Patch 26.22 notes for League of Legends are here. (Source)
TFT Standalone Client
Hooray! TFT is all grown up! They’re officially moving to their own standalone client starting on November 4th, 2026. To accommodate their new home, you can expect this patch to be larger than usual. We are making sure that it’s as easy as clicking a button to swap between League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics whenever you want.
Despite this upcoming separation, all existing Teamfight Tactics cosmetics will remain usable in League. The first batch of TFT-only Little Legends will arrive on December 1st, with December 15th marking the date of full separation for TFT cosmetics including emotes and icons.
After this patch, you’ll be able to fully opt out of TFT downloads in League patches. To make this possible, 26.22 will be a larger download than usual. For more information, read more here and we’ll see (some of) you on the Convergence!
Champions
Aurelion Sol
See Highest Win Rate Aurelion Sol Builds
The majority of Aurelion Sol players have made it pretty clear that they would much rather rank up his Singularity (E) second over his Astral Flight (W) even though it’s a much weaker second max. We agree that his (E) is a very cool signature spell, so we’re giving him a buff there to help make doing the intuitive fun thing the right thing.
E – Singularity
Total Magic Damage: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+60% AP) over 5s ⇒ 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80% AP) over 5s
We were cautious about Corki’s power level going into Worlds, but now (like Azir and Orianna), he has some more space to be better for everyone.
R – Missile Barrage
Damage: 90 / 170 / 250 (+85% bonus AD) ⇒ 100 / 190 / 280 (+90% bonus AD)
Big One Damage: 180 / 340 / 500 (+170% bonus AD) ⇒ 200 / 380 / 560 (+180% bonus AD)
We’ve seen Kayle’s relevance decrease steadily from earlier this year as the game’s moved past the top lane shake up from role quests. We’re giving her a small bump to help out her early laning since we believe that top lane could use some more scaling options.
Q – Radiant Blast
Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s ⇒ 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8s
R – Divine Judgment
Cooldown: 160 / 120 / 80s ⇒ 140 / 110 / 80s
Locke
While Locke’s performance in general is within reason, he’s proven to be a much deeper champion than we initially expected and players who have reached that level of Locke play have shown him to still be clearly too strong, especially early game.
Q – Ritual Nails
Stack Bonus Damage: 18 / 26 / 34 / 42 / 50 ⇒ 15 / 22 / 29 / 36 / 43
Maximum Stack Damage: 75.6 / 109.2 / 142.8 / 176.4 / 210 ⇒ 63 / 92.4 / 121.8 / 151.2 / 180.6
W – Soul Ignition
Duration: 6s ⇒ 5s
Maokai has remained a very still tree this year, and has been almost entirely stuck in support. We’re buffing him in a way that helps out his top and jungle more.
Q – Bramble Smash
Damage: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4% Target Maximum Health) (+50% AP) ⇒ 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5% Target Maximum Health) (+50% AP)
This patch, Mel is getting a midscope adjustment. You can read more about it here. For the spark notes version, she is having some power moved from early game to scaling, her W is being reworked into an Area-of-Effect missile destruction that retaliates rather than reflects effects, and her Q and R are getting adjustments to lower their cooldowns later on in the game so she can stack her passive to ever higher amounts.
Base Stats
Health: 640 + 99/Level ⇒ 590 + 107/Level
Mana: 480 + 28/Level ⇒ 455 + 38/Level
AR: +5.2/Level ⇒ +5.4/Level
AD: 54 + 3.3/Level ⇒ 52 + 3.3/Level
AS: 2.5%/Level ⇒ 2.75%/Level
Passive – Searing Brilliance
Bonus Damage Per Bolt: 8 – 30 (+4% AP) ⇒ 4 – 30 (+4% AP)
First Stack Damage Against Minions: 50% Less ⇒ 45% Less
Q – Radiant Volley
First Hit Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+55% AP) ⇒ 60 (+25% AP)
Multi-Hit Damage: 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 (+5% AP) ⇒ 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+8% AP)
Total Damage: 85 – 277 (+80 – 100% AP) ⇒ 85 – 285 (+65 – 97% AP)
New – Now Refunds CD it hits an enemy champion at least once: 0.5s – 1.0s Refund (scaling with Champion Level)
Mana Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ⇒ 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Missile Speed: 3800 ⇒ 3200 (takes .047s longer to travel to max range)
W – Rebuttal – Reworked
Unleashes a nova that expands to 400u Radius over 0.75 seconds. The nova destroys enemy projectiles and shields and grants move speed to Mel and Allies within. Destroyed missiles are retaliated against at the end of the nova.
