LoL Patch Notes 26.11

Notes published May 27, 2026, live on servers May 28, 2026

Buffs 5

Nerfs 3

Adjusteds 1

Also in this patch

Pride 2026 Ranked Leaderboards In Client Role Quest Adjustments Support Adjustments Items Runes ARAM: Mayhem ARAM Arena Bugfixes & QoL Changes Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Pride 2026

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Ranked Leaderboards In Client

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Role Quest Adjustments

Mid Role Quest

Bonus AD and AP: 6% ⇒ 8%

Support Adjustments

Summon AeryNerf

Shielding: 30 - 100 (Levels 1 - 18) (+10% bonus AD) (+5% AP) ⇒ 20 - 100 (Levels 1 - 18) (+10% bonus AD) (+5% AP)

AftershockBuff

Armor and MR: 35 (+80% bonus) ⇒ 45 (+75% bonus)

GuardianBuff

Cooldown: 90 - 40 (Level 1 - 18) ⇒ 75 - 40 (Level 1 - 18)
Shield: 45 - 180 (+25% AP) (+5% bonus HP) ⇒ 40 - 150 (+20% AP) (+6% bonus HP)

Dream MakerNerf

Blue Bubble Damage Reduction: 75 - 255 (Level 1 - 18) ⇒ 50 - 194 (Level 1 - 18)
Blue Bubble Damage Reduction: Damage reduction affects the next non-0 instance of damage, regardless of how large it is ⇒ Damage reduction affects the next non-0 damage cast source (temporal carry-over)
Purple Bubble Damage: 50 - 170 (Level 1 - 18) ⇒ 40 - 160 (Level 1 - 18)
Purple Bubble Damage: Damage triggers on hit, or on certain abilities / items ⇒ Damage triggers on next damaging attack or ability, reduced for AoE effects (i.e. Nami E)

Moonstone RenewerNerf

Fixed various bugs, including no longer double dipping on both heal / shield power and Grievous Wounds / Shield Reaver
Bounces now prioritize lower health allies

Imperial MandateBuff

Build Path: Fiendish Codex (850g) + Bandleglass Mirror (900g) + 500g = 2250g ⇒ Blasting Wand (850g) + Bandleglass Mirror (900g) + 650g = 2400g
Ability Power: 60 ⇒ 65
Ability Haste: 20 ⇒ 15
Mana Regen: 125% ⇒ 150%
REMOVED Unique - Coordinated Fire
NEW Unique - Control: Gain 15 Ability Haste for your abilities with Immobilizing effects
NEW Unique - Command: On immobilizing an enemy champion, mark them as 6% Vulnerable for 4s (Vulnerable enemies take % increased damage)

Echoes of HeliaNerf

Damage Stored: 35% ⇒ 30%

Locket of the Iron SolariBuff

Armor and Magic Resist: 25 ⇒ 30

Knight’s VowBuff

Damage Redirection: 12% ⇒ 14%
Heal: 10% ⇒ 12%

Zeke’s ConvergenceAdjusted

Frostfire Tempest: Triggers on Ult cast ⇒ Readies on Ult cast for the next 5 seconds, triggering the moment an enemy champion gets within the range or after 5 seconds

Damage Per Tick, Per Grub: 3 / 9 / 12 || 1.5 / 4.5 / 6 ⇒ 4 / 12 / 16 || 2 / 6 / 8
Summoned Voidmite HP: 60% of Melee Minion ⇒ 100% of Melee Minion

Champions

BrandNerf

Base Stats

Base Armor: 27 ⇒ 24

DianaBuff

Base Stats

Monster Damage: 230% ⇒ 270%

W - Pale Cascade

Bonus Health: 9% ⇒ 11%

EkkoBuff

Passive - Z-Drive Resonance

Per-Enemy Cooldown: 5 seconds ⇒ 4 seconds

HeimerdingerBuff

Q - H-28G Evolution Turret

Turret Attack Range: 530 ⇒ 550
Turret Vision Range: 585 ⇒ 650
NEW Turret Range: Turrets now gain 50 additional range against minions if nothing else is in range

E - CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade

Vision of target location: 1 second ⇒ 1.25 seconds

KassadinBuff

Q - Null Sphere

Cooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 ⇒ 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7

