


Reindeer Smolder, Winter Wonder Milio, Winter Wonder Zeri, Sunken Shadows Lucian, Sunken Shadows Nami, and Prestige Winterblessed Mel will be available December 3, 2025.
Every change in this patch, grouped by impact.
Reworked, retuned or shifted around

"Our resident mustachioed muscle man is a little weak right now, so in this patch we're looking to put a bit more pep in his… punch. To do that, we're playing up his active brawling with some durability early on and incre"

"We overestimated the impact of last patch's Dr. Mundo bugfix, which means our compensation buff overshot as well. That said, we're still happy with where Top Mundo ended up, but Jungle Mundo is now a little over the line"

"Shadow Assassin Kayn is a bit too good at taking down his targets at the moment so we're here this patch to give them a fighting chance. We don't want Rhaast to be caught in the crossfire of these nerfs so we're taking a"

"Kha'Zix is one of the strongest junglers at the moment and is in need of a nerf. We don't want to hurt his ability to assassinate targets, so instead we're going to slow down his jungle clear a touch by reducing his earl"

"Master Yi is another powerful champion who's been dominating the jungle as of late. To level the playing field we're bringing down his durability and damage a bit split between the early and late game as we're currently "

"While not mathematically overpowered, Mel has solidified herself as the most frustrating champion to face in League, which is a deeper problem than just numbers. In the short term we're delivering a direct nerf that will"

"Nasus has been an underdog for some time now so we're looking to throw him a bone with some changes that will make him a bit more durable in lane and powering up his Q for more effective stacking (because who hasn't miss"

"Nidalee has risen up the ranks as an extremely high-powered jungler, largely due to a bug where her Q deals more damage than it should at most ranges. We’ve fixed this bug and will keep an eye on her to see how she lands"

"Much like her fellow Freljordian tank, Sejuani is one of the weaker champions in the game right now, so we're here to deliver a shot in the arm with some cooldown buffs. While we're here, we're also taking a pass on maki"

"Swain's buff last patch didn't help him out as much as we had wanted to so we're following up to put more wind in his sails (wings? Demon wing?) We're keeping things relatively straightforward with increased healing from"

"Viktor's in need of a little more power right now, and we'd like to do that by leaning into his strengths as a mid-range battlemage. To do this we're increasing the shield on his Q so that he can stick it out better when"

"These changes went out as a micropatch during 25.23, but we wanted to capture them here for posterity and offer some thoughts on how we think Zaahen's release went. For 25.23, overall Zaahen released a bit too strong. Hi"

"One bar we want to hold for high-quality jungle gameplay is around exactly how quickly a champion can clear their own jungle and then reasonably invade their opponents. In Zed's case, he can clear his jungle to hit level"

"Our recent buff to Legend: Bloodline didn't land it quite as strong as we had hoped, so we're back to deliver another buff to make it competitive."

"Aatrox jungle has found a large audience, which is awesome! He's also rather overpowered there, which is less awesome. We're here to deliver some jungle-specific nerfs to the Darkin Blade, especially around his first cle"

"Ambessa has an extreme amount of agency over the game when played by highly skilled players, which can make her suffocating when picked. Due to how much control she can have over the game, we're nerfing her late game bur"

"Lux is one of the easier to pick up champions in the game, both in mid lane and as a support but despite that, she's generally on the weaker side, especially in mid. To help her shine we're giving her a bit more damage w"

"Miss Fortune can absolutely dominate teamfights, which is an intended strength, but she's dominating the game a bit too hard at the moment. She has to pay for that strength with a weakness somewhere, so we're making her "

"Qiyana is both extremely strong and very hard to play, resulting in a generic win rate that does not at all represent how powerful she truly is. Since she's somewhat dominating the high-MMR jungle landscape, we're delive"

"While not extremely overpowered, Sylas has been running over the jungle of late and can easily stand to lose some power. We're not looking to make Sylas mid any weaker, so we're simply reducing his jungle damage mod."

