Welcome to Patch 14.19 and the kick-off of Split 3! Buckle up, because this patch brings some sweeping changes aimed at shaking up the meta and tightening game pacing across the board.
⚔️ System Overhaul: Legendary Items Take a Hit
Let’s talk numbers: nearly every Legendary item is getting a nerf, with stat reductions ranging from 5% to 12%. This isn’t just for balance – it’s a full-on systems recalibration.
The goals?
Reduce snowballing
Slow down chaotic late-game brawls
Make teamfights easier to follow
Movement speed, ability haste, and damage outputs are getting pulled back, but not universally – only for classes and subclasses that can afford to lose them. The rest? Don’t worry, their power stays intact.
🌀 Runes Reimagined
Lethal Tempo is back, but with a twist. Instead of capping out with bonus range and attack speed, it now delivers on-hit damage, rewarding sustained fights without overlapping with attack speed items.
You’ll also notice some minor rune tweaks rolling out alongside this to round out the update.
🧬 Champion Adjustments
Elise: Re-scripted with quality-of-life and control improvements.
K’Sante: Major rework to improve counterplay while keeping his identity as a calculated skirmisher.
Tristana: Each ability has been tuned to boost her performance in bot lane without juicing her mid-lane dominance.
🛠️ Usability and Quality of Life Boosts
Legendary Purchasing: One-click partial buys are here, with in-game reminders to recall or shop.
Potion Reminders: When your health drops and you forget about your potions – don’t worry, they’ll nudge you.
Turret Particles: New visuals grow more intense as turret damage heats up.
Epic Monster Alerts: You’ll now see announcements when big monsters spawn.
Auto Jungle SOS: When your jungler’s under siege, the game will automatically alert the team.
🎭 Patch Highlights
New Skins (available September 25, 18:00 UTC):
Fright Night Veigar
Fright Night Nunu & Willump
Fright Night Shaco
Fright Night Pyke
Fright Night Zeri
Prestige Fright Night Zeri
Worlds 2024 Viego
Victorious Sona: Earned from Split 2, arriving a few days into Split 3.
🧙♂️ Ultimate Spellbook Returns
Ultimate Spellbook is back – and better.
Pick 1 of 4 Ulternate Summoners at game start.
Throughout the game, new Ultimates will be offered.
Want to keep your current one? Cool. Want to switch? Sweet bonuses await.
Swap your Ultimate at the shop or on death (8 min in, then every 6 min).
Ultimate Ammo: Kill Baron, Elder, or grab Dragon Soul to earn extra charges – cast your Ult, wait 3 seconds, and do it again!
New Ulternate Summoner Ultimates:
Aurora, Smolder, Hwei, Ziggs, Leona, Nautilus, Ornn, Nami, Kennen, Milio, Zilean
System Tweaks:
Older Ultimates updated to match modern kits.
Auto-Smite returns, fine-tuned for the current jungle meta.
Jungle Respawn Timers Updated:
Scuttle: 3:30 → 3:00 (90s respawn)
Grubs: 6:00 → 3:30 (2:30m respawn)
Dragon: 5:00 → 4:00 (3m respawn)
Baron: 20:00 → 10:00 (3m respawn)
Objective Bounties trigger at 10 minutes now (down from 14m).
New Champion Bounty System integrated.
🤝 Honor System Revamped
The new Honor voting system lets you:
Honor up to four players per match
Honor enemies, not just allies
It’s all about celebrating good sportsmanship – no matter which side you’re on.
😅 “My Bad” Emote Added
Made a mistake? Hit the “I” key.
Your teammates can press “I” back to say it’s all good.
If everyone forgives you, the emote upgrades into a mini-celebration.
It’s the small things that build better teams.
🏆 Ranked Split 3 Details
Split 2 Ends: September 24, 2024 @ 23:59:59 (regional local time)
Split 3 Begins: September 25, 2024 @ 12:00:00
Ranked queue and shard transfer services will briefly pause as the patch rolls out and rewards are granted.
APEX Duo restrictions will be lifted temporarily, but visual rank duo limits stay.
Split 2 rewards will be distributed during the first few days of Split 3.
👁️ Ward XP Removal
Wards no longer grant experience when destroyed – a small mechanic that often created invisible power gaps.
Stealth Ward: 40 XP → 0
Farsight Alteration: 20 XP → 0
Fiddlesticks Effigy & Zombie Ward already grant 0 XP – no changes there.
Champions Update Overview – June Patch
Elise
Elise gets a spellbook refresh – focused updates that modernize her kit while preserving her identity as a precision-focused jungler.
