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League of Legends Patch 5.4

League of Legends Patch 5.4 was released on Feb 25, 2015. This update included changes to 18 champions, with 5 buffs, 1 nerf, 12 adjustments. It also updated 8 items. The patch also changed 1 game system: Summoner Spells.

Champions

Janna League of Legends Patch NotesPC Janna Buff

Tailwind

  • •New Effect: Now only affects allies moving toward Janna.
  • •Range increased to 1250 from 1000.
  • •Bonus movement speed increased to 8% from 5%.

Zephyr

  • •Passive's movement speed bonus increased to 9/11/13/15/17% (+ 2% AP) from 4/6/8/10/12% (+ 2% AP).
Kalista League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kalista Buff

Martial Poise

  • •Attack wind-up now scales with 75% of Kalista's attack speed, reduced from 100%.
  • •The attack wind up is the time between starting an attack and firing. Thresh is the only other champion with a modified attack wind up.
  • •This does not affect Kalista's damage-per-second in sustained attacks, but will affect her ability to attack-move.
Katarina League of Legends Patch NotesPC Katarina Buff

Voracity

  • •New Effect: Assist timer reduced to 3 seconds. Katarina must have damaged the slain enemy in the last 3 seconds to get the reset.
Syndra League of Legends Patch NotesPC Syndra Buff

Scatter the Weak

  • •Collision width of Dark Spheres increased.
Veigar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Veigar Buff

General

  • •New ability effects.

Baleful Strike

  • •Reworked Active: Now a linear colliding skillshot, but can hit two targets.
  • •Ability power gain can be triggered up to twice per cast.
  • •Range increased to 850 from 650.
  • •Cooldown changed to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds from 8/7/6/5/4.

Dark Matter

  • •Mana cost reduced to 70/75/80/85/90 from 70/80/90/100/110.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 10 at all ranks.

Event Horizon

  • •New Effect: Now has a 0.75 seconds delay and warning particles before the walls appear.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 80/85/90/95/100 from 80/90/100/110/120.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 18/17/16/15/14 seconds from 20/19/18/17/16.
  • •Range increased to 700 from 650.

Primordial Burst

  • •Ability power ratio reduced to 100% AP from 120% AP.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 125 at all ranks from 125/175/225.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 120/100/80 seconds from 130/110/90.
Xerath League of Legends Patch NotesPC Xerath Nerf

Shocking Orb

  • •Maximum stun duration reduced to 1.75 seconds from 2.25.
Azir League of Legends Patch NotesPC Azir Change

Shurima's Legacy

  • •Fixed a bug where destroying a Sun Disc would count as destroying a structure in Spectator Mode.
Ezreal League of Legends Patch NotesPC Ezreal Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where PEARL wouldn't always announce when Ezreal ranked his abilities.
Jarvan IV League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jarvan IV Change

Stats

  • •Base armor increased to 27 from 24.

Dragon Strike

  • •Fixed a bug where enemies would occasionally get knocked up if they came in range immediately after Jarvan finished dashing.

Demacian Standard

  • •No longer grants armor.
Jinx League of Legends Patch NotesPC Jinx Change

Switcheroo!

  • •Tooltips updated to display the names of her guns.
Kassadin League of Legends Patch NotesPC Kassadin Change

Riftwalk

  • •Range reduced to 450 from 700.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 60/120/240/480/960 from 75/150/300/600/1200.
Lissandra League of Legends Patch NotesPC Lissandra Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where Glacial Path's end marker would sometimes be hidden by terrain.
Mordekaiser League of Legends Patch NotesPC Mordekaiser Change

Stats

  • •Base health regeneration reduced to 3.374 from 8.374.

Mace of Spades

  • •Health cost reduced to 20/25/30/35/40 from 25/32/39/46/53.
  • •New Effect: Now grants 75 bonus attack range on the empowered attack.

Creeping Death

  • •Health cost reduced to 20/25/30/35/40 from 26/32/38/44/50.
  • •New Effect: If cast on an ally, Mordekaiser will also gain Creeping Death's effects, and each gain 60 flat movement speed bonus when moving towards each other.
  • •Base damage per second reduced to 20 / 32 / 44 / 56 / 68 from 24 / 38 / 54 / 66 / 80.
  • •AP scaling reduced to (+15% AP) from (+20% AP).
  • •Enemies will not take double damage if multiple Creeping Deaths overlap.

Children of the Grave

  • •Mordekaiser now gains 30% target's AP and 25% target's bonus health instead of 20% target's AP and 20% target's AD.
  • •Slaved ghost now only gains 25/50/100 bonus AD from 75% of Mordekaiser's attack damage.
Rengar League of Legends Patch NotesPC Rengar Change

Bonetooth Necklace

  • •Trophy effect moved into Rengar's passive - items removed.
Teemo League of Legends Patch NotesPC Teemo Change

Move Quick

  • •Fixed a bug where Super Teemo couldn't fly.

