League of Legends Patch 25.20 Brings World Championship 2025 Update, New Skins, and Major Gameplay Changes

Riot Games has rolled out Patch 25.20 this week to celebrate the 2025 League of Legends World Championship, introducing a range of new skins, balance changes, and feature updates. Alongside visual updates and store additions, this patch includes key champion adjustments and enhancements to broadcast and spectator modes, aiming to refine both casual and professional play.

🌍 World Championship Celebration

To mark the 2025 Worlds event, Riot has introduced new cosmetics and in-game features:

• Deceptive Flora skin series for Fiddlesticks, Nami, and Lissandra
• Xin Zhao “Twilight Trials” World Championship skin, with a portion of proceeds supporting LoL Esports global leagues and teams fund
• 🏆 World-themed map decorations, including a new Summoner’s Cup visible on the top lane
• 60 new team emotes (350 RP) and icons (250 RP) featuring the 2025 organization abbreviations, available until Patch 25.23

Additionally, the fan-favorite Doom Bots mode is back — featuring all three difficulty tiers — but this will be the final chance to play it.

📺 Broadcast Mode Enhancements

To improve player safety and privacy, Riot Games has expanded its Broadcast Mode with three new anonymity levels designed to reduce targeted griefing and stream sniping:

1. Partial anonymity: hides other players’ names on your screen only.
2. Competitive anonymity: conceals your RiotID and in-game name from opponents while preserving your progress display.
3. Full anonymity: hides all identifiers, including RiotID, name, profile data, and achievements.

This system is live now and expected to significantly enhance match integrity for content creators and professional players.

🚫 Champion Ban Restriction Test

Riot is testing a new anti-griefing feature on the North American and Oceania servers that prevents players from banning champions already selected by allies. If successful, this update will expand globally to improve draft fairness and reduce in-game disputes.

⚔️ Champion Adjustments

The patch brings extensive champion tuning aimed at balancing both solo queue and competitive play.

Anivia

• Q – Flash Frost: Cooldown 12/11/10/9/8s → 11/10/9/8/7s
• E – Frostbite: Base damage 50/75/100/125/150 → 55/80/105/130/155

Azir

• W – Arise!: AP ratio +40/45/50/55/60% → +30/40/60/60/70%
• Charge gain rate: 10/9/8/7/6s → 12/10.5/9/7.5/6s
• E – Shifting Sands: Damage 70/110/150/190/230 (+60% AP) (buffed)

Briar

• Passive: Max charge count reduced 7 → 5

Camille

• Base armor growth:5 → 4.5
• W – Tactical Sweep: Cooldown and base damage improved

Fizz

• W – Seastone Trident: Now displays total periodic damage; increased on-hit and active explosion values
• R – Chum the Waters: Adjusted shark size scaling and AP ratios

Graves, Katarina, Malphite, Orianna, Pantheon, Veigar, Volibear, Warwick, and Wukong all received additional damage tuning, scaling changes, and bug fixes (full details available in the official patch notes).

⚙️ System Updates

• Lane swap detection on top lane extended until 4:00 minutes to maintain early-game balance
• Emote search now supports champion name queries
• Icon rarity adjustments for consistency, including:Great Legend Ahri
• Hextech Jinx (Arcane)
• Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser
• and more

👥 Custom Game & Spectator Mode Improvements

• Custom ARAM mode: players can now select or randomize maps
• Spectator mode: enhanced control with options toMove or resize the mini-map
• Adjust transparency
• Toggle the frame display on/off

These updates improve flexibility for both tournament organizers and casual spectators.

🌸 Upcoming Content

Looking ahead to Patch 25.19, the Deceptive Flora skin line will continue to expand, bringing dark, nature-inspired designs for Fiddlesticks, Nami, and Lissandra.

Additionally, Xin Zhao’s Twilight Trials skin will remain available throughout Worlds 2025, continuing to support the global esports ecosystem.

🏁 Summary

Patch 25.20 celebrates League of Legends’ competitive spirit while refining gameplay systems, visuals, and champion balance. With fresh cosmetics, enhanced spectator tools, and meta-defining adjustments, Riot is closing out 2025 with a strong update that bridges both esports and community engagement.