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League of Legends Patch 13.4 Preview

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League of Legends Patch 13.4 Preview

The big patches keep coming to LoL. For Patch 13.4, the focus is on system adjustments.

Season 2023 has included some of the biggest early season patches in recent years. In the last couple of patches, Riot made adjustments to junglers, melee supports, ADCs and fighters. The trend continues with patch 13.4. Support role balancing is once again at the center. With pro play dominated heavily by enchanters or ADCs in support, the balance team decided to get to the root of the problem and adjust the starting support items. With Spellthief's Edge/Spectral Sickle nerfed and Relic Shield/Steel Shoulderguards buffed, we should start to see more engage supports in pro play, and a lot more of them in solo queue.

Another big system change made is to the kill experience in the game, especially when it comes to getting kills on enemies ahead of you in levels. According to Ezra ‘Phlox' Lynn, a designer on the Summoner’s Rift team, players will get ~30-40% less experience from kills against someone the same level as them from 1-9.

When does LoL patch 13.4 go live?

Patch 13.4 will go live on February 23.

The first region that the patch will drop is the Oceania servers at 10 AM AEDT. The rest of the servers will follow suit in the morning hours of their respective regions. Here are the timings for most servers:

  • 3 AM PT (NA)
  • 5 AM GMT (EUW)
  • 3 AM CET (EUNE)
  • 8 AM KST (Korea)

LoL patch 13.4 full preview

Champion Buffs

Veigar

  • [Q] Baleful Strike cast range increased 950 ⇒ 1050 units
  • [W] Dark Matter cast range increased 900 ⇒ 950 units

Cho'Gath

  • Armor per level increased 4.7 ⇒ 5
  • [Q] Rupture buffs:
    • Damage increased 80/135/190/245/300 ⇒ 80/140/200/260/320
    • Mana cost reduced 60 ⇒ 50
  • [W] Feral Scream mana cost reduced 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90

Alistar

  • [P] Triumphant Roar ally heal increased 6% ⇒ 7% Alistar's max HP
  • [Q] Pulverize AP ratio increased 70% ⇒ 80%
  • [W] Headbutt AP ratio increased 90% ⇒ 100%

Ahri

  • Base HP increased 570 ⇒ 590
  • Base armor increased 18 ⇒ 21
  • [R] Spirit Rush cooldown reduced 140/115/90 ⇒ 130/105/80 seconds
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Malphite

  • [W] Thunderclap buffs:
    • Empowered attack armor ratio increased 10% ⇒ 15%
    • Empowered attack cone armor ratio increased 15% ⇒ 20%
    • Cooldown reduced 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 ⇒ 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds

Kennen

  • Moved for further investigation.

Viego

  • [Q-P] Blade of the Ruined King passive on-hit damage can now critically strike
  • [R] Heartbreaker missing HP ratio increased 3% ⇒ 5% per 100 bAD

Aphelios

  • [P] The Hitman and the Seer bonus attack speed increased 7.5/15/22.5/30/37.5/45% ⇒ 9/18/27/36/45/54%

Senna

  • Attack speed ratio increased 0.3 ⇒ 0.4
  • [R] Dawning Shadow buffs:
    • Damage increased 250/375/500 (+100% bAD) ⇒ 250/400/550 (+115% bAD)
    • Cooldown reduced 160/140/120 ⇒ 140/120/100 seconds

Riven

  • [P] Runic Blade buffs:
    • Damage scaling adjusted 30/36/42/48/54/60% (based on levels 1/6/9/12/15/18) ⇒ 30-60% tAD (based on levels 1-18 linearly)
    • Now deals damage to towers at 50% effectiveness
    • Stacks are now shown under healthbar for Riven only

Orianna

  • Base armor increased 17 ⇒ 20
  • [W] Command: Dissonance mana cost reduced 70/75/80/85/90 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

Champion Nerfs

Samira

  • [P] Daredevil Impulse movespeed adjusted 3.5% flat ⇒ 1/2/3/4% (based on level 1/6/11/16)
  • [R] Inferno Trigger lifesteal application reduced 66.6% ⇒ 50%

Jax

  • Base HP reduced 685 ⇒ 665
  • HP per level increased 99 ⇒ 100
  • [E] Counter Strike changes:
    • AP ratio reduced 100% ⇒ 70%
    • Dodging attacks now increases all damage instead of just base damage
  • [R] Grandmaster-at-Arms nerfs:
    • [R-P] On-hit damage reduced 80/120/160 ⇒ 60/110/160
    • Bonus armor reduced 25/45/65 ⇒ 15/40/65
    • Bonus MR reduced 15/27/39 ⇒ 9/24/39

