LoL Patch 13.14 Notes: Naafiri, New Game Mode, Buffs And Nerfs

LoL Patch 13.14 is going to be huge. Not only is Naafiri finally getting released, but we're also getting a new game mode, as well as the summer event for 2023. Along with this, Riot is also adding multiple balance changes onto the rift.

With so many things to be excited for, it might be difficult to figure out what is actually happening. Don't worry we're going to go over all the big news that Patch 13.14 have in store for each and every one of you.

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LoL Patch 13.14: New Champion Naafiri

Naafiri is the next champion in League of Legends. She is the first creature champion since Yuumi and going to be a part of the Darkin. So far we've only got three Darkin in League of Legends. She is also the first female Darkin of the bunch. If you're interested in her lore, then don't worry, we've got you covered with an in-depth article.

Naafiri is going to be an easy to play assassin for the mid lane. Since most assassin champions are very high level and difficult to master, Naafiri is meant to give players an easy entry to the role. While her kit is simple, it's finding the right position and timing that will be the trick, otherwise she will die within seconds of going in for a fight.

So, let's go over Naafiri's abilities, so everyone is going to know just what makes her so simple and easy to pull off. Of course, if you're interested in a deeper dive to her kit, then don't worry we've got that handled as well.

Naafiri and her pack will start their hunt in LoL Patch 13.14, so get ready for this brand-new champion and hey, you might even get to play her in the new split of the current League of Legends season to try and rank up.

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If you're curious about how Naafiri has been performing on PBE and what the developers have planned before she will release on live servers – there is actually a lot to talk about. She has received some bug-fixes and quality-of-life improvements, as well as some changes to her stats. We've taken a look at all the recent changes right here:

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LoL Hotfix Patch 13.14 Naafiri Nerfs

Hope everyone's been having a good time with Naafiri! We just released a micropatch nerf targeting mid lane. I wrote up some of my thoughts on how her Day 1 is going as well as the micropatch details. pic.twitter.com/poEjqLr1S8

— Stephen Auker (@RiotRaptorr) July 22, 2023

Naafiri has launched onto Summoner's Rift and while she isn't completly broken or OP, she is a very good assassin for beginner's. She was a little too good though and therefore, Riot quickly released a hotfix just a few days after her release.

Base Stats

• Movement Speed: 340 >>> 335

Q - Darkin Daggers

• Bleed: 30/65/100/438/175 + 80% bonus AD >>> 30/60/0/120/150 + 80% bonus AD
• Damage to Minions: 70% >>> 60%

E - Eviscerate

• Passthrough Damage: 35/55/75/95/115 + 70% bonus AD >>> 35/50/65/80/95 + 60% bonus AD
• Explosion Damage: 95/105/145/485/225 + 100% bonus AD >>> 65/100/135/170/205 + 90% bonus AD

R - Call of the Pack

• AD Boost: 10/20/30 (+15/20/25%) >>> 5/15/25 (+8/16/24%)

Lol Patch 13.14: New Soul Fighter Event

The big summer event of 2023 has been announced and this time we are getting a new in-client metagame, a whole new game mode and a lot of skins. This is looking to be quite a cool new universe as well, with Samira getting an ultimate skin, while Viego is receiving a legendary.

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LoL Arena: Riot New Game Mode

One of the biggest things Riot have revealed is their new game mode Arena, which will feature multiple small arenas in which players face off against other players in epic 2v2 matches. This game mode was inspired by TFT and their double up mode, where you can play with a friend as well.

While playing Arena, players will pick up items and receive Augments with which they can gain more power. This is similar to TFT. But there is even more, with Riot introducing a ranked mode as well.

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LoL Arena Hot-Fixed In LoL Patch 13.14

Some champion in the Arena game mode were just way too strong, which is why Riot has decided that some of them need nerfs. Here is a full change-list of hotfixes from LoL Patch 13.14 shortly after Arena released.

