League of Legends Patch 26.10 Notes

The Essence Emporium is back and will run from May 13 to June 10! Along with chromas and other special Emporium content, we’re adding a brand new title—”Big Serious Gamer”—for those that have mountains of BE piled up.

Minion Aggro

Previously, when an enemy champion attacked an allied minion, the enemy champion would enter the minions’ aggro priority list. We’re removing this action entirely from aggroing minions to prevent it feeling like minions sometimes randomly change their target. They have a nexus to take down, anyway.

When we detect severely disruptive behaviors during a match that add up to irredeemably ruining their team’s chances of winning , we’ll allow the team with the disruptive player to vote to end the match so that everyone can save themselves some time. The bar for this is high, and most penalties will still be distributed post-game. We’re looking to improve upon this system by proactively offering a vote to end the match when severely disruptive behavior is detected during a match.

• When a player is confirmed to be engaging in severely disruptive behavior during a match, their team will be prompted to vote to end the match. The disruptive player and their premade will not be eligible to vote.
• If a match termination vote passes, the team with the disruptive player will not lose any LP or MMR. The other team will receive LP as usual for a win. The disruptive player gets banned.
• If a match termination vote fails, the game will continue. The team with the confirmed disruptive player cannot lose LP, but has the opportunity to win LP if they can claim victory. This is primarily to avoid detected behaviors terminating matches that might be close to resolution, like when you’re about to destroy the enemy Nexus but one of your allies a minute ago decided to sell all of their items and run in circles in your base.

We’ve made large updates to our text detection models to more accurately detect disruptive or inappropriate text across all languages with fewer false positives.

Hey Arena brawlers! 

Grab a third friend, and dive head first into the pits, because this patch brings our first event with the much anticipated 3x6! 

Arena is now six teams of three and we can’t wait to see what you all cook up. Will teams of curses, swarms of minions, stat anvils, triple tanks, or something else be your go to strategy? 

We’ve been listening to your feedback on this Arena update and made several adjustments to augments and many of the new features. Our focus for this patch has primarily been around augment levels, and we’ve kept champion changes light since we expect the shift to three teams to shake things up on its own. 

We have heard that many of you feel like collecting stat anvils feels a bit lack luster, and while we intend for this to be a challenging run that you can’t always force we feel it is a little too difficult and a bit under the bar so we’ve made some adjustments, one such change being to increase the maximum power you can roll from 80% - 100%, along with some additional changes listed below. We’ll continue to keep an eye on this as we know it is a favorite to many players, but it loses its charm if this changes from a challenge to a dominant playstyle. 

We’ve also got some adjustments to a few Guest of Honor, in particular our demon of greed, Tahm Kench, we’re tapping down the darker compulsions and increasing the benefits for those with the willpower to abstain. We’ve got plenty more for you to check out so we’ll just leave you with this: 

Those who have found themselves in agony from another’s desire, a collective celebration will bring your health higher.

Augment Buffs

Bravest of the Brave

• Level 2 gold increased from 750 ⇒ 1500

Fan the Hammer

• Max level reduced from 3⇒2
• Cooldown per side 7/6/5 ⇒ 7/5

Juiced

• Max level increased to 2
• Damage done increased from 4.5% ⇒ 9% of mana spent.

• Capstone: Whenever you spend 400 mana increase Juiced damage by 10% for the rest of the round.

• Firesale

• When removed or replaced, gain gold equal to 30% of the gold gained by Firesale.

• Combination Fried Rice
• Max level 1 ⇒ 3

• Auto levels based on levels put into the rice augments.

• Ability Haste -100 ⇒ -50
• Damage per level 100% ⇒ 100/125/150%
• Healing per level 75%⇒ 75/100/125%

SpellCraft

• Base slow reduced from 20%⇒10%
• AP ratio per red sticker reduced from 40% ⇒ 30%
• BAD Ratio per red sticker reduced from 30% ⇒ 20%
• Slow per sticker increased from 30% ⇒ 40%
• Chroma Flux
• Movespeed per sticker increased from 20 ⇒ 30
• Stats On Stats On Stats
• Capstone: Stat anvil percent amp increased from 10% ⇒ 20%
• Stats On Stats
• Capstone: Stat anvil percent amp increased from 10% ⇒ 20%
• Stats
• Capstone: Stat anvil percent amp increased from 10% ⇒ 20%
• Bread Sandwich
• Max level 1 ⇒ 3

• Auto levels based on levels put into the rice augments.

