League of Legends Patch 25.21 – The Final Major Update of 2025

Riot Games has officially rolled out Patch 25.21 for League of Legends, marking the final major update of the year. This patch brings a range of adjustments affecting balance, rewards, and in-game systems, while also introducing exciting new features such as double rewards in the Battle Pass, the new ARAM: Chaos mode, and the option to test champions in the Practice Tool.

🏆 Battle Pass for Act 2 of Season 3

Patch 25.21 launches the final Battle Pass of the season, packed with new cosmetics and valuable in-game rewards. The main highlights include Buzzbee, Mecha Kingdoms Skarner, and the prestigious Eternal Essence Zoe skin, alongside a collection of emotes, icons, and loot chests.

In celebration of the World Championship, Riot has doubled all currency rewards — meaning players will now earn twice the amount of Blue Essence, Orange Essence, and Mythic Essence per level. For example, instead of 25 Mythic Essence, players will now receive 50. Additionally, a portion of the Battle Pass proceeds will go toward supporting LoL Esports teams.

🎁 Full Reward List

Key Rewards include:

• Level 1: 3 Worlds 2025 Orbs
• Level 2: "Poro Spectator Worlds" Icon
• Level 3: 6000 Blue Essence
• Level 4: 3 Ancient Sparks
• Level 5: Title “We Are the League”
• Level 6: Permanent Champion – Neeko
• Level 7: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 8: Buzzbee Skin
• Level 9: Buzzbee Icon with Frame
• Level 10: Mystery Icon
• Level 11: Champion Capsule
• Level 12: “Cute Aurelion Sol” Emote
• Level 13: “Robot Menace” Icon
• Level 14: 6000 Blue Essence
• Level 15: “Rawr!” Emote
• Level 16: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 17: Worlds 2025 Orb
• Level 18: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 19: 1000 Orange Essence
• Level 20: Mystery Icon
• Level 21: 6000 Blue Essence
• Level 22: Permanent Champion – Skarner
• Level 23: Worlds 2025 Orb
• Level 24: Mecha Kingdoms Skarner Skin
• Level 25: Mecha Kingdoms Skarner Icon with Frame
• Level 26: Mystery Icon
• Level 27: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 28: Mystery Emote
• Level 29: “Give to Karthus” Emote
• Level 30: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 31: Champion Capsule
• Level 32: 50 Mythic Essence
• Level 33: “Almost Silver” Icon
• Level 34: Worlds 2025 Orb
• Level 35: Champion Capsule
• Level 36: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 37: “Time Flies!” Icon
• Level 38: Rare Champion Capsule
• Level 39: Mystery Icon
• Level 40: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 41: “Twilight Challenge” Icon
• Level 42: Mystery Emote
• Level 43: Hextech Chest and Key
• Level 44: Mystery Totem
• Level 45: 1000 Orange Essence
• Level 46: Permanent Champion – Zoe
• Level 47: Worlds 2025 Orb
• Level 48: Eternal Essence Zoe (Prestigious)

Repeatable Quests (Post-Level 48):

• Levels 49–55: 750 Blue Essence per level
• Levels 52 & 56: 25 Orange Essence each

⚔️ New Mode – ARAM: Chaos

The update introduces ARAM: Chaos, a thrilling new take on the classic 5v5 single-lane mode. This limited-time mode features Arena augmentations, allowing players to choose unique upgrades at levels 7, 11, and 15 — improving builds dynamically after each death.

Players can experiment with wild combinations of augments, items, and runes, adding unpredictable and explosive variety to ARAM matches. The mode will remain available until Patch 25.24, giving players plenty of time to dive into the chaos.

Practice Tool Updates

Players can now try out any champion for free before buying them. Inside a solo Practice Tool lobby, an icon allows users to temporarily unlock all champions for testing.

Riot has also enhanced the tool with new options:

• Respawn neutral monsters and jungle camps
• Respawn the Scuttle Crab
• Fixed several bugs affecting monster behavior

These improvements make testing and training smoother and more complete than ever before.

Updated System Requirements

Patch 25.21 completes Riot’s transition to DirectX 11 (Windows) and Metal (macOS). Players running older systems will receive a notification if their hardware no longer meets the requirements.

If your system already supports these technologies, no action is required — you’re good to go.

