Latest patch · October 6, 2026

Patch 26.20

Riot says Bee woo woop - the Worlds patch is here! Plenty of pro tuning, more champs return to Classic, and HEARTSTEEL are living their lives.

Our summaryPatch 26.20: 16 champions changed (10 buffed, 4 nerfed, 2 adjusted); 4 items changed; updates to Classic, ARAM: Mayhem, ARAM; 22 bug fixes. Biggest swings: Swain (adjusted), Kindred (buffed), Smolder (buffed).

Across every mode

Buffs
25
Nerfs
11
Adjusted
6
New
5

Champions16 changes

Ambessa

You played 6 games

Nerf

Passive - Drakehound's Step

  • Damage5 - 30 (+25% bonus AD)5 - 25 (+20% bonus AD)

Ashe

You played 9 games

Nerf

Base Stats

  • Attack Damage per Level3.53

Cassiopeia

You played 145 games

Adjusted

Base Stats

  • Base Health630610
  • Base Mana480450
Buff

W - Pale Cascade

  • Shield Bonus Health Ratio11%14%

Kennen

You played 7 games

Buff

E - Lightning Rush

  • Bonus Attack Speed40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80%50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90%
Buff

W - Wolf's Frenzy

  • Monster Mod150%165%

E - Mounting Dread

  • Slow Duration1s1.5s
  • Small Monster TargetingEnabledRemoved

K'Sante

You played 8 games

Nerf

W - Path Maker

  • Mana Cost40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 6045 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
  • W Base/All-Out Damage Reduction30 / 75%25 / 70%

Lillia

You played 2 games

Buff

R - Lilting Lullaby

  • Duration2.5s2.5 / 2.75 / 3s

Lucian

You played 8 games

Buff

Base Stats

  • Attack Damage60 + 2.5/Level60 + 2.9/Level
Buff

Q - Obliterate

  • Scaling Level 10-20(+5/lvl)(+7/lvl)

R - Realm of Death

  • Cooldown140 / 120 / 100s120 / 110 / 100s

Neeko

You played 19 games

Buff

E - Tangle-Barbs

  • Base Damage70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+65% AP)80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+65% AP)
  • Empowered Root Duration1.8 / 2.1 / 2.4 / 2.7 / 3s2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3s
Buff

Passive - Dragon Practice

  • Super Scorcher Bonus Magic Damage25 - 55% (+0-9% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance25 - 60% (+0-10.5% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance
  • Flap Flap Flap Bonus Magic Damage8 - 12.8% (+0-1.44% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance8 - 14% (+0-1.8% with IE) of Dragon Practice Stacks, scaling with Crit Chance

R - Mmooommmm!

  • Self Heal100 / 135 / 170 (+50% bonus AD) (+75% AP)100 / 175 / 250 (+75% bonus AD) (+75% AP)

Swain

You played 6 games

Adjusted

Base Stats

  • Base Magic Resistance3134
  • Base Armor2523

W - Vision of Empire

  • Damage70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+60%)70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+60%)
  • Cooldown22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18s20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16s

Tahm Kench

You played 1 game

Buff

Q - Tongue Lash

  • Base Healing10 / 13.75 / 17.5 / 21.25 / 2510 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50

Vayne

You played 3 games

Buff

Base Stats

  • Health per 54 + .5/Level5.5 +.4/Level

Q - Tumble

  • Mana Cost46 / 42 / 38 / 34 / 3030
Nerf

Q - Cultivation of Spirit

  • Passive On Hit Damage5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+20% AP)3 / 8 / 13 / 18 / 23 (+20% AP)
  • Active On Hit Damage5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+20% AP)3 / 8 / 13 / 18 / 23 (+20% AP)

W - Arc of Judgement

  • Slow StackingStacks with other slowsNo longer stacks with other slows

Items4 changes

Experimental Hexplate

Nerf
  • Ranged Mod70% of Value (35% Attack Speed, 14% Move Speed)50% of Value (25% Attack Speed, 10% Move Speed)

Hextech Rocketbelt

Adjusted
  • Ability Haste2010
  • Active Damage100 (+10% AP)135 (+15% AP)

Runaan's Hurricane

Nerf
  • Attack Damage per Bolt65%60%

Scoreboard Cleanup

Change
  • Death's Dance
  • Haunting Guise
  • Liandry's Torment
  • Riftmaker
  • Kraken Slayer
  • Terminus
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Fiendhunter Bolts
  • Echoes of Helia
  • Dead Man's Plate
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Overlord's Bloodmail
  • Hullbreaker
  • Jak'sho the Protean
  • Force of Nature

