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League of Legends patch 10.25 notes – New Champion Rell, Battle Queen skins, Anivia overhaul

League of Legends' final patch of 2020 brings a brand-new Champion, skin line, and a big overhaul for Anivia

Update – December 9, 2020: League of Legends patch 10.25 is heading onto live servers! Check out the League of Legends patch 11.1 notes at that link to see what’s on the way with the first patch of 2021 in January.

Here we are at the end of 2020, League of Legends fans. LoL patch 10.24 is rolling out onto the multiplayer game’s live servers, and its follow-up – the last update of the year – has stampeded onto the testing grounds, with brand-new “tanky support” Champion Rell in tow.

As just revealed by Riot Games, new League of Legends Champion Rell, The Iron Maiden, is a hardy battler from Noxus with an exceptionally rare gift – the power of ferromancy, the ability to magically manipulate metals. Armed with an enormous gold-hued lance and a horse-like (sort of) metal mount, Rell has stormed onto the PBE for a fortnight of testing, along with her pretty intriguing abilities – which include a W in two parts.

As if that wasn’t enough, it turns out those teasers Riot was posting earlier this week were indeed pointing to a brand-new royalty-themed skin line. Diana, Janna, Katarina, and Qiyana get Battle Queen skins this patch, with the colour themes tying into those crests the studio shared on social media this past week. Plus, Diana gets a Prestige Edition – sweet!

Alongside these, a batch of new Elderwood skins also arrive in the coming update, with Azir, Ivern, Ornn, Rakan, and Xayah being the lucky Champs. Plus, Nexus Blitz is back! And there’s a bit of an Anivia overhaul this update.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the tentative League of Legends patch 10.25 notes to get an idea of what’s in store for the final content drop of the year. As ever, bear in mind these changes are up for testing, so likely won’t reflect the finalised set of changes on the way just yet. Check out what you need to know right here (thanks Surrenderat20!):

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.25 RELEASE DATE AND DOWNTIME

League of Legends patch 10.25 is now live!

League of Legends Patch 10.25 – New Champion, Rell

Rell, The Iron Maiden

 

RELL STATS

 

  • Base HP – 540
  • HP per level – 90
  • HP regen – 7
  • HP regen per level – 0.11
  • Mana – 350
  • Mana per level – 45
  • Base armour – 35
  • Armour per level – 3
  • Base AD – 55
  • AD per level – 3
  • Base MR – 32.1
  • MR per level – 1.25
  • Base move speed – 335
  • Attack speed per level – 2
  • Attack range – 175

RELL ABILITIES

Break the Mould – Passive

Description:
“Rell has significantly reduced Attack Speed, but her attacks steal 10% Armour and Magic Resist and deal an additional [8-16 according to level] plus total Armor and Magic Resist stolen magic damage.
Attacking a Champion refreshes the stolen Armour and Magic Resist on all afflicted enemies.
Always steals at least [5-12 according to level], reduced against minions.

Shattering Strike – Q

Description:
“Rell thrusts her lance, destroying all Shield and dealing [35/52.5/70/87.5/105 (+25% AP)] magic damage. The first unit hit takes [70/105/140/175/210 (+50% AP)] damage instead and suffers Break the Mold’s defence steal.
If Rell is bound to an ally with Attract | Repel, they both recover [10/15/20/25/30 (+30% AP)] plus 5% missing Health for each enemy Champion hit.”
Stats:
Mana Cost – 50
Cooldown – 9/8/7/6/5 seconds

