When is the next League of Legends update? Read on for what to expect in the LoL patch 25.S1.4 notes.
The next League of Legends (LoL) patch draws near, and lead gameplay designer Matt “Riot Phroxzon” Leung-Harrison posted a preview of them on social media. Read on for the LoL patch 25.S1.4 notes and release date. This is also known as the LoL patch 25.4 notes.
LoL patch 25.S1.4 notes
Here are the teased updates for LoL patch 25.S1.4. You can tap or click on them to zoom in. They include buffs to Ashe, Ekko, Gangplank, Jayce, Nautilus, Rakan, Sion, Teemo, and Yasuo. Meanwhile, nerfs go to Garen, Hwei, Kalista, Kog'Maw, Lulu, and Warwick. As for champion adjustments, they go to Mel, Diana, Elise, and Twitch. There are a couple of system buffs and some system nerfs as well — alongside an adjustment to Infinity Edge. As for Swiftplay specifically, Yorick gets a nerf.
- Buffs
- Ashe
- Ekko
- Gangplank
- Jayce (W Attack Speed buff)
- Nautilus
- Rakan
- Sion
- Teemo (Jungle buffs)
- Yasuo
- Nerfs
- Garen
- Hwei
- Kalista
- Kog'Maw
- Lulu
- Warwick (top)
- Adjustments
- Mel
- Diana
- Elise
- Twitch (bugfix)
- System buffs
- Merc Treads
- Symbiotic Soles
- System nerfs
- Abyssal Mask
- Fimbulwinter
- Heartsteel
- Plated Steelcaps
- Unending Despair
- System adjustments
- Infinity Edge
- Swiftplay nerfs
- Yorick
LoL patch 25.S1.4 notes include Mel adjustments
Riot Phroxzon shared details about upcoming changes, including adjustments to Mel. Her range and reliability are being reduced, along with a lower forgiveness window on her W and a shorter rank 1 root duration.
"Mel sports a pretty low [win rate] on her first game in particular, but after players have played a few games, this rapidly increases," he added on X.
On Reddit, Myles "Riot Emizery" Salholm provided more details about Mel's update.
Q - Radiant Volley
- [NERF] Cast Range :: 1000 >>> 950
- [NERF] Projectile Speed :: 5000 >>> 4500
W - Rebuttal
- [NERF] Duration :: 1s >>> 0.75s
- [NERF] Mana Cost :: 60/45/30/15/0 >>> 80/60/40/20/0
- [NERF] Reflected Damage :: 40/47.5/55/62.5/70% >>> 40/45/50/55/60%
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E - Solar Snare
- [NERF] Root Duration :: 1.75/1.88/2/2.13/2.25s >>> 1.25/1.5/1.75/2/2.25s
- [BUFF] Direct Hit Damage :: 60/100/140/180/220 + 50% AP >>> 60/105/150/195/240 + 60% AP
R - Golden Eclipse
- [BUFF] Damage per Overwhelm Stack :: 4/7/10 + 2.5% AP >>> 4/7/10 + 3.5% AP
LoL patch 25.4 notes
Riot Phroxzon also shared the following details about Elise, tank items, boots, and the attack speed cap.
Elise
- Elise is a champion who’s had a dramatic rise in the support role. We’re not looking to swat her out of there too quickly, but her jungle has been slightly weak and we’re looking to distribute a bit of power into that role without removing her from support
Tank items
- After an extended period last year of being quite weak and unsatisfying, tank items have found their footing in a strong way, especially for normal play but also in high levels for some of them
- A lof of tanks in those times were opting into things like Thornmail 2nd item (in particular), which indicated that they don’t really have any good item choices
- Being able to opt into specialized items like Thornmail 2nd sometimes is OK, but it feels pretty unsatisfying when it’s the option in most games, especially when playing against magic damage compositions
- Unending Despair was reworked to be this 2nd baseline item to allow players to pivot off this foundation if an option is better (eg. MR heavy vs magic, AR heavy vs phys)
- From our player surveys, champs like Mundo, Kench, Skarner, K’Sante, etc. who prominently use these items and are high on “perceived strength” will be nerfed
Boots
- We’re also doing a small pass to the boot options to ensure they are better balanced; these and the changes above will also systemically help ADC’s do more damage in most games
- Steelcaps in particular has been a bit too good at shutting down these types of damage
Attack Speed Cap
- With the buffs to attack speed cap last patch, Kog has been pretty happy with that
- A bit too happy, so we're taking him down a peg
LoL patch 25.S1.4 release date
LoL patch 25.S1.4 is set to arrive on Feb. 20. This is confirmed by Riot Games' official patch release schedule. The 2025 schedule has a new "year.season.patch-number" format, so that's why there's an "S1" part in LoL patch 25.4 now.
- Season 1:
- LoL Patch 25.S1.4 – Feb. 20
- LoL Patch 25.S1.5 – March 5
- LoL Patch 25.S1.6 – March 19
- LoL Patch 25.S1.7 – April 2
- LoL Patch 25.S1.8 – April 16
- Season 2:
- LoL Patch 25.S2.1 – April 30
- LoL Patch 25.S2.2 – May 14
- LoL Patch 25.S2.3 – May 28
- LoL Patch 25.S2.4 – June 11
- LoL Patch 25.S2.5 – June 25
- LoL Patch 25.S2.6 – July 16
- LoL Patch 25.S2.7 – July 30
- LoL Patch 25.S2.8 – Aug. 13
- Season 3:
- LoL Patch 25.S3.1 – Aug. 27
- LoL Patch 25.S3.2 – Sept. 10
- LoL Patch 25.S3.3 – Sept. 24
- LoL Patch 25.S3.4 – Oct. 8
- LoL Patch 25.S3.5 – Oct. 22
- LoL Patch 25.S3.6 – Nov. 5
- LoL Patch 25.S3.7 – Nov. 19
- LoL Patch 25.S3.8 – Dec. 10
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