Just when League of Legends fans thought they could settle into a patch and see out the 2023 season, Riot Games decided to sneak in one more balance update in the shape of League Patch 13.24b right before the holidays.
Here’s everything about League’s surprise B-side update.
Shock B-side update hits eight League champs
Only eight League champions have been changed in this patch, including Yone—who desperately needed nerfs—and new champion Hwei. The Visionary was a major focus for the League developers this time around, with the title’s 166th character still struggling to make any meaningful impact. He is currently floating around a 36.74 percent win rate, according to Lolalytics.
Also among the nerfs are Orianna, Syndra, Sylas, and Yone, who head League designer Matt Leung-Harrison said have “all been a bit strong to varying degrees in pro play… and elite solo queue” recently.
Finally, the Riot team is going to “throw a bone”—a pun I imagine was very much intended—to flagging champions like Naafiri and Warwick. Naafiri in particular has been on the slate for some time, Dot Esports understands, after her 13.23 nerfs dented her strength on the Rift just a little too much.
League Patch 13.24b patch notes
Champions
Corki
- Base attack damage increased from 55 to 59.
- Base health increased from 588 to 610.
- Corki has irregular health per level scaling but that was decreased very slightly as a result of above health buffs.
- Level 18 health reduced slightly from 2,373 to 2,362.
Hwei
- Base health increased from 550 to 580.
- Base mana increased from 445 to 480.
- Base movement speed increased from 325 to 330.
- WW shields arrive instantly instead of on cast finish, shields increased from 90-170 to 100-200.
- EW setup delay reduced from 0.7 to 0.65 seconds, fire delay reduced from 0.35 to 0.3 seconds, chase range increased from 500 to 600, linger duration changed from 1.35-3seconds based on travel distance to a flat three seconds.
Naafiri
- E cooldown reduced from 11-9 to 10-8 seconds.
Orianna
- W move speed modifier reduced from 30-50 to 20-40 percent.
Sylas
- W damage reduced from 70-210 (plus 0.9 ability power) to 65-205 (plus 0.8 ability power), minimum healing reduced from 0.4 ability power to 0.35 (0.8 ability power to 0.7 ability power max healing).
Syndra
- Q ability power ratio reduced from 0.7 to 0.6 ability power.
Warwick
- Q monster max health damage cap increased from 100-200 to 150-210 (rank one monster threshold for this cap to take effect increased from 1,666 to 2,500).
- W cooldown reduced from 120-60 to 100-40 seconds, bonus move speed increased from 35-55 to 35-65 percent.
Yone
- W base shield reduced from 60-80 (based on level) to 40-90 (based on level).
This article was updated through the League 13.24b patch cycle.