Metalmancy – Armor Up / Mount Up – W1/W2

Desription:
“Passive – Mounted: Rell gains [5-15%] Move Speed, reduced when taking damage.
Active – Metalmancy – Armour Up: Rell leaps off her mount, Knocking Up enemies for 1 second and dealing [70/105/140/175/210 (+40% AP)] magic damage. Rell then enters Armoured form, gaining [40/70/100/730/160 (+13% health)] Shield, reducing her Move Speed, and allowing her to use Ferromancy: Mount Up.
Passive – Dismounted: Rell gains [10% Armor] Armor and [10% MR] Magic Resist, but has 250 base Move Speed.
Active – Metalmancy – Mount Up: Rell mounts up, gaining 15% Move Speed for 3.5 seconds, increased to [25/30/35/40/45%] Move Speed when moving towards enemy Champions. Her next attack during that duration throws the target over her shoulder, dealing an additional [10/25/40/55/70 (+30% AP)] magic damage and ending this effect. While Mounted, she can use Metalmancy – Armor Up.”
Stats:
Mana Cost – 40
Cooldown – 11 seconds

Attract | Repel – E

Description:
“Rell binds a piece of her Armour to another allied Champion, granting them [10% Armour] and [10% Magic Resist] while near you. Doing this has no cost, and only puts this Ability on a 3 second cooldown.
If Rell uses this Ability without targeting an allied Champion, she snaps the binding, Stunning enemies around and between herself and her bound ally and dealing [80/120/160/200/240 (+30% AP)] magic damage.
Rell can target herself to unbind from her ally. Tether dissipates at max range, but reconnects upon re-entering range of your bound ally.”
Stats:
Mana Cost – 40
Cooldown – 18/15.5/14/12.5/11 seconds

Magnetic Overload – R

Description:
“Rell explodes in a magnetic fury, violently Pulling nearby enemies towards herself. Then Rell constantly draws nearby enemies towards herself and deals [120/200/280] magic damage over for the next 2 seconds.”
Stats:
Mana Cost – 100
Cooldown – 120/100/80 seconds

RELL SKINS, LORE, AND VO

Here’s Rell’s in-game biography:

“The product of brutal experimentation at the hands of the Black Rose, Rell is a defiant, living weapon determined to topple Noxus. Her childhood was one of misery and horror, enduring unspeakable procedures to perfect and weaponise her magical control over metal… until she staged a violent escape, killing many of her captors in the process. Now branded as a criminal, Rell attacks Noxian soldiers on sight as she searches for survivors of her old ‘academy,’ defending the meek while delivering violent death to her former overseers.”

Rell’s release skin is BATTLE QUEEN RELL!

“A young woman from the magic-starved Queendom of Calamity, volunteered for the coronation by a shadowy cabal of aristocrats after a series of magical experiments. Having now won the crown and the power of her crest, Rell has discovered her powers were stolen from the people of her country, and she has vowed revenge on her puppeteers.”

BATTLE QUEEN RELL – 1350 RP

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Here’s the BATTLE QUEEN RELL splash art:

 CLASSIC RELL

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Here’s Rell’s VO:

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… And Rell’s interactions:

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You can find out more about Rell on Riot’s Champion page and Champion Insights post at those links.


LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.25 – BALANCE CHANGES

Champion Changes

Anivia – major changes

Stats:
Projectile attacks’ base speed increased to 1600 from 1500
Flash Frost (Q):
New! This ability now applies a chill effect to enemies it passes over
Damage dealt decreased to [50/70/90/110/130 (+25% AP)] from [60/85/110/135/160 (+45% AP)]
Detonation damage dealt increased to [70/105/140/175/210 (+50% AP)] from [60/80/110/135/160 (+45% AP)]
Cooldown changed to 11/10/9/8/7 seconds from 10/9.5/9/8.5/8 seconds
Mana Cost decreased to 80/85/90/95/100 from 80/90/100/110/120
Projectile speed increased to 950 from 800
Frostbite (E):
Mana Cost changed to a flat 40 from 50/60/70/80/90
Damage dealt increased to [60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP] from [50/75/100/125/150 (+50% AP)]
Glacial Storm (R):
Cooldown changed to 4/2.5/1 seconds from a flat 6 seconds
Damage dealt decreased to [30/45/60 (+12.5% AP)] from [40/60/80 (+12.5% AP)]
Mana cost decreased to [65 +35/45/55 per second] from [75 + 40/50/60 per second]

