League of Legends Releases New Update for March 2025

The latest League of Legends update for March 2025 has been announced, featuring a complete rework of one of the game’s champions. Since its debut in 2009, the competitive online multiplayer title has remained hugely popular among its loyal fanbase. League of Legends played a key role in bringing esports to a broader audience and continues to be one of the most-played MOBAs today. With regular updates, the game keeps its content fresh and exciting for its dedicated army of players.

The February update for League of Legends brought several champion adjustments, including significant buffs for Ekko and Diana. It also completely revamped the Honor system, aligning it more closely with player behavior and introducing new rewards tied to Honor levels to encourage positive interactions. Additionally, the update featured a variety of new cosmetics and the usual round of bug fixes, with the March update set to bring on even more changes.

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As recently announced on the official League of Legends site, the details for March’s update 25.06 are here, marking the final patch of Set 13. It brings a major rework for Naafiri, along with adjustments for several other champions. Additionally, the update will see the return of Your Shop and will reimburse LP for players who lose matches against cheaters. It also includes numerous bug fixes, as well as system and item changes.

Naafiri debuted in League of Legends in 2023 as a Darkin assassin with a unique playstyle that allows her to summon packs of hounds to aid in combat. The latest update introduces changes to her base stats, including an increase in base AD and a decrease in base armor. It also tweaks her signature ability, Call of the Pack, by reducing its cooldown time and lowering its mana cost. These adjustments aim to balance her power, but Naafiri builds in League of Legends will likely remain popular among players, especially those who prefer an aggressive playstyle.

Cheating has been an ongoing issue in League of Legends, as it is in many competitive online games. The latest update aims to address this by refunding LP to losing teams if cheating is detected from the opposing side. However, to prevent players from intentionally queuing with cheaters to gain LP, those who engage in this behavior will be banned.

The March update also brings numerous nerfs, buffs, and adjustments to the League of Legends roster of champions. Notable changes include an increase in Gwen’s base health, a reduced cooldown for Kai’Sa’s Killer Instinct attack, and a reduction to Corki’s base armor. Along with these changes, there are plenty of other improvements and modifications, giving players a more balanced experience as they battle it out across Runeterra.

League of Legends March 2025 Patch Notes

Your Shop returns

As was highlighted in patch 25.05, Your Shop will be returning this patch. There were concerns that the system would be removed from the game entirely after the Hextech Chest controversy, but, fortunately for LoL players who like discounts, it’ll be coming back this patch.

LP refunds

If a cheater is detected in a past match that you lost, LP will now be refunded to the losing team. Winning teams won’t lose LP unless they’re found to be repeatedly queuing with someone who’s cheating. In that case, those who are intentionally queuing with offending players will also be banned.

Champion Changes

Caitlyn

W: Yordle Snap Trap

• Bonus damage reduced: 40-220 (+40% bonus AD) >>> 35-215 (+30% bonus AD)

R: Ace in the Hole

• Base damage decreased: 300/500/700 >>> 300/475/650

Corki

Base Stats:

• Base armor reduced: 30 >>> 27

Darius

Passive: Hemorrhage

• Monster damage modifier: 3x damage >>> 2x damage

Draven

Passive: Adoration

• No longer generates 2 Adoration stacks for 6 last hits

Ezreal

Base Stats:

• Armor growth per level reduced: 4.7 >>> 4.2

Fiora

Q: Lunge

• Mana cost reduced: 20-40 >>> 20

Garen

E: Judgement

• Crit damage bonus reduced: 1.75x >>> 1.5x

Gwen

Base Stats:

• Base health increased: 620 >>> 650
• Health growth reduced: 115 >>> 110

Passive: Thousand Cuts

• AP scaling reduced: .6% max HP per 100 AP >>> .55% max HP per 100 AP
• Base monster damage cap reduced: 10 >>> 5

Q: Snip Snip

• Final snip base damage increased: 60-160 >>> 70-170

W: Hallowed Mist

• Base resistances reduced: 22-30 >>> 25
• Resists AP scaling reduced: 7% AP >>> 5% AP

E: Skip ‘n Slash

• Base damage adjusted: 15 >>> 12-20
• Cooldown reduced: 13-11 >>> 12-8
• Cooldown refund adjusted: 25%-65% >>> 50%

R: Needlework

• Damage per hit reduced: 35-95 (+10% AP) >>> 30-90 (+8% AP)
• Slow increased: 40-60% >>> 60%
• Reduced slow increased: 15-25% >>> 25%

