Patch 14.21 is due Wednesday! Read on to get up to date on all the changes that are coming live, including Swain's Mid-Scope Update and a slew of new Dark Cosmic skins!
These changes appeared on PBE on the 9th of October, but have been slowly shifting over the past week, and may continue to do so. As such, keep in mind that not all of these changes may make it to the live patch. If you’d like to check any of the following changes out before Wednesday, hop on PBE and queue up!
New Cosmetics - Dark Cosmic
Six new skins are being added to the Event Horizon/Dark Star skin universe. Four of these are Epic tier and will run you 1350 RP apiece. These are Dark Cosmic Diana, Dark Cosmic Kai'Sai, Dark Cosmic Yorick, and Dark Cosmic Zoe. You can grab any of these epic skins starting from Wednesday. Dark Star Sylas will also be dropping in with a new model, fresh animations, new lines and voiceover, and sound effects. This Legendary tier skin can be acquired for the standard 1820 RP price.
Diana enthusiasts will be happy to know that the Dark Cosmic Diana will be coming with a Prestige variety as well, complete with a brand new high fashion splash art. This skin can be acquired through the Worlds Event shop for 2000 Worlds 2024 Tokens.
Swain Mid-Scope Update
Swain is getting his long awaited gameplay adjustments in Patch 14.21. Broadly speaking, power has been taken away from his ultimate ability and scattered among the rest of his kit, making him less reliant on his ultimate and a bit stronger as a whole. Power-wise, the changes have been fairly neutral, and should not affect his win rate drastically, except perhaps in the support role. You can read all about the changes to his abilities in our separate article: Swain Gameplay Update - Patch 14.21.
Bounty System Update
Champion Bounties
The Champion Bounty system ascribes gold values to different players in a given game based on their performance. Well-performing players will have positive gold bounties which mean that upon death their killer will gain more gold than the average kill would yield. Negative bounties work inversely - a poorly performing player will yield less gold to their killer when they die.
The bounty system is being slightly reworked now in a number of ways:
Bounties no longer always reset to their base value (300 gold) whenever a positive bounty holder dies or a negative bounty holder gets a kill.
Extended bounties have been removed. Champions can no longer accrue a bounty higher than 700 gold.
Champion bounties are now determined based on their total gold earned, instead of their current kill streak.
Gold value bounties are no longer scaled compared to average enemy gold. Instead, it now has different weights depending on whether the champion is at a positive or negative bounty.
Objective Bounties
Objective Bounties work differently. If your team is considered to be at a deficit, they will gain more gold from capturing objectives such as Baron Nashor and turrets. Now, when determining objective bounties, the deficit in experience is less important. Conversely, the gold and turret number deficits now count more towards determining bounties.
Voidgrubs now count towards determining objective bounties too, while previously a bug had prevented them from doing so. Finally, Baron Nashor and Elder Dragon’s bounties have been decreased.
▲ Champion Buffs
Azir | STATS - Base attack damage increased to 56 from 52. - Base health regeneration increased to 7 from 5. |
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Corki | Hextech Munitions - AD ratio increased to 20% AD from 15% AD.
Valkyrie (W) - Base damage per tick increased to 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90. - Bonus AD ratio per tick increased to 40% bonus AD from 30%.
Missile Barrage (R) - Base damage increased to 90 / 170 / 250 from 80 / 160 / 240. - Big One base damage increased to 180 / 340 / 500 from 160 / 320 / 480. - Bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 70%. - Big One bonus AD ratio increased to 160% bonus AD from 140%. |
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Gangplank | STATS - Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 7.5.
Powder Keg (E) - Recharge timer reduced to 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 seconds from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14. |
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Irelia | Bladesurge (Q) - Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7. - Mana cost reduced to 15 from 20. - AD ratio increased to 70% AD from 60% AD. - Bonus minion damage reduced to 50 − 237 (based on level) from 55 − 259 (based on level).
Vanguard’s Edge (R) REMOVED No longer reduces Bladesurge's cooldown by 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 seconds. |
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Kayle | Celestial Blessing (W) - Mana cost reduced to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130. |
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Malphite | STATS - Base health increased to 665 from 644. |
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Qiyana | STATS - Base health regeneration increased to 8 from 6.
