League of Legends Patch 25.16 was released on Aug 12, 2025. This update included changes to 44 champions, with 17 buffs, 11 nerfs, 16 adjustments.
Buffs (17)
Brand
Braum
Ezreal
Gnar
Illaoi
Kalista
Mordekaiser
Qiyana
Rakan
Rek'Sai
Renata Glasc
Singed
Sion
Sylas
Vladimir
Zilean
Zyra
Jarvan IV
Lulu
Master Yi
Nocturne
Orianna
Rell
Shaco
Trundle
Varus
Xin Zhao
Yuumi
Fiora
Gwen
Janna
Kled
Mel
Morgana
Nautilus
Ornn
Rumble
Seraphine
Viego
Warwick
Wukong
Yunara
Zac
ZiggsItems
Buffs (1)
Experimental HexplatePassive damage to monsters increased. Q stun duration increased. R cooldown decreased.
Braum's looking a little weak, so we're helping him hit a bit harder after his passive has stunned a target.
General
- •Passive damage increased: 20% → 25%
- •Q Max HP ratio increased: 2.5% → 5%
Ezreal's looking a little sad when compared to other ADCs, so we're giving him some increased damage to help keep up. Meanwhile we're also bringing down some of the most extreme ADC prismatics.
General
- •Q AD ratio increased from 140% → 150%
- •Q AP ratio increased from 20% → 30%
Q cooldown decreased.
Boomerang Throw
- •Cooldown reduced to 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds from 20/17.5/15/12.5/10.
Boulder Toss
- •Cooldown reduced to 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 seconds from 20/17.5/15/12.5/10.
Passive damage increased, cooldown decreased.
Prophet of an Elder God
- •Tentacle AD ratio increased to 110% AD from 105% AD.
- •Spawn cooldown reduced to 18 to 7 (based on level) seconds from 20 to 7.25 (based on level).
AD growth increased. E damage AP scaling increased.
Q AD ratio added.
Obliterate
- •New Effect: Damage now scales with 120% bonus AD, increased against isolated targets.
Q damage increased. W bonus attack speed increased.
Edge of Ixtal
- •Base damage increased to 70/100/130/160/190 from 60/90/120/150/180.
Terrashape
- •Bonus attack speed increased to 15/20/25/30/35% from 5/10/15/20/25%.
Rakan relies a lot on his teammate and we want to make sure he isn't letting them down. This should move him closer to an equal relationship with them (but not with Xayah).
General
- •P Shield basic attacks and ability hits CD refund 1 → 2s
- •Q Damage AP ratio 70% → 80%
- •Q Heal AP ratio 55% → 60%
Base AD increased. Bugfixes.
Stats
- •Base attack damage increased to 62 from 58.
Queen's Wrath
- •New Effect: If the buff would expire after starting a Queen's Wrath attack windup, now refreshes the buff's duration to the duration of the windup.
Tunnel
- •Bug Fix: No longer sometimes fails to exit at the designated location if cast beyond thick terrain due to incorrectly assuming there is not enough space.
- •Now dashes to a virtual spawned unit instead of the cast location, which is killed right after the dash successfully begins.
- •2 Due to the implementation, Rek'Sai is attributed the kill, which unintentionally causes her to enter combat.
Renata can have some exciting builds with her passive, so we think it can at least match the rest of League of Legends. We know that this can get out of hand so we'll be keeping an eye on it in case we need to follow up.
General
- •P AP ratio increased from 1% per 100 AP → 2% per 100 AP (matches SR)
Q refresh rate buffed. Power impacting bugfix.
Poison Trail
- •Bug Fix: The timing of damage by casters on the red side will now match the timing of damage by casters on the blue side.
- •Debuff now affects enemies once at the same time as they are hit when the debuff is applied instead of refreshed.
- •Bug Fix: Re-application check cadence increased to once every 0.25 seconds from once every 0.5 seconds.
- •Bug Fix: There is also no longer an up-to 0.25-second delay on the re-application check (it is no longer fuzzy).
- •Both of these changes together amend cases where, depending on buff update ticks, the caster could lose out on two to three further instances of damage on any enemy.
- •Debuff duration increased to 2.2 seconds from 2.1.
- •Now has an internal counter to apply 8 additional instances of damage at most after the final refresh, as a safety mechanism.
Passive health loss decreased. E armor shred increased. R damage increased.
Glory in Death
- •Base health cost per tick reduced to 2 to 19 (based on level) from 2.3 to 24.4 (based on level).
Roar of the Slayer
- •Armor reduction increased to 25% from 20%.
Unstoppable Onslaught
- •Minimum bonus AD ratio increased to 60% bonus AD from 40%.
- •Maximum bonus AD ratio increased to 120% bonus AD from 80%.
- •Bug Fix: The Show Stopper can no longer illegally interrupt the charge.
Passive now does bonus damage to monsters.
Petricite Burst
- •Monster damage increased to 150% from 100%.
General
- •Bug Fix: Recall SFX no longer unintentionally plays for all players in the lobby that have vision of Vladimir regardless of the location of their view.
Crimson Pact
- •New Effect: While inside the fountain, now restores health equal to the bonus gained from purchasing items that increment the effect.
Zilean started at the bottom, and now he's here. When we reworked his passive for Arena, we didn't expect it to transform him from one of the weakest champions to one of the strongest, but as anyone who has played with/against a decent Zilean player can attest, he makes for a strong ally. We want to walk back his passive just a tad and see where that puts him.
General
- •Passive grants 1 level every 2 → 3 rounds
E cooldown decreased. R damage increased.
Grasping Roots
- •Cooldown reduced to 11 seconds from 12.
Stranglethorns
- •Base damage increased to 200/300/400 from 180/265/350.
E cooldown increased, damage and shield decreased.
Help, Pix!
- •Base shield reduced to 70/110/150/190/230 from 80/120/160/200/240.
- •Shield AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 55% AP.
- •Base damage reduced to 70/110/150/190/230 from 80/120/160/200/240.
- •Cooldown increased to 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds from 8 at all ranks.
Q now stacks Kraken Slayer and Terminus
Alpha Strike
- •Removed: No longer is special-cased to not generate stacks of Kraken Slayer Bring It Down and Terminus Juxtaposition.
Armor growth decreased. Q bonus AD decreased.
Stats
- •Armor growth reduced to 4.2 from 4.7.
Duskbringer
- •Bonus attack damage reduced to 15/25/35/45/55 from 20/30/40/50/60.
We're looking to revert some extra power that Orianna has in Arena, nothing major but it should reduce some hidden damage she has laying around.
General
- •P On-hit AP ratio reverted from 25% → 15%
W shield decreased.
Ferromancy: Crash Down
- •Shield health ratio reduced to 11% maximum health from 13%.
Passive damage decreased. Q damage decreased, cooldown increased.
W attack speed decreased late, cooldown increased.
Frozen Domain
- •Bonus attack speed reduced to 30/45/60/75/90% from 30/50/70/90/110%.
- •Cooldown increased to 18/17/16/15/14 seconds from 16/15/14/13/12.
Q damage decreased. W damage increased late. E damage decreased. Bugfix.
Piercing Arrow
- •Minimum base damage reduced to 53.33/100/146.67/193.33/240 from 60/106.67/153.33/200/246.67.
- •Maximum base damage reduced to 80/150/220/290/360 from 90/160/230/300/370.
Blighted Quiver
- •On-hit base damage increased to 6/14/22/30/38 from 6/12/18/24/30.
Hail of Arrows
- •Base damage reduced to 60/90/120/150/180 from 60/100/140/180/220.
- •Bonus AD ratio reduced to 90% bonus AD from 100%.
Chain of Corruption
- •Bug Fix: Now correctly consumes Blight stacks on targets it spreads to.
Base health decreased. Q damage decreased.
Stats
- •Base health reduced to 620 from 640.
Three Talon Strike
- •Base damage per hit reduced to 15/30/45/60/75 from 20/35/50/65/80.
- •Total base damage reduced to 45/90/135/180/225 from 60/105/150/195/240.
Q damage decreased. W heal and shield power and on-hit heal decreased.
Prowling Projectile
- •Empowered base damage reduced to 80/135/190/245/300/355 from 80/140/200/260/320/380.
You and Me!
- •Heal and shield power reduced to 4/5/6/7/8% from 5/7.5/10/12.5/15%.
- •Feline Friendship on-hit base healing reduced to 3/4/5/6/7 from 3/5/7/9/11.
- •Feline Friendship on-hit healing AP ratio reduced to 3% of Yuumi's AP from 4%.
Grand Challenge
- •Bug Fix: Victory Zone no longer fails to activate if the marked enemy dies from sufficient damage by a Spellblade effect.
Hallowed Mist
- •Bug Fix: Casting Hallowed Mist to nullify the displacement of Dark Procession spawning no longer causes Gwen to glitch inside it when attempting to move or dash away.
General
- •Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly shows an old icon for her innate ability in the Death Recap.
Kled has been a bit sad for a while, since Skaarl's been a bit too afraid to rejoin the fight, so we've got some changes that'll help out.
Bear Trap on a Rope
- •Undocumented / Bug Fix: No longer gains two charges after Kled remounts via the fountain.
Rebuttal
- •Bug Fix: Reflecting a damaging ability that subsequently last hits an Elemental Drake no longer unintentionally causes her own Oceanic Will buff to duplicate and activate multiple times automatically for the remainder of the game, ignoring its normal timer.
- •Bug Fix: Reflecting any damaging ability at any point no longer allows her own Ocean Dragon Soul buff to trigger multiple times, once for each damage instance received during the effect, ignoring its normal lockout.
W damage adjusted.
Tormented Shadow
- •Minimum base damage per tick increased to 7/14/21/28/35 from 6/11.5/17/22.5/28.
