Champion changes, item tuning and system updates — straight from the newest League of Legends patch.
PATCH 26.10
The season of demons continues
We have follow-up for the recent Season 2 changes to bring some of the more overpowered content in line and give a bump to things that have not seen the adoption they probably should.
Items and runes are still key here. Nerfs to Deathfire Touch, Gluttonous Greaves, and Voltaic Cyclosword, and buffs to Stormraider's Surge and the two new starting items introduced last patch.
Lee Sin is throwing off the weights with limiters removed on his shield and other modernization changes, and Quinn is heading into the jungle.
We also have behavior updates with termination votes for disrupted games, and improved detection models for text.
Nerfs
9Buffs
9Adjusted
1The Essence Emporium is back and will run from May 13 to June 10. Along with chromas and other special Emporium content, we are adding a brand new title, Big Serious Gamer, for those that have mountains of BE piled up.
Last patch's ultimate nerfs increased counterplay at high skill levels. We are shifting some power from jungle into top while promoting a bruiser playstyle with better early power, keeping jungle clear and general lategame potential the same.
QCunning Sweep / Sundering Slam
RPublic Execution
The Ice Birb has been strong across top, mid, and support without much build or playstyle differentiation. We are targeting her durability so top lane has more all-in windows to crack the egg.
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As one of our premier utility ADCs, Ashe is pumping out a bit too much damage. A minor nerf to Q so she cannot have the best of both worlds.
QRanger's Focus
Galio has been quite sad between the removal of Phase Rush and mid role quest adjustments. We are reducing mana costs, tuning Justice Punch, and helping Hero's Entrance scale with his signature stat.
QWinds of War
EJustice Punch
RHero's Entrance
Lee Sin has watched other champs surpass him in flair and mobility. We are giving him more opportunities to fly around the map while making high moments feel impactful at all stages of the game.
WSafeguard
ETempest
RDragon's Rage
Naafiri has been top dog in both mid and jungle for a while. We are taming some of her power by reducing damage output.
QDarkin Daggers
RHounds' Pursuit
Quinn has struggled in top due to system changes across 2026. We are reducing her ult mana barrier for laners and opening the door to the jungle with monster damage bonuses.
PHarrier
QBlinding Assault
RBehind Enemy Lines
Players are finding success building health and ability haste on Shyvana. We are bringing down her innate defensive capabilities to make taking down this dragon more reasonable.
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WInferno Aegis
Smolder's early game was bolstered by Deathfire Touch. We are nerfing DFT and tapping Smolder down to compensate. He continued to skyrocket in winrate as players adapted builds, so we are nerfing him again.
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QSuper Scorcher Breath
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RMMOOOMMMM!
Wukong has been struggling across roles. We are empowering his trickster playstyle to reward clever and creative uses of his clones.
WWarrior Trickster
ENimbus Strike
Zed has soared in power with huge pickrate spikes from Season 2 changes. We want to preserve his identity as a strong laner but hit some of his most guaranteed damage.
PContempt for the Weak
EShadow Slash
Zeri's new direction has been promising, but winrate is lower as players adjust playstyle and itemization. We want to make Zeri speed gaming more accessible.
QBurst Fire
RLightning Crash
Doran's Bow is being picked up by a few champions, but the risk of no health was too great. We are making the damage upside more compelling.
Doran's Helm resistances scale better than Doran's Shield regeneration, but it is too difficult to survive the early game. We are lightening the early load.
The omnivamp boots line fills a defensive-offensive hybrid gap but is taken at too high a rate. Bringing them back in line with other options.
Rather than proccing Spellblade in their face like Dusk and Dawn builds, we are tuning Lich Bane Movespeed to help you get into position for a better scaling proc.
Voltaic Cyclosword is making an impact on the meta after Opportunity's removal. We are lowering its power slightly with a higher price tag.
Even after the hotfix nerf, Deathfire Touch is burning too strongly in early laning trades. Shaving off damage at lower levels.
Stormraider's Surge has landed on the soft side, underperforming on most champions trying it out. Pushing its duration.
When an enemy champion attacked an allied minion, the enemy champion would enter the minions' aggro priority list. We are removing this action entirely to prevent minions sometimes randomly changing target.
When we detect severely disruptive behaviors that irredeemably ruin a team's chances of winning, we allow that team to vote to end the match. The bar is high; most penalties are still distributed post-game. We now proactively offer a vote when severely disruptive behavior is detected during a match.
We have made large updates to our text detection models to more accurately detect disruptive or inappropriate text across all languages with fewer false positives.
Arena is now six teams of three in our first 3x6 event. We adjusted augments and new features based on feedback, with champion changes kept light since the team size shift will shake things up. Stat anvil max roll power increased from 80% to 100%, and Tahm Kench Guest of Honor compulsions were tapped down while abstain rewards rose.
QEmberstrike
QThree Talon Strike
EAudacious Charge
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