League of Legends patch 10.14: The return of mid lane and jungle Karthus
Be prepared to get Requiem-ed again.
League of Legends Patch 10.14 includes buffs to a handful of solo queue champions, nerfs for a few competitive meta champions, and some big buffs to the clear winner, Karthus.
Alistar, Riven, Kha’zix, and Zed all received singular buffs that will improve their solo queue win rate.
Meanwhile, popular champions in pro play like Varus, Ezreal, and Trundle on the other hand, took a hit.
Here are the biggest winners and losers of patch 10.14:
Base stats
Q – Lay Waste
E – Defile
Good news Karthus mains! Firstly, his movement speed changes has been reverted this patch, after the 10 MS was taken away inpatch 10.9.
Lay Waste and Defile’s damage have been increased, which ups his power in both mid and jungle. Jungle Karthus in particular, will benefit from the increased base damage of Q, and make a return to pro play.
W – Ghostwater Dive
E – Phantom Undertow
Overall, Pyke received a buff that rewards high risk plays. With his base stats have been reduced, he is easier to take down.
However, this is balanced by the big buffs to Bone Skewer, where mana cost and cooldown have decreased, while its base damage increased by ten. Phantom Undertow also had its base damage up by ten at all levels, making Pyke a very viable support pick.
Winner: Predator rune
Despite the many buffs to Predator inpatch 10.12, Riot assessed that it is “still weaker than expected” compared to other keystones.
This time around, Predator has been given raw damage and shaved off ten seconds to its cooldown at all levels. which means players will be able to utilize it more frequently.
Q – Piercing Arrow
E – Hail of Arrows
A permanent ban on red side, Varus has been the undisputed number one AD carry for a while now. The nerfs to Piercing Arrow tones down lethality poke Varus, but doesn’t dissuade on-hit Varus.
Will these nerfs be enough to get him off the bench?
Loser: Ezreal
E – Arcane Shift
Arcane Shift received an additional three second cooldown at all levels, which means that he is limited to one E per fight. With CDR, he could use it again, but overall, limits Ezreal’s mobility.
Access the full patch notes for 10.14here.
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