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Patch 26.20 Preview Notes
Champions Summary
Items Summary
Patch Overview
Worlds 2026
- Patch 26.20 is the final Worlds 2026 patch, releasing October 7, 2026; these preliminary values come from Riot's preview and may change before release.
Champions
- Targeted champion changes keep the playoffs meta intact while tuning pro-play outliers and selected SoloQ builds.
Items
- Hextech Rocketbelt trades pro-play flexibility for active damage, while ranged Hexplate and Runaan's Hurricane are pulled back.
Pulled from the Preview
- Riot's first preview on September 29 listed three more champions; the September 30 Full Preview removed all of them.
- Sylas: the planned mid-lane buff and reshape was pulled because Riot did not want to disturb his role balance alongside the Rocketbelt change.
- Varus: the planned nerf was pulled because he needs larger work to make his builds satisfying.
- Fiddlesticks: the planned buff was removed from the Full Preview without an explanation.
Champions
The final Worlds patch makes targeted champion changes for pro-play outliers, alternate builds, and carefully selected SoloQ buffs.
Diana
Diana's health-scaling shield gets stronger, giving health-oriented jungle builds more payoff.
W - Pale Cascade
- Shield Bonus Health Ratio: 11% ⇒ 14%
Kennen
Kennen gains more attack speed from Lightning Rush, sharpening his sustained damage after engaging.
E - Lightning Rush
- Bonus Attack Speed: 40 - 80% ⇒ 50 - 90%
Kindred
Kindred deals more damage to monsters and holds enemies in Mounting Dread's slow longer, while small monsters no longer qualify as targets.
W - Wolf's Frenzy
- Monster Damage Modifier: 150% ⇒ 165%
E - Mounting Dread
- Slow Duration: 1 second ⇒ 1.5 seconds
- Mounting Dread no longer targets small monsters.
Lillia
Lillia's longer Lilting Lullaby sleep rewards coordinated high-skill play.
R - Lilting Lullaby
- Sleep Duration: 2.5 seconds ⇒ 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 seconds
Lucian
Lucian gains attack damage growth to restore generic power after losing kill pressure to 26.19 enchanter changes.
Base Stats
- Attack Damage Growth: 2.5 ⇒ 2.9
Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser scales harder through Obliterate and casts Realm of Death more often at higher ranks.
Q - Obliterate
- Damage Scaling (levels 10 - 20): +5 per level ⇒ +7 per level
R - Realm of Death
- Cooldown: 140 / 120 / 100 seconds ⇒ 120 / 110 / 100 seconds
Neeko
Neeko regains damage and root duration after clone-vision changes reduced her support and mid power.
E - Tangle-Barbs
- Base Damage: 70 - 210 (+65% AP) ⇒ 80 - 220 (+65% AP)
- Empowered Root Duration: 1.8 - 3 seconds ⇒ 2 - 3 seconds
Smolder
Smolder's crit-focused Q and E damage and stronger ultimate healing improve his crit builds without buffing fighter builds.
Q - Super Scorcher Breath
- Super Scorcher Bonus Damage: 25 - 55% ⇒ 25 - 60% (+10.5% with Infinity Edge)
E - Flap, Flap, Flap
- Bonus Damage: 8 - 12.8% (+1.44% with Infinity Edge) ⇒ 8 - 14% (+1.8% with Infinity Edge)
R - MMOOOMMMM!
- Self Heal: 100 - 170 (+50% bonus AD) (+75% AP) ⇒ 100 - 250 (+75% bonus AD) (+75% AP)
Swain
Swain's mid-lane adjustment trades a little armor for magic resistance while improving Vision of Empire damage and cooldown.
Base Stats
- Magic Resist: 31 ⇒ 34
- Armor: 25 ⇒ 23
W - Vision of Empire
- Damage: 70 - 210 (+60% AP) ⇒ 70 - 250 (+60% AP)
- Cooldown: 22 - 18 seconds ⇒ 20 - 16 seconds
Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench gets stronger Tongue Lash healing to reinforce his support role.
Q - Tongue Lash
- Base Healing: 10 - 25 ⇒ 10 - 50
Vayne
Vayne's bot-lane buff shifts health regeneration toward her base stat and makes Tumble cost a flat 30 mana.
Base Stats
- Health Regeneration: 4 + 0.5 per level ⇒ 5.5 + 0.4 per level
Q - Tumble
- Mana Cost: 46 / 42 / 38 / 34 / 30 ⇒ 30
Ambessa
Ambessa loses passive damage and bonus-AD scaling to trim a stale pro-play pick.
Passive - Drakehound's Step
- Damage: 5 - 30 (+25% bonus AD) ⇒ 5 - 25 (+20% bonus AD)
Ashe
Ashe loses attack damage growth to reduce her dominant bot-lane 2v2 pressure.
Base Stats
- Attack Damage Growth: 3.5 ⇒ 3
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia loses health and mana as a targeted trim to a stale pro-play pick.
Base Stats
- Health: 630 ⇒ 610
- Mana: 480 ⇒ 450
K'Sante
K'Sante pays more mana for Path Maker and loses some of its damage reduction in and out of All Out.
W - Path Maker
- Mana Cost: 40 - 60 ⇒ 45 - 65
- Damage Reduction (base / All Out): 30% / 75% ⇒ 25% / 70%
Yunara
Yunara loses early on-hit damage and her W and R slows no longer stack with other slows, easing her oppressive level-one lane.
Passive - Vow of the First Lands
- On-Hit Damage: 5 - 25 (+20% AP) ⇒ 3 - 23 (+20% AP)
Q - Cultivation of Spirit
- Active On-Hit Damage: 5 - 25 (+20% AP) ⇒ 3 - 23 (+20% AP)
W - Arc of Judgment
- W and R slows no longer stack with other slows.
Items
Items trade a little pro-play flexibility for more focused damage, with nerfs to ranged Hexplate and Runaan's Hurricane.
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate's ranged effect is reduced so champions balanced around it can receive power elsewhere.
- Ranged Modifier: 70% of value (35% attack speed, 14% move speed) ⇒ 50% of value (25% attack speed, 10% move speed)
Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane loses a little bolt damage after its previous buff went slightly too far.
- Bolt Damage: 65% AD ⇒ 60% AD
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt loses Ability Haste and gains active damage, becoming a more aggressive go-in button for pro-play mages.
- Ability Haste: 20 ⇒ 10
- Active Damage: 100 (+10% AP) ⇒ 135 (+15% AP)