LoL Patch 14.6 Notes: Minor Champions Rebalance, Items Changes and High Noon Skins

League of Legends continues to evolve with each patch, bringing adjustments aimed at refining gameplay balance and introducing new content. Patch 14.4 is no exception, featuring a range of changes to champions, items, and the release of the High Noon skins collection.

In this article, we'll tell you everything you need to know about Patch 14.6: buffs, nerfs, and champion changes, item changes, general patch updates, new skins, and the patch's impact on the meta.

High Noon Skins Release

If you're not particularly interested in what happens to champions with the release of each patch in League of Legends, you might be interested in the release of a new skin collection. With patch 14.6, the game added new skin options from the High Noon series for 4 champions, including a prestige variant skin for Evelynn and an exclusive one for Yone, as well as a skin for Kha’Zix.

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Buffs

Cho'Gath

Feral Scream (W)

• Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds – 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds

Vorpal Spikes (E)

• Damage per Spike: 22/34/46/58/70 (+3% (+0.5% per Feast stack) of target's maximum health) – 22/37/52/67/82 (+3% (+0.5% per Feast stack) of target's maximum health)

Ornn

Searing Charge (E)

• Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12 – 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds

Shen

Ki Barrier (Passive)

• Cooldown Refund: 4/4.5/5/5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5 (levels 1/6/9/12/14/16/17/18) – 4-7.5 (linear level scaling) (Note: This is a buff from levels 2-17 and is most pronounced at levels 8-16.)

Sion

Decimating Smash (Q)

• Minimum Damage: 40/60/80/100/120 (+45/52.5/60/67.5/75% total AD) – 40/60/80/100/120 (+40/50/60/70/80% total AD)
• Maximum Damage: 90/155/220/285/350 (+135/157.5/180/202.5/225% Total AD) – 90/155/220/285/350 (+120/150/180/210/240% Total AD)

Soul Furnace (W)

• Shield: 60/85/110/135/160 (+8/9/10/11/12% maximum health) – 60/75/90/105/120 (+8/10/12/14/16% maximum health)

Tryndamere

Base Stats

• Attack Speed Growth: 2.9% – 3.4%

Diana

Base Stats

• Attack Speed Ratio:.625 –.694
• Attack Speed Growth: 2.25 – 2%, level 1 AS Unchanged

Moonsilver Blade (Passive)

• Bonus Attack Speed: 15-39.96% (scaling every 3 levels) – 15-35% (scaling linearly) (Note: Added scaling past level 18 for alternate game modes.)
• Empowered Bonus Attack Speed: tripled for 3 seconds – tripled for 5 seconds (Note: this tooltip is bugged and will not reflect the change until the next patch.)

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Nerfs

Karma

Base Stats

• Mana Growth: 50 – 40
• Mana Regen Growth:.5 –.8

Gathering Fire (Passive)

• Cooldown Refund: 5 seconds – 4 seconds

Inner Flame (Q)

• Mana Cost: 45 – 40/50/60/70/80

Mantra (R)

• Cooldown: 40/37/34/31 seconds – 40/38/36/34 seconds
• R+E Defiance Bonus Shield: 25/75/125/175 (+45% AP) – 50/90/130/170 (+45% AP)

Briar

Head Rush (Q)

• NEW: Can now jump to Wards

Blood Frenzy/ Snack Attack (W)

• Healing Based on Damage Dealt: 25/30/35/40/45% – 24/28/32/36/40%
• Bonus Attack Speed: 55/70/85/100/115% – 54/68/82/96/110%

Certain Death (R)

• Damage: 150/300/450 (+50% bonus AD) (+120% AP) – 150/250/350 (+50% bonus AD) (+120% AP)

Smolder

Super Scorcher Breath (Q)

• Execute Threshold: 2% (+0.025% per stack) – 6.5% (Note: This started at 7.625% at 225 stacks.)
• Execute Conditions: Smolder only checks to execute units after Smolder's damage, meaning it will no longer execute off of allies' damage.

Achooo! (W)

• Missile Radius: 125 – 115

Flap, Flap, Flap (E)

• Movement Speed: 100% – 75%

Senna

Absolution (Passive)

• Mist Wraith Spawn Rate on Minion Kill: 8.333% – 2.8%

Volibear

Thundering Smash (Q)

• Bonus Movement Speed: 12/17/22/27/32% – 12/16/20/24/28% (Note: This is doubled when moving towards visible enemy champions.)

Stormbringer (R)

• Cooldown: 130/115/100 – 140/120/100 seconds

Gragas

Base Stats

• Base Health: 670 – 640

Barrel Roll (Q)

• Mana Cost: 80/75/70/65/60 – 80 at all ranks

LoL 14.6 Patch Champion Adjustments

Galio

Colossal Smash (Passive)

• Magic Damage: 15-200 (based on level) (+100% AD) (+50% AP) (+60% bonus magic resistance) – 15-115 (based on level) (+100% AD) (+40% AP) (+60% bonus magic resistance)
• NEW: Hitting enemy champions or Epic monsters with abilities reduces this cooldown by 3 seconds, once per cast.
• NEW: Colossal Smash now triggers spell effects.
• NEW: Galio now gains 40% attack speed while his passive is available.
• REMOVED: Colossal Smash is no longer affected by Ability Haste.

