September 9, 2026

Patch 26.18 Notes

Champions Summary

Items Summary

Guinsoo's Rageblade BUFF

Patch Overview

Patch Highlights

Immortalized Legend Tristana, Risen Legend Orianna, and Risen Legend Tristana arrive on September 10, 2026.

Hall of Legends

Rasmus "Caps" Winther becomes the third Hall of Legends inductee and the first Western League of Legends pro honored.

Champions

Ekko, Kassadin, Master Yi, Viego, and Zaahen gain power, while Bard, Nautilus, Seraphine, Syndra, and Zeri are nerfed.
Cassiopeia trades early lane damage and move speed for higher AP ratios, targeting her pro-play laning strength while returning some scaling.

Items

Guinsoo's Rageblade keeps Seething Strike stacks active for 4 seconds instead of 3, offsetting its earlier double-hit timing nerf.

Classic

Classic brings back five older champion kits, Fiora, Galio, Poppy, Shyvana, and Xin Zhao, and retunes Anivia, Gangplank, Heimerdinger, Kayle, Malzahar, Nasus, and Warwick.
The first Council poll will revive Zz'Rot Portal, Cloak and Dagger, and Moonflair Spellblade and add modern jungle timers; Classic Skin Chromas merge into their base skins, and Baron Rammus enters the vault in 26.20.

ARAM: Mayhem

Clown College returns with Spin to Win's R damage increase raised from 30% to 50%, while Ultra Hydra prevents selling Hydra items.
Seven ARAM: Mayhem bugs are fixed, including Hydra cleave, En Passant, Viego possession, duplicate purchases, and Rite of Ascension interactions.

Bugfixes & QoL Changes

Fixes target Baron Nashor's Void Corruption stacks, Serpent's Fang's Shield Reaver omnivamp, Diana's R visual effects, and an infinite Viego-possessed-Kled sound loop.

Upcoming Skins & Chromas

Immortalized Legend Tristana, Risen Legend Orianna, and Risen Legend Tristana release this patch.
Chromas include Paragon and Mythclimber Risen Legend Orianna plus Paragon chromas for Elderwood LeBlanc, Empyrean Akali, and Freljord Taliyah.

Champions

Power returns to several scaling carries, while durable or high-performing picks lose lane pressure, burst, or safety.

NERF

Bard

Bard loses armor and armor growth, trimming durability on a mobile utility support whose damage was already reduced.

Base Stats

Armor: 34 + 5/Level ⇒ 32 + 4.7/Level

ADJUSTED

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia sacrifices move speed, base spell damage, and E mana efficiency for stronger AP ratios and more scaling power.

Passive - Serpentine Grace

Move Speed Bonus: 6% - 40% (based on level) ⇒ 5% - 36% (based on level)

Q - Noxious Blast

Damage: 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 ⇒ 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205
Ability Power Ratio: 65% ⇒ 75%

E - Twin Fang

Mana Cost: 40 ⇒ 45
Base Ability Power Ratio: 10% ⇒ 20%
Enhanced Ability Power Ratio: 55% ⇒ 45%
Total Ability Power Ratio: 65% ⇒ 65%
Damage: 52 - 120 ⇒ 50 - 120

R - Petrifying Gaze

Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 ⇒ 125 / 225 / 325
Ability Power Ratio: 50% ⇒ 75%

BUFF

Ekko

Ekko spends 10 less mana per Q rank and gains 10 percentage points of return-damage AP scaling.

Q - Timewinder

Mana Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 ⇒ 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80
Return Damage Ability Power Ratio: 60% ⇒ 70%

BUFF

Kassadin

Kassadin gains 10 percentage points of Q AP scaling and higher early Riftwalk base damage without changing its rank-three value.

Q - Null Sphere

Ability Power Ratio: 70% AP ⇒ 80% AP

R - Riftwalk

Base Damage: 70 / 90 / 110 ⇒ 80 / 95 / 110

BUFF

Master Yi

Master Yi gains armor growth and 5 percentage points of Highlander movement speed at every rank.

Base Stats

Armor Growth: 33 + 4.5/Level ⇒ 33 + 5/Level

R - Highlander

Move Speed: 35 / 45 / 55% ⇒ 40 / 50 / 60%

NERF

Nautilus

Nautilus loses 3 base attack damage and up to 20 Q base damage while keeping Dredge Line's AP ratio intact.

Base Stats

Attack Damage: 61 + 3.3/Level ⇒ 58 + 3.3/Level

Q - Dredge Line

Damage: 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 (+90% AP) ⇒ 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+90% AP)

NERF

Seraphine

Beat Drop's cooldown stays at 11 seconds at every rank, aimed at bot-lane Seraphine because supports usually max it last.

E - Beat Drop

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

NERF

Syndra

Syndra's Splinter Mana cap drops from 255 to 199 and Force of Will gains 1 second of cooldown per rank.

Passive - Transcendent

Splinter Mana: 20 - 255 ⇒ 20 - 199

W - Force of Will

Cooldown: 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s ⇒ 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s

BUFF

Viego

Viego gains attack-damage growth and a clearer passive heal formula that scales with bonus AD, AP, attack speed, and bonus health.

Base Stats

Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 4

Passive - Sovereign's Domination

Heal: 2% (+….) ⇒ 2% (+ 2.5% per 100 bonus AD) (+ 2% per 100 AP) (+ 5% per 100% bonus attack speed) (+ 2% per 500 bonus HP) of the target's maximum health

BUFF

Zaahen

Q2 base damage rises from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 to 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150, and active Q enters cooldown immediately on resurrection.

Q - The Darkin Glaive

NEW Cooldown Behavior: If Q is active, it is now placed on Cooldown immediately upon being put in Resurrection
Q2 Damage: 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus AD) ⇒ 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus AD)

NERF

Zeri

Ultrashock Laser loses total-AD scaling, from 120% to 100% on direct hits and from 180% to 150% through walls, cutting burst and waveclear.

W - Ultrashock Laser

Damage: 30 / 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 (+120% tAD) ⇒ 30 / 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 (+100% tAD)
Wall Damage: 45 / 105 / 165 / 225 / 285 (+180% tAD) ⇒ 45 / 105 / 165 / 225 / 285 (+150% tAD)
Critical Strike: 150% (+15% IE)

Items

Guinsoo's Rageblade gets a small stacking-window extension to smooth its post-bugfix pattern.

BUFF

Guinsoo's Rageblade

Seething Strike stacks last 4 seconds instead of 3, giving users more time to maintain the effect after Rageblade's double-hit bugfix.

Seething Strike Stack Duration: 3s ⇒ 4s