Swain is getting some massive changes in Patch 14.21.
The last couple of patches in League of Legends were pretty massive and Patch 14.21 looking to follow suit.
Starting off with the changes, one of the biggest changes coming to Patch 14.21 is the Swain rework. Swain has been in a peculiar spot since his rework back in 2018. Due to his adequate AP ratio and one-dimensional playstyle, he has been designated mostly to the Support role. Riot is looking to change that and make him more of a solo laner with the upcoming mini-rework.
Moreover, Riot is revamping the Bounty System in League of Legends. The goal of the update according to Riot is to further stop snowballing. The current bounty system prioritizes champion kills, and farms to determine a player’s bounty but with the updated system, it will prioritize gold more. So, if your team is behind in gold and you are the only one fed, you won’t have a massive bounty.
There’s also a bunch of nerfs and buffs coming in this patch. So, we have a lot to cover so let’s get into it.
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When Does LoL Patch 14.21 Release?
League of Legends Patch 14.21 is expected to be released on Wednesday, October 23, 2024.
Patch 14.21 release time and server maintenance:
- NA: 3:00 AM PT
- EUW: 5:00 UK time
- EUNE: 3:00 CET
Champion Changes
Buffs
There are quite a number of buffs coming in Patch 14.21.
Azir
Base Stats
- Base attack damage increased to 56 from 52.
- Base health regeneration increased to 7 from 5.
Corki
- AD ratio increased to 20% AD from 15%.
- Base damage per tick increased to 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90.
- Total base damage increased to 200 / 275 / 350 / 425 / 500 from 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 / 450.
- Bonus AD ratio per tick increased to 40% bonus AD from 30%.
- Total bonus AD ratio increased to 200% bonus AD from 150%.
- Base damage increased to 90 / 170 / 250 from 80 / 160 / 240.
- Big One base damage increased to 180 / 340 / 500 from 160 / 320 / 480.
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 70%.
- Big One bonus AD ratio increased to 160% bonus AD from 140%.
Elise
E – Cocoon
- Mana cost was reduced to 25 from 50
Irelia
Passive – Ionian Fervor
- Attack speed per stack reduced to 5% − 20% (based on level) from 7.5% − 25% (based on level).
- Maximum attack speed reduced to 20% − 80% (based on level) from 30% − 100% (based on level).
- Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7.
- Mana cost was reduced to 15 from 20.
- AD ratio increased to 70% AD from 60%.
- Bonus minion damage was reduced to 50 − 237 (based on level) from 55 − 259 (based on level).
R – Vanguard’s Edge
Kayle
W – Celestial Blessing
- Mana cost reduced to 75 / 85 / 95 / 105 / 115 from 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130.
Gangplank
Base Stats
- Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 7.5
- Recharge timer reduced to 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14.
Malphite
Base Stats
- Base health increased to 665 from 644.
Qiyana
Base Stats
- Base health regeneration increased to 8 from 6.
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 20% bonus AD from 10%.
Sivir
Base Stats
- Base attack damage increased to 60 from 58.
Q – Boomerang Blade
- Base damage increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75.
- AD ratio changed to 100% Bonus AD at all ranks from 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100% AD.
Talon
- Return base damage increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170.
- Return bonus AD ratio increased to 90% bonus AD from 80%.
Teemo
Base Stats
- Base health increased to 615 from 598.
- Bonus movement speed increased to 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 / 28% from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26%.
- Increased bonus movement speed increased to 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56% from 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52%.
Xayah
W – Deadly Plumage
- Repeat damage increased to 25% from 20%.
Nerfs
There are plenty of nerfs coming in this Patch, let’s go over them.
Aurelion Sol
Base Stats
- Base health reduced to 600 from 620.
E – Singularity
- AP ratio per tick reduced to 3% AP from 4% AP.
- Total AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 80% AP.
Brand
Base Stats
Passive – Blaze
- Explosion base damage was reduced to 8% − 12% (based on level) maximum health from 9% − 13% (based on level).
Q – Sear
- Mana cost increased to 70 from 50.
Camille
Base Stats
- Base health was reduced to 650 from 670
W – Tactical Sweep
- Base damage reduced to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190
R – The Hextech Ultimatum
- Removed: No longer deals 5 / 10 / 15 base damage.
Fiddlesticks
- Base damage reduced to 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9% maximum health from 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10%.
- Increased base damage reduced to 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% maximum health from 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20%.
Galio
Base Stats
- Base mana reduced to 410 from 500.
Gwen
Passive – Thousand Cuts
- AP ratio reduced to 0.6% per 100 AP from 0.72%.
Hwei
QQ – Devastating Fire
- AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP.
- Cooldown increased to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10.
Kai’Sa
- Plasma base damage changed to 4 − 24 (based on level) from 5 − 23 (based on level).
- Plasma base damage per stack was reduced to 1 − 6 (based on level) from 1 − 12 (based on level).
- Plasma maximum base damage was reduced to 8 − 48 (based on level) from 9 − 71 (based on level).
- Plasma AP ratio was reduced to 12% − 24% (based on Plasma stacks before application) AP from 15% − 25% (based on Plasma stacks before application) AP.
Karthus
R – Requiem
- AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP.
Kassadin
- AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 70% AP.
- AP ratio reduced to 65% AP from 70% AP.
Nasus
Passive – Soul Eater
- Life steal reduced to 9 / 15 / 21% (based on level) from 12 / 18 / 24% (based on level).
Senna
Base Stats
- Base armor was reduced to 25 from 28.
- Armor growth reduced to 4 from 4.7.
Taric
W – Bastion
- Armor ratio reduced to 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% of Taric’s armor from 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13%.
