The League of Legends patch preview for 25.11 is now live, and there are a fair number of balance changes that the developers will be bringing in next week. Some of the biggest highlights will be the buffs making their way to picks like Diana, Sivir, Ryze, Twitch, and Twisted Fate.
Nerfs, on the other hand, will be hitting Smolder, Cho’Gath, Elise, and Lucian. Significant adjustments will also be made to Aatrox, Annie, Garen, Kassadin, and Samira.
Below is a list of all the changes that will be making their way to the MOBA with LoL patch 25.11.
League of Legends patch 25.11 pre-notes
Before moving on to the list of changes, it’s important to note here that Riot Games will be testing these tweaks out in the League of Legends PBE before officially shipping them with the update next week.
1) Champion Buffs
Ashe
- [Q] Ranger’s Focus: Now stacks when attacking structures.
Diana (Jungle)
- [P] Moonsilver Blade: Monster mod increased from 2.25 to 2.6.
Rengar
- [R] Thrill of the Hunt: Cooldown has been reduced from 110/100/90 to 100/90/80.
Ryze
- [Q] Overload: Damage against Flux targets (based on R rank) has been increased from 10/40/70/100 percent to 35/50/75/100 percent.
- [W] Rune Prison: Damage deceased from 80-200 to 70-190.
Sivir
- [W] Ricochet: Total AD ratio has been increased from 30-50 to 40-50 percent.
Twisted Fate
- [Q] Wild Cards: Damage increased from 60-240 to 70-240.
Twitch
- [E] Contaminate: AP ratio per stack has been increased from 30 to 35 percent.
Udyr
- [R] Wingborne Storm
- Bonus damage on attack has been increased from 10-30+ 30 percent AP to 10-40+ 35 percent AP.
- Total damage has been increased from 80-360 to 80-400.
2) Champion Nerfs
Cho’Gath
- Armor growth has been reduced from 5.0 to 4.5.
Elise
- [P] Spider Queen: On-hit AP ratio has decreased from .2 to .15.
Lucian
- [E] Relentless Pursuit: Cooldown has been increased from 14-12 to 16-12.
Smolder
- HP regen has been decreased from 4.5 to 3.75.
- Armor has been reduced from 26 to 24.
3) Champion Adjustments
Aatrox
- [P] Deathbringer Stance: Damage decreased from 4-12 percent max HP to 4-8 percent max HP.
- [Q] The Darkin Blade: Sweet spot damage mod has been increased from 1.6x to 1.7x.
- [W] Infernal Chains: Damage type has been changed from Magic to Physical.
Annie
- Armor has been adjusted from 19+ 4.7 to 23+ 4.0.
- [W] Incinerate: Damage has been decreased from 70-270 + .85 to .70-250 + .8.
Garen
- Cooldown has been adjusted from 9 to 9-6.
- Damage has been increased from 4-20+ 0-8.2+36-40 percent total AD to 4-20+ 36-44 percent total AD.
- Crit mod has been reduced from 1.5x to 1.4x.
- Cooldown has been reduced from 23-15 to 22-12.
- Damage Reduction has been changed from 30 percent to 25-41 percent.
- Quest capstone (10 percent total armor/MR) has been removed.
- Damage has been reduced from 150/300/450 + 25/30/35 percent missing HP to 150/250/350 + 25/30/35 percent missing HP.
Kassadin
- Armor has been increased from 19-21.
- [E] Force Pulse: Damage has been increased from 60-180 to 70-190.
- [R] Riftwalk: AP ratio per stack 10 percent (max 90 percent) has been reduced to seven percent (max 78 percent).
Samira
- [Q] Flair: Life steal effectiveness has been increased from 66 to 80 percent.
- [W] Blade Whirl: Bonus AD ratio has been reduced from .6 to .5.
- [R] Inferno Trigger: Life steal effectiveness has been increased from 50 to 80 percent.
System Buffs
Horizon Focus
- The price has been decreased from 2900 to 2800.
- Ability power has been increased from 110 to 115.
League of Legends patch 25.11 release date
League of Legends patch 25.11 will be going live after a week and is expected to drop on the Rift on May 29, 2025.
