LoL patch 14.23 rundown

LoL patch 14.23 celebrates the full release of Arcane season 2 with a new run of skins based on that season’s events.

Additionally, it brings some of the regular balance changes to champions, items and more.

It’s one of the lighter patches overall (even compared to its similarly slim predecessor), with only a few tweaks here and there. However, Rell and Smolder both (again) get some sizable reworks.

LoL patch 14.23 rundown

LoL patch 14.23 brings buffs to the following champions:

• Azir: Azir’s W ratio AP is higher
• Master Yi: He gets more bonus attack speed from his R
• Miss Fortune: Her Q costs less mana
• Rammus: Rammus’ Q has a shorter cooldown
• Rengar: The armor shred and bonus damage on his R is higher

Meanwhile, nerfs hit a longer list of champs:

• Caitlyn: Caitlyn’s R does less damage
• Kha’Zix: He has less base armor and his evolved W slows isolated targets less
• Kog’Maw: The resistance shred on his Q is lower at early levels, and his E does less damage
• Shyvana: Shyvana has lower MR growth and her E does less damage
• Skarner: His Q does less damage
• Tahm Kench: His AP scaling on his Passive and R are both lower
• Teemo: Teemo’s E damage to monsters is lower
• Zac: Zac does less damage with his Q

Finally, we get some adjustments/reworks to these champs:

• Ambessa: The Q2 cast window is slightly longer, and she gets bugfixes to improve performance
• Aurora: Her passive no longer grants movespeed, which is now on her W instead. Her Q has a longer cooldown and range, does more damage, and her Q2 auto-casts at the end of its recast timer. Her E also has longer range and her R no longer traps enemies (only slows them), and grants similar move speed to her new W
• Jinx: Jinx has higher AD growth, but her W does less damage
• Rell: All her base stats have been reworked. Her passive now deals 5% of her resists as extra magic damage on-hit. Her Q has a shorter stun, her W-dismount now stuns and no longer self-slows, her W-mount has a shorter stun and cooldown, and her E no longer ramps up on its move speed
• Smolder: All Smolder’s abilities are adjusted to shift some of his scaling power away from his stacks and more towards items. Importantly, his R now only deals half damage to minions, reducing his stalling power

Items and other changes

For LoL item changes, patch 14.23 brings the following:

• The Collector gets a price nerf, now costing 50 more gold
• Youmuu’s Ghostblade gets nerfs to ranged users, who now get less movement speed from its passive and active
• Yun Tal Wildarrows receives a buff, costing 100 gold less. Its Flurry also lasts 2 seconds longer and has a 10 second shorter cooldown (40 to 30)

There are also Bounty calculation adjustments, to reduce negative impact on the losing team. The stronger team will accrue more bounties, and the losing team will get less.

Finally, we get the new Arcane skins:

• Arcane Brawler Vi
• Arcane Commander Caitlyn
• Arcane Shimmer Lab Singed
• Arcane Survivor Jayce
• Prestige Arcane Commander Caitlyn