.
• E – Mourning Mist
  • Cursed Bonus Damage for 8 Attacks: 30% ⇒ 20%

• R – Eulogy of the Isles
  • Maiden Armor and Magic Resist: 10-50 (based on level) ⇒ 30-90 (based on level)
  • [REMOVED] Maiden no longer reduces Area of Effect damage by 50%.
  • Tooltip now clarifies that Maiden takes 70% less damage from lane minions.
  • Bugfix: Maiden's 1/2/3% maximum health damage no longer bypasses Evasion like Shen's W. (Note: Blind, Dodge, and Evasion all work appropriately against the rest of Maiden's attacks.)

Zac

• W – Unstable Matter
  • Damage: 35/50/65/80/95 (+4/5/6/7/8% (+3% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health) ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80 (+4/5/6/7/8% (+3% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health)

Bel'Veth

• Passive – Death in Lavender
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug that caused Bel'Veth to get three stacks for each Epic Void monster. She now properly gets two Death in Lavender stacks per Void Grub (for a total of six if she gets all three of them) and two for Rift Herald.
• E – Royal Maelstrom
  • Damage Reduction: 42/49/56/63/70% ⇒ 35/40/45/50/55%

Brand

• Passive – Blaze
  • Damage to Monsters: 200% ⇒ 215%
• R – Pyroclasm
  • Damage per Hit: 100/200/300 (+25% AP) ⇒ 100/175/250 (+25% AP)
  • Cooldown: 105/90/75 ⇒ 110/100/90 seconds

Evelynn

• R – Last Caress
  • Damage: 25/30/35/40/45 (+30% AP) ⇒ 25/30/35/40/45 (+25% AP)

Maokai

• Base Stats
  • Base Movement Speed: 335 ⇒ 330
• Q – Bramble Smash
  • Bonus Damage to Monsters: 80/100/120/140/160 ⇒ 120/130/140/150/160

• W – Twisted Advance
  • Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds

Nidalee

• Base Stats
  • Base Movement Speed: 340 ⇒ 335
• Q – Takedown (Cougar Form)
  • Bonus Damage to Hunted Targets: 40% ⇒ 30%

Senna

• Q – Piercing Darkness
  • Damage: 30/60/90/120/150 (+50% bonus AD) ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150 (+40% bonus AD)

Twisted Fate

• E – Stacked Deck
  • Bonus Attack Speed: 10/22.5/35/47.5/60% ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50%
  • Bonus Damage: 65/90/115/140/165 (+75% bonus AD) (+40% AP) ⇒ 65/90/115/140/165 (+20% bonus AD) (+40% AP)

Vayne

• Passive – Night Hunter
  • Bonus Movement Speed: 45 ⇒ 30 (Note: Bonus movement speed during Final Hour will be unchanged at 90.)

• Q – Tumble
  • Cooldown: 4/3.5/3/2.5/2 ⇒ 6/5/4/3/2 seconds

Item Changes

Riot is also going to be making some adjustments to AP items and other items this patch. AP assassin items don't seem to have the same power, which means some are bought every single game by players. Riot wants to give players more choice depending on the situation, hence why they're making changes to AP Assassin items.

Dream Maker

• Blue Bubble Damage Reduction: 140 ⇒ 75-255 (levels 6-18)
• Purple Bubble Bonus Damage: 90 ⇒ 50-170 (levels 6-18)

Heartsteel

• Proc Bonus Damage: 100 (+10% bonus health from items) ⇒ 80 (+12% bonus health from items)
• Leviathan (Ornn Upgrade)
  • Proc Bonus Damage: 100 (+10% bonus health from items) ⇒ 80 (+12% bonus health from items)
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug that gave Leviathan 25 Ability Haste

Solstice Sleigh

• Cooldown: 20 ⇒ 30 seconds
• Bonus Health: 7% of maximum health ⇒ 50-230 (levels 6-18)
• Bonus Movement Speed: 30% ⇒ 25%
• Item tracker flavor text updated

Spear of Shojin

• Spells now only grant 1 stack per cast, up to 1 per second for spells that deal damage over time
• Attack-based spells now add a stack and get their damage improved by the spell amp
• Damage from champion passives should no longer grant stacks for Focused Will

Lich Bane

• Spellblade Damage: 75% base AD (+50% AP) ⇒ 75% base AD (+45% AP)

Stormsurge

• Movement Speed: +5% ⇒ +8%

Hextech Rocketbelt

• Total Price: 2500 ⇒ 2600
• Ability Power: 60 ⇒ 70

Item Buffs

Celestial Opposition

• Cooldown: 20 ⇒ 18 seconds
• Slow Duration: 1.5 ⇒ 2 seconds
• Slow Strength: 50% ⇒ 60%

Sunfire Aegis

• Health: 450 ⇒ 500
• Immolate Base Damage: 12 ⇒ 15

Item Nerfs

Frozen Heart

• Total Price: 2400 gold ⇒ 2500 gold
• Armor: 70 ⇒ 65

ARAM Balance Changes In LoL Patch 14.5

Of course, there are also some balance changes for ARAM on the list this time as well. SOme champions are getting buffed and others nerfed. Finally Anivia is going to be less annoying in this game mode. Thank you Riot.

ARAM Buffs

• Camille: Shielding Done: 120% ⇒ 110%; Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 10
• Dr. Mundo: Damage Taken: 110% ⇒ 105%
• Naafiri: Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 10
• Nasus: Damage Taken: 110% ⇒ 105%

ARAM Nerfs

• Anivia: Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Illaoi: Healing Done: 90% ⇒ 80%
• Karma: Damage Dealt: 100% ⇒ 95%
• Lulu: Shielding Done: 110% ⇒ 105%
• Renekton: Healing Done: 120% ⇒ 105%
• Zac: Healing Done: 120% ⇒ 110%

Upcoming PROJECT Skins In LoL Patch 14.5

PROJECT is back after a few years and while LoL Patch 14.5 is just a small filler patch we are getting three brand-new skins. PROJECT is probably one of the skin universes with the most champions, so it's hard to make the skins feel unique at this point, but Naafiri can pull off the look... the others though...

• PROJECT Gangplank
• PROJECT Jax
• PROJECT Naafiri

Those are all the skins Riot is releasing in this League of Legends patch. It's a small filler patch after the copious amount of Lunar New Year skins we've got. Now, when is Faerie Court coming back?