With Worlds 2024 fast approaching, let’s see what Riot Games plans to do with the upcoming update, LoL Patch 14.19.

LoL Patch 14.19 – More champion changes coming for Worlds!

Patch 14.18 has just come out on September 11 but Riot Games is not slacking off. With Worlds 2024 on Patch 14.19, the game devs have been working on a series of champions and item updates that will definitely shift the meta in the next few weeks.

K’Sante, Elise, Tristana are on the change list but alongside them we have a long series of adjustments for the large majority of the items. From boots to legendary items to even the smallest item components, Riot is tweaking a lot of stuff.

While you can find the full list of changes in the sections below, it looks like we are mainly getting some nerfs to the AP items as magic damage champions have been dominating the meta as of lately. Costs are getting adjusted across the board that will have a major impact on item spikes in the mid game especially.

Given we’re just in the first week of action, there might be more stuff coming up so let’s wait a bit more before making a full analysis on what might be the biggest patch Riot has pushed in a long time.

Additionally, Riot has been pushing to further adjust some of the key runes for marksmen champions which have dominated the meta in the higher parts of the ranked ladder.

Patch 14.19 Release Date

According to the official patch schedule, Patch 14.19 will be released on Wednesday, September 25. This will be the 19th patch out of the 24 updates planned for the year.

How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?

It’s hard to make a clear analysis currently since we are not sure on how many changes there will be in total. Looking at the champion, Elise is definitely getting a buff and the same goes for Tristana following the nerfs in previous patches. K’Sante looks like yet another fix to make him less mobile and more of a juggernaut tank that scales well. I’m mainly looking at the scaling changes: now that he will scale with resistances, he won’t be able to stack health infinitely with Grasp of the Undying, eventually capping his damage output later in the game.

In the meantime we wait for the entire change list, find out the best champions for the current patch:

• Top lane tier list
• Jungle tier list
• Mid lane tier list
• ADC tier list
• Support tier list

Patch 14.19 Tentative Changes

Champion changes in Patch 14.19

Elise

• Spiderling health reduced by 5 at lvl 18 (all other unchanged)
• Human E can now be combo’d with Flash
• Spider E now grants bonuses even if she descends without a target
• R cooldown: 4 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds

K’Sante

• Base AD: 64 ⇒ 66 ⇒ 64
• Attack range: 175 ⇒ 150
• Base attack speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658
• Attack speed ratio: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658
• Passive no longer gives bonus range
• Passive base damage: 5-20 ⇒ 20
• Q width: 150 ⇒ 100
• Q cast time: 0.45 – 0.25 ⇒ 0.45 – 0.35s
• Q cast time now scales down with resists instead of health
• R no longer Q reduces cast time
• Q cooldown: 4 – 1.75 seconds ⇒ 3.5 – 1.75 seconds
• Q cooldown caps: 250 resists ⇒ 120 resists
• R no longer convert Passive damage to true damage or increases damage
• R now grants 1% +1% per 100 bonus resists max health damage to abilities and attacks
• Q base damage: 30 – 130 ⇒ 70 – 190
• Q AD ratio removed
• Q resists ratio: 30% ⇒ 35%
• RQ CDR reduced: 25% ⇒ 33%
• RQ now slows
• W min charge time: 0.66 seconds ⇒ 0.4 seconds
• W base damage: 20 – 100 ⇒ 40 – 120
• W AD and resist ratio removed
• W HP damage: 6 – 10% ⇒ 8%
• W HP damage now scales with 2% per 100 bonus resists
• W stun duration: 1.25 seconds ⇒ 0.5 – 1.5 seconds based on charge
• RW now deals 10%-100% bonus true damage based on charge time
• RW damage reduction: 60% ⇒ 75%
• E dash speed: 900 ⇒ 550
• RE dash speed: 1450 ⇒ 950
• E ally dash speed no longer scales with MS
• RE ally dash speed: 1100 ⇒ 1400
• E dash range is no longer increased during R
• E cooldown: 10.5 – 8.5 seconds ⇒ 10 – 8 seconds
• R now reduces E CD by 50%
• RE no longer dashes terrain unless to ally
• R damage changed from magic to physical
• R AP ratios removed
• R base damage: 70 – 150 ⇒ 80 – 150
• R wall damage now scales with 5% bonus HP
• R duration: 20 ⇒ 15
• R can no longer be cancelled by recast
• R no longer grants AD
• R no grants 60% BONUS armor pen (only bonus armor) ⇒ 50%
• R attack speed: 25% – 45% ⇒ 40% – 80%
• R omnivamp: 15% – 25% ⇒ 25% ⇒ 20%

Tristana

• Health regen growth: 0.65 ⇒ 0.5
• Base AD: 59 ⇒ 60
• AD growth: 3.7 ⇒ 2.5
• Armor growth: 4.5 ⇒ 4.2
• Attack range: 525 ⇒ 550
• Attack speed ratio: 0.679 ⇒ 0.694
• Q attack speed: 50 – 110% ⇒ 60 – 120% ⇒ 50-110%
• W bonus AD ratio: 50% ⇒ 75%
• E active base damage: 70 – 110 ⇒ 60 – 100
• E bonus AD ratio: 50 – 150% ⇒ 100 – 140%
• E bonus damage per stack: 30% ⇒ 25%
• E crit ratio: 33% ⇒ 75% (E crit ratio now factors in crit damage so is now buffed by IE)
• R base damage: 275 – 375 ⇒ 300 – 500
• R now scales with 70% bonus AD
• R now stuns targets hit for 0.4 – 0.7 seconds

Vladimir

• W healing vs minions: 100% ⇒ 60%

Item Changes

Abyssal Mask

• MR: 50 ⇒ 45
• Ability haste: 10 ⇒ 15
• Cost: 2500 ⇒ 2650

Aether Wisp

• Cost:  850 ⇒ 900
• MS:  5% ⇒ 4%

Archangel’s Staff/Seraph’s Embrace

• AP: 80 ⇒ 70
• Seraph base shield: 250 ⇒ 200

Ardent Censer

• AP: 50 ⇒ 45
• MS: 8% ⇒ 4%
• H/S power: 8% ⇒ 10%
• Cost reduced by 100

Axiom Arc

• AH: 25 ⇒ 20
• Lethality ratio: 3% ⇒ 1.5%
• Base CD refund: 10% ⇒ 15%

Bami’s Cinder

• HP: 200 ⇒ 150
• Base damage per second: 13 ⇒ 15
• Health ratio removed
• Minion and monster damage: 125% ⇒ 150%

Banshee’s Veil

• AP: 120 ⇒ 105
• MR: 50 ⇒ 40
• Cost: 3100 ⇒ 3000
• Cooldown: 30 seconds ⇒ 40 seconds

Bandleglass Mirror

• Cost: 1000 ⇒ 900
• Mana regen: 75% ⇒ 100%

Berserker’s Greaves

• Second Dagger added
• AS: 30% ⇒ 25%

Black Cleaver

• AD: 55 ⇒ 40
• Pickaxe replaced Hammer
• Kindlegem replaces Ruby

Blackfire Torch

• AP: 90 ⇒ 80
• AH: 25 ⇒ 20
• Base DoT: 15 ⇒ 20
• AP DoT: 3% ⇒ 2%

Blade of the Ruined King

• AD: 50 ⇒ 40

Bloodthirster 

• Shield: 165 – 315 ⇒ 180 – 380 ⇒ 165 – 315 (revert)

Boots of Swiftness

• Cost: 1000 ⇒ 1075 ⇒ 1000 (revert)

Bramble Vest

• Thorn damage: 6 ⇒ 10

Caulfield’s Warhammer

• Cost: 1100 ⇒ 1050

Chempunk

• AD: 55 ⇒ 45
• HP: 250 ⇒ 450
• Cost: 2800 ⇒ 3100
• Ruby replaced by Giant’s Belt

Cosmic Drive

• AP: 80 ⇒ 70
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• Passive MS: 40 – 60 ⇒ 20
• MS Duration: 2 ⇒ 3

Cryptbloom

• AP: 70 ⇒ 60
• Base heal: 50 ⇒ 100

Dagger

• Cost: 300 ⇒ 250

Dawncore

• AP: 60 ⇒ 45
• Cost: 2700 ⇒ 2450 ⇒ 2500

Dead Man’s Plate

• HP: 300 ⇒ 350
• Armor: 45 ⇒ 55
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Death’s Dance

• Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3300

Eclipse 

• Cost: 2800 ⇒ 2900
• AD: 70 ⇒ 60
• Passive initially removed ⇒ reverted to deal 6%/4% max HP again