Retaliation Damage: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 (+10% AP), reduced to 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+5% AP) for subsequent hits against the same enemy, up to 7 retaliations per enemy for a total of 65 – 205 (+40% AP)
Shield: 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+70% AP) for 2 seconds
Move Speed: 10 – 30% (scaling with Champion Level) for 2 seconds
Mana Cost: 100 / 80 / 60 / 40 / 0
Cooldown: 30 / 28.5 / 27 / 25.5 / 24
E – Solar Snare
Root Duration: 1.5 seconds ⇒ [0.8 – 1.6] / [0.85 – 1.75] / [0.9 – 1.9] / [0.95 – 2.05] / [1.0 – 2.2] seconds, increasing with distance
Slow Amount: 30% ⇒ 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Mana Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 ⇒ 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80
R – Golden Eclipse
Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 seconds ⇒ 120 / 90 / 60 seconds
After a series of nerfs earlier this year, Naafiri has largely fallen out of mid lane entirely and has been pretty mediocre in the jungle. We’re giving her a buff that should primarily help out her mid, bringing her role power closer to parity.
Q – Darkin Daggers
Heal: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+40% bonus AD) ⇒ 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 (+45% bonus AD)
W – The Call of the Pack
Bonus Attack Damage: 20% ⇒ 22%
Similar to Corki, Rumble was tuned for pro play. This change should help out the average rumble a bit more than pros when they catch back up to the patch cycle.
R – The Equalizer
Damage per Second: 120 / 200 / 280 (+35% AP) ⇒ (+40% AP)
Maximum Damage Ability Power Ratio: 175% AP ⇒ 200% AP
Along with Maokai, Shen jungle has been pushed too far out of the meta. We were watching to see if some of the previous patches’ changes to help jungle tanks would bring him back up, but now we’re confident we can just buff him .
Q – Twilight Assault
Monster Damage Modifier: 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 ⇒ 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200
Our buffs a few patches ago landed a bit softer than we expected, but he’s ended up with a good balance between his Crit and Caster builds, so we’re giving him a more generic buff this time. We also expect the Doran’s Bow nerf in this patch to help him out a bit.
W – ACHOOO!
Explosion Damage: 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+50% bonus AD) (+80% AP) ⇒ 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+50% bonus AD) (+80% AP)
Despite our prior nerf, Thresh has remained at the very top of the support pecking order for top tier players, so it’s time for another.
Base Stats
Attack Damage: 56 ⇒ 54
R – The Box
Damage: 250 / 400 / 550 (+100% AP) ⇒ 200 / 350 / 500 (+100% AP)
Last patch’s nerf to Viktor hit him harder than we expected – but we are happy about the impact it had on his early game bullying, so we are buffing him back in scaling.
Base Stats
Health Growth: 100/Level ⇒ 105/Level
R – Arcane Storm
Conjure Damage: 100 / 175 / 250 (+50% AP) ⇒ 100 / 175 / 250 (+60% AP)
We were on the fence last patch with whether Yasuo would also need a nerf like Yone, but he’s also continued growing in winrate as players migrate to crit builds and banrate reflecting that so he’s getting the same treatment.
Q – Steel Tempest
Damage: 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 (+105% total AD) ⇒ 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 (+100% total AD)
Zaahen is living up to his scaling fantasies, but hasn’t had enough to do in lane. This should make his early scrapping and skirmishing much more satisfying.
Q – The Darkin Glaive
Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6s
⇒ 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6s
Items
Doran’s Bow
We’re nerfing Doran’s Bow by a minor amount, as it’s settled into a spot that is slightly but clearly too strong, resulting in marksmen that we expect to be leaning towards Doran’s Blade instead being almost purely Doran’s Bow users.
Attack Damage: 8 ⇒ 7
Overlord’s Bloodmail
Overlord’s should be one of the premier juggernaut capstone items, but outside of Sett hasn’t been able to carry enough power to justify greeding for. We are adjusting Overlords in a way that should be a net buff for most other users while hopefully not ballooning its power level too far on Sett, who benefits the most from the Retribution passive because of synergy with his Haymaker (W).
Attack Damage: 30 ⇒ 40
Retribution: +0 – 12% total AD, based on % Missing Health ⇒ +0 – 10% total AD, based on % Missing Health
Classic Patch Notes
Our penultimate content patch arrives with three new old champions to play. Up first, winner of Council Vote #2, Volibear! Run down your enemies, fear nearby minions, and take a bite out of crime. Swain also makes his re-entrance, full of bird-fueled mayhem. And finally, Elise, while not particularly different, has a lot of single-target damage with which to lay waste to her opposition.
