The League of Legends test environment has updated! Here's the most recent changes I've been able to mine. Some more complex changes such as bug fixes and changes to spell behavior are more difficult to extract so I might have missed them and I am always improving my tools to get better results in the future. Visit the Current PBE Changes article to see all the changes currently on the PBE for patch cycle 14.9 which goes live on Wednesday 5/01/2024.
Today riot shipped a whole bunch of item changes which look to be largely nerfs to bruiser items, some badly needed (looking at you, Divine Sunderer) along with a big pile of adjustments specific to Arena.
Champion Balance Changes
Please note that this list only contains the changes between this PBE update and the last, take a look at the full Patch 14.9 Preview page to see the full list of changes from live.
Garen
Selection radius: 75 --> 125
(Just makes it easier to click him)
Kennen
KennenE
Visual range indicator added
KennenR
R cast winddown time removed
Can now move during cast time.
Lee Sin
LeeSinE2
No longer uses a missile, all targets in range are now affected immediately.
Arena-only changes
(There are some changes from last time that are still in effect, I will try to note them)
Azir
AzirQ
Cooldown: 14s-6s --> 12s-6s
Gnar
GnarQ
Q cooldown: 20s-10s --> 18s-10s
GnarE
E cooldown: 22s-12s --> 18s-10s
KarthasR
Cooldown: 200/180/160 --> 60 at all levels
Lux
LuxR
Cooldown: 60/50/40 --> 60 at all levels
Shen
ShenR
Cooldown: 200/180/160s --> 60 at all levels
Vex
VexQ
Base Damage: 70-250 --> 90-270
AP Ratio: 0.70 --> 0.85
VexW
Cooldown: 16-12 --> 13-11
VexE
Slow: 0.30 - 0.50--> 0.40-0.60
Cooldown: 13 --> 10
Xerath
XerathW
Base damage: 85-225 (Arena) --> 90-230
Cooldown: 14-10 --> 10 at all levels
XerathR
Cooldown: 130/115/100 --> 50 at all levels
Ziggs
ZiggsQ
Cooldown: 6-4 --> 4 at all levels
Item Balance Changes
Cappa Juice
[NEW]Flavor text: "In honor of Captain Abe"
Death's Dance
AD: 55 --> 60
Heal bonus AD ratio: 0.50 --> 0.70
Completion Cost: 1000 --> 125
(Total cost unchanged)
Recipe: Steel Sigil, Caulfield's Warhammer --> Steel Sigil, Caulfield's Warhammer, Pickaxe
Eclipse
%HP damage: 8% melee, 4% ranged --> 6% melee, 4% ranged
Hexdrinker
MR: 35 --> 30
Completion Cost: 500 --> 150
(Total Cost unchanged)
Recipe: Long Sword, Null-Magic Mantle --> Long Sword, Null-Magic Mantle, Long Sword
Maw of Malmortius
Ability Haste: 0 --> 15
MR: 50 --> 40
AD: 65 --> 70
Shield Duration: 2.5 --> 3.0
Lifesteal from Lifeline: 12% --> 8%
Completion Cost: 275 --> 700
Total Cost: 2800 --> 3100
Recipe: Pickaxe, Hexdrinker, Longsword --> Hexdrinker, Caufield's Warhammer
Spear of Shojin
[NEW]Now grants a maximum of one stack per second
Sterak's Gage
Cooldown: 60 --> 90
Total Cost: 3000 --> 3100
Sundered Sky
Cooldown: 6s --> 8s
Heal base AD ratio: 1.40 --> 1.20
Heal missing health: 6% --> 5%
ARAM-only changes
Hubris
flat AD buff: 15 --> 15 melee, 10 ranged
AD per statue: 2 --> 2 melee, 1 ranged
buff duration: 90 --> 90 melee, 45 ranged