Patch 25.15 Notes have been released for League of Legends.
The latest update is part of the Spirit Blossom Beyond season and will see the release of the Spirit Blossom Springs skins for Ahri, Sona, Sett, Teemo, and Volibear.
It also sees much-needed changes to the death screen on the Koeshin’s Crossing map and the return of the ARURF mode.
There’s also a huge change to Baron, which should help junglers in Smite battles, especially in pro play.
But here are all of the quality of life updates and champion updates from the new patch.
Ability Previews in Champion Select
Riot has finally released a nice quality of life change in a new feature which could be a gamechanger for new LoL players.
Ability previews are coming to Champion Select in all draft modes and ARAM with the release of 25.15.
Whether it’s learning a new champion, brushing up on an unfamiliar kit, or studying the enemy team’s composition, hovering over the champion portrait for a couple of seconds will give players a preview of that champion’s play style.
Even after locking in a champion, players can watch videos of their champion’s abilities.
There will also be an option to toggle the feature off in settings if players don’t want extra distractions.
Baron Nashor update
Baron Nashor is a critical part of the game, and Riot are making a big change to the objective.
Previously, Baron Nashor had passive health regen, which meant his health could tick over during Smite or abilities like Consume or Feast, which would rob players of an otherwise well-timed kill.
This health regen has been removed and replaced with a 100 base HP increase, which should make Baron attempts take a similar amount of time.
Smite battles will be even closer, which should make for great esports action. You can find the latest odds for upcoming matches on LoL betting sites.
- Health Regen per 5>>>0
- Base Health 11400>>>11500
- Out of Combat Regen: unchanged
LoL Patch 25.15 champion buffs
Kled
Riot is giving Kled a bit more dismounted durability, especially in the very early parts of the game and much later on in teamfights, to ensure that he can actually remount in an appropriate amount of time.
- Passive – Skaarl, the Cowardly Lizar
- 1 – 2% bonus HP (based on number of nearby enemy champions)>>>4 (+ 1% bonus HP) – 10 (+ 2.5% bonus HP) (based on number of nearby enemy champions)
LoL Patch 25.15 champion nerfs
Alistar
Riot says Alistar has been one of the strongest support tanks for a while at all levels and that recent armor nerfs to Braum and Leona showed that these champions are very resilient to this type of change.
Bel’Veth
Bel’Veth benefited heavily from last patch’s Kraken Slayer and Blade of the Ruined King changes.
Riot has decided to nerf her early PVP power but help her fulfil her late game scaling fantasy by increasing her passive’s stack value.
- Passive – Death in Lavender
- Attack Speed per stack 0.28 – 1% >>> 0.28 – 1.1% (level 1-18)
- Q – Void Surge
- Damage to champions 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 100% total AD) >>> 0 / 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 (+ 100% total AD)
- Total Damage to Monsters 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 (+ 100% total AD) (Unchanged)
Braum
Braum’s armor nerf last patch was significantly less impactful than expected.
He’s still pretty much the best solo queue tank, so Riot are hitting him with some other nerfs.
- Base Stats:
- Base Armor 42>>>35
- Armor Growth 5.2>>>5
Irelia
Unsurprisingly, Irelia’s power level has taken off between her recent direct buffs and last patch’s Blade of the Ruined King changes.
Riot is attacking her early health regen once again, as that stat is typically skewed toward mid lane, where she can stand to lose a little more power.
Master Yi
Another big winner from Blade of the Ruined King’s and Kraken Slayer’s buffs, so he has been taken down a peg.
Riot hopes this will put his higher AD crit builds closer to high AS on-hit builds.
- Q – Alpha Strike
- Damage 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 50% total AD)>>>20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 70% total AD)
- Monster Damage 95 / 150 / 205 / 260 / 315 (+ 50% total AD)>>>80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 70% total AD)
Nilah
Nilah is the winningest bot laner in League of Legends, and Riot think she’s ahead by a little more than they think is reasonable.
- Base Stats
- Base AD 58>>>60
- Attack Speed Growth 3%>>>2.25%
Pantheon
Riot hopes to lightly dent Pantheon’s viability in the jungle, which has been heavily outshining his place in the top lane.
- Q – Comet Spear
- Monster Damage 105%>>>90%
Quinn
Riot thinks Quinn has become a bit too strong, so they are attacking her strength in the later laning phase by weakening her wave clear.
- Q – Blinding Assault
- Damage: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120% total AD)>>>65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 (+ 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120% bonus AD)
Rell
Like Alistar and Braum, Rell is another strong tank support being nerfed to allow other supports to shine.
- W – Crash Down
- Shield: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+ 13% max HP)>>>20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 13% max HP)
LoL Patch 25.15 champion adjustments
Corki
Riot is making some adjustments to Corki with the intent of pushing him toward squishier high-AD builds and slightly toning down his extremely potent late-laning phase spike while still maintaining his presence as a strong laner.
- Q – Phosphorous Bomb
- Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 120% bonus AD) (+ 100% AP)>>>70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 130% bonus AD) (+ 100% AP)
- R – Missile Barrage
- Damage: 90 / 170 / 250 (+ 80% bonus AD)>>>90 / 170 / 250 (+ 85% bonus AD)
Illaoi
Riot is delivering some Illaoi adjustments with the goal of reducing her more frustrating outputs for her opponents.
- Passive – Prophet of an Elder God
- Damage: 9 – 162 (based on level) (+ 100% AD) (+ 40% AP)>>>9 – 162 (based on level (+ 105% AD) (+ 40% AP)
- Tooltip’s damage will now update with ranks in Q
- Q – Tentacle Smash
- Tooltip now shows full ability damage that updates with ranks in Q
- E – Test of Spirit
- Tentacle Attack Timer: 5 / 4 / 3 seconds (level 1 / 7 / 13)>>>4 / 3.5 / 3 seconds (level 1 / 7 / 13)
- Vessel Duration: 10>>>3
- Vessel-spawned tentacles now attack the vessel about 1 second sooner.
Rek’Sai
Riot is bringing back Rek’Sai’s true damage and is trying to help her be a more complete fighter without her ultimate.
- Base Stats
- Base Armor: 36>>>35
- Armor Growth 4.95>>>4.5
- W – Unburrow
- Knock-up lockout: 10>>>10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
- E – Furious Bite
- Empowered Damage: 100% total AD (+ 8 / 9.5 / 11 / 12.5 / 14% target max HP)>>>100 / 135 / 170 / 205 / 240 (+ 80% bonus AD)
- Unempowered Damage: 100% total AD>>>80 / 108 / 136 / 164 / 192 (+ 64% bonus AD) (80% of Empowered Damage
- Cooldown: 10>>>6
- R – Void Rush
- Damage: 150 / 300 / 450 (+ 100% bonus AD) (+ 25 / 30 / 35% missing HP)>>>150 / 250 / 350 (+100% bonus AD) (+ 15 / 20 / 25% target max HP)
- Cooldown: 100 / 90 / 80>>>120 / 100 / 80
- Cooldown on interrupted cast from target dying: 10>>>5
- Now resets W cooldown on cast
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