League of Legends Patch 26.8 Notes

The Summoner’s Rift Ranked Season 1 will end on the last day of patch 26.08 cycle, so if you’ve got ranked goals for this season make sure you hit them this patch! Good luck!

• Date and Time: Regional local server time midnight (23:59:59) on April 28.

Summoner’s Rift Ranked Season 2 will start on the first day of patch 26.09 cycle.

• Date and Time: Regional local server time noon (12:00:00) on April 29.

A few additional things to keep in mind as we wrap up this season:

• For all regions, Ranked mission (win 15 ranked games) will be reset with the Season 2 start.
• End of S1 ranked reward will be granted on 26.09.
• Shard transfer services will be temporarily disabled during season transition until the reward grant is completed.

Champion specific keybinds have arrived! This long awaited player request will go live this patch and will now allow for champion specific overrides to be set for most keybinds. Rumble and Viktor players rejoice, smartcast options can also be toggled on a per-champion basis. 

As a heads up, you won’t be able to do this out of game, so make sure you go into practice tool and set them up before jumping into ranked!

We’re partnering with Discord to make it easier to get into your next League of Legends game with your friends. Linking your accounts unlocks new social features:

• Invite Discord friends straight to your party, no alt-tabbing needed!
• Copy a party link and share it in your favorite server, no more manually inviting friends one by one.
• See which of your friends play other Riot games and jump into parties faster.

We'll be running a Beta across US, Canada and Brazil starting on April 16th. We will continue to test and refine the experience and plan on expanding to additional regions in a few patches.

Hello ARAM Mayhemers! 

In this patch, we’re continuing to reduce passive and persistent Movement Speed from Augments to give champions more room to react and make fights easier to read. 

To help address overall damage levels, we’re also buffing a number of items and the Health Relic system. Several melee and tank support items now have lower cooldowns, making them more impactful and usable in Mayhem’s fast-paced fights. 

See you on the Bridge!

Champions

Mel

• Rebuttal W Cooldown: 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 ⇒ 45 / 44 / 43 / 42 / 41

Items

Immortal Shieldbow

• Cooldown: 75 ⇒ 60 seconds

Locket of the Iron Solari

• Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 75 seconds

Maw of Malmortius

• Cooldown: 75 ⇒ 60 seconds

Protoplasm Harness

• Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 60 seconds

Randuin's Omen

• Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 60 seconds

Shurelya's Battlesong

• Cooldown: 75 ⇒ 60 seconds

Sterak's Gage

• Cooldown: 75 ⇒ 60 seconds

Augments

Fan the Hammer

• Per Missile Damage: 10 - 52.5 (+ 15% bonus AD) ⇒ 8 - 51 (+ 14% bonus AD)

Giant Slayer

• Movement Speed: 30% ⇒ 20%

Grandma's Chili Oil

• Will no longer heal allied minions.

Movement Speed Stat Anvil

• 18% ⇒ 15%

Homeguard

• Time to regain bonus movespeed after taking damage: 3 ⇒ 6 seconds

Quantum Computing

• Outer damage: 200 - 350 (+65% bonus AD) (+ 40% AP) ⇒ + (75% Bonus AD) (+ 45% AP)
• No base damage change

Red Envelopes

• Movement Speed from pickup: 150 ⇒ 100
• Movement Speed duration: 4 ⇒ 3 seconds

With Haste

• Movement Speed from Ability Haste: 100% ⇒ 70%
• ??? (Missing Ping)
• Healing towards allies will not be affected by Howling Abyss Buff's heal cut

