As an avid gamer with over a decade of League of Legends under my belt, I can’t help but feel a mix of excitement and trepidation as patch 14.22 arrives, bringing the Arcane season to Riot Games’ flagship MOBA. The new champion Ambessa, the Bridge of Progress, is certainly intriguing, but it’s the changes to minion waves that have me scratching my head – or rather, typing furiously on my keyboard.
In the latest update, version 14.22 of League of Legends, introduces the fresh Arcane season complete with a brand-new champion, Ambessa, also known as the Bridge of Progress, along with numerous other exciting additions!
Additionally, there’s a significant adjustment in the scheduling of Minion waves. From now on, the minions in the mid lane will collide at a distinct time compared to side lanes, and this discrepancy will widen over time. This change is intended to provide mid-laners with more flexible opportunities for roaming.
Additionally, there’s the usual bevy of champion, spell and item changes.
Let’s get started.
LoL patch 14.22 champion changes
LoL patch 14.22 brings buffs to the following champs:
- Blitzcrank: His E does more damage
- Briar: Briar has higher base HP
- Fizz: The damage on his Q and W is higher
- Katarina: The cooldown on her E and R is shorter at lower ranks
- Kayle: The attack speed on her passive is higher
- Rumble: Rumble has higher base health
- Swain: His base magic resist is higher. Swain’s Q damage is higher, and E has lower cooldown. His R also heals more
- Varus: His W deals more damage
- Vayne: Vayne’s R has higher damage
- Vel’koz: His E and R have shorter cooldowns at lower ranks
- Vi: Her passive shield is stronger
- Wukong: Wukong has more base mana and his W has shorter cooldown at lower ranks
Meanwhile, nerfs hit these champs:
- Aatrox: The damage on his R is now lower
- Anivia: Her Armor Growth is lower and her E damage is worse
- Corki: His AD growth and mana growth are both lower
- Illaoi: Similarly, Illaoi’s base AD and mana growth are lower
- Jax: The damage on his R is lower and its cooldown is higher
- K’Sante: The damage on his Q is weaker, while his E’s dash speed is faster
- Lillia: Lillia has worse armor growth, and her passive’s heal-over-time is lower
- Mordekaiser: The damage on his E is worse
- Poppy: Poppy has lower base AD, but faster base attack speed
- Seraphine: Her Q damage is weaker
- Shen: His passive’s cooldown and refund are both higher, while his R shield is smaller
- Sylas: Sylas has worse health growth
- Syndra: Her W damage is weaker
- Udyr: His R does less damage
LoL patch 14.22 adjusts the balance of these champs:
- Irelia: Irelia’s passive now refreshes upon attacking structures, but only does 50% damage to structures
- Maokai: Maokai has higher base health and movement speed, and his Saplings’ movement speed scales linearly with Maokai’s levels instead of his boots
- Warwick: Warwick gets a larger hitbox, more fluid E, and more reliable R. His W also costs less mana and has a shorter cooldown, and gets some tweaks to be more reliable.
And of course, this patch sees the arrival of Ambessa, the Matriarch of War.
Items, spells, and other changes
Patch 14.22 brings some tweaks to the following LoL items:
- Youmuu’s Ghostblade swaps its Pickaxe for a Long Sword in its recipe. It grants less AD but now gives movement speed
- Opportunity meanwhile swaps its Retrix for a Pickaxe and Long Sword. It has higher AD but now gives no movement speed. Its Preparation passive also gives one more point of Lethality
- Statikk Shiv is cheaper, but gives less AD and attack speed. Its Electrospark passive also changes to focus more on wave-clear than poke and team-fight burst.
- Yun Tal Wildarrows becomes more expensive with a completely reworked recipe. Now, it gives less AD and no crit, but adds attack speed. Its passive is also new. Instead of the bleed, it now grants permanent crit chance (up to 25%) on attack, and on attacking an enemy champ the user gains attack speed.
Additionally, the following Summoner Spells get some balance changes:
- Barrier takes a nerf of 20 HP to its shield at all levels
- Smite reduces the targeting forgiveness against Epic Monsters to help junglers more accurately smite Void Grubs
We also get a new ARAM map with the Bridge of Progress, alongside ARAM-specific balance changes.
Finally, a new skin line launches with these champions:
- Chosen of the Wolf Ambessa
- Chosen of the Wolf Swain
- Chosen of the Wolf Kindred
- Chosen of the Wolf Pantheon
- Chosen of the Wolf Katarina
- Prestige Chosen of the Wolf Swain
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2024-11-12 12:00