League of Legends patch 14.3 early notes: Mini Aurelion Sol rework, item burst nerfs, more

Patch 14.3 for League of Legends brings more changes to the MOBA, including a mini rework to Aurelion Sol and nerfs to damage coming from the reworked items.

The third patch of Season 2024 is quickly approaching, with the League of Legends developers looking to take another swing at balancing the title. The game saw major shifts in balance thanks to the removal of the mythic system, the new map, and new jungle camps which severely changed up the meta for the title.

Patch 14.3 looks to rectify some of these issues champions have been facing in the new season, with a new mini-rework for Aurelion Sol. Alongside the balance changes, Riot is looking to nerf the burstiness of several items, hopefully letting players survive the immense damage output of the new items.

When does League Patch 14.3 go live?

League of Legends Patch 14.3 is expected to go live on February 7, 2024, according to Riot’s patch schedule. Patch 14.3 will head to Oceanic servers first, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 14.3 for your server:

• 3 AM PT (NA)
• 5 AM GMT (EUW)
• 3 AM CET (EUNE)
• 8 AM KST (Korea)

There’ll be a few hours of downtime when patching begins, and matchmaking queues will be taken offline about three hours beforehand.

What’s changing in LoL Patch 14.3?

Mini Aurelion Sol rework

Aurelion Sol is receiving a bit of a minor rework in Patch 14.3. The devs are looking to shift his strength to the early game so that his gameplay no longer revolves around spamming his E on minions at his tower. This should give him more agency to take control of the early game, rather than just have him permanently scale.

Burst Item nerfs

League of Legends has become rather bursty since the introduction of the new items in Season 2024. Riot doesn’t enjoy seeing players get obliterated by a Stormsurge proc, so they’re nerfing the amount of damage coming from items so that players pilot champions rather than the items they buy.

League of Legends patch 14.3 early notes

Champions

Aurelion Sol

Recommended Skill Order updated: Q, E, W >>> Q, W, E

Q: Breath of Light

• Mana cost per second reduced: 45 + 5 per rank >>> 30 + 5 per rank
• Stacks per Champion Burst increased: 1 >>> 3

W: Astral Flight

• Mana cost reduced: 80 + 5 per rank >>> 50 + 5 per rank
• Cooldown reduced: 22 – 1.5 per rank >>> 15 – 1 per rank
• % Q damage during W increased: 14% + 1.5% per rank >>> 18% + 2% per rank

E: Singularity

• Stacks per unit that dies in E reduced:
  • Champions: 5 >>> 2
  • Epic monsters: 5 >>> 2
  • Cannon minions: 3 >>> 2
  • Large monsters: 3 >>> 2

Azir

Base Stats

• Base mana regen reduced: 7 >>> 5

Brand

Passive: Blaze

• Monster damage reduced: 220% >>> 200%

Q: Sear

• Base damage reduced: 80-200 >>> 70-190

Corki

Passive: Hextech Munitions

• Package duration reduced: 60 >>> 45 seconds
• Package movement speed reduced: 45% >>> 30%

W: Valkyrie

• AP ratio increased: 40% >>> 60%
• Cooldown reduced: 20-16 >>> 20-12
• Mana cost reduced: 100 >>> 80

Ezreal

Q: Mystic Shot

• AD ratio reduced: 135 >>> 130

R: Trueshot Barrage

• Base damage reduced: 350-700 >>> 325-625
• Bonus AD ratio reduced: 120% >>> 100%

Illaoi

Passive: Prophet of an Elder God

• Tentacles have a data value that indicates they gain a 125 range bonus
• Tentacle base damage reduced: 10-180 >>> 9-162
• Tentacle AD ratio reduced: 120% >>> 115%

Karma

R: Mantra

• Mantra Q base damage changed: 35-350 >>> 40-310
• AP ratio reduced: 70% >>> 50%

