LoL Patch Notes 26.15

AlistarBuff

Alistar has felt constrained ever since Mobility Boots and Symbiotic Soles left the game, and he's losing out in a meta that should favor roaming supports.

Base Stats

• Move Speed: 330 ⇒ 335

Bel'VethAdjusted

Riot wants Bel'Veth to stop living and dying by the early invade and start paying off as a late game scaling champion. Her Q at early levels now behaves more like a normal dueling ability instead of a free clear tool, and her stacking evolution carries far more of her power, up to a permanent True Form at 80 stacks.

Base Stats

• Attack Speed: 0.85 ⇒ 0.67
• Attack Speed Ratio: 0.85 ⇒ 0.67
• Attack Damage: 60 ⇒ 55
• Basic Attack Damage Modifier: 75% ⇒ 100%
• Attack Cast Time: 0.25 ⇒ 0.22
• Total Attack Animation: Adjusted to feel better at lower Attack Speeds
• Armor: 32 ⇒ 28
• Armor Growth: 4.7 ⇒ 5
• Health: 610 ⇒ 580
• Health Growth: 105 ⇒ 110
• Model Size: 100% ⇒ 95%

Passive - Death In Lavender

• Attack Speed After Spell Cast: 20% minimum / 40% maximum for 2 attacks ⇒ 20% for 3 seconds
• Attack Speed per Stack: 0.28% minimum / 1.1% maximum ⇒ 0.1% minimum / 2% maximum

Q - Void Surge

• Speed: 800 / 850 / 900 / 950 / 1000 ⇒ 850
• Time Between Casts: 1 ⇒ 4 / 3.25 / 2.5 / 1.75 / 1
• Monster Damage Modifier: 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 ⇒ 70
• Minion Damage Modifier: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% ⇒ Removed
• Damage: 0 / 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 (+100% Attack Damage) ⇒ 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 (+105% Attack Damage)
• Attack Speed to Ability Haste Conversion: 0.25 ⇒ 0.2

W - Above And Below

• Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+100% Bonus Attack Damage) (+125% Ability Power) ⇒ 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 (+150% Ability Power)
• Slow Duration: 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds at 50% slow ⇒ 2 seconds at 30% slow
• Knockup Duration: 0.75 seconds ⇒ 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.9 / 1 second

E - Royal Maelstrom

• Damage per Strike: 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 (+8% Attack Damage) (+8% On-Hit effects), increased up to 300% based on missing Health ⇒ 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 (+12% Attack Damage) (+12% On-Hit effects), increased up to 100% based on missing Health
• Number of Strikes: 6 + 1 per 33% bonus Attack Speed ⇒ 6 + 1 per 40% bonus Attack Speed
• Damage Reduction: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% ⇒ 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%
• Lifesteal: 20% ⇒ 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
• Lifesteal Scaling: 100% ⇒ Removed
• Cooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 ⇒ 24 / 21 / 18 / 15 / 12
• Monster Damage Modifier: 150% ⇒ 200%

R - Endless Banquet

• Passive On-Hit Application: Every other attack ⇒ Every attack
• Passive True Damage: 6 / 10 / 14 (+12% Bonus Attack Damage) ⇒ 2 / 4 / 6 (+3% Bonus Attack Damage)
• Target Swapping: Passive removed when swapping targets ⇒ Passive no longer removed when swapping targets
• Maximum Epic Monster Stacks: 10 ⇒ 8
• Passive Application Requirement: E and Q required Bel’Veth to have attacked the target first ⇒ E and Q no longer require Bel’Veth to have attacked the target first
• Explosion Damage: 150 / 200 / 250 (+100% Ability Power) (+25% missing Health) ⇒ 150 / 200 / 250 (+150% Ability Power) (+20% missing Health)
• Heal per Bonus Health: 100 / 150 / 200 (+120% Bonus Attack Damage) (+90% Ability Power) ⇒ 100 / 250 / 400 (+150% Bonus Attack Damage) (+150% Ability Power)
• Basic Attack Range Bonus: 75 ⇒ 25 / 75 / 125
• Total Attack Speed: 10 / 15 / 20% ⇒ 5 / 15 / 25%
• Size: 10% ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20%
• Unempowered Buff Duration: 60 ⇒ 45 / 90 / infinite at 0 / 40 / 80 stacks
• Empowered Buff Duration: 180 ⇒ 45 / 90 / infinite at 0 / 40 / 80 stacks
• Post-Cast Lockout: 0.5 seconds ⇒ 0.25 seconds
• Out of Combat Move Speed: Removed

Kai'SaBuff

Even after her last buff, Kai'Sa is short of where a hyperscaling marksman should land. Her late game scaling goes up to pay off the short range.