• Ability Haste per level 200 ⇒ 200/300/400

Gamba Anvil

• Max level 2>1
• Legendary item anvil reduction 500 > 750
• Stat anvil reduction 150/300 > 250
• Ability Haste per level 200 ⇒ 200/300/400

Augment Nerfs

Draw Your Sword

• Bonus HP: 25/35/45% ⇒ 25/30/35%
• Bonus AD: 25/35/45% ⇒ 25/30/35%
• AS: 20% ⇒ 15%

Jeweled Gauntlet

• Crit Damage: 140/160/180% ⇒ 140/150/160%

Righteous Fury

• Spell damage per stack: 2/4/6% ⇒ 2/3/4%

The Brutalizer

• Max level reduced from 3 ⇒ 2

Champions

Katarina

• Passive refund on takedown reduced from 75s ⇒ 15s

Shyvana

• Emberstrike
• Damage: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 110% AD) ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 100% AD)

Xin Zhao

• Three Talon Strike
• Damage: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+ 40% bonus AD) ⇒ 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 (+ 30% bonus AD)
• Cooldown: 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5 ⇒ 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6
• Audacious Charge
• AS: (+ 10% per 100 AP) ⇒ (+ 5% per 100 AP)
• Cooldown: 11 ⇒ 13

System Changes

Petricite Grove

• Adjusted player spawn locations

Petricite Grove’s Petricite Bombs

Each spawner's initial spawns 6-12 seconds after combat starts.

• Respawn rate changed from 15s ⇒ 20s

Ancestral wood’s Bulwark Blossom

• Added ticks to its healthbar.

Reckoner’s Arena Pillars

• Added ticks to the healthbars.

Base line durability

Damage Reduction Percent increased by 5% on round 8 (Crafting round).

Item Changes

Black Hole Gauntlet

Black Hole size now scales more directly with your champion's size.

Size is now capped at 3 times its base size.

Pyromancer's Cloak

• Blaze AoE per additional burn source reduced from 40 ⇒ 30
• Per champion cooldown 3 ⇒ 5s

Guests of Honor

Garen: Perseverance

Tooltip updated to note that you'll heal when at 50 health.

Hwei: Blank Canvas

• Tooltips updated
• Rerolling an augment level offering now has a sticker

Jarvan IV: Heavy Is The Crown

• Crown Thieves beware, Size adjustment increased from 20% ⇒ 25%.

Tahm Kench: Dark Bargain

• Compulsion for Power: Stat Anvils granted reduced from 2 ⇒ 1
• Compulsion for Wealth: Gold granted reduced from 3000 ⇒ 2500
• Abstain from Wealth, Power, and Risk: Max Health restored increased from 5% ⇒ 10%.

• All players are now offered the same choices rather than randomly rolling.

Arena Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where players could flash behind a wall (either on purpose or by accident) in the new Petricite Grove map
• Fixed a bug where Chauffeur was snapping allies back to their dead teammates position (We promise this won’t happen in teams of 3)
• Fixed a bug where Nocturne’s Guest of Honor would some times ult the player irl (aka their entire screen goes dark)
• Fixed a bug where players weren’t being granted an additional augment from Tahm Kench’s Guest of Honor if augments slots were full
• Fixed a bug where Hivemind was doing twice as much damage as intended
• Fixed a bug where ??? is healing much more than intended
• Fixed a bug where receiving Prowler’s Claw or Goredrinker from Poppy’s Guest of Honor would break Shardholder eligibility
• Fixed a bug where the Void Immolation Quest augment was preventing players from purchasing Rabadon’s Deathcap
• Fixed a bug where magic penetration wasn’t being tracked or boosted by Shardholder
• Fixed a bug where Minionmancer amplified damage was not being applied to Azir’s Sand Soldiers (W)
• Fixed a bug where Double Tap can trigger Power Flower multiples (or consume the entire plant if max leveled)
• Fixed some race conditions that occurred when trying to spam click anvils (Please stop using spam clickers)
• Fixed a bug where Despoil was not stacking on blinks. They did work on dashes though!
• Fixed a bug where players are unable to move while activating Wooglet’s stasis when they have the We’ll Be Right Back capstone unlocked
• Fixed a bug where pools from Morgana’s Guest of Honor would sometimes leave invisible pools on other Arenas

