League of Legends Patch 26.13

Since his nerfs earlier this year, Aphelios has fallen in priority and win rate. With some power budget freed up, we're pulling back on some of those earlier nerfs to highlight each gun's unique strengths.

• > Calibrum · Passive Mark Damage: 15 (10% bonus AD) ⇒ 15 (15% bonus AD)
• > Severum · Q - Onslaught Damage: 19 / 24.25 / 29.5 / 34.75 / 40% Total AD Dmg per attack ⇒ 20 / 25.25 / 30.5 / 35.75 / 41% Total AD Dmg per attack
• > Infernum · Q - Duskwave Damage: 20 - 110 (Level 1 - 18) (10 - 16% bonus AD) ⇒ 20 - 110 (Level 1 - 18) (15 - 21% bonus AD)
• > Crescendum · Q - Sentry Damage: 35 - 125 (Level 1 - 18) (30 - 48% bonus AD) ⇒ 35 - 125 (Level 1 - 18) (34 - 52% bonus AD)

Bard has been a tanky roaming meta staple for much of the season, so we're trimming his damage so tank Bard doesn't get to hit nearly as hard without investing in AP.

• > Passive - Traveler's Call · Damage Per Meep: 35 (+10 per 5 Chimes) (+40% AP) ⇒ 30 (+6 per 5 Chimes) (+40% AP)

Brand continues to dominate bot lane for most players, so we're nerfing his early passive detonation damage while offsetting some of that hit for more skilled players and supports through mana tuning.

• > Base Stats · Base Mana Regeneration: 9 ⇒ 11
• > Passive - Blaze · Detonation Damage: 8 - 12% (Levels 1 - 17) (+2% per 100 AP) ⇒ 6 - 12% (Levels 1 - 18, scaling above 18) (+2% per 100 AP)
• > E - Conflagration · Mana Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ⇒ 90

Cassiopeia has risen to the top of pro play presence, even before our 26.12 nerfs to her major competition. We would like to preserve some of her unique strengths, like her rewarding laning and slippery speed, but she should have a less gigantic health bar for when opponents actually lock her down!

• > Base Stats · Health per level: 104 ⇒ 98

As the marksman meta has evolved around crit, on-hit, and caster builds, Draven has fallen behind. We're buffing his heavy-AD pattern instead of trying to redirect his itemization.

• > E - Stand Aside · Cooldown: 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14s ⇒ 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12s
• > R - Whirling Death · Damage Reduction on Enemy Hit: -8% multiplicatively, down to 40% (at 11 hits) ⇒ -5%, down to a minimum of 50% (at 14 hits)

Kai'Sa has struggled to get through lane and find her big Killer Instinct moments, so we're buffing her fallback W pattern early and her later-game backline dive threat.

• > W - Void Seeker · Cooldown: 22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 ⇒ 20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14
• > R - Killer Instinct · Shield: 70 / 90 / 110 (+90 / 135 / 180% AD) (+120% AP) ⇒ 100 / 150 / 200 (+90 / 135 / 180% AD) (+120% AP)

K'Sante has been a major beneficiary with Doran's Helm entering the mix in Season 2, so we're lightly tapping down his early reliability while still rewarding successful all-ins.

• > E - Footwork · Shield: (80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240) (+15% bonus health) ⇒ (70 / 112.5 / 155 / 197.5 / 240) (+13.5% bonus health)

We want to better reward LeBlanc players for landing some of her less guaranteed damage, rather than giving her more gank or lane support—both of which she does really well already.

• > R - Mimic · RQ1 / RE1 Damage: 70 / 140 / 210 ⇒ 70 / 150 / 230
• > R - Mimic · Mark / Root Damage: 140 / 280 / 420 ⇒ 140 / 300 / 460
• > R - Mimic · RW Damage: 150 / 300 / 450 ⇒ 150 / 315 / 480

Olaf used to be a staple in the jungle but has been out of favor for a while now, despite our earlier attempts this season to help him out. We are looking to give him a bit more power to entice him back into the wilderness.

• > Q - Undertow · Monster Bonus Physical Damage: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 ⇒ 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120

Jungle class diversity has been dominated almost exclusively by fighters for a while now, and we think Poppy is a good pick for a tankier counter option into many of the fighter junglers at the top of the meta. This buff is aimed at her jungle clear and gank windows while minimizing top and support impact.