Classic15 changes

Champions

Aatrox

You played 2 games

New
  • Passive - Blood Well: Aatrox's basic abilities damage himself to fill his Blood Well, which gives him bonus attack speed. If he's killed, he empties his Blood Well to revive on the spot.
  • Q - Dark Flight: Aatrox flies up and crashes down, damaging and knocking up enemies in the area.
  • W - Blood Thirst / Blood Price: Toggle between Blood Thirst and Blood Price, each of which have bonus effects every three attacks. Blood Thirst heals Aatrox, increased when he's low on health. Blood Price deals bonus damage and self-damages.
  • E - Blades of Torment: Aatrox fires out two projectiles that damage and slow all enemies they touch.
  • R - Massacre: Aatrox damages all nearby enemy champions and gains bonus attack speed and attack range for several seconds.
New
  • Passive - Headshot: Every few attacks, Caitlyn fires a headshot, dealing bonus damage. Headshot charges up faster while attacking from brush.
  • Q - Piltover Peacemaker: Catilyn fires a piercing shot that deals less damage to each subsequent target.
  • W - Yordle Snap Trap: Caitlyn puts a trap on the ground that roots and damages the first enemy champion to walk over it. She can have up to 2 traps down at a time.
  • E - 90 Caliber Net: Caitlyn fires out a massive net, knocking herself back in the process. The net damages and slows the first enemy it hits.
  • R - Ace in the Hole: Caitlyn channels then fires a single bullet at an enemy champion, which deals tons of damage, but can be intercepted by other enemy champions.

Irelia

You played 13 games

New
  • Passive - Ionian Fervor: Irelia gains bonus Tenacity based on how many visible enemy champions are nearby.
  • Q - Bladesurge: Irelia dashes to an enemy, dealing damage and applying on-hit effects. If it kills the target, Bladesurge's full cooldown and some of its mana cost are refunded.
  • W - Hiten Style: Passively, Irelia restores some health with every attack. While active, her attacks deal bonus true damage and restore even more health.
  • E - Equilibrium Strike: Irelia damages and slows a nearby enemy. If they have higher %HP than her, she stuns them instead..
  • R - Transcendent Blades: Irelia sequentially fires out four blades in a line, each damaging all enemies they hit and restoring some health to Irelia. This is definitely not just a wave clear tool.
New
  • Passive - Inner Flame: Karma gains bonus AP based on her missing health.
  • Q - Heavenly Wave: Karma fires out blades in a fan, err, cone in front of her, damaging all enemies it hits. If empowered with Mantra, it also heals all allies (herself included), scaling with their missing health.
  • W - Spirit Bond: Karma bonds with another target, giving allies (herself included) move speed, slowing enemies, and creating a tether between the two. Any champion caught in the clothesline is hasted or slowed as if they were the initial target. Enemies who get caught in the clothesline are damaged. If empowered with Mantra, all move speed effects are doubled.
  • E - Soul Shield: Karma shields a target. If empowered with Mantra, it also damages all enemies around her target.
  • R - Mantra: Mantra is available at level 1 and can hold up to two charges. She can cast it to empower her next basic ability.
New
  • Passive - Harrier: Valor periodically marks nearby enemies, whom Quinn can attack to deal bonus damage.
  • Q - Blinding Assault: Valor flies out to damage and blind enemies in an area.
  • W - Heightened Senses: Passively gives Quinn bonus attack and move speed whenever she triggers Harrier. Activate to briefly reveal a large area around her.
  • E - Vault: Quinn dashes to and then vaults off an enemy, damaging, knocking back, and slowing them. Valor then marks the target with Harrier.
  • R - Tag Team: Quinn retreats from the battlefield, sending Valor in her place. Valor has substantial bonus move speed, permanently has an empowered version of Heightened Senses' attack speed buff, and casts modified versions of Blinding Assault and Vault. Re-casting (R) casts Skystrike, damaging all nearby enemies and returning Quinn to the battlefield.

Fiora

You played 1 game

Nerf

W - Riposte

  • Bonus Attack Damage15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 3510 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30

Graves

You played 2 games

Nerf

Base Stats

  • Basic Attack and Critical Attack Animations: Sped up
  • Base Attack Damage54.150
  • Attack Damage per Level3.12.5
  • Attack Speed per Level2.9%2.5%

R - Collateral Damage

  • Cone Damage140 / 250 / 360 + 120% bonus AD140 / 230 / 320 + 100% bonus AD
  • Projectile Damage: Unchanged

Fizz

You played 1 game

Nerf

Q - Urchin Strike

  • Ability Power Ratio60%40%

W - Seastone Trident

  • Active Ability Power Ratio35%20%

Kennen

You played 7 games

Buff

W - Electrical Surge

  • Passive Damage40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% total AD25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 + 100% bonus AD

Nautilus

You played 8 games

Buff

Passive - Staggering Blow

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the empowered attack was critting for too much damage.