Lillia

Passive: Dream-Laden Bough

• AP ratio reduced: 1.5% max HP per 100 AP >>> 1.25% max HP per 100 AP

Q: Blooming Blows

• AP ratio reduced: 45% >>> 35%

• Base heal removed
• Heal increased: 4 -12% max HP >>> 4 -12.8% max HP

Maokai

Base Stats

• Base mana regen reduced: 7.2 >>> 6

Passive: Sap Magic

Q: Bramble Smash

• Cooldown reduced: 8-5 >>> 7-5 seconds
• Mana cost reduced: 60 >>> 40

E: Sapling Toss

• Cooldown changed: 14 >>> 16-12

Nidalee

Base Stats

• Magic resist growth increased: 1.3 >>> 1.45

E: Primal Surge/ Swipe

• Min base heal increased: 35-95 >>> 50-150
• Min AP ratio increased: 27.5% >>> 35%
• Attack speed increased: 20-60% >>> 30-70%

Pyke

Base Stats

• Base armor increased: 45 >>> 47

Q: Bone Skewer

• Mana cost reduced: 74-90 >>> 70-90

W: Ghostwater Dive

• Movement speed increased: 40% + 1.5% per 1 lethality >>> 45% + 2% per 1 lethality
• Lethality ratio increased: 1.5% per 1 lethality >>> 2% per 1 lethality

E: Phantom Undertow

• Base damage increased: 105-265 >>> 100-300

Rengar

Base Stats

• Base health reduced: 620 >>> 590

Q: Savagery

• AD ratio reduced: 100-120% >>> 100-115%
• Empowered Q AD ratio reduced: 140% >>> 130%

Shaco

Base Stats

• Mana growth reduced: 0.45 >>> 0.35

W: Jack in the Box

• Mana cost reduced: 70 >>> 70 – 50
• Bonus monster damage increased: 10-50 >>> 20-80

E: Two-Shiv Poison

• Mana cost increased: 65 >>> 75

Shyvana

Q: Twin Bite

• Attack speed increased: 40-60% >>> 50-70%
• First hit AP ratio increased: 35% >>> 50%

W: Burnout

• Speed AP ratio increased: 8% per 100 AP >>> 12% per 100 AP

Taliyah

Q: Threaded Volley

• Base damage per stone increased: 50-130 >>> 60-132

E: Unraveled Earth

• Cooldown reduced: 16-14 seconds >>> 14 seconds flat

Trundle

Base Stats

• Base health reduced: 686 >>> 650

Q: Chomp

• Base damage reduced: 20-100 >>> 10-90

Udyr

Passive: Bridge Between

• No longer replaces Ultimate Hunter with Relentless Hunter
• Now notes Udyr’s passive will benefit from Ultimate Haste effects
• Empowered Q and R are now tagged as ultimate

Wukong

Q: Crushing Blow

• Bonus range increased: 75-175 >>> 135-175
• Bonus AD ratio increased: 45% >>> 55%

E: Nimbus Strike

• Cooldown reduced: 10-8 >>> 10-7 seconds

Yorick

Passive: Shepherd of Souls

• Ghoul leash range reduced: 2000 >>> 1600

Q: Last Rites

• Mana cost reduced: 25 >>> 20
• Heal no longer doubled when below 50% HP
• Now heals an additional 4 – 8% missing health
• Healing reduced by 50% against non-champions

E: Mourning Mist

• Cast time reduced: 0.33 >>> 0.25 seconds
• Now visually arcs higher

R: Eulogy of the Isles

• Maiden mark proc cooldown removed
• Maiden mark damage reduced: 3% – 9% max HP >>> 2% – 3%
• Maiden mark monster damage cap reduced: 200 – 400 >>> 100 flat