Her passive now guarantees spiderlings regenerate fully on resummon and leap onto her Q targets, syncing better with her aggressive combos.
In Human form, E – Cocoon now detects stealthed targets and can be redirected with Flash, giving skilled players another outplay layer.
In Spider form, E – Rappel now applies its buff earlier and lets Elise recast early to drop back faster, removing awkward aerial downtime.
R – Spider Form has a lower cooldown, letting Elise more fluidly switch forms during skirmishes and ganks.
These changes aim to reward mastery and fluid form swapping without bloating her power.
Ability Breakdown:
Passive – Spider Queen: Spiderlings fully heal on summon and now leap on Q cast.
Q – Venomous Bite: Target is briefly revealed during approach.
E – Cocoon (Human): Reveals stealthed units; Flash-cancel enabled for redirection.
E – Rappel (Spider): Buff applied on descent; can recast after 1s to drop manually.
R – Spider Form: Cooldown reduced from 4s ⇒ 3s.
K’Sante
K’Sante’s skill floor remains high – but his ceiling had no limits. In elite hands, his kit offered too much safety and flexibility. This update narrows his strengths while deepening the rewards for skilled execution.
Key changes shift his gameplay from a tanky “do-it-all” pick to a deliberate risk-taker who thrives in isolated duels and teamplay defined by mechanics.
Base attack range is trimmed.
Q and W now demand more precise use and reward timing.
E focuses on repositioning for 1v1s, not diving backlines.
R – All Out now offers cleaner combat stats and rewards sustained brawling over burst.
Expect a tougher early lane, but more agency in fights – if you’re good enough.
Notable Changes:
Attack Range: 175 ⇒ 150
Passive damage reworked and now scales during All Out with bonus resistances.
Q now hits harder and slows again in All Out, but with a tighter hitbox.
W deals more up-front and scaling damage; more control over cast time and monster damage cap.
E is no longer a wall-hopper in All Out; dash speeds rebalanced for precision dueling.
R – All Out: Damage converted to physical, adds stun, omnivamp, and armor pen; loses bonus damage scaling from resistances.
Tristana
Tristana’s been on the bench for too long – especially in pro play. This patch gives her the tools to thrive again, but with a clearer focus on bottom lane dominance instead of mid lane abuse.
She gets more reliable attack stats and better early lane wave control. But her scaling now leans toward crit builds, making her explosive payoff come later, not off early cheese.
The most impactful change is a new stun on R – Buster Shot, creating real kill pressure in coordinated bot plays.
What’s New:
Attack Range: 525 ⇒ 550
Base AD +1; slightly reduced AD/Armor growth
Q – Rapid Fire: Increased Attack Speed scaling
W – Rocket Jump: Lower slow but adds AD scaling and flat duration
E – Explosive Charge: Lower base damage, but now benefits more from crit scaling (up to 2.15x)
R – Buster Shot: Cooldown reduced, now stuns for 0.4/0.55/0.7s; damage now physical and scales with Bonus AD
Vladimir
Vladimir’s W-max sustain build isn’t performing well but feels awful to play against due to excessive minion healing. This patch reduces his healing from minions while clarifying tooltip info.
W – Sanguine Pool: Now heals at 60% effectiveness vs minions
Tooltip updated to clarify healing ignores target resistances.
Items Update Summary
To slow down late-game combat and reduce runaway leads, most items have been tuned down slightly. Expect:
Lower burst damage from classes not built around it.
Slower snowballs through gold leads.
Sharper class identities: tanks are tankier, DPS can’t burst, burst champs aren’t pseudo-fighters.
Changes mostly impact Legendary and Epic items, with component costs adjusted to better match gold efficiency.
Component Adjustments
Dagger: 300 ⇒ 250
Faerie Charm: 250 ⇒ 200
Sapphire Crystal: 350 ⇒ 300 (+50 Mana)
Needlessly Large Rod: 1250 ⇒ 1200 (AP: 70 ⇒ 65)
Epic Items – Highlights
Hexdrinker: MR reduced to 25
Noonquiver: AD 20 ⇒ 15; cheaper recipe
Warden’s Mail: Rock Solid now only affects champ damage, value increased
Bami’s Cinder: Health reduced; better vs minions/monsters
Zeal / Aether Wisp / Winged Moonplate: Movement Speed: 5% ⇒ 4%
Fighter Item Adjustments
Wit’s End: On-hit now flat 45; AS: 55% ⇒ 50%; MR: 50 ⇒ 45
Eclipse: More expensive; AD dropped from 70 ⇒ 60
Chempunk Chainsword: Now tankier (450 HP), costlier, less efficient; AD: 55 ⇒ 45
Experimental Hexplate: Reworked build path for more durable fighters
Hullbreaker
Revamped to feel tankier and more rewarding for single-target damage builds, Hullbreaker is shifting away from Titanic Hydra comparisons.
