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26.19|Sep 22, 2026
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League of Legends Patch 26.19 Notes

3/5 Moderate

Pro-focused adjustments ahead of Worlds include significant buffs to Top Lane Teleport cooldowns and a comprehensive power boost for Aphelios.

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Key Changes

  • 1Top Lane Teleport cooldowns reduced by 30 seconds for role quest users
  • 2Nasus Q bonus damage reduced across all ranks
  • 3Nocturne R cooldown increased by 20-10 seconds
  • 4Aphelios buffed across all five weapons including damage, healing, and cooldowns
  • 5Rumble Passive attack speed significantly reduced while monster cap increased
  • 6Ryze Q flux damage and E mana cost nerfed to curb pro-play dominance
  • 7Lillia R sleep duration increased to 2.5 seconds
  • 8Lucian Passive damage nerfed but Q base damage increased
  • 9Classic mode updated with Graves and returning items like Zz'Rot Portal
  • 10Team Voice feature rollout postponed indefinitely for further testing

All Changes

⚔️Champions(35)

  • buffAatrox: W - Infernal Chains cooldown reduced from 20-12s to 18-12s.
  • buffAatrox: E - Umbral Dash health heal ratio increased from 1.1% to 1.3% per 100 bonus health.
  • buffAphelios: Calibrum Moonshot damage increased from 70-160 to 80-170.
  • buffAphelios: Severum healing increased from 2-7.1% (5-17.75% max) to 2-8% (5-20% max).
  • buffAphelios: Gravitum slow decay floor increased from 10% to 15%.
  • buffAphelios: Infernum Duskwave cooldown reduced from 9-6s to 8-5s.
  • buffAphelios: Crescendum mini-chakram damage increased from 15% to 16% AD; damage falloff now starts at 9th chakram instead of 8th.
  • buffAurora: E - The Weirding base damage increased from 70-230 to 80-240.
  • buffAurora: R - Between Worlds rift duration increased from 1.75/2.5/3.25s to 2.25/2.75/3.25s.
  • buffDraven: Base Attack Damage increased from 62 to 64.
  • buffElise: Passive magic damage on-hit increased from 12-42 to 14-44.
  • buffElise: W - Skittering Frenzy bonus attack speed increased from 60-120% to 70-130%.
  • buffFiora: Health growth increased from 99 to 105.
  • buffFiora: R - Grand Challenge heal range increased from 550 to 600.
  • buffFiora: R - Grand Challenge heal per tick increased from 18.75-31.25 (+15% bonus AD) to 20-32.5 (+17.5% bonus AD).
  • buffKha'Zix: Passive - Unseen Threat damage increased from 17-136 to 22-141.
  • buffKha'Zix: W - Void Spike evolved slow duration increased from 2s to 2.25s.
  • buffKha'Zix: E - Leap evolved range bonus increased from +200 to +300.
  • buffLillia: Base Armor increased from 22 to 24.
  • buffLillia: R - Lilting Lullaby sleep duration increased from 2s to 2.5s.
  • nerfLucian: Passive - Vigilance empowered on-hit damage reduced from 15 (+20% AD) to 5 (+15% AD).
  • buffLucian: Q - Piercing Light base damage increased from 80-220 to 90-250.
  • buffMaster Yi: Q - Alpha Strike cooldown refund on hit changed from scaling with Ability Haste to a flat 1 second.
  • nerfNasus: Q - Siphoning Strike bonus damage reduced from 40-120 to 30-110.
  • nerfNocturne: R - Paranoia cooldown increased from 140-90s to 160-100s.
  • nerfPoppy: Q - Hammer Shock maximum health cap against monsters reduced from 85-225 to 70-210.
  • nerfRumble: Passive - Junkyard Titan overheat attack speed reduced from 50-130% to 30-100%.
  • buffRumble: Passive - Junkyard Titan monster damage cap increased from 65-150 to 90-175.
  • buffRyze: Base Armor growth increased from 4.2 to 4.7.
  • nerfRyze: Q - Overload Flux bonus damage reduced from 25-100% to 15-90%.
  • nerfRyze: E - Spell Flux mana cost increased from 35-75 to 40-80.
  • changeVi: Base Attack Damage changed from 63 (+3.5/level) to 61 (+3.9/level).
  • nerfVi: Passive - Blast Shield maximum health shield reduced from 12% to 10%.
  • buffVolibear: Passive - The Relentless Storm attack speed per stack AP ratio increased from 3% to 4% per 100 AP.
  • buffVolibear: Passive - The Relentless Storm lightning on-hit damage now includes a 20% bonus AD ratio.

⚔️Items(2)

  • changeWorld Atlas: World Atlas health reduced from 30 to 0; health regeneration increased from 25% to 50%.
  • changeRunic Compass: Runic Compass health reduced from 100 to 60; health regeneration increased from 50% to 75%.

⚙️Gameplay Systems(2)

  • buffTeleport: Top Role Quest's Free Teleport cooldown reduced from 420s to 390s.
  • buffTeleport: Top Role Quest's Upgraded Unleashed Teleport cooldown reduced from 330-240s to 300-210s.

📜Classic Mode(2)

  • newGraves: Graves added to the Classic mode roster.
  • newItems: Cloak and Dagger, Moonflair Spellblade, and Zz'Rot Portal added to Classic mode.

🎨Skins(1)

  • newSkins: Coven Janna, Coven Mel, Old God Anivia, and Old God Urgot available September 23, 2026.

💬Social(1)

  • changeTeam Voice: The rollout of Team Voice (full team voice chat) has been postponed beyond Patch 26.20 to address quality issues.

Summary

Patch 26.19 serves as the first round of pro-focused balance changes leading into the Worlds tournament. The update prioritizes increasing Top Lane map influence by reducing Teleport cooldowns for those completing the role quest. Additionally, a wide array of champions including Aphelios, Aatrox, and Fiora received buffs to encourage meta variety, while current outliers like Nasus, Nocturne, and Ryze saw targeted nerfs. The update also introduces new Coven and Old God skins and expands the Classic mode roster.

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