Annie – changed

Molten Shield (E):
Movespeed decreased to [20-50% (according to level)] from [(30-60% according to level)]

Fizz – changed

Stats:
Mana per level decreased to 37 from 57

Gragas – changed

Happy Hour (Passive):
Healing increased to 8% max HP from 6%
Drunken Rage (W):
Cooldown decreased to 5 from 6

Irelia – changed

Stats:
Base AD increased to 65 from 63
Bladesurge (Q):
Cooldown decreased to 11/10/9/8/7 from 12/11/10/9/8

Jhin – changed

Dancing Grenade (Q):
Total AD ratio decreased to 35/42.5/50/57.5/65% from 45/52.5/60/67.5/75%

Ivern – changed

Rootcaller (Q):
Cooldown decreased to 12/11/10/9/8 from 14/13/12/11/10
Triggerseed (E):
Shield AP ratio increased to 90% from 80%
Cooldown decreased to 11/10/9/8/7 from 12/11/10/9/8
Daisy! (R):
Daisy attack speed increased to 0.7 from 0.613

Karthus – changed

Lay Waste (Q):
Mana cost decreased to 20/25/30/35/40 from 20/26/32/38/44
AP ratio increased to 35% from 30%

Kayle – nerfed

Stats:
Base MR decreased to 30 from 34
Starfire Spellblade (E):
Passive AP ratio decreased to 20% from 25%

Kayn – changed

Stats:
Base armour decreased to 35 from 38
Reaping Slash (Q):
Cooldown increased to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 from 6/5.5/5/4.5/4
Damage decreased to 65/85/105/125/145 from 75/95/115/135/155

Lee Sin – buffed

Stats:
Base armour increased to 36 from 33
Tempest (E):
Damage increased to 100/140/180/220/260 from 80/120/160/200/240

Lulu – changed

Glitterdance (Q):
Damage dealt decreased to 70/105/140/175/210 (+40% AP) from 80/115/150/185/220 (+50% AP)
New! “Striking an enemy with both missiles will deal 25% bonus damage”
Removed! This ability no longer reduces damage on enemies following the first

Mordekaiser – buffed

Obliterate (Q):
Isolation bonus increased to 30/35/40/45/50% from 20/25/30/35/40%

Morgana – nerfed

Tormented Shadow (W):
Damage dealt per second lowered to 12/22/32/42/52 from 12/24/36/48/60

Nasus – changed

Siphoning Strike (Q):
Cooldown decreased to to 7.5/6.5/5.5/4.5/3.5 from 8/7/6/5/4

Nidalee – changed

Javelin Toss (Q):
Mana cost decreased to 50/55/60/65/70 from 50/60/70/80/90
Spear minimum damage increased to 70/90/110/130/150 from 70/85/100/115/130
Spear maximum damage increased to 210/270/330/390/450 from 210/255/300/345/390
Primal Surge (E):
Mana cost decreased to 50/60/70/80/90 from 60/75/90/105/120

Pantheon – changed

Stats:
Movespeed decreased to 345 from 355
Comet Spear (Q):
Mana Cost decreased to 30 from 40
Mana refunded increased to 60% from 50%
Removed! Empowered Q no longer deals slow effect
Shield Vault (W):
Damage dealt increased to 60/100/140/180/220 from 60/80/100/120/140
Aegis Assault (E):
Removed! This ability now doesn’t block shots from towers
Slow effect given for moving backwards or sideways decreased to 25% from 50%
New! “When Pantheon slams his shield he gains 60% move speed for 1.5 seconds”
Removed! Empowered E now doesn’t extend duration
Grand Starfall (R):
New! “Pantheon gathers his strength to leap high into the air. He throws his spear from above which, in a small area, deals [damage of an unempowered spear] physical damage and slows by 50%”
New! “Passive: Pantheon gains 10% Armour Penetration”

Rengar – buffed

Battle Roar (W):
Bonus healing from monster attacks increased to 100% from 50%
Extra damage to monsters increased to 65-130 from 50-100
New! This ability now deals an extra [50-100 according to level] damage against monsters

