LoL 25.12 Champion Nerfs and Changes

Ahri’s been a pro staple for quite some time now due to her mobility and blind pick capabilities. We want to bring her more in line with other mid lane picks going into MSI, so we’re reducing the rate of her playmaking with R so she has to play a bit more deliberately when looking to make picks and also tapping down the efficacy of E max second which has dominated Pro. 

 

Charm (E)

• Charm Duration: 1.2 / 1.4 / 1.6 / 1.8 / 2 ⇒ 1.2 / 1.35 / 1.5 / 1.65 / 1.8

 

Spirit Rush (R)

• Cooldown: 130 / 115 / 100 ⇒ 140 / 120 / 100

Azir’s no stranger to pro play, but right now the emperor is standing a bit too high above his competition. We want Azir to feel slightly weaker late game and struggle a bit more in movement based match ups, so we’re doing some small tap down of his strength in these areas. 

Base Stats

• Movement Speed: 335 ⇒ 330
• Attack Speed per Level: 6% ⇒ 5.5%

Gwen’s a bit too strong in solo queue and very potent in pro play, so we’re bringing her power level down to where it deserves to be. To ensure these are pro focused, we’re aiming this nerf at her early game which is much more impactful at the highest levels of play as opposed to solo queue where she has more ability to scale consistently. 

Base Stats

• Base Health: 620 ⇒ 600

 

Hallowed Mist (W)

• Cooldown: 22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18 ⇒ 24 / 22.5 / 21 / 19.5 / 18 seconds

Kalista’s high mobility and trading makes her a fearsome lane opponent. And while we love that about her, we’re looking to reduce some of that strength so pro players have more options than just to pick or ban her every game. 

Base Stats

• Base Health: 580 ⇒ 560

 

Pierce (Q)

• Cooldown: 8 ⇒ 9 seconds

Neeko has been the premier lane bully poke champion this season, so we’re looking to tune down how oppressive she can feel in the laning phase. We’re moving some of her damage from early ranks to later in the form of base damage and AP ratio, and her Shapesplitter on hit damage is slightly reduced, both of which should make her less of a threat in support where she has less gold to work with. 

 

Blooming Burst (Q)

• Damage: 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+50% AP) ⇒ 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260 (+60% AP)

 

Shapesplitter (W)

• Bonus Magic Damage: 40 / 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 ⇒ 30 / 65 / 100 / 135 / 170

Rumble has been the frontrunner alongside Gwen in top lane as of late, so we’re looking to take away some of his power. For Rumble, his low cooldowns and target agnostic damage have made him a strong blind pick. We’re taking some power out of his Flamespitter and reducing the potency of his E slows, which should make him less dominant of an option. 

 

Flamespitter (Q)

• Total Magic Damage: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+110% AP) (+6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% of target's maximum health) ⇒ 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+110% AP) (+6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8% of target's maximum health)

 

Electro Harpoon (E)

• Slow: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30%
• Enhanced Slow: 22.5 / 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5% ⇒ 15 / 22.5 / 30 / 37.5 / 45%

As it turns out, the biggest buff ADC Senna received back in 15.10 was players collectively building Statikk Shiv. Now that players are doing that, she no longer needs many of the ADC-specific buffs from last month. So we’re bringing her ADC-specific buffs back down to see how the dust settles with this new tuning. 

 

Absolution (Passive)

• Soul Drop Chance per Minion Kill: 14% ⇒ 10%

Shen is one of the strongest top laners in the game, if not the strongest, and ultimately while we believe it’s good if he’s one of the better picks because he creates unique and interesting circumstances relative to other top laners, he doesn’t need to dominate matchups as hard as he currently does. We’d like to preserve his tankiness, teammate affinity, and overall dueling power, but he doesn’t need to be so bursty in later game fights, so we’re taking down some of his E scaling damage. 

 

Shadow Dash (E)

• Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+15% bonus HP) ⇒ 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+11% bonus HP)

Taliyah’s been rocking mid lane champions for multiple patches now with an incredibly high mastery curve, so we’re looking to bring her back down to Earth this patch by making her slightly squishier and taking a little damage off of her empowered Q’s. 

Base Stats

• Base Magic Resist: 30 ⇒ 28

 

Threaded Volley (Q)

• Empowered Damage: 190% ⇒ 180%

Varus’ strength in lane combined with his ability to choose between poke and on-hit builds has made him one of the highest presence ADCs in the pro scene. We’re looking to chip away at some of his laning strength this patch to open up space for other carries to shine. 

Base Stats

• Base Armor: 27 ⇒ 24

We’re taking aim at Yorick’s late-laning phase spike this patch, where he quickly becomes unassailable until eventually falling off a cliff. We’re reducing the power of this early power spike and lightly returning some of that power into his Mist Walkers very late into the game. 

 

Shepherd of Souls (Passive)

• Mist Walker Attack Speed: 0.5 (+100% of Yorick’s bonus attack speed) ⇒ 0.5 (+8-80% attack speed)

 

Last Rites (Q)

• Damage: 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+50% AD) ⇒ 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+50% AD)