Recipe: Tunneler + Winged Moonplate + Pickaxe + 175g (was Rectrix, cheaper)
AD: 65 ⇒ 40
Health: 350 ⇒ 500
Move Speed: 5% ⇒ 4%
Melee On-Hit: 140% base AD (+3.5% max HP) ⇒ 120% base AD (+5% max HP)
Ranged On-Hit: 70% base AD (+3.5%) ⇒ 84% base AD (+3.5%)
Melee Structure: 400% base AD (+7%) ⇒ 300% base AD (+10%)
Ranged Structure: 200% base AD (+7%) ⇒ 210% base AD (+7%)
Melee Minion Resist: 20–135 (lvl 1–18) ⇒ 70–130 (lvl 8–18)
Ranged Minion Resist: 10–68 ⇒ 35–65
Black Cleaver
Recipe: Now uses Kindlegem instead of Caulfield’s
AD: 55 ⇒ 40
Maw of Malmortius
AD: 70 ⇒ 60
Shield: 200 (+225% Bonus AD) ⇒ 200 (+150%)
Spear of Shojin
Recipe: Changed and cost increased
AD: 55 ⇒ 45
Haste: 20 ⇒ 0
Health: 300 ⇒ 450
Basic Ability Haste: 15 ⇒ 25
Sundered Sky
Recipe now includes Ruby Crystal
AD: 45 ⇒ 40
Haste: 15 ⇒ 10
Health: 450 ⇒ 400
Heal: 120% base AD (+6% missing HP) ⇒ 100% (+6%)
Blade of the Ruined King
AD: 50 ⇒ 40
Death’s Dance
Total Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3300
Sterak’s Gage
AD Ratio: 50% base ⇒ 45%
Shield Scaling: 80% bonus HP ⇒ 60%
Stridebreaker
AD: 50 ⇒ 40
AS: 30% ⇒ 25%
Temper (Passive): Removed
Ravenous Hydra
AD: 70 ⇒ 65
Haste: 20 ⇒ 15
Crescent Damage: 100% AD ⇒ 80%
Crescent Lifesteal Scaling: 150% ⇒ 100%
Titanic Hydra
Recipe Tweaked; more health, less cost
AD: 50 ⇒ 40
Health: 550 ⇒ 600
On-Hit Cleave: 1.5% max HP ⇒ 1%
Overlord’s Bloodmail
AD: 40 ⇒ 30
Health: 500 ⇒ 550
Trinity Force
AD: 45 ⇒ 36
Haste: 20 ⇒ 15
AS: 33% ⇒ 30%
Health: 300 ⇒ 333
ADC Items – Movement Speed Toned Down
To prevent ADCs from outpacing fighters, MS and scaling are tuned down. First-item crit buys should now be more accessible, with Kraken Slayer and Shiv still viable but no longer mandatory.
Phantom Dancer / Navori / Runaan’s / Rapid Firecannon
Cost: 2600 ⇒ 2650
MS: 12%/7% ⇒ 8%/4%
Energize Damage (RFC): 60 ⇒ 40
Manamune / Muramana
Awe AD Scaling: 2.5% ⇒ 2%
On-hit (Muramana): 1.5% ⇒ 1.2%
On-spell: 3.5%/2.7% (+6% bonus AD) ⇒ 4%/3%
Statikk Shiv
AD: 55 ⇒ 50
AS: 45% ⇒ 40%
MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
Guinsoo’s Rageblade
AD/AP: 35 ⇒ 30
Lord Dominik’s Regards
AD: 45 ⇒ 35
Mortal Reminder
Cost: 3000 ⇒ 3200
Armor Pen: 35% ⇒ 30%
Purpose: Pure healing cut item, clearly worse than LDR in damage
Terminus
AD: 35 ⇒ 30
Essence Reaver
AD: 70 ⇒ 65
Haste: 25 ⇒ 20
Cost: 3100 ⇒ 3150
Kraken Slayer
AD: 50 ⇒ 45
MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
On-hit Damage: 140–310 ⇒ 150–200 (still 80% for ranged)
The Collector
Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3400
Lethality: 12 ⇒ 10
Yun Tal Wildarrows
Recipe Overhauled
Bleed: % AD scaling removed ⇒ Flat 70
Mercurial Scimitar
MR: 50 ⇒ 40
Cost: 3300 ⇒ 3200
Added to Fighter Shop
Infinity Edge
Cost: 3400 ⇒ 3600
AD: 80 ⇒ 70
Goal: Be the clear late-game capstone
AD Assassin Items – Scaling & Haste Cut
Assassins thrive on early burst. Items tuned to front-load power with fewer repeat casts.