W - Nether Blade

Base Magic Damage: 20 (+10% AP) ⇒ 25 (+10% AP)

QuinnBuff

Passive - Harrier

Monster Damage: 50 ⇒ 75

Q - Blinding Assault

Monster Damage: 150% ⇒ 200%

SmolderNerf

Passive - Dragon Practice

Bonus Magic Damage on Q: 40% * (1 + (Crit Chance *.5 * (1 + Bonus Crit Damage)) of Passive stacks (60% at 100% Crit, 66% if you have IE) ⇒ 25% * (1 + (Crit Chance * 1.2 * (1 + Bonus Crit Damage)) of Passive stacks
Bonus Magic Damage on E: 12% of Passive stacks ⇒ 8% * (1 + (Crit Chance * .6 * (1 + Bonus Crit Damage)) of Passive stacks

TeemoNerf

Base Stats

Armor Growth: 4.95 per level ⇒ 4.5 per level

E - Toxic Shot

On-hit/Poison per tick scaling: (+10% bonus AD/+20% bonus AD) ⇒ (+5% bonus AD/+10% bonus AD)

Xin ZhaoAdjusted

Passive - Determination

Bonus Damage: 15 / 30 / 45 / 60% Bonus AD (Levels 1 / 6 / 11 / 16) ⇒ 15 / 30 / 45 / 60% Bonus AD (+5 / 10 / 15 / 20% AP) (Levels 1 / 6 / 11 / 16)
Heal Amount: 3 / 4 / 5% Max HP (+50 / 65 / 90% AP) (Levels 1 / 6 / 11) ⇒ 3 / 4 / 5% Max HP (+45 / 55 / 80% AP) (Levels 1 / 6 / 11)

Items

Experimental HexplateAdjusted

Overdrive: On ulting, 50% bonus AS and 20% bonus MS for 8 seconds ⇒ Ranged: 35% bonus AS and 14% bonus MS for 8 seconds (unchanged for melee)

HeartsteelBuff

Damage To Permanent Health Conversion Rate: 8% ⇒ 10%

Statikk ShivBuff

Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 45

Runes

Deathfire TouchAdjusted

Damage: Adaptive based on the user's AD vs AP ⇒ Magic Damage

ARAM: Mayhem

Champions

Gwen

Damage Dealt: 102% ⇒ 100%

Vayne

Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Xayah

Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
AS Scaling: +3% ⇒ 0%

Kalista

Damage Dealt: 110% ⇒ 105%
Damage Taken: 90% ⇒ 95%

Fizz

Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%
Tenacity: 10% ⇒ 0%

Tristana

Damage Dealt: 105% ⇒ 100%
Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Twitch

Damage Taken: 95% ⇒ 100%

Smolder

Damage Taken: 102% ⇒ 100%

Varus

Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Samira

Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Fiddlesticks

Damage Dealt: 95% ⇒ 100%
Damage Taken: 105% ⇒ 100%

Bugfixes

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Fixed a bug where Graves would deal obscene amounts of damage with Marksmage.
Fixed a bug where Veil of Warding went on cooldown on respawn.
Fixed a bug where Viego could be unable to complete Icathia's Fall if he possessed an enemy with the quest.
Fixed Phenomenal Evil not granting 40 AP if chosen after the first Augment.
Fixed Ashe Q not apply Marksmage.
Fixed Smolder Q being unable to be cast during E with certain Augments.
Fixed Aurelion Sol not being properly charged double mana for his Q with Overflow.
Demon's Dance no longer grants health based on Stat Anvils instead of just Augments.
Fixed a bug where Poros from Poro Blaster could see into Brush.
Fixed a bug where if your snowball Augments were removed by Pandora's box, your snowball cooldown would be drastically longer than intended.
Fixed a bug where you could overwrite Clown College's summoner spell if you used Snowball while selecting it.
Fixed a bug where Neeko could not activate Ultimate Awakening if she ulted while disguised as a non-champion.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade: Thornmail allowed you to buy unlimited Thornmails.
Fixed a bug where Jax W would not trigger Marksmage.
Fixed a bug where Stuck in Here With Me triggered on Aatrox's death while using R.
Fixed a bug where Ezreal Q did not trigger Typhoon.
Fixed a bug where Illaoi E scaled with Minionmancer.