Zeri

Base Stats

• Base AD increased: 53 >>> 56

R: Lightning Crash

• Cooldown reduced: 100-70 >>> 80-70 seconds

Ziggs

Base Stats

• Base armor increased: 18 >>> 21
• Armor growth increased: 4.5 >>> 4.7

W: Satchel Charge

• Cooldown reduced: 24-12 >>> 20-12

Zyra

Base Stats

• Base mana regen reduced: 13 >>> 7
• Mana regen growth increased: 0.4 >>> 0.8

Q: Deadly Spines

• Mana cost reduced: 70 >>> 55

W: Rampant Growth

• Small unit cooldown refund increased: 20% >>> 35%

Items

Archangel’s Staff

• Cost reduced: 3000 >>> 2900

Boots of Swiftness

• Slow resist bug fixed from 40% to 25%

Echoes of Helia

• Heal per shard increased: 20 >>> 40
• Max heal at 3 shards: 60 >>> 120
• Damage per shard reduced: 55 >>> 45
• Max damage at 3 shards: 165 >>> 135

Essence Reaver

• AD increased: 55 >>> 60

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

• Reciped changed: Recurve Bow + Pickaxe + Amp Tome >>> Heartbound Axe + Longsword + Amplifying Tome (total cost unchanged)
• AD increased: 30 >>> 35
• AP increased: 30 >>> 35

Hextech Alternator

• Damage adjusted: 50-125 (based on champ level) >>> 65 constant

Hextech Rocketbelt

• Damage reduced: 125 +15% AP >>> 100 + 10% AP

Kaenic Rookern

• Shield heath ratio reduced: 20% >>> 18% max HP
• Shield cooldown increased: 12 >>> 15 seconds

Kraken Slayer

• Base damage increased: 35 – 85 (live) >>> 140 – 310
• AD ratio removed
• AP ratio removed

Lich Bane

• Spellblade base AD scaling: 100% >>> 75%

Luden’s Companion

• AP increased: 90 >>> 95
• Damage per stack changed: 40 +8% AP >>> 45 +4% AP
• Max damage at 6 stacks: 110 +22% AP >>> 124 +11% AP
• Cost reduced: 3000 >>> 2900

Malignance

• Cost reduced: 2800 >>> 2700
• Damage per second reduced: 60 + 6% AP >>> 60 + 5% AP
• MR shred changed: 6-12 (based on champion level) >>> 10 flat

Profane Hydra

• Passive total AD scaling increased: 40% for melee, 20% for ranged >>> 50% for melee, 25% for ranged
• Active total AD scaling when target is below 50% reduced: 150% >>> 130%

Rod of Ages

• Regular health increased: 350 >>> 400
• Regular mana increased: 300 >>> 400

Sheen

• Cost reduced: 1000 >>> 900 (Sheen items have their cost unchanged)

Statikk Shiv

• Cost reduced: 3000 >>> 2700
• Damage to champions changed: 100-180 (at levels 6-18) >>> 90 constant

Stormrazor

• Base damage increased: 90 >>> 100
• Total AD scaling removed: 25% >>> 0%
• Movement speed duration increased: 1 >>> 1.5 seconds

Stormsurge

• AP increased: 90 >>> 95
• Base damage changed: 100-200 (based on champion level) >>> 140 constant

Stridebreaker

• HP increased: 400 >>> 450
• AD decreased: 55 > 50
• New recipe: Phage + Pickaxe + Dagger + 725 Gold >>> Tiamat + Phage + Dagger + 700 Gold
• Is now unique with other Tiamat items
• Cooldown decreased: 20 seconds >>> 15 seconds
• Active now deals 80% total AD physical damage to enemies hit and slows
• Passive now deals 40% melee, 20% ranged total AD physical damage to nearby enemies

Sundered Sky

• HP increased: 300 >>> 450
• AD decreased: 55 >>> 45

The Collector

• AD reduced: 60 >>> 55

Titanic Hydra

• HP increased: 500 >>> 550
• Active damage total HP scaling: 6% for melee, 3% for ranged >>> 4% for melee, 2% for ranged

Youmuu’s Ghostblade

• Out of combat movement speed reduced for ranged champs: 40 >>> 25
• Active movement speed reduced for ranged champs: 20% >>> 15%