W - Titan's Wrath

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the shield wasn't factoring in armor or magic resistance.
  • Damage over Time40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 + 40% AP40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 + 40% AP
  • Shield Bonus Health Ratio10%15%
  • Shield Duration9.7510

Items

Spirit Visage

Buff
  • Health per 5420

Force of Nature

Buff
  • Health per 52040

Warmog's Armor

Buff
  • Health per 51030

Banshee's Veil

Adjusted
  • Stat Filter FiltersAbility PowerHealth

Bugfixes

Change
  • Fixed a bug where an incorrect translation was displayed in Fizz's (E) ability description in a Classic match.
  • Fixed a bug where Shyvana's Burnout (W) could be cast while it was still active.
  • Fixed a bug where Miss Fortune's Splash Art used the Classic one for the Base.
  • Fixed a bug where Shyvana’s Dragon’s Descent (R) did not cancel channels.
  • Fixed a bug where Kayle's Reckoning (Q) applied on-hit effects.
  • Fixed a bug where Graves' Classic splash art was not displayed in the Collection tab, Loading Screen, Honor Screen, Progression Screen, or End of Game Scoreboard.
  • Fixed a bug where Champions Overview Role Icons did not match the listed Champions' Roles in the Classic Collection Menu.
  • Fixed a bug where Teemo did not regain the movement speed bonus from Move Quick (W) after death.
  • Fixed a bug where Graves' overview page did not display text under "Classic Changes."
  • Fixed a bug where Nautilus' title "The Titan of the Depths" was not displayed under the champion's name.
  • Fixed a bug where Sion could lifesteal when attacking enemy Inhibitors.
  • Fixed a bug where Pantheon's Aegis Protection (P) text description contained an unlocalized string of text in the Classic Collection.
  • Fixed a bug where Quicksilver Sash, Mercurial Scimitar, or Gangplank's Remove Scurvy (W) could grant temporary vision while affected by Graves' Smoke Screen (W) Near Sighted Debuff.
  • Fixed a bug where owned Rune Pages could overflow the available content area and clip the Rune Editor or Statistics panel.
  • Fixed a bug where Classic Summoner's Spells played incorrect sound effects when cast.
  • Fixed grammatical and text formatting errors in Fiora's Classic Changes Overview and Abilities Preview tabs.

ARAM: Mayhem13 changes

Champions

Buff
  • Meep Ability Power Ratio50%67%
  • Meep Recharge8s5s
  • Meep Auto Damage per Chime Breakpoint6 per 3 chimes10 per 3 chimes

Garen

You played 6 games

Buff
  • Passive Regen1.5%–1.01%2%–12%
  • W Cooldown22–1218–12
  • W Shield Strength18% Bonus Health20% Bonus Health
  • W Passive Stacks0.4 per minion kill0.75 per minion kill

K'Sante

You played 8 games

Buff
  • W Cooldown14–1010
  • W Damage Reduction30%45%
  • E Shield Strength13.5% bonus health15% bonus health
Adjusted
  • Passive Attack Speed40% bonus Attack Speed50% bonus Attack Speed
  • Passive Energy Restore20 / 30 / 4030 / 40 / 50
  • W Shield60–24080–320
  • Q2 Damage60–18080–240

Swain

You played 6 games

Buff
  • Damage Taken105%100%
  • Healing95%100%
  • Soul Fragments Restore6% flat3%–6% scaling with level

Thresh

You played 1 game

Buff
  • Passive Soul Drop23
  • W Cooldown21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17s19 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15s

Augments

Juiced

Nerf
  • REMOVED Mana Drain: Removed
  • Damage-to-Mana Ratio4.5%7%
  • NEW Ranged Mod: 80% of the 7%

Leg Day

Buff
  • Slow Resist40%50%

Missile Split

Adjusted
  • Split TriggerOn first unit hitOn end or recast

Shark Tempest

Buff
  • Slow30% for 3s40% for 3s
  • Base Area of Effect Damage50–100100–200
  • Attached Damage over 3s75–225 + 0.6 bonus AD + 0.36 AP90–270 + 0.75 bonus AD + 0.45 AP

