LoL Patch 14.22 – Ambessa hits Summoner’s Rift!

LoL Esports

October 31, 2024

Davide Xu

Ambessa will be added to live servers in Patch 14.22. Here’s what you need to know about her and the changes for the new update.

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LoL Patch 14.22 – Warwick changes?

LoL Patch 14.21 was officially released on October 23 and with that, a new cycle of updates begin for Riot developers as the season is coming to a close end.

We had a major Swain rework as well as several champion changes in the current patch, which will likely shake things up, especially in the higher Elos, with picks like Galio, Camille, Karthus, and others all getting nerfed.

Irelia’s buff will be the most important for me. We’ll see whether that puts her in a better spot in the solo lanes. The objective bounties will also impact some of the most snowbally games, giving teams more chances at coming back and decreasing the chances of snowballing.

Considering it’s the start of the patch, we only have a few leaks on the intended change list. As usual, you can find the changes in the sections below.

Patch 14.22 Release Date

According to the official patch schedule, Patch 14.22 will be released on Wednesday, November 6. This will be the 22nd patch out of the 24 updates planned for the year.

How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?

This patch comes with lots of changes so I’m expecting quite an explosive start to the new patch. While most champions are getting just a few buffs, I want to take a look at some of the outliers in this patch. Starting from Irelia, the buffs seem massive for splitpushing and it will likely push her into top-tier territory: be on the lookout for her.

Jax is getting slightly nerfed and that will impact his overall presence in the top lane. In the jungle, Wukong and Vi’s buffs will be good for the mid-high elos where the two champions have already been rather popular. As for the mid lane, I’m mainly expecting Swain and Katarina to see higher play rates. I don’t think much will change in the bot lane: buffs like the ones given to Varus and Vayne won’t be enough to push them back into the meta.

Patch 14.22 Tentative Changes

Champion changes in Patch 14.22

Aatrox

R gained bonus AD total AD ratio: 20/32.5/45% ⇒ 20/30/40%

Anivia

Armor per level: 4.9 ⇒ 4.5
E AP ratio: 60% ⇒ 55%

Ambessa

Passive bonus attack range: 100 ⇒ 75
Passive base damage: 5 – 15 ⇒ 5 – 30
Passive bonus AD ratio: 25% ⇒ 30%
Q cooldown: 14 – 10 seconds ⇒ 10 – 8 seconds ⇒ 11 – 9 seconds
W shield duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds
W block bonus damage: 60% ⇒ 50%
W base shield: 85 – 250 (stat growth) ⇒ 85 – 325 (linear)
W shield bonus AD ratio: 150% ⇒ 160%
E base damage: 40 – 160 ⇒ 40 – 140
R bonus AD ratio: 100% ⇒ 80%

Blitzcrank

E AD ratio: 80% ⇒ 100%

Briar

Base HP: 590 ⇒ 625

Corki

AD per level: 2.5 ⇒ 2
Mana per level: 54 ⇒ 40

Fizz

Q AP ratio: 45% ⇒ 55%
W AP ratio: 40% ⇒ 45%

Illaoi

Base AD: 68 ⇒ 65
Mana per level: 60 ⇒ 50

Irelia

Passive now deals bonus magic damage on-hit to structures at a 50% ratio and refreshes stacks of Ionian Fervor while attacking structures

Jax

R base damage: 150/250/350 ⇒ 100/175/250
R cooldown: 100/90/80 seconds ⇒ 110/100/90 seconds

Katarina

E cooldown: 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 ⇒ 12/11/10/9/8 seconds
R cooldown: 90/60/45 seconds ⇒ 75/60/45 seconds

Kayle

Passive Attack Speed per stack of Zeal AP ratio: 0.5% per 100 AP ⇒ 1% per 100 AP (2.5% per 100 AP >>> 5% per 100 AP at max stacks)

K’Sante

Q base damage: 80/110/140/170/200 ⇒ 70/100/130/160/190
R-E bonus untargeted dash speed: 950 ⇒ 1250

Lillia

Armor per level: 5.2 ⇒ 4.5
Passive base heal from monsters per tick: 6.5 – 9 (based on levels 1-18, linear) ⇒ 6.5 flat

Maokai

Base HP: 635 ⇒ 665
Base Move Speed: 330 ⇒ 335
E Sapling Move Speed: 400/425/445/460 (based on Boots Tier 1/most Tier 2/Boots of Swiftness + Synchronized Souls) ⇒ 400-460 (based on levels 1-13)

