League of Legends Patch 25.18 – Full Notes

Patch 25.18 is here, bringing pro-play balance tweaks, buffs for underperforming mages & marksmen, plus the long-awaited return of Doom Bots. ARAM fans get a permanent map rotation, while a revamped Your Shop and fresh T1 2025 skins headline the cosmetics. With Worlds 2025 around the corner, Riot’s goal is to keep the meta wide open and prevent dominance by only a handful of champions.

⚔️ Champion Changes

Amumu

• Q – Bandage Toss: Cooldown 16/15.5/15/14.5/14 ⇒ 16/15/14/13/12s
• Q – Bandage Toss: Mana Cost 45–65 ⇒ 50 flat

Annie

• W – Incinerate: Damage 70–250 ⇒ 70–230
• R – Summon Tibbers: Magic Pen 15/17.5/20% ⇒ 10/15/20%

Ashe

• AD Growth: 2.95 ⇒ 3.45

Aurora

• Passive – Spirit Abjuration:Max HP Damage 2.5% ⇒ 1%
• Scaling 2% per 100 AP ⇒ 2.7% per 100 AP

Azir

• AS Growth: 5.5% ⇒ 5.0%
• W – Arise!: Ratio 45–65% AP ⇒ 40–60% AP

Briar

• Q – Head Rush: Damage 60–180 ⇒ 60–160; Damage type changed Magic → Physical
• W – Blood Frenzy: Fixed bug where Frenzy expired incorrectly
• R – Certain Death:SFX trigger changed to after cast
• Damage 150/250/350 (+50% AD, +120% AP) ⇒ 150/250/350 (+130% AP)
• Range 10000 ⇒ 12000

Cassiopeia

• Base Mana: 400 ⇒ 450
• E – Twin Fang: Damage vs Poison 20–100 ⇒ 20/43/66/89/112

Galio

• Passive – Colossal Smash: Ratio 45% AP ⇒ 40% AP
• Q – Winds of War: Max HP Damage per tick 2.5% ⇒ 2%

Garen

• E – Judgment: Ratio per spin 36–48% AD ⇒ 38–50% AD

Hwei

• Passive – Signature of the Visionary: Ratio 30% AP ⇒ 35% AP
• WQ – Serenity: Fleeting Current: Bonus MS 20–30% ⇒ 30–40%; Scaling 2% ⇒ 3% per 100 AP
• E (EQ, EW, EE): Ratio 60% AP ⇒ 65% AP

Illaoi

• Passive: Tentacles no longer spawn during Teleport
• W – Harsh Lesson: Max HP Damage 4% per 100 AD ⇒ 3.5%
• E – Test of Spirit: Vessel duration 3s ⇒ 4s

Jayce

• Q – Shock Blast (Cannon): Damage 60–310 ⇒ 80–310 (stronger early)

Qiyana

• Base AD: 66 ⇒ 64
• Armor Growth: 4.7 ⇒ 4.5
• Passive – Royal Privilege: Bonus Damage 30% Bonus AD ⇒ 25%

Sylas

• Passive – Petricite Burst: Monster Damage 150% ⇒ 130%

Taliyah

• Q – Threaded Volley: Mana 65–85 ⇒ 55–75; Q2 Mana 20 ⇒ 10
• Q Damage: 56–130 ⇒ 55–125
• Q vs Monsters: +10 ⇒ +20
• E – Unraveled Earth: Mana 90–110 ⇒ 90; Detonation Damage 25–105 ⇒ 25–85; Monster Damage 175% ⇒ 190%

Vel’Koz

• E – Tectonic Disruption: Cooldown 14–12 ⇒ 12–10s
• R – Life Form Disintegration Ray: Damage 450/625/800 ⇒ 450/700/925

Volibear

• Passive – The Relentless Storm: AS Ratio 4% (20%) per 100 AP ⇒ 3% (17.5%)

Yunara

• Base HP: 600 ⇒ 575
• Base AD: 56 ⇒ 53
• E – Kanmei’s Steps:Bonus MS 50–70% ⇒ 30–50%
• Duration 1.5–2.5s ⇒ 1.5s flat

Zac

• R – Let’s Bounce!: Now grants Ghosting

🛡️ Item Changes

• Bami’s Cinder: Damage to monsters 5 ⇒ 10
• Sunfire Cape: Damage to minions/monsters 25% ⇒ 50%
• Mercurial Scimitar:AD 40 ⇒ 45
• MR 50 ⇒ 40
• Bonus MS duration 1s ⇒ 1.5s

⚙️ System Changes

• Anti-Botting & Boosting: Ban wave deployed
• Death Recap: Movable window + restored damage type chart
• Jungle Timers: Now appear 10s before respawn, buffs 60s before
• Your Shop: Returns with Legendary skin chance

🌉 ARAM Updates

• Permanent Map Rotation: Butcher’s Bridge + Koeshin’s Crossing
• Free Champion Pool: Now 95+ champions (last 5 Rift rotations)

👾 Doom Bots – Trial of Doom II: Veigar’s Curse

• Max Level raised to 30
• New Item: Veigar’s Talisman of Ascension (+100% XP)
• Increased minion spawns & difficulty scaling
• Completing all challenges rewards title: “Definitely Not a Bot”
• Event Start: September 10 (18:00 CEST/ 16:00 UTC/ 17:00 Kyiv)

🏆 New Skins – T1 2025 World Championship Line

Celebrating T1’s dominance, this black-and-red skin line features custom VFX, SFX & recalls.

• Prestige T1 Sylas ✨
• T1 Gnar
• T1 Pyke
• T1 Varus
• T1 Vi
• T1 Yone

Includes chromas, emotes, and capsules. Prestige Sylas comes with exclusive splash art and golden-red visuals.

Final Take

Patch 25.18 is a meta-shaping update before Worlds, with pro-play nerfs, mage/ADC buffs, returning Doom Bots, ARAM changes, and the prestigious T1 Worlds skin line. Expect a more diverse competitive pool as Riot pushes to keep things balanced for the biggest tournament of the year.