Samira – changed

Flair (Q):
New! Can now apply lifesteal at 66.6% effectiveness
Inferno Trigger (R):
Each shot dealing physical damage and applying lifesteal at 66.6% effectiveness

Seraphine – buffed

Stats:
HP per level increased to 90 from 80
Surround Sound (W):
New! This ability now grants Seraphine [90 – 180 (according to level) (+45% AP)] shield

Talon – buffed

Rake (W):
Return Damage increased to 45/70/95/120/145 from 45/65/85/105/125

Twitch – buffed

Ambush (Q):
Attack speed increased to 40/45/50/55/60% from 30/35/40/45/50%
Venom Cask (W):
Movement speed slow increased to 30/35/40/45/50% from 25/30/35/40/45%
Spray and Pray (R):
AD increased to 25/40/55 from 20/30/40

Warwick – buffed

Eternal Hunger (Passive):
On hit damage dealt increased to [12-46 according to level] from [10-44 according to level]

Wukong – buffed

Nimbus Strike (W):
New! This ability now deals [120/165/210/255/300 + 120% AP] damage against monsters

Yasuo – changed

Stats:
Attack speed per level increased to 3.5% from 2.5%

Yone – buffed

Stats:
Attack speed per level increased to 3.5% from 2.5%

Item balance changes

 Here are the LoL item changes being tested right now:


LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.25 – CHAMPION SKINS

Champion Skins

 BATTLE QUEEN DIANA – 1350 RP
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Here’s the BATTLE QUEEN DIANA splash art:

BATTLE QUEEN DIANA PRESTIGE EDITION – 2000 EVENT TOKENS

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There’s the BATTLE QUEEN DIANA PRESTIGE EDITION splash art:

BATTLE QUEEN JANNA – 1350 RP

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Here’s the BATTLE QUEEN JANNA splash art:

BATTLE QUEEN KATARINA – 1820 RP – LEGENDARY SKIN

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Here’s the BATTLE QUEEN KATARINA splash art:

Given Katarina’s new look is a Legendary skin, she gets some new VO and features, which you can check out below:

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BATTLE QUEEN QIYANA – 1350 RP

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Here’s the BATTLE QUEEN QIYANA splash art:

ELDERWOOD AZIR

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Here’s the ELDERWOOD AZIR splash art:

ELDERWOOD IVERN

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Here’s the ELDERWOOD IVERN splash art:

ELDERWOOD ORNN

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Here’s the ELDERWOOD ORNN splash art:

ELDERWOOD RAKAN and ELDERWOOD XAYAH

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Here’s the ELDERWOOD RAKAN and ELDERWOOD XAYAH splash art:


Nexus Blitz

Riot has posted the following on Reddit:

PBE Bugs and Feedback Thread: Nexus Blitz from r/LeaguePBE


LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PATCH 10.25 – MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

  • It’s worth noting that Nautilus won’t be getting a shiny new skin this year, after all. QA lead on skins Katey ‘Khaos’ Anthony has posted: “Apologies – we realise we teased a Nautilus skin coming in 2020, but unfortunately, that is no longer the case, and he won’t be receiving a skin this year. He’s still eligible for a skin, though!”. Lead personalisation producer for League of Legends Jonathan ‘Bellissimoh’ Belliss has added on Reddit: “Nautilus’ next release will be in the second patch of 2021”.

Well, that’s one way to end the year with a bang. That’s all we’ve got in the way of the tentative League of Legends patch 10.25 notes for now, but be sure to keep checking back on this page over next couple of weeks as we’ll keep it updated it to reflect what’s happening on the PBE and headed to the live game. Assuming you want to keep up with all the latest changes coming to League, that is? Of course you do.

Also make sure you go catch up on the LoL patch 10.24 notes if you want to stay up-to-date on what’s hitting the live game right now. Plus, we have a handy LoL tier list and rundown of the best League of Legends Champions to play in each role if you’re looking for some tips.