• > Q - Hammer Shock · Monster Damage Cap: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 ⇒ 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 / 195

Another class that's underrepresented in the jungle is assassins. We feel Qiyana is a great choice for a buff as she's recently been on the lower end of balanced in the jungle, so we're giving her a jungle-focused buff to help bring her back without meaningfully juicing mid lane.

• > Q - Edge of Ixtal · Monster Damage: 155% ⇒ 175%

Rek'Sai's combination of dueling power and mobility has made her too successful at high ranks, so we're shaving down her early-to-mid burst windows while preserving her unique map movement and longer fight pattern.

• > E - Furious Bite / Tunnel · Physical Damage: 80 / 108 / 136 / 164 / 192 (64% bonus AD) ⇒ 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (60% bonus AD)
• > E - Furious Bite / Tunnel · Bonus True Damage: 125% ⇒ 120%

Rumble has been an extremely reliable blind-pick top laner for a long time, so we're lowering some of his early staying power and base damage while keeping his scaling pattern intact.

• > Q - Flamespitter · Damage: 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (100% AP) ⇒ 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (105% AP)

Senna players have moved over to a much stronger Bot lane farming pattern, so we're softening her farming and Shiv synergy while also tuning her DPS around having access to more souls. The Doran's Helm nerf should do the rest of the work necessary to get her to the right power level between roles.

• > Passive - Absolution · Soul Drop Chance (Senna Kill): 10% ⇒ 5%
• > Passive - Absolution · Soul Drop Chance (Ally Kill): 28% ⇒ 32%
• > Passive - Absolution · Crit Damage: -10% (180% / 27% with IE) ⇒ -15% (170% / 25.5% with IE)
• > Q - Piercing Darkness · Cooldown Refund: On Hit ⇒ On Attack

Sion has been resilient in both solo queue and pro play for a long time, so we're weakening some of his reliable early lane power and resource access without decimating his core tank fantasy.

• > Q - Decimating Smash · Min Damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 ⇒ 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90
• > W - Soul Furnace · Mana: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 ⇒ 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95

We feel Vex has had less of an impact in her games than we think she should, so we're giving her a quality of life buff that should make her reset pattern feel smoother so she can have more pop off giga plays.

• > E - Looming Darkness · Cooldown: 13s ⇒ 12s
• > R - Shadow Surge · Reset Time Window: 6s ⇒ 8s

Zaahen is already seeing more play across audiences, so we're giving him more room to fish for his early trade patterns and engage in mid game skirmishes without raising his scaling ceiling.

• > W - Dreaded Return · Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 ⇒ 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12

We overshot a bit with the 26.11 Doran's Helm buff, so we're tapping it back down while keeping the base health high and targeting the users it's overperforming on.

• > Armor and Magic Resistance: 10 ⇒ 8
• > Health: 140 ⇒ 150

Imperial Mandate has landed softly, and the build path has been too awkward for many of its likely users, especially supports. We're smoothing out the path and shifting some of its power accordingly.

• > Build Path: Blasting Wand (850g) + Bandleglass Mirror (900g) + 650g ⇒ Amp Tome (400g) + Bandleglass Mirror (900g) + Amp Tome (400g) + 700g
• > Ability Power: 65 ⇒ 60
• > Unique - Control: 15 AH For Immobilizing Abilities ⇒ 20 AH For Immobilizing Abilities
• > Unique - Command: 6% Vulnerable ⇒ 7% Vulnerable

• > Tier: Gold ⇒ Prismatic

• > Percent Gold from Damage: 1% ⇒ 0.75%

• > Added restrictions to the largest Area of Effect size.

• > True Damage Percent: 15% ⇒ 25% / 15% melee / ranged

• > Damage per Nail: 20 - 30 ⇒ 20 - 60

• > Total Burn Damage: 2% max Health ⇒ 1.5% max Health

• > Tier: Prismatic ⇒ Gold

• > Shield Duration: 4s ⇒ 2s

• > Burst Threshold: 20% ⇒ 25%
• > Lethality and Magic Penetration: 5 ⇒ 4

• > Critical Chance: 15% ⇒ 25%

• > Added Passive Desolate: Killing an enemy deals magic damage around them.

• > Coin Drops: 16 ⇒ 9

• > Now counts as a burn source when gaining Red Buff from an ally leveling this augment.

• > Disabled.

• > Disabled.