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Train of the Dead changed directions with champions that have a zombie effect.
• Fixed a bug where Crack Open That Egg VFX did not persist correctly on subsequent shields after the initial expiration in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug that caused Karma’s R cooldown to be reduced by the Firefox augment.
• Fixed a bug that caused Aphelios to not work with Marksmage.
• Fixed a bug where Marksmage Hextech did not trigger additional damage when purchasing Ability Power items on Aphelios in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug where Graves dealt higher than intended damage with Marksmage in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug that caused Illaoi’s E clone to gain the effects of the Final Form.
• Fixed a bug where Quantum Computing was doing more than double damage on the inside circle.
• Fixed a bug where Infernal Conduit dealt higher than intended base damage and scaling in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Droppybara incorrectly triggered certain champion passives in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Archmage did not affect abilities with deferred cooldowns in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Harmful Summoner Spell was not cast when hit by Dash/Mark while Snowball Roulette was equipped in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Slow and Steady contained a syntax error in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Devil on Your Shoulder did not apply to all target-sourced damage over time effects in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Bard did not benefit from Stackosaurus’s set bonus when collecting chimes in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Kai’Sa could not evolve her W after gaining Ability Power from Stat Anvil in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug where Fan the Hammer dealt less of its displayed damage in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug where Dropkick triggered on turrets and crystals in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug where selecting Biggest Snowball Ever followed by Pinball caused Pinball to lose its true damage in Mayhem ARAM.
• Fixed a bug where Void Immolation’s Immolate effect could stop working shortly after activation in Mayhem.
• Fixed a bug where Augments that added an item to your inventory could accidentally consume components of the item without properly compensating you.
• Fixed a bug where stat augments could grant two prismatic stat options instead of three in Mayhem.

For this patch we’re going to be bringing over some changes we’re also doing in Mayhem so that item actives can come up a bit more frequently.

Champions

Mel

• Rebuttal W Cooldown: 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 ⇒ 45 / 44 / 43 / 42 / 41

Items

Locket of the Iron Solari

• Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 75 seconds

Protoplasm Harness

• ARAM: Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 75 seconds

Randuin's Omen

• Cooldown: 90 ⇒ 60 seconds

For this patch Arena is looking to open up some alt builds for some champions, along with buffs to champions whose ultimates are designed for a larger spaces.

Champions

Tristana

• Rocket Jump: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP
• Explosive Charge: 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP
• : Buster Shot: 100% AP ⇒ 150%

Sivir

• Boomerang Blade: 60% AP ⇒ 80% AP
• Spell Shield: 50% AP ⇒ 120% AP

Jarvan IV

• Demacian Standard: 100% AP ⇒ 140% AP

Senna

• Piercing Darkness: Damage 50% AP ⇒ 80% AP
• Piercing Darkness: Slow 10% AP ⇒ 15% AP
• Curse of the Black Mist: MS 5% AP ⇒ 7% AP
• Dawning Shadow: Damage 70% AP ⇒ 100% AP
• Dawning Shadow: Shield 50% AP ⇒ 70% AP

Sion

• Soul Furnace: Shield 40% AP ⇒ 60% AP
• Soul Furnace: Damage 40% AP ⇒ 60% AP

Vex

• Shadow Surge: Cooldown 140/120/100 ⇒ 110/90/70

Seraphine

• High Note: Damage 50% AP ⇒ 65% AP
• Encore: Cooldown 160/140/120 ⇒ 100/80/60

Vel’Koz

• Life Form Disintegration Ray: Cooldown 100/90/80 ⇒ 80/70/60

Viktor

• Arcane Storm: Cooldown 120/100/80 ⇒ 100/80/60

Camille

• Tactical Sweep: Damage 2.5% per 100 bonus AD ⇒ 3% per 100 bonus AD
• Hookshot: Cooldown 16/15/14/13/12 ⇒ 14/13/12/11/10

Kled

• Chaaaaaaaarge!!!: Cooldown 140/125/110 ⇒ 60/45/30

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Zilean’s Laugh and Taunt VO to not play correctly.

The Ixtal Cup will be happening on ARAM this patch! Grab your 5 stacks and get ready to rumble!

• Registration Begins: April 13 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
• Tournament Dates: April 18 and 19 (~4-7 PM Local Time, varies by region)

If you have any questions or you're just looking for the full 2026 Clash schedule, make sure to check out our Clash FAQ support page.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Zilean’s Laugh and Taunt VO to not play correctly.
• Fixed a bug that caused Shyvana’s progress towards her ultimate to not display correctly when pinged.
• Fixed a bug that caused Mel’s Q to go on cooldown when blocking Zac’s Q with her W.
• Fixed a bug that caused Katarina’s ultimate to be cancellable by pressing the recall button.
• Fixed a bug where Yuumi fails to be healed or gain the Homeguard buff upon entering the fountain while attached to Ally Champion.

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch: