League of Legends patch 14.15 includes nerfs to Aurora, Skarner, and most of the Tier 2 boots.
League of Legends patch 14.15 is a hefty one, notably bringing nerfs to our newest champion Aurora. It also removes that frustrating interaction against Skarner and buffs some items. Boots are being nerfed, too. On the cosmetic side of things, the second wave of Anima Squad skins is here!
League of Legends patch 14.15 notes
The second wave of the Anima Squad skins goes live on July 31, 2024 at 12 p.m. PT. The official 14.15 patch notes include developer commentary for each change as well.
Champion changes in LoL patch 14.15
There might be a large list, but there are a few important things of note. One is Aurora's rebalancing. She should play smoother with small tweaks to all of her abilities while her overall impact has been reduced. Skarner's frustrating grab on his E has also been removed.
Akali
W - Twilight Shroud
- Cooldown: 20 >>> 20/19/18/17/16
R - Perfect Execution
- Initial Damage: 80/220/360 (+30% AP) (+50% Bonus AD) >>> 110/220/330 (+30% AP) (+50% Bonus AD)
- Second Cast Minimum Damage: 60/130/200 (+30% AP) >>> 70/140/210 (+30% AP)
- Second Cast Maximum Damage: 180/390/
Passive - Spirit Abjuration
- Base Movement Speed: 5 (+0.25% per level) >>> 5 (+0.2% per level)
- Bonus Movement Speed per spirit: 5% >>> 2% (+.015% AP)
Q - Twofold Hex
- Recast Cooldown: 0.5 seconds >>> 0.1 seconds
- Q2 can no longer miss its original target
W - Across the Veil
- Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14 >>> 22/21/20/19/18
- Invisibility breaking on auto attacks will now happen on launch of auto attack instead of pre-attack
E - The Weirding
- Dash Speed: 800 speed >>> 150+2x move speed
R - Between Worlds
- Damage: 250/375/500 (+65% AP) >>> 200/325/450 (+60% AP)
Aurelion Sol
Q - Breath of Light
- Cost per Second: 30/35/40/45/50 >>> 35/40/45/50/55
W - Astral Flight
- Range: 1500/1600/1700/1800/1900 >>> 1500
E - Singularity
- Mana Cost: 80 >>> 90
Cassiopeia
Base Stats
- Mana: 350 >>> 400
- Mana Growth: 60 >>> 40
Q - Noxious Blast
- Mana Cost: 50/60/70/80/90 >>> 50/55/60/65/70
- Damage: 75/110/145/180/215 (+90% AP) >>> 75/110/145/180/215 (+70% AP)
W - Miasma
- Mana Cost: 70/80/90/100/110 >>> 70/75/80/85/90
E - Twin Fang
- Mana Cost: 50/48/46/44/42 >>> 40
- Poisoned Bonus Damage: 20/40/60/80/100 (+60% AP) >>> 20/40/60/80/100 (+55% AP)
Ezreal
Q - Mystic Shot
- Physical Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+140% AD) (+15% AP) >>> 20/45/70/95/120 (+130% AD) (+15% AP)
Irelia
Base Stats
- Health Regen: 8.5 >>> 6
- Health: 590 >>> 630
Leona
Passive - Sunlight
- Magic Damage: 32-168 >>> 32-151
W - Eclipse
- Magic Damage: 55/90/125/160/195 (+40% AP) >>> 55/85/115/145/175 (+40% AP)
Shyvana
E - Flame Breath
- Base Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+40% Total AD) (+90% AP) >>> 85/125/165/205/245 (+50% Bonus AD) (+80% AP)
- R-Empowered Damage: 60/100/140/180/220 (+75-135 based on level) (+70% Total AD) (+120% AP) >>> 85/125/165/205/245 (+75-135 based on level) (+100% Total AD) (+100% AP)
- R-Empowered Damage-over-Time: 30-60 based on level (+5% Total AD) (+10% AP) >>> 30-60 based on level (+15% Bonus AD) (+10% AP)
- Bugfix: Damage over time no longer states that it deals 12% more damage than it really does
Skarner
Base Stats
- Health Growth: 105 >>> 110
Q - Upheaval
- Mana Cost: 50 >>> 45
- The first attack after casting the spell should come out more quickly and smoothly without player intervention
E - Ixtal’s Impact
- NEW: Can no longer grab units behind him
Sylas
Base Stats
- Armor: 27 >>> 29
Q - Chain Lash
- Cooldown: 11/10/9/8/7 >>> 10/9/8/7/6
- Explosion Damage: 70/125/180/235/290 (+90% AP) >>> 60/115/170/225/280 (+80% AP)
