The League of Legends patch preview for 25.21 is now live, and Riot goes over all the changes that they will be looking to introduce to the meta next week. The focus this time around will be in the Mid lane, with focus particularly being given on helping it be a bit more interactive.
Some of the biggest highlights of the patch will be the buffs making their way to Yunara, Ezreal, Graves, and Kalista. Nerfs will be hitting Diana, Qiyana, and Quinn, with adjustments being made to Gwen
Here is a list of everything that is expected to make their way to LoL with patch 25.21.
League of Legends patch 25.21 pre-notes
1) Champion Buffs
- Ezreal
- Graves
- Kalista
- Yone
- Yunara
When talking about the Yunara buffs, Riot mentions:
“While Yunara has still been relatively popular in higher levels of play on her current tuning, we’re wanting to embrace some of the parts of her kit that are a little underwhelming. The changes this patch attempt to try to make W max 2nd a more reasonable way to play her that makes her a bit less binary. Secondly, we’re changing E from being a decaying movespeed buff to be static. Both of these changes are intended to make her a little easier to play, while still keeping the top-end pop-off moments that she’s known for.”
2) Champion Nerfs
- Diana
- Kog’Maw
- Morgana
- Qiyana
- Quinn
When it comes to the Quinn nerfs, Riot states,
“Qiyana has still been posting a bit too strong numbers in Elite in both Jungle and Mid, so we’re tapping her down a bit more (Jungle especially more so).”
3) Champion Adjustments
- Bard
- Dr. Mundo
- Gwen
- Skarner
When it comes to the Gwen adjustments Riot states.
“Despite our best efforts, our Gwen changes haven’t had the effect we desired – So we’re going to be reverting the vast majority of the Gwen changes – We wanted to apologize for the Gwen community for the whiplash over the changes.”
4) System Nerfs
- Catalyst
- Second Wind
5) System Adjustments
- Starting Items
Riot mentiones the following when going over their overall plans with the system changes,
“This patch seeks to make Mid lane in particular a bit more interactive through nerfs to second wind, dorans shield, a small nerf to Catalyst (we still like it being strong as a situational option for typically immobile mages to hold off Assassins/Skirmishers). We acknowledge that this is probably going to require some follow up adjustments to Top lane lane dominant champions, and we’re starting with a pre-emptive nerf to Quinn – We wanted to be cautious as these changes would have wide ranging impacts for the playoffs metas and so feel more comfortable making these changes now.”
League of Legends patch 25.21 release date
LoL patch 25.21 will be going live next week, and you can expect it to drop onto the Rift on October 23, 2025.