Echoes of Helia

• AP: 40 ⇒ 35
• Heal per shard: 75 ⇒ 65
• Damage per shard: 60 ⇒ 50

Edge of Night

• Cost: 2800 ⇒ 3000

Essence Reaver

• AH: 25 ⇒ 15
• AD: 70 ⇒ 60

Experimental Hexplate

• Hearthbound Axe replaced by Phage + Dagger
• HP: 300 ⇒ 450
• AD: 55 ⇒ 40
• AS: 25% ⇒ 20%

Faerie Charm

• Cost: 250 ⇒ 200

Fiendish Codex

• Cost: 900 ⇒ 850

Forbidden Idol

• Cost: 800 ⇒ 600

Force of Nature

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• Passive MS: 10% ⇒ 6%

Frozen Heart

• Armor: 65 ⇒ 75
• Rock Solid passive removed

Glacial Buckler

• Cost: 950 ⇒ 900
• Armor: 20 ⇒ 25
• Mana: 250 ⇒ 300

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

• AP: 35 ⇒ 30
• AD: 35 ⇒ 30

Hearthbound Axe

• Cost: 1300 ⇒ 1200

Heartsteel 

• Ruby Crystal replaced by Giant’s Belt
• Health regen: 200% ⇒ 100%

Hexdrinker

• MR: 30 ⇒ 25

Hextech Rocketbelt

• HP: 400 ⇒ 350
• AP: 70 ⇒ 60

Hollow Radiance

• HP: 450 ⇒ 400
• Base DoT: 10 ⇒ 15
• DoT bonus HP ratio: 1.75% ⇒ 1.0%
• Monster damage: 100% ⇒ 125%

Horizon Focus

• Hextech Alternator replaced by Fiendish Codex and a Amplifying Tome
• AH: 20 ⇒ 25
• AP: 90 ⇒ 75

Hubris

• AH: 15 ⇒ 10
• ARAM cost: 3000 ⇒ 2950

Hullbreaker

• Cost: 3000 ⇒ 2900 ⇒ 3000
• Rectrix replaced by Winged Moonplate
• HP: 350 ⇒ 500
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• AD: 65 ⇒ 40
• Ranged AD ratio: 70% ⇒ 84%
• Melee damage: 140% ⇒ 150% ⇒ 120%
• HP ratio: 3.5% ⇒ 4% ⇒ 5%
• Minion resists for melee: 20 – 135 ⇒ 70 – 130
• Minion resists for ranged: 10 – 68 ⇒ 35 – 65

Iceborn Gauntlet

• Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2900
• Sheen base AD ratio: 100% ⇒ 150%
• Base slow: 15% ⇒ 30%
• Slow HP ratio removed

Imperial Mandate

• Cost: 2300 ⇒ 2250
• MS removed

Infinity Edge

• Cost: 3400 ⇒ 3600
• AD: 80 ⇒ 70

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

• Cost: 1000 ⇒ 950 ⇒ 925
• AH: 15 ⇒ 10

Jak’Sho, the Protean

• Ruby Crystal replaced by Giant’s Belt
• HP: 300 ⇒ 350
• Armor: 50 ⇒ 45
• MR: 50 ⇒ 45

Kaenic Rookern

• Shield HP ratio: 18% ⇒ 15%
• HP regen: 150% ⇒ 100%

Kraken Slayer

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• AD: 50 ⇒ 45
• Damage: 140 – 310 ⇒ 150 – 200

Liandry’s Torment

• AP: 90 ⇒ 70

Lich Bane

• Hextech Alternator replaced by Needlessly Large Rod
• AH: 15 ⇒ 10
• MS: 8% ⇒ 4%
• AP: 100 ⇒ 115
• Sheen AP ratio: 45% ⇒ 40%

Locket of the Iron Solari

• Armor: 30 ⇒ 25
• MR: 30 ⇒ 25

Lord Dominik’s Regards

• AD: 45 ⇒ 35

Luden’s Companion

• AH: 20 ⇒ 10

Malignance

• Fiendish Codex replaced by Blasting Wand
• AH: 25 ⇒ 15
• AP: 80 ⇒ 85

Manamune and Muramana

• AD: 35 ⇒ 30
• On-hit damage: 1.5% total mana ⇒ 1% total mana
• Ability mana ratio: 3.5%/2.7% ⇒ 4%/2%
• Ability damage no longer scales with 6% bonus AD

