League of Legends patch 14.3 notes: Vanguard update, items changes, Rengar nerfs and more

Riot Games has released the notes for patch 14.3, which brings with it multiple changes to items, burst damage, and targeted champion nerfs.

League of Legends patch 14.3 introduces a bunch of new updates like lowering the overall burst in the game and adjusting champions that are abusing the current time system.

Here are the full patch notes for League of Legends patch 14.3 ahead of its release.

When does LoL Patch 14.3 go live?

League of Legends Patch 14.3 is expected to go live on February 7, 2024, according to Riot’s patch schedule. Patch 14.3 will head to Oceanic servers first, with other servers slowly receiving it throughout the day.

Here are the key timings of Patch 14.3 for your server:

• 3 AM PT (NA)
• 5 AM GMT (EUW)
• 3 AM CET (EUNE)
• 8 AM KST (Korea)

There’ll be a few hours of downtime when patching begins, and matchmaking queues will be taken offline about three hours beforehand.

What’s changing in LoL patch 14.3?

Item Changes

Riot is beefing up some items, like those used by attack-speed-reliant champions in the bot lane, to better contest with burst champions. The developer is also reducing the power of AP burst damage items and proc damages to reduce the amount of burst overall in the game.

Vanguard

Riot’s anti-cheat, Vanguard, was supposed to be added to League of Legends in the previous patch. However, some “critical bugs” kept the developer from implementing it at that time. The process for implementing the system will start with this patch.

Players will have their computers checked during this update to see if it is ready to install Vanguard. The system will actually be installed on to player’s devices in patch 14.5.

Riot Games

Riot is still making balance changes with the new items and champions that use them.

League of Legends Patch 14.3 notes

Champions

Aurelion Sol

Q: Breath of Light

• Mana Cost per Second: 45/50/55/60/65 ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50
• Stardust Stacks per Champion Burst: 1 ⇒ 3

W: Astral Flight

• Mana Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70
• Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds ⇒ 15/14/13/12/11 seconds
• Q – Breath of Light Bonus Damage: 14/15.5/17/18.5/20% ⇒ 18/20/22/24/26%

E: Singularity

• Stardust Stacks per Champion Takedown
• Stardust Stacks per Epic Monster Takedown: 5 ⇒ 2
• Stardust Stacks per Cannon Minion Takedown: 3 ⇒ 2
• Stardust Stacks per Large Monster Takedown: 3 ⇒ 2

Azir

Base Stats

• Base Health Regeneration: 7 ⇒ 5

Brand

Passive: Blaze

• Damage to Monsters Modifier: 220% ⇒ 200%
• Bugfix: Blaze no longer deals more than 2% maximum health damage over a singleapplication.

Q: Sear

• Damage: 80/110/140/170/200 (+65% AP) ⇒70/100/130/160/190 (+65% AP)

Corki

Passive: Special Delivery

• Package Duration: 60 seconds ⇒ 45 seconds

W: Valkyrie

• Cooldown
• Mana Cost: 100 ⇒ 80
• Damage per Second: 60/90/120/150/180 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP)

R: Missile Barrage

• Item Interaction Adjustment: Malignance will no longer count toward Eclipse’s passive.

Ezreal

Q: Mystic Show

• Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+135% AD) (+15% AP) ⇒ 20/45/70/95/120 (+130% AD) (+15% AP)

R: Trueshot Barrage

• Damage: 350/525/700 (+120% bonus AD) (+90% AP) ⇒ 325/500/675 (+100% bonus AD) (+90% AP)

Illaoi

Passive: Prophet of the Elder God

• Tentacle Range: 800 ⇒ 925
• Tentacle Damage: 10-180 (based on level) (+120% AD) (+40% AP) ⇒9-162 (based on level) (+115% AD) (+40% AP)

Karma

R: Mantra

• Soulflare Damage: 35/140/245/350 (+70% AP) ⇒ 40/130/220/310 (+50% AP)

Lillia

Passive: Dream-Laden Bough

• Maximum Health Damage: 5% (+1.5% AP) ⇒ 5% (+1.25% AP)

Q: Blooming Blows

• Damage: 70/90/110/130/150 (+90% AP) ⇒ 70/90/110/130/150 (+70% AP)

Maokia

Base Stats

• Base Mana Regeneration: 7.2 ⇒ 6

Passive: Sap Magic

• Maximum Health Heal: 4-34 (based on level) (+4%-12% (based on level) ⇒ 4-12.8% (based on level)

Q: Bramble Smash

• Cooldown: 8/7.25/6.5/5.75/5 ⇒ 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds
• Mana Cost: 60 ⇒ 40

E: Sapling Toss

• Cooldown: 14 ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12 seconds
• Mana Cost: 45/55/65/75/85 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80