LoL Arena Hotfix Nerfs:

• Annie – R Base Damage On-Cast: 150/275/500 ⇒ 125/225/325
• Annie – Tibbers Swipe AP Ratio: 15% ⇒ 10%
• Annie – Tibbers: AD 50/75/100 ⇒ 25/50/75
• Annie – Tibbers Aura Damage: 20/30/40 ⇒ 15/20/25
• Heimerdinger – Q Turret Base Damage: 6/9/12/15/18 ⇒ 4/6/8/10/12
• Heimerdinger – R Turret Base Damage: 70/85/100 ⇒ 50/65/80
• Heimerdinger – -5% Damage Dealt (stacks with the above nerfs)
• Illaoi – Healing Per Tentacle Hit: 4.5% missing health ⇒ 3.5% missing health
• Illaoi – Q Tentacle Bonus Damage: 10/15/20/25/30% ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25%
• Illaoi – E Damage Transfer Base Value: 25/30/35/40/45% ⇒ 25/27.5/30/32.5/35%
• Illaoi – +5% Damage Taken
• Kayle – -10% Damage Dealt
• Kayn – -5% Damage Dealt, +5% Damage Taken
• Shaco – -30 Ability Haste on Q
• Shaco – W Fear Duration: 0.5/0.625/0.75/0.875/1 second ⇒ 0.5 seconds at all ranks
• Taric – P Damage: 25~93 (+15% Armor) ⇒ 22.5~46.5 (+10% Armor)
• Taric – W Bonus Armor: 10/11/12/13/14% ⇒ 5/5.5/6/6.5/7%
• Guinsoo's Rageblade – Base Stats: 30 AD, 30 AP, 40% AS ⇒ 25 AD, 25 AP, 30% AS

LoL Arena Hotfix Buffs:

• Lux – P Damage Ratio: 20% AP ⇒ 35% AP
• Zoe – P Damage Ratio: 20% AP ⇒ 35% AP
• Crit Damage: 1.75x ⇒ 1.9x
• Dashing (Augment): Ability Haste: 150 ⇒ 200

LoL Soul Fighter Skins

Of course, there are also going to be skins. While the Soul Fighter skins encompass 12 for the PC version, only half will be released in this patch, with the other six coming in the following 13.15 patch update.

• Soul Fighter Samira
• Soul Fighter Lux
• Soul Fighter Naafiri
• Soul Fighter Sett
• Soul Fighter Pyke
  • Soul Fighter Pyke Prestige Edition

Samira is the first champion in three years to be getting an ultimate skin. Her skin is going to be one of the most expensive in the game at 3250 RP. Pyke is the new Lux with another mythic skin. He's already got an Ashen Knight skin, two legendaries and now a prestige. Pyke mains must be poor at this point, eh?

Six more skins will be added in the next patch for Shaco, who is also getting a prestige, Viego, Gwen, Evelynn and Jhin.

LoL Patch 13.14 Notes: Balance Changes

System Adjustments in Patch 13.14

Items and runes are going to be adjusted. Some items have been pretty broken since they've been reworked during the mid-season update. So, some changes are in order for the following items in the game. As always, these are work-in-progress and always subject to change until the patch goes live.

Blue Buff

• Ability Haste: 10 flat >>> 5 - 20 (based on level 1/6/11/16)

Red Buff

• True Damage: 10 - 78 (based on level, linear) >>> 10 (levels 1-5) (then +5 per level) (75 at level 18)
• Slow for melee: 10/15/20% (based on levels 1/6/11) >>> 5/10/15/20% (based on levels 1/6/11/16)

Ghost

• Duration: 10 >>> 15 seconds
• Takedowns no longer extend duration

Infinity Edge

• Critical Strike Damage: 35% >>> 45%
• Attack Damage: 70 >>> 65

Statikk Shiv

• Electroshock Minion Damage: 250 - 450 (based on levels 6 - 18) >>> 250 - 350 (based on levels 9-18)

Trinity Force

• Attack Speed: 35% >>> 33%
• Threefold Strike:
  • Number of stacks: 5 >>> 3
  • Base AD per stack: 4% >>> 6%

System Buffs in LoL Patch 13.14

As always, there are quite a few items and systems in need of a buff, simply because they are too weak in current meta. Riot is going to focus on many different kinds of items, not focusing on a single role in particular. Let's take a look:

Axiom Arc

• Passive - Flux: Cooldown refund 20% >>> 5% (+40% Lethality)

Prowler's Claw

• Lethality: 15 >>> 18

Randuin's Omen

• Passive - Critical Resilience: Crit strike damage reduction 20% >>> 25%

Spear of Shojin

• Cost: 3400 >>> 3300
• HP: 300 >>> 350

Spirit Visage

• Magic Resistance: 50 >>> 60

Sterak's Gage

• Cost: 3100 >>> 3000
• HP: 400 >>> 450

System Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.14

Galeforce has been one of the strongest items to build on multiple different ADCs, so Riot decided to hit it with some nerfs.

