League of Legends’ Patch 10.14 is now live, following for a testing period of about two weeks, its patch notes reveals its release date alongside new Arcanist, Infernal skins and champion changes. What else can we tell you about the next update in the League of Legends 2020 Patch Cycle?
League of Legends Patch 10.14’s release date is set for Wednesday, July 8, which is when the changes hit the LoL live servers.
The LoL Patch 10.14 maintenance starts at 3:00 AM PDT for NA, 5:00 AM BST for EUW, and 3:00 AM CEST for EUNE, usually taking about three hours to get the servers back up again. You can follow any updates on the League of Legends Server Status here.
LoL Patch 10.14
League of Legends’ Patch 10.14 continues to grow the MOBA’s vast offering of skins with no less than eight additions.
Players will be able to grab the Arcanist Kog’Maw (1350 RP), Arcanist Shaco (1350 RP), Arcanist Zoe (1350 RP), Arcanist Zoe Prestige Edition (100 Prestige Points), Conqueror Nautilus (975 RP), Infernal Karthus (1350 RP), Infernal Kennen (1350 RP), and Infernal Vel’Koz (1350 RP) skins.
These turnaround images from Riot KateyKhaos show the LoL Patch 10.14 skins in all their splendor:
Infernal Vel’koz has received a series of changes that improve readability and improve his W’s explosion:
Really minor VFX updates to Velkoz after PBE feedback:
— Riot Beardilocks #BlackLivesMatter (@Beardilocks) June 30, 2020
- Made the spiraling balls further apart for more readability as Vel Q
- Removed minor delay on the Q balls when they hit a target
- Improved satisfaction of W explosion
- Fixed issue with Windwall ( This one took all day) pic.twitter.com/9AO3VKGuz3
The League of Legends Patch 10.14 PBE also gives us a first look at the new, gorgeous Ionia-themed map for Nexus Blitz.
Riot itsLowbo provided the first details about the upcoming balance changes specific to Nexus Blitz:
No, we're starting fresh and will do new balance changes with the new system. Old system was a lot of base stat changes, the new ones will be with the same system we use for ARAM, URF, etc.
— Black Lives Matter (@itslowbo) June 25, 2020
The upcoming temporary mode also received a number of bugfixes which you can check out below:
Good morning everybody! Here's a list of design-related changes going into today's PBE build. pic.twitter.com/YECIA2uNSg
— Black Lives Matter (@itslowbo) June 26, 2020
Another set of changes that targeted reducing the Elder Dragon reward duration and more followed on June 29.
Lead Gameplay Designer Mark Yetter also chipped in with a series of small mechanics changes aimed to be deployed over the “next few patches”:
The team has a few different small champion mechanics projects being worked on. The hope is to ship them over the next few patches. Anything you see on PBE is WIP but we appreciate the feedback.
— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) June 25, 2020
Here are the current goals: pic.twitter.com/kEoRdqUDYQ
The LoL Patch 10.14 preview sees Volibear, Varus and Trundle in line for nerfs while Sejuani, Zed and Alistar are set to receive buffs:
Updated 10.14 preview.
— Mark Yetter (@MarkYetter) June 30, 2020
Replies to our work has been really useful, we appreciate all of the feedback and suggestions.
Yes, we also get spammed with "buff my main" stuff, but I gotta appreciate that people are passionate so no shame. pic.twitter.com/0sBZRuNoDT
Pyke is the recipient of the first League of Legends Patch 10.14 champion changes which you’ll find below. More will likely follow in the coming weeks, so check back regularly to be updated on whether or not your favorite champ might play differently starting with early next month.