W - Kingslayer
- Heal: 20/40/60/80/100 (+35% AP) >>> 20/60/80/100 (+20% AP) (+5% Bonus Health)
- Damage: 65/100/135/170/205 (+80% AP) >>> 65/100/135/170/205 (+70% AP)
E - Abscond/Abduct
- Damage: 80/130/180/230/280 (+100% AP) >>> 80/130/180/230/280 (+80% AP)
Talon
Q - Noxian Diplomacy
- Short-range casts now dash to within 150 units of his target
Varus
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Base Stats
- Attack Damage: 57 >>> 59
Passive - Living Vengeance
- Minion Kill Attack Speed: 10% >>> 10/15/20% (at level 1/7/13)
- Champion Takedown: 40% Attack Speed and 15% Attack Speed as Attack Damage >>> 50% Attack Speed and 25% Attack Speed as Attack Damage and Ability Power
- Champion Takedown AS cap: 2.763 >>> 3.0
W - Blighted Quiver
- On-hit Damage: 7/14/21/28/35 >>> 5/10/15/20/25
Yasuo
Base Stats
- Armor: 30 >>> 32
E - Sweeping Blade
- Damage: 60/70/80/90/100 (+20% Bonus AD) >>> 70/85/100/115/130 (+20% Bonus AD)
- Bonus Damage Per Stack: 15-25% (60-100% max) >>> 25% (100% max)
Recommendations
- Rune Recommendations: Top and mid-lane recommended runes have been updated
Yone
Q - Mortal Steel
- Damage: 20/40/60/80/100 (+105% Total AD) >>> 20/45/70/95/120 (+105% Total AD)
R - Fate Sealed
- Cooldown: 120/90/60 >>> 120/100/80
Zed
Q - Razor Shuriken
- Damage: 80/115/150/185/220 (+110% Bonus AD) >>> 80/120/160/200/240 (+100% Bonus AD)
R - Death Mark
- Cooldown: 120/100/80 >>> 120/110/100
Item changes in LoL 14.15
Generally, AP items got buffs and most boots got nerfed.
Death's Dance
- Armor: 40 >>> 50
Kraken Slayer
- Move Speed: 7% >>> 5%
- Bring it Down: 140-310 >>> 80% effectiveness for ranged champions (112-248)
Lord Dominik's Regards
- Armor Penetration: 40% >>> 35%
Mortal Reminder
- Attack Damage: 40 >>> 35
Statikk Shiv
- Move Speed: 7% >>> 5%
- Total Gold Cost: 2800 >>> 2900
Stormsurge
- Stormraider Bonus MS: 25% for 2 seconds >>> 35% for 2 seconds
- Squall Ranged Modifier: 75% >>> 90%
Cosmic Drive
- Health: 250 >>> 350
- Spelldance Move Speed: 25-60 (level 1-18) >>> 40-60 (level 8-18)
Hextech Rocketbelt
- Health: 300 >>> 400
Void Staff
- Ability Power: 90 >>> 95
Null Magic Mantle
- Cost: 450 >>> 400
- Magic Resist: 25 >>> 20
- Resulting items have total price and final MR values unchanged.
Mercury's Treads
- Total Price: 1100 >>> 1200
- Magic Resist: 25 >>> 20
Berserker's Greaves
- Attack Speed: 35% >>> 30%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
- Total Price: 900 >>> 1000
- Summoner Haste: 12 >>> 10
Plated Steelcaps
- Total Price: 1000 >>> 1200
- Plating: 8% >>> 10%
Sorcerer's Shoes
- Magic Penetration: 18 >>> 15
Boots of Swiftness
- Total Price: 900 >>> 1000
Wit's End
- Fray: 15-80 >>> 40-80
Abyssal Mask
- Total Price: 2300 >>> 2500
- Unmake Magic Resist Shred: 20% >>> 30%
- Unmake Aura Radius: 600 >>> 700
Other changes in LoL 14.15
Dark Harvest and Fleet Footwork are being rebalanced.
Dark Harvest
- Cooldown: 40 >>> 35
- On-takedown reset timer: 1.5s >>> 1s
Fleet Footwork
- Heal: 8-110 (linear) (+10% Bonus AD) (+5% AP) >>> 5-120 (following stat progression multiplier) (+10% Bonus AD) (+5% AP)
Bug Fixes / QoL
There are a ton of bug fixes and QoL changes in this update, which you can read the entirety of in the official League of Legends (LoL) full 14.15 patch notes.
The scoreboard sorting (finally!) has been fixed, so you no longer need to spend the first 15 seconds of the game manually dragging people.
There are also changes to queue decline:
- Amount of declined queues required to trigger lockout: 4 >>> 2 declines
- Warning that next declined queue will trigger a lockout: 3 >>> 1 declines
The LoL patch 14.15 update is now live across all servers.
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