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League of Legends Patch 4.1

League of Legends Patch 4.1 was released on Jan 15, 2014. This update included changes to 24 champions, with 2 buffs, 6 nerfs, 16 adjustments. It also updated 15 items, including 1 new item. The patch also changed 2 game systems: Turrets & Structures, Wards & Vision.

Champions

Anivia League of Legends Patch NotesPC Anivia Buff

Stats

  • •Basic attack missile speed increased to 1400 from 1100.

Flash Frost

  • •Mana cost reduced to 80/90/100/110/120 from 80/100/120/140/160.

Crystallize

  • •Mana cost changed to 70 at all ranks from 70/90/110/130/150.

Glacial Storm

  • •Anivia now sees a proximity indicator while her ultimate is active.
Thresh League of Legends Patch NotesPC Thresh Buff

Dark Passage

  • •Now shows indicator particles to nearby allies to indicate that it is a clickable object.
  • •Lantern now provides a small area of impassible terrain.

The Box

  • •Arm time increased to 0.75 seconds from 0.5 seconds.
Darius League of Legends Patch NotesPC Darius Nerf

Noxian Guillotine

  • •Recast time increased to 20 seconds from 12. (The cooldown starts on-cast, not after the recast time).
Evelynn League of Legends Patch NotesPC Evelynn Nerf

Hate Spike

  • •Missile speed reduced to 1250 from 2000.

Ravage

  • •Now deals physical damage instead of magic damage.

Agony's Embrace

  • •Now grants the shield instantly.
Nasus League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nasus Nerf

Wither

  • •Cast range reduced to 600 from 700.

Fury of the Sands

  • •No longer increases the cast range of Wither and Spirit Fire.
Olaf League of Legends Patch NotesPC Olaf Nerf

Undertow

  • •Slow reduced to 29/33/37/41/45% from 35/40/45/50/55%.
Shyvana League of Legends Patch NotesPC Shyvana Nerf

Burnout

  • •Damage reduced to 20/35/50/65/80 from 25/40/55/70/85.
  • •Minimum magic damage reduced to 60/105/150/195/240 from 75/120/165/210/255
  • •Maximum magic damage reduced to 140/245/350/455/560 from 175/280/385/490/595

Flame Breath

  • •Damage reduced at to 60/100/140/180/220 from 80/115/150/185/220.

Dragon's Descent

  • •Bug fix: Damage is now correctly 175/300/425 instead of 200/300/400.
Yasuo League of Legends Patch NotesPC Yasuo Nerf

Way of the Wanderer

  • •The 10% damage penalty now applies to Statikk Shiv.

Steel Tempest

  • •Third cast is now automatically smart cast (as with the first and second cast).
  • •Improved reliability of the Sweeping Blade combo.

Wind Wall

  • •No longer blocks friendly Dark Sphere.

Last Breath

  • •Now grants maximum Flow on cast.
  • •Spell animation shortened by 0.1 seconds.
  • •Now less likely to follow target's using Flash.
  • •Bug fix: The cooldown is now appropriate tracked for the purposes of spectator mode and the interface.
Annie League of Legends Patch NotesPC Annie Change

Pyromania

  • •Stun duration reduced to 1.25/1.5/1.75 (at level 1/6/11) seconds from 1.75 at all levels.

Summon Tibbers

  • •Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 120.
Caitlyn League of Legends Patch NotesPC Caitlyn Change

Ace in the Hole

  • •Bug fix: The projectile should now be correctly destroyed if the target becomes untargetable.
Fiddlesticks League of Legends Patch NotesPC Fiddlesticks Change

Terrify

  • •Bug fix: Fear will now causes enemies to move around randomly once more, rather than directly away from Fiddlesticks.
Fiora League of Legends Patch NotesPC Fiora Change

Blade Waltz

  • •Bug fix: Teleport can no longer be cast during Blade Waltz.
Hecarim League of Legends Patch NotesPC Hecarim Change

