TL;DR
- Yunara is League of Legends’ 171st champion, and her epithet is “The Unbroken Faith.”
- She will go live with Patch 25.14 on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
- Yunara will have a hybrid kit with a mix of magic damage and on-hit damage from basic attacks.
- Upon release, Yunara will cost 7,100 Blue Essence / 975 Riot Points.
- Unlike recent champions, Riot is dedicated to ensuring Yunara stays within botlane and will rebalance her accordingly.
League of Legends has been light on new champions in 2025, and players are chomping at the bit to get their hands on a fresh, playable character to shake up the meta. But that’s all about to change. Enter: Yunara, the Unbroken Faith, who will soon make her debut on Summoner’s Rift as League of Legends’ 171st champion.
Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming League of Legends champion Yunara, including her confirmed abilities, when she goes live, and what her impact will be on the broader meta and pro esports.
What will Yunara’s abilities be?
Yunara will be an ADC (Attack Damage Carry) solely focused on dealing damage in the botlane alongside a Support champion. Her overall kit is unique in that it brings a mix of on-hit damage and magic damage for a hybrid feel.
League of Legends game designer Max Perlman has explained that Yunara is “all about the ebb and flow of power,” so correct positioning and timing of attacks will be crucial to maximising her kit.
Here’s a quick rundown of all of Yunara’s confirmed abilities in League of Legends.
| Ability Name | Key Binding | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vow to the First Lands | Passive | All of Yunara’s critical strikes deal extra magic damage. |
| Cultivation of Spirit | Q | Passive: Basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and generate Unleash stacks. Active: At max stacks (8 Unleash), Yunara gains Attack Speed, bonus on-hit damage, and splash damage to nearby enemies. |
| Arc of Judgement / Arc of Ruin | W | Fires a spinning prayer bead that slows, lingers, and deals AoE damage. Transcendent State – Arc of Ruin: Fires a fast beam of spirit magic that slows and deals damage in a line. |
| Kanmei’s Steps / Untouchable Shadows | E | Yunara becomes Ghosted and temporarily gains decaying Movement Speed, increasing when moving toward an enemy champion. Transcendent State – Untouchable Shadow: Yunara dashes in a given direction. |
| Transcend One’s Self | R | Yunara enters Transcended State, enhancing her abilities and resetting their cooldowns. Cultivation of Spirit becomes active immediately. |
When will Yunara go live?
After a short period of testing on the PBE, Yunara, the Unbroken Faith, will go live on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, alongside Patch 25.14.
Here are the rough patch rollout timings for each major server:
- 10 AM AEST (Oceanic)
- 4 AM BST (EU West)
- 2 AM CET (EU North East)
- 3 PM CT (NA)
As with all significant patch updates, Riot Games will temporarily disable all matchmaking queues across all game modes for approximately three hours as the update is rolled out worldwide.
What impact will Yunara have on the LoL meta?
Amid other ADCs like Vayne or Lucian or being played across multiple lanes, Yunara is “fully intended for the botlane and [Riot] do not wish to see her in any other roles.” Game devs will be keeping an eye on how she’s used and will rebalance her accordingly to ensure she stays cemented in botlane.
She’s built to be a strong backline carry, scaling up the longer teamfights drag on, thanks to her passive ability, Vow to the First Lands. She can then unleash her fully-stacked Cultivation of Spirit to melt enemy HP bars. Kanmei’s Steps have dual versatility to either disengage or close the distance to fleeing enemies, paired with Arc of Judgement for slowing CC. When she’s in her Transcended State, her enemies won’t have a prayer of survival.
For item builds, many ADC players on Reddit predict we’ll see items like Runnan’s Hurricane, Infinity Edge, Yun’Tal Wildarrows, and Guinsoo’s Rageblade for maximum damage output. Players anticipate she’ll rival Zeri, Ashe, or Smolder.
In terms of rune pages, she’ll likely go down the typical Precision route, with Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Cutdown completing her primary runes. According to Mobalytics data, for her secondary, many players will likely opt for the Inspiration keystone, going for Magical Footwear for free boots and Biscuit Delivery for extra sustain in the early laning phase.
Overall, Yunara will require smart play and good team support to rally around her in the early game, letting her snowball into a true beast the longer the game continues. In theory, Yunara is well-balanced, but we’ll have to see how she performs once she’s officially available to play.
Watch Yunara’s official gameplay and champion spotlight below:
Going onto LoL esports, since Yunara will be released right after the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2025, pro-players will have time to master her in scrims and practice matches. Since all Summer Splits start around August, it’s unlikely that Yunara will be a key feature in these games after still being so new. However, thanks to Fearless Draft shaking things up, she could still make an unexpected appearance in regional leagues as pro-players’ mains and OTPs get used or banned.
With the right team composition, Yunara could become a hidden weapon ahead of the World Championship in October.
Conclusion
With her scaling capabilities and hybrid kit, Yunara will be a welcome addition to the otherwise stale ADC champion pool in Patch 25.14. As with any new addition to the champion roster, she’ll likely be a popular pick in both normal draft and ranked games, so anyone wanting to play her will have to lock her in quickly.
To celebrate Yunara’s launch, Riot will also be adding a slew of new content, including a brand new mini-game into the League of Legends client, a side-scrolling 2D brawler titled the Battle of Koeshin featuring Xin Zhou and Yunara, and a Spirit Realm-themed version of the ARAM bridge, called Koeshin’s Crossing.
FAQs
New LoL champion Yunara will be released alongside League of Legends Patch 25.14, which goes live on July 16, 2025.
As an ADC, Yunara will deal most of her damage through her basic attacks. She has four abilities and one passive:
• Vow to the First Lands (Passive)
• Cultivation of Spirit (Q)
• Arc of Judgement / Arc of Ruin (W)
• Kanmei’s Steps / Untouchable Shadows (E)
• Transcend One’s Self (R)
Like all new LoL champions, Yunara will likely cost 7,800 Blue Essence (BE) or 975 Riot Points (RP) for the first week. After this, it will drop to 3,150 BE/975 RP.