Galeforce

• Active - Cloudburst: Cooldown increased 90 >>> 120 seconds

Champion Buffs in Patch 13.14

Riot is looking to switch up the power dynamics, with AD champions being way too powerful after purchasing their first item. Therefore, Riot is going to be shifting some power dynamics around, and have even announced a nerf to Trinity Force as well. So let's go over what we know about Patch 13.14 already.

Zyra was supposed to receive a slight update to her kit with a bunch of balance and quality of life changes in Patch 13.13. Riot Phlox, who is in charge of the update, did send out a tweet in which he explained that these changes will be added in LoL Patch 13.14. So while these won't release with this patch, the team is still working on the changes.

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Aatrox

Q - The Darkin Blade

• Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+60/65/70/75/80% AD) >>> 10/25/40/55/70 (+60/70/80/90/100% AD) (Note: This will be a buff at 0/100/100/100/100 AD. The 2nd cast of Q will still deal 25% more than base damage and the 3rd cast will still deal 50% more.)
• Minion damage increased 55% flat >>> 55-70% (based on levels 1/6/11/16)

Diana

W - Pale Cascade

• Shield: 40/55/70/85/100 (+25% AP) >>> 45/60/75/90/105 (+30% AP)
• Damage per orb AP ratio: 15% >>> 18%

E - Lunar Rush

• AP ratio: 50% >>> 60%

Lissandra

Passive - Iceborn Subjugation

• Frozen Thralls no longer stop moving to detonate, follow enemies into brush if they are being chased, and are revealed to enemies through fog of war.

Q - Ice Shard

• Now slows all targets in a radius instead of just the first target hit
• Missile casts from position post-cast rather than pre-cast

R - Frozen Tomb

• Minimum heal: 90/140/190 (+25% AP) >>> 100/150/200 (+55% AP)
• AoE damage/slow update cadence: 4 >>> 16 per second
• Logic updated around stopping dashes

Shaco (AD)

Q - Deceive

• bAD ratio: 50% >>> 60%
• Backstab bonus damage: 40% >>> 55%

R - Hallucinate

• Bugfix: Now propogates Prowler's Claw passive to the clone.

Shyvana

Q - Twin Bite

• AD ratio: 20/35/50/65/80% >>> 20/40/60/80/100% AD
• Now grants 40/45/50/55/60% bonus Attack Speed for the next 2 attacks
• Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 >>> 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds

E - Flame Breath

• On-hit damage now has a 1% target max HP per 100 bAD ratio

Volibear

Passive - Lightning Claws

• The Relentless Storm magic damage AP ratio: 40% >>> 50%

Q - Thundering Smash

• QoL Update: Removed a hitch in Volibear's auto attacks after stunning at high attack speeds.

W - Frenzied Maul

• Heal missing HP ratio: 8/10/12/14/16% >>> 8/11/14/17/20%

Xerath

Base Stats

• Mana: 459 >>> 400

Passive - Mana Surge

• Cooldown: 12 >>> 16 seconds
• Cooldown reduced by 2 seconds per unit killed
• Now triggers on structures

R - Rite of the Arcane

• Number of casts increased 3/4/5 >>> 4/5/6
• Damage: 200/250/300 (+45% AP) >>> 180/220/280 (+40% AP)
• Damage now increased by 20/25/30 (+5% AP) per champion hit for the rest of the duration

Zyra

Passive - Garden of Thorns

• Plant monster damage ratio: 150% >>> 100%
• Now deals 40-100 (based on level) bonus damage against monsters
• Area of effect ability damage to plants: 4 >>> 3
• Ranged auto attack damage to plants: 4 >>> 5

W - Rampant Growth

• Number of seeds upon first rank: 1 >>> 2

E - Grasping Roots

• No longer locks out Flash when casting

R - Stranglethorns

• Now casts at maximum range instead of walking into range
• Missile damage update cadence: 4 >>> 16 per second

Changes for Zyra and Xerath had already been part of the Patch update in 13.13, but were reverted so that the team could work on them a little longer. There will also be quite a few changes for top laners, but those changes, that had originally been part of 13.13, were also taken off the PBE and will be added once more for Patch 13.14.