Spirit of Dread

  • •Bug fix: Amount healed is now correctly 20% instead of 10/15/20/25/30%.
Janna League of Legends Patch NotesPC Janna Change

Monsoon

  • •Channeling now begins instantly rather than after 0.25 seconds.
  • •Total duration reduced to 3 seconds from 4.
  • •Healing per second increased to 100/150/200 (+60% AP) from 70/110/150 (+35% AP).
  • •Total heal increased to 300/450/600 (+180% AP) from 280/440/600 (+140% AP).
Jarvan IV League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jarvan IV Change

Martial Cadence

  • •Bug fix: No longer triggers on towers.
Jinx League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jinx Change

Stats

  • •Base health reduced to 380 from 420.
  • •Health per level increased to 82 from 80.

Flame Chompers!

  • •Bug fix: The arm time is now 0.7 seconds, instead of between 0.5 and 0.74 seconds.
  • •Bug fix: Dashing champions will now always trigger a chomper.
  • •Damage reduced to 80/135/190/245/300 from 100/150/200/250/300.
Lux League of Legends Patch NotesPC Lux Change

Final Spark

  • •Cooldown now starts when the ability finishes casting, instead of at the start (i.e. dying during the cast time will no longer put the ability on cooldown).
Malzahar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Malzahar Change

Nether Grasp

  • •The target of Nether Grasp will now ignore allied displacement effects.
Nami League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nami Change

Tidal Wave

  • •Cooldown now starts when the ability finishes casting, instead of at the start (i.e. dying during the cast time will no longer put the ability on cooldown).
Nidalee League of Legends Patch NotesPC Nidalee Change

Bushwhack

  • •The placement of traps will now abide by terrain-clipping rules (will be "pushed" to the nearest available space if placed in a wall).
Rengar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rengar Change

Savagery / Savagery 2

  • •Time to trigger the enhanced attack reduced to 2 seconds from 6.
  • •It is no longer possible to use Savagery more than twice in succession.

Battle Roar 2

  • •Healing reduced to 20 + (10 × level) from 40 + (20 × level).
  • •Healing is now increased by 1% for every 1% of Rengar's missing health.
Riven League of Legends Patch NotesPC Riven Change

Stats

  • •Base attack damage reduced to 51 from 54.
  • •Attack damage per level increased to 3 from 2.75.

Broken Wings

  • •Damage per cast changed to 10/30/50/70/90 (+40/45/50/55/60% total AD) from 30/55/80/105/130 (+70% bonus AD).

Valor

  • •Shield duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5.
Talon League of Legends Patch NotesPC Talon Change

Cutthroat

  • •Now blinks Talon slightly further behind his target.
Twisted Fate League of Legends Patch NotesPC Twisted Fate Change

Wild Cards

  • •Updated targeting reticle.

Items

Entropy League of Legends ItemPC Entropy NEW

General

  • •New Recipe: Phage + Pickaxe + 500 gold = 2700 gold
  • •Old Recipe: Phage + B. F. Sword + 600 gold = 3475 gold
  • •Attack damage reduced to 55 from 70.
  • •Icon updated.

General

  • •Total cost reduced to 1350g from 1450g.
The Lightbringer Buff

General

  • •Total cost reduced to 2200 gold from 2500 gold.
  • •Combine cost reduced to 375 gold from 575 gold.
Blackfire Torch League of Legends ItemPC Blackfire Torch Nerf

General

  • •Movement speed reduced to 5% from 10%.
Infinity Edge League of Legends ItemPC Infinity Edge Nerf

General

  • •No longer available in Twisted Treeline and Dominion.
Spirit Visage League of Legends ItemPC Spirit Visage Nerf

General

  • •Cooldown reduction reduced to 10% from 20%.
Blade of the Ruined King League of Legends ItemPC Blade of the Ruined King Change

General

  • •Bugfix: Fixed an exploit with Blade of the Ruined King's active.
Lord Van Damm's Pillager League of Legends ItemPC Lord Van Damm's Pillager Change

General

  • •Reimplemented, on the Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar.
  • •Recipe: Wicked Hatchet + Pickaxe + Cloak of Agility + 995 gold = 3800 gold
  • •Stats: 70 attack damage, 25% critical strike chance
  • •Unique Passive: +50% critical damage
Rabadon's Deathcap League of Legends ItemPC Rabadon's Deathcap Change

General

  • •Bug fix: Tooltip now correctly shows that the passive is UNIQUE.