Viego
Base Stats
- Armor growth reduced to 4.6 from 5.2.
Volibear
E – Sky Splitter
- Cooldown increased to 14 from 12.
Yone
W – Spirit Cleave
- Health ratio reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% of the target’s maximum health from 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15%.
Yorick
Passive – Shepherd of Souls
- Ghoul base attack damage changed to 4 − 90 (based on level) from 2 − 88 (based on level).
- Ghoul AD ratio reduced to 20% AD from 25%.
Champion Adjustments
Patch 14.21 is finally bringing the Swain changes that were promised a while ago.
Swain
Base Stats
- Base Mana Reduced: 400 from 468.
- Base Mana Regeneration Increased: 10 from 8
Passive – Ravenous Flock
- Healing reduced to 2% − 5% (based on level) maximum health from 3 / 4 / 5 / 6% (based on level)
Q – Death’s Hand
- Initial base damage reduced to 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 from 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165
- Base damage per bolt reduced to 15 / 21.25 / 27.5 / 33.75 / 40 from 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55. Now always does 25% damage
- Maximum base damage reduced to 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 / 320 from 125 / 185 / 245 / 305 / 365. Now always 200% damage
- Base damage per bolt reduced to 15 / 21.25 / 27.5 / 33.75 / 40 from 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55. Now always does 25% damage
- Initial AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 40% AP
- AP ratio per bolt increased to 11.25% AP from 10% AP
- Maximum AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 80% AP
- AP ratio per bolt increased to 11.25% AP from 10% AP
- Mana cost reduced to 42 to 50 from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
W – Vision of Empire
- Base damage reduced to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220
- Minion base damage reduced to 35 / 52.5 / 70 / 87.5 / 105 from 40 / 57.5 / 75 / 92.5 / 110
- AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 55% AP
- Minion AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 27.5% AP
- Slow strength increased to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65%
- Slow duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5
- Reveal duration changed to 6 at all ranks from 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
E – Nevermove
- Cooldown increased to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 from 10 at all ranks
- Mana cost increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 50 at all ranks
- Removed: No longer deals damage on its way out.
- Incoming base damage increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 / 75
- Incoming AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 25% AP
- Incoming missile width increased to 190 from 170
- Outgoing missile speed changed to 1125 − 1800 (based on seconds) from 935 / 1235 / 1735 / 2735 (based on seconds). The time to reach the maximum range increased to 0.585 seconds from 0.562
- Incoming missile speed increased to 2000 − 2800 (based on seconds) from 600 / 1400 / 2200 (based on seconds). Time to reach maximum range reduced to 0.4 seconds from 0.6
R – Demonic Ascension
- Cooldown increased to 120 at all ranks from 100 / 80 / 60.
- New Effect: Cooldown now starts on-cast instead of post-effect.
- Base damage reduced to 15 / 25 / 35 from 20 / 40 / 60.
- Damage AP ratio reduced to 5% AP 3 from 10% AP 3.
- Base heal increased to 15 / 30 / 45 from 15 / 27.5 / 40.
- Non-champion base heal increased to 1.5 / 3 / 4.5 from 1.5 /2.75/ 4.
- Heal AP ratio reduced to 5% AP from 18% AP.
- Non-champion heal AP ratio reduced to 0.5% AP from 1.8% AP.
- New Effect: Heal now scales with 1% bonus health, reduced to 0.1% bonus health against non-champions.
R – Demonflare
- New Effect: Now can be recast up to 100 times.
- New Effect: Now has a cooldown of 10 seconds at all ranks.
- Base damage increased to 150 / 250 / 350 from 150 / 225 / 300.
- AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.
- Slow strength increased to 75% from 60%.
Item Changes
Nerfs
Blade of the Ruined King
Sorcerer’s Shoes
- Magic penetration reduced to 12 from 15.
System Changes
Runes
Lethal Tempo
- Bonus attack speed per stack for melee champions increased to 6% from 5%.
- Total bonus attack speed for melee champions increased to 36% from 30%.
Bounty Adjustments
Riot Phreak has stated that a massive Bounty System overhaul was coming in this patch but the exact numbers haven’t been revealed yet.
- Champion Bounties
- Bounties are no longer fully reset if a champion scores a kill or dies.
- Champion bounties are now determined based on how much gold a champion has earned or given away rather than kill streaks, death streaks, assists, and creep score.
- Gold earned from kills is equal to gold given away through deaths. However, more gold will be counted as given away from deaths if multiple champions are involved in the takedown.
- Gold earned from assists now counts towards positive bounties at a rate relative to the amount of gold earned.
- Gold earned from farming now counts towards a positive bounty and has a faster rate of moving a champion out of a negative bounty state.
- Objective Bounties
- Gold, Turrets, and Voidgrubs are now more important in determining objective bounties.
- Experience is now less important in determining objective bounties.
- Objective bounties now turn off faster.
Patch 14.21Skins
Patch 14.21 marks the return of the ever-popular Dark Star skin line. The skin line will come with six brand new skins for the champions, Sylas, Diana, Zoe, Yorick, and Kai’Sa.
Dark Star Sylas
- Rarity: Legendary
- Price: 1820 RP
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Dark Cosmic Diana
- Rarity: Epic
- Price: 1350 RP
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Dark Star Kai’Sa
- Rarity: Epic
- Price: 1350 RP
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Dark Star Yorick
- Rarity: Epic
- Price: 1350 RP
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Dark Star Zoe
- Rarity: Epic
- Price: 1350 RP
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Dark Cosmic Diana Prestige Edition
- Rarity: Mythic
- Price: 2000 Event Tokens
- Release Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
