League of Legends 25.S1.6 patch preview— Caitlyn nerfs, Smolder buffs, Naafiri adjustments, and more

The League of Legends patch preview for 25.S1.6 is now live and Riot Games has gone over a fair bit of changes and adjustments that you can expect from the update next week. Some of the biggest highlights of the patch are the ADC nerfs making their way to Caitlyn, Drave, Ezreal, and Corki while some ADC buffs will be hitting Smolder, Lucian, and Kai’Sa.

Apart from this Naafiri is set to receive a significant number of adjustments with more changes hitting Losing Team Bounties, Atakhan, and the Noxus Map.

Below is a list of every change that is expected to make its way to the MOBA with LoL patch 25.S1.6.

League of Legends patch 25.S1.6 pre-notes

Before moving to the list of expected updates, it’s important to note that Riot Games will first be testing the updates out on the PBE server before shipping them with the official update patch next week. So there might be some discrepancies between the changes below and the official patch next week.

1) Champion Buffs

Fiora

Fiora League of Legends
  • Q mana: 20-40 → 20

Jarvan IV

Jarvan IV LoL
  • Q Damage: 80-240 + 140% bonus AD → 90-250 + 145% bonus AD

Jhin

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  • P Bonus %AD increased from 4-44% + .3% per 1% crit + .25% per 1% bonus AS → 4-44% + .35% per 1% crit + .3% per 1% bonus AS

Kai’Sa

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  • Armor: 25 → 27
  • HP regen: 3.5 → 4
  • R cooldown: 130-70 120-60

Kha’Zix

Kha'Zix LoL
  • P Damage: 14-116 + 40% bonus AD → 17-136 + 50% bonus AD
  • E Damage: 65-205 + 20% bonus AD → 65-205 + 40% bonus AD

Lillia

Lilia LoL
  • E cooldown: 14 → 12 – E AP ratio: 5 → 6

Lucian

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  • E cooldown: 19-14 → 16-14

Poppy

Poppy League of Legends
  • Q Damage non-champion cap: 50-170 + 75-195

Smolder

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  • W Hit Damage: 30-110 → 60-100
  • W Explosion Damage: 30-110 +60% bonus AD → 10-110 + 65% bonus AD
  • E Damage: 5-25 + 25% total AD → 10-30 + 30% total AD
  • R cooldown: 120 → 120-100

Twisted Fate

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  • Armor: 21 → 24

Xin Zhao

Xin Zhao LoL
  • Q bonus damage: 16-68 + 20-80

2) Champion Nerfs

Caitlyn

Caitlyn
  • W bonus damage: 40-220 + 40% bonus AD → 35-215 + 30% bonus AD
  • R damage: 300/500/700 → 300/475/650

Corki

Corki
  • Armor: 30 → 27

Darius

Darius Arena
  • P monster mod: 3x 2x

Draven

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  • No longer generates 2 Adoration for 6 consecutive last hits

Ezreal

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  • Armor growth: 4.7 → 4.2

Garen

  • E damage on crit: 175% (215% 1E) → 150% (190% E)

Jinx

Arcane Fractured Jinx
  • R damage: 325/475/625 + 1.65 bonus AD → 300/450/600 + 1.55 bonus AD
  • Missing health damage unchanged

Karma

Karma
  • Q Damage: 70-270 → 60-260

Yorick

Yorick League of Legends
  • E monster cap: 300 → 70-210

3) Champion Adjustments

Gwen

Gwen League of Legends
  • Health: 620 → 650
  • Health growth: 115 110
  • P damage: 1% + .006%AP → 1% + .0055%AP
  • P monster cap 10 + 15% AP → 5 + 15% AP
  • Q big snip damage 60-160 → 70-170
  • Q big snip damage 60-160 → 70-170

Master Yi

Master Yi
  • Armor growth: 4.7 → 4.2
  • Q crit damage: 131% (161% 1E) → 175% (215% 11)

Naafiri

Naafiri
  • W and R have swapped places
  • New W now provides 1s of untargetability (Lots of number changes)

Singed

Arcane Shimmer Lab Singed
  • Q Damage: 80-340 → 80-320
  • W Damage: 80-300 → 80-280
  • E Max HP Damage: 3% 2.5%-3.5%

4) System Buffs

Warmogs

  • Item HP Multiplier: 10% → 12%
  • Cost: 3300 + 3100

5) System Adjustments

Anti-Lane Swap

  • Activation time: 90s → 95s
  • Top lane end time: 3:30 → 3:15
  • Mid lane end time: 3:30 → 2:15
  • Minion penalty: 50% → 25%

Bounty Suppression

  • Activation time: 14 min → 6 min
  • Deficit required reduced by 50%
  • Suppression potency increased by 50%

Serylda’s Grudge

  • Armor penetration: 30% → 35%
  • Ability haste: 20 → 15
Abhishek Mallick
Abhishek Mallick
Abhishek Mallick is a Senior Columnist at Backdash. He has a Master's degree in English Literature. In his spare time, he is a fighting game enthusiast, who is also addicted to Shin Megami Tensei, Monster Hunter, and League of Legends. He also enjoys reading and sifting through educational documentaries.

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