In patch 25.16, the development team decided to shake up the current meta a bit by adding variety among popular junglers and boosting the weakest support mages. At the same time, excessively strong champions were nerfed, and several builds that were previously unpopular received support.

This is the last patch of the second season's ranked split, giving players a chance to reach their desired rank and earn the long-awaited Victorious Fiora! Additionally, the update will feature an ARAM mode Clash.

Battle Pass Changes
With the start of the third season, we will implement several changes to the Battle Pass. Specifically, the number of levels will decrease from 50 to 48, making progression a bit easier and faster. However, the rewards and the amount of experience required for leveling up will remain unchanged—the pass will simply become more compact. We hope these improvements will be well-received and make progress more enjoyable.

End of the Second Ranked Season in Summoner's Rift
The second ranked season of 2025 will end on August 26 at 23:59:59 local time—at which point update 25.16 will take effect.

The third season will begin on August 27 at 12:00:00 local time along with the release of patch 25.17. Rewards for the second season will be distributed shortly after the new season starts.

As in the previous season, there will be no reset of ranking points and progress towards the next rank in the third season. Only the quest for wins in ranked matches will be updated—now requiring 15 victories.

Item Changes
Experimental Hextech Armor
Attack speed from Overload : 30% ⇒ 50%.
Movement speed from Overload : 15% ⇒ 20%.

Baron Nashor Changes
After the removal of health regeneration from Baron Nashor in the previous update, it was found that it continued to receive additional regeneration every minute of the match. This bug has been fixed—Baron's health now definitely does not regenerate during battle. To compensate for the changes, its health pool has been slightly increased to keep the average duration of Baron fights approximately the same.

Health pool: 11500 ⇒ 11800.
Health regeneration per minute: 180 ⇒ 190.
Increase in health regeneration per second every minute: 0.375 ⇒ 0.
In addition to gameplay changes, two new skins will appear in Summoner's Rift—Toy Corki and Bowling League Lillia.

Thus, patch 25.16 will be an important step in the game's development: the changes will bring freshness to the meta, fix old bugs, and prepare players for the start of the new season.