League of Legends Patch 14.9 notes: Skarner nerfs, Bruiser item changes, & more

The notes for League of Legends Patch 14.9 are here and the new update will bring changes to the MOBA including nerfs to several champions, as well as adjustments to Bruiser items.

League of Legends is getting Patch 14.9 very soon. With new changes to shake up the MOBA’s meta, we’re seeing Skarner being nerfed after his rework, plenty of champions receive balance changes and Bruiser items receiving an update.

When does League Patch 14.9 go live?

League of Legends Patch 14.9 is expected to go live on May 1, 2024. Patch 14.9 will head to Oceanic servers first, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 14.9 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 14.9?

Skarner Nerfs

Skarner’s recent rework has left him in quite a powerful position. With the increased mobility, utility, and CC he provides, the devs are looking to tune him down a bit in this patch to stop him from completely overtaking the meta.

Bruiser item changes

Bruisers have been in a bit of a weird spot after the removal of items like Goredrinker. Riot is looking to shake up some of their itemization by buffing underused items like Death’s Dance, and nerfing stronger ones like Sterak’s Gage and Sundered Sky.

LoL Patch 14.9 notes

Champions

Ahri

W: Fox-Fire

• Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+30% AP) ⇒ 45/70/95/120/145 (+30% AP)

R: Spirit Rush

• Cooldown: 130/105/80 ⇒ 130/115/100 seconds

Akshan

Q: Avengerang

• Move Speed on Champion Hit: 20/25/30/35/40% (+5% per 100 AP) ⇒ 20% at all ranks (+5% per 100 AP)
• Damage to Non-Champions: 40/52.5/65/77.5/90% ⇒ 40/50/60/70/80%

R: Comeuppance

• Minimum Damage per Bullet: 20/25/30 (+10% total AD) ⇒ 25/35/45 (+15% total AD)
• Maximum Damage per Bullet: 80/100/120 (+40% AD) ⇒ 75/105/135 (+45% total AD)

Amumu

Base Stats

• Base Attack Damage: 53 ⇒ 57
• Base Armor: 30 ⇒ 33

Aurelion Sol

Base Stats

E: Singularity

• Total Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+100% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+80% AP)

Bel’Veth

Passive: Death in Lavender

• Bonus Attack Speed per Stack: 0.28%-1% (levels 1-13) ⇒ 0.28%-1% (levels 1-17) (Note: This means that at levels 2-16, Bel’Veth will have slightly less attack speed, this is most pronounced at level 13.)

Q: Void Surge

• Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 (+110% total AD) ⇒ 10/15/20/25/30 (+100% Total AD)
• Monster Damage Modifier: 140% total damage ⇒ +45/55/65/75/85 flat damage (Note: This is a buff until 136 total attack damage.)

Blitzcrank

Passive: Mana Barrier

• Passive Shield Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

W: Overdrive

• Initial Bonus Movement Speed: 70/75/80/85/90% ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80%

Evelynn

W: Allure

• Slow: 65%⇒ 45%

R: Last Caress

• Damage: 125/250/375 (+75% AP) ⇒ 125/250/375 (+65%)

Janna

W: Zephyr

• Damage: 55/90/125/160/195 (+60% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed) ⇒ 55/85/115/145/175 (+50% AP) (+30% Bonus Movement Speed)

E: Eye of the Storm

• Shield: 80/115/150/185/220 (+55% AP) ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+55% AP)

Jinx

R: Super Mega Death Rocket

• Cooldown: 70/55/40 ⇒ 85/65/45 seconds

Karma

Q: Inner Flame

• Slow: 35% ⇒ 40% (Note: Mantra Q slow is unchanged at 50%.)

RE: Mantra Inspire

• AoE Shielding on Secondary Targets: 90% of Primary Target’s Extra Shield ⇒ 100% of Primary Target’s Extra Shield
• AoE Movement Speed Bonus: 12% ⇒ 15%

Kassadin

E: Force Pulse

• Damage: 60/90/120/150/180 (+80% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+70% AP)

Kennen

E: Lightning Rush

• [NEW] Added a range indicator for the damage radius

R: Slicing Maelstrom

• [NEW] New animation has been added for Slicing Maelstrom.
• [NEW] Kennen can now cast his ultimate while moving.

Malzahar

Q: Call of the Void

• Mana Cost: 80 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

E: Malefic Visions

• Cooldown: 15/13/11/9/7 ⇒ 11/10/9/8/7 seconds

Master Yi

E: Wuju Style

• Bonus True Damage: 30/35/40/45/50 (+30% bonus AD) ⇒ 20/25/30/35/40 (+30% bonus AD)

Nilah

Q: Formless Blade

• Minimum Damage: 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/97.5/105/112.5/120% total AD) ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25 (+90/95/100/105/110% total AD)
• Bonus Attack Speed: 10-50% (based on level) ⇒ 10-60% (based on level)
• Critical Strike Chance Damage Modifier: 100-220% (based on critical strike chance) ⇒ 100-200% (based on critical strike chance)

Olaf

Q: Undertow

• Damage: 65/115/165/215/265 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 60/110/160/210/260 (+100% bonus AD)
• Bonus Damage to Monsters: 5/15/25/35/45 ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70

R: Ragnarok

• Passive Resistances: 10/20/30 ⇒ 10/15/20

Pyke

W: Ghostwater Dive

• Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 65
• Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10 seconds

Sejuani

Passive: Fury of the North

• Bonus Resistances: 10 (+50% Bonus Armor/Magic Resistance) ⇒ 10 (+75% Bonus Armor/Magic Resistance)

W: Winter’s Wrath

• First Hit Damage: 10/15/20/25/30 (+20% AP) (+2% of her maximum health) ⇒ 5/15/25/35/45 (+20% AP) (+4% of her maximum health)
• Second Hit Damage: 20/60/100/140/180 (+60% AP) (+6% of her maximum health) ⇒ 5/25/45/65/85 (+60% AP) (+8% of her maximum health)
• Maximum Damage: 30/75/120/165/210 (+80% AP) (+8% of her maximum health) ⇒ 10/40/70/100/130 (+80% AP) (+12% of her maximum health)

Seraphine

Q: High Note

• Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/85/110/135/160 (+60% AP)

Skarner

Base Stats

• Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.6 ⇒ 0.75

Q: Shattered Earth/ Upheaval

• Damage per Hit: 10/25/40/55/70 (+60% bonus AD) (+5% of his bonus health) ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50 (+60% bonus AD) (+5% of his bonus health)
• [REM] Q no longer refreshes the buff duration upon attacking wards or plants.

W: Seismic Bastion

• Slow: 20/25/30/35/40% ⇒ 20% at all rank
• Shield: 9% maximum health ⇒ 8% maximum health

Taliyah

Q: Threaded Volley

• Mana Cost: 55/60/65/70/75 ⇒ 65/70/75/80/85 (Note: Mana cost of 20 on Worked Ground unchanged.)
• Bonus Damage to Monsters: 25 (+10% AP) ⇒ 25 (+5% AP)

Twitch

Base Stats

• Base Health: 682 ⇒ 630
• Health Growth: 100 ⇒ 104

W: Venom Cask

• Slow: 30/35/40/45/50% (+6% AP) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50 (+5% AP)

R: Spray and Pray

• Bonus Attack Damage: 40/55/70 ⇒ 30/45/60

Urgot

Base Stats

• Armor Growth: 5.45 ⇒ 5.0

Items

Death’s Dance

• Item Recipe: Steel Sigil + Caulfield’s Warhammer + 1000 gold ⇒ Steel Sigil + Caulfield’s Warhammer + Pickaxe + 125 gold
• Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
• Defy Healing: 50% bonus AD ⇒ 75% bonus AD

Hexdrinker

• Item Recipe: Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 500 gold ⇒ Long Sword + Long Sword + Null-Magic Mantle + 150 gold
• Magic Resistance: 35 ⇒ 30

Maw of Malmortius

• Total Price: 2800 ⇒ 3100
• [NEW] Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 15
• Magic Resistance: 50 ⇒ 40
• Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 70
• Lifeline Duration: 2.5 ⇒ 3 seconds
• Lifeline Buff: 12% Lifesteal ⇒ 10% Omnivamp

Sterak’s Gage

• Total Price: 3000 ⇒ 3200
• Lifeline Cooldown: 60 ⇒ 90 seconds

Sundered Sky

• Lightshield Strike per Target Cooldown: 6 ⇒ 8 seconds
• Lightshield Strike Healing: 140% base AD (+6% missing health) ⇒ 120% base AD (+6% missing health)

Eclipse

• Ever Rising Moon Damage: 8% (melee) / 4% (ranged) of target’s maximum health ⇒ 6% (melee) / 4% (ranged) of target’s maximum health

Champion Radius Changes

The champions below are receiving a change to their selection radius to have them match their visuals more correctly.

• Alistar: 145 ⇒ 140
• Aurelion Sol: 165 ⇒ 150
• Azir: 88 ⇒ 120
• Bard: 88 ⇒ 130
• Blitzcrank: 165 ⇒ 140
• Brand: 65 ⇒ 120
• Braum: 100 ⇒ 130
• Briar: 111 ⇒ 120
• Darius: 125 ⇒ 120
• Diana: 75 ⇒ 120
• Gangplank: 85 ⇒ 120
• Garen: 75 ⇒ 120
• Gragas: 155 ⇒ 140
• Jayce: 75 ⇒ 120
• K’Sante: 102 ⇒ 140
• Leona: 75 ⇒ 120
• Lissandra: 88 ⇒ 120
• Malzahar: 88 ⇒ 120
• Mega Gnar: 180 ⇒ 140
• Milio: 125 ⇒ 100
• Naafiri: 111 ⇒ 120
• Neeko: 90 ⇒ 120
• Nilah: 75 ⇒ 120
• Poppy: 95 ⇒ 100
• Rengar: 70 ⇒ 120
• Rumble: 165 ⇒ 140
• Veigar: 93 ⇒ 100
• Vel’Koz: 88 ⇒ 120
• Viktor: 160 ⇒ 120
• Warwick: 111 ⇒ 120
• Xerath: 88 ⇒ 120
• Yasuo: 75 ⇒ 120
• Yone: 75 ⇒ 120
• Yuumi: 120 ⇒ 100
• Zac: 90 ⇒ 140
• Zoe: 120 ⇒ 100