League of Legends: Patch Notes 25.9 Champion Nerfs, Buffs and System Changes

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League of Legends next Patch 25.9 brings several buffs to Champions and Nerfs to Kalista. More changes are coming to Ignite and Rod of Ages. Spirit Blossom is the next Season for LoL and we got you covered with everything in Patch notes for 25.9.

League of Legends Patch 25.9 Release Date

According to League of Legends’ official 2025 Patch Schedule, Patch 25.9 will go live on Wednesday, April 30 2025.However, the exact time for the patch deployment is still unknown. And patch notes can be changed and will be revealed by Riot Games when the patch is live.

League of Legends Patch Notes 25.9 All Major Changes

LoL Patch 25.9 brings major buffs to champions mainly. Shen and Orianna will receive small buffs that will help change the current meta for competitive queues. Leona and Morgana are also gettings buffs that will greatly improve their overall playstyle. Bot Lane and Support Lane champions will be pretty reliable in new Patch 25.9. Ash and K’Sante are also surprisingly receiving buffs.

Here are all the changes coming to Champions in LoL Patch 25.9.

Champion Buffs

Ashe

  • Q: AD Ratio: 111/117/123/129/135% > 110/117.5/125/132.5/140%
  • Q: AS: 25/35/45/55/65% > 25/37.5/50/67.5/75%

K’Sante

  • W: Damage: 40-120 > 45-165

Leona

  • P: Duration: 1.5s > 2.5s
  • Q: Mana Cost: 35 > 30
  • E: Mana Cost: 60 > 40-60

Morgana

  • E: Shield: 80/135/190/245/300(+70% AP) > 100/155/210/265/320(+70% AP)
  • R: Damage: 175/250/325 > 200/275/350
  • R: MS 10/35/60% > 20/40/60%

Orianna

  • Q: Mana Cost: 30-50 > 35

Shen

  • Empowered Q: % max health damage: 4-6% > 5-7%

Champion Nerfs

Gwen, Naafiri and Yorick have seen several tune-ups in the past few patches, with Naafiri and Gwen’s kits being entirely overhauled. Patch 25.9 will deal with the ripple effects of those changes by slightly nerfing the three. Kalista receives a more significant blow, with a nerf affecting most of her abilities.

Gwen

  • Armor growth: 5.2 > 4.7
  • P: monster damage:5+15% AP > 5 + 10% AP
  • Q: repeat snip damage: 10 – 30 + 5% AP > 10 – 30 + 2% AP

Kalista

  • Base Health: 600 > 580
  • Base AD: 59 > 57
  • AD Growth: 3.25 > 4
  • Rend Base Damage: 10-50 > 5-45

Naafiri

  • W: Cooldown: 22-18 > 26-18
  • E1: Damage: 15-55 (+ 50% bonus AD) > 15-55 (+ 40% bonus AD)

Yorick

  • Mist Walker damage: 100% > 150%

Items and System Changes

Rod of Ages and Feats of Strength Boots are getting nerfed. Feats of Strength Boots will have less power in Tier 2 but will be better in Tier 3.

Here are all the Items and System Changes in Patch 25.9.

Item and System Buffs

Ignite

  • Damage: 70-410 > 70-475 (Beginning at level 6)

Unflinching

  • Dual resists while movement impaired and for 2 seconds afterwards: 6-12 > 10

Item and System Nerfs

Rod of Ages

  • HP: 400 > 350
  • AP: 50 > 45

Boots of Swiftness

  • Move Speed: 60 > 55

Item and System Adjustments

Biscuits

  • Health restored: 12% missing health > 20 + 2% maximum health, increased by up to 100% based on missing health (max at 70% missing)

Feat Boots

  • T3 Boots cost: 750g > 500g
  • Swiftmarch: Total Move Speed removed, now grants Adaptive Force equal to 5% of Move Speed
  • Swiftmarch: Move Speed: 70 > 65
  • Forever Forward: Total Move Speed out of combat: 10% > 8%
  • Spellslinger’s Shoes: Percent Magic Penetration: 8% > 7%

Symbiotic Soles

  • MS: 40 > 45
  • Empowered Recall removed on base boot (still on upgrade)

That’s all you need to know about League of Legends Patch notes 25.9 and all the changes coming including buffs and nerfs to champions.