LoL Patch Notes 26.4

Notes published Feb. 18, 2026, live on servers Feb. 19, 2026

Buffs 11

Nerfs 17

Adjusteds 5

Lux

Also in this patch

Winter Sports Skins Return Items Summoner Spells ARAM Mayhem ARAM ARAM Ionia Cup Arena Demacia Rising Disruptive Pinging Detections Bugfixes & QoL Changes Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Winter Sports Skins Return

We hope you’ve all been enjoying the winter-y spirit of competition as we celebrate everyone’s favorite sports for two weeks every four years!

Curling Veigar, Festival Kassadin, Ice Toboggan Corki, Vancouver Amumu, Whistler Village Twitch, Team Spirit Anivia, The Mighty Jax, and Union Jack Fiddlesticks will be available from February 19 until February 26, 2026, so make sure you pick them up while they’re here!

Champions

AmbessaNerf

Q - Cunning Sweep

Bonus Damage to Monsters: 150 ⇒ 125

AnnieBuff

Q - Disintegrate

Base Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 ⇒ 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260

E - Molten Shield

Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds ⇒ 10 seconds

ApheliosNerf

Passive - The Hitman and the Seer

Bonus AD: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 ⇒ 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24

BrandBuff

Passive - Blaze

Ablaze Monster Damage: 265% ⇒ 270%
Non-Epic Monster Damage Cap: 40 ⇒ 50

BraumNerf

R - Glacial Fissure

Base Damage: 150 / 300 / 450 ⇒ 150 / 250 / 350
Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 ⇒ 130 / 115 / 100 seconds

CamilleAdjusted

E - Hookshot

Always On Point: Attack speed is now gained when Camille dashes off a wall, regardless of whether or not she hits an enemy champion.

DariusBuff

Passive - Hemorrhage

Monster Damage: 2x ⇒ 2.5x

FizzBuff

W - Seastone Trident

Bonus Monster Damage: 60 ⇒ 90

GravesBuff

E - Quickdraw

Armor per Stack: 4 / 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 ⇒ 7 / 10 / 13 / 16 / 19
MR per Stack: 2 / 3.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 ⇒ 3.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 / 9.5

GwenNerf

Q - Snip Snip!

Base Damage per Snip: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 ⇒ 10 / 13.5 / 17 / 20.5 / 24
Minion Damage Modifier: 0.75x ⇒ 0.8x

R - Needlework

Base Damage per Needle: 35 / 65 / 95 ⇒ 30 / 50 / 70

HweiBuff

WW - Pool of Reflection

Maximum Shield Value: 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 ⇒ 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260
Ally Shield Mod: 75% ⇒ 85%

R - Spiraling Despair

Cooldown: 140 / 115 / 80 ⇒ 120 / 100 / 80

IllaoiNerf

Passive - Prophet of an Elder God

Tentacle Base Damage: 9-180 (based on level) ⇒ 9-200 (based on level)

JinxNerf

Base Stats

Armor Growth: 4.7 ⇒ 4.2

KassadinNerf

Base Stats

Health Growth: 119 ⇒ 113

E - Force Pulse

Slow: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90% ⇒ 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70%

KayleNerf

Q - Radiant Blast

Base Damage: 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 ⇒ 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180

KennenNerf

R - Slicing Maelstrom

Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 ⇒ 120

Lee SinAdjusted

W - Iron Will

Spell Vamp No More: Lee Sin W2 grants Life Steal and Spell Vamp. Lee Sin is unable to heal with W2 and Smite on either minions, jungle monsters or Champions ⇒ Lee Sin W2 grants Omnivamp which will apply on minions, monsters, and Champions

LuxAdjusted

Base Stats

Base Mana: 480 ⇒ 440
Starting Mana Regen: 7 ⇒ 9

Q - Light Binding

Cooldown: 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 ⇒ 10

W - Prismatic Barrier

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

MaokaiBuff

Q - Bramble Smash

Bonus Monster Damage: 120 / 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 ⇒ 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180

NaafiriNerf

Base Stats

Base Health Regen: 7.5 ⇒ 6
Health Regen Growth: 0.7 ⇒ 0.6

Q - Darkin Daggers

Mana Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 ⇒ 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90

E - Eviscerate

Mana Cost: 35 ⇒ 40

QiyanaNerf

Base Stats

Health Growth: 121 ⇒ 115

RengarNerf

Q - Savagery

Damage: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 100 / 103.75 / 107.5 / 111.25 / 115% total AD) ⇒ 20 / 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 (+ 105% total AD)
Ferocity Damage: 30 - 235 (based on level) (+130% total AD) ⇒ 35 - 240 (based on level) (+120% total AD)

RumbleNerf

Base Stats

Base Health: 655 ⇒ 640

R - The Equalizer

Maximum Damage: 700 / 1050 / 1400 ⇒ 600 / 1000 / 1400

RyzeAdjusted

R - Realm Warp

All Aboard: No longer refuses to grab a champion if they're currently pathing out of the circle while near the edge.