Terrashape (W) - Bonus AD ratio increased to 20% bonus AD from 10%.
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Sivir | STATS - Base attack damage increased to 60 from 58.
Boomerang Blade (Q) - Base damage increased to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75. - AD ratio changed to 100% bonus AD at all ranks from 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100% total AD. |
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Talon | Rake (W) - Return base damage increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170. - Return bonus AD ratio increased to 90% bonus AD from 80%.
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Teemo | STATS - Base health increased to 615 from 598.
Move Quick (W) - Bonus movement speed increased to 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 / 28% from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26%. - Increased bonus movement speed increased to 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56% from 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52%. |
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Xayah | Deadly Plumage (W) - Bonus damage increased to 25% from 20%.
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▼ Champion Nerfs
Aurelion Sol | STATS - Base health reduced to 600 from 620.
Singularity (E) - AP ratio per tick reduced to 3% AP from 4% AP. - Total AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 80% AP. |
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Brand | STATS - Base mana regeneration reduced to 9 from 10.65.
Blaze (Passive) - Explosion base damage reduced to 8% − 12% (based on level) of target's maximum health from 9% − 13% (based on level).
Sear (Q) - Mana cost increased to 70 from 50. |
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Camille | STATS - Base health reduced to 650 from 670.
Tactical Sweep (W) - Base damage reduced to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190.
Hookshot (E) - Bonus AD ratio reduced to 75% bonus AD from 90%.
The Hextech Ultimatum (R) REMOVED No longer reduces Bladesurge's cooldown by 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 seconds. |
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Elise | STATS - Armor growth reduced to 4.5 from 5.2.
Cocoon (E) - Mana cost reduced to 25 from 50. |
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Fiddlesticks | Terrify (Q) - Base damage reduced to 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9% of target's maximum health from 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10%. - Increased base damage reduced to 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% of target's maximum health from 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20%.
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Galio | STATS - Base mana reduced to 410 from 500. |
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Gwen | Thousand Cuts (Passive) - AP ratio reduced to 0.6% per 100 AP from 0.72% per 100 AP.
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Hwei | Devastating Fire (Q) - AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP.
Subject: Torment (E) - Cooldown increased to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10. |
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Kai’Sa | Second Skin (Passive) - Plasma base damage changed to 4 − 24 (based on level) from 5 − 23 (based on level). - Plasma base damage per stack reduced to 1 − 6 (based on level) from 1 − 12 (based on level). - Maximum plasma base damage reduced to 8 − 48 (based on level) from 9 − 71 (based on level). - Plasma AP ratio reduced to 12% − 24% (based on Plasma stacks before application) AP from 15% − 25% AP. |
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Karthus | Requiem (R) - AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP. |
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Kassadin | Null Sphere (Q) - AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 70% AP.
Force Pulse (E) - AP ratio reduced to 65% AP from 70% AP. |
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Nasus | Soul Eater (Passive) - Life steal reduced to 9 / 15 / 21% (based on level) from 12 / 18 / 24% (based on level). |
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Senna | STATS - Base armor reduced to 25 from 28. - Armor growth reduced to 4 from 4.7. |
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Taric | Bastion (W) - Armor ratio reduced to 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% of Taric's armor from 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13%. |
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Viego | STATS - Armor growth reduced to 4.6 from 5.2. |
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Volibear | Sky Splitter (E) - Cooldown increased to 14 from 12. |
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Yone | Spirit Cleave (W) - Health ratio reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% of target's maximum health from 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15%. |
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Yorick | Shepherd of Souls (Passive) - Ghoul base attack damage changed to 4 − 90 (based on level) from 2 − 88 (based on level). - Ghoul AD ratio reduced to 20% AD from 25% AD. |
Item Changes
| ▼ Sorcerer’s Shoes - Magic penetration reduced to 12 from 15. |
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| ▼ Blade of the Ruined King - Mist's Edge damage reduced to ( 8% / 5%) of target's current health from ( 10% / 6%). |
Rune Changes
| ▲ Lethal Tempo (Melee) - Bonus attack speed per stack for melee champions increased to 6% from 5%. - Maximum bonus attack speed for melee champions increased to 36% from 30%. |