Champion Nerfs in LoL Patch 13.14

It seems like our little friend from Ixtal is still a little too strong in the current meta. Milio is set to receive another nerf with the upcoming LoL patch, which is a bit strange, since his win and pick rate was curbed quite a bit already by the nerfs he received in Patch 13.12.

But who else is on the chopping block?

Hecarim

W - Spirit of Dread

• Resistances: 15/20/25/30/35 >>> 5/10/15/20/25

Jax

E - Counter-Strike

• Cooldown: 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 >>> 15/13.5/12/10.5/9 seconds

R - Grandmaster-At-Arms

• Mana Cost: 50 >>> 100

Karthus

Q - Lay Waste

• Damage: 45/62.5/80/97.5/115 >>> 43/61/79/97/115
• Monster damage ratio: 95% >>> 100%

E - Defile (Passive)

• Mana restored: 15/25/35/45/55 >>> 10/20/30/40/50

Kindred

Base Stats

• HP: 580 >>> 610
• Armor: 26 >>> 29

Q - Dance of Arrows

• Cooldown increased: 8 >>> 9 seconds
• Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 >>> 40/65/90/115/140

Milio

Passive - Fired Up!

• Damage: 25 - 80 >>> 15 - 50 (based on level)

E - Warm Hugs

• Movement Speed: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% >>> 12/14/16/18/20%

Rell

Base Stats

• Armor: 39 >>> 36

Passive - Break the Mold

• Resistances stolen: 3% >>> 2% (max 15% >>> 10%)
• Minimum Armor and Magic Resist Steal: 1.25 - 3 (based on champion level) >>> 0.8 - 2 (based on champion level)
• Maximum Armor and Magic Resist Steal: 15% >>> 10%

Rengar

Base Stats

• Base HP Regeneration: 7 >>> 6

Q - Savagery

• Critical Strike Conversion: 95% >>> 75%

Rek'Sai

W - Unburrow (Burrowed)

• Damage: 55/70/85/100/115 >>> 50/65/80/95/110

E - Furious Bite (Unborrowed)

• Damage: 55/60/65/70/75 (+85% bAD) >>> 5/10/15/20/25 (+70% tAD)

Champion Adjustments in LoL Patch 13.14

Only one champion will receive adjustments with the upcoming patch. We're talking about Yorick, of course. He'll only receive some bug fixes, nothing that should affect his power level very much.

Yorick

• Bug fixes to Life Steal interactions

ARAM Adjustments in Patch 13.14

As always, there will be some slight balance changes for the ARAM mode as well. There are some outliers in each direction that need to be nerfed or buffed accordingly. Let's take a look at our candidates.

ARAM Buffs

• Aphelios: 100% Damage Dealt >>> 105% Damage Dealt
• Ashe: 85% Damage Dealt >>> 90% Damage Dealt
• Vi: 0 Ability Haste >>> 10 Ability Haste
• Quinn: 0 Tenacity >>> 20% Tenacity

ARAM Nerfs

• Ezreal: 100% Damage Dealt >>> 95% Damage Dealt
• Nautilus: 108% Damage Taken >>> 110% Damage Taken
• Rek'Sai: 85% Damage Taken >>> 90% Damage Taken
• Renekton: 105% Damage Dealt >>> 100% Damage Dealt
• Ryze: 90% Damage Taken >>> 95% Damage Taken
• Sona: 90% Healing Done >>> 85% Healing Done, 90% Shielding Done >>> 85% Shielding Done

LoL Mythic Shop Update in Patch 13.14

We are also getting a huge mythic shop update in this League of Legends patch, with skins for Qiyana leaving. Instead, four new skins will be added, as well as a new mythic chroma.

• Valiant Sword Riven: 150 ME
• Lunar Beast Fiora: 125 ME
• Star Guardian Soraka: 125 ME
• Nightbringer Lee Sin: 150 ME
• Dunkmaster Darius Mythic Chroma: 40 ME
• Final Boss Veigar Mythic Chroma: 40 ME

Star Guardian Skins From Wild Rift

In LoL Patch 13.13, we've already got two skins ported over from Wild Rift and this time we're going to be getting one more. While we have to wait a bit longer for the legendary skins for redeemed Xayah and Rakan, this time we're going to be getting the Senna skin.

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That's everything we know about LoL Patch 13.14 for now, but make sure to check back, because we will be updating this throughout the 3-week PBE cycle so you're up-to-date with everything you need!

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