• > Autocast Cooldown: 15s ⇒ 10s

• > Curse Move Speed Ratio: 10% ⇒ 20%

• > NEW When removed, gain 2 Prismatic Stat Anvils.

• > Max Health Shield: 30% / 45% ⇒ 30% / 60%
• > Omnivamp: 15% / 20% ⇒ 15% / 25%
• > Buff Duration: 5s ⇒ 7.5s

• > Base Damage: 40 - 100 ⇒ 60 - 120

• > Can now only appear if you have Shardblade.
• > Instantly grants a Stat Anvil and now grants another Stat Anvil every round.

• > Max Level Mana Threshold: 400 ⇒ 300

• > Tier: Gold ⇒ Prismatic

• > Max Level Mana Threshold: 400 ⇒ 300

• > Stat Amp: 35% ⇒ 40%

• > Area of Effect Damage: True damage ⇒ Magic damage
• > Health Scaling: 1.5% total Health ⇒ 3.5% bonus Health
• > Added Hollow Radiance-style on-kill burst.

• > Base Damage: 50 ⇒ 100
• > Slow per Blue Sticker: 40% ⇒ 45%

• > Level 2 Gold Gained: 500 ⇒ 300
• > Level 2 Execution Threshold per stack: 1.5% ⇒ 1.25%
• > Max Execute: 27.5% ⇒ 23.75%

• > Passive Damage: 12 - 42 ⇒ 15 - 45
• > Passive Health on Hit: 6 - 12 ⇒ 10 - 25
• > Human E Stun Duration: 1.6 - 2.4 ⇒ 1.9 - 2.5
• > Spider E Damage and Healing Amp: 40% - 100% ⇒ 60% - 120%

• > W Base Damage: 0 - 40 ⇒ 20 - 60
• > E Cooldown: 18 - 8 ⇒ 12 - 8

• > Combat Empowered Duration: 3s ⇒ 4s
• > Bonus Magic Damage: 20 - 40% ⇒ 35 - 55%
• > Out of Combat Requirement: 8s ⇒ 4s

• > W Cooldown: 22 - 18 ⇒ 28 - 24

• > R Base Damage: 5 / 10 / 15 ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20

• > R Healing: 15 / 30 / 45 ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20

• > Q Attack Speed to Attack Damage over cap: 60% ⇒ 80%
• > W Ability Power Ratio: 50% ⇒ 100%
• > E Cooldown Reduction on Passive or Q hit: 0.5 ⇒ 0.75
• > E Ability Power Ratio: 20% ⇒ 30%
• > R Base Bonus Move Speed: 15% ⇒ 20%
• > R Move Speed per stack: 1.5% ⇒ 2%

• > Removed Arena-specific Q overrides.
• > Q Base Damage: 100 - 360 ⇒ 75 - 300
• > Q Ability Power Ratio: 100% ⇒ 90%

• > Grants 2 random Gold Stat Shards.
• > Only offered to those dedicated to their craft.

• > Grants 2 random Silver Stat Shards.
• > Only offered to those dedicated to their craft.

• > Attack Damage: 50 ⇒ 60
• > Ability Haste: 10 ⇒ 15
• > Max Health Damage: 8% / 5.3% ⇒ 10% / 6.6%

• > Attack Damage: 35 ⇒ 40
• > Per Target Cooldown: 10s ⇒ 8s

• > Lethality while out of combat: 15 ⇒ 20

• > Maximum Damage Amp Threshold: 2500 ⇒ 3000

• > Now counts as a burn for pyromancer's cloak and burn augments
• > Cooldown: 60s ⇒ 15s

• > Shared Ability Power and Ability Haste: 15% ⇒ 10%
• > Cooldown: 60s ⇒ 15s

• > Lamb Revives: 2 ⇒ 1

• > New Guest of Honor.
• > During each Augment offering, one Augment is offered at a higher tier but is Fractured.
• > Fractured augments break into a Stat Anvil after 2 losses.
• > Winning 3 rounds with a Fractured augment removes the Fractured keyword.

• > Out of Combat Timer: 5 ⇒ 3
• > Shield per level value: 20 ⇒ 25
• > Shield per round loss: 75 ⇒ 100

• > Now grants wall walking while inside the darkness zones.
• > Number of zones: 1 - 3 ⇒ 3

• > Round Type: Gold round ⇒ Augment round