With Patch 14.15 released on the live servers, let’s find out the changes planned for the next update, LoL Patch 14.16.
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LoL Patch 14.16 – Major death time changes
Patch 14.15 was officially released on July 31 and we have started seeing major shakeups in the meta. Despite ADC still being relevant in the mid lane, we are slowly seeing assassins and mages rising up in solo queue.
While Swarm and the summer event are underway, Riot has begun working on the next patch as we’re slowly approaching the last part of the ranked season. The upcoming patches are going to be crucial since they will directly impact the meta for Worlds 2024, which is set to take place in Europe from the end of September.
Despite not many changes being announced, Riot’s game designer Spideraxe has revealed a few important changes to the early-game death timers. The amount of time with a grey screen will be increased until level 10, as players will be punished more heavily early on, with a 4-second increase in the first 4 levels. This should make early-game champions more relevant as they will have more time to take advantage of the windows created by kills. Below you can check out all the numbers planned for the patch.
Additionally, after nearly 9 months of waiting, the new T1 Worlds skins are also here. They are already available in the PBE and will be released in the upcoming patch.
Patch 14.15 Release Date
According to the official patch schedule, Patch 14.16 will be released on Wednesday, August 14. This will be the 16th patch out of the 24 updates planned for the year.
How will the upcoming patch impact the meta?
It’s still too early to say how the meta will shift given the low amount of changes. Aurora has received micropatch nerf but it might not be enough to keep her under control, so there might be more tweaks coming up. In the meantime we wait for the new changes to be announced, check out our tier lists to find the best picks in the meta:
Top lane tier list
Jungle tier list
Mid lane tier list
ADC tier list
Support tier list
Patch 14.16 Tentative Changes
Champion changes in Patch 14.16
Aurora (micropatch nerf)
Base armor: 27 ⇒ 23
% HP damage: 4% ⇒ 2.5%
Q Cooldown: 8 – 6 seconds ⇒ 9 – 7 seconds
Q2 minion damage reduction: 50% ⇒ 75%
Senna
Attack speed growth: 4% ⇒ 2%
Crit per 20 souls: 10% ⇒ 8%
Q base heal: 40 – 80 ⇒ 40 -120
Q heal AP ratio: 40% ⇒ 80%
Q heal AD ratio: 30% bAD ⇒ 40% bAD
Heal no longer scales with lethality
Q slow AP ratio: 6% per 100 AP ⇒ 10% per 100 AP
Q slow AD ratio: 10% per 100 bAD ⇒ 15% per 100bAD
W root duration: 1 – 2 seconds ⇒ 1.25 – 2.25 seconds
R base shield: 100 – 200 ⇒ 120 – 200
R shield AP ratio: 40% ⇒ 70%
Item changes
No item changes planned yet.
System Changes
Death Timers
Lvl 1 and 2: 6 ⇒ 10
Lvl 3 and 4: 8 ⇒ 12
Lvl 5: 10 ⇒ 14
Lvl 6: 12 ⇒ 16
Lvl 7: 16 ⇒ 20
Lvl 8: 21 ⇒ 25
Lvl 9: 26 ⇒ 28
Lvl 10+ unchanged
Upcoming skins
T1 Jayce
T1 Lee Sin
T1 Orianna
T1 Jinx
T1 Bard