Patch 26.15 Tier List Predictions

League of Legends Solo Queue Tier Lists for Patch 26.15:

Patch 26.15 hits two of the five champions sitting at the very top of their role, and both cuts look deep enough to move them. Locke takes the heaviest package in the patch and should give up the mid lane crown to Fizz, while Mordekaiser loses the ultimate that carried him and hands top lane to Shen and a returning Garen. Support moves too, though not because of the notes: with mages taking over the bot lane, we expect Janna to give up her God Tier slot to Leona. Jungle and bot lane came through almost untouched and should hold.

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Official Patch 26.15 Notes Summary and Rundown!

Patch 26.15 is the big one. Season 3 starts, the permanent League of Legends Classic mode goes live, and Aegis of Valor stops cushioning losses and starts paying out for wins instead. Bel'Veth gets a real rework pass that pulls power out of her early invades and pushes it into her stacking late game, while Locke, Mordekaiser, Naafiri, Riven, and Sylas all get reined in. Alistar, Kai'Sa, Maokai, Volibear, and Zac pick up buffs. ARAM: Mayhem also gets a systemic overhaul so champion damage modifiers finally apply to item and Augment damage, and Arena caps a pile of Augments at two levels instead of three.

Patch Notes Summary Rundown

Patch 26.15: Season 3 Kickoff

Season 16

Patch 26.15 is the big one. Season 3 starts, the permanent League of Legends Classic mode goes live, and Aegis of Valor stops cushioning losses and starts paying out for wins instead. Bel'Veth gets a real rework pass that pulls power out of her early invades and pushes it into her stacking late game, while Locke, Mordekaiser, Naafiri, Riven, and Sylas all get reined in. Alistar, Kai'Sa, Maokai, Volibear, and Zac pick up buffs. ARAM: Mayhem also gets a systemic overhaul so champion damage modifiers finally apply to item and Augment damage, and Arena caps a pile of Augments at two levels instead of three.

Buffs: Alistar, Kai'Sa, Maokai, Volibear, Zac
Nerfs: Locke, Mordekaiser, Naafiri, Riven, Sylas
Tweaks: Bel'Veth

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Caitlyn Counters | Best Counter Champions Picks and Strategy to Beat Caitlyn

Being poked for ten straight minutes by someone who never has to step forward is its own particular misery, and Caitlyn is the champion who does it best.

It is her range and her safety that make the lane exhausting, and the champions who beat her are the ones that refuse to play the poke war on her terms at all.

Check out our top Caitlyn counters below for more information on how to beat her!

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Shaco Counters | Best Counter Champions Picks and Strategy to Beat Shaco

Shaco is one of the most exhausting junglers in the game to play against, and almost nobody who dreads him could explain what he actually does to win.

That is the trick. Shaco wins by making the map feel unsafe rather than by out-fighting anyone, and once you know where his cooldowns and his boxes are, he stops being scary and starts being a jungler with 125 attack range.

Check out our top Shaco counters below for more information on how to beat him!

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Mel Counters | Best Counter Champions Picks and Strategy to Beat Mel

Mel is thoroughly unpleasant to be hit by and she still does not win games, which is the single most useful thing to know before you queue into her.

That gap is the whole story of this matchup. Players dread Mel because her kit is miserable to be hit by, not because she is winning games, and the champions that punish her do it by attacking the parts of her kit she cannot change.

Check out our top Mel counters below for more information on how to beat her!

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Top Team Comps #131: Jumped (Veigar, Syndra, Nautilus, Vi & Camille)

If you have ever wanted to bully one specific person in an inhouse until they rage quit, this is the team comp built to do exactly that. Every ultimate on the roster locks onto a single target instead of an area, so pick your victim in champ select and go to work.

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Is Cull Worth It in Lol or Just Overrated?

Cull pays back exactly what it costs, which means the entire argument comes down to one number almost nobody actually calculates.

The case against Cull is that you hand over 450 gold, farm 100 minions to get 450 gold back, and end up gaining almost nothing while your real item spike arrives minutes later. That argument is half right, and the half that's wrong is the part everyone repeats.

We ran the full ledger on Patch 26.14. Here's what the numbers actually say.

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Fastest Way to Level 30 in League of Legends: XP Per Game, Best Modes & Boosts

Getting a fresh account to level 30 takes roughly 40,000 account XP, and almost every guide still tells you to farm bot games and log in for your daily win. Both of those are wrong in 2026. Here is what actually moves the needle, with the real numbers behind it.

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Faker: The Unkillable Demon King, Explained

Type "faker" into Google and before you even hit enter, the results page politely suggests you probably meant "the unkillable demon king." That is not a joke someone slipped into the algorithm. It is the honest, current state of League of Legends esports: one player has become the search engine's autocomplete for greatness.

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