The biggest update of the year has come in aid of League of Legends. The patch 14.19 brings in sweeping changes to the game as a preparation for Season 2025. Definitely, this update has both fans and players anticipating the overhaul and reworks in the game features. Many expect this patch note to cause a drastic shift and meta change on League of Legends. With that, here are all the fixes and changes included in League of Legends Patch 14.19.
Global Item Nerfs
Patch 14.19 is bringing notable changes by the widespread nerf to Legendary items. Riot Games intends to reduce into 5-15% the effectiveness of these items. With this change, they are expecting that the game’s pace will slow down and give more emphasis on champion abilities than power spikes of items.
Champion Changes
K’Sante Rework
Major rework is on its way for K’Sante on patch 14.19. This champion received over 40 changes to his kit in order to balance his presence in pro play and make him viable for regular matches. Here are his key changes:
- Reduced base attack range from 175 to 150.
- Adjusted passive damage scaling.
- Increased Q (Ntofo Strikes) base damage but removed AD scaling.
- W (Path Maker) now deals % max HP damage scaling with resistances.
- Reduced E (Footwork) cooldown.
- R (All Out) now increases attack speed and grants bonus armor penetration.
Tristana Updates
Aside from K’Sante, Tristana also has impressive changes to her kit, including:
- Increased base attack range from 525 to 550.
- Increased Q (Rapid Fire) attack speed bonus.
- Adjusted W (Rocket Jump) damage and standardized slow duration.
- Includes a short stun in R (Buster Shot).
Other Champion Adjustments
Besides these champions, there are few notable adjustments on Elise and Vladimir. For Elise, they give her quality-of-life improvements for her abilities. Meanwhile, they reduced healing against minions of Vladimir’s Sanguine Pool (W).
Item Shop and UI Improvements
There are several quality-of-life improvements included to the item shop and user interface introduced in Patch 14.19.
- Item queuing: Riot introduced a system that lets players put their next Legendary item purchase in queue.
- One-click purchases: It will now be a purchase of as many components as possible in attempting to buy an item.
- Base departure warning: The players receive notification if they leave the base without items.
Rune Changes
Lethal Tempo Rework
Riot redesigns the Lethal Tempo for patch 14.19:
- Gain stacks of attack speed through attacks.
- Attacks deal bonus on-hit damage at max stacks.
- Bonus attack speed scales with bonus damage.
Other Rune Adjustments
- Receive bonus health instead of mana with Biscuit Delivery.
- The reworked Presence of Mind gives instant mana restoration.
- Movement speed bonuses increased with Nimbus Cloak.
- Improved damage scaling in Shield Bash.
System Changes
Wards and Honor System
- There are no longer XP rewards when destroying Wards.
- Players can now honor both teammates and opponents, up to four players per game.
Objective and Map Updates
- Jungle combat notifications added for early game.
- Implemented announcement of Epic objective spawn.
- Tower visuals now reflect “heat” status.
- Adjusted tower and plate takedown gold calculation.
Conclusion
Big changes and fixes knock in the League of Legends Patch 14.19. These updates are intended to slow down the game’s pace and redirect the focus on Champions abilities over the item power spikes. Beside, it seeks to improve the overall game quality and experience of players. With these, the upcoming season 2025 will definitely be exciting and promising, as you’ll get to see new tactics and heroes dominate the league.
For now, the LoL community will have to take their time to adjust with these changes and develop new gameplay strategies.