Jarvan IV

Q: Dragon Strike

• Damage increased: 80-240 (+140% bonus AD) >>> 90-250 (+145% bonus AD)

Jhin

Passive: Whisper

• Bonus AD scaling increased: 4-44% + ((.3% per 1% crit) + (.25% per 1% bonus attack speed)) >>> 4-44% + ((.35% per 1% crit) + (.3% per 1% bonus attack speed))

Jinx

R: Super Mega Death Rocket

• Damage decreased: 325/475/625 (+165% bonus AD) >>> 300/450/600 (+155% bonus AD)

Kai’Sa

Base Stats

• Base health regen increased: 3.5 >>> 4
• Base armor increased: 25 >>> 27

R: Killer Instinct

• Cooldown reduced: 130-70 >>> 120-60

Karma

Q: Inner Flame

• Base damage decreased: 70-270 >>> 60-260

Kha’Zix

Passive: Unseen Threat

• Damage increased: 14-116 (+40% bonus AD) >>> 17-136 (+50% bonus AD)

E: Leap

• Bonus AD scaling increased: (+20% bonus AD) >>> (+40% bonus AD)

Lillia

E: Swirlseed

• Cooldown reduced: 14 >>> 12
• AP scaling increased: 50% >>> 60%

Lucian

E: Relentless Pursuit

• Cooldown adjusted: 19-14 >>> 16-14

Master Yi

Base Stats:

• Base Armor growth reduced: 4.7 >>> 4.2

Q: Alpha Strike

• Bonus crit damage increased: 75% >>> 100%

Naafiri rework

Base Stats:

• HP growth per level decreased: 120 >>> 105
• Base armor reduced: 30 >>> 28
• Base AD increased: 55 >>> 57
• AD growth per level decreased: 2.1 >>> 2

Passive: We Are More

• Max dogs increased: 2/3 at levels 1/9 >>> 2/3/4/5 at levels 1/9/12/15
• Packmate damage: 12-32 (+5% bonus AD) >>> 10-20 (+4% bonus AD)
• Packmate heath growth: 16 >>> 13
• Packmate Armor/MR growth: 2 >>> 1.8
• Packmate AoE damage reduction reduced: 76-50% by level 14 >>> 76-40% by level 15
• Packmate tower damage: 25% >>> 50%
• Packmates now deal 165% damage to monsters
• Packmate taunt duration decreased: 3 seconds >>> 2 seconds

Q: Darkin Daggers

• Damage to minions increased: 60% >>> 80%

W: The Call of the Pack

Naafiri’s ult buff has been swapped to her W, with her old dash now being her ult.

• Naafiri and her packmates gain 1 second of untargetability on cast
• Hunt duration: 15 seconds >>> 5 seconds
• Movement speed adjusted: 70-100% decaying over 4 seconds, reduced upon taking damage >>> 20-30% for 5 seconds
• AD scaling adjusted: 5/15/25 (+8-24% bonus AD) >>> 20% total AD
• Now grants AD and movement speed immediately on cast
• Cooldown reduced: 120-100 seconds >>> 20-18 seconds
• Mana cost reduced: 100 >>> 60
• Extra dogs reduced: 2/3/4 >>> 2
• No longer shields
• No longer grants packmate health/CD
• No longer grants a pulse of vision
• No longer resets buff on takedown

E: Eviscerate

• Cooldown reduced: 10-8 >>> 9-7
• Range increased: 350 >>> 450
• Initial damage decreased: 35-95 (+50% bonus AD) >>> 15-55 (+50% bonus AD)
• Now dashes to cursor instead of always dashing full distance

R: Hounds Pursuit

Naafiri’s W dash is now her ultimate with its numbers completely changed

• Can now be recast once if Naafiri scores a takedown within 7 seconds
• Cooldown increased: 22-14 seconds >>> 110-80 seconds
• Mana cost increased: 70-30 >>> 100
• Range adjusted: 700/770/860/940 >>> 900
• Damage increased: 30-190 (+80% bonus AD) >>> 150-350 (+120% bonus AD)
• This ability is no longer blockable
• Can no longer be cast on minions
• First cast reveals a 2100 unit area after a takedown for 1 second, 4 seconds for a champion takedown
• Second cast grants 100-200 (+150% bonus AD) shield for 3 seconds

Poppy

Q: Hammer Shock

• Base damage decreased: 50-170 >>> 75-195

Singed

Base Stats:

• Health growth per level reduced: 99 >>> 96
• Base attack speed increased: .625 >>> .7

Q: Poison Trail

• Now grants kill credit against affected minions if they are about to die to minion damage

E: Fling

• AP scaling reduced: 60% >>> 55%

Smolder

W: Achooo!