General

  • •Health regen removed.
  • •Mana regen removed.
  • •Revised Passive - Butcher: You deal 30% bonus damage to monsters. Additionally, you restore 8% of your damage dealt to monsters as health and 4% as mana (halved for area of effect abilities).

General

  • •Health regen removed.
  • •Mana regen removed.
  • •Revised Passive - Butcher: You deal 30% bonus damage to monsters. Additionally, you restore 8% of your damage dealt to monsters as health and 4% as mana (halved for area of effect abilities).

General

  • •Health regen removed.
  • •Mana regen removed.
  • •Revised Passive - Spirit Drain: Killing large and epic monsters grants 2 AP, stacking up to 15 times.
  • •Revised Passive - Butcher: You deal 30% bonus damage to monsters. Additionally, you restore 8% of your damage dealt to monsters as health and 4% as mana (halved for area of effect abilities).
Spirit Stone League of Legends ItemPC Spirit Stone Change

General

  • •Health regen removed.
  • •Mana regen removed.
  • •Maim (passive) removed.
  • •Revised Passive - Butcher: You deal 20% bonus damage to monsters. Additionally, you restore 8% of your damage dealt to monsters as health and 4% as mana (halved for area of effect abilities).
Sunfire Cape League of Legends ItemPC Sunfire Cape Change

General

  • •Damage changed to 25+(1xlevel) from 40.
Wicked Hatchet League of Legends ItemPC Wicked Hatchet Change

General

  • •Reimplemented, on the Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar.
  • •Recipe: Brawler's Gloves + Long Sword + 440 gold = 1200 gold
  • •Stats: 20 attack damage, 10% crit chance.
  • •Unique Passive: Critical strikes causes your target to bleed for an additional 60% bonus AD physical damage over 3 seconds.

System Changes

Turrets & Structures League of Legends ChangesPC Turrets & Structures Change

Summoner's Rift Turrets

  • •Outer turrets no longer gain bonus armor and magic resist for the first eight minutes of the game.
  • •Top and middle lane outer turrets now have 20 damage reduction from champion basic attacks
Wards & Vision League of Legends ChangesPC Wards & Vision Change

Vision

  • •In-game vision should now be more responsive and dynamic as it interacts with abilities (like Lucent Singularity)
  • •Ward sweeping abilities will now cause wards to darken the fog of war when they are disabled.
  • •Projectiles should register more quickly when a champion casts an ability from the fog of war

League of Legends Patch 4.1 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 4.1 release?
League of Legends Patch 4.1 was released on Jan 15, 2014.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 4.1?
Patch 4.1 included changes to 24 champions (2 buffs, 6 nerfs, 16 adjustments), plus 15 item updates and 2 game system updates. See the full breakdown above.
Which champions changed in League of Legends Patch 4.1?
League of Legends Patch 4.1 changed 24 champions. Buffed: Anivia and Thresh. Nerfed: Darius, Evelynn, Nasus, Olaf, Shyvana and Yasuo. Adjusted: Annie, Caitlyn, Fiddlesticks, Fiora, Hecarim, Janna, Jarvan IV, Jinx, Lux, Malzahar, Nami and Nidalee and 4 more.
What new items were added in League of Legends Patch 4.1?
League of Legends Patch 4.1 added 1 new item: Entropy.
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 4.1?
The previous League of Legends patch was 3.15.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 4.1?
The next League of Legends patch is 4.2.