The preview for League of Legends Patch 14.22 has arrived, bringing with it some exciting adjustments to the Rift!
Riot has been stepping up its updates in recent patches. Since the mid-season changes, they’ve been rolling out one game-altering adjustment after another. From the sweeping item overhauls in Patch 14.10 to Teemo’s recent ASU, players have seen plenty of impactful updates. Now, Patch 14.22 looks set to keep the momentum going.
One of the most anticipated changes in Patch 14.22 is the release of a new champion: Ambessa Medarda. Last seen in Arcane Season 1, she’ll now be joining the champion roster in League. Ambessa is a hyper-mobile bruiser who excels in fast-paced engagements and swift takedowns, bringing a playstyle similar to K’Sante but with a distinct Noxian twist.
Here’s what you can expect from patch 14.22 according to the notes we have so far:
LoL Patch 14.22 early notes
Champions
Ambessa Medarda
Passive: Drakehound’s Step
- Bonus attack range reduced: 100 >>> 75
- Base damage increased: 5-15 >>> 5-30
- Bonus AD scaling increased: 25% >>> 30%
Q: Cunning Sweep/Sundering Slam
- Cooldown increased: 10-8 seconds >>> 14-10
W: Repudiation
- Block bonus damage reduced: 60% >>> 50%
- Shield duration increased: 1.5 seconds >>> 2.5 seconds
- Base shield changed: 85-250 (based on stat growth) >>> 85-325 (linear scaling)
E: Lacerate
- Base damage reduced: 40-160 >>> 40-140
R: Public Execution
- Bonus AD ratio reduced: 100% >>> 80%
Aatrox
R: World Ender
- Bonus AD: 20-45% >>> 20-40%
Anivia
Base Stats:
- Armor growth: 4.9 >>> 4.5
E: Frostbite
- AP scaling decreased: 60% >>> 55%
Blitzcrank
E: Power Fist
- AD scaling increased: 180% >>> 200%
Briar
Base Stats:
- Base HP: 590 >>> 625
Corki
Base Stats:
- AD growth per level: 2.5 >>> 2
- Mana growth per level: 54 >>> 40
Fizz
Q: Urchin Strike
- AP scaling: 45% >>> 55%
W: Seastone Trident
- Active AP scaling: 40% >>> 45%
Illaoi
Base Stats
- Base AD: 68 >>> 65
- Mana growth: 60 >>> 50
Irelia
Passive: Ionian Fervor
- Now deals 50% damage to structures
- Now refreshes when hitting structures
Jax
R: Grandmaster at Arms
- Cooldown increased: 100/90/80 >>> 110/100/90
- Active damage decreased: 150/250/350 >>> 100/175/250
K’Sante
Q: Ntofo Strike
- Base damage reduced: 80-200 >>> 70-190
E: Footwork
- Movement speed in All-Out increased: 950 >>> 1250
Katarina
E: Shunpo
- Cooldown decreased: 14-8 seconds >>> 12-8 seconds
R: Death Lotus
- Cooldown decreased: 90/60/45 >>> 75/60/45
Kayle
Passive: Divine Ascent
Lillia
Base Stats:
- Armor growth per level: 5.2 >>> 4.5
Passive: Dream-Laden Bough
- Monster heal decreased: 39-54 >>> 39
Maokai
Base Stats:
- Movement speed: 330 >>> 335
Passive: Sap Magic
- % health scaling on passive heal adjusted: 4-12.8% max health >>> 5-12% max health
E: Sapling Toss
- Base speed increased: 400 >>> 400-460
- Speed no longer scales
Mordekaiser
E: Death’s Grasp
- Damage decreased: 70-130 (+60% AP) >>> 60-120 (+40% AP)
Poppy
Base Stats:
- Base AD decreased: 64 >>> 60
- Level 1 attack speed increased: 0.625 >>> 0.658
Rumble
Base Stats:
- Base HP increased: 625 >>> 655
Seraphine
Q: High Note
- AP scaling decreased: 60% >>> 50%
Shen
Passive: Ki Barrier
- Cooldown increased: 10 >>> 11
- Cooldown refund increased: 4-7.5 >>> 4-8
R: Stand United
- Shield decreased: 130/290/450 (+16% bonus HP) >>> 120/220/320 (+15% bonus HP)
Swain
Base Stats:
- Base MR increased: 30 >>> 31
- MR growth per level increased: 1.3 >>> 1.55
Q: Death’s Hand
- Base damage increased: 60-160 >>> 60-180
R: Demonic Ascension
- % health damage scaling increased: 1.25% bonus HP >>> 1.5% bonus HP
Sylas
Base Stats:
- Health growth decreased: 129 >>> 122
Syndra
W: Force of Will
- Damage decreased: 70-230 (+70% AP) >>> 70-210 (+60% AP)
Udyr
R: Wingborne Storm
- Damage decreased: 80-440 >>> 80-360
- Awakened damage decreased: 8-16% max HP >>> 8-14% max HP
- Awakened monster damage cap: 60 + 400% AP + 800% bonus AD >>> 80-400
Varus
W: Blighted Quiver
- On-hit damage increased: 5-25 >>> 8-28
Vayne
R: Final Hour
- Bonus AD increased: 25/40/55 >>> 35/50/65
Vel’Koz
E: Tectonic Disruption
- Cooldown decreased: 16-14 >>> 14-12
R: Life Form Disintegration Ray
- Cooldown decreased: 120/100/80 >>> 100/90/80
Vi
Passive: Blast Shield
- Shield HP scaling increased: 12% max HP >>> 14% max HP
Warwick
W: Blood Hunt
- Mana cost reduced: 70 >>> 55
- Cooldown reduced: 100-40 >>> 80-40
- Cooldown now reduced by 30% if no one is found
- No longer cools down twice as fast when not hunting
- No longer put on a 3 second CD in combat
R: Infinite Duress
- Can no longer hit targets behind Warwick
Wukong
Base Stats:
- Mana increased: 300 >>> 330
W: Warrior Trickster
- Cooldown decreased: 22-14 >>> 18-14
Items
Opportunity
- AD increased: 50 >>> 55
- 4% movement speed removed
- Passive lethality increased: 10/6 >>> 11/7
- New recipe
- Rectrix >>> Pickaxe + Long Sword
Statikk Shiv
- AD reduced: 50 >>> 45
- Attack speed reduced: 35% >>> 30%
- On-kill passive removed
- Cost reduced: 2900 >>> 2700
- Reworked passive:
- First 3 attacks within 8 seconds fire chain lightning on-hit, dealing 60 magic damage to up to 5 targets jumping within 500 range, increased to 85 damage against non champions.
- Internal cooldown of 25-10 (levels 7-12) starting on the first attack landed. This cooldown is fully reset by takedowns
Youmuu’s Ghostblade
- AD reduced: 60 >>> 55
- Now has 4% movement speed
- New recipe
- Long Sword >>> Pickaxe
- Final cost unchanged
Yun Tal Wildarrows
- AD reduced: 60 >>> 50
- Now has 20% attack speed
- No longer has 25% crit
- Old passive removed and replaced with 2 new passives
- Passive:
- Landing auto attacks grants permanent crit chance, .2% per stack up to 25%
- Passive:
- Attacking enemy champs grants 30% attack speed for 4 seconds
- 40 second internal cooldown, reduced by 1 second per auto attack and 2 seconds per crit
- New recipe
- BF Sword + Scout’s Slingshot + Long Sword + 750 gold
- Costs 3000 gold total
Summoner Spells
Barrier
- Shield reduced: 120-480 >>> 100-460
Smite
- Epic monster prioritization range reduced: 300 >>> 125
According to the official patch schedule, League of Legends Patch 14.22 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.