League of Legends patch notes 25.6 (15.6) full preview: Gwen, Singed, Master Yi changes, Jinx, Darius, Caitlyn nerfs
2025-03-13 09:10:00League of Legends detailed patch 25.6 (15.6) preview has been released. This time, Riot Games buffed Smolder, Poppy, Xin Zhao, nerfed Jinx, Draven, and Corki, along with other champions. The list of changes was posted on X by Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison.
The lead designer explained meta changes, and reasons behind adjustments to Gwen and Singed
ADCs
This patch comes with a rotation to some of the meta present ADCs, Corki, Ezreal in particular for high MMR and Caitlyn, Jinx. Ezreal and Corki have been dominant in particular for a while, and small taps to each of them will put the meta in a better spot; we're not looking at large nerfs to any particular champion, just small nudges.
Jungle Meta
Jungle has also been shaken up a lot from Darius entering the meta; we're not looking to remove him from here, but just to tap him down a bit. For Xin and J4 buffs in particular, these champs might "feel strong" but aren't particularly supported by their actual performance metrics. As a result, we're giving them light taps up to better align those 2. Kha'Zix just seems bad, so we're giving him a bump up.
Gwen
For a while now, Gwen has been a very heavily backloaded scaling champion and we're intending to move her more towards being a lightly scaling champion to give her a bit more agency in the early game and reduce some of the frustrating cases of getting one shot later in the game at very high HP by her ult (with Passive). We think this will both make Gwen more fun to play and also more fun to play against.
Singed
There are some small adjustments to Singed to make him feel better to play, in particular, having him feel less bad about interacting with waves and feeling less need to proxy in order to farm successfully (through mainly guaranteeing last hits of poisoned targets).
Patch 25.6 will come out next week on March 19. Previously. RiotAugust shared how the developers would change Naafiri. To see a more detailed breakdown of the adjustments, read the article below.
