Patch 26.1
Patch 26.1 Notes
2026-01-07
TL;DR
Snapshot
Significant buffs and nerfs across various champions, particularly affecting ADCs with changes to damage scaling and abilities.
- 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.
- Caitlyn's critical scaling on passive and ultimate was reduced.
- Tristana's E ability damage was nerfed.
- Lucian's attack damage and attack speed growth were decreased.
- Jhin's multiplicative crit damage modifier was reduced.
- Kindred received buffs to crit scaling on abilities.
- Viego's crit scaling on Q and R abilities was reduced.
- Jax gained additional attack speed per stack at level 19.
Quick stats
Champions touched: 33
Buffs: 6
Nerfs: 26
Adjustments: 1
Biggest Buffs & Nerfs list
Buffs
- Cassiopeia received buffs to movement speed and passive effectiveness.
- Samira's Q and R abilities received damage buffs.
- Kindred received buffs to crit scaling on abilities.
- Jax gained additional attack speed per stack at level 19.
Nerfs
- Aphelios faced nerfs to multiple abilities, reducing overall damage output.
- Caitlyn's critical scaling on passive and ultimate was reduced.
- Tristana's E ability damage was nerfed.
- Lucian's attack damage and attack speed growth were decreased.
- Jhin's multiplicative crit damage modifier was reduced.
- Viego's crit scaling on Q and R abilities was reduced.
All Champion Changes
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Cassiopeia
Increased base movement speed and improved passive movement speed buff effectiveness.
Samira
Buffed damage on Q and R abilities, improving both non-crit and crit damage.
Aphelios
Reduced damage on several abilities, affecting overall damage output.
Caitlyn
Reduced critical scaling on passive and ultimate.
Tristana
Reduced non-crit and crit damage on E ability.
Nilah
Reduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.
Jinx
Reduced attack speed growth and damage on R ability.
Jhin
Reduced multiplicative crit damage modifier.
Sivir
Reduced damage and crit scaling on Q ability.
Zeri
Reduced damage on W and E abilities.
Lucian
Reduced attack damage and attack speed growth.
Xayah
Reduced damage and crit scaling on E ability.
Draven
Reduced attack speed and damage on abilities.
Akshan
Improved crit damage scaling and damage on Q ability.
Gangplank
Reduced damage scaling on passive and E ability.
Yone
Reduced crit damage scaling.
Yasuo
Reduced crit damage scaling.
Miss Fortune
Reduced critical damage scaling on Q and R abilities.
Tryndamere
Changes to Q and W abilities reduce damage and slow effects.
Twitch
Reduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.
Ashe
Reduced attack speed growth and damage on W ability.
Smolder
Reduced crit scaling on Q ability.
Kindred
Buffed crit scaling on abilities.
Corki
Reduced damage on W ability.
Shaco
Reduced crit modifier and backstab damage.
Graves
Reduced crit damage scaling.
Quinn
Increased damage scaling on passive.
Senna
Reduced crit damage scaling.
Garen
Reduced crit ratio on E ability.
Rengar
Rescripted abilities with changes to Q damage and crit mechanics.
Viego
Reduced crit scaling on Q and R abilities.
Elise
Reduced damage caps on Q abilities.
Jax
Gains additional attack speed per stack at level 19.
System Changes
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Meta Notes
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