With Season 14 Split 3 ending on January 8, 2025, this signals the beginning of preseason 2025, an entire new year of League of Legends with tons of changes to keep the gameplay fresh and exciting. Riot Games has stated that 2025 will “Change League of Legends forever,” and this article will tell you everything we know so far about the upcoming changes for preseason 2025.
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Although not much has been confirmed or released, in a YouTube video by Riot Games, it is stated that with preseason 2025, there will be “three distinct thematic seasons, each bringing its own narrative, progression, and content updates.” Riot Games’ goal for 2025 is to make each season feel unique and individual, each with its focus and themes complemented by content updates and events. Each of the three seasons in 2025 will include a new champion that relates to the theme of that season.
Riot Games has confirmed changes to ranked queues, involving changes to LP gains, matchmaking, and MMR, with the goal being to make the ranked experience more rewarding to all players.
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Following the release of Season 2 of Arcane, Riot Games has decided to add new cosmetic tiers and options to League of Legends as well. This League of Legends Devpost goes in depth about the future of League of Legends cosmetics, including a new tier of Gacha skins, called Exalted Skins, and a new form of cosmetic called Nexus Finishers.
Exalted Skins are a new tier of skin being added to League of Legends, being defined as a “luxury good.” Exalted skins will be available through a gacha system utilizing a new currency called Ancient Spark. Players will be able to purchase Ancient Sparks for 400 RP each, and they will be used to gamble from a pool of rewards including things such as the new exalted skins, exclusive paragon chromas and banners, and Mythic Essence. The first Exalted Skin being released will come with the release of Season 2 of Arcane, with the skin being Arcane Fractured Jinx.
Exalted Skins are meant to be the highest quality skins available in the game, which is reflected by their ~32000 RP Priceline. Arcane Fractured Jinx will include two different models, each with their unique voiceover and animations, and an ability to switch between the two during the game.
Nexus Finishers will be available for purchase with Mythic Essence and are a new way to add a personal flare to your League of Legends games. At the end of every game of League of Legends, when one nexus is destroyed, a randomly selected player of the winning team will have their Nexus Finisher selected. This will showcase a new unique themed animation instead of the classic nexus explosion, and these will be available for 250 Mythic Essence each.
Although not much has been talked about yet in the case of gameplay and content updates, it is safe to say that some assumptions can be made, at least about the first of the three 2025 seasons of League of Legends.
The first of the three 2025 seasons will most likely focus on Arcane, with the addition of Ambess Medarda, and potentially Mel Medarda as well. This can be deduced from the focus on Arcane champions and cosmetics. Gameplay-wise, there will most likely be changes involving items and objectives, following a similar pattern of previous preseason changes. Items will most likely be added, removed, and reworked to keep the gameplay pattern of League of Legends fresh and exciting.
Some other changes we could potentially see could be a new map skin for Summoner’s Rift to complement the new ARAM map change, or maybe even new objectives related to Arcane.
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