Early League of Legends Patch 14.16 : Everything you need to know

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Riot Games has focused a lot on the bot lane in League of Legends Patch 14.16, the developers want to make the southern battlefield perfect before the World Championship 2024. Some major changes are coming in this patch which will affect your gameplay.

When is League Patch 14.16 scheduled to go live ?

League of Legends Patch 14.16 will go live on Wednesday, August 14, according to the current 2024 League Patch schedule. We are currently waiting for Patch 14.16 PBE testing to complete.

Here are the patching times:

  • 3pm CT (NA)
  • 5am GMT (EU West)
  • 3am CET (EU North East)
  • 8am KR (Korea)

On update day you can expect a few hours of downtime. As always, matchmaking will be turned off in all League queues about three hours before the update. This means you’ll have to wait a bit before you can dive back into the game.

What’s in patch 14.16?

Senna’s Stats Mein Support Rework

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Senna is now being pushed into the Enchanter Support build, which was previously lethality focused. Riot has identified that giving Senna a lethality build was a mistake, especially as his win rate has dropped to 48%. Riot’s goal is to bring Senna back into his role and create better synergy with ADCs. After this update, Senna will be able to play with a more supportive build, which will improve his teamfights and laning phase.

Backtrack of Riot on Sylas Nerfs

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The recent nerfs on Sylas are now being rolled back. Its win rate has dropped significantly since patch 14.15, and is now at 48.51%, down from 50.87% in 14.14. Riot has realized they over-nerfed Sylas, so they are now rolling back some changes to bring Sylas back into balance. These rollback changes will slightly improve Sylas’ win rate and give players a fair experience.

Dying now comes with new death timer penalties

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Killing on Summoner’s Rift will now be more punishable in the early stages. Death timers have been increased by 4 seconds from levels one to eight, and 2 seconds have been added at level nine. This is an attempt to make early lobby deaths more punishable. Killing in the early game will mean more disadvantage for your team, which will make early invades and ganks more risky.

T1’s 2023 World Championship Skins

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After the 2023 League World Championship, T1’s Worlds skins are finally coming in League of Legends Patch 14.16. These include 5 T1 skins and 1 Prestige T1 skin, which celebrate Zeus’ Finals MVP performance. These skins are not only visually stunning, but are also a tribute to T1’s legendary performance. Here are the new skins:

  • T1 Jayce (1,350 RP)
  • Prestige T1 Jayce (125 Mythic Essence)
  • T1 Lee Sin (1,350 RP)
  • T1 Orianna (1,350 RP)
  • T1 Jinx (1,350 RP)
  • T1 Bard (1,350 RP)

These T1 skins will become available during the Patch 14.16 cycle, and players will be able to enjoy them in the game.

League Patch 14.16 Patch Notes

Champions

  • Azir: Balance changes.
  • Corki: Updates to abilities.
  • Katarina: Tweaks for better performance.
  • Lucian: Adjustments for balance.
  • Orianna: Minor updates.
  • Senna: Major rework as mentioned.
  • Skarner: Adjustments for better gameplay.
  • Sylas: Rollback on previous nerfs.
  • Syndra: Balance changes.
  • Vi: Minor tweaks.
  • Wukong: Adjustments for balance.

Items

  • Black Cleaver: Stat changes.
  • Blade of the Ruined King: Adjustments for balance.
  • Doran’s Blade: Minor tweaks.
  • Doran’s Shield: Stat changes.
  • Fated Ashes: New item updates.
  • Liandry’s Torment: Balance adjustments.

Runes

  • Coming soon: Expect updates in the next patch.

System

  • Death Timers: Increased as discussed.
  • Death Homeguards: Adjustments for balance.

Skins

T1 Jayce

Prestige T1 Jayce

T1 Lee Sin

T1 Orianna

T1 Jinx

T1 Bard

This was the complete overview of League of Legends Patch 14.16. These changes are going to balance the game a lot before the tournament. As soon as the patch is live, you can check these updates and adjust your gameplay.

Note : – this article is being update until patch cycle

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