R: Nature’s Grasp

• Cooldown: 120/110/100 ⇒ 130/110/90 seconds

Nidalee

E: Primal Surge

• Minimum Heal: 35/50/65/80/95 (+27.5% AP) ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150 (+35% AP) (Note: maximum heal is still double the minimum)
• Bonus Attack Speed: 20/30/40/50/60% ⇒ 30/40/50/60/70%

Pyke

Base Stats

• Base Armor: 45 ⇒ 47

Q: Bone Skewer

• Damage: 100/150/200/250/300 (+60% bonus AD) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+75% bonus AD)
• Mana Cost: 74/78/82/86/90 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90

W: Ghostwater Dive

• Bonus Movement Speed: 40% (+1.5% per 1 Lethality) ⇒ 45% (+2% per 1Lethality)

E – Phantom Undertow

• Damage: 105/145/185/225/265 (+100% bonus AD) ⇒ 100/150/200/250/300 (+100% bonus AD)

Rengar

Base Stats

• Base Health: 620 ⇒ 590

Q: Savagery

• Bonus Damage: 30/60/90/120/150 (+0/5/10/15/20% AD) ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150 (+0/3.75/7.5/11.25/15% AD)
• Empowered Bonus Damage: 30-235 (based on level) (+40% AD) ⇒ 30-235 (based on level) (+30% AD)

Shaco

Base Stats

• Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.45 ⇒ 0.35

W: Jack in the Box

• Mana Cost: 70 at all ranks ⇒ 70/65/60/55/50
• Bonus Damage to Monsters: 10/20/30/40/50 ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80
• Grub Proof: Shaco’s Jack in the Boxes are no longer one-shot by Grubs.

E: Two-Shic Poison

• Mana Cost: 65 ⇒ 75

R: Hallucinate

• POOF: Shaco’s clone now creates an orange poof when it snaps back to Shaco or teleports for any reason.
• Clone Clock: Shaco’s clone duration is now displayed on the HUD.
• Bugfix: Shaco’s clone no longer loses its auto attack target when casting spells.

Shyvana

Q: Twin Bite

• Empowered Attack Bonus Damage: 100% AD (+35% AP) ⇒ 100% AD(+50% AP)
• Bonus Attack Speed: 40/45/50/55/60% ⇒ 50/55/60/65/70%

W: Burnout

• Bonus Movement Speed: 30/35/40/45/50% (+0.8% AP) ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50%(+0.12% AP)

Taliyah

Q: Threaded Volley

• Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60/78/96/114/132 (+50% AP)

E: Unraveled Earth

• Cooldown: 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 seconds ⇒ 14 seconds at all ranks

Teemo

Q: Blinding Dart

• QoL Adjustment: Teemo Q blind should now immediately apply to targets hit by the Q, preventing Teemo from taking damage from an auto attack after the blind has been applied. Blind duration should now also be consistent with the debuff duration above the target’s health bar.

Trundle

Base Stats

• Base Health: 686 ⇒ 650

Q: Chomp

• Bonus Attack Damage: 20/40/60/80/100 (+15/25/35/45/55% AD) ⇒ 10/30/50/70/90 (+15/25/35/45/55% AD)

Twitch

E: Contaminate

• QoL Adjustment: If Twitch uses his E at the same time his poison expires on an enemy, they will now take damage based on the number of stacks they had when the poison expired. This should result in the E cast being just slightly more forgiving.

Wukong

Q: Crushing Blow

• Bonus Range: 75/100/125/150/175 ⇒ 135/145/155/165/175
• Bonus Physical Damage: 20/45/70/95/120 (+45% bonus AD) ⇒20/45/70/95/120 (+55% bonus AD)

E: Nimbus Strike

• Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds ⇒ 10/9.25/8.5/7.75/7 seconds

Yorick

Passive: Shepherd of Souls

• Summon Leash Range: 2000 ⇒ 1600
• Return Speed: Yorick’s summons now gain bonus movement speed when returning to Yorick. This movement speed bonus is based on the distance between Yorick and the summon.

Q: Last Rites

• Heal: 10-68 (based on level), doubled when below 50% health ⇒ 10-68 (based on level) (+4/5/6/7/8% missing health), halved vs non-champions
• Mana Cost: 25 ⇒ 20

E: Mourning Mist

• Cast Time: 0.33 ⇒ 0.25 seconds

R: Eulogu of the Isles

• Bonus Damage when Attacking Maiden’s Target: 3/6/9% maximum health (capped at 100/200/300 vs monsters), 2 second cooldown ⇒ 2/2.5/3% maximum health (capped at 100 vs monsters), no cooldown.

