Riot Games has introduced the substantial update 25.09, coinciding with the start of the 2nd season and the Blossom Festival. Players can expect a new map, battle pass, balance adjustments, improved anti-griefing measures, and updates to game systems.

The Blossom Festival marks a new phase in League of Legends — with patch 25.09, the 2nd ranked season and a themed event featuring an updated map have begun. The map has undergone visual and stylistic changes: it now features more roses, petals, and the magical atmosphere of Ionia.

New Battle Pass and Skins

The update introduces a seasonal battle pass with a range of themed rewards: Spirit Blossom Ivern, Party Twitch, and the prestige version of Spirit Blossom Lux, as well as emotes, icons, and other in-game items.

Key Changes

Thornbound Atahan

Combat

• Insatiable Atahan and Devastating Atahan have been replaced by a single form – Thornbound.

Rewards

Soul Flower Petals

• Purified blood petals that grant 25% more experience and adaptive power.

Spiritual Cleansing

• Participating in a kill blesses the area near the target, slowing all nearby enemies and dealing damage to them. Additionally, your team receives a soul flower petal.

Epic Void Monsters

Void Larvae

Combat

• Spawn time: 6:00 ⇒ 8:00.
• Spawn only once.

Rewards

• "Void Hunger" buff is now granted for killing 3 larvae instead of 4.
• The corresponding Triumph of Strength is credited to the team that kills 2 larvae instead of 3 (announced after the battle concludes).
• "Void Touch" now deals more periodic damage at 2 and 3 stacks of the effect.

Rift Herald

Combat

• Spawns 15:00 into the match.
• "Herald's Gaze" effect (damage reduction to a single target) has been removed.
• Additional damage from the current health pool of the target: 4% ⇒ 20%.
• Herald's Swing damage coefficient from attack power: 3.0 ⇒ 1.25.
• Fixed a bug where non-champion attacks reduced the time until the eye appeared.

Summoned Herald

• Base damage to towers from the charge has increased, but it decreases for each tower hit by the charge.
• Turns when controlling the Herald will be smoother, especially at the start of movement.
• If you crash into an obstacle near a tower while controlling the Herald without hitting it, the Herald will attempt to charge towards the tower.

Position Binding and Role Swapping

Players assigned to the jungle role will automatically receive Smite, while those in the support role will receive Atlas of the World. There will be an option to swap roles during the champion selection phase.

Lane Swap Detection

• Detection will only activate if there is a jungler on the team.
• Detection will be active from 1:30 to 3:00 on the top lane and from 1:30 to 2:15 on the mid lane.
• The defender receives all gold and experience from kills made by towers and minions on their side, takes 50% less damage while standing near their tower (on the top lane), and the tower will take 95% less damage if two opponents are on the lane without a jungler.
• If a lane swap is detected, champions in all positions except support will not receive less gold and experience for minion kills.
• If the support champion is on the mid or top lane with an allied champion, they will not receive gold and experience for minion kills and will not be able to use Atlas of the World charges.
• If two champions from the same team, including a support champion (but not a jungler), are on the top lane, the damage dealt by the other team's tower will be increased by 1000%.

Anti-Griefing Measures

Riot has implemented an advanced system for tracking malicious behavior. It now analyzes more subtle signs — for instance, when a player intentionally loses but does so covertly. Developers promise active work on improving match quality.

Champion Changes

Annie

Disintegrate [Q]

• Damage: 70/105/140/175/210 (+80% AP) ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 (+80% AP).

Incinerate [W]

• Mana cost: 90/95/100/105/110 ⇒ 70/75/80/85/90.

Summon Tibbers [R]

• Magic penetration from passive effect: 10/12.5/15% ⇒ 15/17.5/20%.

Ashe

Ranger's Focus [Q]

• Attack damage ratio: 111/117/123/129/135% ⇒ 110/117.5/125/132.5/140%
• Additional attack speed: 25/35/45/55/65% ⇒ 25/37.5/50/67.5/75%.

Gwen

Base Stats

• Armor growth: 5.2 ⇒ 4.9.

Thousand Cuts (passive ability)

• Damage cap against monsters: 5 (+15% AP) ⇒ 5 (+10% AP).

Snip Snip! [Q]

• Damage per snip: 10/15/20/25/30 (+5% AP) ⇒ 10/15/20/25/30 (+2% AP).
• Max damage: 110/160/210/260/310 (+60% AP) (+6x passive ability damage) ⇒ 110/160/210/260/310 (+45% AP) (+6x passive ability damage).

K'Sante

Item Shop

• Recommended item list for K'Sante has been updated – it will now display tank items instead of warrior items.

