LoL Patch 25.S1.2 – How is the new season shaping up?

LoL Esports

January 15, 2025

Davide Xu

Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming LoL Patch 25.S1.2, the second update of the new 2025 season.

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LoL Patch 25.S1.2 – Mel is coming…

The new season has finally hit the live servers and we have already started seeing major shifts in the meta. With the introduction of Feats of Strength and the new epic monster Atakhan, the game feels generally more snowbally than before, allowing players to push their leads. Games also feel a lot more skirmish-heavy, given that teams have to contest the early objectives.

On the other hand, however, the game state is not as balanced and some players from the community have raised their concerns. It might take a while for players to figure out the meta and more balance changes will be needed. As always, we’ll add the tentative changes in the section below once they are leaked.

According to Riot Phroxzon, however, the game doesn’t look as snowbally as players perceive it. That being said, they will be tweaking down some of the most controversial elements to give space for players to get used to the new season, including changes to Atakhan and Bloody Roses.

In the meantime, Riot announced the new champion that will be hitting Summoner’s Rift, Mel Medarda from Arcane. The champion will be released in this patch and it will mark the 170th unique champion.

Patch 25.S1.1 Release Date

The official patch schedule for 2025 has been confirmed, and Patch 25.S1.2 will be released on January 23, 2025.

How will the upcoming patch shake the meta?

Given that there are no number changes announced, we’ll have to wait a little bit more to know what the meta will be like.

In the meantime, check out the tier lists for the current patch:

LoL Patch 25.S1.2

Champion changes in Patch 25.S1.2

Cassiopeia

Passive Feats of Strength move speed: 6 per level to 5 per level (max 108 ⇒ 90)

Evelynn

E move speed: 30% flat ⇒ 30%-50%
R AP ratio: 65% ⇒ 75%

Master Yi

AD growth: 2.5 ⇒ 2.8
E bonus AD ratio: 30% ⇒ 35%

Malzahar

W damage: now updates for live voidlings when Malzahar levels up

Kayn (Blue Form)

Passive bonus damage: 15% – 45% ⇒ 25% – 45%

Smolder

Q crit scaling is now increased by Infinity Edge bonus crit damage (max 175% to 215%)

Tahm Kench

Q damage: 80 – 280 ⇒ 75 – 255

Viktor

Q attack AP Ratio: 0.6 ⇒ 0.5
R DPS AP Ratio: 0.45 ⇒ 0.35

Yuumi

Passive cooldown: 20 – 10 seconds ⇒ 20 – 8 seconds
Passive AP ratio: 15% ⇒ 25%
R base damage per wave: 75 – 125 ⇒ 75 – 175
R AP ratio per wave: 20% ⇒ 25%

Item Changes

Heartsteel

Health ratio: 3% max HP ⇒ 6% (bugfix)

Lord Dominik Regards

Price: 3000 ⇒ 3100
Armor Penetration: 35% ⇒ 40%

Mortal Reminder

Price: 3200 ⇒ 3300
Armor Penetration: 30% ⇒ 35%

Yun-Tal Wildarrows

Cost: 2900 ⇒ 3000
AD: 50 ⇒ 55

System Changes

Deep Ward

Trinket ward duration; 30 – 120 seconds ⇒ 45 – 150 seconds (reg ward duration unchanged)

Grisly Mementos

Trinket haste per stack: 4 ⇒ 6
Number of stacks: 25 ⇒ 18
Max haste: 100 ⇒ 108
Mode-based summoner haste: 2 ⇒ 3

Sixth Sense

Cooldown: 300/360 seconds ⇒ 275/350 seconds

Bloody Roses EXP

Base XP per Petal: 25 ⇒ 23
Adaptive Force per stack minimum: 39 stacks ⇒ 34 stacks

Voracious Atakhan Effect Nerf but more frequent

Revive gold: 100 ⇒ 200

Upcoming skins

Mythmaker Jhin
Mythmaker Nami
Mythmaker Jarvan IV
Prestige Mythmaker Cassiopeia
Three Honors Shen