Zeri

Base Stats:

• Base AD: 53 ⇒ 56

R: Lightning Crash

• Cooldown: 100/85/70 ⇒ 80/75/70

Ziggs

Base Stats:

• Base Armor: 18 ⇒ 21
• Armor Growth: 4.5 ⇒ 4.7

W: Satchel Charge

• Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12 ⇒ 20/18/16/14/12 seconds

Zyra

Base Stats:

• Base Mana Regeneration: 13 ⇒ 7
• Mana Regeneration Growth: 0.4 ⇒ 0.8

Q: Deadly Spines

• Mana Cost: 70 ⇒ 55

W: Rampart Growth

• Seed Charge Progression on Minion/Monster Takedown: 20% ⇒ 35%

Items

Essence Reaver

• Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60

Guinsoo’s Rageblade

• Item Recipe: Amplifying Tome + Hearthbound Axe + Long Sword + 1050 gold ⇒ Amplifying Tome + Recurve Bow + Pickaxe + 1025 gold
• Attack Damage: 30 ⇒ 35
• Ability Power: 30 ⇒ 35

Hullbreaker

• Big Bugfix: Fixed a bug that caused the Hullbreaker buff to minions to unintentionally fall off when an allied champion is nearby.

Kaenic Rookern

• Magic Shield Strength: 20% of maximum health ⇒ 18% of maximum health
• Shield Refresh Cooldown: 12 seconds without taking damage ⇒ 15 seconds without taking damage

Rod of Ages

• Health: 350 ⇒ 400
• Mana: 300 ⇒ 400

The Collector

• Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 55

Youmuu’s Ghostblade

• Out of Combat Bonus Movement Speed: 40 ⇒ 40 (melee) / 20 (ranged)
• Active Bonus Movement Speed: 20% ⇒ 20% (melee) / 15% (ranged)

Archangel’s Staff / Seraph’s Embrace

• Total Cost: 3000 ⇒ 2900
• Combine Cost: 500 ⇒ 400

Echoes of Helia

• Damage per Shard: 55 ⇒ 45
• Heal per Shard: 20 ⇒ 40

Hextech Alternator

• Revved Damage: 50-125 (based on level) ⇒ 65 at all levels

Hextech Rocketbelt

• Supersonic Damage: 125 (+15% AP) ⇒ 100 (+10% AP)

Kraken Slayer

• Bring It Down Damage: 35-85 (levels 8-18) (+65% total AD) (+60% AP) ⇒ 140-310 (levels 8-18)

Lich Bane

• Spellblade Damage: 100% base AD (+50% AP) ⇒ 75% base AD (+50% AP)

Luden’s Companion

• Total Cost: 3000 ⇒ 2900
• Combine Cost: 700 ⇒ 600
• Ability Power: 90 ⇒ 95
• Fire Damage: 40 (+8% AP) ⇒ 45 (+4% AP)

Malignance

• Total Cost: 2800 ⇒ 2700
• Combine Cost: 700 ⇒ 600
• Damage per Second: 60 (+6% AP) ⇒ 60 (+5% AP)
• Magic Resist Shred: 6-12 (based on level) ⇒ 10 at all levels

Profane Hydra

• Passive Cleave Damage: 40% AD (melee) / 20% AD (ranged) ⇒ 50% AD (melee) / 25% AD (ranged)
• Active Heretical Cleave Damage Against Targets Below 50% Maximum Health: 150% total AD ⇒ 130% total AD

Statikk Shiv

• Total Cost: 3000 ⇒ 2700
• Combine Cost: 400 ⇒ 100
• Electroshock Damage to Champions: 100-180 (based on level) ⇒ 90 at all levels

Stormrazor

• Bolt Damage: 90 (+25% total AD) ⇒ 100
• Bolt Bonus Movement Speed: 1 ⇒ 1.5 seconds

Stormsurge

• Ability Power: 90 ⇒ 95
• Squall Damage: 100-200 (level 1-18) (+20% AP) ⇒ 140 (+20% AP)

Sundered Sky

• Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 45
• Health: 300 ⇒ 450

Titanic Hydra

• Health: 500 ⇒ 550
• Active Titanic Crescent Damage to Primary Target: 6% maximum health (melee) / 3% maximum health (ranged) ⇒ 4% maximum health (melee) / 2% maximum health (ranged)

Systems

Rift Herald

• Slow Start: For the first three seconds after spawning, Rift Herald has very high maneuverability and will be easier to turn. Every 2 seconds after Herald slowly becomes less maneuverable as its speed increases.
• Damage from Wall Collision: Crashing into a wall while controlling Herald will deal damage equal to that of crashing into a tower to Shelly ⇒ Crashing into a wall while controlling Herald will deal 20% of the damage received compared to crashing into a tower to Shelly
• We Don’t Have All Game…: Player-summoned Rift Herald trinket spawning has been sped up by 1 second.