LoL Patch Notes 26.12

Notes published June 9, 2026, live on servers June 10, 2026

Buffs 7

Jax

Nerfs 6

Adjusteds 1

Also in this patch

Normal Draft Queue Availability Apex Duo Restrictions Honor in Social Panel Systems ARAM: Mayhem Arena Bugfixes & QoL Changes Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Normal Draft Queue Availability

Riot explains this one in its notes: Normal Draft Queue Availability on leagueoflegends.com.

Apex Duo Restrictions

Riot explains this one in its notes: Apex Duo Restrictions on leagueoflegends.com.

Riot explains this one in its notes: Honor in Social Panel on leagueoflegends.com.

Champions

AatroxBuff

Q - The Darkin Blade

Sweet Spot Bonus Damage: 70 ⇒ 75

GwenBuff

Q - Snip Snip!

Base Damage Per Snip: 10/13.5/17/20.5/24 ⇒ 10/14/18/22/26

E -Skip 'n Slash

Bonus Attack Speed: 20/35/50/65/80% ⇒ 30/42.5/55/67.5/80%

HweiBuff

Q - Subject: Disaster

QQ Damage: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+70% AP) (+3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7% Target Max HP) ⇒ 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+80% AP) (+3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7% Target Max HP)
QW Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+25% AP), increased to up to 120 / 201.875 / 302.5 / 421.875 / 560 (+50 / 59.375 / 68.75 / 78.125 / 87.5% AP) ⇒ 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+30% AP), increased to up to 120 / 201.875 / 302.5 / 421.875 / 560 (+60 / 71.25 / 82.5 / 93.75 / 105% AP)
QE Slow: 30% ⇒ 35%

E - Subject: Torment

Cooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11s ⇒ 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s

JaxBuff

Q - Leap Strike

Mana Cost: 65 ⇒ 50

E - Counter Strike

Target Max Health Damage: 3.5% minimum damage / 7% maximum damage ⇒ 4% minimum damage / 8% maximum damage

Lee SinNerf

Base Stats

AD Growth: 3.7 ⇒ 3.4

Q1 - Sonic Wave

Damage: 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 (+95% bonus AD) ⇒ 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+90% bonus AD)

Q2 - Resonating Strike

Damage: 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 (+95% bonus AD) ⇒ 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+90% bonus AD)

NocturneNerf

Q - Duskbringer

Damage: 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 / 245 ⇒ 65 / 105 / 145 / 185 / 225

OriannaNerf

Base Stats

Base Health: 585 ⇒ 565

Passive - Clockwork Windup

Damage Increase Per Stack: 20% ⇒ 15%

R - Command: Shockwave

Damage: 250/400/550 (+95% AP) ⇒ 225/350/475 (+110% AP)

RyzeNerf

Base Stats

Base Health: 645 ⇒ 620
Base AD: 58 ⇒ 55

SylasBuff

Q - Chain Lash

Initial Damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+40% AP) ⇒ 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+45% AP)

W - Kingslayer

Heal Amount: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+20% AP) (+5% Sylas' Bonus HP), increased by up to 100% based on Sylas' missing health ⇒ 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+30% AP) (+5% Sylas' Bonus HP), increased by up to 100% based on Sylas' missing health

SyndraBuff

Base Stats

Base Health: 563 ⇒ 583

Q - Dark Sphere

Damage: 80-220 (+65% AP) ⇒ 90-230 (+70% AP)

TristanaNerf

Base Stats

AD Growth: 2.9 ⇒ 3.4

Q - Rapid Fire

Mana: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 ⇒ 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35

VarusAdjusted

Passive - Living Vengeance

On Non-Champ Kill AD and AP: 10% of his Total AS ⇒ 11% of his Total AS
On Champ Kill AD and AP: 25% of his Total AS ⇒ 33% of his Total AS
On Non-Champ Kill AS: +50% AS ⇒ +30% AS

Q - Piercing Arrow

Damage: 53.33 / 100 / 146.67 / 193.33 / 240 (+100% bonus AD) to 80 / 150 / 220 / 290 / 360 (+150% bonus AD) ⇒ 53.33 / 100 / 146.67 / 193.33 / 240 (+80% bonus AD) to 80 / 150 / 220 / 290 / 360 (+120% bonus AD)

W - Blighted Quiver

On-Hit Damage: 8 / 17 / 26 / 35 / 44 (+15% bonus AD) (+25% AP) ⇒ 4 / 13 / 22 / 31 / 40 (+15% bonus AD) (+25% AP)

Xin ZhaoNerf

Passive - Determination

Healing: 3 / 4 / 5% Max HP (+45 / 55 / 80% AP) ⇒ 2 / 3.5 / 5% Max HP (+40 / 50 / 70% AP)

W - Wind Becomes Lightning

Mana Cost: 60 / 55 / 50 / 45 / 40 ⇒ 60

E - Audacious Charge

Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 60

YuumiBuff

Passive - Feline Friendship

Heal Amount: 20 - 110 (+25% AP) (Levels 1 - 18) ⇒ 20 - 110 (+30% AP) (Levels 1 - 18)

E - Zoomies

Shield Amount: 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 (+30% AP) ⇒ 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 / 165 (+40% AP)

Systems

TeleportNerf

Max Health Shield: 30% for 30 seconds ⇒ 35% for 10 seconds

ARAM: Mayhem

What are Ability and Quest Augments?

