League of Legends 12.5 Patch Notes REVEALED: Seraphine Buffs, All Buffs & Nerfs

League of Legends is set to get even bigger with LoL 12.5. Here's everything you need to know before its release.

LATEST - LoL 12.5 Live Today

After a substantial wait, League of Legends 12.5 finally goes live today. You can check out our countdown here for a minute to minute update.

This is only the start to where League of Legends will go this year. Keep your eye on RealSport for all the latest updates as it continues to grow.

LoL 12.5 Release Date

Following Riot's official patch schedule, League of Legends patch 12.5 will go live on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

As per usual, players can expect servers to go down for maintenance at 6 am EST, before going live with the update at 9 am EST on launch day. This, however, can be extended pending any technical difficulties.

LoL 12.5 Patch Notes

As mentioned previously, this patch will be smaller in size compared to recent updates, but it will still tackle some significant changes. From buffs that will make any Seraphine main jump for joy to unexpected Master Yi nerfs, there's plenty to unpack.

These are some of the newest changes League players can expect to hit Summoner's Rift in League of Legends patch 12.5, courtesy of reveals from RiotPhlox.

Champions

A total of seven League of Legends champions will be receiving buffs and nerfs in the LoL 12.5 update.

Buffs

Kennen

W - Electrical Surge

• Fourth attack damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+100%bAD & 25%AP) ⇒ 35/45/55/65/75 (+120%bAD & 35%AP)

Seraphine

W - Surround Sound

• Mana cost: 50/70/90/110/130 ⇒ 50/60/70/80/90
• Cooldown: 26/25/24/23/22 seconds ⇒ 28/26/24/22/20 seconds
• Shield: 75-225 based on level (+45%AP) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+40%AP)
• Allies are now granted the same shield value rather than two-thirds of Seraphine’s value.
• Heal: 5% (+1.125%AP) missing health ⇒ 5/5.5/6/6.5/7% (+0.75%AP) missing health

E - Beat Drop

• Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9 seconds ⇒ 11/10.5/10/9.5/9 seconds

Samira

• Base stats
  • HP/lvl: 88 >>> 94
  • Armor/lvl: 3 >>> 3.
• R - Inferno Trigger
  • Cooldown: 8 seconds ⇒ 5 seconds

Nerfs

Ahri

W - Fox-Fire

• Mana cost: 25 ⇒ 30
• Damage: 60/85/110/135/160 ⇒ 50/75/100/125/150

E - Charm

• Mana cost: 50 ⇒ 60

Gwen

Passive - Thousand Cuts

• Monster max damage: 10 (+25%AP) ⇒ 10 (+15%AP)

E - Skip ‘n Slash

• Bonus attack range: 100 ⇒ 50

Master Yi

Q - Alpha Strike

• Damage: 25/60/95/130/165 (+90%AD) ⇒ 30/60/90/120/150 (+60%AD)
• Crit damage modifier: 60% (+bonus crit damage%) extra ⇒ 50% (+bonus crit damage%) extra
• Now applies on-hit effects
• CD refund now scales relative to the max cooldown reduction from Ability Haste

E - Wuju Style

• Damage: 30/40/50/60/70 ⇒ 30/38/46/54/62
• Duration now doesn’t decrease during Alpha Strike
  • Also doesn’t decrease during Meditate
• Can now cast during Alpha Strike

R - Highlander

• Duration now doesn’t decrease during Alpha Strike
  • Also doesn’t decrease during Meditate
• Can now cast during Alpha Strike

Xin Zhao

E - Audacious Charge

• Cooldown: 11 seconds ⇒ 12 seconds

R - Crescent Guard

• Duration: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

Items

Hullbreaker

• Decreased Resistances gained for ranged champions: 20-60 ⇒ 10-30
  • Unchanged for melee champions
• Decreased Resistances gained for large minions near ranged champions: 60-180 ⇒ 30-90
  • Unchanged for melee champions