The first patch after Worlds: Azir, Orianna and Ryze lead eleven buffs, Lee Sin and Qiyana lead eleven nerfs, Yasuo and Yone get weaker before their first item, and Bastionbreaker, Gluttonous Greaves and ranged Hubris are toned down.
Planned changes as Riot previewed them (Riot Phroxzon on X, GameRiv, Hotspawn). Numbers can change; this page switches to the official notes on patch day.
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Buffed to give him room in solo queue after pro play held his win rate down.
This is our first post World's patch and we're stabilizing the Ranked environment for end of season climbs, while giving a bit of breathing room to some of the champions that have had suppressed winrates due to Pro Play (Azir, Ori, Ryze, etc.)
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Nerfed as one of the two strongest junglers, especially at high ranks.
Lee and Qiyana have been 2 of the strongest junglers, especially in higher levels of play and especially in certain regions. We're nerfing here, but also (especially in Qiyana's case) being mindful of not double nerfing too hard with the Bastionbreaker nerfs also in the patch.
Adjusted so his mana costs matter more.
This patch, we're trying to strike a good balance between preserving strengths of champions, while redistributing power budget for champions into places that might be more appreciable power for them. In some of these cases (like with Locke), trying to make things that are meant to be more costly (eg. mana costs) appropriately costly.
Buff planned, while Hubris, which Riot names as strong on her, is nerfed for ranged champions.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Buffed to give her room in solo queue after pro play held her win rate down.
This is our first post World's patch and we're stabilizing the Ranked environment for end of season climbs, while giving a bit of breathing room to some of the champions that have had suppressed winrates due to Pro Play (Azir, Ori, Ryze, etc.)
Nerfed as one of the two strongest junglers, kept mild because Bastionbreaker is nerfed too.
Lee and Qiyana have been 2 of the strongest junglers, especially in higher levels of play and especially in certain regions. We're nerfing here, but also (especially in Qiyana's case) being mindful of not double nerfing too hard with the Bastionbreaker nerfs also in the patch.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Adjustment planned; the details come with the official notes.
Buffed to give him room in solo queue after pro play held his win rate down.
This is our first post World's patch and we're stabilizing the Ranked environment for end of season climbs, while giving a bit of breathing room to some of the champions that have had suppressed winrates due to Pro Play (Azir, Ori, Ryze, etc.)
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
His Q heal and ultimate work on untargetable allies again.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
His ultimate now reveals untargetable champions too.
Adjustment planned; the details come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Nerf planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Weaker before his first item is done, still strong once it is.
Yasuo and Yone have been picking up Shieldbow first a lot more and it's been looking pretty strong on them. Overall, we're pretty supportive of this as feeling like their passive can kick in early feels great for their fantasy. Secondly, having access to early lifesteal in lane, (eg. with vamp scepter for bork) makes their lane play lower quality. Finally, it's good to open up structural weaknesses for them before they complete first item, but allow them to be quite strong when they get there (and have power in durability vs straight up "kill you power").
Weaker before his first item is done, still strong once it is.
Yasuo and Yone have been picking up Shieldbow first a lot more and it's been looking pretty strong on them. Overall, we're pretty supportive of this as feeling like their passive can kick in early feels great for their fantasy. Secondly, having access to early lifesteal in lane, (eg. with vamp scepter for bork) makes their lane play lower quality. Finally, it's good to open up structural weaknesses for them before they complete first item, but allow them to be quite strong when they get there (and have power in durability vs straight up "kill you power").
Adjustment planned; the details come with the official notes.
Buff planned; the numbers come with the official notes.
Bastionbreaker's stats are a bit too strong in particular (the lethality) and so we're moving some of the power out of that and into the anti-structure/objective passive. Broadly, the item is too good at both killing people and giving assassins wider game impact (we're happier with it if it's purchaseable because of the latter).
Dawncore is just a weak item that doesn't get purchased, except in situations where the player is already giga winning; it's not fulfiling its spot as a desirable capstone item for enchanters at this tuning.
Gluttonous Greaves is proving a bit too strong, especially on Marksmen; and so we're tapping it down a bit.
Hubris is also being nerfed for Ranged and a buff to melee, as it is mostly strong on champs like Jhin and MF, but suppressed for those other champions.
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Riot's patch schedule lists patch 26.21 for October 21, 2026. Patches usually go live on a Wednesday (Pacific time), and dates can change.
Patch 26.22 is scheduled for November 4, 2026, according to Riot's patch schedule.
Azir, Darius, Miss Fortune, Nunu & Willump, Orianna, Ryze, Sion, Taliyah, Vel'Koz, Xin Zhao, Zyra.
Caitlyn, Jinx, Lee Sin, Nidalee, Qiyana, Rammus, Tristana, Viktor, Wukong, Yasuo, Yone.
Bastionbreaker, Dawncore, Gluttonous Greaves, Hubris.
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