The 2024 season arrived in League of Legends at the beginning of January, introducing a series of gameplay changes. Riot Games also revealed the official patch schedule for the year.
Like every year, the 2024 season features a calendar with biweekly changes. These are targeted at both pro play and average players trying to climb the ranked ladder. Patches are a pivotal part of League since they keep the game fresh. The Riot devs usually look at the strongest and weakest champions and items, but it can be a little tricky with over 160 champs and dozens of items and runes.
Riot regularly changes how the game is played. The beginning of season 14 brought a number of changes to important systems, like deleting the mythic items system. Patch 14.10 overhauled the items once again while reworking significant runes. As you can see, keeping up with the metagame and the latest changes is important if you want to climb the ranked ladder.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 League patch schedule.
What is the current League of Legends patch?
At the moment, players are enjoying League on Patch 14.13. It didn’t bring many substantial changes compared to the previous updates, but it still updated a few areas of the game. It introduced tweaks to Dark Harvest, Electrocute, and Opportunity, while changing 17 champions.
This led to a few shifts in specific positions, with champions climbing to the top of the leaderboards, while others, especially those who were nerfed, dropped significantly. One thing that’s unchanged is the prowess of AP junglers, which forces mid laners to go for AD-based champions, most notably Tristana and Corki. This could change in the future, with Riot teasing it with Patch 14.14 preview.
League of Legends patch schedule for 2024
| Patch | Release Date | Patch Notes |
| 14.1 | Wednesday, Jan. 10 | 14.1 release | 14.1 B-side |
| 14.2 | Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 14.2 release |
| 14.3 | Wednesday, Feb. 7 | 14.3 release |
| 14.4 | Thursday, Feb. 22 | 14.4 release |
| 14.5 | Wednesday, March 6 | 14.5 release |
| 14.6 | Wednesday, March 20 | 14.6 release |
| 14.7 | Wednesday, April 3 | 14.7 release |
| 14.8 | Wednesday, April 17 | 14.8 release |
| 14.9 | Wednesday, May 1 | 14.9 release |
| 14.10 | Wednesday, May 15 | 14.10 release | 14.10 B-side |
| 14.11 | Thursday, May 30 | 14.11 release |
| 14.12 | Wednesday, June 12 | 14.12 release |
| 14.13 | Wednesday, June 26 | 14.13 release |
| 14.14 | Wednesday, July 17 | |
| 14.15 | Wednesday, July 31 | |
| 14.16 | Wednesday, Aug. 14 | |
| 14.17 | Wednesday, Aug. 28 | |
| 14.18 | Wednesday, Sept. 11 | |
| 14.19 | Wednesday, Sept. 25 | |
| 14.20 | Wednesday, Oct. 9 | |
| 14.21 | Wednesday, Oct. 23 | |
| 14.22 | Wednesday, Nov. 6 | |
| 14.23 | Wednesday, Nov. 20 | |
| 14.24 | Wednesday, Dec. 11 |
How often does Riot release League of Legends patches?
League patches are released every two weeks on Wednesdays or Thursdays. There are some instances where there’s a three-week break, like between Patch 14.13 and Patch 14.14, but that’s very rare. Sometimes, however, patches fail to address issues, and the devs launch hotfixes to tweak them—usually a day or two after the original update. If these hotfixes go live, they mostly tune down or bring up overbuffed or overnerfed champions.
How to test upcoming League of Legends changes
Testing out forthcoming changes before they hit the live servers is a perfect way of preparing yourself for the official launch. This way, you can be three steps ahead of your opponents and excel in the new meta immediately after the update. To do that, you can set up a PBE account.
The PBE is a playtesting server where you can experience the upcoming tweaks firsthand before they are officially added to League. Luckily, setting up your own PBE account isn’t a big deal anymore.
