The LoL patch notes for update 13.24 have been revealed today by RiotPhroxzon, giving us a taste of what’s to come next week with the release of the new patch. In this update, we’ll see the release of Hwei, the new League of Legends champion, alongside more nerfs to Briar, buffs to Leona and Lucian amongst others as well as the return of the Arena. Continue reading to find out all the changes that RiotPhroxzon announced along with his own “piece of mind” on each change.
LoL 13.24 Patch Notes Preview
CHAMPION BUFFS
Azir
“Partial revert of the W damage, as the changes were directionally positive, just off in magnitude.”
W damage: 50/…/110 >>> 50/…/118
Braum
“A while ago, we nerfed Braum’s knockup duration that reduced his pickrate in Pro and made him more playable in normal by a significant amount. It also was a satisfaction hit, so we’re returning some of it.”
Mana regen: 6 >>> 7 — R minimum/secondary knockup duration: 0.3 >>> 0.6
Galio
“Galio’s cooldowns have been pretty long for a while and he’s turned into more of a one rotation and then do nothing for a while champion. This change hopefully gives him more flexibility and a more fun gameplay pattern.”
Q cooldown: 12-10 >>> 12-8
Gragas
“Gragas has been weak for a while and less fun to play after the passive change. Bringing some of that back, without making it as strong early game as it used to be.”
Passive cooldown: 12 >>> 12/10/8/6
K’Sante
“K’Sante is weak, we’re looking for a bit more power in W, but not looking to go overboard. Long term, we like having more power in W as it is something that has more polarized interactions by matchup and is a very telegraphed portion of his kit. W is also a bit too expensive, now that the paradigm and hittability has changed”
W mana: 60/…/80 >>> 40/…/60
W resist damage ratio: 30% >>> 50%
Leona
“Leona was considered the poster child for supports one shotting you pre-durability and received a lot of nerfs leading up to that. Post durability, she lost a lot of that soloing power and has dropped off a lot ever since. Adding a bit of that damage back in the early game, being careful not to go overboard.”
W resistances: 20-40 >>> 20-50
R damage: 100-250 >>> 150-300
Lucian
“Looking at a more fun change for Lucian that allows him to trade a bit more in the early game. He’s dropped off a bit in terms of being an early focused champion and this should help all the way up until putting multiple points in E.”
E cooldown: 22-14 >>> 19-14
Mordekaiser
“I know we’re buffing Q… At the same time, this is his worst ratio and one that we think needs to be corrected for him to build AP more regularly. R is a QoL change that Morde mains have been requesting for a while.”
Q AP ratio: 60% >>> 70%
NEW: R reaveals his target on start of cast (brush doesn’t cancel the ability)
Qiyana
“As mentioned earlier, Qiyana’s mana costs are excessively punishing and she often opts into mana itemization at least some of the time. This change should result in her feeling less punishing to play and learn.”
Mana: 320 + 50 >>> 375 +60
Talon
“QoL change to have rangedQ reset autos like meleeQ”
NEW: Ranged Q resets auto-attack (matches melee Q)
Zeri
“Now that Tri-Force Zeri is gone and Pro is done for the year, we feel more comfortable giving Zeri some of the AD growth back. We’ll see how she performs with the new items and then monitor.”
AD Growth: 1.3 >>> 2
W Damage: 20-180 >>> 30-190
CHAMPION NERFS
Briar
“As mentioned yesterday, trying to narrow the gap between her overperforming Lethality builds and the worse performing Bruiser builds by converting some spells to magic damage. Even though she’s received a lot of nerfs in a row, it’s mainly to keep up with her extremely steep learning curve.”
AS Ratio: .644 >>> .669 (level 1 AS unchanged)
Armor: 32 >>> 30
Q Damage: 60-200 >>> 60-180
W AS: 60-120% >>> 55-115%
E Damage Reduction: 40% >>> 35%
R Damage: 150-450 (+75% BAD)(+110% AP) Physical >>> 150-450 (+50% BAD) (+120%AP) Magic
Ivern
“Some simple nerfs to Ivern focused mainly on the early game.”
Base health: 655 >>> 630 E slow: 50/…/70% >>> 45/…/65%
CHAMPION ADJUSTMENTS
Hwei
Champion Release!
Vel’Koz
“Some bugfixes in here! We found a nasty bug with the E timing changes at the last second, but will continue to have those later after the bugs are resolved.”
Bug fixes for W and E fizzling at times. E timing buffs will come in a future patch due to a bug.
The LoL 13.24 patch notes will launch live on December 6th, a week from now. Apart from the aforementioned changes, the new update will see the return of the Arena as well as a new event for the upcoming Winterblessed skins.
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