Passive - Second Skin

• Caustic Wounds: 4 - 24 (Champion Level) (+12% Ability Power), +1 - 6 (Champion Level) (+3% Ability Power) per prior stack ⇒ 4 - 30 (Champion Level) (+12% Ability Power), +1 - 8 (Champion Level) (+3% Ability Power) per prior stack

LockeNerf

Locke keeps climbing the mastery curve, so the nerfs keep coming. His early game reads as clearly over the line even for a snowballing assassin, and Riot wants to kill second-maxing W, which gives him too much safety for the risk he should be taking.

Base Stats

• Health: 655 ⇒ 620

Q - Ritual Nails

• Base Damage - Nail: 50 / 58 / 66 / 74 / 82 (+20% Ability Power) ⇒ 40 / 48 / 56 / 64 / 72 (+20% Ability Power)
• Three Nails Damage: 150 / 174 / 198 / 222 / 246 (+60% Ability Power) ⇒ 120 / 144 / 168 / 192 / 216 (+60% Ability Power)

W - Soul Ignition

• Move Speed: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% (+2% per 100 Ability Power) ⇒ 40% (+2% per 100 Ability Power)
• Grey Health Base Value: 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+120% Ability Power) ⇒ 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+100% Ability Power)

MaokaiBuff

Maokai has faded out of both top and jungle. Riot isn't interested in propping the top lane version back up, so this pass aims squarely at the jungle, where he fills a unique zone-control tank role.

Q - Bramble Smash

• Monster Damage Modifier: 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 ⇒ 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 / 190
• Ability Power Ratio: 40% ⇒ 50%

MordekaiserNerf

Last patch's R buff overshot, so it gets reverted entirely. In exchange he gets a lower E cooldown to catch and hold targets. Riot expects the pair of E changes plus the R bugfix to land him net ahead of 26.13.

E - Death's Grasp

• Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 ⇒ 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8

R - Realm of Death

• Stolen Stats: 13% ⇒ 10%
• Bugfix: Fixed a bug where ulting a target with health above their post-reduction max HP would lead to increased damage (up to double).

NaafiriNerf

Naafiri is still a talking point in solo queue and pro play alike, and she's strongest exactly where she should be weakest: chaining back to back to back ultimates. The ratio also moves to bonus AD.

R - The Call of the Pack

• Damage: 150 / 225 / 300 (+120% Attack Damage) ⇒ 125 / 200 / 275 (+100% Bonus Attack Damage)
• Damage per Packmate: 15 / 22.5 / 30 (+12% Attack Damage) ⇒ 12.5 / 20 / 27.5 (+10% Bonus Attack Damage)

RivenNerf

Endless Hunger fits Riven's play pattern almost perfectly and she's overperforming because of it. Hitting her ultimate's AD scaling touches every spell she casts and slows the snowball without capping her high moments.

R - Blade of the Exile

• Bonus Attack Damage Ratio: 25% ⇒ 20%

R - Wind Slash

• Bonus Attack Damage Ratio: 60% minimum / 180% maximum ⇒ 55% minimum / 165% maximum

SylasNerf

His 26.12 buff overshot. This pulls the chains back a bit so he stops bullying quite so hard in lane.

Q - Chain Lash

• First Lash Damage: 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+45% Ability Power) ⇒ 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+40% Ability Power)

VolibearBuff

The bear has been hibernating for a couple of patches. He gets more chances to gap close, aimed at the laning version, without raising his spell-chaining ceiling.

Q - Thundering Smash

• Cooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 ⇒ 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10

ZacBuff

Zac's jungle presence has dropped off hard. He gets a bit more room to hit his distinctive gank angles and a bit more durability once the fight starts.

Base Stats

• Armor Growth: 4.7 ⇒ 5.2

E - Elastic Slingshot

• Cooldown: 22 / 19 / 16 / 13 / 10 ⇒ 21 / 18 / 15 / 12 / 9

BastionbreakerBuff

Bottom of the pickrate charts since release, and by a wide margin over the next least popular Lethality item. It gets cheaper and stronger on the effect people notice least, because Riot wants Lethality users spending gold on utility and objectives.

• Cost: 3200g ⇒ 3000g
• Shaped Charge Damage: (30 + 150% lethality) true damage ⇒ (50 + 150% lethality) true damage

TerminusBuff

Terminus is supposed to be a capstone for scaling on-hit builds but has played more like a mid game spike, leaving on-hit thin on real late game options.

• Unique - Shadow: 30 Magic Damage On-Hit ⇒ 30 (+10% bonus Attack Damage) (+10% Ability Power)

Yun Tal WildarrowsBuff

Yun Tal has slid a long way this year from its spot as the default scaling crit item. Riot still wants that scaling option on the board, so it gets cheaper and faster to compete with the early crit items.

• Cost: 850g ⇒ 750g
• Attack Speed: 40% ⇒ 45%

Jack of All TradesNerf

Endless Hunger, Gluttonous Greaves and Doran's Helm make odd statlines far easier to hit than they used to be. Riot still likes the creative builds it enables, it just gives too much for too little at both ends.

• Adaptive Force at 5 / 10 stat breakpoints: 10 / 25 ⇒ 8 / 20