The pre-notes are now live for League of Legends patch 25.24, and Riot will be seeking to make a fair bit of balance changes ahead of 2026. Some of the biggest highlights of the patch are the massive buffs to Sejuani, whose abilities will be tweaked all across the board.
Apart from this, nerfs will be hitting Zaahen, who is the latest Darkin champion, as well as Mel. Below is a list of all the changes that you can expect to hit the Rift with LoL patch 25.24.
League of Legends Patch Preview 25.24
1) Champion Buffs
Braum
- Base HP: 610 630
- P post-stun bonus damage on attack: 20% (5.2 – 39.2) 40% (10.4 – 78.4)
Nasus
- Health: 631 650
- Q Damage: 35-11540-120
Sejuani
- Q CD: 19-13 → 18-12
- Q AP ratio: 60%-75%
- Q mana cost: 70-90 60-80
- W1 AP ratio: 20%-30%
- W mana cost: 65 60
- R CD: 130/110/90 → 120/105/90
- E AP ratio: 60%-70%
Swain
- P Heal: 3-6% (based on level) → 6%
Viktor
- Q shield: 40-115 + 18% 40-140 + 25%
2) Champion Nerfs
Dr. Mundo
- Q max HP monster cap: 350-650 → 300-600
Kayn
- Shadow Assassin passive damage amp: 25-45% 20-40%
Kha’Zix
- W base damage: 85-205 75-195
Master Yi
- Base HP: 655 → 640
- AD growth: 2.8 → 2.5
Mel
- E hit damage: 60-240 + 60% 60-220 + 60%
- E mana cost: 50-70 → 50-90
- E DOT DPS: 16-80+8% 16-56 +8%
- E DOT linger duration: 0.75s-0.5s
When talking about the Mel nerfs, Riot stated,
“Mel’s changes this patch are aimed a bit at reducing frustration – eg. The lingering of her E zone and the particle are slightly mismatched (this follows the behavior of several other similar types of spells), but is resulting in a little more frustration than we think is worth it. E max is also being reduced in power level and being a little more costly for her to cast.”
Zaahen
- TBD
Zed
- P monster mod: 2x → 1.8x
System Buffs
Legends: Bloodline
- Life steal per stack: 0.4% 0.45%
- Maximum life steal: 6% 6.75%
When talking about the Bloodline changes, Riot stated,
“Bloodline has fallen a little behind Alacrity, especially for most champs, so evening it up a bit there.”
