Another Round of Support and Jungle Changes

Another League patch with another batch of jungle changes.

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The state of the jungle has been a big talking point for LoL during Season 13 so far. The heavy ganking meta, coupled with the dominance of ranged supports in the bot lane, has been a big annoyance for a big part of the player base. Riot had already made some changes to the role in the last patches, but junglers in solo queue, and pro play, have been relying more and more on early ganks and the farming junglers can’t find a good place in the game for themselves.

To help with the problem, there are some big changes coming with patch 13.4. Both clear speed and comeback kill experience is getting adjusted, so junglers won’t be able to spam gank and still be at the same level or even ahead of their counterparts. Also, there are nerfs to the overall experience a kill gives, so the early takedowns won’t snowball as hard as they do in patch 13.3. Coupled with more nerfs to individual champions like Amumu, Maokai and Elise, both pro play and solo queue should see some change in the jungle meta.

Another big problem with the game in Season 13 has been the ranged supports, starting with enchanters last season to Heimerdinger at Worlds, and now with the dominance of double ADC bot lanes. Riot apparently decided the common problem with these support picks is the ranged support items, so these are getting nerfed while melee support items will see some buffs.

Last but not least, maybe the biggest change of the LoL patch 13.4 is not about champion or role balancing at all. The most important change in the patch for solo queue players will be the new LP gain changes for wins and losses. To help with the current player perception that climbing is really hard and grindy, Riot is buffing the LP gains from an average of 15 to an average of 22. But be aware that this also means you will lose more LP for your defeats as well.

When does LoL patch 13.4 go live?

Patch 13.4 will go live on February 24.

The first region that the patch will drop is the Oceania servers at 6 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)
• 4 AM CET (EUNE)
• 6 AM KST (Korea)

LoL patch 13.4 complete changes

Champion Buffs

Ahri

• Base Stats
  • Base Health: 570 ⇒ 590
  • Base Armor: 18 ⇒ 21
• R – Spirit Rush
  • Cooldown: 140/115/90 seconds ⇒ 130/105/80 seconds

Alistar

• Passive – Triumphant Roar
  • Ally Heal: 6% of Alistar’s maximum health ⇒ 7% of Alistar’s maximum health (Note: This is approximately equal to pre-patch teammate heal values.)
• Q – Pulverize
  • Magic Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+70% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+80% AP)
• W – Headbutt
  • Magic Damage: 55/110/165/220/275 (+90% AP) ⇒ 55/110/165/220/275 (+100% AP)

Aphelios

• Passive – The Hitman and the Seer (Weapon Master)
  • Bonus Attack Speed: 7.5/15/22.5/30/37.5/45% ⇒ 9/18/27/36/45/54%

Cho’Gath

• Base Stats
• Q – Rupture
  • Mana Cost: 60 ⇒ 50
  • Magic Damage: 80/135/190/245/300 (+100% AP) ⇒ 80/140/200/260/320 (+100% AP)
• W – Feral Scream
  • Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90

Malphite

• W – Thunderclap
  • Cooldown: 12/11.5/11/10.5/10 seconds ⇒ 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds
  • Empowered Attacks Physical Damage: 30/45/60/75/90 (+20% AP) (+10% armor) ⇒ 30/45/60/75/90 (+ 20% AP) (+ 15% armor)
  • Cone Physical Damage: 15/25/35/45/55 (+30% AP) (+15% armor) ⇒ 15/25/35/45/55 (+30% AP) (+20% armor)

Orianna

• Base Stats
• W – Command: Dissonance
  • Mana Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

Riven

• Passive – Runic Blade
  • Bonus AD: 30/36/42/48/54/60% (levels 1/6/9/12/15/18) total AD ⇒ 30-60% (levels 1-18) (Note: Now scales linearly, gaining 1.75% bonus AD per level)
  • [NEW] TIMBER: Runic Blade bonus damage is now applied to towers, but only deals 50% of the increased damage.
  • [NEW] Check out these stacks: Riven’s passive stacks are now shown as a resource bar (visible to self only).

Senna

• Base Stats
  • Attack Ratio (Attack Speed per 100% bonus Attack Speed): 0.30 ⇒ 0.40
• R – Dawning Shadow
  • Physical Damage: 250/375/500 (+100% bonus AD) (+70% AP) ⇒ 250/400/550 (+115% bonus AD) (+70% AP)
  • Cooldown: 160/140/120 seconds ⇒ 140/120/100 seconds

Veigar

• Q – Baleful Strike
• W – Dark Matter

Viego

• Q – Blade of the Ruined King
  • [NEW] Shot Through the Heart: The passive damage from Q on basic attacks can now critically strike.
• R – Heartbreaker
  • Physical Damage: 12/16/20% (+3% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s missing health ⇒ 12/16/20% (+5% per 100 bonus AD) of target’s missing health

