LoL Patch 25.21 – Starter item changes?

Here are all the latest changes coming to the next update in League of Legends, Patch 25.21.

LoL Patch 25.21 – 4 patches until the end of season…

With Worlds around the corner, Riot released the official patch notes for the tournament, Patch 25.20. While it didn’t come with ground-breaking changes like it used to happen in previous years, the dev team still came with a fair amount of champion changes, hoping to create shifts in both normal and the professional scene.

The new patch is coming with a long series of change,s mainly looking at specific underperforming and overperforming champions from solo queue. Additionally, starting items are also having a series of changes, with the goal of making them slightly less powerful but equally versatile across different types of champions. Find out our preview and breakdown in the sections below.

LoL Patch Notes 25.21 Preview

Champion Changes

Bard

• W heal AP ratio: 30 – 60% ⇒ 40 – 70%
• W movement speed AP ratio: 5%% ⇒ 6%%

Diana

• Passive monster damage: 300% ⇒ 280%

Dr. Mundo

• Armor growth: 3.7 ⇒ 4.5
• E active bonus HP ratio: 7% ⇒ 5%

Ezreal

• AD growth: 2.75 ⇒ 3.25

Graves

• Base magic resist: 32 – 66.85 ⇒ 30 – 52.1
• E active MR per stack: 0 ⇒ 50% of armor (2-8, 16-64 at 8 stacks)

Gwen

• Base health: 600 ⇒ 620
• Health growth: 110 ⇒ 115
• Base armor: 33 ⇒ 39
• Attack speed growth: 2.5% ⇒ 2.25%
• Passive damage AP ratio: 0.55% per 100 AP ⇒ 0.6%
• Q AP ratio per snip: 2% ⇒ 5%
• W base resists: 22 ⇒ 22 – 30
• W cooldown: 24 – 18 seconds ⇒ 22 – 18 seconds
• E base damage: 8 – 20 ⇒ 15
• E AP ratio: 25% ⇒ 20%
• E cooldown refund: 50% ⇒ 25% – 65%
• E cooldown: 12 – 8 seconds ⇒ 13 – 11 seconds
• R base damage: 30 – 90 ⇒ 35 – 95
• R AP ratio: 8% ⇒ 10%
• R slow for first hit: 30% – 60% ⇒ 40% – 60%

Kalista

• AD growth: 4.25 ⇒ 4.75

Kog’Maw

• Q passive attack speed: 10 – 30% ⇒ 5 – 25%

Morgana

• Armor growth: 5 ⇒ 4.2

Skarner

• Pushed back to next patch

Qiyana

• HP growth: 124 ⇒ 121
• Q damage: 70 – 190 (+90% bonus AD) ⇒ 70 – 190 (+85% bonus AD)

Quinn

• Q bonus AD ratio: 80 – 120% ⇒ 80 – 100%
• R damage: 70% total AD ⇒ 60/90/120 + 35% bonus AD

Yone

• Base AD: 60 ⇒ 62

Yunara

• W hit damage: 5 – 105 + 85% total AD ⇒ 55 – 215 + 85% bonus AD
• W DPS: 5 – 65 + 40% total AD ⇒ 33 – 129 + 51% bonus AD
• E movement speed no longer decays
• E, E-E cooldown: 7.5 seconds ⇒ 9 seconds
• E now properly loses its enhanced MS when turning away from enemy champions
• R-W damage: 50/200/350 + 175% total AD ⇒ 175/350/525 + 150% bonus AD

System Changes

Catalyst of Aeons

• HP: 350 ⇒ 300

Doran’s Blade

• Lifesteal: 3% ⇒ removed
• New passive –  Life Draining: Heals 2.5% of damage dealt, reduced to 33% for AoE and pet damage

Doran’s Ring

• Passive: regeneration of 1.25 mana or 0.55 health (if manaless or full) per second removed
• New passive – Drain: Restore 1 mana per second, increased to 2 for 5 seconds after damaging a champ. Restores 45% of this as HP if manaless or full mana

Doran’s Shield

• Max heal: 45 ⇒ 40 (for melee, unchanged for ranged)

Second Wind

• Flat heal: 3 ⇒ removed (4% of missing health remains)

What are the most impactful changes in Patch 25.21? 

Considering the full list of changes, the main changes we are looking at are the nerfs to Diana, Qiyana, Quinn, and Yunara.

While all champions are getting slightly nerfed, it should just be enough to push them away from the top-tier territory: they are still expected to be completely viable champions.

The other big change is the revert of Gwen and the MR changes to Graves. The latter is getting quite a good buff and we might expect him to be much more prominent in solo queue. The Gwen changes, on the other hand, should make her a little be stronger. Riot Phroxzon admitted the changes didn’t turn out to be as intended so the reverts should be an overall buff for the champion.

New Skins

• Mecha Kingdoms Skaner – Battle Pass Reward
• Beeko – Battle Pass Reward
• Prestige Eternal Aspect Zoe – Battle Pass Reward

When will LoL Patch 25.21 be released?

According to the official patch schedule, the League of Legends Patch 25.21 will go live on October 22, 2025.