Maw of Malmortius

• AD: 70 ⇒ 60
• Shield bonus AD ratio: 225% ⇒ 150%

Mercurial Scimitar

• Cost: 3300 ⇒ 3200
• MR: 50 ⇒ 40

Mercury’s Treads

• Cost: 1200 ⇒ 1175 ⇒ 1300
• Tenacity: 30% ⇒ 20% ⇒ 30%

Moonstone Renewer

• HP: 250 ⇒ 200
• AP: 30 ⇒ 25
• Ally healing: 40% ⇒ 30%
• Ally shielding: 45% ⇒ 35%

Morellonomicon

• Cost: 2200 ⇒ 2950
• Fiendish Codex replaced by Blasting Wand
• Kindlegem added
• AP: 90 ⇒ 75
• Now has 350 HP

Mortal Reminder

• Cost: 3000 ⇒ 3200
• Armor pen: 35% ⇒ 30%

Nashor’s Tooth

• AP: 90 ⇒ 80
• AP ratio: 20% ⇒ 15%

Navori Flickerblade

• Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
• MS: 7% ⇒ 4%

Needlessly Large Rod

• Cost: 1250 ⇒ 1200
• AP: 70 ⇒ 65

Negatron Cloak

• Cost: 900 ⇒ 850
• MR: 50 ⇒ 45

Noonquiver

• Second sword removed from recipe
• AD: 20 ⇒ 15

Oblivion Orb

• AP: 30 ⇒ 25

Opportunity

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• AD: 55 ⇒ 50
• Lethality: 18 ⇒ 15
• Passive lethality: 5-10 ⇒ 10

Overlord’s Bloodmail

• HP: 500 ⇒ 550
• AD: 40 ⇒ 30

Phantom Dancer

• Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
• MS: 12% ⇒ 8%

Plated Steelcaps

• Cost: 1200 ⇒ 1175

Profane Hydra

• Cost: 3300 ⇒ 3200
• AH: 20 ⇒ 15 ⇒ 10
• Cleave AD ratio: 50%/40% ranged  –> 25%/20%
• Active AD ratio: 100% ⇒ 130% if below 50% health ⇒ 80% always

Rabadon’s Deathcap

• AP: 140 ⇒ 130
• Passive AP: 35% ⇒ 30%

Rapid Firecannon

• Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
• MS: 7% ⇒ 4%
• Damage: 60 ⇒ 40

Ravenous Hydra

• AH: 20 ⇒ 15
• AD: 70 ⇒ 65
• Active AD ratio: 100% ⇒ 80%
• Active lifesteal effectiveness: 150% ⇒100%

Rectrix

• Cost: 900 ⇒ 775
• AD: 20 ⇒ 15

Redemption

• H/S Power: 15% ⇒ 10%

Riftmaker

• AP: 80 ⇒ 70
• Number of stacks: 5 ⇒ 4

Rod of Ages

• HP per stack: 20 ⇒ 10
• AP per stack: 4 ⇒ 3

Runaan’s Hurricane

• Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
• MS: 7% ⇒ 4%

Rylai’s Crystal Scepter

• AP: 75 ⇒ 70 ⇒ 65

Sapphire Crystal

• Cost: 350 ⇒ 300
• Mana: 250 ⇒ 300

Scout’s Slingshot

• Cost: 800 ⇒ 600

Seeker’s Armguard

• AP: 45 ⇒ 40

Serylda’s Grudge

• Brutalizer replaced by Caulfield’s Warhammer
• Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3000
• AH:  15 ⇒ 20
• Lethality removed
• Armor pen: 25% +11%% lethality ⇒ 30%

Shadowflame

• AP: 115 ⇒ 110
• DoT bonus damage: 125% ⇒ 120%

Shurelya’s Battlesong

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Spear of Shojin

• Kindlegem replaced by Ruby
• Warhammer replaced by Tunneler
• AH removed
• HP: 300 ⇒ 450
• AD: 55 ⇒ 45
• Basic AH: 15 ⇒ 25

Spectre’s Cowl

• MR: 25 ⇒ 35

Staff of the Flowing Water

• Cost: 2300 ⇒ 2250
• AP: 40 ⇒ 35
• H/S Power: 8% ⇒ 10%
• Passive AP: 30 ⇒ 45
• Passive MS removed

Statikk Shiv

• MS:  5% ⇒ 4%
• AD: 55 ⇒ 50
• AS: 45% ⇒ 40%

Spirit Visage

• Cost: 2900 ⇒ 2700
• MR: 60 ⇒ 50
• HP: 450 ⇒ 400

Sterak’s Gage

• Base AD as bonus AD: 50% ⇒ 45%
• Shield HP ratio: 80% ⇒ 60%

Stormsurge

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• Passive MS: 35% ⇒ 25%
• Base: 140 ⇒ 150
• AP ratio: 20% ⇒ 15%
• MS duration: 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

