Atakhan changes and ARURF returns in LoL patch 25.S1.2

Riot Games has today announced League of Legends LoL patch 25.S1.2, the first patch in Noxus, featuring Atakhan changes, the return of ARURF, Eve buffs and more.

There are also changes to Swiftplay and other champion tweaks, fixes to Blue Essence and Account XP gains.

AD Carries are also gaining power through Yun Tal Wildarrows and small shifts to Lord Dominik’s Regards and Mortal Reminder.

Atakhan changes in LoL patch 25.S1.2

Riot is making changes to new epic jungle monster Atakhan, first revealed in LoL’s seasonal update structure for 2025.

“Now that we’ve seen a good bit of player data as well as some early pro data, weare making some adjustments to how Atakhan’s Form is determined, as well as asmall nerf to Bloody Roses,” Riot said in today’s patch notes.

“Average players will see slightly more Voracious Atakhan while pro players may actually have a higher chance of seeing Ruinous; and both Voracious and Ruinous rewards will be nerfed with Voracious being nerfed significantly hard.”

Specifics:

●Threshold in Normal/Ranked Games: Reduced by around 20%
●Threshold in Swiftplay Games: Reduced by around 20%
●Points per Champion Kill: Reduced by a major amount
●Points from Champion Damage: Unchanged
●Points Increase when Alone: 1.85x Melee | 1.65x Ranged⇒Unchanged
●Swiftplay Points Increase when Alone: 1.85x Melee| 1.65x Ranged⇒2x Melee | 1.75xRanged Voracious
●Gold granted for triggering the Withdraw effect: 100 Gold⇒200 GoldBloody Roses
●XP Per Rose: 25⇒23
●Adaptive Force Per Rose: Formula decays slightly faster (Subsequent petals are worththe minimum at34 rather than 39 stacks)

Return of ARURF in 2025

All Random Ultra Rapid Fire (ARURF) is returning. It takes place on the new Noxus map with all of its changes and systems, with a few tweaks to fit the increased pace of URF.

On the EUW, EUN, RU, TR and ME1 servers, it launched at 8am PT on January 23rd, and for all other Riot regions it drops at 12pm PT time on the same day.

Champion balance and Item cooldowns have also been adjusted from previous URF releases.

Blue Essence and Account XP update in LoL patch 25.S1.2

Riot made a mistake with changes to Blue Essence acquisition recently, leading to players complaining about it being extremely difficult to unlock champions and more in the game without having to pay.

“We screwed up on this one so we’re making some changes across the next couple of patches as follows to make up for this and correct it,” Riot said. “First off, we’re changing the total BE value across the Pass milestones from 4750 BE to 9000BE and we’re updating the post-50 repeatable Epilogue milestones in the Pass from 50 BE to 750 BE.

“The Epilogue changes should be live during this patch, 25.S1.2, after Jan 23rd at 4am PT. Because the Act 1 Pass is already live, and a decent number of players have already completedthe BE milestones, we’re going to be compensating the difference through a one-time easily-completable mission that will grant 4250 BE.

“We’re also going to be changing the final Champion Capsule in the Pass to a Glorious Champion Capsule starting in the Act 2 pass. When it comes to account XP, we’ll be increasing the account XP earned by about 40%. That should ensure that the average number of games to 30/Ranked access is close to or slightly faster than before this update.”

Evelynn buffs in patch 25.S1.2 and AD item changes

Everyone’s favourite demonic assassin is getting a buff this patch, with E move speed increased at higher ranks and R ultimate damage up.

Riot explained: “Evelynn is among the worst-performing assassins after season start. Many assassins are now weaker in uncoordinated play due to Eyeball Collector being replaced with more vision-centric runes and we’re working on bringing the weakest outliers back up where they belong.

“Evelynn is up first here, where we’re providing her some better in-combat move speed and reliable late-game burst damage to help her assassinate better.”

Elsewhere, AD items have had some changes. Lord Dominik’s Regards cost is up 100 gold to 3,100, with armor pen rising from 35% to 40%.

Mortal Reminder is up from 3,200 to 3,300 gold and armor pen is also up from 30% to 35%.

“We’re adjusting the crit armor penetration items in order to make their purpose sharper: better when faced with high armor enemies without making them clearly stronger when not facing them,” Riot said.

For more, check out Riot’s latest 25.S1.2 patch notes page.

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Dom Sacco

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