League of Legends tries to change every year with the start of a new season. The aim is to provide fresh ideas for all types of players. In 2025, several innovations will be introduced, making it harder for pros but potentially better for regular players.
What is it about? Every year, Riot wants to bring innovations to League of Legends. The different seasons have changed things yearly. For Season 14, for example, the size of the lanes was changed. Such changes greatly affect the meta in LoL.
For 2025, Riot is planning significant changes again, this time affecting multiple areas of the game. In addition to new thematic seasons, there will also be a new jungle monster that can have a significant impact on the game.
In 2025, you may encounter Atakhan in the Jungle
What can the new jungle monster do? At a presentation that MeinMMO was also invited to, Riot showcased many changes for LoL in 2025. The most important is likely the new thematic season structure.
In the first season of 2025 Welcome to Noxus
, there will be many thematic innovations that fit the region of Noxus. In addition to the seasonal changes, a new jungle monster will also emerge on the Rift: Atakhan, Herald of Decay. It will be a new objective worth pursuing:
- After 20 minutes, the new monster appears at either the upper or lower side of the river, depending on where the most damage and kills occurred after 14 minutes.
- It builds a small, permanent arena equipped with two walls.
- Atakhan has 2 possible forms:
- the destructive Atakhan appears in action-packed matches and generates a grove of blood rose petals that can be collected.
- Defeating the destructive Atakhan will enhance epic monster rewards (Herald, Baron, or Dragon).
- the gluttonous Atakhan appears in calmer matches and provides the team with a buff that can resurrect it when members of a team would have actually died in a fight. Here too, he spawns petals on the map that can be collected for experience points and adaptability.
- Due to his influence, blood rose petals will also appear in places where a champion has died.
- The spawn times for Herald and Baron change due to Atakhan. Herald spawns after 16 minutes, Baron after 25.
Collecting the roses is reminiscent of Bard’s passive ability. He collects bells on the map that give him experience points and increased strength. You can see here what Atakhan looks like on the map:
What else is changing in the jungle? Due to the seasonal changes, there is a new feature called Acts of Strength
. If the team achieves specific objectives like first destroyed turret, first kill, or the first 3 epic jungle monsters, they receive enhanced noxian shoe upgrades. Consequently, good objective control will be even more critical than before.
There are also changes in the professional scene, which is especially good for streamers who want to play League of Legends in the semi-professional realm. Fans of the European scene will be excited about a possible team: The heroes of Europe, Perkz and Jankos, are likely to play LoL together again because Riot is changing the rules.
