League of Legends Patch 13.14 Notes - Naafiri and The Arena Release, Soul Fighter event and more

The newest Patch 13.14 without a doubt is the highlight of the Season 2023, boasting a large number of addition to the game, just in time for the mid-season.

With the arrival of LoL Patch 13.14, the second split of this season commences, introducing a host of notable changes. Among them are revamped ranked features, such as the introduction of a brand-new ranked tier– Emerald and the removal of promotion series. Aside from it, there’s certainly a lot to come including the summer event– Soul Fighter, a new game mode, champions, skins, game pass, champion changes and more, promising an exhilarating journey for players to embark upon.

Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming League of Legends Patch 13.14.

New Champion for LoL Patch 13.14: Naafiri

Naafiri is the newest addition to the roster and 164th champion to be released in League of Legends. Players are looking at the new Darkin champion with great interest as it’s been a while since the last time they released a monster champion.

She is a mid-lane assassin that comes in a pack as they hunt down their foes. What sets her apart from her fellow assassins is the simplicity of her kit, making it an ideal choice for aspiring beginners eager to delve into the role. With Naafiri, newcomers can easily grasp the intricacies of the assassin playstyle, ensuring a thrilling experience for those venturing into the role for the first time.

Here’s a preview of the new champion’s abilities.

Passive - We Are More

Naafiri spawns Packmates that attack the targets of her attacks and abilities.

Q - Darkin Daggers

Naafiri hurls up to two daggers, each inflicting bleed, or each inflicting bonus damage if the target is already bleeding.

Packmates leap to attack champions hit by this skill.

W - Hound's Pursuit

Naafiri and her packmates dash at an enemy, colliding with the first champion hit and dealing damage.

E - Eviscerate

Naafiri dashes and damages enemies in an area, recalling and healing her Packmates to full.

R - The Call of the Pack

Naafiri empowers her pack and spawns additional Packmates, gaining a burst of speed and vision and a shield when she attacks a champion.

On first champion takedown, all effects are refreshed.

New Game Mode for LoL Patch 13.14: Arena

Brimming with anticipation and exhilaration, the forthcoming game mode in League of Legends captivates players with its unparalleled and adrenaline-fueled gameplay. The Arena, previously known as the 2v2v2v2 game pits two players to compete against three other two-man teams for victory, with the help of augments, juices and items. Learn more about the newest game mode by reading this article.

Champion Buffs for LoL Patch 13.14

Hecarim

W - SPIRIT OF DREAD

• Bonus Armor and Magic Resist: 15/20/25/30/35 ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25

Jax

E - COUNTER STRIKE

• Cooldown: 14/12.5/11/9.5/8 seconds ⇒ 15/13.5/12/10.5/9 seconds

R - GRANDMASTER-AT-ARMS

• Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 100

Karthus

Q - LAY WASTE

• Magic Damage: 45/62.5/80/97.5/115 (+35% AP) ⇒ 43/61/79/97/115 (+35% AP)
• Monster Damage Modifier: 95% ⇒ 100%

E - DEFILE

• Mana Restoration on Enemy Takedown: 15/25/35/45/55 ⇒ 10/20/30/40/50

Kindred

BASE STATS

• Base Health: 580 ⇒ 610
• Base Armor: 26 ⇒ 29

Q - DANCE OF ARROWS

• Physical Damage: 50/75/100/125/150 (+75% bonus AD) ⇒ 40/65/90/115/140 (+75% bonus AD)
• Cooldown: 8 seconds ⇒ 9 seconds

Milio

PASSIVE - FIRED UP!

• Burn Damage: 25-80 (based on level) (+20% AP) ⇒ 15-50 (based on level) (+20% AP)

E - WARM HUGS

• Bonus Movement Speed: 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% ⇒ 12/14/16/18/20%

Reksai

W - UN-BURROW

• Physical Damage: 55/70/85/100/115 (+80% bonus AD) ⇒ 50/65/80/95/110 (+80% bonus AD)

E - FURIOUS BITE

• Physical Damage: 55/60/65/70/75 (+85% bonus AD) ⇒ 5/10/15/20/25 (+70% total AD)

Rell

BASE STATS

• Base Armor: 39 ⇒ 36

PASSIVE - BREAK THE MOLD

• Armor and Magic Resist Steal: 3% ⇒ 2%
• Minimum Armor and Magic Resist Steal: 1.25-3 (based on champion level) ⇒ 0.8-2 (based on champion level)
• Maximum Armor and Magic Resist Steal: 15% ⇒ 10%