SamiraBuff

Q - Flair

Life Steal Effectiveness: 80% ⇒ 100%

R - Inferno Trigger

Life Steal Effectiveness: 80% ⇒ 100%

SennaNerf

Q - Piercing Darkness

Damage: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 40% bonus AD) ⇒ 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 60% bonus AD)

W - Last Embrace

Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 70% bonus AD) ⇒ 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 90% bonus AD)

SwainNerf

W - Vision of Empire

Slow: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% ⇒ 50% at all ranks

R - Demonic Ascension

Damage per Second Scaling: 5% AP ⇒ 4% AP
Demonflare Damage Scaling: 50% AP ⇒ 40% AP
Demonflare Slow: 75% ⇒ 50%

SyndraNerf

W - Force of Will

Base Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 ⇒ 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190

R - Unleashed Power

Base Damage: 90 / 130 / 170 ⇒ 80 / 120 / 160

TeemoBuff

E - Toxic Shot

Monster Damage: 145% ⇒ 160%

TwitchNerf

Base Stats

Health Growth: 104 ⇒ 98
Armor Growth: 4.2 ⇒ 4

UdyrBuff

Q - Wilding Claw

Base Bonus Damage On-Hit: 5 / 11 / 17 / 23 / 29 / 35 ⇒ 5 / 13 / 21 /29 / 37 / 45

W - Iron Mantle

Base Shield Strength: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 ⇒ 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145

XayahBuff

Q - Double Daggers

Mana Cost: 50 ⇒ 35

W - Deadly Plumage

Cooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 ⇒ 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds

E - Bladecaller

Mana Cost: 30 ⇒ 20

ZacAdjusted

Q - Stretching Strikes

Damage per Hit: 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+ 30% AP) (+ 3% of Zac's maximum health) ⇒ 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 30% AP) (+ 3% of Zac's bonus health)

R - Let's Bounce!

Initial Base Damage: 140 / 210 / 280 ⇒ 120 / 190 / 260
Maximum Base Damage: 350 / 525 / 700 ⇒ 300 / 475 / 650

Items

Hexoptics C44

Range for Maximum Bonus Damage: 600 ⇒ 500
Bonus Range on Takedown Duration: 6 ⇒ 8 seconds

Summoner Spells

Omnivamp on Summoner Spells (Smite/Ignite)

Omnivamp will no longer apply to Smite and Ignite damage.

ARAM Mayhem

Systems

Reduced Hover Delay from 0.75 ⇒ 0.1 seconds

Progression Pass

300 gold ⇒ Golden Reroll

Augments and Set Changes

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Can now only be picked up by 1 player per team.
Increased the time required to stack Poros.
On Pick Up Slow: 50% ⇒ 25%
Gold per 1000 Healing: 200 ⇒ 150
Missing Health Healing: 20 - 50% ⇒ 5 - 15%
Health Drain Near Enemies: 7.5% ⇒ 5%
Bonus True Damage: 20% ⇒ 15%
Speed Increase: 350, decays over 2 seconds ⇒ 200, decays over 1 second
Bonus Movement Speed Towards Low Health Champions: 100% ⇒ 60%
Gold Reward: 30 / 50 / 100% ⇒ 15 / 30 / 50%
Cooldown Refund: 40% ⇒ 30%
Death Timer Reduction: 40% ⇒ 25%
Gold per Envelope: (10 - 18) to (25 - 58) ⇒ (8-15) to (22 - 46)
Gold: 2500 ⇒ 1750
Number of Stat Anvils Given: 3 ⇒ 2
Number of Stat Anvils Given: 4 ⇒ 3
Number of Stat Anvils Given: 5 ⇒ 4
Haste per Stack: 10 ⇒ 8
Movement Speed per Stack: 2% ⇒ 1%
Omnivamp: 30% ⇒ 25%
Melee Omnivamp: 25% ⇒ 20%
Ranged Omnivamp: 12.5% ⇒ 10%
Adaptive Force: 33% ⇒ 25%
2 Set Missile Damage: 40% ⇒ 25%
4 Set Missile Damage: 80% ⇒ 50%
Set Bonus Heal Power: 15 / 25 / 35% ⇒ 10 / 20 / 30%
Set Bonus Movement Speed: 40 / 50 / 60% ⇒ 30 / 40 / 50%
3 Set Bonus Change for Gold or Prismatic Anvils: 50% ⇒ 20%
5 Set Bonus Change for Gold or Prismatic Anvils: 100% ⇒ 50%