All Out [W]

• Base damage 40/60/80/100/120 ⇒ 45/75/105/135/165.

Kalista

Base Stats

• Health: 600 ⇒ 580.
• Attack damage: 59 ⇒ 57.
• Attack damage growth: 3.25 ⇒ 4.

Rend [E]

• Damage: 10/20/30/40/50 (+70% AD) (+20% AP) ⇒ 5/15/25/35/45 (+70% AD) (+20% AP).

Leona

Sunlight (passive ability)

• Duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ 2.5 seconds.

Shield of Daybreak [Q]

• Mana cost: 35/40/45/50/55 ⇒ 30/35/40/45/50.

Zenith Blade [E]

• Mana cost: 60 ⇒ 40/45/50/55/60.

Morgana

Black Shield [E]

• Shield strength: 80/135/190/245/300 (+70% AP) ⇒ 100/155/210/265/320 (+70% AP).

Soul Shackles [R]

• Damage: 175/250/325 (+80% AP) ⇒ 200/275/350 (+80% AP).
• Additional movement speed: 10/35/60% ⇒ 20/40/60%.

Naafiri

Call of the Pack [W]

• Cooldown: 22/21/20/19/18 seconds ⇒ 26/24/22/20/18 seconds.

Eviscerate [E]

• Dash damage: 15/25/35/45/55 (+50% bonus AD) ⇒ 15/25/35/45/55 (+40% bonus AD).

Orianna

Command: Attack [Q]

• Mana cost 30/35/40/45/50 ⇒ 35 at all ability levels.

Rengar

Recommended items

• Recommended item list for Rengar has been updated – it will now display items better suited for top lane and jungle play.

Shen

Twilight Assault [Q]

• Additional magic damage (empowered ability): 10–40 (based on level) (+4/4.5/5/5.5/6% of target's max health) ⇒ 10–40 (based on level) (+5/5.5/6/6.5/7% of target's max health).

Yorick

Shepherd of Souls (passive ability)

• Damage dealt by Mist Walkers to monsters: 70% ⇒ 60%.

Ability Pings

Cho'Gath and Nunu & Willump can send ability pings that function similarly to Smite (Devour R and Consume Q) to show allies the damage they deal.

Item Changes

Boots of Swiftness

• Movement speed: 60 ⇒ 55.

Living Boots

• NEW: increase movement speed out of combat by 10.
• REMOVED: no longer grant enhanced Recall.

Rod of Ages

• Initial health: 400 ⇒ 350.
• Max health: 500 ⇒ 450.
• Initial ability power: 50 ⇒ 45.
• Max ability power: 80 ⇒ 75.

Tier 3 Boot Upgrades

Heavy Assault

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.

Chain Crushers

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.

Crimson Enlightenment

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.

Forward Only

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.
• Total out-of-combat movement speed bonus: 10% ⇒ 8%.

Steel Greaves

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.

Sorcerer's Shoes

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.
• Magic penetration: 8% ⇒ 7%.

Swift March

• Cost: 750 gold ⇒ 500 gold.
• Movement speed: 70 ⇒ 65.
• REMOVED: no longer increases total movement speed by 4%.
• NEW: grants adaptive force equal to 5% of total movement speed.

Summoner Spell Changes

Ignite

• Damage: 70–410 ⇒ 70–475 (changes start from level 7).

Rune Changes

Biscuit of Everlasting Will

• Health regeneration: 12% of missing health over 5 seconds ⇒ 20 (+2% of max health up to 100% depending on missing health) (Note: max – 70% of missing health).

Unyielding

Additional armor and magic resistance: 6–12 (based on level) ⇒ 10 at all levels.

Ranked Season 2: No Rank Reset

Ranked Season 2 will begin on April 30 at 1:00 PM CET. As promised earlier, there will be no rank reset, and no qualifying matches are required. However, progress on missions for the victorious skin will be reset — 15 wins in new games will be required to earn the reward. From April 29 at 1:00 AM to April 30 at 1:00 PM CET, ranked queues (solo/duo and flexible) will be unavailable due to the transition between seasons.

Upcoming Skins

The pass will feature Spirit Blossom Ivern, Party Twitch, and Spirit Blossom Lux (Prestige). All other skins will be available for purchase through the in-game store. New skins will be available on April 30, 2025, at 10:00 PM CET.

Note: Voiceover for the new Ashe skin will be added later.

Update 25.09 is not just a patch, but the start of a new phase of League of Legends with a unique atmosphere, relevant balance changes, and an improved user experience. It's the perfect time to return to the Rift — especially in such a picturesque setting.