ARAM

Champions

Qiyana

Ability Haste: 0 ⇒ 20

Arena

Augments

Laser Eyes

Damage ramping fall-off after not looking at a target: 0.3s ⇒ 0.6s

Contract Killer

Damage Amp: 20% / 30% ⇒ 15%
Gold Amp: 150 ⇒ 150 / 200

Bounce of the Poro King

Cooldown: 75s ⇒ 30s

Dashing

Ability Haste: 200 / 275 / 350 ⇒ 200 / 325
Max levels: 3 ⇒ 2

Deft

Attack Speed: 0% / 75% / 120% ⇒ 60% / 80% / 130%

Despoil

Curse per dash: 2 ⇒ 5

Curse Augments

Curse cap per curse Augment: 20 ⇒ 10

Donation

Gold Granted: 1750 ⇒ 2000

Get Excited!

Buff duration: 6s ⇒ 8s
Attack Speed: 15% ⇒ 30 / 60%

Kill Secured

Movement speed: 60% ⇒ 100%

Quest: Icathia's Fall

Bami's Cinder HP: 150 ⇒ 550
Void Immolation burn: 2.5% ⇒ 4%

Lightning Strikes

Attack Speed increase: 15% / 25% ⇒ 20% / 30%

Shrink Engine

Stacks lost on death: 50% / 0% ⇒ 25% / 0%
Haste per stack: 8 ⇒ 8 / 10
Movement Speed per stack: 10% ⇒ 1% / 1.5%

Sonic Boom

Radius: 450 / 700 ⇒ 500
Slow Duration: 2 / 3 ⇒ 1.5
Slow Amount: 30% ⇒ 30 / 60

Upgrade Hubris

Heal per stack: 1% ⇒ 3%

Clothesline

Lv2 HP Ratio: 7.5% ⇒ 6.5%
AP Ratio: 7% ⇒ 6%
AD Ratio: 9% ⇒ 8%

Crack Open That Egg

Damage multiplier: 100% / 200% ⇒ 100% / 150%

Big Dragon Energy

Damage multiplier: 200% ⇒ 150%

Magic Missile

Level 2 Base Missile count: 5 ⇒ 3

Magical Girl

Initial Star Land Time: 15s ⇒ 20s

Nesting Doll

Revive HP: 80% ⇒ 70%

Phenomenal Evil

Max level: 2 ⇒ 3

Protein Shake

Conversion Rate: 35% ⇒ 25%
Heal Shield Power: 25 ⇒ 15

Zealot

Attack speed: 35% ⇒ 25%
Crit chance: 25% ⇒ 12.5%

Champions

Kalista

Q Total AD ratio: 135% ⇒ 105%
E AD Ratio per Additional Stack: 15 - 35% ⇒ 20% - 50%

Warwick

E CD: 18 - 14 ⇒ 15 - 11
R Base Damage: 175 / 300 / 425 ⇒ 175 / 350 / 525

Karthus

R cooldown: 60 ⇒ 120 / 100 / 80
AP Ratio: 100% ⇒ 90%

Master Yi

R Duration: 7 ⇒ 5
Refresh Duration: 7 ⇒ 5
Cooldown refund: 70% ⇒ 50%

Soraka

Q Heal AP ratio: 45% ⇒ 30%
Q Cooldown: 5 ⇒ 9 - 5

Swain

R Health per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 15 / 22.5
R Damage per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 12.5 / 17.5

Systems

Combo Breaker

CC trigger window: 4 seconds ⇒ 3 seconds

Bulwark Blossom

No longer receives additional damage from on hit effects

Items

Diamond-Tipped Spear

Attack speed: 30% ⇒ 40%

Hexbolt Companion

Attack speed: 75% ⇒ 50%
Movespeed: 4% ⇒ 6%
REMOVED Health: Removed
Attack Damage: 70

Hexoptics C44

AD: 50 ⇒ 55
Buff duration: 10s ⇒ 15s

Immortal Shieldbow

Shield: 400-700 ⇒ 400 - 1000

Infinity Edge

Crit Damage Multiplier: 40% ⇒ 30%
Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 75