Maokai

  • [Q] Bramble Smash target's max HP ratio increased 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3% ⇒ 2/2.5/3/3.5/4%
  • [E] Sapling Toss adjustments:
    • Damage reduced 55/80/105/130/155 (+35% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+25% AP)
    • Empowered slow bHP ratio increased 0.9% ⇒ 1% per 100 bHP
    • Empowered slow AP ratio reduced 4% ⇒ 1% per 100 AP
    • Cooldown increased 10 ⇒ 14 seconds

Elise

  • [Q-Spider] Venomous Bite nerfs:
    • Damage reduced 70/105/140/175/210 ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180
  • [R-P] Spider Form/Human Form spiderling damage reduced 10/15/20/25 ⇒ 8/14/20/26

Amumu

  • HP per level reduced 100 ⇒ 94
  • Armor per level reduced 4.2 ⇒ 4
  • [W] Despair target's max HP ratio reduced 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2% ⇒ 1/1.15/1.3/1.45/1.6%

Udyr

  • HP per level reduced 98 ⇒ 92
  • Base armor reduced 34 ⇒ 31
  • [Q] Wilding Claw on-hit bAD ratio reduced 30% ⇒ 25%
  • [R-Awakened] Wingborne Storm awakened slow reduced 25/28/31/34/37/40% ⇒ 20/23/26/29/32/35%

Jarvan IV

  • [W] Golden Aegis nerfs:
    • Cooldown increased 8 ⇒ 9 seconds
    • bAD ratio reduced 80% ⇒ 70%
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Anivia

  • HP per level reduced 96 ⇒ 92
  • Armor per level reduced 5.2 ⇒ 4.9

Azir

  • Base mana reduced 480 ⇒ 380
  • Mana per level increased 21 ⇒ 36
  • [W] Arise! nerfs:
    • Recharge time increased 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6 ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds
  • [E] Shifting Sands damage increased 60/90/120/150/180 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+55% AP)
  • [R] Emperor's Divide damage increased 175/325/475 (+60%) ⇒ 200/400/600 (+75% AP)

Champion Adjustments

Thresh Max Order

  • [Q] Death Sentence buffs:
    • Damage increased 100/145/190/235/280 (+80% AP) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+90% AP)
    • Cooldown reduced 19/17/15/13/11 ⇒ 19/16.5/14/11.5/9 seconds
  • [W] Dark Passage adjustments:
    • Shield reduced 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130
    • Cooldown adjusted 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 ⇒ 21/20/19/18/17 seconds
  • [E] Flay damage increased 75/110/145/180/215 (+60% AP) ⇒ 75/115/155/195/235 (+70% AP)

System Buffs

Relic Shield/Steel Shoulderguards

  • Relic Shield and Steel Shoulderguards HP regeneration increased 25% ⇒ 50%
  • Targon's Buckler and Runesteel Spaulders HP regeneration increased 50% ⇒ 75%

System Nerfs

Spellthief's Edge/Spectral Sickle

  • Spellthief's Edge nerfs:
    • Tribute charge timer increased 10 ⇒ 12 seconds
    • Mana regeneration reduced 50% ⇒ 25%
  • Frostfang nerfs:
    • Tribute charge timer increased 10 ⇒ 12 seconds
    • Mana regeneration reduced 75% ⇒ 50%
  • Shard of True Ice mana regeneration reduced 115% ⇒ 100%
  • Spectral Sickle and Harrowing Crescent Tribute charge timer increased 10 ⇒ 12 seconds

Magical Footwear

  • Sellback gold reduced 70% ⇒ 30% (210 ⇒ 90 gold)

Demonic Embrace

  • Azakana Gaze is now capped at 40 damage per tick against monsters

Treasure Hunter

  • Gold per stack reduced 70+20 per Hunter stack ⇒ 50+20 per Hunter stack (total gold reduced 550 ⇒ 450)

Takedown Experience

  • Kills against enemies at your level as percentage progress to your next level reduced 15/30/39/44/49/52/49/51/48/50% ⇒ 15/30/30/30/30/30/35/40/45/50% (based on levels 1-10)

Takedown Comeback Experience

  • Kills against enemies above your level as additional percentage progress to your next level adjusted 16/32/48/64%… ⇒ 0/20/40/60%… (1/2/3/4… levels ahead)

System Adjustments

Jungle Sustain/Clearspeed

  • Jungle pet damage AP ratio reduced 15% ⇒ 12%
  • Base kill heal increased 25 ⇒ 30
  • Base Gromp HP reduced 2200 ⇒ 2050
  • Rift Herald no longer has a soft reset state

Triumph

  • Pulled until next patch.

Grasp of the Undying

  • Pulled until next patch.

Doran's Shield

  • HP per 5 seconds reduced 6 ⇒ 4

ARAM

  • Death timers reduced 12-42 ⇒ 10-40 seconds (based on level)
  • Mark snowball can now be cast while rooted, but not the dash

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