Champion Nerfs

Amumu

• Base Stats
  • Health Growth: 100 ⇒ 94
  • Armor Growth: 4.2 ⇒ 4.0
• W – Despair
  • Magic Damage per Tick: 6/8/10/12/14 (+1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2% (+ 0.25% per 100 AP) of target maximum health ⇒ 6/8/10/12/14 (+ 1/1.15/1.3/1.45/1.6% (+0.25% per 100 AP) of target maximum health

Anivia

• Base Stats
  • Health Growth: 96 ⇒ 92
  • Armor Growth: 5.2 ⇒ 4.9

Annie

• Base Stats
• E – Molten Shield
  • Shield Retaliation Magic Damage: 30/45/60/75/90 (+ 40% AP) ⇒ 25/35/45/55/65 (+ 40% AP)
• R – Summon: Tibbers
  • Cooldown: 120/100/80 seconds ⇒ 130/115/100 seconds

Azir

• Base Stats
  • Base Mana: 480 ⇒ 380
  • Mana Growth: 21 ⇒ 36
• W – Arise!
  • Soldier Recharge Time: 9/8.25/7.5/6.75/6 seconds ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds
• E – Shifting Sands
  • Magic Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+ 40% AP) ⇒ 60/100/140/180/220 (+ 55% AP)
• R – Emperor’s Divide
  • Magic Damage: 175/325/475 (+ 60% AP) ⇒ 200/400/600 (+75% AP)

Elise

• Q – Venomous Bite
  • Magic Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+8% (+3% per 100 AP) target’s missing hp) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+8% (+3% per 100 AP) target’s missing hp)
• R – Spider Form
  • Spiderling Magic Damage: 10/15/20/25 (levels 1/6/11/16) ⇒ 8/14/20/26 (levels 1/6/11/16)

Jarvan IV

• W – Golden Aegis
  • Cooldown: 8 seconds ⇒ 9 seconds
  • Shield Strength: 60/80/100/120/140 (+80% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+70% bonus AD)

Jax

• Base Stats
  • Base Health: 685 ⇒ 665
  • Health Growth: 99 ⇒ 100
• E – Counter Strike
  • [NEW] ALL THE DAMAGE: Dodging attacks now increases the entire damage of the spell, no longer just the base damage.
  • Minimum Magic Damage: 55/85/115/145/175 (+100% AP) (+4% of target’s maximum health) ⇒ 55/85/115/145/175 (+70% AP) (+4% of target’s maximum health)
  • Maximum Magic Damage: 110/170/230/290/350 (+100% AP) (+4% of target’s maximum health) ⇒ 110/170/230/290/350 (+140% AP) (+8% of target’s maximum health)
• R – Grandmaster-At-Arms
  • Passive On-Hit Damage: 80/120/160 (+60% AP) ⇒ 60/110/160 (+60% AP)
  • Bonus Armor for First Champion Hit: 25/45/65 (+40% bonus AD) ⇒ 15/40/65 (+40% bonus AD)
  • Bonus Magic Resist for First Champion Hit: 15/27/39 (+24% bonus AD) ⇒ 9/24/39 (+24% bonus AD)

Maokai

• Q – Bramble Smash
  • Magic Damage: 70/120/170/220/270 (+2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3% of target’s maximum health) (+40% AP) ⇒ 70/120/170/220/270 (+2/2.5/3/3.5/4% of target’s maximum health) (+40% AP) (Note: This nets out at about a 7% damage increase.)
• E – Sapling Toss
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds
  • Magic Damage: 55/80/105/130/155 (+5% bonus health) (+35% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+5% bonus health) (+25% AP) (Note: damage is still doubled when Saplings are placed in brush.)
  • Brush Empowered Sapling Slow: 45% (+0.9% per 100 bonus health) (+4% per 100 AP) ⇒ 45% (+1% per 100 bonus health) (+1% per 100 AP)

Samira

• Passive – Daredevil Impulse
  • Movement Speed: 3.5% per stack ⇒ 1/2/3/4% per stack at levels 1/6/11/16
• R – Inferno Trigger
  • Life Steal Effectiveness: 66.7% ⇒ 50%

Udyr

• Base Stats
  • Health Growth: 98 ⇒ 92
  • Base Armor: 34 ⇒ 31
• Q – Wildling Claw
  • Bonus Physical Damage On-Hit: 5/11/17/23/29/35 (+30% bonus AD) ⇒ 5/11/17/23/29/35 (+25% bonus AD)
• R – Wingborne Storm
  • Increased Slow: 25/28/31/34/37/40% ⇒ 20/23/26/29/32/35%