⚙️ Champion Changes

Bard

• Caretaker’s Shrine (W) Minimum Healing: 25/50/75/100/125 (+30% AP) → (+40% AP)
• Maximum Healing: 50/87.5/125/162.5/200 (+60% AP) → (+70% AP)
• Movement Speed: 20/22.5/25/27.5/30 (+5% per 100 AP) → (+6% per 100 AP)

Diana

• Moonsilver Blade (Passive)Damage to Monsters: 300% → 280%

Dr. Mundo

• Base Stats: Armor Growth 3.7 → 4.5
• Blunt Force Trauma (E): Minimum Damage Ratio from Bonus Health 7% → 5%

Ezreal

• Attack Damage Growth: 2.75 → 3.25

Graves

• Magic Resist: 32 → 30
• Magic Resist Growth: 2.05 → 1.3
• Quickdraw (E): Now grants bonus MR equal to 50% of armor; MR per stack 2–8; Max MR 16–64

Gwen

• Health: 600 → 625
• Health Growth: 100 → 125
• Attack Speed Growth: 2.5% → 2.25%
• Thousand Cuts (Passive): 0.55% → 0.6% per 100 AP
• Snip Snip! (Q): Small cut damage scaling +2% → +5% AP
• Hallowed Mist (W): Armor & MR 22 (+7% AP) → 22/24/26/28/30 (+7% AP); Cooldown 22s → 18s
• Skip 'n Slash (E): Damage 8–20 (+25% AP) → 5 (+20% AP); Cooldown 12–8s → 13–11s; CD reduction 50% → 25–65%
• Needlework (R): Damage 30/60/90 (+8% AP) → 35/65/95 (+10% AP); Slow 30–60% → 40–60%

Kalista

• Attack Damage Growth: 4.25 → 4.75

Kog’Maw

• Caustic Spittle (Q): Passive Attack Speed 10–30% → 5–25%

Morgana

• Armor Growth: 5 → 4.2

Qiyana

• Health Growth: 124 → 121
• Elemental Wrath (Q): Bonus AD scaling 90% → 85%

Quinn

• Blinding Assault (Q): AD scaling reduced from 80–120% → 80–100%
• Skystrike (R): Damage 70% total AD → 60/90/120 (+35% bonus AD)

Yone

• Attack Damage: 60 → 62

Yuumi

• Final Chapter (R): Initial Damage 5–105 (+85% AD) → 55–215 (+85% AD);Damage per Second 5–65 (+40% AD) → 33–129 (+51% bonus AD)
• Zoomies (W – Empowered): Damage 50–350 (+175% AD) → 175–525 (+150% bonus AD)
• Prowling Projectile (E):Movement Speed now decreases after 1.5 seconds (not during)
• Cooldown: 7.5s → 9s
• Fixed a bug where Yuumi retained MS bonus when not moving toward enemies

Item Changes

Catalyst of Aeons

• Health: 350 → 300

Doran’s Blade

• Lifesteal (3%) removed
• Now heals for 2.5% of damage dealt (reduced to 33% for AoE or pet abilities)

Doran’s Ring

• Mana Regen: 1.25/s → 1/s, scaling up to 2/s over 5 seconds after champion damage
• Health Regen: 0.55/s → 45% of restored mana

Doran’s Shield

• Max Healing After Damage: 45/30 → 40/30 (melee/ranged)

💫 Rune Adjustments

Second Wind

• Healing After Taking Damage: 3 + 4% missing HP → 4% missing HP

🏹 Clash Mode Extension

Originally planned to end with this patch, Clash mode will now continue for two additional cycles. Riot intends to collect more gameplay data before deciding on its long-term future. The mode remains active until Patch 25.23.

Skins and Mythic Shop Updates

Primordial Nightbringer Yasuo returns to the Sanctum as a revamped mythic skin (up to 40 attempts). Its emote ranks at A-tier, while the shop also introduces the “Twilight Surge” Nexus Finisher, available for 250 Mythic Essence until Patch 26.01.

Upcoming Skins:

• Bee Series Neeko (vibrant epic skin) 🐝
• Mecha Kingdoms Skarner (expanding the mechanical line)
• Eternal Essence Zoe (Prestigious) – the centerpiece of the Battle Pass

These skins blend familiar themes with modern visual effects, bringing a striking finish to the 2025 season.

Patch 25.21 closes out 2025 with major updates, generous event rewards, and a promising look at League of Legends’ evolving systems. From ARAM Chaos to mythic skins and improved tools, the final patch of the year ensures fans end the season with style.