After the release of the first Arena LoL Patch Notes, find out what changes are planned in the next update, Patch 25.16.
LoL Arena Patch Notes 25.16 – What will the second update focus on?
Patch 25.15 has been officially released on July 30, but LoL Arena hasn’t been touched this time around. According to Riot, the plan is to make changes on even-numbered patches, unlike the traditional Summoner’s Rift.
With Patch 25.14 being the first update since the release of Arena this year, Patch 25.16 is expected to be the second time game devs will be making adjustments. Last time out, they focused on performing and non-performing outliers (Garen, Naafiri, Taric, Shyvana, Urgot, Aurelion Sol, Bel’Veth, Lux, and Ryze) as well as new augment revolved around the new champion, Yunara.
According to Riot game designer Mike “RogueFool” Breese, the new patch will come with several “exciting gameplay changes”, as well as quality of life (QoL) features. These include target dummies spawning after 5 seconds, and how damaging them will no longer prevent players from undoing their item purchases. Moreover, he also stated that players won’t have to wait for all combats to end if they’re looking to jump to the next game, and that scouting can be done by directly clicking on the opponents rather than selecting the players on the panel.
With the new patch coming up next week, there is a preview of the changes for Arena, according to data taken from the PBE. There are quite a few nerfs to some of the weaker champions, but also major nerfs to some of the overperforming ones like Zilean. Additionally, the change to the tank items (Immolate effect will count damage based on bonus HP rather than max HP) is set to heavily impact tank champions’ success (Cho’Gath, Sion, and Dr. Mundo being the main targets). You can find the full list of number changes below.
Arena LoL Patch 25.16 Change List
Patch 25.16 Champion Changes
Braum
- Passive bonus damage on immune targets changed to 25% of the consumption damage.
- Q Health ratio changed to 5% of Braum’s maximum health.
Ezreal
- Q AD ratio: 140% AD ⇒ 150% AD
- Q AP ratio: 20% AP ⇒ 30% AP
Kled
- Passive Remount lockout changed to 15 seconds.
- Bonus resistances per nearby enemy changed to 40%.
- R maximum values of all effects are now achieved 1.5 seconds into the charge.
Orianna
- Passive no longer has an override for AP ratio of 25% AP.
Qiyana
- W on-hit bonus AD ratio ⇒ 35% bonus AD.
- R base damage: 150/300/450.
Rakan
- Passive Cooldown reduction per hit: 1 ⇒ 2 seconds.
- Q Damage AP Ratio: 70% AP ⇒ 80% AP
- Q Heal AP ratio: 55% ⇒ 60% AP.
Renata Glasc
- Passive no longer has an override for AP ratio of 1% per 100 AP.
Ziggs
- Q No longer has an override for cooldown of 4 seconds at all ranks.
Zilean
- Passive bonus level is stored every 3 rounds instead of 2.
Patch 25.16 System Changes
General Changes
- Players can now exit the game safely prior to their final Combat Phase ending and their placement being determined.
- In the case of exiting prior to the placement being determined, the team’s placement is now only visible to players within the game’s match history entry.
- New: Damage to the Target Dummy in Arena is now special-cased to not disable the shop’s Undo function for the remainder of the Shop Phase.
- New: All teams’ Target Dummy will now invariably spawn at 5 seconds into the Shop Phase.
- Removed: The game no longer requests (via a text pop-up on their model) that both teammates in a team spend all their gold in order for their Target Dummy to spawn.
- New: Issuing a Select order on a player from another team is now also valid for changing the scoreboard’s view to their team.
Item and Augment changes
Black Hole Gauntlet
- Dark Star slow: 35% ⇒ 30%
- Damage per second health ratio: 6.5% user maximum health ⇒ 5% user maximum health
Darksteel Talons
- Movement speed: 10% ⇒ 5%
Death’s Dance
- Ignore Pain damage stored for melee champions: 30% ⇒ 35%. (Unchanged for ranged champions).
Decapitator
- Movement speed: 12% ⇒ 6%
Eclipse
- Damage health ratio: ( 6%/4%) target maximum health ⇒ (8%/5.34%) target maximum health
- Shield bonus AD ratio for melee champions: 40% bonus AD ⇒ 50% bonus AD (unchanged for ranged champions)
Experimental Hexplate
- Innate attack speed: 20% ⇒ 30%
Galeforce
- Movement speed: 12% ⇒ 6%
Goredrinker
- Omnivamp: 0% ⇒ 10%
- Thirsting Slash now has a cast time equal to the user’s attack windup time.
Hollow Radiance
- Immolate health ratio: 3% maximum health ⇒ 4% bonus health.
Mirage Blade
- Movement speed: 12% ⇒ 6%
Overlord’s Bloodmail
- Retribution bonus AD: 0 – 15% ⇒ 0% – 17.5% (based on missing health)
Pyromancer’s Cloak
- Spark damage: 200 – 450 ⇒ 100 – 350 (based on level)
Reaper’s Toll
- Sow attack speed multiplier: 1.25 ⇒ 1.15
Runecarver
- Movement speed: 8% ⇒ 4%
Stat Bonus Anvil
- Prismatic Move Speed shard: 22.5% bonus movement speed ⇒ 18% bonus movement speed
- New: Now also grants -10% size.
Sterak’s Gage
- Lifeline shield health ratio: 60% bonus health ⇒ 70% bonus health.
Sunfire Aegis
- Immolate health ratio: 4% maximum health ⇒ 4% bonus health
Blunt Force
- Attack damage multiplier: 1.15 ⇒ 1.2
Mystic Punch
- Cooldown reduction per hit: 1.25 seconds ⇒ 15% of abilities’ remaining cooldown with a minimum of 0.5 seconds
Quest: Three Sacred Treasures
- AD ratio: 100% AD ⇒ 75% AD
- AP ratio: 75% AP ⇒ 60% AP
When will the LoL Arena Patch Notes be released?
According to the official patch schedule published by Riot Games, the League of Legends Patch 25.16 for Arena is set to be released on August 13, 2025.
