Naafiri gets her fourth nerf in a row
The League of Legends 25.10 Patch Notes are out. According to Riot’s official schedule, Patch 25.10 is expected to drop on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The patch brings several adjustments to several AP items, a fourth Naafiri nerf in a row, and other small buffs to Senna and Smolder.
The patch also brings targeted adjustments to Cho'Gath's toplane power, Fiddlesticks' jungle sustain to balance his rising support presence, and Vi's jungle damage to curb her dominance without compromising her crowd control.
The Full Patch 25.9 Preview. Credit: @RiotPhroxzon on X.
Buffs:
- Champions: Senna, Smolder
- System: Unsealed Spellbook
Nerfs:
- Champions: Kayn, Lulu, Naafiri, Xin Zhao, Yuumi
Adjustments:
- Champions: Cho'Gath, Fiddlesticks, Vi
- System: AP Items
Riot's Reasoning behind these changes
Read more about League of Legends changes on the X account of Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison.
AP Items
- A few of the more notable AP item changes:
- Cryptbloom is being positioned as the Haste counterpart to Void; it's got a better build path, but lower total burst value from lower Pen. May need to tune it a bit, but should be pretty close
- Rocketbelt is positioned to be better for squishy champions (like assassins) who don't need all of that health (350 >>> 300 HP)
- Stormsurge has found it difficult to gain an identity relative to Shadowflame
- We're positioning it as a notably cheaper alternative that has more snowballing power (with movespeed) but less damage throughput if you want the strongest burst build
- This should make it a good pick if you feel like on 2nd item (for mages in particular), you need to end fast
- Overall, we're going to monitor how the HP AP meta is modified by these changes, there's enough changes to the rest of the ecosystem that it will be being nerfed relatively + the direct nerf to Liandries
Vi
- After the changes to her knockup durations we made a while ago, Vi has creeped to be the top of the totem pole on the jungle ladder
- We like where her targeted CC is at and keeps some of the mobility creep in check
- Her damage as a result of that lockdown is a little too strong given that strength though, so we're taking it down a peg Fiddle
- Fiddle support has picked up in viability recently
- We like him showing up in support occasionally though, so trying to compensate W damage somewhat, which is more utilized in jungle
Senna
- Hopefully we can stick the balance better this time; 5th time's (or whatever number it is) the charm
- Jokes aside, Bot Senna is a bit weak; so we're back with the minion drop soul mod
- Though it's her more popular build, AD is a bit weaker relative to the Enchanter builds for most players
Naafiri
- Naafiri is still a bit too strong in jungle, but her mid is in a decent spot - We're taking jungle down a tad as a result
Cho'Gath
- He's still pretty decently strong in mid, so our changes are mostly focused on Top lane where his E max and Attack Speed are better utilized
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