Official Patch 26.14 Notes Summary and Rundown!

Pandemonium's Patch 26.14 is here, and it's mostly a mid-lane shakeup with a Locke follow-up nerf and a T1 championship skin wave dropping alongside it. Corki, Mordekaiser, Nami, and Yunara all get real power added back in, while Garen, Jayce, Locke, Senna, and Seraphine get reeled in after strong showings. Azir doesn't get numbers touched at all. Riot instead fixed a pile of item/rune interaction bugs that were quietly underselling him. Blue Buff also picks up scaling Ability Haste to matter more in the late-game jungle, and ARAM/Arena both get their usual pass of augment and champion tuning.

Patch Notes Summary Rundown

Patch 26.14: Pandemonium

Season 16

Buffs: Corki, Mordekaiser, Nami, Yunara
Nerfs: Garen, Jayce, Locke, Senna, Seraphine
Tweaks: Azir

Champions

Azir (Tweak)

No stat changes here. This is a bug-fix pass aimed at "fixing impactful bugs and changing some rune interactions" rather than direct numbers.

W - Arise!

Scorch, Liandry's Torment, Blackfire Torch, and Hextech Alternator now deal 100% damage on-hit (was 50%)
Conqueror applies 2 stacks on-hit (was 1)
Press the Attack now applies to the primary target hit

R - Emperor's Divide

Now knocks back jungle monsters

Corki (Buff)

Aimed at giving Corki "more firepower…later in the game" and leaning into his spell-weaving missile fantasy.

Base Stats

Attack Damage Growth: 2 ⇒ 2.5

R - Missile Barrage

Remaining Recharge Time Reduction from Autos: 2–4s (based on crit chance) ⇒ 2–6s

Garen (Nerf)

Garen's "dishing out too much justice" and takes a direct hit to his ultimate's true damage.

R - Demacian Justice

True Damage: 150/250/350 (+25/30/35% missing health) ⇒ 125/200/275 (+25/30/35% missing health)

Jayce (Nerf)

Adjustments to trim "speediness and high durability while preserving what makes him fun" after a strong run at high ranks.

Passive - Hextech Capacitor

Bonus Move Speed: 40 ⇒ 30

R - Mercury Hammer

Bonus Armor and Magic Resist: 5/15/25/35 (+7.5% bonus AD) ⇒ 5/12/19/26 (+7.5% bonus AD)

Locke (Nerf)

Post-release tuning "to open up more counterplay by reducing how long he can pressure with his Q" and to cut down his healing.

Q - Ritual Nails

Nail Recast Hold Time: 5s ⇒ 4s
Nail Damage: 50/60/70/80/90 ⇒ 50/58/66/74/82
Mark Base Bonus Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 ⇒ 18/26/34/42/50

W - Soul Ignition

Damage Taken Grey Health Cap: 40/80/120/160/200 ⇒ 40/70/100/130/160

Mordekaiser (Buff)

Rewards land Grasp harder, leaning further into the Lord of Death's 1:1 fantasy.

E - Death's Grasp

Damage: 60/75/90/105/120 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+45% AP)

R - Realm of Death

Stat Steal: 10% ⇒ 13%

Nami (Buff)

Nami has struggled since the Mandate changes, and this buff helps her "make a bigger splash."

E - Tidecaller's Blessing

Damage per Hit: 20/30/40/50/60 ⇒ 20/35/50/65/80

Senna (Nerf)

This trims passive and scaling power as she stacks souls, hitting bot lane Senna harder than support Senna.

Passive - Absolution

Critical Strike Damage Modifier: 85% ⇒ 80%

Q - Piercing Darkness

AP Slow Ratio: 10% per 100 AP ⇒ 7% per 100 AP
AP Healing Ratio: 50% AP ⇒ 35% AP

Seraphine (Nerf)

Tuned down after becoming "one of the bot lane headliners." No Q hitbox changes planned for now.