Noxious Trap

  • •Fixed a bug where there was no sound or particle effect on Panda Teemo.
Thresh League of Legends Patch NotesPC Thresh Change

Dark Passage

  • •Fixed a bug where the range indicator had disappeared.
Xin Zhao League of Legends Patch NotesPC Xin Zhao Change

Three Talon Strike

  • •Fixed a bug where the third strike wasn't applying a knockup.
Zilean League of Legends Patch NotesPC Zilean Change

General

  • •New ability icons.
  • •New ability effects.

Stats

  • •Attack range reduced to 550 from 600.
  • •Base armor increased to 19.134 from 17.134.
  • •Attack frame improved.

Time Bomb

  • •New Active: Zilean throws a time-delayed bomb at the target location that explodes after a short delay, dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. The bomb will bind to the first unit that enters its epicenter, prioritizing champions.
  • •Detonation time reduced to 3 seconds from 4.
  • •Base damage reduced to 75/115/165/230/300 from 90/145/200/260/320.
  • •Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 80% AP) from (+ 90% AP).
  • •New Effect: If a target picks up a second bomb while already carrying one, the first bomb will detonate early - also stunning all enemies in the blast for 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 seconds.
  • •Cooldown changed to 12/11/10/9/8 seconds from 10 at all ranks.
  • •Mana cost reduced to 60/70/80/90/100 from 70/85/100/115/130.
  • •Range increased to 900 from 700.

Rewind

  • •No longer affects Chronoshift.

Time Warp

  • •Mana cost reduced to 50/55/60/65/70 seconds from 80 at all ranks.
  • •Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds at all ranks from 20.
  • •Range reduced to 550 from 700.
  • •Range is now calculated edge-to-edge instead of center-to-center.
  • •Movement modifier increased to 40/55/70/85/99% from 55% at all ranks.
  • •Movement modifier duration reduced to 2.5 seconds at all ranks from 2.5/3.25/4/4.75/5.5.

Chronoshift

  • •Cooldown reduced to 120/90/60 seconds from 180 at all ranks.
  • •Duration reduced to 5 seconds from 7.

Items

Poacher's Knife League of Legends ItemPC Poacher's Knife Nerf

General

  • •Cost to swap increased to 255 from 0. This is the financial equivalent of selling the item and buying an alternative - there is no longer a saving.
Ranger's Trailblazer League of Legends ItemPC Ranger's Trailblazer Nerf

General

  • •Cost to swap increased to 255 from 0. This is the financial equivalent of selling the item and buying an alternative - there is no longer a saving.
Skirmisher's Sabre League of Legends ItemPC Skirmisher's Sabre Nerf

General

  • •Cost to swap increased to 255 from 0. This is the financial equivalent of selling the item and buying an alternative - there is no longer a saving.
Stalker's Blade League of Legends ItemPC Stalker's Blade Nerf

General

  • •Cost to swap increased to 255 from 0. This is the financial equivalent of selling the item and buying an alternative - there is no longer a saving.
Sweeping Lens League of Legends ItemPC Sweeping Lens Nerf

General

  • •Cooldown at level 9 increased to 75 from 60.
Warrior League of Legends ItemPC Warrior Nerf

General

  • •Attack damage reduced to 40 from 45.
Doran's Shield League of Legends ItemPC Doran's Shield Change

General

  • •Fixed a bug where the passive wasn't actually blocking spell damage.
Zz'Rot Portal League of Legends ItemPC Zz'Rot Portal Change

General

  • •Void Gates
  • •Improved "nearest lane" AI.
  • •Will now re-scan for the nearest lane when its target turret is destroyed.

System Changes

Summoner Spells League of Legends ChangesPC Summoner Spells Removed

Revive

  • •Removed from the game.

Smite

  • •Range reduced to 500 from 760.
  • •Targeting now measured from edge-to-edge instead of center-to-center.
  • •Effective range is not reduced versus monsters, due to their large hit boxes.

League of Legends Patch 5.4 FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When did League of Legends Patch 5.4 release?
League of Legends Patch 5.4 was released on Feb 25, 2015.
What changed in League of Legends Patch 5.4?
Patch 5.4 included changes to 18 champions (5 buffs, 1 nerf, 12 adjustments), plus 8 item updates and 1 game system update. See the full breakdown above.
Which champions changed in League of Legends Patch 5.4?
League of Legends Patch 5.4 changed 18 champions. Buffed: Janna, Kalista, Katarina, Syndra and Veigar. Nerfed: Xerath. Adjusted: Azir, Ezreal, Jarvan IV, Jinx, Kassadin, Lissandra, Mordekaiser, Rengar, Teemo, Thresh, Xin Zhao and Zilean.
What was the previous League of Legends patch before 5.4?
The previous League of Legends patch was 5.3.
What is the next League of Legends patch after 5.4?
The next League of Legends patch is 5.5.