League of Legends patch notes 26.10

Patch 26.10 brings a focused set of updates that reshape several champions and core systems in League of Legends. You will see a modernized version of Lee Sin, adjustments to Galio’s ultimate, and new attention on Quinn’s jungle role.

The patch also revisits items and runes, including changes to options like Deathfire Touch and Stormraider’s Surge. You can expect balance tweaks aimed at underused items while Riot continues refining systems introduced earlier in the season.

LoL patch notes 26.10: Overview

You see major adjustments centered on core systems, runes, and item balance. Riot refines how these mechanics interact so you experience clearer trade-offs and more consistent power curves across roles.

Champion updates focus on improving viability in today’s meta. Lee Sin receives meaningful kit changes to keep him competitive, while Quinn gains tweaks that better support jungle play.

You also get new cosmetic content arriving on May 13:

• Variety Quinn
• Variety Ivern

Champions Updates

Power Increases

Several picks gain targeted improvements that raise their reliability in lane or expand their jungle presence.

• Ambessa
  • Q now deals more percentage max health damage at early ranks, increasing her threat against durable targets.
  • Monster damage on Q drops, which shifts some of her jungle burst into more general combat power.
  • R restores a higher percentage of health at all ranks, but healing against monsters becomes less effective.
• Galio
  • Q costs less mana at every level, which lets you trade more often in lane.
  • E gains higher base damage at early ranks, slightly lower damage at max rank, and now scales with 100% of bonus magic resistance.
  • The ability also increases its AP ratio to 100%, improving late-game burst in tank-mage builds.
• Quinn
  • Her Passive now deals bonus damage to monsters, strengthening jungle clears.
  • Q inflicts 50% more damage to monsters, reinforcing her off-role viability.
  • R costs significantly less mana at ranks one and two, which allows you to rotate more often without draining resources.
• Wukong
  • W clones deal more damage at all ranks and remain active longer, extending their combat value.
  • E grants additional attack speed, giving you stronger all-ins and faster clears.
• Zeri
  • Q base damage increases at every rank.
  • Excess attack speed converts to attack damage at a higher rate, raising scaling potential in high-speed builds.
  • R receives a fix so attacks extend its duration by 2.5 seconds, aligning it with the updated movement speed stacking window.

These upgrades focus on sharper early trades, stronger jungle paths, and more consistent scaling.

Power Reductions

A number of champions lose durability or damage to rein in strong performances.

• Anivia
  • Base armor and armor growth both decrease, making early physical matchups more punishing.
• Ashe
  • Q total AD scaling drops at higher ranks, reducing sustained DPS in mid to late fights.
• Naafiri
  • Q minimum and maximum bonus physical damage decrease across all ranks.
  • R base damage and packmate scaling both fall, lowering burst during coordinated engages.
• Shyvana
  • Health per level decreases.
  • W cooldown slightly increases at later ranks, and its shield value drops at all levels.
  • Bonus health scaling on the shield remains unchanged.
• Zed
  • Passive max health damage lowers at early ranks.
  • E loses base damage at most ranks and drops from 80% to 70% bonus AD scaling.

These changes reduce early survivability, limit burst windows, or tone down scaling damage without altering core play patterns.

Gameplay Adjustments

Lee Sin receives structural updates aimed at improving mobility consistency while trimming some raw output.

You gain more predictable access to mobility because W now uses a flat cooldown and always grants a shield, even when you dash to non-champions.

At the same time, E deals slightly less damage through its AD ratio, which shifts power away from raw burst.

The update to R ensures that displaced enemies continue flying after impact, increasing reliability during multi-target engagements.

Item and Rune Updates in Patch 26.10

Rune Adjustments

You will notice tuning changes to two recently returned keystones.

• Deathfire Touch now deals 3–12 damage per second (levels 1–18), down from 4 at rank one. Its scaling remains +7% bonus AD and +2.5% AP, so it still rewards damage builds but applies less early pressure.
• Stormraider’s Surge gains stronger mobility. You now receive 48% movement speed (melee) or 36% (ranged) for 4 seconds, increased from 40/30% for 3 seconds.

These changes reduce early burn strength while improving extended chase and repositioning power.

LoL patch notes 26.10: System changes

Minion targeting behavior

Riot adjusts how lane minions choose their targets to make wave behavior more consistent and readable. You should notice clearer rules around when minions switch focus, especially during early trades.

These changes aim to reduce unexpected aggro swaps that can swing short skirmishes. If you rely on precise trading windows, you may need to recalibrate how you draw minion attention.

Lower ranks may feel limited impact, while higher-level play could see tighter control around wave manipulation. Expect small adjustments in how you manage pushes, freezes, and tower setups.

What this affects:

• Early lane trades
• Wave control and freezing
• Tower dives involving stacked waves
• Jungle pathing when waves crash

The goal is not to speed up games but to improve predictability. When you understand how minions respond, you can plan trades with more confidence and fewer random outcomes.

Early end vote for severe disruption

Patch 26.10 introduces a new option that lets you end a match early if the system confirms extreme disruptive behavior. This tool activates only in serious cases that significantly damage your team’s chance to win.

When the system verifies severe misconduct, your team receives a prompt to vote on ending the match. The flagged player and their premade teammates cannot participate in that vote.

If the vote passes, your team does not lose LP or MMR. The opposing team gains LP as if they won normally, and the disruptive player receives a ban.

If the vote fails, the match continues. Your team remains protected from LP loss due to the confirmed behavior, and you can still gain LP if you win.

Riot also improves its text detection systems to better identify harmful communication across multiple languages while reducing false positives.