Q - High Note

AP Ratio: 50% AP ⇒ 40% AP

Yunara (Buff)

Scaling buff to help her "find more balance later in the game."

Base Stats

Attack Damage Growth: 2.5 ⇒ 3

Items

Immortal Path

Cutting output on mid picks while keeping it "worth building."

Damage Increase (above 50% max HP): 5% ⇒ 4%
Healing/Shielding/Regen Increase (below 50% max HP): 15% ⇒ 12%

Protoplasm Harness

"Overperforming across the board," so this pass reduces early single-item spike power.

Cost: 2500 ⇒ 2600
Bonus Health: 200–300 ⇒ 100–300
Healing: 200–400 ⇒ 100–400

Hextech Rocketbelt

It was too popular on immobile mages, so these changes push it toward AP bruisers while keeping its traditional core users viable.

Build Path: Hextech Alternator + Fiendish Codex + Amplifying Tome + 300g ⇒ Hextech Alternator + Kindlegem + Ruby Crystal + 350g
Active Cooldown: 40s ⇒ 50s
Ability Power: 70 ⇒ 60
Health: 300 ⇒ 350

Systems

Blue Buff

"In a world where the impact of mana in the jungle has been degraded over time, we want Blue to have more reasons to be prioritized."

Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 10/15/20 (levels 1/6/11)

SR Ranked: Season 2 End

Season 2 ends at midnight on July 28. Season 3 starts July 29 at noon local server time, once Patch 26.15 rolls out. Ranked Solo/Flex queues and shard transfers will be down during the changeover, and the Victorious mission (15 ranked wins) refreshes for the new season.

ARAM: Mayhem

This pass targets "high frustration Augments," buffs a few underperformers, and tweaks the Augment RNG system, which had been "offering the same kinds of Augments too often."

Dimension Shift

Cooldown: 108s ⇒ 75s
AD/AP: 25–100 ⇒ 35–150
Health: 200–1000 ⇒ 300–1500
New: now deals 1 damage to structures

Poro Stampede

Time Between Spawns: 35–20s ⇒ 25–15s
Base Damage: 50–100 ⇒ 100–200

Squishy Slappy Grab

Shield per Slappee: 25–75 ⇒ 35–150

Overkill

New: now executes if accumulated damage would kill

Dropkick

Base Value: 5% ⇒ 4%
Bonus AD Scaling: 0.035% ⇒ 0.055%
Bonus Health Scaling: 0.002% ⇒ 0.0001%

Tooth Fairy

Penetration per Tooth: 4 ⇒ 3

Infernal Conduit

No longer reduces cooldowns when affecting non-champions

Stackosaurus Rex

Will not affect augment or item effects

ARAM Bugfixes

Fixed Divine Domain granting infinite Attack Range
Fixed Combusting Interest not granting gold for DoT effects (Darius, Teemo, Twitch)
Fixed Smolder being offered Combusting Interest
Fixed It's Go Time not granting bonus move speed with Yi's E, Ashe's Q, Twitch's Q
Fixed High Roller sometimes failing to drop Anvils
Fixed Drop Bear dying immediately after spawning
Fixed re-selecting another active summoner after Shark Tempest and SnowBomb
Fixed Pursuit of Haste being offered to Yasuo E

Arena

Focused on "buffing underperformers across the board," plus a new Jeweled Gauntlet/Vulnerability crit interaction and burn tags added to several Augments.