Bugfixes

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Fixed a bug where Prom Queen failed to trigger after you were dead.
Fixed a bug where Critical Healing and Critical Missile could trigger infinitely.
Fixed a bug where Critical Missile triggered too often with Tank it Or leave it.
Fixed a bug where Firecracker Set bonus caused attack timers to reset.
Fixed a bug where the Firecracker Set bonus was triggering on basic attack effects.
Fixed a bug where players could select the same augment multiple times.
Fixed a bug where you spin me around could cause champions to lose their original spells.
Fixed a bug where Soul Siphon healed an incorrect amount when having Jeweled Gauntlet.
Fixed a bug where champions are unable to select anvils from High Roller Set, examples like Kog'Maw, Sion and Karthus.
Fixed a bug where your augments could get overwritten when you leveled up in base.
Fixed a bug where you were unable to select your last augment after selecting stat anvils.
Fixed a bug where you would buy anvil in shop and overwrite your current augment selection.
Fixed a bug where the Poro King gave incorrect damage reduction.
Fixed a bug where Poro King did not get CC Immune during unstoppable state.
Fixed a bug where you can get infinite armor by reselling Thornmail in shop when having Upgrade Thornmail.
Fixed a bug where you can swap both summoner slots when offered active summoners, snowballs and flashes.
Fixed a bug where spam clicking summoner swap button can give you stacking haste on Snowball Augments.
Fixed a bug where selecting Gangplank's Silver Serpents's trade will swap another active summoner in your summoner slot.
Fixed a bug where ??? could execute players in Kindred R or execute Tryndamere when he cast R.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade sheen could proc double healing when you have Dusk and Dawn.
Fix a bug where Upgrade Sheen was tracking damages dealt to minions.
Fixed a bug where Pyke's ultimate did not benefit from Dashing.
Fixed a bug where Poro blaster was visible on champions with Stealth.
Fixed a bug where Whispering's Circlet and Diadem of Songs are not considered as a hat in Hat on Hat augment.
Fixed a bug where Grandma's Chili Oil's burn was doing incorrect damage per second.
Fixed a bug where Pandora's Box did not count for High Roller Augment Set.
Fixed a bug where Master of Duality did not grant additional Ability Power when they are gained through the Stackosaurus Set Bonus.
Fixed a bug where Flash's recharge was incorrect if you have flashy and flash 2.
Fixed a bug where Void Immolation did not trigger Upgrade Immolate's Effect.
Fixed a bug where Upgrade Immolate gold generation does not increase when ranking up the Make it Rain set bonus.
Fixed a bug where Fully Automated's 3 piece bonus is active with the 2 piece bonus.

ARAM

Zaahen

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

ARAM Ionia Cup

Registration Begins: February 16 @ 11:00 AM (Local Time)
Tournament Dates: February 21 and 22 (~4-7 PM Local Time, varies by region)

Arena

Champions

W Cooldown 13-9 ⇒ 15-11
W Removed Area specific mods
Base Damage reduced from 70/95/120/145/170 ⇒ 40/60/80/100/120
Movement speed reduced from 50% ⇒ 40%
Q Removed Arena based damage mod
Q 40-160 ⇒ 75-255
W Remove Arena Cooldown mod
W 14-10 ⇒ 15-11
P AP Ratio 5% ⇒ 7.5%
E AP 50% ⇒ 60%
P Mark Percent health damage increased from 1%-2% ⇒ 2%-3%
All Out max Health Physical Damage increased from 1% ⇒ 1.5%
R Base Damage 150-450 ⇒ 200-600
Move Speed 40-60 ⇒ 50-70

Augments

Item Stat Amp increased from 15% ⇒ 30%

Items

Bounce Range reduced from 100 ⇒ 150
Duration increased from 6 ⇒ 10
Base current health damage: 15% ⇒ 7%
Maximum health multiplier: 250% ⇒ 300%

Demacia Rising

Research and Event buffs now correctly apply percent damage increases to Demacian units. In 26.3, all buffs were applying power only if a player reached a total attack damage increase of 100% over the base value.
Events could stop working in situations where a player had played many turns and was done with story content in Act 1. Events should now continue playing regardless of how many thousands of turns you have played.
Any allied units that fought in the final battle of the Chapter 4 story will now survive.
Combat music cutting out has been fixed. Music in Demacia Rising should no longer stop randomly based on changes in game state.
Demacian Steel - Guard: Current text says “+50% Attack Damage,” but the effect provides 25% Attack Damage and 25% Maximum HP to Guards.
Battle High: Current text says “On kill, Guards gain 20% attack speed up to a maximum of 60%,” but the effect only provides a 30% Attack Speed once, on a guard's first kill or assist.

Disruptive Pinging Detections

Riot explains this one in its notes: Disruptive Pinging Detections on leagueoflegends.com.

Bugfixes & QoL Changes

Fixed a bug that caused Rengar to be unable to extend his passive duration with attacks.
Fixed a bug that caused High Noon Jhin's running animation to stop playing when using Tier 2 boots.