Statik Shiv

Damage: 60 ⇒ 80 – 160

Kinkou Jitte

Kraken Slayer

AD: 40 ⇒ 50

Locket of the Iron Solari

Shield Amount: 600 - 1200 ⇒ 300 - 900

Mikael's Blessing

Heal & Shield Power: 16% ⇒ 12%

Redemption

Heal & Shield Power: 16% ⇒ 12%

Stormrazor

Damage: 100 ⇒ 100 – 250
Movement speed duration: 1.5s ⇒ 2s

Terminus

Attack speed: 25% ⇒ 40%

Wit's End

Magic Resist: 40-45

Wordless Promise

AP Share: 20% ⇒ 15%
AH Share: 20% ⇒ 15%
Cooldown: 10 ⇒ 60
Heal & Shield Power: 25% ⇒ 15%

Dawncore

Heal & Shield Power: 16% ⇒ 12%

Guest of Honors

Kayle: Divine Ascent

Gold Gain: 1000 ⇒ 1500
Final Reward (round 10) random augment level: 1 ⇒ 2

New Nilah: Joyful Delight

Reduce the price of Legendary Item Anvils by 500 gold
While hotstreaking, gain bonus rerolls

New Vayne: Tools of the Hunt

Gain from a select few "tool" augments

New Yone: Inner Demon

Vote for your team to ally with the demons or demon hunters
Hunters gain gold whenever they defeat a demon team
Demons gain an augment level whenever a hunter team is eliminated

Bugfixes

Fixed a bug where Chauffeur was spawning players near the enemy team
Fixed Fulmination
Fixed a bug where Mutation augments transforming into Stats on Stats (on Stats (on Stats)) will allow players to stack Shardholder bonuses
Fixed a bug where Gamba Anvil was not reducing the cost of Stat Anvils correctly
Fixed a bug where Chain Lightnings didn't have VFX
Fixed a bug where Upgrade: Collector was not increasing execution threshold
Fixed a bug where the cost of Prismatic Items was increasing when Viego possesses an enemy going into the next shopping round
Fixed a bug where Despoil was granting stacks when casting a dash or blink next to the Guest of Honor podium if a Guest of Honor is active
Fixed a bug where Garen's Judgement (E) wasn't applying stacks for Weighted Popoffs
Fixed a bug where buying and refunding Ravenous Greaves was granting stack per refund

Bugfixes & QoL Changes

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Fixed a bug where supports could not undo after purchasing a control ward.
Fixed a bug where the jungle pet would miss attacks against Red team's mini krugs.
Fixed a bug where Shaco would break stealth after cancelling an auto attack during Q.
Fixed a bug where Milio's W extended range indicator was missing.
Fixed a bug where Elise would retain her Spider E spell if she died during the spell cast.
Fixed a bug where Kindred's unique run animation would not play while slowed.
Fixed a bug where Gluttonous Greaves and Immortal path were named charges instead of stacks when pinged.
Fixed a bug where Rapid Firecannon and Stormrazor wouldn't trigger from ability damage until it was triggered by an attack at least once.
Fixed a bug where Sylas respawns as Shyvana in Dragon Form when dying while polymorphed.
Fixed a bug where Shadowflame may not amplify certain on hit effects.
Fixed a bug where Nami R dealt double damage to targets right next to Nami.
Fixed a bug where Lucian's unique high attack animations were failing to play.
Returned Seraphine Q to a center check when determining hitbox.
Fixed bugs in the Blue Essence Emporium that caused us to disable the purchase of Mystery Icons and Mystery Wards.
[WASD] Further improvements have been made to auto attacking. Controls are more responsive when champions start and stop auto attacking the same target, or when frequently stepping in and out of range of the same target.
[WASD] Once the control scheme change time limit has passed, players will no longer be able to swap control schemes even if they have not yet changed their control scheme during the game.
[WASD] Fixed a bug where it was difficult to reset your auto attack with Master Yi's Meditate.
[WASD] Fixed a bug that caused clamp casting to be applied when it shouldn't be for items like ward trinkets and Redemption. This matches the behavior in Point and Click.
Adjustments have been made to improve clamp casting. Players will no longer walk slightly backwards when casting with clamp casting enabled. Point and Click players will experience faster casting, and WASD players will experience more consistent casting.
Fixed several issues where players wouldn't receive consolation LP when they were supposed to for terminated matches, AFKs, verified disruptive behavior, etc.