We’ve also got a bigger balance patch than usual, taking aim at some of the game’s largest outliers on both the top and bottom end. Yes, Janna, your time has come.
NEWVolibear
This version of Volibear was active from 2011 to 2018, before his E got the knock-back and anti-dash synergy. He’s a tanky melee fighter who excels in sustained combat before finally dealing a significant burst of damage to low-health enemies.
Passive – Chosen of the Storm: When reduced to low health, Volibear heals for a portion of his maximum health over time. This effect has a long cooldown.
Q – Rolling Thunder: Volibear gains bonus movement speed, increased while running toward enemy champions. His next attack deals bonus damage and flips his target over his head.
W – Frenzy: Volibear passively gains stacking bonus attack speed on-attack. While at max stacks, Frenzy can be activated to deal high single-target damage, increased based on their missing health.
E – Majestic Roar: Volibear damages and slows nearby enemies. Minions and monsters are additionally feared.
R – Thunder Claws: Volibear harnesses the power of the storm for several seconds, causing all basic attacks to inflict chain lightning.
NEWSwain
This version of Swain was active from 2010-2016, where he received a minor rework. If you never experienced the glory of the Laser Bird, now is your time!
Passive – Carrion Renewal: Swain recoups some mana every time he kills an enemy.
Q – Decrepify: Swain sics his raven on a target enemy, slowing and dealing damage over time while they remain in range.
W – Nevermove: After a brief delay, Swain damages and roots all enemies in a small area.
E – Torment: Swain afflicts an enemy with Torment, dealing damage over time and causing them to take increased damage from him. Unlike most other damage amps, this also impacts true damage, like Ignite.
R – Ravenous Flock: Swain transforms into a giant raven, consuming increasing amounts of mana while transformed. In this state, he releases lesser ravens to damage enemies and return to heal Swain based on the damage they dealt.
NEWElise
Elise hasn’t changed too much over the years, but this older version put a lot more power into her Q spells. She is seriously bursty and an incredibly potent top laner with all her health-based damage. Make sure to stack some magic pen!
Passive – Spider Swarm: While in human form, abilities that hit enemies store a Spiderling, up to a cap. In spider form, Elise releases these Spiderlings to attack nearby enemies.
Q – Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite: In human form, Elise spits neurotoxin that deals bonus damage based on her target’s current health. In spider form, Elise and her Spiderlings lunge at an enemy and deal bonus damage based on their target’s missing health.
W – Volatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy: In human form, Elise releases a volatile spiderling that explodes on the first enemy it hits, dealing damage in an area. In spider form, Elise and her Spiderlings gain bonus attack speed and heal Elise on-hit.
E – Cocoon / Rappel: In human form, Elise fires a cocoon that stuns the first enemy it hits. In spider form, Elise and her Spiderlings rappel into the air, becoming untargetable. She can then re-cast Rappel to descend upon her choice of target.
R – Human Form / Spider Form: Elise transforms back and forth between human form and spider form. In human form she’s ranged. In spider form, she is melee and deals bonus damage on-hit.
Aatrox
We didn’t update Aatrox’s passive cooldown properly in the last patch and an unrelated bug slipped in that prevented him from doing anything with his ultimate-empowered attacks. We fixed the auto-attack bug with a day-1 micropatch but the cooldown change was tooltip only until now.
P – Blood Well
Cooldown: 225 ⇒ 225/200/175/150 (for real this time)
Q – Dark Flight
Failure to Land: Fixed a bug from 2013 where the ability would occasionally fail to affect enemies after max-range casts.
R – Massacre
Attacks: Fixed a bug where Aatrox’s basic attacks did nothing during his ultimate. (Fixed in a day-1 micropatch)
Amumu
With bug fixes and balance changes combined, Amumu has wound up as one of the game’s strongest junglers. We’re here to tap him back down to where a straightforward fast-farming jungler is meant to rest. We’re reverting some of our earlier buffs and pulling another one from history to bring down his team-wiping AoE power.
Passive – Cursed Touch
Magic Resistance Shred: 15 / 25 / 35 ⇒ 15 / 20 / 25 (Levels 1 / 7 / 13)
Q – Bandage Toss
Damage: 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 ⇒ 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280
R – Curse of the Sad Mummy
Cooldown: 150 / 130 / 110s ⇒ 170 / 145 / 120s
Evelynn
Evelynn has fallen off as time went on and now looks like one of the weaker junglers, so we’re here to give her a boost. We’re undoing her Hate Spike damage nerf to ensure she can keep up with everyone else.
