Riot Games has announced that the full global rollout of the matchmaking changes has happened. First tested on EUW, and later on other servers, the change looks to tackle the autofill vs autofill issue.
Over the past two weeks, EUW players have been experiencing these new changes first-hand. The idea is that autofill players will be matched more often with other autofilled players. These are now live alongside patch 26.6.
Autofill Matchmaking Rollout
The autofill issues were a huge pain point for many since the start of the 2026 season of ranked League of Legends. Many players felt that matchmaking seemed more unfair than usual. With EUW tests going well, the rollout has now been expanded.
Thanks to Lead Gameplay Designer Matt Leung-Harrison, we have confirmation of the rollout.
“We’re rolling out improved Autofill vs Autofill Matchmaking in each region (should be complete in each region as of this morning). We had a small hiccup where this was accidentally reverted for 1 day in EUW on roughly the 12th March, but turned back on after that”
The changes have been a success in EUW. While we’ve not noticed much ourselves (mostly due to maining Support), anecdotally, people have expressed having a better time in autofilled matches. The changes will also address the Apex LP gains issues.
The changes were first revealed in February, with EUW the testing ground for the changes. Riot needed to use a large region to test the changes, with EUW chosen due to its having such a diverse range of players and skills.
“We’re aware of the reports of mismatched LP gains in Apex and investigating. Wanted to acknowledge these are painful experiences for folks; it’s a hard space, not going to overpromise that we’ll be able to fully fix it, but will convene with the team and have an update later today”
We will update this post with any changes or if there are any delays. Overall, the rollout in Europe seemed to be well-received, with very few issues being noted. However, a lot of these “issues” don’t come to light until some time after anyway.
As with any Ranked Matchmaking changes, there will likely be outlying issues, especially now that it has been pushed to even more major regions.