For example: Quick Step – Casting your self-targeted AoE ability makes you dash forward (Yes, Garen E and Kennen R are very happy about this!)
Previously, Quest Augments only had a single unlock threshold, but in this update we're introducing multi-tier Quest Augments that can evolve multiple times into even stronger versions. Older Quest Augments, like Quest: Steel Your Heart, have also been updated with clearer visuals and requirement tracking in the UI.

What happened to the Trait System?

Earlier this year, we explored how Traits affected player choice and build variety. While some Trait effects, like High Roller and Archmage were very popular, the system also reduced variety in Augment decisions. To preserve the fun parts, we've converted some Trait bonuses into standalone Augments so you can still enjoy their fantasies without being locked into a full Trait.

Archmage - Gold
High Roller - Prismatic
Snowday - silver
Make it Rain >>> Yowch, My Coins! - Gold
Wee Woo Wee Woo - Gold
Stackosaurus Rex - Silver

What about other Augments?

Removed Augments

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Buff Buddies
Cerberus
Cheating
Crack Open That Egg
Demon's Dance
Executioner
Feel the Burn
Frost Wraith
Gash
Grandma Chili Oil
Hat on a Hat
Holy Fire
im a baby kitty
Keystone Conjurer
Laser Heal
Lightning Strikes
Poro Blaster
Poro King
Rabble Rousing
Red Envelopes
Repulsor
Restless Restoration
Self Destruct
Slow and Steady
Snowball Roulette
Speed Demon
The Brutalizer
Tormentor
Trailblazer
Trueshot Prodigy
Twice Thrice
Upgrade Cutlass
Upgrade Hubris
Upgrade Mikaels
Upgrade Thornmail
Void Rift
Watch Out! Cupcake!
Weighted Popoffs
Wind beneath blade

New Augments

Silver Augments

Adaptive Ward
Don't Change the Channel
Double Defense
Forged By The Master
It's Go Time
Pursuit of Power
Quest: Support Main
Siphon
Snowday
Stackosaurus Rex
Stay Resolute
Trusty Weapon

Gold Augments

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Archmage
BONK!
Combusting Interest
Endless Decimation
From Downtown
Hide on Bush
Lil' Extra Help
Mercy's Strike
Nature is Healing
Our Healing
Overextender
Pat On The Back
Porcupine
Pressure Cooker
Pursuit of Haste
Ravenous Bind
Rejuvenation
Shark Bait
Shark Tempest
Snowblast
Terrain'd
Tooth Fairy
Void Dash
Warlock Juicebox
Wee Woo Wee Woo
Yowch, My Coins!

Prismatic Augments

Chain Reaction
Dimension Shift
DropBear
Echo Cast
En Passant
Hellbent
High Roller
Multishot
One Trick Pony
Overloaded
Pin Cushion
Poro Stampede
Quickstep
Rite of Ascension
Spellsplit
Spirit Bomb
Squishy Slappy Grab
Surge Field
Terror
Titan's Resolve
Tripleshot

Augment Adjustments

Blade Waltz

Draw Your Sword

AD: 30% bonus increased up to 30% based on Attack Range (500-650) ⇒ 24% bonus increased up to 100% based on Attack Range (500-650)
AS: 25% bonus increased up to 30% based on Attack Range (500-650) ⇒ 20% bonus increased up to 100% based on Attack Range (500-650)
HP: 30% bonus increased up to 30% based on Attack Range (500-650) ⇒ 24% bonus increased up to 100% based on Attack Range (500-650)
MS: 25% bonus increased up to 30% based on Attack Range (500-650) ⇒ 20% bonus increased up to 100% based on Attack Range (500-650)

Spin Me Right Round

Grants 400 minimum attack range for those below it

Arena

Champions

Akali

R AP Ratio: 30% ⇒ 40%
R Cooldown: 120/90/60 ⇒ 90/75/60

Brand

Q Stun Duration: 1.75s ⇒ 1.5s
W Cooldown: 10s-8s ⇒ 12-10s

Karthus

Q (reverted to match SR) Base Damage: 60-140 ⇒ 40-116
Q Ability Power Ratio: 45% ⇒ 35%

Lillia

Q Movement Speed Per Stack: 3%-7% ⇒ 2%-6%

Nocturne

Passive Cooldown: 12 ⇒ 9s
W Cooldown: 20s-12s ⇒ 18-10s

Pyke

W Cooldown: 14s-10s ⇒ 12s-8s

Quinn

W Attack Speed: 30%-70% ⇒ 28-80%
W Cooldown: 20s-10s ⇒ 14s-10s

Talon

E Per Wall Cooldown: 26s-6s ⇒ 16s-0s

Items

Banshee's Veil

Cooldown: 40s ⇒ 20s

Decapitator

Stack generation now has a melee/ranged split.
Basic Attack: Melee - 2, Ranged - 1
Spell cast: Melee - 4, Ranged 3

