League of Legends Patch 25.20 Preview – All Buffs, Nerfs, and Champion Changes

The League of Legends patch 25.20 preview has been released, giving players an early look at what to expect ahead of the official update. With Worlds 2025 approaching, Riot Games is making several impactful balance changes.

Key highlights include nerfs to jungle champions like Briar, Volibear, and Warwick, while Pantheon receives buffs after being overnerfed previously. Champions such as Azir, Graves, and Wukong are also undergoing adjustments to better balance the competitive meta.

The official League of Legends patch 25.20 release date is set for October 8, 2025. Here’s a full breakdown of all the buffs, nerfs, and champion adjustments included in this patch preview.

Champion Buffs in Patch 25.20

1. Anivia
• Q cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 → 11/10/9/8/7
• E damage: 50-150 (+55% AP) → 55-155 (+55% AP)
2. Katarina
• Armor: 28 → 32
3. Malphite
• Armor: 37 → 40
• E base damage: 70-230 → 80-240
4. Pantheon
• Q monster mod: 0.75x → 0.8x
• W minion/monster cap: 120 → 150
5. Veigar
• W damage: 85-305 (+60/70/80/90/100% AP) → 85-305 (+70/80/90/100/110% AP)

Champion Nerfs in Patch 25.20

1. Briar
• Passive max stacks: 7 → 5
2. Orianna
• W damage: 70-270 + 70% → 70-230 + 80%
3. Volibear
• Passive damage: 11-60 (+50% AP) → 11-60 (+45% AP)
• E damage: 80-240 (+80% AP) → 80-240 (+70% AP)
4. Warwick
• AD growth: 2.75 → 2.5
• Attack speed growth: 2.3% → 2%

Champion Adjustments in Patch 25.20

1. Azir
• W AP ratio: 40-60% → 30-70%
• W extra target damage mod: 25/50/75/100% → 20% at 1-8, scaling to 28-100% at 9-18
• W recharge: 10-6 → 12-6
• E damage: 60-220 + 40% → 70-230 + 60%
2. Camille
• Armor growth: 5 → 4.5
• W cooldown: 17-11 → 15-11
• W base damage: 50-150 → 60-160
3. Fizz
• W passive DoT: 20-60 + 30% → 30-90 + 25% (no longer affects structures)
• W active damage: 50-130 + 45% → 50-150 + 45%
• W on-hit damage: 10-30 + 35% → 20-40 + 30%
• R min damage: 150/250/350 + 80% → 180/300/420 + 60%
• R max damage: 300/400/500 +120% → 270/450/630 + 90%
4. Graves
• Q1 damage: 45-125 + 80% → 50-150 + 65%
• Q2 damage: 85-225 + 40-140% → 80-260 + 55-115%
• Total Q: 130-350 + 120-220% → 130-410 + 120-180%
5. Wukong
• Q bonus AD ratio: 55% → 50%
• W cooldown: 20-16 → 22-18
• W damage: 35-55% → 30-50%
• E damage: 80-200 → 80-240

The LoL patch 25.20 preview introduces several significant buffs, nerfs, and champion adjustments that will impact solo queue and the competitive meta leading into Worlds 2025. Champions like Pantheon and Malphite are climbing back into relevance, while Briar, Warwick, and Volibear are being toned down.

With the patch officially going live on October 8, 2025, players should start preparing strategies to adapt to the upcoming changes.