The 26.10 patch preview for League of Legends is out. With Season 2 now out, this first patch aims to make a few changes to some of the early pain points. While only nine champions are being directly buffed or nerfed, there are lots of changes to other champions, systems, and much more. From @RiotPhroxon on X Source
Systems Changes
Probably the biggest chatter on the patch is Deathfire and Gluttonous Greaves.
Deathfire is looking a little too strong, especially in the laning case, but the audience it’s landed on has been great in giving some of these champs a keystone they’re actually happy with.
After the micropatch nerfs, the power level is in a much more reasonable spot, so just a small adjustment here. Gluttonous Greaves has picked up a nice new user base, especially Fighters and AD Assassins who might not have another offensive boot option (outside of Lucidity).
We think the boots are too strong, both in non-mid roles and in mid with the boot upgrade.
So far, Stormraider’s has landed a bit weak, so we’re giving it a bit of a tap up.
– One of our goals with the Dusk and Dawn changes was to help differentiate it a bit from Lich Bane.
We think we can give Lich Bane a bit of an upwards adjustment to further differentiate – Will talk about champions tomorrow.
Apex Ranked (reset regions)
Apex MMR’s settle for another patch before re-evaluating whether or not duo should be re-enabled Have investigated several of the “Emeralds in Masters lobbies” cases, they have so far fallen into:
1. A player who didn’t play much prior to the reset, so they are still starting from Emerald (as if they were playing in the early days of 2026).
2. A person who is climbing a fresh account and has a really high winrate (and close to Masters); though a reminder that this is not faster to climb than playing on your main.
3. An Emerald (or multiple) duoing with another Emerald or Diamond player (especially Diamond player with a high MMR) – So far, I haven’t seen anything broken about these games; they are typically fair both MMR and LP wise, even if visual ranks look a bit off.
We’ll update this post with more details of the 26.10 patch as Riot releases them.