League Patch 13.4 Patch Notes | Lots of champion changes!

After releasing the tentative balance changes last week, these are the official League Patch 13.4 with many champion buffs and nerfs.

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League Patch 13.4 Official notes

Patch 13.4 is the first update that should get Riot back onto the planned schedule, following the recent social engineering attack.

The balance team tried to push engage supports back into the meta with the latest patch, and now is considering bringing various champions changes. According to League developer Matt “Phroxon” Leung-Harrison, Riot wanted to get “lots of changes for champions” into this patch, focusing on balancing ranged vs melee supports in bot lane, balancing optimal jungle pathing, addressing early snowballing & flattening some healing.

Aside from the champion changes, there will be major system changes to the support items and experience gained from kills. Here’s everything you need to know about League Patch 13.4, which is releasing on Feb. 23, according to Riot’s patch schedule.

How will Patch 13.4 impact the meta?

The highlight of the patch is the item changes to the support roles. All champions will be able to generate less gold due to the higher amount of cooldown per charge. The most aggressive ranged supports that have dominated the meta are going to be the most hit in this case.

Aside from that, we’ll have to see whether the Elise and Maokai changes will shift up the jungle meta. We know that Jarvan, despite the nerf in this patch, should stay relevant. Paired with the XP changes, early-game junglers will take a big hit.

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Patch 13.4 Confirmed Changes

Champions

Ahri

• Base health: 570 >>> 590.
• Base armor: 18 >>> 21.
• R cooldown: 140-90 >>> 130-80.

Alistar

• Passive heal: 6% >>> 7%.
• Q AP ratio: 70% >>> 80%.
• W AP ratio: 90% >>> 100%.

Amumu

• Health growth: 100 >>> 94.
• Armor growth: 4.2 >>>  4.
• W damage: 6-14 (+ 1-2% max HP) >>>  6-14 (+ 1-1.6% max HP).

Anivia

• Health growth: 96 >>> 92.
• Armor growth: 5.2 >>> 4.9.

Annie

• Base Health: 594 >>> 560.
• E shield: 30-90 >>> 25-65.
• R cooldown: 120-80 >>> 130-100.

Aphelios

• Passive attack speed: 7.5-45% >>> 9-54%.

Aurelion Sol

• New effect added to Q: Canceling this ability within 0.25 seconds of casting will lock the ability for 1 second.

Azir

• Mana: 480-837 >>> 380-992.
• W recharge: 9-6 >>> 10-6.
• E damage: 60-180 plus 40% AP >>> 60-220 + 55% AP.
• R damage: 175-475 + 60% AP >>> 200-600 + 75% AP.

Cho’Gath

• Q mana cost: 60 >>> 50, damage: 80-300 >>> 80-320.
• Armor growth: 4.7 >>> 5.
• W mana cost: 70-110 >>> 70-90.

Elise

• mQ base damage: 70-210 >>> 60-180.
• mR Spiderling base damage: 10-25 >>> 8-26.

Gragas

• Q no longer reveals caster if enemies were in target radius on cast.

Jarvan IV

• W cooldown: 8 >>> 9, flat shield base AD scaling: 80% >>> 70%.

Jax

• Health: 685 >>> 665.
• Health growth: 99 >>> 100.
• E minimum damage ability power scaling: 100% >>> 70%,
• E max total damage: 110-350 (plus 100% AP + 4% of target’s health) >>> 110-350 (plus +140% AP + 8% of target’s health).
• E new effect: dodging attacks now increases the entire damage of the spell, no longer just the base damage
• R passive base damage: 80-160 >>> 60-160, active base armor: 25-65 >>> 15-65 (active base magic resist always 60% of armor).

Kennen

• Removed from patch.

Malphite

• W cooldown: 12-10 >>> 10-8, attack armor ratio: 10% >>> 15%, cone armor ratio increased from 15% >>> 20%.

Maokai

• Q damage in 70-270 (+2-3% max HP) >>> 70-270 (+2-4% max HP).
• E cooldown: 10 >>> 14, damage: 55-155 >>> 50-150, AP ratio: 0.35 (+4% slow per 100 AP) >>> 0.25 (+ 1% slow per 100 AP), HP ratio: 0.9% slow per 100 health to 1% slow per 100 health.