- •Minimum AP ratio per tick increased to 10% AP from 8.5% AP.
- •Bonus damage reduced to 0 to 100% (based on target's missing health) from 0 to 170%.
- •Maximum base damage per tick reduced to 14/28/42/56/70 from 16.2/31.05/45.9/60.75/75.6.
- •Maximum AP ratio per tick reduced to 20% AP from 22.95% AP.
E damage to monsters increased.
Riptide
- •Monster damage reduced to 100% from 150%.
- •[Note: This affected all three hits.]
- •New Effect: The first hit against monsters now deals 125/165/205/245/285 (+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage.
- •[Note: This affects the first hit, and not specifically the first wave only.]
Call of the Forge God
- •Bug Fix: Active missiles no longer display minimap pips in Spectator Mode.
Q damage decreased. Q and R QoL improvements, power impacting bugfixes.
General
- •Each ability's Heat generation amount is now displayed in the HUD when the setting "Show Spell Costs" is enabled. They exist in place of resource costs for most other champions.
Flamespitter
- •AP ratio per tick reduced to 8.333% AP from 9.167% AP.
- •Target health ratio per tick reduced to 0.5/0.542/0.583/0.625/0.667% of target's maximum health from 0.5/0.567/0.633/0.7/0.767%.
- •Bug Fix: The timing of damage by casters on the red side will now match the timing of damage by casters on the blue side.
- •Debuff now affects enemies once at the same time as they are hit when the debuff is applied instead of refreshed.
- •New Effect: Upon being affected by Flamespitter's debuff, targets now receive damage through a burn that lasts 0.6 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits and not stacking with the flame if already debuffed.
- •Now has an internal counter to apply 2 additional instances of damage at most after the final refresh, including the final application instance, as a safety mechanism.
The Equalizer
- •Bug Fix: The timing of damage by casters on the red side will now match the timing of damage by casters on the blue side.
- •Bug Fix: Rocket zones no longer start affecting enemies at an up-to 0.25 second delay (their debuff application is no longer fuzzy).
- •Debuff hit cadence increased to once every 0.25 seconds from once every 0.5 seconds.
- •Now has an internal counter to apply 4 additional instances of damage at most after the final refresh, including the final application instance, as a safety mechanism.
- •2 This may sometimes be inconsistent and apply one more instance at most beyond this maximum after the whole duration, when standing inside overlapping zones.
- •Bug Fix: Each rocket zone now always lasts exactly 4.5 seconds each instead of all rockets' zones disappearing at once 5 seconds after the first missile lands due to their duration collectively refreshing to the same amount with each subsequent rocket launch.
Surround Sound
- •Bug Fix: After ranking the ability 3 times, an Stage Presence cast no longer illegally nullifies all ability damage that Seraphine and her affected allies would receive if the shield would absorb an amount of it that does not exceed half of its total amount.
Attack Speed growth decreased. Q nerfed against monsters and buffed against non-monsters.
Stats
- •Attack speed growth reduced to 2.25% from 2.5%.
Sovereign's Domination
- •Bug Fix: After possessing a champion/skin that has unique floating text notifications (e.g. Kai'Sa or Sentinel), that text no longer unintentionally plays for the Viego player every time he begins possessing them.
- •Bug Fix: After possessing Kled, no longer illegally permanently retains his dismounted bonus resistances buff while not possessing him.
Blade of the Ruined King
- •Base damage increased to 25/40/55/70/85 from 15/30/45/60/75.
- •Critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0 to 75% (based on critical strike chance) from 0 to 100%.
- •Removed: Active no longer deals 15 bonus physical damage to monsters.
- •Healing against minions increased to 100% from 50%.
- •Healing against monsters reduced to 125% from 145%.
- •Healing against champions increased to 150% from 135%.
Harrowed Path
- •Bug Fix: Touch of the Void damage no longer incorrectly prevents stealthing.
Base AD increased. Passive damage decreased early.
Stats
- •Base attack damage increased to 65 from 60.
Eternal Hunger
- •On-hit base damage reduced to 6 to 46 (based on level) from 12 to 46 (based on level).
Nimbus Strike
- •Bug Fix: No longer interrupts the attack windup of enemies targeting Wukong if the Auto Attack option is not enabled.
Cultivation of Spirit
- •Bug Fix: No longer applies spell effects against the main target while active.
- •Bug Fix: VFX no longer splits to invalid targets that are within the spread radius.
- •[Note: This has no gameplay effect.]
Let's Bounce!
- •Undocumented / Bug Fix: Tooltip damage calculations now properly take into account his ability power (instead of incorrectly adding the ability power ratio values alone).
Ziggs can often feel a bit unassailable, so we want to bring down some of the frustration that he brings without taking him out of the picture completely.
General
- •Q CD increased from 4 → 6-4 (match SR)
- •E duration reduced from 10s → 7s
Items
General
- •Overdrive attack speed increased to 50% from 30%.
- •Overdrive movement speed increased to 20% from 15%.