Champion Adjustments

Thresh

• Q – Death Sentence
  • Magic Damage: 100/145/190/235/280 (+80% AP) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+90% AP)
  • Cooldown: 19/17/15/13/11 seconds ⇒ 19/16.5/14/11.5/9 seconds (Note: Landing a Death Sentence still reduces its cooldown by 3 seconds.)
• W – Dark Passage
  • Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds ⇒ 21/20/19/18/17 seconds
  • Base Shield Strength: 50/75/100/125/150 ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130
• E – Flay
  • Magic Damage: 75/110/145/180/215 (+ 60% AP) ⇒ 75/115/155/195/235 (+ 70% AP)

Item Changes

Support Items

• Relic Shield
  • Base Health Regeneration: 25% ⇒ 50%
• Targon’s Buckler
  • Base Health Regeneration: 50% ⇒ 75%
• Spectral Sickle
  • Charge Generation Time: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
• Harrowing Crescent
  • Charge Generation Time: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
• Spellthief’s Edge
  • Bonus Mana Regeneration: 50% ⇒ 25%
  • Charge Generation Time: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
• Frostfang
  • Bonus Mana Regeneration: 75% ⇒ 50%
  • Charge Generation Time: 10 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
• Shard of True Ice
  • Bonus Mana Regeneration: 115% ⇒ 100%
• Steel Shoulderguards
  • Base Health Regeneration: 25% ⇒ 50%
• Runesteel Spaulders
  • Base Health Regeneration: 50% ⇒ 75%

Demonic Embrace

• [NEW] Don’t Gaze into the Jungle: Azakana’s Gaze is now capped at 40 damage per second against monsters.

Doran’s Shield

• Base Health Regeneration: 6 health per 5 seconds ⇒ 4 health per 5 seconds

Rune Changes

Magical Footwear

• Used Magic Discount: Magical Footwear will now only sell for 30% of the value of boots, 90 gold. Normal boots and tier 2 boots sell value is unchanged.

Treasure Hunter

• Gold per Stack: 70+20 per Bounty Hunter Stack (550 gold total) ⇒ 50+20 per Bounty Hunter Stack (450 gold total)

Jungle Adjustments

Rift Herald

• Leash Range: 1100 ⇒ 1200
• [NEW] Shelly Ain’t Soft: Rift Herald no longer has a soft reset state and will hard reset when its patience runs out, immediately running back to its original position.

Gromp

• Base Health: 2200 ⇒ 2050

Sustain

• Base Heal from Monster Kills: 25 ⇒ 30

Clear Speed

• Jungle Companion Damage: 16 (+ 10% bonus AD) (+ 15% AP) (+ 10% bonus armor) (+ 10% bonus magic resistance) (+ 3% bonus health) true damage ⇒ 16 (+ 10% bonus AD) (+ 12% AP) (+ 10% bonus armor) (+ 10% bonus magic resistance) (+ 3% bonus health) true damage

Kill Experience

• Level 1: 42 experience (15% of level) ⇒ 42 experience (15% of level)
• Level 2: 114 experience (30% of level) ⇒ 114 experience (30% of level)
• Level 3: 186 experience (39% of level) ⇒ 144 experience (30% of level)
• Level 4: 258 experience (44% of level) ⇒ 174 experience (30% of level)
• Level 5: 330 experience (49% of level) ⇒ 204 experience (30% of level)
• Level 6: 402 experience (52% of level) ⇒ 234 experience (30% of level)
• Level 7: 434 experience (49% of level) ⇒ 308 experience (35% of level)
• Level 8: 500 experience (51% of level) ⇒ 392 experience (40% of level)
• Level 9: 515 experience (48% of level) ⇒ 486 experience (45% of level)
• Level 10: 590 experience (50% of level) ⇒ 590 experience (50% of level)

Comeback Kill Experience

• Catchup Kill Experience Gained: 16% per level difference between you and the champion killed ⇒ 20% per level difference (beyond the first) between you and the champion killed

ARAM Balance

Champions

• Aurelion Sol: Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%, Damage Received: 95% ⇒ 100%

Summoner Spells

• Mark/Dash (aka Snowball): You can now cast Mark while rooted. The Dash spell is still unusable while rooted however.

Death Timers

• Level 3: 12 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds
• Level 4: 16 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds
• Level 5: 19 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds
• Level 6: 21 seconds ⇒ 16 seconds
• Level 7: 23 seconds ⇒ 18 seconds
• Level 8: 25 seconds ⇒ 20 seconds
• Level 9: 26 seconds ⇒ 22 seconds
• Level 10: 27 seconds ⇒ 24 seconds
• Level 11: 28 seconds ⇒ 26 seconds
• Level 12: 30 seconds ⇒ 28 seconds
• Level 13:32 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
• Level 14: 34 seconds ⇒ 32 seconds
• Level 15: 36 seconds ⇒ 34 seconds
• Level 16: 38 seconds ⇒ 36 seconds
• Level 17: 40 seconds ⇒ 38 seconds
• Level 18: 42 seconds ⇒ 40 seconds

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