Umbral Glaive
Haste: 15 ⇒ 10
Youmuu’s Ghostblade
Cost: 2700 ⇒ 2800
Recipe Now Includes Pickaxe
MS (Out of Combat): 40/20 ⇒ 20
Opportunity
AD: 55 ⇒ 50
Lethality: 18 ⇒ 15
MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
Preparation Bonus: Fixed at 10 (still 60% for ranged)
Edge of Night
Cost: 2800 ⇒ 3000
Voltaic Cyclosword
Cost: 2900 ⇒ 3000
Haste: 15 ⇒ 10
Hubris
Haste: 15 ⇒ 10
Axiom Arc
Haste: 25 ⇒ 20
Flux Reset: 10 (+.3% Lethality) ⇒ 15 (+.15%)
Serylda’s Grudge
Cost: 3200 ⇒ 3000
Haste: 15 ⇒ 20
Removed: Rancor Passive
New: 30% Armor Pen
Profane Hydra
Cost: 3300 ⇒ 3200
Haste: 20 ⇒ 10
Cleave Damage: 50% ⇒ 40%
Radius: 450 ⇒ 350
Execute Bonus: 130% ⇒ 80%
AP Items – Clearer Roles, Lower MR/HP Elsewhere
The AP ecosystem is refined around burst vs. repeat casting. Mana item identities reinforced, health and MR on enemies subtly reduced.
Morellonomicon
Recipe Now Includes Health (Kindlegem)
Cost: 2200 ⇒ 2950
AP: 90 ⇒ 75
Health: 0 ⇒ 350
Rod of Ages
AP/Health per minute: 4/20 ⇒ 3/10
Rylai’s Crystal Scepter
AP: 75 ⇒ 65
Rocketbelt
AP: 70 ⇒ 60
Health: 400 ⇒ 350
Malignance
AP: 80 ⇒ 85
Haste: 25 ⇒ 15
Horizon Focus
AP: 90 ⇒ 75
Haste: 20 ⇒ 25
New Recipe: Two Codex + Tome
Blackfire Torch
AP: 90 ⇒ 80
Haste: 25 ⇒ 20
Burn: 45 (+9% AP) ⇒ 60 (+6%)
Cryptbloom
AP: 70 ⇒ 60
Life from Death Heal: 50 (+50%) ⇒ 100 (+25%)
Luden’s Companion
Haste: 20 ⇒ 10
Archangel’s / Seraph’s Embrace
AP: 80 ⇒ 70
Seraph Shield: 250 (+20% mana) ⇒ 200 (+20%)
Stormsurge
MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
Stormraider Speed: 35% ⇒ 25%
Duration: 2s ⇒ 1.5s
Damage: 140 (+20%) ⇒ 150 (+15%)
Nashor’s Tooth
AP: 90 ⇒ 80
On-Hit Scaling: 15 (+20% AP) ⇒ 15 (+15%)
Liandry’s Torment
AP: 90 ⇒ 70
Cosmic Drive
AP: 80 ⇒ 70
MS: 5% ⇒ 4%
Spelldance: 40–60 MS for 2s ⇒ 20 MS for 4s on magic/true damage
Mage Items
Banshee’s Veil
Gold Cost: Slightly trimmed (3100 → 3000)
AP & MR: Nerfed across the board (120 AP → 105 | 50 MR → 40)
Spell Shield Cooldown: Slower reset (30s → 40s)
Lich Bane
Build Path: Now demands more raw power (Alternator out, Needlessly Large Rod in)
Cost: Slight bump (3100 → 3200)
Stats: More AP (100 → 115), but less Ability Haste (15 → 10)
Spellblade: Weaker ratio (45% → 40%) and toned-down movement boost (8% → 4%)
Riftmaker
AP: Lowered (80 → 70)
Corruption Stacks: Max stacks reduced (5 → 4)
Shadowflame
AP: Slight drop (115 → 110)
Pet/DoT Damage Multiplier: Down (125% → 120%)
Zhonya’s Hourglass
AP: Trimmed (120 → 105)
Rabadon’s Deathcap
AP: Shaved down (140 → 130)
Magical Opus Bonus: Reduced amplification (35% → 30%)
Tank Items
General Shift:
Tanks now skew toward resistances rather than flat health. The goal? Let them out-muscle specific threats while being less universally hard to kill.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Armor & MR: Slightly down (30 → 25 each)
Zeke’s Convergence
Frostfire Damage: Significantly reduced (50 DPS → 30)
Knight’s Vow
Cost: Slightly increased (2200 → 2300)
Frozen Heart
Armor: Buffed (65 → 75)
Removed: Rock Solid passive
Winter’s Caress: Now only affects champions
Abyssal Mask
Cost: Increased (2500 → 2650)
Magic Resist: Slight drop (50 → 45)
Haste: Upgraded (10 → 15)
Removed: Self MR passive
Trailblazer
Cheaper & tougher: (2500 → 2400, 200 HP → 250)
Move Speed: Nerfed (5% → 4%)
Iceborn Gauntlet
Cost: Hefty rise (2500 → 2900)
Spellblade Damage: Increased (100% AD → 150% AD)
Slow: Now stronger early (15% → 25%)
Sunfire Aegis
Waveclear-focused: Immolate and bonus damage cranked up for minions and monsters
Champion Damage Scaling: Removed
Thornmail
Cost: Lowered (2700 → 2450)
Recipe: More component-heavy
Stats: Less HP, more armor
Thorns: Higher base reflect (15) with adjusted scaling
Hollow Radiance
HP Down: 450 → 400
Damage Up: Immolate and Desolate both boosted
Unending Despair
HP Decrease: 400 → 350
Armor Increase: 55 → 60
Force of Nature
Speed Nerf: Base and Steadfast MS lowered (5%/10% → 4%/6%)
Spirit Visage
Cost & Stats Shrunk: Cheaper (2900 → 2700), but weaker overall
Kaenic Rookern
Regen and Shield: Nerfed across the board
Dead Man’s Plate
Stats Buffed: More HP and armor
Shipwrecker Speed: Slashed (40 → 20)
Heartsteel
Build Path: Now double Giant’s Belt
Regen: Halved
Warmog’s Armor
Speed: Slight nerf (5% → 4%)
Jak’Sho, The Protean
Recipe & Stats Rejigged: More HP, but reduced resists
Enchanter Items
Speed’s out, utility’s in. Less zoom, more bloom.
Shurelya’s Battlesong
Speed Tweak: (5% → 4%)
Echoes of Helia
AP, Damage, Healing: All slightly reduced
Moonstone Renewer
Weaker Sustain: Lower AP and HP
Starlit Grace: Simplified and toned down
Imperial Mandate
No More Zoom: Bonus MS removed
Cost: Slightly reduced
Ardent Censer
Price Drop: 2300 → 2200
Stats: Slight AP cut, stronger shield/heal scaling
Staff of Flowing Water
No More Passive MS: Focus shifted to boosting AP allies more
Rapids Buff: 30 AP → 45 AP
Redemption
Heal & Shield Power: Reduced (15% → 10%)
Dawncore
Cost: Lowered (2700 → 2500)
AP: Cut (60 → 45)
Boots
Berserker’s Greaves
Attack Speed: 30% → 25%
Recipe: More cost-efficient
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Price & Haste: Slight reduction in both
Mercury’s Treads
Price Increase: 1200 → 1300
Plated Steelcaps
Damage Reduction: Slight buff (10% → 12%)
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Reworked!)
Now grants stacks on hit. At max stacks, fire off a bonus damage “note”
Synergizes better with existing attack speed sources
Presence of Mind
Mana recovery reshaped for balance across kit types
Shield Bash
No more invisible resist buff
Damage scaling amped up
Biscuit Delivery
No more mana – just health now
Nimbus Cloak
More punchy MS burst, now decays over 2s
QoL and System Updates
Item Queue System: Queue your next legendary item, see real-time progress, glow when affordable.
Base Reminder: Forgot to shop? You’ll get a ping.
Jungle Combat Ping: Allies alerted to early-game jungle fights.
Epic Spawns: Global SFX + banner for Baron, Dragons, etc.
Tower Shots: VFX scale with threat level.
Gold Sharing Simplified: Clearer rules for plates and local gold.
Potion Alerts for Newbies: Potions highlighted under 50% HP if you’re new.
ARAM Changes & Champion Tweaks
ARAM Mage Adjustments
Several burst mages toned down in ARAM mode due to overperformance with buffed items.
Buffed:
Samira: Damage Dealt (95% → 98%)
Nerfed:
Aurora, Diana, Fizz, Karma, LeBlanc, Pantheon, Syndra, Vladimir
Bugfixes
Electrocute damage recalibrated to intended values.
Victorious Sona visual/functional issues cleaned up.
TL;DR: Less zoom. More room for meaningful decisions. Power redistributed across classes with high granularity – no single class untouched, and plenty of new incentives to mix up builds, approaches, and priorities.
