DATE: 07.01.2026

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.

Champions changed33
Buffs6
Nerfs26
Adjustments1

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.

Ascending Champions

Cassiopeia
CassiopeiaCassiopeia received buffs to movement speed and passive effectiveness.
Samira
SamiraSamira's Q and R abilities received damage buffs.
Kindred
KindredKindred received buffs to crit scaling on abilities.
Jax
JaxJax gained additional attack speed per stack at level 19.

Diminishing Shadows

Aphelios
ApheliosAphelios faced nerfs to multiple abilities, reducing overall damage output.
Caitlyn
CaitlynCaitlyn's critical scaling on passive and ultimate was reduced.
Tristana
TristanaTristana's E ability damage was nerfed.
Lucian
LucianLucian's attack damage and attack speed growth were decreased.
Jhin
JhinJhin's multiplicative crit damage modifier was reduced.
Viego
ViegoViego's crit scaling on Q and R abilities was reduced.

Champion Database

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Role
Champions shown33

33 champions found

Cassiopeia icon

Cassiopeia

buff
mid

Increased base movement speed and improved passive movement speed buff effectiveness.

buff: Base Stats

Base Movement Speed: 328 ⇒ 335

Samira icon

Samira

buff
adc

Buffed damage on Q and R abilities, improving both non-crit and crit damage.

buff: Q - Flair

Non-Crit Damage increased and crit damage improved.

Aphelios icon

Aphelios

nerf
adc

Reduced damage on several abilities, affecting overall damage output.

nerf: Calibrum

Bonus Damage per Mark decreased.

Caitlyn icon

Caitlyn

nerf
adc

Reduced critical scaling on passive and ultimate.

nerf: Passive - Headshot

Crit Scaling changed to 100% of Bonus Crit Damage.

Tristana icon

Tristana

nerf
adc

Reduced non-crit and crit damage on E ability.

nerf: E - Explosive Charge

Non-crit Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Nilah icon

Nilah

nerf
adc

Reduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.

nerf: Base Stats

Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Jinx icon

Jinx

nerf
adc

Reduced attack speed growth and damage on R ability.

nerf: Base Stats

Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Jhin icon

Jhin

nerf
adc

Reduced multiplicative crit damage modifier.

nerf: Base Stats

Multiplicative Crit Damage Mod decreased.

Sivir icon

Sivir

nerf
adc

Reduced damage and crit scaling on Q ability.

nerf: Q - Boomerang Blade

Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Zeri icon

Zeri

nerf
adc

Reduced damage on W and E abilities.

nerf: W - Ultrashock Laser

Damage decreased.

Lucian icon

Lucian

nerf
adc

Reduced attack damage and attack speed growth.

nerf: Base Stats

Attack Damage Growth and Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Xayah icon

Xayah

nerf
adc

Reduced damage and crit scaling on E ability.

nerf: E - Bladecaller

Damage and Crit Scaling reduced.

Draven icon

Draven

nerf
adc

Reduced attack speed and damage on abilities.

nerf: Base Stats

AD Growth and Attack Speed decreased.

Akshan icon

Akshan

buff
adc

Improved crit damage scaling and damage on Q ability.

buff: Passive - Dirty Fighting

Crit damage scaling improved.

Gangplank icon

Gangplank

nerf
top

Reduced damage scaling on passive and E ability.

nerf: Passive - Trial by Fire

Crit scaling removed.

Yone icon

Yone

nerf
mid

Reduced crit damage scaling.

nerf: Base Stats

Crit Damage decreased.

Yasuo icon

Yasuo

nerf
mid

Reduced crit damage scaling.

nerf: Base Stats

Crit Damage decreased.

Miss Fortune icon

Miss Fortune

nerf
adc

Reduced critical damage scaling on Q and R abilities.

nerf: Q - Double Up

Active Critical Damage decreased.

Tryndamere icon

Tryndamere

nerf
mid

Changes to Q and W abilities reduce damage and slow effects.

nerf: Q - Bloodlust

Bonus AD and maximum bonus AD changed.

Twitch icon

Twitch

nerf
adc

Reduced attack speed growth and damage on Q ability.

nerf: Base Stats

Attack Speed Growth decreased.

Ashe icon

Ashe

nerf
adc

Reduced attack speed growth and damage on W ability.

nerf: Base Stats

Attack Speed Growth and Attack Damage Growth decreased.

Smolder icon

Smolder

nerf
adc

Reduced crit scaling on Q ability.

nerf: Q - Super Scorcher Breath

Crit Scaling decreased.

Kindred icon

Kindred

buff
jungle

Buffed crit scaling on abilities.

buff: E - Mounting Dread

Crit scaling improved.

Corki icon

Corki

nerf
adc

Reduced damage on W ability.

nerf: W - Valkyrie

Damage per second decreased.

Shaco icon

Shaco

nerf
jungle

Reduced crit modifier and backstab damage.

nerf: Passive - Backstab

Crit Modifier adjusted.

Graves icon

Graves

nerf
jungle

Reduced crit damage scaling.

nerf: Base Stats

Crit Damage decreased.

Quinn icon

Quinn

buff
adc

Increased damage scaling on passive.

buff: Passive - Harrier

Damage increased.

Senna icon

Senna

nerf
adc

Reduced crit damage scaling.

nerf: Base Stats

Crit Damage decreased.

Garen icon

Garen

nerf
top

Reduced crit ratio on E ability.

nerf: E - Judgement

Crit Ratio decreased.

Rengar icon

Rengar

adjust
jungle

Rescripted abilities with changes to Q damage and crit mechanics.

adjust: Q - Savagery

Q is now consumed on plants and crit mechanics adjusted.

Viego icon

Viego

nerf
jungle

Reduced crit scaling on Q and R abilities.

nerf: Q - Blade of the Ruined King

Crit scaling decreased.

Elise icon

Elise

nerf
jungle

Reduced damage caps on Q abilities.

nerf: Q - Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite

Monster Damage Cap decreased.

Jax icon

Jax

buff
top

Gains additional attack speed per stack at level 19.

buff: Passive - Relentless Assault

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

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