The following bugs were fixed in 26.9 but were not documented. Our apologies on that!

• Fixed a bug where Infernal Conduit was not reducing ability cooldowns as expected
• Fixed a bug where Puppeteers Pull Their Strings was unaffected by Apex Inventor
• Fixed a bug where Hollow Radiance’s Immolate does not trigger
• Fixed a bug where purchasing an anvil too early when Poppy is selected as the Guest of Honor would prevent a second prismatic anvil from opening
• Fixed a bug where Pinball Snowball is dealing way more damage than expected

Champions

Viktor

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Passive Stacks per Kill
• Champion: 20 ⇒ 8
• Cannon 10 ⇒ 5
•   NEW   In ARAM maps, Viktor gains 1 stack every 5 seconds.

System Changes

Bilgewater Cannon QoL

• Movement lockout from not taking the canon: 2s ⇒ 0.5s
• Movement lockout from landing after taking the canon: removed

Hello ARAMers! 

In this patch, we’re focusing on quality-of-life improvements for both augments and maps. 

For augments, Upgrade Zhonya’s now grants a bit more movement speed, helping you reposition more fluidly in fights. We’ve also smoothed out usability for Fan the Hammer, Big Brain, and Outlaw’s Grit, making them more intuitive and reliable to use. 

On the map side, Bilgewater Cannons will now have a much shorter delay if you accidentally dismount early, and we’ve removed the brief immobility on landing to keep movement feeling responsive. On Howling Abyss, we fixed an issue where Qiyana could not access her Earth element. 

Our lovely friend Viktor is also getting a small update in ARAM and Mayhem. He now gains stacks over time, with reduced reliance on minion and champion takedowns. This should give him a smoother and more consistent power progression throughout the game. 

See you on the Bridge!

Augments

Big Brain

•   NEW   Refresh on Respawn or every 70 seconds

Fan the Hammer

• No longer triggers on minions

Outlaw's Grit   NEW   Stacks now reset based on a 15s duration instead of a fixed timer

• Stacks show up on buff bar

Upgrade Zhonya's

•   NEW   Grants 50% Bonus MS during Stasis

Champions

Viktor

• Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
• Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%
• Passive Stacks per Kill
• Champion: 20 ⇒ 8
• Cannon 10 ⇒ 5
•   NEW   In ARAM maps, Viktor gains 1 stack every 5 seconds.

System Changes

Bilgewater Cannon QoL

• Movement lockout from not taking the canon: 2s ⇒ 0.5s
• Movement lockout from landing after taking the canon: removed

ARAM: Mayhem Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where Dropkick could permanently reveal an enemy killed by it under specific circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where Qiyana would be given water when using W on walls.
• Fixed a bug where using Bilgewater’s Cannon would trigger health relics when flying over them.
• Fixed a bug where killing a unit with Snowball would sometimes not trigger Upgrade: Snowball’s effect.
• Fixed a bug where Azir’s soldiers did not trigger Marksmage.
• Fixed a bug where Outlaw’s Grit would be granted stacks by each map’s unique transportation.
• Fixed a bug where Gangplank would gain multiplicative amounts of Damage reduction or increase when chaining barrels.
• Fixed a bug where Snowball benefited from Item Damage increases.
• Fixed a bug where Clones of a champion with Slow and Steady did not have their Attack Speed limited.
• Fixed a bug where Bounce of the Poro King went through spellshields.
• Fixed a bug where taking certain snowball augments would reset your non-snowball summoner spell’s cooldown.
• Fixed a bug where Laser Heal would erroneously reset cooldowns of spells that should have stayed sealed, such as Riven R or Rumble while Overheated.
• Fixed a bug where Ultimate Awakening would erroneously reset cooldowns of spells that should have stayed sealed.
• Fixed a bug where Dropkick dealt bonus damage to ALL units below the execute threshold, not just champions.
• Fixed a bug where Briar could get snowball permanently disabled when using at the same time as her R.
• Fixed a bug with various augments where resetting cooldowns of Ammo spells would grant you 1 more charge than the maximum allowed of charges.
• Fixed a bug where Neeko would apply Mad Scientist’s size change to her clone twice.
• Fixed a bug where Tank Engine incorrectly displayed its granted health in the tooltip.

