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Mel Loses Her Reflect

Oct 26 to Nov 1, 2026Live: Patch 26.21PBE: Patch 26.22

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Who moved on the tier list

This week on the live board: 0 placements up, 0 down.

ChampionRoleMoveWin rateTouched in 26.21?
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Jinx

Jinx lands in Tier 3 at 48.0%

It's the biggest fall since 26.21, over 3,855 games. She's off the ban-at-almost-any-rank list now too, along with Miss Fortune and Teemo.

Bot tier list

Irelia

Irelia goes from Tier 2 to God Tier in mid

She's winning 55.5% of 776 games. That's the best win rate in God Tier right now.

How to beat Irelia

Coming in 26.22

Patch 26.22 goes live November 4. Here's what Riot's preview lines up.

Locke

Locke's early damage gets cut

Riot thinks Ritual Nails [Q] hits too hard early, so it's a sizable nerf that comes to about 30 damage at max. Soul Ignition [W] loses movement speed too, which makes it costlier to spam while running around the map.

Locke's page

Viktor

Viktor gets some scaling back

Riot says last patch's nerfs overshot. The slower move speed stays, and the power comes back in his scaling.

Viktor's page

Rumble

Rumble and Shen pick up a bit

Pro play patches are done, so Rumble gets power even after a run as one of the strongest pro picks. Shen's jungle gets a small bone since players find it fun.

Rumble's page

DJ Sona Ultimate Remix hits the PBE

It's a Mythic. Cafe Cuties Neeko and Zoe are there too, both Epic.

See them in 3D

Skins, modes and events

ARAM: Mayhem runs Journey to Stardom until January 27

Every game gets a Headliner band.

ARAM: Mayhem guide

League Classic Pass: Act II lasts until January 4

It started October 20, so you've got plenty of weeks left on it.

Full event calendar

Ekko

True Damage Know My Name is in the store

Prestige Ekko leads the line, with Akali, Qiyana, Senna and Yasuo alongside. They came out with 26.21.

What Riot said

Mel

Mel's W gets reworked for 26.22

It still destroys projectiles, just without hard countering part of the roster. Riot tried versions that kept the reflect, couldn't land one and apologized to Mel players.

After being on Live for a while, it's clear that many players feel that Mel's reflect was too frustrating to play againstMatt Leung-Harrison, lead gameplay designer, October 27

Mel's page

JarvanIV

Claim Cyanide's Fnatic Jarvan IV

Riot is honoring Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen, the Season 1 World Champion, who passed away. Claim the Cyanide the First title and Jarvan IV, then play 3 games on him to unlock the skin.

Thank you for everything, Cyanide.League of Legends on X, October 30

Jarvan IV's page

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Tier list numbers: Silver to Challenger solo queue, Patch 26.21, as of November 1. Riot quotes are verbatim.