Q – Hate Spike
Base Damage: 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 ⇒ 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120
Ezreal
AP Ezreal has never quite hit the mark so it’s time for buffs. As AD Ezreal is doing just fine, we’re delivering simple AP ratio buffs and playing up his healer alternate playstyle since it’s so unique to this version of the champion.
W – Essence Flux
Ability Power Ratio: 60% ⇒ 80%
Healing Effectiveness: 50% ⇒ 70%
E – Arcane Shift
Ability Power Ratio: 75% ⇒ 80%
Fiddlesticks
Fiddlesticks, like any good scarecrow, is outstanding in his field. Well, fields. He’s a great jungler and support, so we’re going to prune some power from both. With how much his E’s mana cost goes up with rank, we want to make sure ranking it is valuable, but he otherwise outputs too much damage too quickly.
E – Dark Wind
Damage per Bounce: 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 + 45% AP ⇒ 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 + 45% AP
Gangplank
Gangplank is still one of the game’s weakest top laners and junglers, so we’re back for more buffs. While some of these may feel a little scattershot, they’re all period-accurate buffs and reverted-nerfs from before his subsequent 2015 rework. The only novel changes here are to his base stats, where we hope to make him more resilient and allow him to play bruiser builds in addition to crit burst.
Base Stats
Base Health Regeneration: 5 ⇒ 7
Health per Level: 81 ⇒ 89
Passive – Grog-Soaked Blade
Maximum Stacks: 3 ⇒ 4
Q – Parrrley
Mana Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 ⇒ 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
R – Cannon Barrage
Cooldown: 120 / 115 / 110s ⇒ 120 / 110 / 100s
Janna
Janna has been an extreme top performer for a while so it’s time to bring her down to size. We aim to keep her global passive intact, but want to make sure it’s not so dominant that it crushes other lanes’ interactions.
Passive – Tailwind
Global Bonus Movement Speed: 3% ⇒ 2%
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser had a few bugs when he came out last patch, and while we fixed many of them in a micropatch, some of them took a while. Here’s a full recounting of bugfixes from our micropatches and the ones coming out today.
Base Stats
Attack Timing: Attacks now come out approximately 70% faster. This was fixed about 1 week after his release
R – Children of the Grave
Pet Bonus Attack Damage: 75% of the target’s Attack Damage ⇒ 75% of Mordekaiser’s Attack Damage
Structure Crits: Pets no longer can critically strike structures.
Bonus Damage to Inhibitors and the Nexus: 75% (This was true in 2013, too!) ⇒ 0%
Nami
Nami didn’t make the cut for buffs in her initial patch but as time has gone on, she’s floundering. She doesn’t have any historical buffs or nerfs to key into before the Preseason Four support update, so we’re creating some novel changes. In the interest of experimentation, we’re playing up her ability to deal a lot of damage if she can land everything and optimize for it. And hey, how about Mid Nami?
Q – Aqua Prison
Damage: 75 / 130 / 185 / 240 / 295 + 65% AP ⇒ 90 / 145 / 200 / 255 / 310 + 100% AP
W – Ebb and Flow
Damage Reduction per Bounce: 30% ⇒ 15% (Healing reduction unchanged at 15%)
Olaf
Olaf hasn’t quite kept up with other top laners or junglers so we want to play up his strong sustained damage. As with most of our balance changes, we’re digging up changes from his 2011 and 2012 history.
W – Vicious Strikes
Bonus Attack Damage: 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 / 35 ⇒ 10 / 17 / 24 / 31 / 38
E – Reckless Swing
Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5s ⇒ 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4s
Rammus
Rammus is the third of the top-performing junglers, so we’re digging up his past to bring him down to size. The armor nerf should do most of the heavy lifting here, as it impacts both his attack damage and W return damage.
Base Stats
Base Armor: 28.8 ⇒ 25
Attack Damage per Level: 3.5 ⇒ 2.75
Items
Health and Mana Potions
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Health and Mana Potions had no buff text.
Shushei’s Mana Jug
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Shushei’s Mana Jug triggered on Clone takedown.
Statikk Shiv
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Statikk Shiv no longer procced for Kayle after using Righteous Fury (E).
Wit’s End
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Wit’s End failed to maintain 4 stacks.