Alistar - Buffed
Pulverize (Q):
- Cooldown decreased to 15/14/13/12/11 from 17/16/15/14/13
Ezreal - Nerfed
Arcane Shift (E):
- Cooldown increased to 28/25/22/19/16 from 25/22/19/16/13
Karthus - Changed
Stats:
- Health increased to 550 from 528
- Movespeed increased to 335 from 325
Lay Waste (Q):
- Damage increased to 50/70/90/110/130 (+35% AP) from 45/65/85/105/125 (+30% AP)
- Damage reduction to monsters increased to 15% from 0%
Defile (E):
- Mana restore changed to always from only when spell is togged off
- AoE damage tick rate increased from to Deals damage 4 times per second (damage and cost per second are unchanged). Deactivating Defile deals 1 tick’s worth of damage from Deals damage 1 time per second
Kha'zix - Buffed
Taste Their Fear (Q):
- Isolation target bonus damage increased to 120% from 100%
Pyke - Changed
Stats:
- Armor per level decreased to 3.5 from 5
- MR per level decreased to 1.25 from 1.5
Bone Skewer (Q):
- Mana cost changed to 50/55/60/65/70 from 70
- Cooldown decreased to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 12/11/10/9/8 seconds
- Damage increased to 85/135/185/235/285 from 75/125/175/225/275
Ghostwater Dive (W):
- Movement speed decreased to 40% from 40/45/50/55/60%
Phantom Undertow (E):
- Damage increased to 105/135/165/195/225 from 95/125/155/185/215
Riven - Buffed
Runic Blade (Passive):
- Damage increased to 30-60% total attack damage (levels 1-18) (lifesteal and critical strikes also apply to this damage) from 25-50% total attack damage (levels 1-18)
Sejuani - Buffed
Permafrost (E):
- Base damage increased to 55/105/155/205/255 from 40/90/140/190/240
- Frost cooldown changed to stunned enemy champions cannot gain Frost for 8 seconds (levels 1-18) from Stunned enemy champions cannot gain Frost for 10/9/8 seconds (levels 1/7/14)</ul>
Trundle - Nerfed
Frozen Domain (W):
- Bonus attack speed decreased to 20/40/60/80/100% from 30/47.5/65/82.5/100%
Varus - Nerfed
Piercing Arrow (Q):
- Maximum damage bonus damage ratio decreased to 125/130/135/140/145% total attack damage (minimum damage is always 66% of the maximum damage) from 150% total attack damage
Hail of Arrows (E) :
- Damage decreased to 50/90/130/170/210 from 70/105/140/175/210
Volibear - Nerfed
Stats:
- Base attack speed decreased to 0.625 from 0.66
Frenzied Maul (W):
- Wounded enemy heal changed to reduced by 50% on minions and monsters from reduced by 50% on minions
Wukong - Nerfed
Cyclone (R):
- Knockup duration decreased to 0.6 from 0.75
Zed - Buffed
Living Shadow (W)
- Missile speed increased to 2500 from 1750
- Cooldown decreased to 20/18.5/17/15.5/14 from 22/20/18/16/14
Summoner Spell Changes
Ghost
Stats:
- Movement speed increased to 24-48% (levels 1-18) from 20-40% (levels 1-18)
Rune Changes
Predator (Domination Keystone)
- Damage growth increased to 40-120 (levels 1-18) from 30-90 (levels 1-18)
- Cooldown decreased to 90-60 (levels 1-18) from 100-70 (levels 1-18)
Bugfixes/QoL Changes
- Syndra's Q - Dark Sphere cast at max range now consistently fires in combination with E - Scatter The Weak
- Karthus' E - Defile tooltip now accurately mentions the increased mana cost per second at each level
- Shaco now properly receives assist credit in takedowns where only his clone assisted
- Champions with Approach Velocity will no longer keep their bonus movement speed until their movement-impaired enemy respawns
- Singed's Q - Poison Trail properly turns blue when in colorblind mode
- Diana's E - Lunar Rush cooldown no longer resets when the Moonlight from her Q - Crescent Strike is blocked by spell shields. Her Q - Crescent Strike's Moonlight also no longer applies to champions who've blocked it via a spell shield.
- Yuumi's W - You and Me!'s attach icon no longer disappears on the minimap after the champion she is attached to recalls
- When Volibear casts R - Stormbringer after activating Predator, he no longer becomes immune to all forms of displacement until death
- Jhin will no longer deploy a E - Captive Audience trap instead of a Passive - Whisper fourth shot in certain scenarios
- Neeko's Q - Blooming Burst's cooldown time no longer immediately resets when she disguises herself as Aphelios after
- Approach Velocity now properly triggers with Zoe's E - Sleepy Trouble Bubble
- Approaching and triggering Heimerdinger's turrets from his Q - H-28G Evolution Turret will no longer proc Immolate
- Poros in Howling Abyss will no longer trigger Immolate
- Zyra's, Gnar's, and Yorick's Recommended Items will now include jungle items if the player has Smite equipped
- Displacing minions or jungle monsters as Sett with E - Facebreaker no longer extends their hitboxes
- Triggering Leona's Passive - Sunlight with Nunu & Willump's cleave from Passive - Call of the Freljord no longer causes their passive to be unavailable for the rest of the game
- Shyvana's Q - Twin Bite when she is in dragon form now appropriately does two points of damage to wards and Illaoi's tentacles
- When Yuumi attacks Elder Dragon and then uses W - You and Me! on a camouflaged ally champion, Elder Dragon no longer loses its leash range
- Chilling Smite will now properly grant a Conqueror stack
- Cho'Gath's W - Feral Scream will now properly silence Rift Scuttler
- Sylas will no longer keep Elise's E2 - Rappel until he steals her ultimate again if he dies while casting it
- Gems above Taric's right shoulder no longer disappears after he dies for the first time in a game
- Abilities with damaging auras like Renekton's R - Dominus no longer continue to damage nearby enemies while the champion is in a revive state (like from Guardian Angel)
- Ivern's W - Brushmaker brushes spawned behind thin walls are no longer partially invisible from the enemy's point of view
- When hovering over unleveled abilities, the ability's tooltip now properly informs the player that the ability has not yet been learned ("You have not yet learned this ability!")
- Aphelios' R - Moonlight Vigil's damage now properly matches the ability's tooltip when used with critical strike items
Also check out the changes introduced in Patch 10.13 alongside the Infernal Vel'koz, Conqueror Nautilus and Arcanist Kog'Maw skins in action in the videos below.
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