Patch 25.S1.3 Preview: Atakhan Changes, Thresh Buffs, and More!

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Martin Arévalo-Östberg

League of Legends continues to ramp up its first, Noxian-themed season of the year, and now prepares for the arrival of patch 25.S1.3. This latest patch addition plans to address issues with Voracious Atakhan, as well as the sudden rise in popularity of tank-build Jayce, or Thresh's own fall into irrelevancy.

Officially coming to the game on Sunday, February 5th, patch 25.S1.3 is expected to bring more stability to the game while Riot continues to monitor how Mel, the newest champion addition to League of Legends, continues to perform.

All information about patch 25.S1.3 came from an X (Twitter) post made by Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison, League of Legends' Lead Gameplay Designer.

Atakhan

"This patch, we're increasing Voracious Atakhan's stasis duration after being killed to 15s, in addition to increasing the reward for claiming the GA false life to 200g per player (from last patch).

The tempo gained from Voracious buff is too much on current tuning and we'll continue to pull these levers. We intend for Atakhan to still give an advantage to the team who claimed him (it is an Epic objective after all)."

Domination Keystones & Assassins

"This patch brings a hefty buff to the Domination keystones, which will systemically buff most assassin users which are struggling as a result of Eyeball Collector being removed."

Champion Buffs

Can Thresh return to the top of the support pool with buffs coming his way in patch 25.S1.3? (Credit: Riot Games)

Evelynn

[E] Whiplash buffs:
- Base damage increased 55/70/85/100/115 >>> 60/90/120/150/180
- [P-E] Empowered Whiplash base damage increased 75/100/125/150/175 >>> 80/120/160/200/240

Jax

HP per level increased 100 >>> 103
Base Mana Regeneration increased 7.6 >>> 8.2
[R-P] Grandmaster-At-Arms base bonus magic damage on-hit increased 70/120/170 >>> 75/130/185

Kayn (Shadow Assassin)

[Base/Shadow Assassin-Q] Reaping Slash base damage increased 75/95/115/135/155 >>> 75/100/125/150/175

Nasus

[P] Soul Eater Life Steal increased 9/15/21% >>> 12/18/24% (based on levels 1/7/13)

Quinn

[W-P] Heightened Senses bonus Attack Speed increased 28/36/44/52/60% >>> 28/41/54/67/80%

Rakan

[W] Grand Entrance cooldown reduced 16/14.5/13/11.5/10 >>> 14/13/12/11/10 seconds

Samira

[E] Wild Rush bonus Attack Speed duration increased 3 >>> 5 seconds

Swain

[P] Ravenous Flock gained bonus HP per Soul Fragment increased 12 >>> 15
[E] Nevermove AP ratio increased 60% >>> 70%

Thresh

Base Armor increased 33 >>> 35
[Q] Death Sentence damage increased 100/150/200/250/300 (+90% AP) >>> 100/155/210/265/320 (+100% AP)

Champion Nerfs

Tank Jayce has been taking over the Top Lane as of late, and was due for a nerf. (Credit: Riot Games)

Cassiopeia

[Q] Noxious Blast AP ratio reduced 70% >>> 60%
[W] Miasma AP ratio per second reduced 15% >>> 10%

Galio

Base HP reduced 632 >>> 600

Jayce (Tank)

[Hammer-Q] To The Skies! damage adjusted 60/110/160/210/260/310 (+120% bAD) >>> 60/105/150/195/240/285 (+135% bAD)
[Cannon-Q] Shock Blast damage adjusted 60/115/170/225/280/335 (+125% bAD) >>> 60/110/160/210/260/310 (+140% bAD)
[Hammer-W] Lightning Field base damage per tick reduced 40/55/70/85/100/115 >>> 35/50/65/80/95/110
[Cannon-R] Transform Mercury Hammer bonus magic damage on next attack adjusted 25/65/105/145 (+25% bAD) >>> 25/60/95/130 (based on levels 1/6/11/16) (+30% bAD)

Miss Fortune

Base Armor reduced 28 >>> 25
Armor per level reduced 4.2 >>> 4

Rell

Base HP reduced 640 >>> 620
Armor per level reduced 4.3 >>> 4

Skarner

Armor per level 4.8 >>> 4.5
[E] Ixtal's Impact stun duration reduced 1.5 >>> 1.1 second

Teemo

[E] Toxic Shot base damage on-hit reduced 14/27/40/53/66 >>> 9/23/37/51/65

Viego

Base AD reduced 60 >>> 57

Wukong

[W] Warrior Trickster cooldown increased 18/17/16/15/14 >>> 20/19/18/17/16 seconds
[E] Nimbus Strike bonus Attack Speed reduced 40/45/50/55/60% >>> 35/40/45/50/55%