Winds of War

• Magic Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+75% AP) – 70/105/140/175/210 (+70% AP)
• Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 – 12/10.75/9.5/8.25/7 seconds

Shield of Durand (W)

• Magic Damage Reduction: 25/30/35/40/45% (+5% per 100 AP) (+12% per 100 bonus magic resistance) – 20/25/30/35/40% (+4% per 100 AP) (+8% per 100 bonus magic resistance) (+ 1% per 100 bonus health)
• Minimum Magic Damage: 20/35/50/65/80 (+30% AP) – 20/30/40/50/60 (+30% AP)

Justice Punch (E)

• Magic Damage: 90/130/170/210/250 (+90% AP) – 75/115/155/195/235 (+90% AP)
• Reduced Damage to Non-Champions: 50% – 20%

Kayn

Reaping Slash (Q)

• Darkin - Damage per Hit: 65% Total AD + 5 (+3.5% bonus AD)% target's maximum health – 65% Total AD + 6 (+3.5% bonus AD)% target's maximum health
• NEW: Reaping Slash's animation now locks Kayn out of using item actives.

Umbral Trespass (R)

• Damage: 150/250/350 (+175% Bonus AD) – 150/250/350 (+150% Bonus AD) (Note: This does not affect Darkin form ultimate damage.)

Rek'Sai

Burrow (W)

• Bugfix: Attacks should now always damage and knock up the primary target when right-clicking, even with enhanced range via Milio or Rapid Firecannon. This was also partially fixed in a micropatch during 14.5.

Void Rush (R)

• QoL Update: R can now be queued up from outside of cast range, prompting Rek'Sai to walk into range to cast the spell
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where if Rek'Sai was stunned on the very next frame after casting R, it would fail

LoL 14.6 Patch Item and System Buffs

Infinity Edge

• Critical Strike Damage: 40% – 50%

Lord Dominik's Regards

• Armor Penetration: 30% – 35%

Mortal Reminder

• Armor Penetration: 30% – 35%

Navori Quickblades

• Item Recipe: Pickaxe + Caulfield's Warhammer + Cloak of Agility + 725 gold – B.F. Sword + Caulfield's Warhammer + Cloak of Agility + 300 gold (Note: Total cost unchanged.)
• Attack Damage: 60 – 65

Verdant Barrier

• Total Cost: 1800 gold – 1700 gold

LoL 14.6 Patch Item and System Nerfs

World Atlas

• Gold per Minion Kill: 20 – 15
• Gold on Damage to Champions (Melee): 30 – 22
• Gold on Damage to Champions (Ranged): 28 – 20
• Gold Required for Upgrade: 500 – 400
• NEW: World Atlas is no longer able to be built if Doran's Blade, Doran's Ring, or Doran's Shield are in the player's inventory.

Runic Compass

• Gold per Minion Kill: 28 – 20
• Gold on Damage to Champions (Melee): 34 – 24
• Gold on Damage to Champions (Ranged): 32 – 22
• Gold Required for Upgrade: 1000 – 800
• NEW: Runic Compass is no longer able to be built if Doran's Blade, Doran's Ring, or Doran's Shield are in the player's inventory.

Solstice Sleigh

• Bonus Movement Speed: 25% for 3 seconds – 20% for 2.5 seconds

Kircheis Shard

• Energize Bonus Damage: 60 – 50

Hextech Alternator

• Ability Power: 50 – 45

Kircheis Shard

• Energize Damage: 60 – 50

Brutalizer

• Lethality: 8 – 5

Tunnler

• Total Cost: 1100 gold – 1150 gold

Haunting Guise

• Ability Power: 35 – 30

Fiendish Codex

• Ability Power: 35 – 25

Caulfield's Warhammer

• Attack Damage: 25 – 20

LoL 14.6 Patch Items and System Adjustments

Serrated Dirk

• Attack Damage: 25 – 20

Spectre's Cowl

• Item Recipe: Ruby Crystal + Null Magic Mantle + 400g – Ruby Crystal + Rejuvenation Bead + Null Magic Mantle + 100g
• Health: 250 – 200
• REMOVED: Unique Passive Incorporeal - Gain 150% base health regen for up to 10 seconds upon taking damage from a champion
• NEW: 100% Base Health Regen

Steel Sigil

• Item Recipe: Cloth Armor + Long Sword – Cloth Armor + Cloth Armor + Long Sword

Hearthbound Axe

• Attack Damage: 20 – 15
• Total Cost: 1200 – 1150 gold

Glacial Buckler

• Item Recipe: Cloth Armor + Sapphire Crystal + 250 gold – Cloth Armor + Glowing Mote + Sapphire Crystal + 50 gold
• Total Cost: 900 – 950 gold

Bami's Cinder

• Immolation Damage: 12 (+1% bonus health) – 13 (+0.5% bonus health)

Doran's Items Changes

• One at a Time: Doran's Blade, Doran's Ring, and Doran's Shield may no longer be purchased if World Atlas or Runic Compass is already in the player's inventory. This also applies to the Mosstomper, Gustwalker, and Scorchclaw starting jungle items. Growing your jungle pet all the way and upgrading your support item to its final form removes this restriction.

Voidgrubs

• Voidgrub Death Buff: On death, remaining Voidgrubs receive a 25% maximum and missing health shield that decays over 10 seconds – On death, remaining Voidgrubs receive a 30% maximum and missing health heal that decays over 10 seconds. Any excess healing temporarily increases their maximum health.
• The Voidgrub buff VFX will now stay throughout the entire duration of the buff.

This is all you need to know about patch 14.6 in League of Legends. It didn't become as significant as patches 14.1 or 14.3, but it will obviously make its adjustments to the situation on Summoner’s Rift. As you prepare to start games on the new patch, take a look at our other articles on LoL: Skarner Rework Details, Night Noon Skins Details, LoL Roadmap 2024.