Orianna

• Base armor: 17 >>> 20.
• W mana costs: 70-90 >>> 60-80.

Riven

• Passive damage changed from 30-60% total AD (at levels 1-18) >>> 30-60% total AD (now linear 1-18, +1.75% per level).
• Passive now deals damage to towers (50% effectiveness).
• Passive stacks now show under HP bar (Riven only).

Samira

• Passive haste per stack changed from 3.5% flat >>> 1/2/3/4% at levels 1, 6, 11, and 16 respectively. Max haste: 21% flat >>> 6, 12, 18, and 24%.
• R lifesteal effectiveness: 66.6% >>> 50%.

Senna

• Attack speed ratio: 0.3 >>> 0.4.
• R base damage: 250-500 (plus 100% base AD + 70% AP) >>> 250-550 (plus 115% base AD + 70% AP), cooldown: 160-120 seconds >>> 140-100 seconds.

Thresh

• Q damage: 100-280 (+80% AP) >>> 100-30 (+90%), cooldown: 19-11 seconds >>> 19-9 seconds.
• W base shield: 50-150 >>> 50-130, cooldown: 22-16 seconds >>> 21-17 seconds.
• E damage: 75-215 (+60% AP) >>> 75-235 (+70% AP).

Udyr

• Health growth: 98 >>> 92.
• Base armor: 34 >>> 31.
• Q on-hit ratio: 30% base AD >>> 25% base AD.
• R slow: 25-40% >>> 20-35%.

Veigar

• Q missile range: 950 >>> 1,050.
• W cast range: 900 >>> 950.

Viego

• Passive damage can now crit.
• R ratio: 3% missing HP per 100 bAD >>> 5% missing HP per 100 bAD.

Items

Bandleglass Mirror

• Item tier changed to Mythic from Epic.

Demonic Embrace

• New effect: Azakana Gaze’s damage is now capped at 40 damage per second against jungle monsters.

Doran’s Shield

• Base regeneration: 6 HP per 5 seconds >>> 4 HP per 5 seconds.

Relic Shield

• Health regeneration: 25% >>> 50%.

Frostfang

• Mana regeneration: 75% >>> 50%.
• Tribute recharge timer: 10 >>> 12 seconds.

Harrowing Crescent

• Tribute recharge timer: 10 >>> 12 seconds.

Runesteel Spaulders

• Health regeneration: 50% >>> 75%.

Shard of True Ice

• Mana regen: 115%  >>> 100%.

Slightly Magical Boots

• Sellback value: 210 gold >>> 90 gold.

Spellthief’s Edge

• Mana regeneration: 50% >>> 25%
• Tribute recharge timer: 10 seconds >>> 12 seconds

Spectral Sickle

• Tribute recharge timer: 10 seconds >>> 12 seconds
• Mana regen: 50% >>> 25%

Steel Shoulderguards

• Health regeneration: 25% >>> 50%.

Targon’s Buckler

• Health regeneration: 50% >>> 75%.

Runes

Grasp of the Undying

• Removed from patch

Magical Footwear

• Boot sellback gold: 70% (210) >>> 30% (90)

Treasure Hunter

• Base gold: 70+20 >>> 50+20.
• Total gold: 550 >>> 450.

Triumph

• Removed from patch

Systems

Jungle sustain/clear speed

• Base kill heal: 25 >>> 30.
• Base Gromp health: 2,200 >>> 2,050.
• Rift Herald no longer has a soft reset state, Leash range: 1100 >>> 1200.
• Companion AP ratio: 15% >>> 12%.

General

• Several fixes to missing buff icons.
• New character preloaded: “FireBuddyTeaserMinion.”
• “Global Wall Push” (used by player-created terrain) now has a tooltip: “Knocked Aside: This unit is being knocked aside. Weeee!”
• Experience for champion kills has been reduced at levels 3-8 (all other levels unchanged):
  • Level 3 XP: 186 >>> 144
  • Level 4 XP: 258 >>> 174
  • Level 5 XP: 330 >>> 204
  • Level 6 XP: 402 >>> 234
  • Level 7 XP: 434 >>> 308
  • Level 8 XP: 500 >>> 392
  • Level 9 XP: 515 >>> 486

Skins

• Astronaut Fizz
• Astronaut Kennen
• Astronaut Ivern
• Astronaut Singed
• Astronaut Xerath

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