System Buffs

Attack Speed Cap

Maximum attacks per second increased 2.5 >>> 3.0

Chemtech Soul

Increased damage and damage reduction below 50% max HP increased 11% >>> 13%

Domination Keystones

Electrocute base damage increased 50-190 >>> 70-240 (based on levels 1-18, linear)
Dark Harvest damage increased 20 (+9 per Soul) (+10% bAD) (+5% AP) >>> 30 (+11 per Soul) (+10% bAD) (+5% AP)
Hail of Blades buffs:
- Bonus Attack Speed increased 110/80% >>> 140/80% (melee/ranged)
- Cooldown reduced 12 >>> 10 seconds

System Nerfs

Bloodsong

Spellblade Expose Weakness nerfs:
- Increased damage reduced 10/5% >>> 8/5% (melee/ranged)
- Duration reduced 6 >>> 4 seconds

Cloud Soul

Bonus Move Speed reduced 20% >>> 15%

Void Grubs

Touch of the Void structure damage per stack reduced 8/4 >>> 6/3 (melee/ranged) every 0.5 seconds for 4 seconds (64/32 >>> 48/24 (melee/ranged) total)
On spawn, stats for 6 minutes update immediately instead of at ~6:04

Voracious Atakhan

False Life stasis duration increased 5.5 >>> 15 seconds

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

Void Explosion nerfs:
- Base damage reduced 10 >>> 5
- Cooldown increased 10 >>> 11

Will the changes to Voracious Atakhan in patch 25.S1.3 finally balance the latest Epic Monster? (Credit: Riot Games)

System Adjustments

Champion Bounties

Required lead for champion bounty devaluation reduced by 60%.
Losing team bounties fully turn off 50% sooner.
When Objective Bounties spawn, champion bounties are fully suppressed for the losing team.

Swiftplay Champion Buffs

Fiddlesticks

[W] Bountiful Harvest pre-mitigation damage heal percentage against champions increased 25/32.5/40/47.5/55% (SR Value) >>> 35/42.5/50/57.5/65%
[E] Reap slow increased 30/35/40/45/50% (SR Value) >>> 40/45/50/55/60%

Nidalee

HP per level increased 109 (SR Value) >>> 117
Magic Resistance per level increased 1.45 (SR Value) >>> 1.75
[Human-Q] Javelin Toss minimum damage increased 70/90/110/130/150 (+50% AP) (SR Value) >>> 70/95/120/145/170 (+55% AP) (210/270/330/390/450 (+150% AP) >>> 210/285/360/435/510 (+165% AP) maximum)

Ivern

[E] Triggerseed buffs:
- Shield AP ratio increased 50% (SR Value) >>> 60%
- Base damage increased 70/90/110/130/150 (SR Value) >>> 70/95/120/145/170

Zoe

[E] Sleepy Trouble Bubble buffs:
- Base damage reduced 70/110/150/190/230 (SR Value) >>> 85/125/165/205/245
- Cooldown reduced 16/15/14/13/12 (SR Value) >>> 14/13.5/13/12.5/12 seconds

Swiftplay Champion Nerfs

Yorick

[P] Shepherd of Souls Mist Walker structure damage reduced 50% >>> 30%
[R] Eulogy of the Isles Maiden of the Mist structure damage reduced 50% >>> 30%

Swiftplay System Adjustments

Game Pacing Changes

Minions:
- Stats upgrade time reduced 90 >>> 60 seconds
Dragon respawn timer increased 4:30 >>> 5:00 (SR Value)
Rift Herald spawn timer increased 10:00 >>> 11:30
Voidgrubs (PBE):
- Touch of the Void stacks per Voidgrub reduced 2 >>> 1 (SR Value)
- Touch of the Void damage per tick per stack increased 8/4 (SR Value) >>> 16/8 (melee/ranged) (64/32 >>> 128/64 total)
- Hunger of the Void stack thresholds reduced 4/6 (SR Value) >>> 2/3 (melee/ranged)
Sudden Death:
- Like Clash, Turrets will now lose 35% Armor and Magic Resistance per minute starting at 25 minutes and lose 3.3% max HP per second starting at 30 minutes
Tear of the Goddess, Winter's Approach, and Manamune (PBE) - Manaflow mana gained per charge increased 4.5 >>> 6.5 (SR Value = 3)
Archangel's Staff (PBE) - Manaflow mana granted per charge increased 7.5 >>> 9.5 (SR Value = 5)
Yun Tal Wildarrows (PBE) - Practice Makes Lethal buffs:
- Critical Strike Chance granted per stack increased 0.2% (SR Value) >>> 0.5%
- Maximum stacks reduced 125 (SR Value) >>> 50
Symbiotic Soles (PBE) - Symbiosis upgrade threshold reduced 150,000 (SR Value) >>> 120,000 units

Dragons were spawning a little too fast in Swiftplay. (Credit: Riot Games)

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