Squishy Slappy Grab

Buff
  • Cooldown35s30s
  • Damage30–100 + 10% bonus Health50–150 + 15% bonus Health
  • Shield per Target35–150 + 50% bonus Armor + 50% bonus Magic Resistance50–200 + 50% bonus Armor + 50% bonus Magic Resistance

Triggered Inferno

Buff
  • Cooldown15s5s

Bugfixes

Change
  • Fixed a bug where Infernal Soul and Jeweled Gauntlet tracked damage dealt to minions.
  • Fixed a bug where King Me persisted in the slot after completing the quest.
  • Fixed a bug where King Me transmute to Overloaded causes Overloaded to be non-functional.
  • Fixed a bug where Shark Bait displayed an empty buff bar.
  • Fixed a bug where Aurora (Q) does not gain ability cooldown from the Skilled Sniper Augment.
  • Fixed a bug where Shen's Echo Cast Shadow Dash (E) fails to Dash when Shen flashed or queued another spell.
  • Fixed a bug where a move command can change Echo Cast's Clone direction.
  • Fixed a bug where Lucian's (W) missile fails to split with Spell Split augment when casting (E) during the spell cast.
  • Fixed a bug where Spell Split missiles do not split when casting a Summoner Spell during the ability's cast time.
  • Fixed a bug where champions are unable to queue other spells when casting an Ability enhanced by the Spell Split Augment.
  • Fixed a bug where Prom Queen's cooldown icon disappears upon death.
  • Fixed a bug where Urgot (W) missile would destroy Rite of Ascension's Soul.
  • Fixed a bug where Minion Mancer's damage amplification did not work on Shaco (R) Explosion and Ivern R's knockup.
  • Fixed a bug where Ultra Hydra's quest and card icon did not match up.

ARAM2 changes

Champions

Nerf
  • Damage Dealt105%100%
  • Damage Taken95%100%
  • Tenacity20%0%
Buff
  • Damage Dealt105%115%

Bugfixes & QoL Changes22 fixes

22 fixes and quality-of-life changes
  • Fixed a bug where Orianna's (R) VFX and actual hitbox become misplaced if she casts (R) before the ball reaches a fast-moving ally like Nocturne.
  • Fixed a bug where a Sylas-stolen Depth Charge (R) from Nautilus could fizzle after Sylas lost vision of the target.
  • Fixed a bug where Xin Zhao's Three Talon Strike (Q) went completely on cooldown if the first attack was dodged by spells like Shen's Shadow Dash (E) or Jax's Counterstrike (E).
  • Fixed a bug where Shyvana's Dragon's Descent (R) ability fails to cancel enemy teleports.
  • Fixed a bug where Kayle's Reckoning (Q) applies the on-hit Spellblade effect from Sheen, Lich Bane, Trinity Force, and Iceborne Gauntlet.
  • Fixed a bug where large melee champions could auto large enemy champions and not be in immolate radius.
  • Fixed a bug where Rune page tabs overflow and clip the editor when owning more than 20 pages.
  • Fixed a bug where Sivir's Spell Shield (E) does not block Leona's Zenith Blade (E).
  • Fixed a bug where the tab buttons in the champion overview window are misaligned and unusable.
  • Fixed a bug where multiple Classic Spells icons fail to fill their entire square area.
  • Fixed a bug where Malphite's Flash summoner spell is disabled after using Unstoppable Force (R).
  • Fixed a bug where purchasing Royal Guard Fiora skin does not grant the Royal Guard Classic Chroma.
  • Fixed a bug where images from the Classic Mode Homepage loaded when logging into a non-Classic Mode tab.
  • Fixed a bug where the sorting effect is the same for the "Release Date ↑" and "Release Date ↓" selection buttons in the Collection - Portrait tab in Classic Mode.
  • Fixed a bug where the Recommended Sort Option is missing in Classic Store - Runes.
  • Fixed a bug where the Release Date Sort Option fails to sort Runes in a certain order in Classic Store - Runes.
  • Fixed a bug where rapidly pressing Recall gains Guinsoo's Rageblade stacks.
  • Fixed a bug where the Imperial Classic Chroma is missing its name in Champion Select's chroma selection for Xin Zhao.
  • Fixed a bug where Runaan's Hurricane Volley (P) triggers Minions' Call for Help.
  • Fixed a bug where Sivir's Spell Shield does not block damage from Miss Fortune's Q.
  • Fixed a bug where Sona's (E) ability description incorrectly states that its effect applies only to champions.
  • Fixed a bug where multiple Classic Items icons fail to fill their entire square area.