- Welcome to Noxus
- Beginning January 9, the influence of Noxus will invade Summoner’s Rift, bringing new art, music, structures, and a new in-game objective: Atakhan, Bringer of Ruin.
- Atakhan will spawn at the 20-minute mark on either the top or bottom side of the map in one of two distinct forms, bringing permanent terrain changes to the map and granting a permanent buff to the team that slays him.
- New runes, items, changes to Teleport, and a system called Feats of Strength, which grants access to newer, more powerful boots, will be added.
- This year will have only one Ranked reset, which will take place on January 9 at 12:00pm local time across regions.
- Season One will span eight patches and is split into two Acts that will each have their own Battle Pass with various Act-themed rewards, including skins, borders, and more.
- The Season One 2025 cinematic, “Welcome to Noxus,” released yesterday and is set to the original song “Bite Marks” featuring TEYA.
- Mel the Soul’s Reflection
- Mel Medarda, who players may have first seen in Arcane, will join the game’s roster of playable champions in this season’s next patch. Mel arrives with a new, Noxian-inspired appearance, reflecting her embrace of her Noxian roots and heritage at the end of the final season of Arcane. She brings a new type of gameplay to the roster: projectile reflection. Her Rebuttal ability enables her to reflect targeted abilities back at their original caster and non-targeted abilities back in the enemy’s direction.
- In celebration of the launch of the Season of Noxus, Mel will be unlockable for free through one of the seasonal missions.
- Players can explore her backstory further in the upcoming novel Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf, releasing in February.
- Narrative Expansions
- As Season One progresses, more in-game thematic narrative expressions, like the Reckoning Pits of Noxus, will make their way into League of Legends like in the game mode Arena in Act Two, as well as out-of-game media like motion comics and mini-games.
- A new mini-game will debut later this season, aiming to continue bringing the world of Runeterra to life and connecting in-game and out-of-game experiences.
- A visual update for LeBlanc will be released this season and will be followed by another champion update later this year.
- The League of Legends team also revealed that season thematics will be open to alternate universes in addition to the core Runeterra universe.
- with Play-Ins and the Swiss Stage in Beijing, Quarterfinals and Semifinals in Shanghai, and Finals in Chengdu.
- In 2026, First Stand will be hosted in Brazil, MSI in Korea, and Worlds in North America. In 2027, First Stand will be hosted in Southeast Asia, MSI will return to Europe, and Worlds will be in Korea.
- Game Modes
- All Random URF will be active during Act One, and Act Two will bring back Arena with a Noxian update, featuring a Noxus map themed after the gladiator pits with its own map-specific mechanic. Additionally, a system called Guests of Honor will be introduced across all Arena maps, where players will vote on which famous Noxian they would like to alter the rules of each game. New items and augments will also be added to Arena, along with changes to maps like Koi Pond, based on player feedback.
