LoL New Champion Yunara Abilities and Gameplay Revealed

Yunara, the upcoming marksmen champion, releases on July 16 during patch 25.14. Hailing from Ionia, the champion joined the Kinkou Order as the First Fist of Shadow. She partnered with The Great Spirit to help her people fight against the Darkins – thereby earning her powers.

The champion’s in-game model and abilities were showcased on June 16, 2025. She is currently available to playtest on the PBE. 

Here’s a breakdown of Yunara’s abilities, according to Riot Yelough:

[P] Vow of the First Lands

• Yunara’s Critical Strikes deal an additional 10% (+0.1% AP) magic damage.

[Q] Cultivation of Spirit

• [Q-P] Yunara’s Attacks deal an additional 5/10/15/20/25 (+10% AP) magic damage On-Hit.
• Launching an Attack generates 1 Unleash stack (maximum: 8), increased to 2 when attacking a champion.
• Not attacking for 6 seconds causes Yunara to lose 1 Unleash stack every 0.5 seconds.
• [Q-A] Yunara unleashes her inner potential; for 5 seconds she gains 40/50/60/70/80% bonus Attack Speed.
• Her attacks deal an additional 10/15/20/25/30 (+10% AP) magic damage On-Hit.
• Her Attacks spread to nearby enemies dealing 30% tAD physical damage.
• Spread Attacks will Strike Critically if the initiating attack was a Critical Strike or if the target was a Structure and a Critical Strike was rolled.
• Damage from Spread Attacks deal 250% damage to minions below 30% HP.
• Spread Attacks apply On-Hit effects and Life Steal at 30% effectiveness.
• No cooldown, costs 8 Unleash stacks and 10 mana.

[W] Arc of Judgement/Arc of Ruin

• [W] Arc of Judgement: Yunara lets rip a spinning prayer bead that slows down when near enemies and lingers and expands when it reaches its end point.
• The initial hit deals 5/25/45/65/85 (+110% bAD) (+50% AP) physical damage and Slows by 99% decaying over 1.5 seconds.
• It deals an additional 10/30/50/70/90 (+40% bAD) (+25% AP) physical damage per second to enemies in an area.
• [R-W] Transcendent State – Arc of Ruin: Yunara fires off a laser that deals 75/125/175 (based on [R] Transcend One’s Self’s rank) (+50% bAD) (+75% AP) physical damage + 75/125/175 (based on [R] Transcend One’s Self’s rank) (+50% bAD) (+75% AP) magic damage and Slows by 99% decaying over 1 second.
• Cast time scales with permanent Attack Speed (maximum 100% bonus Attack Speed).
• Arc of Judgement deals 50-100% (based on level) damage to minions and its tick damage executes minions if 6 ticks of damage would kill them.
• Arc of Ruin is considered an Ultimate ability.
• Cooldown: 10 seconds for [W] Arc of Judgement, 5 seconds for [R-W] Arc of Ruin, costs 60 mana.

[E] Kanmei’s Steps/Untouchable Shadow

• [E] Kanmei’s Steps: Yunara becomes Ghosted and gains 60% bonus Move Speed, increased to 90% bonus Move Speed when moving towards an enemy champion, that decays over 2 seconds.
• [R-E] Transcendent State – Untouchable Shadow: Yunara dashes in a direction.
• Dash speed is 1350/1500/1650 (based on [R] Transcend One’s Self’s rank) and can go over walls.
• Cooldown: 10 seconds for [E] Kanmei’s Steps, 6 seconds for [R-E] Untouchable Shadow, costs 35 mana.

[R] Transcend One’s Self

• Yunara enters a Transcendent State for 15 seconds.
• [Q] Cultivation of Spirit is activated for the duration.
• [W] Arc of Judgement is upgraded to [R-W] Arc of Ruin and has its cooldown reduced by 50%.
• [E] Kanmei’s Steps is upgraded to [R-E] Untouchable Shadow and has its cooldown refreshed.
• Cooldown: 100/85/70 seconds, costs 100 mana.