Stridebreaker

• AD: 50 ⇒ 40
• AS: 30% ⇒ 25%
• Passive MS removed (not active)

Sundered Sky

• Ruby Crystal added
• AH: 15 ⇒ 10
• HP: 450 ⇒ 400
• AD: 45 ⇒ 40
• Heal base AD ratio: 120% ⇒ 100%

Sunfire Aegis

• Base damage per second: 15 ⇒ 20
• HP ratio: 1.75% ⇒ 1%
• Minion damage: 125% ⇒ 150%
• Monster damage: 100% ⇒ 150%
• Bonus damage per stack removed

Terminus

• AD: 35 ⇒ 30

The Collector

• Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3400
• Lethality: 12 ⇒ 10

Thornmail

• Cost: 2700 ⇒ 2450
• Ruby Crystal added to recipe
• Giant’s Belt replaced by Chain Vest
• HP: 350 ⇒ removed ⇒ 150
• Armor: 70 ⇒ 100 ⇒80
• Base damage: 10 ⇒ 15
• Armor ratio: 25% ⇒ 15%

Titanic Hydra

• Ruby replaced by Giant’s
• AD: 50 ⇒ 40
• HP: 550 ⇒ 600
• Cleave now deals damage to primary target again at 1%/0.5% max HP (1.5%/0.75% live)

Trailblazer

• Cost: 2500 ⇒ 2400
• HP: 200 ⇒ 250
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Trinity Force

• AH: 20 ⇒ 15
• HP: 300 ⇒ 333
• AD: 45 ⇒ 36
• AS: 33% ⇒ 30%

Umbral Glaive

• AH: 15 ⇒ 10

Unending Despair

• HP: 400 ⇒ 350
• Armor: 55 ⇒ 60

Verdant Barrier

• MR: 30 ⇒ 25

Voltaic Cyclosword

• Cost: 2900 ⇒ 3000
• AH: 15 ⇒ 10

Warmog’s Armor

• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
• Passive MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Warden’s Mail

• Base damage reduction: 5 ⇒ 15
• Health ratio removed

Winged Moonplate

• HP: 150 ⇒ 200
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Wit’s End

• MR: 50 ⇒ 45
• AS: 55% ⇒ 50%
• Damage: 40-80 ⇒ 45

Youmuu’s Ghostblade

• Cost: 2700 ⇒ 2800
• Pickaxe added
• Melee MS: 40 ⇒ 20

Yun Tal Wildarrows

• Pickaxe replaced by BF Sword
• AD: 65 ⇒ 60
• Damage: 35% AD ⇒ 80 flat

Zeal

• Cost: 1100 ⇒ 1200
• MS: 5% ⇒ 4%

Zeke’s Convergence

• Damage per second: 50 ⇒ 30

Zhonya’s Hourglas

• AP: 120 ⇒ 105

System Changes

Biscuit of Delivery

• Now restores 12% of your missing health
• Consuming or selling a biscuit permanently increase your max health by 30.
• No longer grants mana

Lethal Tempo

• Attacking an enemy champion grants you (5% melee/4% ranged) attack speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, attacks also deal (9 – 30 melee/6 – 24 ranged) bonus adaptive damage, increased by 1% per 1% bonus attack speed.

Nimbus Cloak

• MS for CD < 100: 5% ⇒ 12%
• MS for CD = 100 and < 250: 20% ⇒ 28%
• MS for CD > 250: 25% ⇒ 35%

Presence of Mind

• Mana restore: 1.5 – 11 ⇒ 6 – 50
• Now restores instantly instead of over time
• Now has an 8 second proc CD, does not affect takedown

Shield Bash

• Bonus resists while shielded removed
• Bonus HP ratio: 1.5% ⇒ 2.5%
• Shield ratio: 8.5% ⇒ 15%

Time Warp Tonic

• Time Warp Tonic replaced by Endless Elixir
• Elixirs can be stacked and do not expire.

Upcoming skins

• Fright Night Veigar – 1820 RP
• Fright Night Nunu & Willump – 1350 RP
• Fright Night Pyke – 1350 RP
• Fright Night Shaco – 1350 RP
• Fright Night Zeri – 1350 RP
• Prestige Fright Night Zeri – 2000 Prestige Points
• Worlds 2024 Viego – 1350 RP
• Victorious Sona – Ranked Reward