League of Legends Patch 14.19

PCEliseBuffShare

Passive spiderlings now always regen when resummoned and jump on Q cast. Human E now reveals stealthed units and can now be redirected via flash. Spider E buff now applies on cast and can be recast to immediately drop back. R cooldown decreased.

PCVladimirBuffShare

W healing effectiveness reduced against minions.

PCK'SanteChangeShare

Base Attack Range reduced. All abilities adjusted.

PCTristanaChangeShare

Basic Attack Range, Damage, and Attack Speed Ratio increased. AD growth, HP Regen growth, and Armor growth decreased. Passive range decreased at higher levels. Q Attack Speed increased. W slow decreased and duration changed to a flat value. W AD ratio added. E damage profile reworked to value crit. R cooldown changed to a flat value. R stun added. R damage profile reworked to account for AD ratio.

PCTrailblazerBuffShare

Trailblazer is mostly an inferior version of Warmog's Armor, so we're delivering buffs to its price and durability while matching the move speed nerf delivered to other items like it.

PCYun Tal WildarrowsBuffShare

We think there's more work to be done for Yun Tal Wildarrows but this light touch actually makes the item stronger in the first two item slots while still getting rid of some gold scaling that was practically identical to just being critical strike damage. Our goal is for Yun Tal, Hurricane, and Infinity Edge to be a satisfying build for core auto-attackers this patch.

PCAbyssal MaskNerfShare

Abyssal Mask is being grown to more clearly look like a good selfish AP juggernaut item while still comfortably fitting in the income tank mold. AoE magic resist shred is more than powerful and unique enough, so we're stripping out the self-only bonus MR that was hard to appreciate.

PCCryptbloomNerfShare

Void Staff is the burst percent pen item, Abyssal Mask is for the juggernauts, and Cryptbloom is right in the middle with a bit of haste but no innate durability. With a cheaper price tag and an appreciable amount of haste, it doesn't need too much AP to do its job. We're also significantly softening the gold scaling on the Life from Death passive, with an eye toward those games where you really need this on your second slot.

PCInfinity EdgeNerfShare

As the premiere gold-scaling class, there's no reason IE shouldn't be at least tied for the most expensive item in the game. Also, since we're trying to make Essence Reaver, Yun Tal Wildarrows, and Collector be solid AD-crit starter items, we can push IE back to make more sense on slot two or three as a true capstone.

PCMortal ReminderNerfShare

As mentioned earlier in the fighter system, Grievous Wounds items only need to be slot efficient and don't need to be strong competition with other items. Mortal Reminder will be clearly worse than LDR with an increased price and lower armor penetration as recompense for the healing reduction.

PCProfane HydraNerfShare

Like other wave clear items, Profane Hydra should be good at wave clear but not also the best option for fighting as there are plenty of other items for the purpose of killing champions quickly. We're fine with Profane being niche for assassins who want faster wave clear or those who are lacking it entirely, but killing enemy champions should mostly come from scaling up one's base kit, not printing new spells to activate, as it risks non-assassins encroaching on their territory (cough, Aatrox, cough).

PCWit's EndNerfShare

We're removing some of the level- and stat-scaling from various items in order to slow date late-game combat. While Wit's End has come a long way from when it also gave 40 AD on purchase, it's still a solid aggressive item with a meaningful amount of magic resist and tenacity. And it doesn't need to scale into one of the highest on-hit items in the game to perform that duty.

PCBootsChangeShare

Though there aren't many changes here, we also looked over the various boots upgrades. We expect the basic 300g boots to be bought early every game and we're pricing their resulting upgrades similar to how we price other legendaries. Easily completed, reasonably efficient tier two boots will still be strong purchases, but we're bringing down the top end to make that comparison more fair.

PCChempunk ChainswordChangeShare

We think of Grievous Wounds items in two ways: the Epic and the Legendary. Epics are cheap and readily accessible. Legendaries are slot efficient when you reach the end-game, but aren't meant to be great on their own. Because Chainsword is the only fighter upgrade to Executioners, it needs to be placed where it's not too squishy for juggernauts and not too tanky for the lighter fighters who don't want Mortal Reminder (or can't buy it because of Black Cleaver). So we're placing it at the midpoint on durability, raising its price to be worth the slot, and overall lowering its efficiency.