"Tahm Kench has been in a pretty weak state, especially in the top lane as we're seeing most of his play as a support at this point. We're looking to give him a little more scrapping power in a way that favors the extra g"

"Volibear hasn't been doing too well, so we're taking this opportunity to give him a bit more in his W with an eye toward AD builds to help him out. As this is a total AD ratio, even AP Volibear will gain some base damage"

"Zaahen is pretty much the strongest champion in the game right now. And while many players that are brand-new to the champion have average performances, he's head and shoulders above the rest for those who've learned him"
New skins, chromas, bugfixes and everything else Riot shipped this patch.
The Summoner's Rift Ranked Season for Season 3, 2025 will end 2026-01-07 23:59:59, according to your local server time, which is the last day of 15.24 patch cycle.
Similar to previous years, Summoner's Rift ranked queues will be disabled for 12 hours for preparation of Season 1, 2026 start, which will begin on 2026-01-08 12:00:00 (noon) local server time at which point LP and ranks will reset for the new year.
The end of season 3 2025 also means the 2025 ranked season is coming to an end. The end of season year rewards will include not only Victorious Draven Skin and Chromas, but also accessories that celebrate your highest rank achieved during the year! Rewards will be as follows and will be distributed in patch 26.1 next year:
We'll have more details about the 2026 ranked season in the 26.1 patch notes, but for now good luck on your end of year climbs!
WASD will go live in most unranked queues across all regions this patch. Draft and Ranked queues will not support WASD at this time. We will roll out on OCE, and slowly scale to all regions. Given WASD is still in a beta state and that we are in active iteration, we might disable certain queues or champions in case of a degraded player experience. In cases where we disable WASD for specific modes or champions, your keybindings will return back to Point and Click while playing those champions/playing in those queues. For 25.24, both Briar and Taliyah will have WASD disabled. When enabled again, your control scheme will default to the player selected choice.
Please make sure to report to Player Support any issues found, and to learn more about WASD, read here!
WASD will be enabled in the following queues:
WASD New Features:
We will be using balance data from live to further iterate on the WASD experience, prior to considering enabling it within Ranked queues, so please let us know what you think and report any bugs! We will be continuing to release additional promised features in the next year.
After a successful pilot and positive player feedback following the introduction of disallowing champions allies hover from being banned as well as faster champion select timings, we're fully releasing both updates. On a similar note, the QoL improvements to speed up champ select have also been well received and, as a result, we've decided to roll them out to all regions globally.
We'll be running two Mythic Variants in the Sanctum this time around. Sunken Shadows Lucian and Nami will be joining the roster terrorizing bot lanes everywhere and will be available until patch 26.02, so if you'd like to wreck havoc in style you and your duo should check these out!
Your Shop is back this patch so make sure to check it out! That is all.
By popular player request we've made a new icon featuring Mel and Ambessa that will be releasing this patch. Drop by the shop where you'll be able to pick it up for direct purchase for 250 RP.
With the end of the year around the corner we wanted to use this holiday season to gift some champions and prismatic items in need of a little love with buffs. Along with a buff to the Demon King's Crown, it seems like the Demon King himself just keeps on winning.
Azir
Milio
Trundle
Ambessa
Zyra
Bel'Veth
Shardholder
We've discovered an anomaly that many of you have willed into existence though repeatedly purchasing stat anvils. We've seen that this can become a bit too dominant and are reducing its power.
Crown of the shattered Queen
Everfrost
Fulmination
Hemomancer's Helm
Hexbolt
Kinkou Jitte
Radiant Virtue
Twilight's Edge
Twin Mask
Reality Fracture
Decapitator
Demon King's Crown
Stattikk Shiv
Hello Mayhem players, and welcome to the final patch of the year!
First of all thank you for all of the enthusiasm we've been seeing around ARAM Mayhem, we've loved seeing your wacky augment combinations and clips! In this update, we're bringing in some exciting Prismatic Augments from Arena. Don't worry, they've been tuned for Mayhem's pacing to keep things fun. Some of these Augments will also be limited to one player per game to prevent stacking visual chaos, because there is a thing as too much mayhem (apparently).
We've also reworked Ultimate Awakening, keeping its core “ultimate-to-basic ability” fantasy while pushing its functionality and impact a little further. Finally, we've added two more items from Arena to support some unique playstyles and give you even more ways to express your champion's power.
See you on the Bridge, and thanks for making this year of Mayhem unforgettable!
The Summoner's Rift Cup will be happening this patch! Grab your 5 stacks and get ready to rumble!
If you have any questions or you're just looking for the full 2025 Clash schedule, make sure to check out our Clash FAQ support page.
The following skins will be released in this patch:
The following chromas will be released this patch:
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