Rengar

BASE STATS

• Health Regeneration per 5 seconds: 7 ⇒ 6

Q - SAVAGERY

• Critical Strike Damage Conversion: 95% ⇒ 75%

Champion Nerfs for LoL Patch 13.14

Aatrox

Q - THE DARKIN BLADE

• First Cast Damage: 10/30/50/70/90 (+60/65/70/75/80% AD) ⇒ 10/25/40/55/70 (+60/70/80/90/100% AD) (Note: This will be a buff at 0/100/100/100/100 AD. The 2nd cast of Q will still deal 25% more than base damage and the 3rd cast will still deal 50% more.)
• Minion Damage Modifier: 55% ⇒ 55/60/65/70% (levels 1/6/11/16)

Diana

W - PALE CASCADE

• Shield Strength: 40/55/70/85/100 (+25% AP) (+9% bonus health) ⇒ 45/60/75/90/105 (+30% AP) (+9% bonus health)
• Magic Damage per Orb: 18/30/42/54/66 (+15% AP) ⇒ 18/30/42/54/66 (+18% AP)

E - LUNAR RUSH

• Magic Damage: 50/70/90/110/130 (+50%) ⇒ 50/70/90/110/130 (+60%)

Lissandra

PASSIVE - ICEBORN SUBJUGATION

• Thrall Movement: Thralls will stop at final frames before exploding ⇒ Thralls will continue to chase down their targets until they explode
• [NEW] You Can't Hide: Thralls will now follow enemies into Brush if they were already being chased down by the Thrall
• [NEW] I C(E) You Coming: Thralls are revealed to enemies through Fog of War.

Q - ICE SHARD

• Slow Application: Q will slow the first enemy hit ⇒ Q will now slow all enemies hit
• Ice Shard Missile: Q will cast from position post-cast rather than pre-cast

R - FROZEN TOMB

• Heal Amount: 90/140/190 (+25% AP) (increased by 0-100% based on missing health) ⇒ 100/150/200 (+55% AP) (increased by 0-100% based on missing health) (Note: Maximum heal value will be at 30% or less health now instead of 0% health.)
• Damage and Slow Application Cadence: 4 times per second ⇒ 16 times per second
• Dash Interactions: Updated logic slightly around stopping dashes

Shaco

Q - DECEIVE

• Bonus Physical Damage: 25/35/45/55/65 (+50% bonus AD) ⇒ 25/35/45/55/65 (+60% bonus AD)
• Backstab Bonus Critical Strike Damage: 40% ⇒ 55%

R - HALLUCINATE

• Prowler's Claw Bugfix: Prowler's Claw's passive will now properly be applied to Shaco's clone

BUGFIXES

• Not So Fast Dragon: Shaco boxes will no longer instantly die to Hextech Dragon’s lightning AoE
• Zip Zap No More: Zeri’s Q bullets will now deal the correct amount of damage to Shaco’s boxes

Shyvanna

Q - TWIN BITE

• Bonus Physical Damage: 20/35/50/65/80% AD (+25% AP) ⇒ 20/40/60/80/100% AD (+25% AP)
• [NEW] Attack Speed Increase: Shyvana's next 2 attacks have 40/45/50/55/60% increased attack speed
• Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 seconds ⇒ 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds.

E - FLAME BREATH

• Bonus Magic Damage On-Hit vs Marked Targets: 3% of target's maximum health ⇒ 3% of target's maximum health (+1% per 100 bonus AD)

Volibear

PASSIVE - THE RELENTLESS STORM

• Lightning Claws Magic Damage: 11-60 (based on level) (+40% AP) ⇒ 11-60 (based on level) (+50% AP)

Q - THUNDERING SMASH

• QoL Update: Removed a hitch in Volibear's auto attacks after stunning at high attack speeds.

W - FRENZIED MAUL

• Heal: 20/35/50/65/80 (+8/10/12/14/16% of missing health) ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80 (+8/11/14/17/20% of missing health)

Xerath

BASE STATS

• Base Mana: 459 ⇒ 400

PASSIVE - MANA SURGE

• Cooldown: 12 seconds ⇒ 16 seconds
• [NEW] Two for One: Mana Surge's cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds upon killing a unit
• [NEW] Tower is Power: Hitting Turrets will now proc Mana Surge

R - RITE OF THE ARCANE

• Number of Casts: 3/4/5 ⇒ 4/5/6
• Magic Damage: 200/250/300 (+45% AP) ⇒ 180/230/280 (+40% AP)
• [NEW] Successive Snipes: If a champion is hit with a bolt, successive bolts will deal an additional 20/25/30 (+5% AP) damage (Note: This applies to any number of champions hit with a bolt, so whether you hit one or five you will only receive up to one stack per cast.)