• Fixed a bug where Rift Herald’s empowered recall would be consumed if the player was recalling when it was granted.
• Fixed a bug where Fear VFX would display a black rectangle, particularly on lower graphics settings
• Viego possessing Kled will now spawn mounted on Skaarl with the correct remount HP
• Triggering Evelynn Charm as Viego will no longer put Spectral Maw (W) on cooldown
• Riftmaker - Void Corruption passive applies more damage amplification than intended.
• Fixed a bug where Viego's Blade of the Ruined King (Q) is placed on cooldown if Zaahen Q times out
• Fixed an issue where Mordekaiser W would prevent Viego W from being castable or force the spell to go on the wrong cooldown
• Fixed a bug where Teemo’s buff icons were missing from his buff bar.
• Fixed a bug where friendly projectiles such as Triumph’s healing missile may be destroyed by Lissandra self cast R, Galio R, and Twisted Fate R.
• Fixed a bug where Rapid Firecannon’s range indicator would briefly linger after being triggered by Voltaic Cyclosword.
• Fixed a bug where Blue team’s middle inhibitor respawn timer would visually refresh when the camera panned away.
• Fixed a bug where Rift Herald’s Charge would proc a turret’s Crystalline Overgrowth through Bard’s R.
• Fixed a bug where Sylas’ stolen Lissandra R had a chance to fizzle if he cast it in conjunction with a movement spell.
• Fixed a bug where Taliyah’s Weaver’s Wall (R) may leave units with collision at its endpoint.
• Fixed a bug where Sylas may have less Fury than expected after casting Shyvana’s Dragon’s Descent.
• Fixed a bug where Yone P and Corki P were being amplified an additional time from sources of damage amplification.
• Fixed a bug where Karma’s RW was not being properly negated by spell shields.
• Fixed a bug where Zaahen’s buff icons were missing from his buff bar.
• Fixed a bug where Kog’Maw W wouldn’t always proc Statikk Shiv.
• Fixed a bug where Fiendhunter Bolts stacks were not lost when attacking turrets.
• Fixed a bug where Shyvana’s Q attacks would not apply bonus true damage from Hail of Blades.
• Fixed a bug where Gluttonous Greaves could gain additional stacks of Omnivamp by getting a multikill on Bot Lane Quest completion.
• Fixed a bug where Gluttonous Greaves and Immortal Path would not inherit the extra Move Speed from Slightly Magical Footwear.
• Fixed a bug where certain Vi animations were missing for her W.
• The in-game Options menu has been optimized to open faster the first time it is viewed.
• [WASD] The keybind to open All Chat has been updated from Shift + Enter to Ctrl + Enter so that it does not conflict with the default keybind for Ability 2
• [WASD] Fixed a bug where your champion could stutter when changing auto attack targets while moving if your champion’s auto attack was on cooldown.
• [WASD] Fixed a bug where Zeri’s Ultrashock Laser (Ability 2) would fire in the wrong direction when wallriding with Spark Surge (Ability 3)

Joystick and Accessibility Controller Updates

We are continuing to iterate on our joystick and accessibility support in response to feedback.

• Accessibility buttons may now be natively mapped to inputs in the in-game Options menu. Turn on WASD input and click on an input to bind it. Pressing a button will bind that button.
• The default unchangeable button binds have been removed.

The following skins will be released in this patch:

The following chromas will be released this patch: