League of Legends Patch 9.14 breakdown – Summoner’s Rift edition

Ranged Top Laners

Jayce

"Base Stats Attack Damage: 58 –> 54. Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 –> 4.25. Q – Shock Blast Damage: 70/115/160/205/250/295 (+1.0 bonus Attack Damage) –> 55/105/155/205/255/305 (+1.2 bonus Attack Damage)."

Nerfing Jayce’s early game while compensating him with buffs aimed towards his later game. I’ve always felt it was better to make a champion like Jayce have that clear late game drop off, but it seems Riot is going to give him even more tools to threaten in a side lane in the mid game. Definitely look for him to be even more of a priority pick in pro play (say that five times fast).

Kennen

"Base Stats Attack Damage: 50.544 –> 48. Attack Damage Growth: 3.3 –> 3.75. Attack Speed: 0.69 –> 0.625. E – Lightning Rush Bonus Attack Speed: 30/40/50/60/70% –> 40/50/60/70/80%."

Kennen’s been one of the premiere ranged bullies in top lane for a while now. This definitely pushes him out of the split push, BotRK build and more firmly towards the AP build, unless you’re willing to sacrifice some of your laning power to put points into E.

Neeko

"Base Stats Attack Damage: 52 –> 48. Attack Damage Growth: 2 –> 2.5. Attack Speed: 0.645 –> 0.625. Attack Speed Growth: 2.5% –> 3%. Passive – Inherent Glamour Neeko no longer loses her disguise when basic attacking enemy champions. W – Shapesplitter Passive Bonus Movement Speed: 20/25/30/35/40% –> 10/15/20/25/30%."

The changes to her AD/AS base and growth stats really seem aimed at taking her out of that early-game bully spot in top lane right now. I’d suspect Riot would prefer her to be more AP than AD, but it seems like they’re allowing that style to live on, it’ll just be more late game focused.

As to the change to her passive, I think this is a really cool change, since it will give Neeko players a bit more of an opportunity to play those mind games with opponents (especially when they’re cloning an ADC). Finally, the W – Shapesplitter movement speed nerf is probably needed, just because of how slippery Neeko can be.

Death Recap

The new Death Recap is finally here! No more getting kill by Revive for 9000 damage in 0.5 seconds and a minion. Really nice that Riot have finally decided to update a previously untouched-since-season-one feature!

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Thankfully, you’ll no longer have to type /mute all at the beginning of every game and can instead tick this option and finally enjoy a stress-free League of Legends experience!

Are you excited to see these changes on Patch 9.14? Anything that you think Riot missed? Have a problem with 35 champion changes per patch? Let us know in the comments!