Mordekaiser

E damage: 70/85/100/115/130 (+60% AP) ⇒ 60/75/90/105/120 (+40% AP)

Poppy

Base AD: 64 ⇒ 60
Base Attack Speed: 0.625 ⇒ 0.658

Rumble

Base HP: 625 ⇒ 655

Seraphine

Q AP ratio: 60 – 96% ⇒ 50 – 80% (based on target’s missing HP 0 – 75%)

Shen

Passive cooldown: 10 seconds ⇒ 11 seconds
Passive cooldown refund on spell hit: 4 – 7.5 seconds ⇒ 4 – 8 seconds (based on levels 1-18, linear)
R Stand United minimum shield: 130/290/450 (+135% AP) (+16% Shen’s bonus HP) ⇒ 120/220/320 (+135% AP) (+15% Shen’s bonus HP)

Swain

Base Magic Resistance: 30 ⇒ 31
Magic Resistance per level: 1.3 ⇒ 1.55
Q base damage: 60/85/110/135/160 ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180
E cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds ⇒ 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds
R heal per tick bonus HP ratio: 0.625% ⇒ 0.75% (1.25% ⇒ 1.5% per second)

Sylas

HP per level: 129 ⇒ 122

Syndra

W damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+70% AP) ⇒ 70/105/140/175/210 (+65% AP)

Udyr

R base damage per tick: 10/19/28/37/46/55 ⇒ 10/17/24/31/38/45
R-R Target’s max HP ratio per tick: 1 – 2% ⇒ 1 – 1.75% (based on levels 1-18, linear)
R-R Monster cap per tick: 7.5 (+100% bAD) (+50% AP) ⇒ 10 – 50 (based on levels 1-18, linear) (+0% bAD) (+0% AP)

Varus

W passive base on-hit damage: 5/10/15/20/25 ⇒ 8/13/18/23/28

Vayne

R bonus AD: 25/40/55 ⇒ 35/50/65

Vel’Koz

E cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 seconds ⇒ 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds
R cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 100/90/80 seconds

Passive shield max HP ratio: 12% ⇒ 14%

Wukong

Base mana: 300 ⇒ 330
W cooldown: 22/20/18/16/14 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds

~~Warwick (not in patch notes)~~

~~W move speed: 35% – 65% ⇒ 30% – 50%~~
~~W mana cost: 70 ⇒ 35~~
~~W active range: 4000 ⇒ 3000~~
~~W cooldown: 100 – 40 seconds ⇒ 80 – 40 seconds~~
~~W cooldown is now reduced to 30% if no one is found~~
~~W no longer cools down twice as fast when not hunting~~
~~W is no longer put on a 3-second cooldown in combat~~

Item Changes

Opportunity

Rectrix replaced by Pickaxe and Long Sword
AD: 50 ⇒ 55
Passive lethality: 10/6 ⇒ 11/7
4% move speed removed ⇒ reverted
Passive move speed: 200 ⇒ 300 ⇒ 200
Passive move speed duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 2 seconds ⇒ 1.5 seconds

Statikk Shiv

Cost: 2900 ⇒ 2700
AD: 50 ⇒ 45
Attack speed: 35% ⇒ 30%
On kill passives removed
First 3 attacks within 8 seconds fire chain lightning on-hit, dealing 60 magic damage up to 5 targets (500 range), increased to 85 against non-champs. Cooldown of 25 – 10 seconds (levells 7 – 12), starting on the first attack, fully reset by takedowns

Youmuu’s Ghostblade

AD: 60 ⇒ 55
Now has a 4% move speed
Pickaxe now replaces Long Sword

Yun Tal Wildarrows

New recipe: BF Sword + Scout’s Slingshot + Long Sword + 750g = 3000g
AD: 60 ⇒ 50
Now has 20% attack speed
No longer has 25% crit
[NEW]: grants 0.2% crit per attack, stacks up to 25% crit
Attacking enemy champs grants 30% attack speed for 4 seconds (40 second cooldown, reduced by 1 sec per attack, increased to 2 on crit)

System Changes

Barrier

Shield: 120 – 480 ⇒ 100 – 460

Side lane minions

Bonus Move Speed before 14 minutes: 120 ⇒ 120 – 0 (based on minutes 0-14)

Smite

Epic monster prioritization range: 300 ⇒ 125

Upcoming skins

TBD