League of Legends is breaking the conventional meta to bring fresh champions into new roles, and Riot Games is making a ton of changes to make Fearless Drafts exciting for the upcoming Worlds 2025.
As League gears up for its big anti-smurfing update in the upcoming patches, the developer is making relatively small buffs and nerfs to keep the meta fresh for everybody, without making drastic changes.
When does LoL Patch 25.17 release?
League updates are released on Wednesdays, and this schedule remains consistent for every upcoming patch. The updates make their way to the PBE servers with new features and adjustments, then are released on the live servers for players. The next update is scheduled for Aug. 27, 2025. While the official release times across all regions are yet to be confirmed, the expected release windows for each area are as follows:
- 3pm CT (NA)
- 5am GMT (EU West)
- 3am CET (EU North East)
- 8am KR (Korea)
What’s in Patch 25.17?
League Patch 25.17 brings season three with a new battle pass for players, featuring new cosmetics for champions like Jhin and Lulu. In addition, the Doom Bots game mode will also come with the evil Veigar boss after 11 years of waiting. Xin Zhao’s long-awaited visual overhaul also hits the Rift this patch. The update also brings new skins like Elderwood Alistar, Visions of the Fallen Tryndamere, Visions of the Fallen Garen, and Prestige Visions of the Fallen Jarvan to the game.
Champion buffs
The following champions will all be receiving buffs in League Patch 25.16:
Irelia
[W] Defiant Dance: AP Ratio based on channel time: 40-120 percent AP to 50-150 percent AP.
[E] Flawless Duet
- Cooldown has been reduced to 16-12 to 16-10 seconds.
- AP Ratio has been increased from 80 to 100 percent.
Kassadin
[Q] Null Sphere: Damage ratio has been increased from 60 to 70 percent.
[E] Force Pulse: Ratio has been increased from 65 to 70 percent.
Kayn
[Q] Reaping Slash: Mana has been decreased from 50 to 40.
[W] Blade’s Reach: Mana has been decreased from 60-80 to 40-60.
Kog Maw
[Q] Caustic Spittle: Ratio has been increased from 80 to 90 percent.
[W] Bio-Arcane Barrage: Ratio has been changed from 1 percent/100 to 1.5 percent/100.
[R] Void Ooze: AP Ratio has been changed from 35 to 35/40/45 percent.
Miss Fortune
Base AD has been increased from 53 to 55.
Morgana
[W] Tormented Shadow
- Minimum five seconds damage has been increased from 70-35 to 90-350.
- Mana cost has been lowered from 70-130 to 70-110.
Nilah
[Q] Attack splash damage to monsters has been increased from 10 to 100 percent.
Senna
Attack speed/level: 2 to 2.6 percent.
[Q] Piercing Darkness: Healing has been increased from 40/55/70/85/100 (+40 bonus AD) (+50 percent AP) to 40/60/80/100/120 (+40 bonus AD) (+50 percent AP).
Sett
[E] Facebreaker: Bonus monster damage has been increased from 100 to 125-250 by champion level.
Vayne
[W] Silver Bolts: Monster damage has been changed from 6-10 percent max HP, capped at 200, to 140-200 according to the levels.
Champion nerfs
The following champions will all be receiving nerfs in League Patch 25.17:
Gwen
- Armor has been decreased from 36 to 33.
- Attack speed growth has been increased from 2.25 to 2.5 percent.
[R] Needlework
- Initial slow has been changed from 60 to 30/45/60 percent.
- Subsequent slow has been changed from 25 to 15/20/25 percent.
Master Yi
HP has been decreased from 669 to 655.
- [Q] Alpha Strike: On-hit ratio has been lowered from 75 to 65 percent.
Rumble
- [P] Junkyard Titan: Max HP damage has been reduced from four to three percent.
- [Q] Flamespitter: Damage has been reduced from 60/90/120/150/180 (+100 percent AP) to 60/85/110/135/160 (+100 percent AP).
Singed
- Poison duration has been decreased from 2.2 seconds to two seconds.
- Maximum damage ticks have been decreased from nine to eight.
Champion adjustments
The following champions will be adjusted in League Patch 25.17:
Teemo
- Mushroom opacity has been increased from 30 to 50 percent.
System adjustments
Here is a look at all the system adjustments coming with this patch:
Axiom Arc
- Price has been reduced from 3000 to 2750.
Horizon Focus
- Price has been reduced from 2800 to 2750.
- AP has been increased from 115 to 125.
Profane Hydra
- Price has been reduced from 3200 to 2850.