Champion Changes

Ambessa: Q1 AD Ratio 60% ⇒ 45%; Q2 AD Ratio 90% ⇒ 70%
Gragas: Passive Heal Ratio 3.5% ⇒ 5.5%; E Base Damage 80–220 ⇒ 80–260
Heimerdinger: Q Beam Base Damage 30–90 ⇒ 40–120; Beam AP Ratio 45% ⇒ 55%
Illaoi: Q Passive Tentacle Damage Amp 4%–20% ⇒ 10%–30%
Kled: Passive Mount Cooldown 15 ⇒ 12; bugfix: Power Flowers now correctly grants courage
Locke: Q Cooldown 10–6 ⇒ 8.5–4.5; E Cooldown 10 ⇒ 8; E2 AP Ratio 0.4 ⇒ 0.65; R Cooldown 120–80 ⇒ 90–60
Quinn: Passive Harrier Cooldown 7s–2.56s ⇒ 5s–1.83s; E Cooldown 12–8 ⇒ 10–6
Rakan: Q Base Damage 70–250 ⇒ 95–275
Samira: R Damage 10/20/30 ⇒ 15/30/45
Skarner: E Move Distance Post-Grab 675 ⇒ 1000; R Base Damage 250–450 ⇒ 350–550; Move Speed While Active 40% ⇒ 60%
Swain: R Demonic Power/sec While Draining 20 ⇒ 25; Power Lost 10 ⇒ 15; Amped Power Lost After 5s 15 ⇒ 20
Yorick: Q Missing Health Ratio 3%–7% ⇒ 6%–10%; R Maiden Health Modifier 70% ⇒ 100%
Zoe: Passive AP Ratio 35% ⇒ 40%; Q AP Ratio 0.6–1.5 ⇒ 0.7–1.75; W Damage per Bolt 15–55 ⇒ 20–80; R Cooldown 11–5 ⇒ 8–2

Item Changes

New: Wildfire now counts as a burn effect
Phantom Dancer: Move Speed 8%–10% ⇒ 10%; Attack Speed 60% ⇒ 65%
Kraken Slayer: Attack Speed 35% ⇒ 40%
Navori Flickerblade: Attack Speed 35% ⇒ 40%
Rapid Firecannon: Attack Speed 30% ⇒ 35%

Augment Changes

Divine Intervention: new Hexbolt interaction (cooldown −2s on trigger); Max Level capstone now triggers even while already invulnerable; new Quantum Computing interaction (multicasts, 0.25s delay, 3.5s invuln cap)
Jeweled Gauntlet & Vulnerability: bugfix for both preventing spell crits; new Double Tap interaction (5s per-spell cooldown); new Critical Rhythm interaction (4s per-spell cooldown)
Twin Fire: disabled
Collector (Upgrade): Execute Threshold Lvl 1: 0.75 (16.25%) ⇒ 0.5 (12.5%); Lvl 2: 1.25 (23.75%) ⇒ 1 (20%)

Parental Controls

Riot is adding optional parental permissions that limit text/voice chat, block friend requests, and hide the social panel friends list, managed through the account control page once a parent email is connected.

Summoner's Rift Clash: MSI Cup

Registration Begins: July 13, 11:00 AM local time
Tournament Dates: July 18–19 (roughly 4–7 PM local time, varies by region)

T1 2025 Worlds Winners Skins

Championship skins for T1's Worlds three-peat arrive this patch: T1 Ambessa, T1 Xin Zhao, T1 Galio, T1 Yunara, T1 Seraphine (1350 RP each), plus MVP T1 Miss Fortune (1820 RP). Signature Bundles include the skin, icon/border, ward skin, elite chroma, and an exclusive emote; the Megabundle adds a Golden Team Icon, a Worlds Winner lobby banner, and a "Three-peat, 1 Dynasty" title. Individual skins are available until Patch 26.23; MVP Miss Fortune and the other Epic skins enter the Mythic/Loot pool with the first 2027 patch. Five standard chromas are available per skin (Ruby is bundle-exclusive), and the "Together as 1" Nexus finisher is available for 250 Mythic Essence for two patches.

T1 Galio, T1 Xin Zhao, T1 Seraphine, T1 Ambessa, and T1 Yunara Worlds skins

Bugfixes & QoL

A buff-bar cleanup trims low-signal clutter: redundant buffs are removed, item buffs move to the inventory display, lower-impact effects show less prominently, and very short debuffs (~0.25s) no longer flash up at all.