• On-hit damage adjusted: 30-110 >>> 60-100
• Explosion damage adjusted: 30-110 (+60% bonus AD) >>> 10-110 (+65% bonus AD)

E: Flap, Flap, Flap

• Damage increased: 5-25 (+25% total AD) per hit >>> 10-30 (+30% total AD) per hit

R: MMOOOMMMM

• Cooldown reduced: 120 >>> 120-100

Twisted Fate

Base Stats:

• Base armor increased: 21 >>> 24

Xin Zhao

Q: Three Talon Strike

• Base damage increased: 16-68 >>> 20-80

Yorick

E: Mourning Mist

• Capped monster damage: 300 >>> 70-210

Item Changes

Serylda’s Grudge

• Armor pen increased: 30% >>> 35%
• Ability haste decreased: 20% >>> 15%

Warmog’s

• Item HP multiplier: 10% >>> 12%
• Cost: 3300 >>> 3100

Systems Changes

Atakhan

• Increased Atakhan form thresholds by around 10%

Anti-Lane Swap Mechanics

• Activation time: 90 seconds >>> 95 seconds
• Top lane end time: 3:30 >>> 3:15
• Mid lane end time: 3:30 >>> 2:15
• Minion penalty: 50% >>> 25%

Bounty Suppression

• Activation Time: 14 minutes >>> 6 minutes
• Deficit required reduced by 50%
• Suppression potency increased by 50%

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused teleporting through mid/top to trigger lane swap penalties.
• Fixed an issue that caused K’Sante’s W to fizzle out when attempting to channel as Grounding was ending.
• Fixed an issue that caused Fiddlesticks effigy to trigger lane swap detection.
• Fixed an issue that caused Jack of All Trades to not add stats correctly for Yun Tal Wildarrows crit stat.
• Fixed an issue that caused Honor level 5 flair to not display.
• Fixed an issue that caused Lissandra’s Passive units to trigger lane swap detection.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Honor Recall to display at incorrect levels.
• Fixed an issue that caused Lane Swap detection with various clones.
• Fixed an issue that caused Junglers to trigger laneswaps upon entering the enemy Jungle if they already activated on Mid or Top lanes.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Void Rift Scuttle to not grant a vision bubble if they
• changed their form while alive.
• Fixed an issue where right clicking Herald while teleporting would cancel teleport.
• Fixed an issue where Lillia’s R could be cast without the effect when Dream Dust was
• expiring.
• Fixed an issue where Mels E snare would cause debug text to appear for debuffs.
• Fixed an issue that caused Lucian’s second shot Passive would inconsistently proc
• plants.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Twitch to do maximum stack damage on low stack targets if using E while Passive stacks were expiring.
• Fixed an issue where Urgot W could cause Atakhan to reset improperly.
• Fixed an issue where traps wouldn’t get spotted by Nexus Turrets after respawning.
• Fixed an issue where after Viego would transform back from Mel, ability damage would decrease and Smite would only deal 300 damage.
• Fixed an issue where Mel’s basic attack would disable Nidalee’s W
• Fixed an issue where performance could sometimes drop in custom games.
• Fixed an issue where Ambessa’s Passive could ignore Dodge/Blind.
• Fixed an issue where Viktor’s evolutions could be greyed out.
• Fixed an issue where High Noon Viktor’s Homeguard SFX would display improperly.
• Fixed an issue where some debug text would display for certain Nemesis Quests.
• Fixed an issue where K’Sante’s EQW combo could cause W to c ancel.
• Fixed an issue where an attempt to attack move while rooted/snared would sometimes cause a champion to be unable to attack.
• Fixed an issue where issuing move commands while snared/rooted would sometimes cause an auto attack unintentionally.
• Fixed a bug that players’ anonymized names do not appear in Ranked Champ Selec Chat when first joining.
• Fixed a Practice Tool bug where Feats of Strength would not reset after using the Reset Game function.
• Fixed a Practice Tool bug where tier 3 boots would not function correctly.
• Fixed a Practice Tool bug where the Spawn Jungle Plants function would no longer work after using the Reset Game function.
• Fixed a Practice Tool bug where clones would deal 0 damage to target dummies.
• Fixed a Practice Tool bug where damage taken by a practice dummy would not always accurately reflect the damage dealt.

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October 27, 2009

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T for Teen: Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco