The preview for League of Legends patch 25.S1.2 (15.2) is now live, and Riot Games has gone over a couple of things that they will be looking to change in the MOBA with the second patch of Noxus Season.
Two of the biggest highlights of the update will be the massive changes making their way to Atakhan as well as Swiftplay. Apart from these tweaks, picks like Smolder and Evelynn will be buffed while Cassiopeia and Tahm Kench will see some nerfs hitting their kit.
Below is a list of all the changes that are expected to make their way to League of Legends with patch 25.S1.2.
League of Legends patch 25.S1.2 (15.2) pre-notes
Before moving onto the list of changes that Riot Games has outlined for the upcoming update, it’s important to keep in mind that the developers will be testing them out in the PBE server before officially shipping them.
1) All Summoner’s Rift changes
Cassiopeia
- Passive movement speed from Feats of Strength reduced from two per level to one per level.
Evelynn
- E movement speed increased from 30 percent to 30-50 percent.
- R ability power ratio increased from 0.65 to 0.75.
Kayn
- Passive damage amplifier in the Shadow Assassin form increased from 15-45 percent to 25-45 percent.
Irelia
- W damage decreased from 30-210 + 120 percent total attack damage to 30-150 + 120 percent total attack damage.
- E damage decreased from 80-270 to 70-230.
- R damage decreased from 125-375 to 125-275.
Master Yi
- Attack damage growth increased from 2.5 to 2.8.
- E bonus attack damage ratio increased from 0.3 to 0.35.
Malzahar
- W damage now updates for live Voidlings when Malzahar levels up.
- Tooltip updated to show full damage.
Smolder
- Q now scales with critical strike damage (Infinity Edge).
Tahm Kench
- Q damage reduced from 80-280 + passive to 75-255 + passive.
Viktor
- Q attack ability power ratio decreased from 0.6 to 0.5.
- R damage per second ability power ratio decreased from 0.45 to 0.35.
Yuumi
- Passive cooldown decreased from 20-10 second to 20-8 seconds.
- Passive ability power ratio increased from 0.15 to 0.25.
- R damage ability power ratio increased from 0.2 to 0.25.
2) Systems and items
Bloody Roses
- Base experience per Petal reduced from 25 to 23.
- Adaptive Force per stack minimum decreased from 39 to 34 stacks.
Deep Ward
- Trinket duration increased from 30-120 seconds to 45-150 seconds.
Feats of Strength
- First Blood now modified to First to Three Kills.
Grisly Mementos
- Trinket Haste per takedown increased from four to six.
- Maximum Mementos decreased from 25 (100 Haste) to 18 (108 Haste).
- Mode-based Summoner Haste increased from two to three.
Lord Dominik’s Regards
- Price reduced from 3,000 to 3,100 gold
- Armor penetration increased from 35 percent to 40 percent.
Mortal Reminder
- Price reduced from 3,200 to 3,300 gold.
- Armor penetration increased from 30 to 35 percent.
Sixth Sense
- Melee cooldown decreased from 300 seconds to 275 seconds.
- Ranged cooldown decreased from 360 seconds to 350 seconds.
Voracious Atakhan
- Withdraw kill reward changed from 100 + one Bloody Petal to 200 + one Bloody Petal.
Yun Tal Wildarrows
- Price increased from 2,900 to 3,000 gold.
- Attack speed increased from 25 percent to 35 percent.
3) Swiftplay changs
Atakhan
- Top side more likely to be selected, up from 40 percent to 50 percent of games.
- Ruinous Atakhan now more frequent, up from 30 percent to 75 percent of games.
Homeguard
- Range now covers the entire fountain platform.
- Duration reduced from seven seconds to six seconds.
Kayle
- Q damage decreased from 60-220 to 60-200.
- Q slow decreased from 26-50 percent to 26-42 percent.
- Kayle had hidden micro nerfs throughout 25.S1.1.
Malzahar
- Armor growth reduced to 0.5.
- W ability power ratio reduced from 0.2 to 0.15.
- R beam ability power ratio reduced from 0.8 to 0.6.
Nilah
- Attack speed growth reduced to 0.6 percent.
Qiyana
- Starting health increased by 30.
- E attack damage ratio increased from 0.5 to 0.7.
Rengar
- Starting health increased by 30.
- Health growth increased by six.
- Attack damage growth increased by 0.5.
Singed
- Q ability power ratio decreased from 85 percent to 75 percent.
Sivir
- Attack speed growth increased by 0.5 percent.
Urgot
- Armor growth decreased to 0.5.
- Q damage decreased from 25-205 + 70 percent total attack damage to 25-185 + 70 percent total attack damage.
Teemo
- R damage decreased from 200-450 + 50 percent ability power to 200-400 + 45 percent ability power.
Trundle
- Attack speed growth decreased to 0.7 percent.
Yorick
- Starting armor reduced by four.
- E Mist Walker amplifier decreased from 20 percent to 15 percent.
Zyra
- Plants’ ability power ratio decreased from 0.2 to 0.15.
League of Legends patch 25.S1.2 (15.2) release date
League of Legends patch 25.S1.2 (15.2) will be released next week on January 22, 2025. It will look to introduce a lot of balance changes to the new content that made its way to the MOBA with the Noxus Season patch (25.S1.1).
