Patch 26.1: Patch 26.1 Notes
Significant buffs and nerfs across various champions, particularly affecting ADCs with changes to damage scaling and abilities.
Patch Summary
Significant buffs and nerfs across various champions, particularly affecting ADCs with changes to damage scaling and abilities.
Key Changes
- »Cassiopeia received buffs to movement speed and passive effectiveness.
- »Samira's Q and R abilities received damage buffs.
- »Aphelios faced nerfs to multiple abilities, reducing overall damage output.
Major Meta Buffs
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia received buffs to movement speed and passive effectiveness.
Samira
Samira's Q and R abilities received damage buffs.
Aphelios
Aphelios faced nerfs to multiple abilities, reducing overall damage output.
Caitlyn
Caitlyn's critical scaling on passive and ultimate was reduced.
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Champion Database
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Cassiopeia
buffIncreased base movement speed and improved passive movement speed buff effectiveness.
Base Movement Speed: 328 ⇒ 335

Samira
buffBuffed damage on Q and R abilities, improving both non-crit and crit damage.
Non-Crit Damage increased and crit damage improved.

Aphelios
nerfReduced damage on several abilities, affecting overall damage output.
Bonus Damage per Mark decreased.

Caitlyn
nerfReduced critical scaling on passive and ultimate.
Crit Scaling changed to 100% of Bonus Crit Damage.

Tristana
nerfReduced non-crit and crit damage on E ability.
Non-crit Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Nilah
nerfReduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.
Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Jinx
nerfReduced attack speed growth and damage on R ability.
Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Jhin
nerfReduced multiplicative crit damage modifier.
Multiplicative Crit Damage Mod decreased.

Sivir
nerfReduced damage and crit scaling on Q ability.
Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Zeri
nerfReduced damage on W and E abilities.
Damage decreased.

Lucian
nerfReduced attack damage and attack speed growth.
Attack Damage Growth and Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Xayah
nerfReduced damage and crit scaling on E ability.
Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Draven
nerfReduced attack speed and damage on abilities.
AD Growth and Attack Speed decreased.

Akshan
buffImproved crit damage scaling and damage on Q ability.
Crit damage scaling improved.

Gangplank
nerfReduced damage scaling on passive and E ability.
Crit scaling removed.

Miss Fortune
nerfReduced critical damage scaling on Q and R abilities.
Active Critical Damage decreased.

Tryndamere
nerfChanges to Q and W abilities reduce damage and slow effects.
Bonus AD and maximum bonus AD changed.

Twitch
nerfReduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.
Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Ashe
nerfReduced attack speed growth and damage on W ability.
Attack Speed Growth and Attack Damage Growth decreased.

Smolder
nerfReduced crit scaling on Q ability.
Crit Scaling decreased.

Kindred
buffBuffed crit scaling on abilities.
Crit scaling improved.

Shaco
nerfReduced crit modifier and backstab damage.
Crit Modifier adjusted.

Quinn
buffIncreased damage scaling on passive.
Damage increased.

Rengar
adjustRescripted abilities with changes to Q damage and crit mechanics.
Q is now consumed on plants and crit mechanics adjusted.

Viego
nerfReduced crit scaling on Q and R abilities.
Crit scaling decreased.

Elise
nerfReduced damage caps on Q abilities.
Monster Damage Cap decreased.

Jax
buffGains additional attack speed per stack at level 19.
Now gains an additional 1.5% attack speed per stack at level 19.





