League of Legends Patch 25.5
League of Legends Patch 25.5 was released on Mar 4, 2025. This update included changes to 20 champions, with 4 buffs, 7 nerfs, 9 adjustments.
Aphelios
Dr. Mundo
Seraphine
Zed
Ambessa
Ashe
Aurora
Cho'Gath
Elise
Skarner
Yorick
Briar
Gangplank
K'Sante
Mel
Poppy
Senna
Viego
Warwick
YasuoItems
New (1)
Buffs (1)
Staff of Flowing Water
Archangel's Staff
Bloodthirster
Chempunk Chainsword
Dead Man's Plate
Guardian Angel
Heartsteel
Manamune
Rod of Ages
Tear of the Goddess
Thornmail
Winter's Approach
Yun Tal WildarrowsChampions
Q maximum damage increased.
High Note
- •Bonus champion damage increased to 0 to 75% (based on target's missing health) from 0 to 60%.
E Damage increased.
Shadow Slash
- •Base damage increased to 70/95/120/145/170 from 65/90/115/140/165.
- •Bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 65%.
E damage decreased.
Lacerate
- •Base damage per hit reduced to 40/60/80/100/120 from 40/65/90/115/140.
R damage decreased.
Enchanted Crystal Arrow
- •Base damage reduced to 200/400/600 from 250/450/650.
E damage decreased.
Spirit Abjuration
- •Bug Fix: Stack application from basic attacks is now properly prevented by block.
The Weirding
- •AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 80% AP.
Between Worlds
- •Exit slow strength reduced to 50% from 75%.
Q damage decreased. W damage decreased. E damage decreased at lower ranks but increased at higher ranks.
Rupture
- •Base damage reduced to 80/140/200/260/320 from 80/145/210/275/340.
Feral Scream
- •Base damage reduced to 80/130/180/230/280 from 80/135/190/245/300.
Vorpal Spikes
- •Health ratio changed to 2.5/2.75/3/3.25/3.5% of target's maximum health from 3% at all ranks.
Q damage in both forms decreased.
Neurotoxin
- •Base damage reduced to 40/70/100/130/160 from 40/75/110/145/180.
Venomous Bite
- •Base damage reduced to 50/80/110/140/170 from 60/90/120/150/180.
Q slow duration and final bonus damage decreased. E cooldown increased.
Shattered Earth
- •Final attack target health ratio reduced to 8% of target's maximum health from 10%.
- •Slow duration reduced to 1 second from 1.25.
Upheaval
- •Target health ratio reduced to 8% of target's maximum health from 10%.
Ixtal's Impact
- •Cooldown increased to 22/21/20/19/18 seconds from 20/19/18/17/16.
R monster damage cap decreased.
Eulogy of the Isles
- •Mark monster damage cap reduced to 50 from 100.
Certain Death
- •Bug Fix: Cast time to begin the travel is now properly canceled upon her False Life triggering.
Powder Keg
- •Bug Fix: Enemy kills from a chained Powder Keg after buffering Parrrley from out-of-range no longer fail to grant gold.
Passive damage decreased. W damage decreased.
Dauntless Instinct
- •Mark base damage reduced to 12 from 20.
Path Maker
- •All Out bonus true damage reduced to 10 to 80% (based on channel time) from 10 to 100%.
Rebuttal
- •Bug Fix: No longer fails to destroy projectiles if the barrier is hit from certain angles.
Solar Snare
- •Bug Fix: DoT debuff no longer displays debug text.
AD growth increased. Passive shield formula reworked. E damage decreased.
Stats
- •Health growth increased to 110 from 104.
Iron Ambassador
- •Shield health ratio changed to 11 to 20% (based on level) maximum health from 13/15.5/18%. Now scales with each level.
Heroic Charge
- •Base damage per hit reduced to 40/60/80/100/120 from 50/70/90/110/130.
- •Bonus AD ratio per hit increased to 60% bonus AD from 50%.
Keeper's Verdict
- •Bug Fix: If Aftershock is equipped and ready, no longer fails to cast and consumes the cooldown when buffering the ability during Heroic Charge.
Absolution
- •Bug Fix: No longer sometimes fails to grant the guaranteed Mist Wraith from Blue Siege Minion when she kills it via a Support item's (World AtlasRunic Compass) Shared Riches charge.
Sovereign's Domination
- •Bug Fix: After possessing Mel, no longer permanently applies Rebuttal modifier to his ability and summoner spell damage.
Steel Tempest
- •Bug Fix: While Gathering Storm stacks and Sweeping Blade stacks are expiring or have expired very close in time to one another, Steel Tempest no longer fails to cast.
Items
General
- •Detection start time increased to 1:35 from 1:30.
- •Middle lane detection end time reduced to 2:15 from 3:30.
- •Top lane detection end time reduced to 3:00 from 3:30.
It's important that shield and heal based buffs last long enough so that they can be strong on many supports, not just ones with short cooldowns like Sona. We're lightly buffing Staff of Flowing Water to have the same 6 second buff duration as Ardent Censer so that it's better on enchanters with longer cooldowns.
General
- •Rapids duration increased to 6 seconds from 4.
General
- •Bonus mana gained from Manaflow is now considered an innate stat.
General
- •Bug Fix: No longer displays a long-removed Bloodthirster Hungers debuff in the status bar (which was related to Ichorshield slowly decaying 25 seconds after combat).
General
- •Bug Fix: Corrected a tooltip issue.
General
- •Bug Fix: Restored Shipwrecker hit SFX when it is applied by a ranged champion.
General
- •Bug Fix: Protection VFX no longer disappears when reconnecting.
General
- •Bonus health gained from Colossal Consumption is now considered an innate stat.
General
- •Bonus mana gained from Manaflow is now considered an innate stat.
General
- •Bonus health, mana, and ability power gained from Timeless are now considered innate stats.
General
- •Bonus mana gained from Manaflow is now considered an innate stat.
General
- •Bug Fix: Corrected a tooltip issue.
General
- •Bonus mana gained from Manaflow is now considered an innate stat.
Yun Tal has found a good place for some traditional botlane marksmen, but melee crit carries are lacking in good crit itemization. We're adding a ranged / melee split to this item to help those melee champions get into crit items earlier in their builds.
General
- •Bonus critical strike chance gained from Practice Makes Lethal is now considered an innate stat.
- •Practice Makes Lethal critical strike chance per stack changed to 0.4% from 0.2% for all users.
- •Maximum stacks changed to 63 from 125 for all users.
- •Maximum critical strike chance unchanged at 25%.