League of Legends Season 2025 is off to a bit of a rocky start, but the developers have been quick about adjusting new map mechanics and hotfixing problems. Patch 15.2 aims to scale back the power of several elements in the new season and bring Mel in.
Mel Medarda was an easy choice to bring into League of Legends from Arcane, with her directly following her mother’s footsteps and making landfall on the rift this patch.
And, though we don’t know much about the nitty gritty details just yet, we do what’s getting buffed, nerfed, and changed going into this patch. Though some things have already been nerfed in a hotfix, other changes are soon to come.
Here’s everything we know about LoL patch 2025.S1.2 (aka 15.2) so far:
LoL patch 2025.S1.2/15.2 early notes
Atakhan and Feats of Strength changes
We don’t yet know what exactly is changing here, but we do know Voracious Atakhan’s spawn frequency is going up while Blood Roses are getting a bit of a nerf. Here’s what Phroxzon had to say about the direction they’re going:
- We’re looking to make Voracious Atakhan a little more frequent as he’s showing up in less than 15% of games, but also reduce his effect’s power a bit as his effect is more warping than Ruinous
- We’re also looking to nerf Bloody Roses a bit more; they’re not a core part of what’s driving gameplay depth in the new package, so trying to put them at the minimum power level that’s still satisfying for them to be picked up
The changes are as follows:
Bloody Roses
- Base XP per petal: 25 >>> 23
- Adaptive for per stack minimum: 39 stacks >>> 34 stacks
Voracious Atakhan
- Withdraw kill reward: 100 gold >>> 200 gold
The dev team has also confirmed that they want to remove first blood as a Feat to make Feats of Strength a bit harder to earn and less dependent on one lane throwing early, though that won’t be coming in this patch.
Blue Essence changes
Riot heard player complaints about the Blue Essence changes, and they listened. This patch, there will be a massive increase in the amount of BE players gain from every part of the Battle Pass.
- Blue Essence milestones on the pass increased from 4750 to 9000
- Repeatable missions past level 50 now grant 750 BE rather than 50 BE
If you’re someone trying to grind for new champions that has already gotten through the pass, this patch will give you 15 times more currency than before.
While this will alleviate the issues revolving around BE distribution, it still doesn’t make up for the fact that free Hextech Chests were removed. It also has players questioning why all champions aren’t just free to begin with.
Mel Medarda
Mel’s arriving on this patch! You can check out our full ability guide for her to see what she does. That said, if early footage is anything to go off of, she’s going to be very strong.
Champions
Cassiopeia
Passive: Serpentine Grace
- Movement speed provided by feats increased: 2MS per level >>> 1MS per level
Evelynn
E: Whiplash
- Movement speed increased: 30% >>> 30-50%
R: Last Caress
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- AP scaling increased: 65% >>> 75%
Irelia
W: Defiant Dance
- Damage decreased:
Kayn (blue form)
Passive: The Darkin Scythe
- Shadow Assassin passive damage amp: 15-45% >>> 25-45%
Master Yi
Base Stats
- AD growth per level: 2.5 >>> 2.8
E: Wuju Style
- Bonus AD scaling: 30% >>> 35%
Malzahar
W: Void Swarm
- Damage now updates live for Voidlings when the ability gets leveled
Smolder
Q: Super Scorcher Breath
- Now scales with bonus critical strike damage
Tahm Kench
Q: Tongue Lash
- Base damage decreased: 80-280 >>> 75-255
Viktor
Q: Siphon Power
- AP scaling on auto attack decreased: 60% >>> 50%
R: Arcane Storm
- AP scaling on tick damage decreased: 45% >>> 35%
Yuumi
Passive: Feline Friendship
- Cooldown decreased: 20-10 >>> 20-8
- AP scaling increased: 15% >>> 20%
R: Final Chapter
- AP scaling increased: 20% >>> 25%
Items
Lord Dominik’s Regards
- Cost increased: 3000 >>> 3100
- Armor Pen increased: 35% >>> 40%
Mortal Reminder
- Cost increased: 3200 >>> 3300
- Armor Pen increased: 30% >>> 35%
Yun-Tal Wildarrows
- Cost increased: 2900 >>> 3000
- Attack speed increased: 25% >>> 35%
Runes
Domination Tree
Grisly Mementos
- Trinket Haste per takedown increased: 4 >>> 6
- Max mementos changed: 25 (100 Haste) >>> 18 (108 Haste)
- Mode-based Summoner Spell Haste increased: 2 >>> 3
Deep Ward
- Trinket duration increased: 30-120 >>> 45-150
Sixth Sense
- Melee cooldown decreased: 300 >>> 275
- Ranged cooldown decreased: 360 >>> 350