PCCosmic DriveChangeShare

Cosmic Drive is probably the single most underrated item in the game. While only Vladimir buys it every game, that list is about seven names too short. We're delivering typical up-front AP nerfs to a sustained damage item and reducing the extremely high amounts of move speed it can provide while still keeping it as the fastest AP item by a lot. This reduction to flat movement speed paired with an increase to its duration should make it less dominated by DoT mages who can maintain the uptime permanently and instead allow conventional mages like Viktor, with or without Blackfire Torch, to utilize its full effects.

PCDawncoreChangeShare

When we remade Dawncore as an enchanter capstone, it took some time to catch on. It's not surprising to see an enchanter capstone be rare since it's hard to get that much gold, but we'd like to place it within reach in more games. Though this is an overall nerf, it should be easier to convince yourself to grab it as your second or third Legendary.

PCFrozen HeartChangeShare

As part of an ongoing effort to reign in complexity while retaining depth in item choices, we're removing Rock Solid from Frozen Heart and replacing it with some extra armor. Taking less damage per auto and simply reducing the number of incoming autos are pretty similar mechanics and Winter's Caress is a strict upgrade.

PCHorizon FocusChangeShare

We're placing Horizon Focus as the clear front runner for non-HP ability haste, and combined with Hypershot, is still pretty deadly per gold spent. 15 AP is certainly a larger nerf than 5 haste is a buff, but with most Lost Chapter items losing haste themselves, we're hoping Horizon has a clear purpose for mages who want repeat casts.

PCHullbreakerChangeShare

While there are a lot of changes for Hullbreaker, they're mainly focused on making it a tankier item that appeals to fighters who want to convert their health pools into damage with clearly better single-target damage than Titanic Hydra.

PCIceborn GauntletChangeShare

Similar to Abyssal Mask, we're growing Iceborn Gauntlet to live between a tank and juggernaut item. The new 1.5x Spellblade and front loaded slow should make this item a better early power spike without delivering huge slows late game.

PCImperial MandateChangeShare

Mandate is the first of two enchanter items losing secondary move speed. It should be purchased as the most aggressive enchanter option tailor-made to bring down beefier targets. After all, it's called "Coordinated Fire," not "Coordinated Fire and Then Run Around Quickly." A cheaper price tag partially compensates for the nerf and should still make it appreciable.

PCMercurial ScimitarChangeShare

We're trying to lower per-slot magic resist outside of the tank system but as it stands, Scimitar isn't a very good item, so we're pairing this MR nerf with a cost reduction, making it one of the least-nerfed ADC items. We also added it to the fighter shop, as the stat line should be reasonable for several skirmishers who need the cleanse.

PCMorellonomiconChangeShare

As mentioned in the other Grievous Wounds spaces, Morellonomicon is meant to be slot efficient, not gold efficient and its stat line should allow any AP user to feel comfortable finishing this item in a full build.

PCSerylda's GrudgeChangeShare

Serylda's Grudge is mostly returning to its old caster-assassin form, where it's still assassins' best percent pen option but also feels re-enabled for typical AD casters like Jayce. The percent pen is now higher for non-lethality users and is cheaper to boot, though the base 15 lethality loss means for the most part, the item is still nerfed.

PCSpirit VisageChangeShare

We're choosing to shrink Spirit Visage so that it's no longer the most expensive MR option despite being mandatory on a slew of champions who self-regenerate.

PCStaff of Flowing WaterChangeShare

Staff of Flowing Water will always be niche: After all, it's there to make AP carries stronger and there just aren't that many in bot lane. You can certainly buy it later as well and simply buff Viktor mid or something, but plenty of players skip over that. The nice thing is that many enchanter items have been made cheaper, so the ability to opt into Staff second is a bit more available. Anyways, the point of this change is to remove dangling move speed that was generally hard to appreciate and instead play up its primary purpose, which is to raise Karthus Bot's win rate. It's not 60% yet, but you can do it, Nami!

PCSunfire AegisChangeShare

We've made changes to other wave clear items this patch by making them strongly about their wave clear. And if you don't need it, that's fine! There are plenty of other armor tank items. We just don't want the majority of tanks getting late game damage from an item they bought to help with early jungle clears and wave management.