Zyra

PASSIVE - GARDEN OF THORNS

• Plant Damage from AoE Spells: 4 ⇒ 3
• Plant Damage from Ranged Auto Attacks: 4 ⇒ 5
• Plant Damage to Monsters: 150% damage to non-Epic monsters ⇒ 40-100 bonus magic damage to all monsters (scales with champion level)

W - RAMPANT GROWTH

• Seeds on First Rank-Up: 1 ⇒ 2

E - GRASPING ROOTS

• Flash Interaction: E no longer locks Zyra out of using Flash during the cast time

R - STRANGLETHORNS

• Damage Application Cadence: 4 times per second ⇒ 16 times per second
• Casting Logic: Zyra will walk to the position at which her R was cast ⇒ Zyra will immediately cast her R at its maximum range

Item and Spell Changes for League of Legends Patch 13.14

Axiom Arc

• Ultimate Cooldown Refunded: 20% of total cooldown ⇒ 5% (+40% of total Lethality) (Note: This will be a buff at Mythic item + Axiom Arc, scaling up to ~40% at full build.)

Galeforce

• Cooldown: 90 seconds ⇒ 120 seconds

Infinity Edge

• Attack Damage: 70 ⇒ 65
• Critical Strike Damage: 35% ⇒ 45%

Prowler's Claw

• Lethality: 15 ⇒ 18

Randuin's Omen

• Critical Strike Damage Reduction: 20% ⇒ 25%

Spear of Shojin

• Total Cost: 3400 gold ⇒ 3300 gold
• Health: 300 ⇒ 350

Spirit Visage

• Magic Resistance: 50 ⇒ 60

Statikk Shiv

• Attack Speed: 25% ⇒ 30%
• Electroshock Minion Damage: 250-450 (based on level) ⇒ 250-350 (250 + 25 per level starting at level 7, then +12.5 per level at level 11 ⇒ 250 + 10 per level starting at level 9)

Sterak's Gage

• Total Cost: 3100 gold ⇒ 3000 gold
• Health: 400 ⇒ 450

Trinity Force

• Attack Speed: 35% ⇒ 33%
• Attack Damage per Stack: 4% ⇒ 3% + 3% (Note: This is just 6%)
• Maximum Threefold Strike Stacks: 5 ⇒ 3 (Note: Maximum AD decreased from 20% to 18%.)

Ghost

• Duration: 10 seconds ⇒ 15 seconds
• [REMOVED] Duration on Takedowns: Ghost no longer extends its duration by 4-7 seconds upon getting a takedown

Jungle Buff Adjustments

CREST OF CINDERS

• Burn True Damage: 10-78 (linear scaling based on level) ⇒ 10-75 (remains at 10 damage for levels 1-5, then increases in increments of 5 per level)
• Melee Slow: 10/15/20% (levels 1/6/11) ⇒ 5/10/15/20% (levels 1/6/11/16)
• Ranged Slow: 5/7.5/10% (levels 1/6/11) (Note: Unchanged)

CREST OF INSIGHT

• Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 5/10/15/20 (levels 1/6/11/16)

ARAM Adjustments

Buffs

• Aphelios: 100% Damage Dealt ⇒ 105% Damage Dealt
• Ashe: 85% Damage Dealt ⇒ 90% Damage Dealt
• Vi: 0 Ability Haste ⇒ 10 Ability Haste
• Quinn: 0 Tenacity ⇒ 20% Tenacity

Nerfs

• Ezreal: 100% Damage Dealt ⇒ 95% Damage Dealt
• Nautilus: 108% Damage Taken ⇒ 110% Damage Taken
• Rek'Sai: 85% Damage Taken ⇒ 90% Damage Taken
• Renekton: 105% Damage Dealt ⇒ 100% Damage Dealt
• Ryze: 90% Damage Taken ⇒ 95% Damage Taken
• Sona: 90% Healing Done ⇒ 85% Healing Done, 90% Shielding Done ⇒ 85% Shielding Done

Soul Fighter Skinline and Star Guardian Senna

This new event of course is not complete without new skins to equip. Soul Fighter skins are now available in League of Legends Patch 13.14. In addition, Star Guardian Senna is also arrives.

• Soul Fighter Sett
• Soul Fighter Samira
• Soul Fighter Lux
• Soul Fighter Naafiri
• Soul Fighter Pyke
• Prestige Soul Fighter Pyke
• Star Guardian Senna

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