Guardian Angel, Zhonya's Hourglass, Wooglet's Witchcap

Eclipse

Melee Shield Base Value: 250 ⇒ 300
Ranged Shield Base Value: 125 ⇒ 150

Edge of Night

Cooldown: 20s ⇒ 10s

Iceborn Gauntlet

Slow Amount: 25% ⇒ 30%
AoE Radius: Increased from 300 ⇒ 400
Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 15

Imperial Mandate

Matches the SR version

Kaenic Rookern

Out of Combat Timer: 15s ⇒ 10s

Maw of Malmortius

Cooldown: 30s ⇒ 20s

Seraph's Embrace

Cooldown: 45s ⇒ 30s

Opportunity

Out of Combat Timer: 4s ⇒ 3s

Profane Hydra

Cleave Melee Ratio: 40% ⇒ 60%
Cleave Ranged Ratio: 20% ⇒ 30%

Youmus's Ghostblade

Cooldown: 20s ⇒ 10s

Prowler's Claw

Cooldown: 25s ⇒ 15s

Serylda's Grudge

Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 50
Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 15
Slow Amount: 30% ⇒ 50%

Spectral Cutlass

Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
Cooldown: 15s ⇒ 5s

Sterak's Gage

Cooldown: 30s ⇒ 20s

Trinity Force

Health: 333 ⇒ 375
Attack Damage: 35 ⇒ 40

Voltaic Cyclosword

Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
Lethality: 18 ⇒ 20

Zeke's Convergence

Cooldown: 20s ⇒ 15s

Augments

Clown College

On-death True Damage is now Magic Damage

Dual Wield

On-Attack Damage Applied: 40% ⇒ 40%/50%/60%

Ethereal Weapon

Max level increased from 2 ⇒ 3
On hits at each level 1/2/3

Now You See Me

Cooldown 10s/5s ⇒ 5s/0.5s
Movespeed After Blink: 50% ⇒ 50%/75%

Scopiest Weapons

Ranged Values Increased: 75/125/175 ⇒ 90/135/180

Self Destruct

Timer: 15s ⇒ 13s

Stackosaurus Rex

Phenomenal Evil
Infinite Recursion
Tank Engine
Heart Steel
Hubris
Yun Tal Wild Arrows

Upgrade Collector

Max Level Execution Threshold: 2% ⇒ 1.5%

Disabled Augments

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Adamant
Bounce of the Poro King
Devil on Your Shoulder
Donation
Upgrade Hubris
Wind Beneath Blade

Map and System Changes

Petricite Grove

Removed the blast cone in the center left of the map
Bombs are now untargetable while rolling

Revives

If you are in a last player standing situation (1v3), you revive allies slightly quicker.

Vote Phase

Reduced the time it takes before the game checks if all players have voted from: 7s ⇒ 5s

Guests of Honor

Vayne

NEW Swindler's Orb: Grants 40% shield reaving on all damage done

Kindred

Wolf: Bonus HP 10% ⇒ 15%

Evelynn

Health is Set to 50 ⇒ 75

Yone

Hunter round win gold increased from 250 to 500

Swain

Removed from round 2

Nilah

Removed from round 8

Arena Bugfixes

Fixed a bug that was preventing certain on-hit items from hurting the Bulwark Blossom
Fixed a bug where Jeweled Gauntlet was not converting Ability Power from ADAPt into Crit Chance
Fixed a bug where Jeweled Gauntlet was not converting Ability Power from Adaptive Force into Crit Chance
Fixed a bug where abilities with dashes were still retaining the bonus Ability Haste after Dashing is removed
Fixed a bug where Trickster Demon was not being triggered on Jhin's Lotus Trap (E)
Fixed a bug where Bel'Veth attack speed cap was being erroneously set when equipped with augments that are supposed to uncap attack speed
Fixed a bug where Jinx's attack speed was being erroneously set when equipped with augments that are supposed to uncap attack speed when she triggers her Get Excited! Passive
Fixed a bug where players could still purchase Sunfire Aegis and Hollow Radiance after completing Quest: Icathia's Fall
Contract Killer Now correctly displays its capstone effect (mark an additional target) and gold increased when leveling this up.

Bugfixes & QoL Changes

Fixed a bug where the Helping Hand buff from certain starting items wasn't removed when sold or undone.
Fixed a bug where dying before smite upgraded at 45 seconds would keep Smite at one charge.
Fixed a bug where Rift Herald would deal magic damage to turrets instead of true damage if the champion driving it had more AP than AD.
Fixed a bug where abilities that don't CC but swapped to CC spells (Elise E, Leblanc R, etc.) gained Ability Haste from Imperial Mandate's Control passive.
Fixed a bug where Practice Tool keybinds would fail to save when using WASD Inputs in the Options Menu.
Fixed a bug where Elise's human form death animation was played when she died in Spider form.
Fixed several cases where Neeko would not play the proper homeguard run animation when disguised as Wukong with various skins.